scholarly journals Operational analysis and safety audit for East York traffic network

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Bhasin
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Site Investigation ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Traffic Network ◽  
Simulation And Optimization ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
A Site ◽  
Road Safety Audit

Enhancing the quality of road travel is one of the main challenges present day traffic engineers and planners face. Travel delays cause loss of millions of person hours each year; and the economic toll of road accidents is staggering. Thus, engineers are always looking at opportunities for reducing delays and accidents. This project evaluates the operational and safety deficiency in a traffic network of nine intersections in the East York region and recommends appropriate and feasible corrective measures. The first phase of the project deals with the evaluation of traffic operations in the network, using simulation and optimization techniques, while the second phase encompasses a road safety audit that attempts to reduce crashes and fatalities. The study reveals that the majority of the intersections in the network are failing operationally, with level of service (LOS) F typical. Although a reduction in delays is achieved by optimization, no substantive improvement in LOS can be obtained by optimization alone. It is recommended that geometry and operations of the critical intersections be altered to enhance quality of service. Analysis of collection data was supported by a site investigation; recommendations for improving safety include relocating traffic signs, improving pavement condition and lighting and installing additional traffic control devices.

scholarly journals Operational analysis and safety audit for East York traffic network

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Bhasin
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Site Investigation ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Traffic Network ◽  
Simulation And Optimization ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
A Site ◽  
Road Safety Audit

Enhancing the quality of road travel is one of the main challenges present day traffic engineers and planners face. Travel delays cause loss of millions of person hours each year; and the economic toll of road accidents is staggering. Thus, engineers are always looking at opportunities for reducing delays and accidents. This project evaluates the operational and safety deficiency in a traffic network of nine intersections in the East York region and recommends appropriate and feasible corrective measures. The first phase of the project deals with the evaluation of traffic operations in the network, using simulation and optimization techniques, while the second phase encompasses a road safety audit that attempts to reduce crashes and fatalities. The study reveals that the majority of the intersections in the network are failing operationally, with level of service (LOS) F typical. Although a reduction in delays is achieved by optimization, no substantive improvement in LOS can be obtained by optimization alone. It is recommended that geometry and operations of the critical intersections be altered to enhance quality of service. Analysis of collection data was supported by a site investigation; recommendations for improving safety include relocating traffic signs, improving pavement condition and lighting and installing additional traffic control devices.

Reproduction of the Roman snail (Helix pomatia L.) from a local natural population in farm conditions and in a natural habitat

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Ligaszewski ◽  
Przemysław Pol
Keyword(s):  
Natural Population ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Helix Pomatia ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Animal Reproduction ◽  
Snail Helix Pomatia ◽  
June July ◽  
A Site

AbstractThe aim of this study was to compare the quality of clutches and reproduction results of two groups of Roman snails (Helix pomatia) from the same local population, laying eggs simultaneously in semi-natural farm conditions and in a natural habitat. The study material were Roman snails aged 2 or more years which had entered the third phenological season of their life and thus the first season of sexual maturity. Observations were conducted at an earthen enclosure in a greenhouse belonging to the experimental farm for edible snails at the National Research Institute of Animal Reproduction in Balice near Kraków (Poland) as well as at a site where a local population naturally occurs in the uncultivated park surrounding the Radziwiłł Palace. In the June-July season, differences among such parameters as weight of clutch, number of eggs in clutch, mean egg weight, and hatchling percentage when compared to the total number of eggs in the clutch were compared. It was determined that clutches of eggs from the natural population laid in the greenhouse were of lesser weight (P<0.01), contained fewer eggs (P<0.05), and the mean weight of individual eggs was less (P<0.05) than in clutches laid simultaneously in a natural habitat. Both in the greenhouse and the natural habitat, in the first phase of laying eggs (June) the weight of the clutch and number of eggs its contained were greater than in the second phase (July). However, only for snails laying eggs in the greenhouse were these differences statistically significant (P<0.05) and highly significant (P<0.01), respectively. Statistically significant differences were not observed in hatchling percentage between eggs laid in the greenhouse and the natural habitat. The lower number of eggs laid in the farmed conditions of the greenhouse was successfully compensated for by the absence of mass destruction by rodents which occurred in the natural habitat.

