Practical Leadership: Learning from Great Rulers in History

This paper examines the applied principles and leadership styles of great ancient men in the light of the Bible as the Word of God. Practically speaking, scholarly literature in leadership and management lacked attention to the study of biblical figures as leaders. The author utilised secondary analysis of qualitative information from documented life stories of renowned leaders in human history. This paper utilizes qualitative content analysis to evaluate patterns of popular ancient leaders' styles in leading their subjects. With content analysis, the author is obliged to read and re-read the text, specifically the Bible, as the main source of data and focus on the specific timeline of the ancient world. The scope and limitation of this paper cover only the discussion on the prominent historical people, specifically Biblical characters, and does not include the current leaders of our time. This paper hopes to bring back the basics on leading people worth emulating by modern-day leaders. It explores the successes and failures of these ancient leaders that shaped history and even world cultures. It also aims to promote a blueprint that was already utilised by leaders in the ancient world regarding leading constituents and subjects. The scope and limitation of this study enfold the discussion on the prominent historical people and does not include the current leaders of our modern time.

Simulation and Optimization Studies of the LHCb Beetle Readout ASIC and Machine Learning Approach for Pulse Shape Reconstruction

The optimization of the Beetle readout ASIC and the performance of the software for the signal processing based on machine learning methods are presented. The Beetle readout chip was developed for the LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) tracking detectors and was used in the VELO (Vertex Locator) during Run 1 and 2 of LHC data taking. The VELO, surrounding the LHC beam crossing region, was a leading part of the LHCb tracking system. The Beetle chip was used to read out the signal from silicon microstrips, integrating and amplifying it. The studies presented in this paper cover the optimization of its electronic configuration to achieve the lower power consumption footprint and the lower operational temperature of the sensors, while maintaining a good condition of the analogue response of the whole chip. The studies have shown that optimizing the operational temperature is possible and can be beneficial when the detector is highly irradiated. Even a single degree drop in silicon temperature can result in a significant reduction in the leakage current. Similar studies are being performed for the future silicon tracker, the Upstream Tracker (UT), which will start operating at LHC in 2021. It is expected that the inner part of the UT detector will suffer radiation damage similar to the most irradiated VELO sensors in Run 2. In the course of analysis we also developed a general approach for the pulse shape reconstruction using an ANN approach. This technique can be reused in case of any type of front-end readout chip.

Practical Leadership: Learning from Great Rulers in Histor

This paper examines the applied principles and leadership styles of great ancient men in the light of the Bible as the Word of God. Practically speaking, scholarly literature in leadership and management lacked attention to studying biblical figures as leaders. The author utilized secondary analysis of qualitative information from documented life stories of renowned leaders in human history. This paper uses qualitative content analysis to evaluate patterns of famous ancient leaders' styles in leading their subjects. With content analysis, the author is obliged to read and re-read the text, specifically the Bible as the main source of data and focusing on the specific timeline of the ancient world. The scope and limitation of this paper cover only the discussion on the prominent historical people, specifically Biblical characters and does not include the current leaders of our time. This paper hopes to bring back the basics on leading people worth emulating by modern-day leaders. It explores the successes and failures of these ancient leaders that shaped history and even world cultures.

A customized fragment for seepage beneath a dam with a vertical wall

Based on the Method of Fragments for the analysis of steady confined seepage, a customized ‘type E’ fragment is developed, with results presented in the form of charts for the estimation of seepage quantities and exit gradients under embedded water-retaining structures with a vertical cut-off wall. The ‘type E’ fragment is shown to be an extension of previously derived ‘type A and D’ fragments, allowing for both embedment and a cut-off wall. The charts are generated using finite element analysis and cover both isotropic and anisotropic permeability cases. Validation of the fragment is confirmed by comparison with existing Method of Fragments and full finite element analysis. The charts are shown to predict the flow rate and exit gradient more precisely than existing Methods of Fragments. The design charts presented in this paper cover a wide range of confined flow problems of practical interest.

Improvisation as a Pedagogy of Organicity in a Work of Textbook Value by Victor Mihăilescu

The work Improvisation, the Pedagogy of Organicity is a major, original contribution to the research specific to the field of theatre and performing arts in general, and the art of acting in particular, and the reader interested in the latest editorial entries, ideas, methodologies, especially if he is a specialist, will literally go through it while taking notes. The reviewed work, following a doctoral dissertation awarded Summa cum Laude, is based on a thorough documentation, the research sources, professionally cited in the paper, cover the essential bibliography and the latest works in the field of Theatre Theory and Aesthetics, Actor’s Art and Theatrical Improvisation and the vast fields from which the actor’s art constantly borrows support and analysis tools – Psychology, Pedagogy, Neurosciences. The material is structured in three main parts, the twinning of which results in the author’s original thesis – a compendium of ideas on improvisation and specific methodologies that becomes, through the exceptional quality of documentation and the original contribution of the author’s own research, a landmark for actors and theatre pedagogues, theorists and practitioners in the field.

Fifteenth General Review of Quotas—Further Considerations

The paper revisits the two-pillar framework for assessing the adequacy of Fund resources. Responding to Directors suggestions, the quantitative pillar is updated to include alternative assumptions and to provide a longer-term perspective on likely resource needs. While quantitative estimates are generally somewhat lower after factoring in the alternative assumptions, these reductions are more than outweighed when the analysis is extended through the middle of the next decade, recognizing that the outcome of the 15th Review will likely determine permanent Fund resources through at least the middle of the next decade. The updated qualitative pillar analysis highlights reforms since the global financial crisis and discusses uncertainties in the global environment. It also provides an assessment of the general impact of the various qualitative considerations. Taken together, the two pillars continue to make a case for at least maintaining existing Fund resources. Against this background, the simulations in the paper cover three illustrative sizes for quota increases (50, 75, and 100 percent), centered on broadly maintaining Fund resources, assuming the New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) is maintained at its current level and Bilateral Borrowing Agreements (BBAs) expire.

