Dimensional Measurement of Validity Item of Market Complexity and Corporate Strategy in the Banking Sector in Indonesia

The company always faces challenges both internally and externally in managing resources and achieving organizational goals. To be able to compete, corporations need to manage the complexity and uncertainty in the market environment by improving management. To date, few studies are available to verify the items required for business, particularly banking as a guide for designing such complexities. In this regard, this study seeks to provide validity items that are useful for the world of corporate banking, in managing the complexities of the external environment and in formulating and implementing strategies. By combining the concept of human resource management, socio-economic factors through a dimensional measurement with a stakeholder approach, the study findings demonstrate several important keys for banks to manage external elements and strategies as a guide to measuring effectiveness that can be used as a basis for further studies.

Which Methods Are Useful to Justify Public Policies? An Analysis of Cost–Benefit Analysis, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, and Non-Aggregate Indicator Systems

Science-based methods for assessing the practical rationality of a proposed public policy typically represent assumed future outcomes of policies and values attributed to these outcomes in an idealized, that is, intentionally distorted way and abstracted from aspects that are deemed irrelevant. Different types of methods do so in different ways. As a consequence, they instantiate the properties that result from abstraction and idealization such as conceptual simplicity versus complexity, or comprehensiveness versus selectivity of the values under consideration to different degrees. I hold that none of these methods is best in general. Instead, I opt for the valuation method that is useful for the policy issue in question both in terms of its relevance and in terms of its practicability. Relevance requires that the method can represent and account for what is at stake in the policy issue. Practicability refers to aspects such as easy versus difficult handling of the method. To argue for the claim, I evaluate three types of valuation methods: (1) cost–benefit analysis that rests on unidimensional measurement and ranking, (2) multi-criteria decision analysis that applies multi-dimensional measurement but unidimensional ranking, and (3) non-aggregate indicator systems that operate with multi-dimensional measurement and sometimes also multi-dimensional ranking. Second-order justification indicating whether and how the valuation method chosen is capable of accounting for the substantive value considerations that constitute the real-world policy issue in question renders the conditions on which the results of a proposed policy evaluation rest transparent.

Surface Profilometry

As outlined in the previous chapter, existing technologies for surface profilometry show certain drawbacks in terms of resolution, dynamic measurement range, three-dimensional measurement capabilities and speed. The following chapter introduces a novel approach to surface profilometry which aims to provide solutions to the problems named. The basic setup for all experiments is centered around a two-beam interferometer of the Michelson type.

Morphological Measurement of the Femoral Anterior Bow in Chinese Population Based on Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography

Purpose. The femoral anterior bow is an important factor in matching a femoral implant to a femur. However, its morphology in the Chinese population has rarely been reported. In this study, a three-dimensional measurement approach was adopted to provide accurate data. The aim was to supply a reference for designing a long-stemmed femoral prosthesis that is more suitable for Chinese people. Methods. Computed tomography data were collected from both lower limbs of 96 normal volunteers and reconstructed into a three-dimensional model using Mimics software. The parameters of the femoral anterior bow were measured using medical image analysis software. Statistical analysis was conducted using independent-samples and paired-samples t -tests with SPSS software. Results. All the indexes showed significant sexual difference ( P < 0.05 ). The minimum cross-sectional area of the femoral medullary cavity was larger in men ( 10.77 ± 1.53 mm) than in women ( 9.79 ± 1.27 mm). The distance from the position of the maximum curvature to the lower edge of the lesser trochanter was also larger in men ( 60.93 ± 5.81 mm) than in women ( 56.31 ± 2.80 mm). However, the curvature of the femoral medullary cavity centerline was larger in women ( 883.57 ± 249.74 mm) than in men ( 958.79 ± 266.61 mm). The femoral anterior bow morphological indexes of Chinese subjects were different from the published data for other populations. There were no significant differences between left and right femoral anterior bows in either sex ( P > 0.05 ). Conclusion. The three-dimensional measurement approach adopted in this study is more convenient and accurate than previous conventional methods, with high repeatability. The morphological indexes of the femoral anterior bow in this research suggest that population characteristics should be taken into account. This study will provide references for the design of long-stemmed femoral prostheses in the Chinese population.

Development of automatic inspection device for pipe inner surface

Aiming at the problem of 3D measurement of the inner surface of pipe, this paper develops a new structure of pipe inspection device inside the pipe based on the principle of laser triangulation. The device is composed of motion mechanism and image acquisition system. The three-dimensional shape of the inner surface is reconstructed the image pixel offset. The detection device driven by the motion mechanism can realize the automatic detection of different positions. The experiment shows the steps of the three-dimensional measurement of the inner surface of the pipe, verifies the feasibility of this method.

Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Dimensional Stability of Y-Modified AlSi7Cu3Mg Alloy

The application of rare earth modified AlSi7Cu3Mg alloy in automobile engine and motor casing has increased. The dimensional stability of this alloy is an important feature. In this paper, the effects of yttrium addition and different heat treatment on the microstructure and dimensional thermal stability of AlSi7Cu3Mg alloy were studied by OM, SEM and dimensional measurement. Research shows that: The dimensional stability of AiSi7Cu3Mg alloy after T6 heat treatment is better than that after T4 heat treatment, and the dimensional stability after T7 heat treatment is the best. The addition of rare earth Y can improve the dimensional stability of AiSi7Cu3Mg alloy.