scholarly journals Factor & Elemental Analysis of Nanotechnology as GreenTechnology using ABCD Framework

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Aithal ◽  
Shubhrajyotsna Aithal
Keyword(s):  
Research Process ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Quantitative Manner ◽  
The Given ◽  
Organizational Issue

There are many definitions for the research process in both natural sciences and philosophical sciences. Out of them, the most popular two definitions are (1) Creating new knowledge, and (2) Interpretation of existing knowledge in a new way through the suitable method of analysis. There are many analysis frameworks used to interpret concepts, ideas, technologies, models, systems, solutions to any problems, strategies, products or services of an organization, resources, etc. Out of them, recently developed analysis framework called ABCD analysis framework is flexible to use in both qualitative and quantitative manner. ABCD analysis method allows the researcher to interpret the given concepts, ideas, technologies, models, systems, solutions of any problems, strategies, products or services of an organization, resources including material, machine, men, money, and information, systematically by considering various determinant issues related to the problem under analysis. The various determinant issues like organizational issue, business issues, customer issues, technological issues, government issue, environmental issues, and societal issues are identified and the affecting factors under the constructs Advantages, Benefits, Constraints, and Disadvantages are determined for identified key attributes. The critical constitutional elements of the nanotechnology as green technology are also identified for the same four constructs. The scores are given to each critical element under all four constructs and based on calculating overall scores the importance of nanotechnology as green technology in solving both basic and advanced problems in the society are determined and rated.

Print Media and the Political Reform in Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 3356-3371
Author(s):  
Negesse Gessese
Keyword(s):  
Social Changes ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Attribution Of Responsibility ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Content Selection ◽  
Period 2 ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Issue Frames

This research examines the agenda and frames used by the Reporter newspaper editorial coverage of issues and actors before and after the reform in Ethiopia. The study applies a quantitative content analysis method and examined 99 (Period 1 = 57 and Period 2 = 42) editorials in all periods. The source of data and the period of data collection were purposely selected. The results indicated that societal issues, government, and party issues were frequent in both periods. The professional journalist was the only Author in both periods. More government criticism and more reforms were mentioned before the reform. Compared with editorials published before and after the reform, noticeable changes were observed in government critique, attribution of responsibility frames, human interest frames and economic issue frames. However, content selection, sources of information, mentioned reforms, conflict relationship frames, and ideological frames didn’t have relationship with the date of publication. Finally, the Reporter editorials coverage did change significantly in many respects, although it is difficult to determine the causes of the changes—economic factors, reduced political control, social changes or globalization forces.

scholarly journals Financial Performance of Non-oil Manufacturing Companies Listed on the Libyan Stock Market (LSM): Mixed Methods Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Khalifa Mohamed Khalifa Omar
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Turnover Ratio ◽  
Statistical Effect ◽  
Statistical Analysis Method

The major objective of this study is to assess the financial performance and identify the affecting factors in this performance of non-oil manufacturing companies from 1999 to 2008. The study sample consisted of all non-oil manufacturing companies' enlisted at Libyan stock market which count (8). The data collected was analyzed by using statistical analysis method such as descriptive statistics, correlation test, Multiple- regression, as well as semi-structured interviews method. The results regarding to the statistical analysis method (net working capital, inventory turnover ratio, selling and general administrative expenses ratio, and company size and company age), have a positive statistical effect on the financial performance(ROA), while the variables of (current ratio, quick ratio and account receivable turnover ratio), have a negative statistical effect on the financial performance (ROA). The results regarding to semi-structured interviews method, reveal that the respondents in the interviews were confirmed that the selected factors have a significant effect on financial performance (ROA). The researcher recommended that the selected companies must consider the listed decision on the Libyan stock market; even when their financial performance is good.

scholarly journals [Application of Integrative Approaches in Current Islamic Law Studies: Gender Issue Analysis] Aplikasi Pendekatan Integratif dalam Kajian Hukum Islam Semasa: Analisis Isu Gender

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Mohd Anuar Ramli ◽  
Ahmad Badri Abdullah ◽  
Muhammad Ikhlas Rosele
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Gender Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence

Islamic jurisprudence is a dynamic system. It is facilitated by some flexible methodologies. Nowadays, there are varieties of issues in Muslims’ societies that are results or implications of developments in science and technology, and also results of changes that happen in the structures of the societies. In order to face these realities, a contemporary integrative approach has to be applied in Islamic Law's research process. In accordance to this, this paper will elaborate the integrative approaches that try to unify and integrate theories in Islamic jurisprudence with social research methods. Basically, there are models that have been introduced by several Islamic thinkers that related to this integrative approach. For example the Islamization of sociology based on maslahah model, the Islamic Jurisprudence sociology model, the unified approach to textual and contextual analysis model. All of these models contain their own strength and weakness in their integrative approaches. This paper is trying to introduce an approach that integrates Islamic jurisprudence theories with the gender analysis method that is among social critics methods. This introduced method is to be used to analyze an issue in fiqh pertaining to polygamy that is always been debated nowadays and also to analyze the applicability of the practice in the social and contemporary conditions of our country. According to this research, social research methods are able to support Islamic jurisprudence in order to improve its research process and its results. Keywords: integrative approach, Islamic jurisprudence, social science, gender analysis, polygamy   Hukum Islam merupakan satu sistem dinamik yang dibangunkan berasaskan metodologi yang bersifat anjal. Pada hari ini, wujudnya pelbagai isu yang melanda masyarakat umat Islam kesan daripada perkembangan sains dan teknologi serta perubahan sosial yang berlaku dalam struktur masyarakat. Dalam usaha untuk berdepan dengan realiti ini, pendekatan integratif yang bersifat kontemporari perlu digunakan dalam proses penyelidikan hukum Islam. Justeru, artikel ini akan menjelaskan pendekatan integratif yang cuba menyatukan dan mengintegrasikan teori hukum Islam dengan kaedah penyelidikan sosial. Pada asasnya, terdapat model yang telah diperkenalkan oleh beberapa pemikir Islam berkaitan dengan pendekatan integratif ini. Sebagai contoh Islamisasi ilmu sosiologi berdasarkan model maslahah, model model sosiologi hukum Islam, model pendekatan bersepadu dalam analisis tekstual dan kontekstual. Semua model ini mengandungi kekuatan dan kelemahan dalam pendekatan integratif yang tersendiri. Lantaran itu, kajian ini cuba memperkenalkan satu pendekatan yang mengintegrasikan teori hukum Islam dengan kaedah analisis gender yang merupakan salah satu metodologi kritik sosial. Kaedah ini diperkenalkan untuk digunakan dalam menganalisis isu fiqh berkaitan poligami yang sentiasa menjadi perbahasan pada masa kini serta melihat kesesuaiannya dalam konteks sosial dan kemodenan negara ini. Kajian mendapati, kaedah penyelidikan sosial dapat menyokong kajian hukum Islam dalam usaha meningkatkan kualiti proses penyelidikan dan hasil dapatannya.   Kata kunci: Pendekatan integratif; hukum Islam; sains sosial; analisis gender; poligami

scholarly journals Polymerization of Isobutylene in a Rotating Packed Bed Reactor: Experimental and Modeling Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 10194
Author(s):  
Wenhui Hou ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Yang Xiang ◽  
Yingjiao Li ◽  
Guangwen Chu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Average Molecular Weight ◽  
Packed Bed ◽  
Packed Bed Reactor ◽  
Mixing Efficiency ◽  
Polymerization Temperature ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Rotating Speed ◽  
Rotating Packed Bed ◽  
The Given

Polymerization of isobutylene (IB) for synthesizing highly reactive polyisobutylene (HRPIB) is characterized by a complicated fast intrinsic reaction rate; therefore, the features of its products exhibit a strong dependence on mixing efficiency. To provide uniform and efficient mixing, a rotating packed bed was employed as a reactor for polymerization of IB. The effects of operating parameters including polymerization temperature (T), rotating speed (N) and relative dosage of monomers and initiating systems ([M]0/[I]0) on number-average molecular weight (Mn) of HRPIB were studied. HRPIB with Mn of 2550 g·mol−1 and exo-olefin terminal content of 85 mol% were efficiently obtained at suitable conditions as T of 283 K, N of 1600 rpm and [M]0/[I]0 of 49. Moreover, the Mn can be regulated by changing T, N and [M]0/[I]0. Based on the presumptive-steady-state analysis method and the coalescence–redispersion model, a model for prediction of the Mn was developed and validated, and the calculated Mn values agreed well with experimental results, with a deviation of ±10%. The results demonstrate that RPB is a promising reactor for synthesizing HRPIB, and the given model for Mn can be applied for the design of RPB and process optimization.

scholarly journals A Formal and Quantifiable Log Analysis Framework for Test Driving of Autonomous Vehicles

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1356
Author(s):  
Kyungbok Sung ◽  
Kyoung-Wook Min ◽  
Jeongdan Choi ◽  
Byung-Cheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
Formal Specification ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Log Analysis ◽  
Formal Specifications ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Metamorphic Testing ◽  
Chain Reactions ◽  
Quantitative Manner

We propose a log analysis framework for test driving of autonomous vehicles. The log of a vehicle is a fundamental source to detect and analyze events during driving. A set of dumped logs are, however, usually mixed and fragmented since they are generated concurrently by a number of modules such as sensors, actuators and programs. This makes it hard to analyze them to discover latent errors that could occur due to complex chain reactions among those modules. Our framework provides a logging architecture based on formal specifications, which hierarchically organizes them to find out a priori relationships between them. Then, algorithmic or implementation errors can be detected by examining a posteriori relationships. However, a test in a situation of certain parameters, so called an oracle test, does not necessarily trigger latent violations of the relationships. In our framework, this is remedied by adopting metamorphic testing to quantitatively verify the formal specification. As a working proof, we define three metamorphic relations critical for testing autonomous vehicles and verify them in a quantitative manner based on our logging system.