ANALISIS DE CALIDAD DE SERVICIO EN REDES IPv6

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Jose Carlos Tavara Carbajal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Packet Loss ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Video Traffic ◽  
Control Software ◽  
Delay Jitter ◽  
End To End Delay ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Ipv6 Protocol

RESUMENEste documento tiene como objetivo analizar el comportamiento de la calidad del servicio del protocolo IPv6 sobre el tráfico de video, para esto se realizó sobre un entorno real y se llevó acabo el análisis de resultados a través de un software estadístico de control del tráfico.Palabras Clave.-  Calidad de Servicio, Ancho de Banda, Retardo, Fluctuación de Retardo, Pérdidas de Paquetes.ABSTRACTThis paper has aimed to analyze of the service quality of the IPv6 protocol on video traffic, this was about a real environment and was conducted analysis of results through statistical traffic control software. Key words- Quality of Service, Bandwidth, End to end delay, Jitter, Packet loss.

ANALISIS DE CALIDAD DE SERVICIO EN REDES IPv6

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jose Carlos Tavara Carbajal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Packet Loss ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Video Traffic ◽  
Control Software ◽  
Delay Jitter ◽  
End To End Delay ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Ipv6 Protocol

Este documento tiene como objetivo analizar el comportamiento de la calidad del servicio del protocolo IPv6 sobre el tráfico de video, para esto se realizó sobre un entorno real y se llevó acabo el análisis de resultados a través de un software estadístico de control del tráfico.Palabras Clave.-  Calidad de Servicio, Ancho de Banda, Retardo, Fluctuación de Retardo, Pérdidas de Paquetes.ABSTRACT  This paper has aimed to analyze of the service quality of the IPv6 protocol on video traffic, this was about a real environment and was conducted analysis of results through statistical traffic control software.  Key words.- Quality of Service, Bandwidth, End to end delay, Jitter, Packet loss.

ANALISIS DE CALIDAD DE SERVICIO EN REDES IPv6

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Jose Carlos Tavara Carbajal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Packet Loss ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Video Traffic ◽  
Control Software ◽  
Delay Jitter ◽  
End To End Delay ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Ipv6 Protocol

RESUMENEste documento tiene como objetivo analizar el comportamiento de la calidad del servicio del protocolo IPv6 sobre el tráfico de video, para esto se realizó sobre un entorno real y se llevó acabo el análisis de resultados a través de un software estadístico de control del tráfico.Palabras Clave.-  Calidad de Servicio, Ancho de Banda, Retardo, Fluctuación de Retardo, Pérdidas de Paquetes.ABSTRACTThis paper has aimed to analyze of the service quality of the IPv6 protocol on video traffic, this was about a real environment and was conducted analysis of results through statistical traffic control software. Keywords- Quality of Service, Bandwidth, End to end delay, Jitter, Packet loss.

Avascular necrosis of the femoral head: Evaluation of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and quality of life

2020 ◽  
pp. 561-569
Author(s):  
Angeliki Chandrinou ◽  
◽  
Anna Korompeli ◽  
Eirini Grammatopoulou ◽  
Konstantina Gaitanou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Femoral Head ◽  
Avascular Necrosis ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy ◽  
Oxygen Therapy ◽  
Harris Hip Score ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Second Phase

Introduction: The treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head (AVNFH) is based on invasive (e.g., core decompression) and non-invasive methods (e.g., hyperbaric oxygen therapy – HBO2). The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effect of HBO2 on the quality of life (QoL) of patients with AVNFH. Methods: This was a prospective observational non-controlled study of patients with AVNFH treated by HBO2. It was conducted, with the use of Steinberg scale, on 73 patients with AVNFH Stage I or II who were treated with HBO2. Patients’ QoL was assessed with EuroQol-5D-5L (EQ), Harris Hip Score (mHHS), MAHORN (MHOT), and VAS, in three different phases: before HBO2; after the completion of the first phase (20 HBO2 sessions, up to two months); and after the completion of the second phase (20 HBO2 sessions, up to two months after the first phase). A reassessment was made on the completion of each phase. Ratings were also made after the completion of each phase, over the first five months of follow-up. Results: All 73 patients (67.1% males, 32.9% females, mean age: 40.34, SD ± 9.99) participated in the study. Steinberg scale, mean EQ (F (1, 57) = 25.18, η2 = .306 and F (1, 43) = 43.402, η2 = .502); mHHS (F (1, 61) = 67.13, η2 = .524) and F (1, 43) = 31.84, η2 = .425); MHOT (F (1, 61) = 11.68, η2 = .161) and F (1, 43) = 98.01, η2 = .695); and VAS (F (1, 53) = 24.11, η2 = .313) and F (1, 39) = 45.61, η2 = .539), improved between the first and second measurements and between the second and third measurement accordingly (p < .01). Conclusions: HBO2 treatment does not induce alteration of quality of life and is well tolerated and accepted by patients.

