scholarly journals Plasma and photon technologies against bio-factors, dangerous to human being

2021 ◽  
Vol 2144 (1) ◽  
pp. 012030
Author(s):  
O D Volpian ◽  
R V Dronsky ◽  
Yu A Obod ◽  
A I Kuzmichev ◽  
O V Andrienko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Bactericidal Effect ◽  
Human Diseases ◽  
Plasma Technology ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Exhaled Air ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Monitoring Devices ◽  
Different Gases

Abstract Possible plasma and photonic methods and devices for monitoring and preventing dangerous infections and human diseases are presented. In experiments with different types of atmospheric pressure discharges in different gases, the significant bactericidal effect was found. The prototype of device based on the method of absorption spectroscopy for detecting human diseases by biomarkers in the exhaled air has been proposed and tested. The importance of the plasma technology of deposition of coatings by magnetron sputtering for the creation of anti-covid masks and high-quality optics (mirrors) for photon monitoring devices is emphasized.

Pictish Horse Carvings

1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Irene Hughson
Keyword(s):  
Class Ii ◽  
Class I ◽  
Early Historic Period ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Historic Period ◽  
Agricultural Economy ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Early Historic

Summary This paper examines the horse carvings to be found on Class I and Class II Pictish sculptured stones and considers their reliability as evidence of the sort of horses and ponies that would have existed in the Early Historic Period. An attempt is made to show that the availability in Britain of good sized, high quality riding horses during that period is not inconsistent with what is known of the development and distribution of different types of horses in pre-hislory. The importance of horses and ponies in Early Historic societies is stressed and inferences drawn about the agricultural economy that could support horses and the skilled specialists required to look after them.

Understanding Deviance in a World of Standards

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
Single Person ◽  
Different Types

Standards have become widespread regulatory tools that promote global trade, innovation, efficiency, and quality. They contribute significantly to the creation of safe, reliable, and high-quality services and technologies to ensure human health, environmental protection, or information security. Yet intentional deviations from standards by organizations are often reported in many sectors, which can either contribute to or challenge the measures of safety and quality they are designed to safeguard. Why then, despite all potential consequences, do organizations choose to deviate from standards in one way or another? This book uses structuration theory—covering aspects of both structure and agency—to explore the organizational conditions and contradictions under which different types of deviance occur. It also provides empirical explanations for deviance in organizations that go beyond an understanding of individual misbehaviour where mainly a single person is held responsible. Case studies of software developing organizations illustrate insightful generalizations on standards as a mechanism of sensemaking, resource allocation, and sanctioning, and provide ground to rethink corporate responsibility when deviating from standards in the ‘audit society’.

On‐axis dc magnetron sputtering of large area high quality YBa2Cu3O7superconducting thin films

1992 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Z. Zhang ◽  
L. Li ◽  
Y. Y. Zhao ◽  
B. R. Zhao ◽  
J. W. Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Dc Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Large Area ◽  
High Quality

Exploration of the Early Childhood Care and Education Provided in Kindergartens in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Manjinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
World War ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Early Childhood Care ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Shed Light

This study tends to shed light on early childhood care and education (ECCE) institutions with special reference to kindergartens in Fukuoka, Japan. The choice of the topic for study was derived by the importance of ECCE in children’s life and huge economic growth of Japan after worst effects of world war-II, which are thought to be linked with the education that children receives in Japan. The study is limited to four kindergartens in Fukuoka City and observations made for the study refers to 2018. Herein, different types of institutions providing ECCE, their infrastructural set-up, activities, along with curriculum are discussed. At the end, issues and challenges of ECCE system in Japan are discussed. It has been observed that the infrastructural facility and nature of activities are of high quality. Each and every care is being taken to inculcate habits, as well as to maintain physical and intellectual growth of children. The children seem to be highly happy and enjoy learning via various activities in these schools. It is clear that the devised policies on education and care of children are implemented in full spirit.

