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Construction of solar tracking beeswax melting equipment
No full textKäesoleva töö eesmärk on päikest järgiva vahasulatusseadme ehitamine ja ehitamiseks kuluvate materjalide valiku tegemine. Automaatne vahasulatusseade ehitati kahe energiakasutuse eriala üliõpilase poolt: bakalaureusetöö koostaja ja Marten Lillemäe. Bakalaureusetöö koostaja ülesandeks oli seadme konstruktsiooni valik ja seadme ehitus. M.Lillemäe ülesandeks oli seadmele tarkvaralise ning riistvaralise lahenduse leidmine. Töö autor ehitas vahasulatusseadme, mis sobiks eelkõige väiksemate mesilastarude omanikele. Vahasulatusseade kasutab mesilaskärgede sulatamiseks päikesest tulevat soojust. Vahasulatusseade keerab ennast iga tunni aja jooksul päikese suunaga kaasa, kasutades selleks samm-mootorit. Samm-mootori töötamiseks vajalik toide saadakse päikesepaneelilt.
Bakalaureusetöö käigus valmis päikest järgiv vahasulatusseade. Valminud seade on vihmakindel, vastupidav tuulele, väikeste mõõtmetega ja kerge kaaluga. Valminud vahasulatusseadmega hoitakse kokku aeg, mis muidu kuluks vaha mesilas raamidest välja lõikamisele ja kuumal pliidil aeglaselt sulatades.This thesis has been written to construct a solar tracking beeswax melting equipment. Solar tracking beeswax melting equipment was built by two electrical engineering student: Bachelor thesis author and Marten Lillemäe. Bachelor thesis author aim was to construct and to choose right materials for solar tracking beeswax melting equipment. M.Lillemäe aim was to design software and hardware selection of a solar tracking beeswax melting equipment control system. Bachelor thesis author built beeswax melting equipment which fits for smaller beekeepers. Beeswax melting equipment uses solar heat in order to melt bee wax. Beeswax melting equipment turns towards sun once every hour using step-motor. Step-motor gets its energy from solar panel.
In this thesis author built beeswax melting equipment which is rainproof, wind resistant, with small dimensions and light weight. Finished beeswax melting equipment can save time spent on cutting beewax from frames and melting them over stove
Correction for Rando et al., “Pathogenesis, Symptomatology, and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through Analysis of Viral Genomics and Structure”
No full textVolume 6, no. 5, e00095-21, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00095-21. The author byline and affiliations should appear as shown in this correction. Page 3: The following should be added to the Fig. 1 legend. ‘This figure was adapted from “Human Coronavirus Structure,” by BioRender.com (2020), retrieved from https://app .biorender.com/biorender-templates.’ Page 21: In the 2nd paragraph of Acknowledgements, “S.M.B. is currently an employee at AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, and may own stock or stock options; work was initially conducted at Georgetown University Medical Center, with writing, reviewing, and editing continued while working at AstraZeneca. Y.P. is now employed by Pfizer (subsequent to contributions to this project).” should read “S.M.B. is currently an employee at AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, and may own stock or stock options. Y.P. is affiliated with Pfizer Worldwide Research; the author has no financial interests to declare and contributed as an author prior to joining Pfizer, and the work was not part of a Pfizer collaboration nor was it funded by Pfizer.” Copyright © 2022 Rando et al
Measuring productivity, analysing and improving options of dry timber sorting line based on AS Toftan
No full textKäesoleva magistritöö eesmärk oli uurida AS Toftan saeveski kuiva saematerjali
sorteerimisliini tootlikkuse parendamise võimalusi. Teema on aktuaalne, sest saematerjali
sorteerimine on ettevõtte teiste tootmisüksustega võrreldes madalama tootlikkusega, töötades
kolmes vahetuses. Ülesandeks oli selgitada sorteerimisliini seadmed, mis takistavad
tootlikkuse tõstmist ning nende täpsemad põhjused.
Ehituselt kahe korruseline sorteerimisliin jaotati kuueks sektsiooniks ning teostati
simulatsioon, kasutades 2014. a. toodanguandmeid. Leiti millised liiniosad piiravad
tootlikkust erinevate ristlõigete sorteerimisel. Analüüsi abil selgitati ristlõigete grupid, mille
liikumist tuli täpsemalt uurida. Mõõtmised ning vaatlused toimusid 10.03-23.04.2015. Koguti
andmeid 36 erineva ristlõike liikumisest sorteerimisliinil.
