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Ontologies, Different Reasoning Strategies, Different Logics, Different Kinds of Knowledge Representation: Working Together
No full textThe recent experiences in the building, maintenance and reuse of ontologies has shown that the most efficient approach is the collaborative one. However, communication between collaborators such as IT professionals, librarians, web designers and subject matter experts is difficult and time consuming. This is because there are different reasoning strategies, different logics and different kinds of knowledge representation in the applications of Semantic Web. This article intends to be a reference scheme. It uses concise and simple explanations that can be used in common by specialists of different backgrounds working together in an application of Semantic Web
Erwin Bosch / Esther Bloch / Ralph Bloch: Der jüdische Friedhof von Krumbach-Hürben / rezensiert von Anke Geißler
No full textRezensiertes Werk:
Erwin Bosch / Esther Bloch / Ralph Bloch: Der jüdische Friedhof von Krumbach-Hürben, Quellen und Darstellungen zur jüdischen Geschichte Schwabens, Bd. 4, Augsburg: Wißner 2015. 624 S
Female characters in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man: role and purpose
No full textTreballs Finals del Grau d'Estudis Anglesos, Facultat de Filologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs:
2017-2018, Tutora: Marta Bosch Vilarrubias[eng] The aim of this dissertation is to examine the role and purpose of female characters in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, in order to determine whether his social denunciation regarding the black community’s rights includes not only men, but also women. To do so, the novel will be
analyzed and five different articles on the topic will be used to support the drawn conclusions. After a brief explanation of the novel’s historical and social context, the analysis of the interactions between female characters and the narrator will serve as the base to establish the women’s role and purpose in the story. Finally, examining how they participate in Ellison’s portrayal and denounce of the numerous stereotypes that white society had about black men will help determine what use the author makes of his female creations..[cat] L’objectiu d’aquest estudi és examinar el paper i propòsit dels personatges femenins de Invisible Man, de Ralph Ellison, per tal de determinar si la seva denúncia social sobre els drets de la comunitat afro americana també inclou a les dones, i no tan sols als homes. Per tal d’aconseguir-ho, s’analitzarà la novel·la, i cinc diferents articles seran utilitzats per tal de recolzar les conclusions tretes. Després d’una breu explicació sobre el context social i històric de la novel·la, l’anàlisi de les interaccions entre els personatges femenins i el narrador serviran com a base per a establir el paper i propòsit de les dones dins la història. Finalment, examinar com els personatges femenins participen en la representació i denúncia que Ellison duu a terme sobre els nombrosos estereotips de la societat envers els homes afro americans ajudarà a determinar l’ús que l’autor fa de les seves creacions femenines
Název diplomové práce: Zmírňování bariér v procesu získávání talentů na rozvíjejícím se trhu: BOSCH Limited v Indii
No full textThis Master’s Thesis explores the challenges and barriers of talent acquisition in an emerging market, namely, India. BOSCH Limited in India served as a qualitative research example. The most effective solutions and mitigation methods are also discussed. Throughout the thesis, in-depth interviews with BOSCH talent acquisition leaders, long-term employees and new recruits were consolidated into a section on practical data collection. All interviewees highlighted specific details about the talent acquisition process and they personally selected BOSCH as their employer of choice. The results of the literature review are analyzed and compared to the in-depth interviews. The author attempted to present the reader with a practical thesis with interesting insights about talent acquisition within the emerging market of India. The most frequently occurring challenges are: competition of talent, skill gaps, wrong hires, and candidate experience at BOSCH Limited in India. The author proposes a practical solution to all these challenges: implementing a new hiring strategy with a new talent pipeline scheme. This provides benefits to both parties: the company and the workforce. The suggested strategy provides a cost-effective way to mitigate the challenges and barriers whilst also giving individuals and talent the chance to gain more professional experience and leaving them with a longer period of skill acquisition. It allows BOSCH Limited to secure talent internally, but also to hire external talent with incentives provided by TA professionals.Tato magisterská práce se zabývá problémy a překážkami při získávání talentů na rozvíjejícím se trhu, konkrétně v Indii. Pro kvalitativní výzkum posloužila společnost BOSCH Limited v Indii. V práci jsou diskutována nejefektivnější řešení při získávání talentů a metody zmírnění negativních dopadů. V celé práci byly hloubkové rozhovory s vedoucími pracovníky společnosti BOSCH v oblasti získávání talentů; rozhovory s dlouhodobými zaměstnanci a novými zaměstnanci jsou posány v části věnované praktickému sběru dat. Všichni dotazovaní zdůraznili konkrétní detaily procesu získávání talentů a osobně si vybrali společnost BOSCH jako preferovaného zaměstnavatele. Výsledky přehledu literatury jsou analyzovány a porovnány s hloubkovými rozhovory. Autor předložil praktickou práci se konkrétními poznatky o získávání talentů v rámci rozvíjejícího se indického trhu. Dle výsledků práce jsou nejčastěji se vyskytujícími problémy: konkurence talentů, nedostatek dovedností, špatné přijímání zaměstnanců a zkušenosti kandidátů ve společnosti BOSCH Limited v Indii. Autor navrhuje praktické řešení všech těchto výzev: zavedení nové strategie náboru s novým systémem talent pipeline. To přináší výhody oběma stranám: společnosti i pracovníkům. Navržená strategie poskytuje nákladově efektivní způsob, jak zmírnit problémy a překážky a zároveň dává jednotlivcům a talentům možnost získat více profesních zkušeností a ponechává jim delší dobu na získání dovedností. Umožňuje společnosti BOSCH Limited zajistit si talenty interně, ale také najímat externí talenty s pobídkami poskytovanými odborníky z TA
