354 research outputs found
CIIT - Centro di Interconnessione Istituzionale Transadriatica
No full textIl progetto CIIT (Centro di Interconnessione Istituzionale Transadriatica) si pone l'obiettivo principale di favorire la cooperazione interistituzionale transfrontaliera, in particolare favorendo le dinamiche di cooperazione fra gli stessi partner e rafforzando le loro interazioni con i territori d'appartenenza
The Application of EMD-CIIT Lidar Signal Denoising Method in Aerosol Detection
No full textAbstractIntegration of lidar inversion is generally carried out in the more stable backward, from a reference altitude down to the ground, rather than the forward direction. Small fluctuation of the signal at such altitude may lead to unacceptable deviation in the inversion results, so lidar signal denoising is required ahead of the inversion procedure. Empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method has been applied to signal denoising and the clear first interval thresholded empirical mode decomposition (EMD-CIIT) method performs well in lidar noise reduction. The micro pulse lidar CE 370-2 data is used to illustrate the efficiency of the EMD-CIIT denoising method by comparing with the wavelet method. EMD-CIIT method shows significant advantages at lower, higher altitudes and the cloud layer of the lidar profile. These two methods have similar performance at the middle part of the lidar profile. EMD-CIIT method preserves useful sudden-change atmospheric features and reduces noise meanwhile. There is an obvious diurnal variation of the lidar data quality: higher during the night and lower during the day. The signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the EMD-CIIT denoised data is 30.56 ± 4.73 for the whole day, 27.59 ± 3.47 during the night and 35.25 ± 1.68 during the day. The reference altitude of lidar inversion should be set to about 12km. It should not be higher than 11.5km during the day; however, it has a maximum of 15km during the night
MPPDep version 1.11: een model voor humane en rattenluchtweg deeltjes depositie
No full textRapport is vervallen. Zie rapport 650010030 voor nieuwe
versie / Report has expired. See report 650010030 for new
versionHet programma is grotendeels gebaseerd op in de literatuur beschreven 'multiple path' modellen voor aerosolen, wat als belangrijk voordeel ten opzichte van bestaande modellen heeft dat het gebruik maakt van de morfologische gegevens van een individu. Het omvat zowel modules voor het bepalen van de gedeponeerde dosis in zowel de mens als in proefdieren (rat). De modellen zijn in staat om op basis van bestaande morfologische en functionele gegevens de dosis en flux in een bepaald segment of regio van de luchtwegen vast te berekenen. Daarnaast kunnen binnen een zekere range de functionele parameters als ademhalingsfrequentie worden aangepast om hiermee bepaalde luchtwegaandoeningen te kunnen simuleren. Een andere belangrijke modificatie is het toevoegen van functies voor de inhaleerbaarheid van aerosolen, het invoeren van gegevens over poydisperse aerosolen. Het softwarepakket is gebruikersvriendelijk door toepassing van een grafische interface en geschreven voor een MS-Windows 9x/NT.The programme is largely based on multiple-path models for particle deposition and existing models described in the literature. It encompasses both modules for human and experimental animal (rat) calculations. The software can calculate the dose ratio and flux of particulates in certain segments or regions within the airways. By adjusting the functional parameters like breathing frequency or tidal volume, the influence of certain respiratory diseases on particle deposition can be simulated. Another important modification is the addition of functions for the inhalability of particulate matter and the option to calculate the deposition of both mono- and poly-disperse aerosols. The software package has been made user-friendly through the application of a graphical interface for a MS Windows 9x/NT computer operating system.DGM-DL
Security meanings and land defence in the context of the Interoceanic Corridor Infrastructure (CIIT) megaproject
No full textThis article examines the meanings of security in the context of the upheaval that an infrastructure megaproject can entail. In the centre of this article is the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) project, one of the Mexican president’s most ambitious megaprojects. The CIIT is being promoted as a multimodal road and rail transport corridor, linking the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean. It is projected as a viable alternative to the Panama Canal that would contribute to speeding up the global circulation of goods, as well as simultaneously stimulate the local economy. Megaprojects, be they for natural resource extraction or infrastructure construction, often change everything: the landscape, the population, the local economy, often with detrimental impacts to the environment, but also to communities’ established ways of living and their sociality. Based on interviews with local residents, the study shows that many of our respondents desired a horizonte seguro, a secure horizon, wishing for a foreseeable future, including certainty of their livelihoods, preservation of their natural world, stability of their social relations, and continuity of their established mode of living and being. The article explores how the production of the commons (lo común), a process that purposefully organises interdependence between humans and the natural world, is considered generative of security for alter-lifeworlds. Harm can therefore not be conceived as accruing to one being or set of beings in isolation. Subsequently, the article proposes an understanding of security as entangled or relational
Security meanings and land defense in the context of the Interoceanic Corridor infrastructure (CIIT) megaproject
No full textThis article explores the meanings of security within the context of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) project in southern Mexico, a proposed multimodal transport corridor connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. Touted as a viable alternative to the Panama Canal, the CIIT aims to expedite global goods circulation while simultaneously boosting the local economy. However, as with many large-scale infrastructure or resource extraction projects, such developments often lead to profound changes—altering landscapes, populations, and economies—frequently at the cost of the environment and communities’ established ways of living. Drawing on interviews with local residents, the article delves into the significance of the communal life system, or comunalidad, in securing alternative lifeworlds. These lifeworld-based notions of security stress the importance of mutuality, reciprocity, and care—principles through which natural resources are managed and collective well-being is structured. This article argues that in order to adequately conceptualize, critique, and challenge the harm caused by invasive infrastructure megaprojects, it is necessary to broaden conventional security frameworks to include the protection of distinct lifeworlds—that is, co-constituted conditions of being-together, rooted in the interconnectedness of human, non-human, and natural worlds
Novel, hiearachical, MPLS-based network architectures and their role in migration strategies towards future, optical, packet switched networks
No full textSynthesizing contemporary integrative interpersonal theory and the narrative identity approach to examine personality dynamics and regulatory processes
No full textObjective
The goal of this paper is to promote the integration of two approaches to personality and assessment: Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory (CIIT) and the Narrative Identity Approach (NI).
