scholarly journals Airborne Precipitation and Cloud Sampling Techniques (Abstract)

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.I. Joe ◽  
R.S. Schemenauer ◽  
J.W. Strapp ◽  
P. Daum
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Collection Efficiency ◽  
Sampling Location ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
Flying Attitude ◽  
First Time ◽  
Snow Samples

Techniques have been developed for the airborne bulk sampling of cloud and precipitation, including snow, for later chemical analysis. The techniques include the use of cyclones, meshes, riming rods, scoops and slotted collectors. The role of sampling location on the aircraft, flying attitude, collection efficiency, and sampling procedures for clean samples and mixed clouds with respect to the design and performance of the collectors will be discussed. The polyethylene meshes, with thread diameters of 545 and 345 microns, and the riming rods, with diameter of 1.0 cm, collect supercooled droplets with different efficiencies and can be used to examine the dependence of chemistry on the droplet size. Airborne snow samples were collected for the first time, with the cyclone being the most effective collector.

scholarly journals Airborne Precipitation and Cloud Sampling Techniques (Abstract)

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 130-130
Author(s):  
P.I. Joe ◽  
R.S. Schemenauer ◽  
J.W. Strapp ◽  
P. Daum
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Collection Efficiency ◽  
Sampling Location ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
Flying Attitude ◽  
First Time ◽  
Snow Samples

Techniques have been developed for the airborne bulk sampling of cloud and precipitation, including snow, for later chemical analysis. The techniques include the use of cyclones, meshes, riming rods, scoops and slotted collectors. The role of sampling location on the aircraft, flying attitude, collection efficiency, and sampling procedures for clean samples and mixed clouds with respect to the design and performance of the collectors will be discussed. The polyethylene meshes, with thread diameters of 545 and 345 microns, and the riming rods, with diameter of 1.0 cm, collect supercooled droplets with different efficiencies and can be used to examine the dependence of chemistry on the droplet size. Airborne snow samples were collected for the first time, with the cyclone being the most effective collector.

scholarly journals Analysis of Market Structure-Conduct-Performance of Gurame Fish (Osphonemus gouramy) in Kediri Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 006 (02) ◽  
pp. 134-148
Author(s):  
BJ. Al-Baiquni ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Market Structure ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Barriers To Entry ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Marketing Margins

The role of marketing institutions is important for conducting marketing activities, so that research has a purpose for: 1) knowing the market structure of gurame fish, 2) describing the behavior of gurame fish marketing institutions, 3) knowing the performance of marketing institutions for gurame fish in Kediri Regency. Type of research is descriptive using analysis of structure, conduct, and performance. Sampling techniques using purposive sampling and snowball sampling techniques, data collection techniques by observation, direct interviews and documentation. The results of the study are based on market structure that is influenced by the number of sellers and buyers, barriers to entry and exit markets, and market information indicating that the formed market structure is oligopoly; There are still many marketing agency behaviors that harm several parties in marketing such as accounts payable, and other fraudulent practices; The marketing of gurame fish in Kediri Regecy cannot be said to be efficient because of the uneven distribution of marketing margins, costs, and profits of each institution, as well as the high margin value, costs, and profits from one of the marketing institutions, large-scale collectors.

Insurance regulations, risk and performance in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-96
Author(s):  
Baah Aye Kusi ◽  
Abdul Latif Alhassan ◽  
Daniel Ofori-Sasu ◽  
Rockson Sai
Keyword(s):  
Random Effect ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
And Performance ◽  
First Time

Purpose This study aims to examine the hypothesis that the effect of insurer risks on profitability is conditional on regulation, using two main regulatory directives in the Ghanaian insurance market as a case study. Design/methodology/approach This study used the robust ordinary least square and random effect techniques in a panel data of 30 insurers from 2009 to 2015 to test the research hypothesis. Findings The results suggest that regulations on no credit premium and required capital have insignificant effects on profitability of insurers. On the contrary, this study documents evidence that both policies mitigate the effect of underwriting risk on profitability and suggests that regulations significantly mitigate the negative effect of underwriting risk to improve profitability. Practical implications The finding suggests that policymakers and regulators must continue to initiate, design and model regulations such that they help tame risk to improve the performance of insurers in Ghana. Originality/value This study provides first-time evidence on the role of regulations in controlling risks in a developing insurance market.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Heavy Metals Contamination from Environment to Food Matrix by TXRF: The Case of Rice and Rice Husk