Tulemused näitasid, et 70% ristlõigete puhul osutus tootlikkust piiravaks liiniosaks ülemise
korruse punnketi efektiivsus, alumise korruse pakilift piiras 11% ning pakkimine 19%
ristlõigete tootlikkust. Kõikide ristlõigete uurimisel näitas alumise korruse punnkett võrreldes
teiste liiniosadega madalat tootlikkust, langedes 175 mm ja laiemate ristlõigete korral alla
50%.
Tootlikkuse tõstmiseks tuleks liinile paigaldada automaatne sorteerimismasin. Tulemustele
tuginedes tuleks alumise korruse puhul uuendada kõik paki formeerimist mõjutavad seadmed
korraga.
Lisasimulatsioon sorteerimismasina korral näitas seadme maksimaalsel kiirusel (135 tk/min)
32% ulatuses selle efektiivsuse langust pakilammutuslifti tõttu. Lahendus on abilifti
paigaldamine sorteerimisliinile. Sorteerimismasina abil ning alumise korruse seadistamisel,
kus pakkenoad suudavad paki formeerida kiirusega 12 kihti minutis, on simulatsiooni
andmetel saavutatud potentsiaalne tootlikkus, mis lubab tootmise viia kahe vahetuse põhiseks.The aim of this thesis was to study the opportunities of productivity improvement of AS
Toftan sawmill dry timber sorting line. The subject is important because this production unit
works in three shifts and has lower throughput than other productive parts in sawmill. The
main goal was to find out which facilities of the line are limiting the productivity.
A two-storey line was divided into six sections and simulation was carried out using 2014.
productivity output data. The parts of the line which are limiting the productivity of various
cross sections of the sorting were found. The measurements and observations were made from
10th of March to 23rd of April in 2015. The data was collected for the movements of the
sorting of 36 different cross-sections.
The results showed that 70% of the productivity of materials were limited by the efficiency of
the sorting conveyor, ground floor tilt limited 11% of material and 19% of cross-sectionals
were limited by timber packing. The ground floor conveyor showed lower productivity for all
cross-sections of the examination compared to other parts of the sorting line.
To increase the productivity of sorting line, the automated grading machine needs to be
installed. The results of the study showed that pack formation section equipment of the
ground floor should be upgraded simultaneously.
When grading machine was included, the simulation showed that at its maximum speed (135
pcs/min), total efficiency of sorting dropped to 32% due second floor tilt. Automated lumber
grading equipment and ground floor settings where timber is formulated at rate of 12 layers
per minute, the potential productivity is achieved which allows working in two shifts
I cento fascicoli delle „Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken“, 1898–2020
No full textOn the occasion of the 100th issue of the „Quellen und Forschungen aus
italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken“, the article offers a retrospective look at the
journal, with a focus on the medieval section. It highlights the presentation or edition
of Vatican sources, both as a reflection of the Institute’s research and as a constant distinctive feature in the context of international journals. At the same time, the author
stresses the journal’s openness to new topics following trends in medieval studies,
alongside well-established issues, and the increasingly intense internationalisation
resulting from collaboration with other researchers and institutes based in Rome, Italy
and abroad. Finally, it expresses the hope that the journal may continue to be a means
of fostering research on primary sources, especially in the context of the Repertorium
Germanicum
Esther Rando Burgos: Régimen Jurídico de la Gestión Territorial
No full textReview of the book by Esther Rando Burgos, Legal Framework of Territorial Management. Tirant lo Blanch, 2020, 464 pp. Foreword by Diego J. Vera Jurado. The work analyzes in a new, rigorous and complete way, how to manage the planning of the territory, one of the great challenges of the planning of the territory in our country. And it does so by providing solutions and tools that, from a legal point of view, can be decisive in advancing this controversial issue. The author rigorously presents the existing non-existent legal regime and, in what constitutes a benchmark in this public function, configures it, even providing it with the legal mechanisms that can enable its implementation.Recensión del libro de Esther Rando Burgos, Régimen jurídico de la Gestión Territorial. Tirant lo Blanch, 2020, 464 pp. Prólogo de Diego J. Vera Jurado. La obra analiza de forma novedosa, rigurosa y completa, cómo gestionar la ordenación del territorio, uno de los grandes retos de la ordenación del territorio en nuestro país. Y lo hace aportando soluciones y herramientas que, desde el punto de vista jurídico, pueden ser determinantes en el avance de esta polémica cuestión. La autora presenta de manera rigurosa el inexistente régimen jurídico existente y, en lo que constituye todo un referente en esta función pública, lo configura, dotándolo incluso de los mecanismos jurídicos que pueden posibilitar su puesta en marcha
Literary and Social Diasporas: An Italian Australian Perspective
No full textFrom the Publisher:
This volume seeks to map an understanding of the Italian experience onto the broader picture of diasporic stories, though with an anchor in the Australian-Italian experience. It brings together key essays and testimonials that frame a picture of Italy\u27s rich legacy at home , in Europe more widely, and in the (post)colonial sphere, with a particular emphasis on the Australian experience. The essays collected here focus on the way an Italian Australian story has emerged and evolved in its own unique way. In some respects it might be possible to define Australia, through this community, as an Italian space, very much inscribed and described by the many voices that characterise it. What is clear throughout these pages is that past, present and future circulate through and around each other, just as notions of nation - colonial, postcolonial, emigrant and immigrant - jostle for purchase in what is in fact a contested space always under negotiation.