Název diplomové práce: Zmírňování bariér v procesu získávání talentů na rozvíjejícím se trhu: BOSCH Limited v Indii
No full textThis Master’s Thesis explores the challenges and barriers of talent acquisition in an emerging market, namely, India. BOSCH Limited in India served as a qualitative research example. The most effective solutions and mitigation methods are also discussed. Throughout the thesis, in-depth interviews with BOSCH talent acquisition leaders, long-term employees and new recruits were consolidated into a section on practical data collection. All interviewees highlighted specific details about the talent acquisition process and they personally selected BOSCH as their employer of choice. The results of the literature review are analyzed and compared to the in-depth interviews. The author attempted to present the reader with a practical thesis with interesting insights about talent acquisition within the emerging market of India. The most frequently occurring challenges are: competition of talent, skill gaps, wrong hires, and candidate experience at BOSCH Limited in India. The author proposes a practical solution to all these challenges: implementing a new hiring strategy with a new talent pipeline scheme. This provides benefits to both parties: the company and the workforce. The suggested strategy provides a cost-effective way to mitigate the challenges and barriers whilst also giving individuals and talent the chance to gain more professional experience and leaving them with a longer period of skill acquisition. It allows BOSCH Limited to secure talent internally, but also to hire external talent with incentives provided by TA professionals.Tato magisterská práce se zabývá problémy a překážkami při získávání talentů na rozvíjejícím se trhu, konkrétně v Indii. Pro kvalitativní výzkum posloužila společnost BOSCH Limited v Indii. V práci jsou diskutována nejefektivnější řešení při získávání talentů a metody zmírnění negativních dopadů. V celé práci byly hloubkové rozhovory s vedoucími pracovníky společnosti BOSCH v oblasti získávání talentů; rozhovory s dlouhodobými zaměstnanci a novými zaměstnanci jsou posány v části věnované praktickému sběru dat. Všichni dotazovaní zdůraznili konkrétní detaily procesu získávání talentů a osobně si vybrali společnost BOSCH jako preferovaného zaměstnavatele. Výsledky přehledu literatury jsou analyzovány a porovnány s hloubkovými rozhovory. Autor předložil praktickou práci se konkrétními poznatky o získávání talentů v rámci rozvíjejícího se indického trhu. Dle výsledků práce jsou nejčastěji se vyskytujícími problémy: konkurence talentů, nedostatek dovedností, špatné přijímání zaměstnanců a zkušenosti kandidátů ve společnosti BOSCH Limited v Indii. Autor navrhuje praktické řešení všech těchto výzev: zavedení nové strategie náboru s novým systémem talent pipeline. To přináší výhody oběma stranám: společnosti i pracovníkům. Navržená strategie poskytuje nákladově efektivní způsob, jak zmírnit problémy a překážky a zároveň dává jednotlivcům a talentům možnost získat více profesních zkušeností a ponechává jim delší dobu na získání dovedností. Umožňuje společnosti BOSCH Limited zajistit si talenty interně, ale také najímat externí talenty s pobídkami poskytovanými odborníky z TA
Electrified Haber-Bosch Process: Green Ammonia Production
No full textThis report provides a design for a new process to make the ammonia-producing Haber-Bosch process more sustainable by reducing its CO2 emissions. It presents different elements of a process design with most importantly; process diagrams, mass and energy balances and a techno-economic analysis. The most important differences in this process is the use of water electrolysis and nitrogen production. This process emits approximately 50% less CO2 than regular Haber-Bosch methods. Nevertheless, the techno-economic analysis shows that this method is very expensive and that ammonia can only be sold at an acceptable price conform to the market with subsidies on electricity prices and can only become competitive if CO2 taxes are implemented for classic Haber-Bosch plants.Renewables Based Energy Conversion and StorageWB3595 Design ProjectMechanical Engineering | Process and Energy Technolog
Green Haber-Bosch Process:A Small-Scale Ammonia Reactor System Design
