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Vinnustaðagreining I.H. og B&L : staða og væntingar
No full textMegintilgangur þessarar rannsóknarskýrslu er að kanna hvaða mat starfsmenn I.H. og B&L. leggja á sameinaðan vinnustað fyrirtækjanna. Skýrsluhöfundur framkvæmdi vinnustaðakönnun hjá starfsmönnum fyrirtækjanna til að fá álit starfsmanna á
sameinuðum vinnustað. Framkvæmd könnunarinnar fór fram á eftirfarandi hátt. Fyrst var rafræn forkönnun lögð fyrir 12 starfsmenn, sex frá hvoru fyrirtæki. Í framhaldi af því voru framkvæmd forviðtöl við þessa starfsmenn í einrúmi og út frá viðtölum var lagt mat á efnisinnihald könnunarinnar. Í framhaldi af því var öllum starfsmönnum I.H. og B&L. boðin þátttaka í rafrænni spurningakönnun sem var unnin út frá eigindlegu rannsókninni. Þar gátu þeir sett fram álit sitt á vinnustað og starfsumhverfi.
Helstu niðurstöður voru þær að viðhorf starfsmanna I.H. var jákvæðara heldur en starfsmanna B&L.The main purpose of this research is to gain understanding of the I.H. and B&L employee´s view towards the merging of the companies. The author conducted the employee survey among the company´s employees to acquire their opinion on the combined workplace. The implementation of the survey was carried out as follows. It began with an electronic pilot study that was presented to 12 employees, six employee´s from each company. Secondly it was continued with private conversation with those 12 employee´s. And by researching the outcome of these conversation´s the main survey was determined. Consequently, all of the employees of IH and B & L were invited to participate in e-question survey that was carried out from the qualitative study. They were given opportunity to explain their view toward their
working place and the working environment. The main research´s outcome was that the attitude of the I.H. employee´s was more positive than the employees of B & L
Vinnustaðagreining I.H. og B&L : staða og væntingar
No full textMegintilgangur þessarar rannsóknarskýrslu er að kanna hvaða mat starfsmenn I.H. og B&L. leggja á sameinaðan vinnustað fyrirtækjanna. Skýrsluhöfundur framkvæmdi vinnustaðakönnun hjá starfsmönnum fyrirtækjanna til að fá álit starfsmanna á
sameinuðum vinnustað. Framkvæmd könnunarinnar fór fram á eftirfarandi hátt. Fyrst var rafræn forkönnun lögð fyrir 12 starfsmenn, sex frá hvoru fyrirtæki. Í framhaldi af því voru framkvæmd forviðtöl við þessa starfsmenn í einrúmi og út frá viðtölum var lagt mat á efnisinnihald könnunarinnar. Í framhaldi af því var öllum starfsmönnum I.H. og B&L. boðin þátttaka í rafrænni spurningakönnun sem var unnin út frá eigindlegu rannsókninni. Þar gátu þeir sett fram álit sitt á vinnustað og starfsumhverfi.
Helstu niðurstöður voru þær að viðhorf starfsmanna I.H. var jákvæðara heldur en starfsmanna B&L.The main purpose of this research is to gain understanding of the I.H. and B&L employee´s view towards the merging of the companies. The author conducted the employee survey among the company´s employees to acquire their opinion on the combined workplace. The implementation of the survey was carried out as follows. It began with an electronic pilot study that was presented to 12 employees, six employee´s from each company. Secondly it was continued with private conversation with those 12 employee´s. And by researching the outcome of these conversation´s the main survey was determined. Consequently, all of the employees of IH and B & L were invited to participate in e-question survey that was carried out from the qualitative study. They were given opportunity to explain their view toward their
working place and the working environment. The main research´s outcome was that the attitude of the I.H. employee´s was more positive than the employees of B & L
Author Co-Citation Analysis (ACA): a powerful tool for representing implicit knowledge of scholar knowledge workers
No full textIn the last decade, knowledge has emerged as one of the most important and valuable organizational assets. Gradually this importance caused to emergence of new discipline entitled ―knowledge management‖. However one of the major challenges of knowledge management is conversion implicit or tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. Thus Making knowledge visible so that it can be better accessed, discussed, valued or generally managed is a long-standing objective in knowledge management. Accordingly in this paper author co- citation analysis (ACA) will be proposed as an efficient technique of knowledge visualization in academia (Scholar knowledge workers)
Fabrication and testing of ISFET based pH sensors for microliter target solutions