Humanism and the Human

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Winters
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Black Studies ◽  
Black Feminism ◽  
Working Through ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Sylvia Wynter

This chapter engages humanism and its fundamental assumptions by working through critical theory, black feminism, and black studies. It contends that there is a tension at the heart of humanism—while the ideal human appears to be the most widespread and available category, it has been constructed over and against certain qualities, beings, and threats. To elaborate on this tension, this chapter revisits the work of authors like Karl Marx and Michel Foucault. Marx acknowledges that the human is a site of conflict and antagonism even as his thought betrays a lingering commitment to progress and humanism. Foucault goes further than Marx by underscoring the fabricated quality of man and the ways in which racism functions to draw lines between those who must live and those who must die. In response to Marx and Foucault’s tendency to privilege Europe, this chapter engages black feminism and Afro-pessimism—Sylvia Wynter, Hortense Spillers, and Frank Wilderson—who show how the figure of the human within humanism is defined in opposition to blackness.

scholarly journals Development and validation of a short version of the Sarcopenia Quality of Life questionnaire: the SF-SarQoL

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Geerinck ◽  
C. Beaudart ◽  
J.-Y. Reginster ◽  
M. Locquet ◽  
C. Monseur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reduction Process ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽  
Two Phases

Abstract Purpose To facilitate the measurement of quality of life in sarcopenia, we set out to reduce the number of items in the previously validated Sarcopenia Quality of Life (SarQoL®) questionnaire, and to evaluate the clinimetric properties of this new short form. Methods The item reduction process was carried out in two phases. First, information was gathered through item-impact scores from older people (n = 1950), a Delphi method with sarcopenia experts, and previously published clinimetric data. In the second phase, this information was presented to an expert panel that decided which of the items to include in the short form. The newly created SFSarQoL was then administered to older, community-dwelling participants who previously participated in the SarcoPhAge study. We examined discriminative power, internal consistency, construct validity, test–retest reliability, structural validity and examined item parameters with a graded response model (IRT). Results The questionnaire was reduced from 55 to 14 items, a 75% reduction. A total of 214 older, community-dwelling people were recruited for the validation study. The clinimetric evaluation showed that the SF-SarQoL® can discriminate on sarcopenia status [EWGSOP2 criteria; 34.52 (18.59–43.45) vs. 42.86 (26.56–63.69); p = 0.043], is internally consistent (α = 0.915, ω = 0.917) and reliable [ICC = 0.912 (0.847–0.942)]. A unidimensional model was fitted (CFI = 0.978; TLI = 0.975; RMSEA = 0.108, 90% CI 0.094–0.123; SRMR = 0.055) with no misfitting items and good response category separation. Conclusions A new, 14-item, short form version of the Sarcopenia Quality of Life questionnaire has been developed and shows good clinimetric properties.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Effects of a Bullying at Work Intervention for Middle Managers

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7566
Author(s):  
Elena Baixauli ◽  
Ángela Beleña ◽  
Amelia Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Communication Effects ◽  
Work Intervention

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of a workplace bullying intervention based on the training of middle managers regarding bullying awareness, the consequences of bullying, strategies in conflict resolution and mediation/negotiation abilities. Overall, 142 randomly selected middle managers participated in the study. First, participants completed an information record and two scales assessing bullying strategies, role conflict and role ambiguity. The last two scales were completed again in a second phase three months after the intervention had finished. The intervention produced a decrease in the following bullying strategies: effects on self-expression and communication, effects on personal reputation and effects on occupational situation and quality of life, with all of the mentioned bullying strategies being suffered by part of the sample. In addition, the conflict role decreased in the group which received the intervention. Moreover, the decrease in the effects of the bullying strategy effects on occupational situation and quality of life was especially important in managers with higher responsibilities within the workplace. Results are discussed in the framework that (1) leadership practices and, more specifically, conflict resolution skills are strongly responsible for bullying at work; and (2) the importance of intervening in the early stages of the bullying process as a key element in the correction, but also as a potential prevention element, of bullying in the workplace.

Study on the Efficient Cognition of Disaster Prevention Signs for Library Buildings

2013 ◽  
Vol 811 ◽  
pp. 319-324
Author(s):  
Yan Ran Chen ◽  
Li Chao Niu
Keyword(s):  
Site Investigation ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
A Site ◽  
Library Buildings

This paper is an research concentrated on the efficient cognition of disaster prevention signs for library buildings, considering the relevance between the domestic and foreign public buildings disaster and disaster prevention signs, with a site investigation and a questionnaire investigation of library public buildings. Proposals we raised for the efficient cognition of library public buildings in order to strengthen the design of the disaster prevention signs in the forms, details and humanization, improve and perfect the systematic settings of disaster prevention signs to achieve the effect of optimizing the efficient cognition of the disaster prevention signs.

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