Contents:
Gerry Turcotte/Gaetano Rando: Introduction. Italian Australian Studies: A (Post)Colonial Perspective - Venero Armanno: Under the Volcano - Pino Bosi: Australia cane - Fifty Years Later - Antonio Casella: Literature of Nostalgia: The Long Voyage - Archimede Fusillo: Tales My Nonna Told Me - Jan Sardi: Growing up Italian and Making Movies - Francesca Matteini: Intellectual Migrations: The Winds of Change - Peter Tesoriero: The Aeolian Diaspora - Jessica Carniel: «Identities Made in the Kitchen Taste the Best»: Consumption and Denial of Italian Australian Ethnicity as Food in Capaldo\u27s Love Takes You Home - John Gatt-Rutter: Writing the Life of an Italian Australian: Piero Genovesi\u27s Sebastiano Pitruzzello: l\u27uomo - la famiglia - l\u27industria - Gaetano Rando: Expressions of the Calabrian Diaspora in Calabrian Australian Writing - Rita Wilson: Cultural (Re)Locations: Narratives by Contemporary Italian Australian Women - Gianfranco Cresciani: A Clash of Civilisations? The Slovene and Italian Minorities and the Problem of Trieste from Borovnica to Bonegilla - Joseph Pugliese: Noi Altri: Italy\u27s Other Geopolitical Identities, Racialised Genealogies and Inter-Cultural Histories - Francesco Ricatti: Sexual and Ethnic Identity in a Migratory Context: Letters to an Italo-Australian Newspaper - Michele Sapucci: Dealing with Second Generations.
About the editors:
Gaetano Rando is Associate Professor in Italian Studies and English Language and Linguistics at the University of Wollongong. He has written extensively on Italian Australian studies and the associated migration and cultural issues.
Gerry Turcotte is Professor of English and Executive Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. He is the author and editor of fourteen books including the novel Flying in Silence which was short-listed for The Age Book of the Year in 2001.
ISBN: 978905201383
Commented translation: Le ski de rando : Débuter et se perfectionner (Vargel, Patrice. Éditions Glémat. Grenoble: 2010, s. 11-40)
No full textThis bachelor thesis is a commented translation of selected chapters of the publication Le Ski de rando: Débuter et se perfectionner by the French author Patrice Vargel, which deals with the methodology of ski mountaineering and principles of safe behavior when moving in the mountains. The work consists of two parts - practical and theoretical. The first part is the translation itself. The second part focuses on the analysis of the original text, translation analysis, translation methods and problems and their possible solutions. Keywords translation; commented translation; translation analysis; ski mountaineering; mountains in winter; winter sport
Chromosomal assembly and comparative analysis of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) genome
No full textIn the early days of genomics, the development of a reference genome was an expensive, collaborative undertaking reserved only for traditional and popular model organisms; however, in a theoretical shift highlighted most clearly by the goals of the Genome 10K Project, the advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has resulted in a shift of focus towards the development of reference genomes for a variety of species less commonly studied. One non-traditional model organism selected as a priority species for the Genome 10K Project is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and specifically a fox from an experimental breeding project in which silver foxes (a melanistic variant of the red fox) have been selected over the past several decades to exhibit extreme behavioral phenotypes. The population consists of a strain of hyper-aggressive foxes and a strain of hyper-docile foxes, offering a model system through which the genetic underpinnings of behavior, as well as the genetic correlates of domestication, can be investigated.
The draft red fox genome, which was developed at BGI, has a sequence depth of 94x and is assembled into 676,878 scaffolds with an N50 of 11.80 Mbp. However, in order for the reference genome to be integrated with previous work in the model system, it is necessary to understand the relationship between the scaffolds and the chromosomes they comprise. Therefore, the primary goal of the present study was to assemble the fox chromosomes from the scaffolds of the draft red fox genome assembly.
