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MODELING REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS WITH FUTURE CLIMATIC CHANGE INFLUENCE ACCOUNTING
No full textThe methodology of construction of the alternative agricultural production scenarios at regional level includes profitability and feasibility analysis based on assessment the effect of global climate change on productivity parameters for the main agricultural crops, cost efficiency of crop growing and cattle breeding. To propose links between economic adaptation to climate change and carbon (organic C) stock management in agricultural ecosystems for use in developing long-term adoption strategies at regional level, the regional economic-mathematical model was elaborated. It allows us to unify soil C driving variables and human environment factors.Regional Economic-Mathematical Model, Regional Alternative Management Scenarios, Climate change, Linear Programming Task, Model of humus balance, European Russia, Crop Production/Industries, Environmental Economics and Policy, Livestock Production/Industries, Research Methods/ Statistical Methods,
5% lidocaine medicated plaster double effect in a case of orofacial localized neuropathic pain
No full textRoberto Casale,1,2 Yuriy Romanenko,2,3 Massimo Allegri4–6 1Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Pain Rehabilitation Unit, Foundation "Salvatore Maugeri", Research and Care Institute, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy; 2EFIC Montescano Pain School, Montescano, Italy; 3Department of Neurology, Lugansk City Hospital 4, Lugansk, Ukraine; 4Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; 5Pain Therapy Service Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 6SIMPAR group, Pavia, Italy Abstract: Localized neuropathic pain (LNP) is a type of neuropathic pain that is characterized by “consistent and limited area(s) of maximum pain associated with negative or positive sensory signs and/or spontaneous symptoms characteristic of neuropathic pain”. This definition encompasses a huge number of neuropathic orofacial pain syndromes. We present a case report of a patient who was affected with sleep apnea syndrome treated with nocturnal oxygen mask delivery, in whom orofacial LNP hampered the wearing of a mask due to unbearable burning and throbbing pain. The application of 5% lidocaine medicated plaster during the night led to an impressive reduction of both the pain level and the size of the painful area due to the plaster's pharmacological mechanisms, which were associated with a secondary benefit due to its mechanical protective action. This case report shows how these two factors could be of clinical value and have to be considered more systematically in the treatment of LNP in reducing pain and the size of the painful area. Keywords: trigeminal pain, localized neuropathic pain, topical treatment, 5% lidocaine medicated plaste
A CARBON CONSTRAINED SOCIETY: THE ECONOMICS OF CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION AND STORAGE
No full textTraditionally carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has been viewed and treated as a “bad” rather than a “good”. This mental model is of little surprise due to a well-established consensus on carbon dioxide as a pollutant constraining the sustainability of economic and social development at a global scale.
In the world where so many actors are preoccupied with shifting towards a low- carbon economy the very idea of carbon dioxide being a commodity (literally and not in the form of carbon caps or quotas trade, in which case a “commodity” is in fact the right to emit carbon, which is in its essence a very different concept) might be a big of a statement. However, this idea is not a mere perspective but a reflection of an already existing and developing market for CO2 with well-defined supply and demand sides. Paradoxically, the supply side of this nascent market was originally motivated by the intention to decrease CO2 emissions but now is giving rise to CO2 as a commodity. Ironically, the demand side (CO2 buyers) is the part of the market which is “hungry” for the commodity not being supplied in a demanded quantity.
This thesis provides a conceptual overview of the market for CO2 where the supply is coming from CCUS industry and the demand originates in the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) industry. The paper is based on the research project (the working title “CCUS Market Dynamics”) conducted recently as a part of master thesis and currently PhD research. The project started in late 2013 as a system dynamics modelling effort focused on specific problem of CCUS technologies commercialization. However, eventually the problem necessitated the construction of the model of an integrated CCUS-EOR system, similar to the demand-pull market for carbon dioxide currently developing in the Permian Basin, TX.
As viewed by the author, it is the market perspective towards CO2 which turned out to be the most insightful part and result of the modelling process. The system dynamics method and its endogenous approach appeared to be instrumental in grasping intricate interconnections between various dispersed (at least within conventional mental models) elements of the market for this new commodity.