A comparison of activation functions in multilayer neural network for predicting the production and consumption of electricity power

Predicting electricity power is an important task, which helps power utilities in improving their systems’ performance in terms of effectiveness, productivity, management and control. Several researches had introduced this task using three main models: engineering, statistical and artificial intelligence. Based on the experiments, which used artificial intelligence models, multilayer neural networks model has proven its success in predicting many evaluation datasets. However, the performance of this model depends mainly on the type of activation function. Therefore, this paper introduces an experimental study for investigating the performance of the multilayer neural networks model with respect to different activation functions and different depths of hidden layers. The experiments in this paper cover the comparison among eleven activation functions using four benchmark electricity datasets. The activation functions under examination are sigmoid, hyperbolic tangent, SoftSign, SoftPlus, ReLU, Leak ReLU, Gaussian, ELU, SELU, Swish and Adjust-Swish. Experimental results show that ReLU and Leak ReLU activation functions outperform their counterparts in all datasets.

On the weighted fractional Pólya–Szegö and Chebyshev-types integral inequalities concerning another function

The primary objective of this present paper is to establish certain new weighted fractional Pólya–Szegö and Chebyshev type integral inequalities by employing the generalized weighted fractional integral involving another function Ψ in the kernel. The inequalities presented in this paper cover some new inequalities involving all other type weighted fractional integrals by applying certain conditions on $\omega (\theta )$ ω ( θ ) and $\Psi (\theta )$ Ψ ( θ ) . Also, the Pólya–Szegö and Chebyshev type integral inequalities for all other type fractional integrals, such as the Katugampola fractional integrals, generalized Riemann–Liouville fractional integral, conformable fractional integral, and Hadamard fractional integral, are the special cases of our main results with certain choices of $\omega (\theta )$ ω ( θ ) and $\Psi (\theta )$ Ψ ( θ ) . Additionally, examples of constructing bounded functions are also presented in the paper.

DESAIN SARANA BAWA DAN PENYIMPANAN PERALATAN PRAKTIKUM PRIBADI BAGI MAHASISWA JURUSAN TEKNIK KIMIA POLITEKNIK NEGERI SAMARINDA

Praktikum merupakan salah satu metode pembelajaran yang digunakan pada sistem belajar mengajar di lembaga-lembaga pendidikan. Politeknik Negeri Samarinda sebagai salah satu lembaga pendidikan tinggi menerapkan metode praktikum dalam proses belajar mengajar. Teknik kimia yang merupakan jurusan teknik terapan memiliki serangkaian praktikum untuk dilakukan demi menunjang proses belajar mengajar. Pada kegiatan praktikum Jurusan Teknik Kimia, mahasiswa jurusan tersebut mewajibkan setiap mahasiswanya untuk memiliki peralatan praktikum pribadi guna menunjang kebutuhan setiap mahasiswa dalam melaksanakan praktikum. Mahasiswa-mahasiswa jurusan Teknik Kimia Politeknik Negeri Samarinda membawa dan menyimpan peralatan praktikum pribadinya pada sebuah kotak sepatu yang dilapisi kertas sampul. Penggunaan kotak sepatu sebagai sarana bawa dan penyimpanan membuat peralatan praktikum mudah rusak dan tidak terkonfigurasi secara baik. Tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam perancangan produk ini adalah membuat produk berupa sarana bawa dan penyimpanan bagi peralatan praktikum pribadi mahasiswa jurusan Teknik Kimia Politeknik Negeri Samarinda yang mampu menekan kemungkinan peralatan praktikum mudah rusak dan mampu membuat peralatan praktikum terkonfigurasi secara baik. Dengan berbagai metode perencanaan dan perancangan yang diantaranya adalah : pengumpulan data, konsep desain, alternatif desain, hingga mencapai desain akhir, diharapkan usulan desain ini dapat memberi masukan bagi pihak-pihak terkait untuk dapat melengkapi hal hal yang belum tercapai pada sarana bawa dan penyimpanan bagi peralatan praktikum pribadi mahasiswa jurusan Teknik Kimia Politeknik Negeri Samarinda Practicum is one of the teaching methods used in teaching and learning system in educational institutions. Polytechnic State of Samarinda as one of the higher education institutions apply practical methods in learning process. Chemical engineering department have a following practicum to be done in order to support the learning process. At the chemical engineering department practicum activities, students of the department requires each student to have a personal lab equipment to support the needs of every student in practicum. Students in Chemical Engineering department in Polytechnic State of Samarinda carrying and storing their personal lab equipment in a shoe box lined paper cover. The use of a shoe box as carrying and storing facilities make a personal lab equipment can be easily demaged and is not configured properly. The goal in the design of this product is to make products such as carrying and storing facilities for personal lab equipment Chemical Engineeringstudents were able to suppress the possibility of lab equipment can be easily demaged and are able to make the lab equipment configured properly. With a various methods of scheming and design such as data collection, design concept, design alternative, until achieve a final design, this design proposal can be expected to give an input for the related parties to complete a things which have not been achieved in carrying and storing for personal lab equipment for Chemical Engineering department of Polytechnic State of Samarinda students

On Wong Type Contractions

In this paper, by using admissible mapping, Wong type contraction mappings are extended and investigated in the framework of quasi-metric spaces to guarantee the existence of fixed points. We consider examples to illustrate the main results. We also demonstrate that the main results of the paper cover several existing results in the literature.