No full textIn recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the monitoring and controlling of pH. It has become an important aspect of many industrial wastewater and water quality treatment processes. At the same time, the demand for smaller electronic devices used for various industrial, commercial, and research applications has greatly increased. In this paper, we propose a fabrication method of ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) techniques for pH sensing application. The novelty of this device lies in the detection of target solution with volumes in the sub-microliter range. With proper electrical packaging, our ISFET chip has been able to detect the pH values of 2.5 μL solutions. The results reveal a linearity of pH measurement with a corresponding sensitivity of 10.7 mV-pH. Furthermore, Nernst equation is employed to analyze the performance, and a promising scheme to improve the sensitivity while measuring tiny solutions is proposed. This achievement has the potential to satisfy the research demands in various areas including chemistry, biology and medicine. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.BERGVELD P, 1970, IEEE T BIO-MED ENG, VBM17, P70, DOI 10.1109-TBME.1970.4502688; Bergveld P., 2003, P IEEE SENS C TOR CA, P26; Bergveld P, 2003, SENSOR ACTUAT B-CHEM, V88, P1, DOI 10.1016-S0925-4005(02)00301-5; Casey Jr H. C., 1999, DEVICES INTEGRATED C, P342; CHEN SC, 1986, J PHYS D APPL PHYS, V19, P1951, DOI 10.1088-0022-3727-19-10-020; Dong ZX, 2012, SENSOR ACTUAT A-PHYS, V173, P293, DOI 10.1016-j.sna.2011.10.029; HASHIM U, 2008, P IEEE INT C SEM EL; Jack W. J., 2001, SMART MATER STRUCT, V10, P1115; Jimenez-Jorquera C, 2010, SENSORS-BASEL, V10, P61, DOI 10.3390-s100100061; Lee CS, 2009, SENSORS-BASEL, V9, P7111, DOI 10.3390-s90907111; Zhuxin Dong, 2012, Applied Surface Science, V258, DOI 10.1016-j.apsusc.2012.05.07622
Characteristics and trends of orthopedic publications between 2000 and 2009
No full textBackground: This study was undertaken to investigate the trends of orthopedic publications during the last decade, and to document the country of origin, journal, funding source, and language of contribution using PubMed. Methods: Orthopedic articles published between 2000 and 2009 were retrieved from PubMed using the following search terms: orthopaedic[Affiliation] AND (2000/1/1[PDAT]: 2009/12/31[PDAT]) and orthopedic[Affiliation] AND (2000/1/1[PDAT]: 2009/12/31[PDAT]). The articles were downloaded in XML file format, which contained the following information: article title, author names, journal names, publication dates, article types, languages, authors' affiliations and funding sources. These information was extracted, sorted, and rearranged using the database's management software. We investigated the annual number of published orthopedic articles worldwide and the annual rate of increase. Furthermore, the country of publication origin, journal, funding source, and language of contribution were also investigated. Results: A total of 46,322 orthopedic articles were published and registered in PubMed in the last 10 years. The worldwide number of published orthopedic articles increased from 2,889 in 2000 to 6,909 in 2009, showing an annual increase of 384.6 articles, or an annualized compound rate of 10.2%. The United States ranked highest in the number of published orthopedic articles, followed by Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Republic of Korea. Among the orthopedic articles published worldwide during the last 10 years, 37.9% pertained studies performed in the United States. Fifty-seven point three percent (57.3%) of articles were published in journals established in the United States. Among the published orthopaedic articles, 4,747 articles (10.2%) disclosed financial support by research funds, of which 4,688 (98.8%) articles utilized research funds from the United States. Most articles were published in English (97.2%, 45,030 articles). Conclusions: The number of published orthopedic articles has been increasing over the last decade. The number of orthopedic articles, journals publication, and funding sources were dominated by research conducted in the United States, while share and growth of Asian countries including Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China were notable. © 2011 by The Korean Orthopaedic Association.Y
Energy-Aware Discrete Probabilistic Localization of Wireless Sensor Networks
No full textLocalizing sensor nodes is critical in the context of wireless sensor network applications. It has been shown that, for some applications, low-overhead discrete localization achieves results comparable to costly fine localization. This research presents a hybrid energy-aware discrete localization method that requires no transmission overhead from the sensor nodes. The proposed method, E-KalmaNN, is a combination of a Kalman-inspired localization and Artificial Neural Networks estimation that updates the position of a node with respect to a mobile reference. E-KalmaNN runs on the sensor nodes and supports different listening-wakeup frequencies for different nodes to balance power requirements with localization accuracy for each node. Simulation results show that the method converges to the correct position of the node in a relatively short time with