This thesis presents the first stone towards a comprehensive research on the feedback mechanisms between the CCUS and EOR industries which shape the CO2 market. It is the author’s highest aspiration to provoke interest to this topic and create momentum for its further progression
Collecting and monitoring telemetry data using Raspberry Pi. The server part
No full textFişierul ataşat conţine: Аннотация, Adnotare, Summary, Оглавление.Цель дипломной работы – создание полноценной системы по сбору данных с удаленных терминалов, анализ собранных данных и представление данных оператору системы. Основная проблема поставленной задачи это большое количество удаленных терминалов. Общение между терминалами осуществляется с помощью MQTT(Message Queue Telemetry Transport) сервера. Основное преимущество такой технологии в том, что нет необходимости предоставлять каждому удаленному терминалу физическое подключение к сети Интернет, достаточно установить на терминал модем мобильного оператора.Scopul tezei este de a crea un sistem complet de colectare a datelor de la terminale la distanță, analiza datelor colectate și prezentarea datelor către operatorul sistemului. Principala problemă a sarcinii este reprezentată de un număr mare de terminale la distanță. Comunicarea între terminale se realizează utilizând serverul MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport). Principalul avantaj al acestei tehnologii sunt, că nu este nevoie să furnizați fiecărui terminal la distanță o conexiune fizică la Internet, este suficient să instalați un modem operatorului mobil pe terminal.The purpose of the license work is to create a complete system for collecting data from remote terminals, analyzing the collected data and presenting data to the operator of the system. The main problem of the task is a large number of remote terminals. Communication between terminals is performed using the MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) server. The main advantage of this technology is that there is no need to provide each remote terminal with a physical connection to the Internet, it is enough to install on the terminal a modem of the mobile operator's
Monitoring of climatic data using Raspberry Pi. Remote terminal
No full textFişierul ataşat conţine: Аннотация, Adnotare, Summary, Cuprins.Цель дипломной работы – является разработка удаленного терминала с возможностью подключения и настройки периферийных устройств, получения и выполнения команд с сервера, и передачи телеметрии с терминала на сервер. Так как нет возможности подключения локальной сети или сети Wi-Fi к терминалам, используются 3G технология, при которых передача данных осуществляется через 3G модем.Scopul tezei este dezvoltarea unui terminal la distanță, capabil să conecteze și să configureze periferice, să recepționeze și să execute comenzi de la server și să transfere telemetrie de la terminal către server. Deoarece nu există posibilitatea conectării unei rețele locale sau a unei rețele Wi-Fi la terminale, este utilizată tehnologia 3G, în care datele sunt transmise prin intermediul unui modem 3G.The purpose of the license work is the creation of a remote terminal with the ability to connect and configure peripherals, receive and execute commands from the server and transfer telemetry from the terminal to the server. Since there is no possibility of connecting a local network or Wi-Fi network to terminals, 3G technology is used, in which data is transmitting via 3G modem
Russian Folk Tales (Bilingual)
No full textThis lively hard-covered book has a typical selection of thirteen Russian folk-tales, listed in the T of C at the back. I include it in the collection for two reasons. First, it includes the Aesopic fable FS as its third story, She-Fox and Crane. To its credit, this version keeps the fable suitably brief and pointed. Secondly, one finds here a--sometimes crude--translation of other folk-tales included in books in this collection. Bilingual books are very helpful! It is, I think, a testimony to both Aesop and this collection that I found a bilingual English/Russian fable book in Tokyo!This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: Bilingual: English/RussianOriginal language: rusTranslated by Igor Covi
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Diffusion model identification for long-term coastal profile evolution
No full textAs it was found relatively recently, behavior-oriented diffusion models reasonably describes the time evolution of the cross-shore position of coastal profiles. Two time-independent coefficients in the governing equation, which embody the relevant physical properties, are identified simultaneously. Earlier, the authors have validated and calibrated numerically the proposed model, processing two sets of real data, the first measured over 10 years at Duck, in North Carolina (USA), the second obtained over 39 years measurements at Delfland (Holland). Here, the model dependence on the alongshore position of the observation point is studied. The coefficients of the model equation are determined by means of a certain iteration process. As it was observed, the achieved convergence is now better than when several separate observations along the coast are involved
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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