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabjola Bilo ◽  
Marco Lodolo ◽  
Laura Borgese ◽  
Alberto Bosio ◽  
Laura Benassi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Rice Husk ◽  
Contaminated Soils ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Rice Samples ◽  
Elemental Chemical Analysis ◽  
First Time ◽  
Established Technique

This paper is devoted to the chemical analysis of contaminated soils of India and the rice grown in the same area. Total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is a well-established technique for elemental chemical analysis of environmental samples, and it can be a useful tool to assess food safety. Metals uptake in rice crop grown in soils from different areas was studied. In this work soil, rice husk and rice samples were analyzed after complete solubilization of samples by microwave acid digestion. Heavy metals concentration detected in rice samples decreases in the following order: Mn > Zn > Cu > Ni > Pb > Cr. The metal content in rice husk was higher than in rice. This study suggests, for the first time, a possible role of heavy metals filter played by rice husk. The knowledge of metals sequestration capability of rice husk may promote some new management practices for rice cultivation to preserve it from pollution.

scholarly journals Artistic reconstruction of the folklore text in the works of Yu. Illienko (on the example of a film-apologue “A well for the thirsty ones”)

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-75
Author(s):  
G. Breslavets
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Folk Song ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Complex Sound ◽  
Musical Sound ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
And Performance ◽  
First Time

The topicality. The factors that influence the disclosure nature of the director’s and composer’s creative concept are the leading artistic polystylistic tendencies — stylistic layers and trailblazing experiments in the formation of sound-timbre and visualized combinations, where ancient intonations together with modern sound formation and video performance create new sound and performance realities. The purpose. To determine the role of artistic reconstruction of the folklore text and the specifics of their artistic embodiment in the film parable “A well for the thirsty ones” by the popular Ukrainian film director Yu. Illienko; to determine the specifics of the embodiment of the signs of cultural codes in the musical-sound score of the film by composer L. Hrabovskyi. The methodology. The culturological approach applied in revealing the issues of the article made it possible to consider the peculiarities of the drama and musical-sound score of Yu. Illienko’s film “A well for the thirsty ones” in a broad cultural context. The interpretive approach helped to highlight the importance of cultural codes of the folklore text, the specifics of their embodiment in the director’s idea through the artistic reconstruction of the folklore text. The results. Yu. Illienko and L. Hrabovskyi, addressing the folk song tradition, create a new intonation world, embodied in separate “emergings” of female solo singing (verses of the ballad one by one are strung like beads throughout the picture), in lamentations, in incantations, in children’s amusements when playing on pots, that intersperse with a general, very concise and minimalist sound score of the film. The characteristic and figural semantics of the musical-sound background of the film is saturated with active rhythmics, complex sound palette of combination of electronic sounds with natural ones, which demonstrates the author’s (at the choice of director and composer) special sound complex. Folklore texts in the film create a single hypertext, which is manifested at the appropriate levels — auditory, visual and dramatic. The novelty. The article considers for the first time the specifics of the embodiment of artistic reconstruction of a folklore text as the basis of the drama of Yu. Illienko’s film “A well for the thirsty ones” and defines sense forming and semantic role of the embodiment of the cultural codes signs in the musical-sound score of the film by composer L. Hrabovskyi. The practical significance. The artistic reconstruction of the folklore text in the film is based on the introduction of polystylistic tendencies and features of sound (timbre) thinking into the cinematographic process. Prospects for further study of this issue is the study of modern manifestations of artistic reconstruction of the folklore text, the processes of formation of semiotic space both in cinema and in culture in general.

scholarly journals The Role of Workload and Work Discipline in Improving Job Satisfaction and Performance of Outsourcing Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudarsih ◽  
Supriyadi
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
And Performance

This study examines how to improve outsourcing employees’ performance through workload and work discipline using job satisfaction as intervening variable. As many as 43 outsourcing workers at PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Jember are involved as samples. The sampling techniques used is census because it uses entire population as samples. This study used quantitative data through the distribution of questionnaires. Path analysis is performed for the purpose of this study. The results exhibit significant direct negative impact of workload on employee’s job satisfaction and performance, significant direct positive impact of work discipline on employee’s job satisfaction and performance, and significant direct positive and significant effect of job satisfaction on employees’ performance. The results also found significant indirect effects of workload and discipline on employee performance with job satisfaction as intervening variable but the magnitude is weaker than its direct effect.