high average location accuracy. Compared to the localization methods found in the literature, E-KalmaNN localizes with comparable accuracy, lower transmission costs and-or fewer motion restrictions. © 2013 Copyright TSI® Press.Amro A., 2008, IEEE ASME INT C ADV; Bulusu N, 2000, IEEE PERS COMMUN, V7, P28, DOI 10.1109-98.878533; Elhajj I.H., 2006, IEEE RSJ INT C INT R; Galstyan A., 2004, P 3 INT S INF PROC S, P61, DOI 10.1145-984622.984632; Gorski J., 2005, IEEE ASME INT C ADV, P735; Hu L., 2004, P 10 ANN INT C MOB C; Karl H, 2005, PROTOCOLS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS, P1, DOI 10.1002-0470095121; Kecman V., 2001, LEARNING SOFT COMPUT; Khan Haseebulla M., 2006, P 2 IEEE WORKSH DEP; Moore D., 2004, P 2 ACM C EMB NETW S; Priyantha N. B., 2003, 892 MIT LAB COMP SCI; Priyantha Nissanka B., 2000, P 6 ACM MOBICOM BOST; Ramadurai V., 2007, P ACM SIGMOBILE MOB, V11, P53; Reichenbach F., 2006, P 9 EUROMICRO C DIG; Savarese C., 2001, P INT C AC SPEECH SI; Want R., 1992, ACM T INFORM SYSTEMS, V10; Welch G., 2001, INTRO KALMAN FILTER; Xiao B., 2007, P IEEE INT C ICC 070
Understanding the relationship between perceived demands and specific supportive behaviours
No full textIn 2 volsAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:DXN043215 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo
Towards a methodology for large-sample prompt-gamma neutron-activation analysis
No full textLarge-sample prompt-gamma neutron-activation analysis, or shortly LS PGNAA, is a method by which mass fractions of elements can be determined in large samples with a mass over 1 kg. In this method the large sample is irradiated with neutrons. Directly (prompt) after absorption of the neutrons photons are emitted. The presence of elements can be derived from the energy of the photons. In small samples the mass fractions of elements can be calculated directly from the measured intensities of the photons. However, when large samples are analysed there has to be corrected for three effects. These are (i) the absorption of neutrons, (ii) the scattering of neutrons and (iii) the absorption of photons. For each position in the sample the specified effects are studied separately with Monte Carlo simulations. Finally the correction methods are combined in a method for LS PGNAA. This method was tested by the determination of the mass fraction of silicon in four different samples. The mass fractions could be determined within 10 % error of the real value.Interfaculty Reactor Institut
Discrete probabilistic localization of wireless sensor networks
No full textLocalizing sensor nodes is critical in the context of wireless sensor networks applications. It has been shown that, for certain applications, low overhead discrete localization achieves comparable results to costly fine localization. This paper presents a discrete and probabilistic localization method that requires no transmission overhead from the sensor nodes. The method is based on Kalman estimation that iteratively predicts and updates the position of a node with respect to a mobile reference. Simulations show that the method converges to the true position in a relatively short time with an average location accuracy of 91.1percent. © 2008 IEEE.Elhajj I.H., 2006, IEEE RSJ INT C INT R; Galstyan A., 2004, P 3 INT S INF PROC S, P61, DOI 10.1145-984622.984632; Gorski J., 2005, IEEE ASME INT C ADV, P735; Hu L., 2004, P 10 ANN INT C MOB C; Moore D., 2004, P 2 ACM C EMB NETW S; Priyantha N. B., 2003, 892 MIT LAB COMP SCI; Priyantha Nissanka B., 2000, P 6 ACM MOBICOM BOST; Ramadurai V., 2007, P ACM SIGMOBILE MOB, V11, P53; Savarese C., 2001, P INT C AC SPEECH SI; Welch G., 2001, INTRO KALMAN FILTER; XIAO B, 2007, P IEEE COMM INT C IC0
The inductive research method in early Islamic tradition based on Ibn Tufayl’s Work - Hayy Ibn Yaqzan
No full textThe inductive method of research has played a significant role in scientific progress throughout history. It has
been proclaimed in the history of science texts that the inductive research method was first introduced by
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), a western scholar. However, there are ample evidences to show that this method
was earlier developed and applied by Muslim scholars about 500 years before him. For instance, Ibn-Tufayl
(1100-1185), a Muslim scholar and philosopher referred to the components of the inductive research method
in his well-known novel, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan (literally, Alive son of Awake). The current paper aims to explore
the features of the inductive research method mooted in the aforesaid novel. The analysis showed that Muslim
scientists were aware of the features of the inductive research method, and its application was evident in their
works as the case demonstrated by Ibn Tufayl.
Keywords: Inductive research method, Ibn Tufayl, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, epistemolog
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