No full textThe global energy transition from a fossil fuel base energy system to a renewable energy source base system is the key mission for a low-carbon future. The target of CO2 emission reduction by 2050, following the Paris Climate Agreement, is 90% compared to the CO2 level of 1990. Haber-Bosch process is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia today and about 80% of the global ammonia is consumed by the fertilizer industry. However, the century old Haber-Bosch process is normally energized by fossil fuel and itreleases about 3% of the global carbon footprint. In light of this fact, replacing the conventional fossil fueled Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing ammonia with renewable source powered ammonia production is the main goal of this study. Instead of obtaining H2 from steam-reformed CH4, H2 is produced from electrolyzed H2O. This transition enables the conventional ammonia manufacturing process transforming into a green Haber-Bosch production of ammonia. Two Dutch companies, TNO and Zero Emission Fuels, are cooperatingand developing a small scale of reactor system that can convert ammonia from air and water by using solar PV panels. In this work, a new design of ammonia reactor system is developed. Ammonia is typically formed at high pressure (150 - 250 bar) and high temperature (400 - 500oC) using a promoted iron base catalyst. High temperature ensures rapid reaction kinetics, and high pressure boosts the product yield. Here a reactor system, that is operated at lower pressure (≤100 bar) and uses condensation to remove ammonia, is kinetically simulated in ASPEN. The effect of different operation conditions - reaction temperature (300oC, 350oC and 400oC) , pressure (50, 75 and 100 bar) and feed gas (N2 : H2) ratio (1 : 3 and 1 : 5) - on the production rate in a small-scale ammonia reactor have been systematically computed. The mass flow rate of the single pass reactor is set to 50 g/h in this work. With a catalyst bed length of 15 cm and inner diameter of 3.6 cm, according to the simulation, reaction temperature of 400oC and operating pressure of 100 bar can lead to the highest conversion (40%) in a single pass reactor. The average heat transfer area of the reactor system is to a great extend less than 50 m2, therefore, the double pipe heat exchanger is a favorable heat exchange system for the proposed reactor system. In the reactor design validation section, the selected optimum operation conditions are tested in the same scale reactor laboratory setup. Experimental results show that the single pass conversion of nitrogen at 400oC and 100 bar in such a small-scale reactor can reach 15.4% which is in the range of the industrial one pass conversion level. For reaction operated at 50 bar, 6% of ammonia yield is obtained. It is clear that ammonia production in small-scale and in milder operation condition is possible and the results are promising. The techno-economic analysis has been performed based on above mentioned outcome. The reactor system is integrated with ZEF AEC, ZEF compressor system and a membrane nitrogen separation system. With current ammonia design production (350 g/day), the cost of ammonia per kilogram can be achieved in the range of €1.8 to €2 depending on the operation condition. This is about 5 times more than fossil ammonia prices, but it is very competitive with biomass ammonia. In accordance with the sensitivity analysis, increasing the capacity of feed gas production or reducing the cost in plant equipment can remarkably reduce the ammonia price to less than 1 €/kg NH3. Furthermore, recommendations in four categories are discussed in the last section of this work, which can lead to a further step towards a green ammonia plant in small-scale.Mechanical Engineering | Process and Energy Technolog
Objectivity and Plausibility in the Study of Organizations
No full textThe author argues that though it is impossible to know whether a theoretical claim
is epistemically objective or not, it may be accepted as plausible when it is felt to be in some accordance with “the given”—
empirical findings, subjective/intersubjective ideas, thoughts and feelings, and the opinions of and cultural categories used by
others. Processes of resistance and accommodation occur during research as well as within scientific communities, enhancing
the plausibility of certain theoretical claims over others. Accepted theories feed back into the research process as well as its
subject matter, thereby affecting subjective/intersubjective judgments of plausibility. Openness, honesty, and responsibility are
particularly important in the evaluation of the plausibility of theoretical claims.
sj-docx-1-jtt-10.1177_1357633X211039398 - Supplemental material for Differences in management of telemedicine alerts on weekdays and public holidays: Results from the OptiLink heart failure trial
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jtt-10.1177_1357633X211039398 for Differences in management of telemedicine alerts on weekdays and public holidays: Results from the OptiLink heart failure trial by Jan Wintrich, Valerie Pavlicek, Johannes Brachmann, Ralph Bosch, Christian Butter, Hanno Oswald, Karin Rybak, Dominic Millenaar, Felix Mahfoud, Michael Böhm and Christian Ukena in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare</p
Concrete Flow in Diaphragm Wall Panels: A Full-Scale In-Situ Test
No full textFlow processes, taking place during the concreting of diaphragm wall panels (D-wall panels), are of great importance for the quality of the wall. During this phase, the bentonite, present in the excavated trench, should be completely replaced by concrete in a controlled way. In literature several cases are described in which this process resulted in bentonite inclusions in the panel. These inclusions often lead to severe problems, like leakages, for the building pit to be excavated within the diaphragm wall panels. Beside the risks for the building pit, leakages caused by bentonite inclusions can also have large consequences for nearby constructions. In this article, set up and results of a full-scale diaphragm wall test are described. Conclusions are drawn with regard to the influence of several parameters on the flow process and subsequently on the quality of the wall and the risk on bentonite inclusions
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