scholarly journals Heat-Up Colloidal Synthesis of Shape-Controlled Cu-Se-S Nanostructures—Role of Precursor and Surfactant Reactivity and Performance in N2 Electroreduction

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3369
Author(s):  
Stefanos Mourdikoudis ◽  
George Antonaropoulos ◽  
Nikolas Antonatos ◽  
Marcos Rosado ◽  
Liudmyla Storozhuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Shape ◽  
Synthesis Temperature ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Copper Selenide ◽  
Colloidal Synthesis ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
And Performance ◽  
First Time

Copper selenide-sulfide nanostructures were synthesized using metal-organic chemical routes in the presence of Cu- and Se-precursors as well as S-containing compounds. Our goal was first to examine if the initial Cu/Se 1:1 molar proportion in the starting reagents would always lead to equiatomic composition in the final product, depending on other synthesis parameters which affect the reagents reactivity. Such reaction conditions were the types of precursors, surfactants and other reagents, as well as the synthesis temperature. The use of ‘hot-injection’ processes was avoided, focusing on ‘non-injection’ ones; that is, only heat-up protocols were employed, which have the advantage of simple operation and scalability. All reagents were mixed at room temperature followed by further heating to a selected high temperature. It was found that for samples with particles of bigger size and anisotropic shape the CuSe composition was favored, whereas particles with smaller size and spherical shape possessed a Cu2−xSe phase, especially when no sulfur was present. Apart from elemental Se, Al2Se3 was used as an efficient selenium source for the first time for the acquisition of copper selenide nanostructures. The use of dodecanethiol in the presence of trioctylphosphine and elemental Se promoted the incorporation of sulfur in the materials crystal lattice, leading to Cu-Se-S compositions. A variety of techniques were used to characterize the formed nanomaterials such as XRD, TEM, HRTEM, STEM-EDX, AFM and UV-Vis-NIR. Promising results, especially for thin anisotropic nanoplates for use as electrocatalysts in nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), were obtained.

Understanding Strategic Skills of Managers for First-Time Leadership in Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 367-388
Author(s):  
Bulent Akkaya ◽  
Semra Tetik
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
And Performance ◽  
First Time ◽  
Strategic Skills

Strategic skills of managers, which are closely interrelated concept with organizations' performance, have effects on organizations' performance. In this context, this study aims to examine the role of strategic leadership skills of managers of manufacturing SMEs operating in Turkey in in perspective of first-time leadership in Industry 4.0 age. Two questionnaires were used to get data on a five-point Likert scale. The data were collected from 225 employees from SMEs. Data was analyzed with the help of SPSS (V.22.0.) program to apply Descriptive Analysis, Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis. Results of the study revealed that strategic leadership skills of managers have important role in manufacturing SMEs for competitive advantage and sustainability. Finally, strategic leadership skills significantly can improve organization climate and performance of organizations. Therefore, the current study has vital importance for practitioners to enhance organization performance through leadership skills, organizational performance and organizational climate in Industry 4.0.

Trace nanoanalysis

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 940-941
Author(s):  
D. E. Newbury ◽  
R. D. Leapman
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Detection Efficiency ◽  
Volume Element ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Trace Constituents ◽  
Secondary Ion ◽  
Concentration Levels ◽  
Structure Properties

Trace constituents, which can be very loosely defined as those present at concentration levels below 1 percent, often exert influence on structure, properties, and performance far greater than what might be estimated from their proportion alone. Defining the role of trace constituents in the microstructure, or indeed even determining their location, makes great demands on the available array of microanalytical tools. These demands become increasingly more challenging as the dimensions of the volume element to be probed become smaller. For example, a cubic volume element of silicon with an edge dimension of 1 micrometer contains approximately 5×1010 atoms. High performance secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) can be used to measure trace constituents to levels of hundreds of parts per billion from such a volume element (e. g., detection of at least 100 atoms to give 10% reproducibility with an overall detection efficiency of 1%, considering ionization, transmission, and counting).

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