The draft genome was first analyzed to detect bioinformatic errors known to occur in NGS-assembled genomes that might influence the integrity of the chromosome assembly. Based on these findings, the 500 largest scaffolds were assembled into the 17 fox chromosomes (16 autosomes and the X) based both on nucleotide-level synteny among the fox, dog, and cat identified through pairwise alignment of the reference genomes and on interspecies synteny reported in previously developed comparative maps. The result of the current analysis is the development of a new version of the red fox reference genome that will serve as a valuable tool in ongoing research by increasing the resolution at which mapping studies can probe the genetic architecture of complex behavioral phenotypes in the domesticated fox system.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I only', the embargo will last until 2017-08-01The student, Halie Rando, accepted the attached license on 2015-07-21 at 12:21.The student, Halie Rando, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2015-07-21 at 13:50.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2015-07-21 at 14:34.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #8585 on 2015-09-29 at 15:00:54Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-29T20:50:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Commented translation: Le ski de rando : Débuter et se perfectionner (Vargel, Patrice. Éditions Glémat. Grenoble: 2010, s. 11-40)
No full textThis bachelor thesis is a commented translation of selected chapters of the publication Le Ski de rando: Débuter et se perfectionner by the French author Patrice Vargel, which deals with the methodology of ski mountaineering and principles of safe behavior when moving in the mountains. The work consists of two parts - practical and theoretical. The first part is the translation itself. The second part focuses on the analysis of the original text, translation analysis, translation methods and problems and their possible solutions. Keywords translation; commented translation; translation analysis; ski mountaineering; mountains in winter; winter sportsTato bakalářská práce je komentovaným překladem vybraných kapitol publikace , jež se zabývá metodikou skialpinismu a principy bezpečného pohybu v horách. Práce se skládá ze dvou částí - praktické a teoretické. První část tvoří samotný překlad. Druhá část se zaměřuje na originálu, překladatelskou analýzu, překladatelské postupy a problémy a jejich možná řešení. Klíčová slova překlad; komentovaný překlad; překladatelská analýza; skialpinismus; hory v zimě; zimníÚstav translatologieInstitute of Translation StudiesFilozofická fakultaFaculty of Art
Genomic response to selection for behavior
No full textThe red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a model of significant interest to social behavior genomics because of an experimental breeding project that began in the mid-20th century at the Institute for Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Russia. In this experiment, foxes acquired from fox farms were bred into two lines: one that displays prosocial, tame behavior and one that is fearfully aggressive towards humans. Today, the two lines exhibit stark behavioral differences known to have a genetic basis. The short time period that has elapsed since the beginning of fox farming (125 years) also renders the fox a potential model for the genomic response to the process of domestication. However, the identification of genes or genetic variants influencing behavior under selective breeding and/or domestication has long been limited by the lack of red fox genomic resources. Although the genome of a male fox was recently sequenced and assembled, this draft assembly is likely to be affected by errors characteristic of assembly from short next-generation sequencing reads.
Here, the refinement of the draft genome, the development of red fox genomic resources, and preliminary behavior genetic analyses are described. In chapter 2, the scaffolds (i.e., short sequence fragments) that comprise the draft red fox reference assembly were assembled into 40 fragments on the scale of chromosome arms that constitute the autosomes and X-chromosome. In chapter 3, scaffolds containing Y-chromosome sequence were also identified. Both of these chapters contextualize the red fox chromosomes among those of other carnivores, and chapter 4 describes the application of the Y-chromosome sequence to the confirmation of the farm-bred foxes’ ancestral population. In chapter 5, genome-wide variation in farm-bred foxes and their closest wild relatives is analyzed to identify a dense set of genetic variants and to conduct a preliminary analysis of putative regions under selection during the domestication of red foxes, revealing known and novel candidate genes associated with fox breeding. Finally, chapter 6 describes the high-resolution characterization of variation within and among 83 tame and aggressive individuals and a preliminary analysis to identify regions under selection during selective breeding for tame and aggressive human-directed behavior.
The advances in red fox genomic tools described here provide a foundation for the analysis of the red fox’s genetic response to selection for behavior. This work expands on and provides new resources for the study of chromosomal evolution (chapters 2 and 3), population history (chapters 4 and 5), and response to selection for behavior (chapters 5 and 6) in the red fox. This work therefore represents a significant step towards the realization of a red fox model for social behavior genomics that can be used to investigate the genetic architecture of social behavior and to identify loci regulating behavioral variation, with the ultimate goal of identifying loci influencing social behavior and domestication in mammals broadly.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2021-12-01The student, Halie Rando, accepted the attached license on 2019-09-20 at 16:27.The student, Halie Rando, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-09-20 at 16:49.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2019-09-27 at 14:53.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #14464 on 2020-02-28 at 17:20:25Made available in DSpace on 2020-03-02T22:12:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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