Methods
We review CIIT and NI, describe their similarities and differences, and articulate opportunities to integrate the approaches to more fully account for personality dynamics and self‐regulation.
Results
We identify several areas within which concepts from CIIT and NI could be synthesized and offer four concrete suggestions for integrating the assessment methods within each approach: (1) using narratives to explicate interpersonal perception, (2) using stories to clarify interpersonal context, (3), using the Interpersonal Situation as a framework for unpacking narrative elements, and (4) coding interpersonal sequences in narrative data.
Conclusions
CIIT and NI have potential to augment one another both theoretically and methodologically in ways that would be fruitful for conceptualizing and studying personality dynamics and self‐regulation
CIIT (Ordem do Templo-Fundação da Nacionalidade-Ordem de Cristo-Globalização)
No full textA proposta do projeto CIIT, Centro Interativo de Interpretação Templário aqui exposta
ao conselho Cientifico da Escola Superior de Gestão do I. P. Tomar, no âmbito do
Mestrado em Desenvolvimento de Produtos Turísticos Culturais, resulta de uma
reflecção empresarial do Mestrando, pois o mesmo exerce desde á anos a sua atividade
de empresário nesta região. Tendo o mesmo a descoberto em consequência de á
quarenta anos estudar com paixão a saga templária em Portugal e com particular
destaque em Tomar.
O “Tesouro Templário” que tantas paixões e sonhos desperta ainda não foi
materializado em Portugal, para tal é necessária uma estrutura física potenciadora dos
seus legados materiais e imateriais, enraizados no nosso país e território por esta
enigmática Ordem.
Como resultado do afirmado surge este projeto sustentado economicamente por uma
análise realista e factual, em associação com as fontes de saber credenciadas,
pretendendo ser um contributo determinante para o despertar de uma nova Tomar e
territórios envolventes.
Sendo, um investimento que apresenta um retorno aliciante para os seus acionistas,
apresenta em simultâneo um determinante contributo para inflexão do definhamento
económico e social do território.
A ideia aqui e agora vertida, inicia o seu ciclo de vida, com a procura de ultrapassar a
primeira etapa que é o reconhecimento de validade que a chancela da Academia lhe
proporcionará.
Partindo em seguida para o seu longo percurso repleto de “obstáculos” mas a diferença
esteve, e estará sempre, “no crer para ver, não em ver para crer”, como sempre o
constatamos ao analisarmos algo que tenha sido determinante para a vida dos povos.Instituto Politécnico de Toma
Evaluating the usability of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology library website: a case study
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Purpose
Library websites serve as gateways to the information resources and services of their libraries. In today’s digital age, the development of websites is inevitable for libraries as a means to provide users with online services at their desktops. This case study reports the findings of a usability study of an academic library website from the user’s perspective.
Design/methodology/approach
An online survey on the efficacy of the website and statistical reports from Google Analytics were used as tools to assess and track the use of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) Institute of Information Technology’s (CIIT’s) library website resources by national and international users. A sample of 550 users was invited by e-mail to respond to the questionnaire covering various usability features of the website.
Findings
Findings reveal that users are largely satisfied with the usefulness, convenience, design and quality of CIIT library website. Moreover, the users are mostly making use of the website for accessing research papers through the Higher Education Commission (HEC) digital library, exploring free online open access journals, searching for e-books and examining the library collection via online public access catalog (OPAC). This shows that the library website has a significant role in the pedagogical activities of the CIIT community.
Research limitations/implications
The results are limited to a case study of CIIT, Islamabad campus library website.
Practical implications
The findings of this study will help the library administration to overcome existing deficiencies in the CIIT library website.
Originality/value
The study is a foremost usability evaluation of CIIT, Islamabad campus library website from the user perspective.
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