Growth of high quality AlN films on CVD diamond by RF reactive magnetron sputtering

2018 ◽  
Vol 431 ◽  
pp. 152-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang-xian Chen ◽  
Hao Liu ◽  
Sheng Liu ◽  
Cheng-ming Li ◽  
Yi-chao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Cvd Diamond ◽  
Reactive Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Reactive Magnetron ◽  
High Quality

scholarly journals Enzyme-catalyzed reactions in different types of high-pressure enzymatic reactors

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Mateja Primozic ◽  
Maja Habulin ◽  
Muzafera Paljevac ◽  
Zeljko Knez
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Ceramic Membranes ◽  
Stirred Tank ◽  
Optimal Temperature ◽  
Stirred Tank Reactor ◽  
Tank Reactor ◽  
Humicola Insolens ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of carboxy-methyl cellulose (CMC) was performed in three different types of reactors; in a batch stirred-tank reactor (BSTR) operating at atmospheric pressure, in a high-pressure batch stirred-tank reactor (HP BSTR) and in a high-pressure continuous tubular-membrane reactor (HP CTMR). In the high-pressure reactors aqueous SC CO2 was used as the reaction medium. The aim of our research was optimization of the reaction parameters for reaction performance. All the reactions were catalyzed by cellulase from Humicola insolens. Glucose production in the high-pressure batch stirred-tank reactor was faster than in the BSTR at atmospheric pressure. The optimal temperature for the reaction performed in the BSTR at atmospheric pressure was 30?C, while the optimal temperature for the reaction performed in SC CO2 was 32?C. The influence of the application of tubular ceramic membranes in the high-pressure reaction system was studied on the model reaction of CMC hydrolysis at atmospheric pressure and in SC CO2. The reaction was catalyzed by cellulase from Humicola insolens covalently linked to the surface of the ceramic membrane. The hydrolysis of CMC in SC CO2 and at atmospheric pressure was performed for a long time period. The reaction carried out in SC CO2 was more productive than the reaction performed at atmospheric pressure.

scholarly journals Effects of Aerosols and Clouds on the Levels of Surface Solar Radiation and Solar Energy in Cyprus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilias Fountoulakis ◽  
Panagiotis Kosmopoulos ◽  
Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou ◽  
Panagiotis-Ioannis Raptis ◽  
Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Financial Loss ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Surface Solar Radiation ◽  
Satellite Retrievals ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Fine Resolution

Cyprus plans to drastically increase the share of renewable energy sources from 13.9% in 2020 to 22.9% in 2030. Solar energy can play a key role in the effort to fulfil this goal. The potential for production of solar energy over the island is much higher than most of European territory because of the low latitude of the island and the nearly cloudless summers. In this study, high quality and fine resolution satellite retrievals of aerosols and dust, from the newly developed MIDAS climatology, as well as information for clouds from CMSAF are used in order to quantify the effects of aerosols, dust, and clouds on the levels of surface solar radiation (SSR) and the corresponding financial loss for different types of installations for production of solar energy. An SSR climatology has been also developed based on the above information. Ground-based measurements were also incorporated to study the contribution of different species to the aerosol mixture and the effects of day-to-day variability of aerosols on SSR. Aerosols attenuate 5 – 10% of annual GHI and 15 – 35% of annual DNI, while clouds attenuate ~25 – 30% and 35 – 50% respectively. Dust is responsible for 30 – 50% of the overall attenuation by aerosols.

scholarly journals A Study on Pattern Recognition with the Histograms of Oriented Gradients in Distorted and Noisy Images

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-478
Author(s):  
Andrzej Bukała ◽  
Michał Koziarski ◽  
Bogusław Cyganek ◽  
Osman Koç ◽  
Alperen Kara
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Denoising Method ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Histograms Of Oriented Gradients ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Simple Implementation ◽  
Salt And Pepper

Histograms of oriented gradients (HOG) are still one of the most frequently used low-level features for pattern recognition in images. Despite their great popularity and simple implementation performance of the HOG features almost always has been measured on relatively high quality data which are far from real conditions. To fill this gap we experimentally evaluate their performance in the more realistic conditions, based on images affected by different types of noise, such as Gaussian, quantization, and salt-and-pepper, as well on images distorted by occlusions. Different noise scenarios were tested such anti-distortions during training as well as application of a proper denoising method in the recognition stage. As underpinned with experimental results, the negative impact of distortions and noise on object recognition with HOG features can be significantly reduced by employment of a proper denoising strategy.

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