Formal Modeling and Verifying the TTCAN Protocol from a Probabilistic Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1950177
Author(s):  
Xin Li ◽  
Jian Guo ◽  
Yongxin Zhao ◽  
Xiaoran Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Probabilistic Model ◽  
Formal Modeling ◽  
Model Checker ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
System Matrix ◽  
Quantitative Analysis Method ◽  
Time Requirements ◽  
The Given ◽  
Transmission Windows

The time-triggered CAN (TTCAN) protocol has been widely used in the automotive industry to fulfil the safety and real-time requirements of the application. As an extension of the standard CAN protocol, the TTCAN protocol aims to guarantee a safe and deterministic communication by introducing time-triggered messages with respect to a global synchronized time, which are scheduled in independent transmission windows within the system matrix. However, the new features bring more difficulties in designing and verifying the reliable applications in the TTCAN network. In this paper, we first present a formal probabilistic model of the TTCAN protocol with a consideration of its novel features. A TTCAN system consisting of three parts, i.e., a system matrix, an arbitration and some nodes, is modeled as discrete Markov chains model. Furthermore, five probabilistic properties are described and verified in the probabilistic model checker tool PRISM. Our work gives a quantitative analysis method for the given requirements, which facilitates the designers to a formal understanding of TTCAN protocol.

Canadian Climate Change Policy: A Comprehensive Account

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliya Hemani
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Canadian Government ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Extensive Body ◽  
The Given

At present, there is a rich and extensive body of literature that concerns itself with the climate-related policies of successive Canadian governments. A vast majority of these works rely heavily on a single determinant—societal, governmental, or external—to account for said policies. In borrowing from and adding to this scholarship, this paper demonstrates how all three determinants have interacted with one another in unique and important ways in order to inform Canadian climate policy thus far. In analyzing nearly four decades worth of major climate-related decisions made by the Canadian government, this paper is organized sequentially, into four chronological phases, each of which focuses primarily upon the given governing party. In concluding its evaluation, this paper presents two normative policy recommendations to enhance Canada’s climate agenda: increased investment in green technology and purposive, thoughtful consultation with Indigenous peoples.

An Analysis Framework for Evaluating Dropout Compensation Strategies in Wireless Servo Systems

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Kawka ◽  
Andrew G. Alleyne
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Servo Control ◽  
Linear Matrix ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Feedback Systems ◽  
Servo Systems ◽  
Specific Data ◽  
Simulation And Experiment ◽  
H2 Performance

This paper presents an approach for analyzing the performance of dropout compensation strategies for linear servo control systems operating over communication channels with losses. A loss of communication causes the normal control action to be replaced by an appropriately designed dropout compensation action. A linear matrix inequality based approach is given for examining H∞ and/or H2 performance of wireless feedback systems using dropout compensation where we assume a two-state Markov model for the communication network. To illustrate the analysis method, we introduce two specific data dropout compensation schemes: zero order hold and estimation. These two schemes are compared in simulation and experiment to validate the effectiveness of the performance analysis.

scholarly journals Perbedaan Kosakata Dialek Melayu di Desa Betung dengan Desa Kesuma Kecamatan Pangkalan Kuras Kabupaten Pelalawan

GERAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Rieke Nur Safitri ◽  
Auzar ◽  
Hermandra
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Language Variation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Difference

This research was motivated by the existence of interest and curiosity about why two villages are very close in the distance, which use the same language but have many differences in the use of vocabulary used in speaking in the daily life of the speech community. Using different vocabulary in the spoken community in Betung and Kesuma villages raises questions about the differences in vocabulary and what factors influence these differences. The research objective was to describe the difference in vocabulary between the two villages. This research is expected to become a reference for similar research and as material to add insight. This research uses vocabulary theory, language variation, and technique. This research is qualitative research using the descriptive analysis method. Data were collected using the method of observation, interviews, proficient listening, and note-taking techniques. The collected data is then reduced, displayed, concluded. Based on the research process that the author has carried out, it was found that the results of the study were the differences in the vocabulary of the Malay dialect used by the speech community between Betung Village and Kesuma Village. The author found 71 differences in vocabulary that will be analyzed based on semantic differences, namely synonyms. The author also found six differences in vocabulary that will be analyzed based on semantic differences, namely homonyms. The author also obtained the study results, namely the factors that influence the vocabulary used by the spoken community in Betung Village and Kesuma Village.

scholarly journals Use of the Bezier Curves for a Vehicles Driving Cycles' Modeling

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. B65-B75
Author(s):  
Valerii Dembitskyi
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Bezier Curves ◽  
Bézier Curves ◽  
Driving Cycles ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
The Given

While performing the research of the vehicles operating characteristics in real operating conditions, a question of creation or correction of a movement driving cycle always appears. An absence of a mathematical model rather complicates the research process and makes a quick correction of movement conditions impossible. To solve the given problem, it was proposed to model a driving cycle using the Bezier curves. As a result of this research, it is stated that the most advantageous is to use the Bezier curves of the second and third degrees. During the analysis of results of driving cycles modeling and their comparison to the standardized and real movement cycles, a satisfactory coincidence of results was obtained. The conducted thematic research confirms the previous results, directed to creation of a universal dynamic model of a vehicle's driving cycle.

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