Advanced Bioelectrical Signal Processing Methods: Past, Present and Future Approach—Part II: Brain Signals

As it was mentioned in the previous part of this work (Part I)—the advanced signal processing methods are one of the quickest and the most dynamically developing scientific areas of biomedical engineering with their increasing usage in current clinical practice. In this paper, which is a Part II work—various innovative methods for the analysis of brain bioelectrical signals were presented and compared. It also describes both classical and advanced approaches for noise contamination removal such as among the others digital adaptive and non-adaptive filtering, signal decomposition methods based on blind source separation, and wavelet transform.

Thermal Performance Enhancement Using Absorber Tube with Inner Helical Axial Fins in a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector

In the present work, a parabolic trough solar (PTC) collector with inner helical axial fins as swirl generator or turbulator is considered and analyzed numerically. The three-dimensional numerical simulations have been done by finite volume method (FVM) using a commercial CFD code, ANSYS FLUENT 18.2. The spatial discretization of mass, momentum, energy equations, and turbulence kinetic energy has been obtained by a second-order upwind scheme. To compute gradients, Green-Gauss cell-based method has been employed. This work consists of two sections where, first, four various geometries are appraised, and in the following, the selected schematic of the collector from the previous part is selected, and four various pitches of inner helical fins including 250, 500, 750 and 1000 mm are studied. All the numerical results are obtained by utilizing the FVM. Results show that the thermal performance improvement by 23.1% could be achieved by using one of the proposed innovative parabolic trough solar collectors compare to the simple one. Additionally, the minimum and maximum thermal performance improvement (compare to the case without fins) belong to the case with P = 250 mm by 14.1% and, to the case with P = 1000 mm by 21.53%, respectively.

On Docetic Christology in Early Christianity. Pt. 2.2

According to the doctrine of so-called docetic Christology, earthly Jesus and heavenly Christ were two different persons. It was Jesus who suffered on the cross, Christ just entered Jesus body for a while and abandoned it before his death on the cross; consequently, suffering of Christ was mere appearance. On the base of some passages from Gnostic texts containing examples of docetic Chrstology, the author attempts here to trace the origin of that concept, starting with the New Testament (Pt. 1: Synoptic Gospels). In the previous part of the article (Pt. 2. 1) he analyzed such Pauls passages as Rom. 1.34 and Gal. 4.47; in this part he deals with 1Cor 8.46 in order to find out whether the concept of pre-existent Jesus is present or not. The author argues in favour of the second answer. To be continued.

Catalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Using Gold Nanoparticles Capped by Polyoxyethylene Cholesteryl Ether

Simple spontaneous and eco-friendly green synthesis method for ultra-stable and catalytic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were synthesized through Polyoxyethylene cholesteryl ether (ChEO10) and sodium tetrachloroaurate (III) dihydrate (Na [AuCl4]-2H2O) were prepared at 27 °C (AuNPs were formed in < 2 h). Here the creation of distinct AuNPs is supported by reductive ChEO10 surfactant solution via complexation and in-situ reduction of AuCl4− ions in which ChEO10 acts as self-reducing and stabilising agent. This method is considered as simple and green. The positive development of colloidal AuNPs was monitored by simple UV-Vis spectroscopy. The complete characterization of synthesizing AuNPs was done in the previous part. The resulting AuNPs reveal outstanding catalytic properties for degradation of Methyl Blue (MB) to Leucomethylene blue (LMB) in the presence of NaBH4. We further comment on challenges and future direction of this exciting and rapidly expanding area of research.

Utilization of review form process or form 360 review employe performance in company using Configure Change Engine

In building a company, which needs to be considered and very important is the accounting system, because to take a decision for the advancement of a company can use a rules-based system to configure products in the company. In today's modern era, the company's staff can access rules-based systems to configure products wherever and whenever they are connected to the Internet. This discovery provides the ability to test rules in system-based rules to configure the product. The configuration system defines the product component by using the elements contained in the catalog section and the rules that define the relationship between the product components. The user provides a test case that selects at least one section to include in the product configuration, and the configuration tester processes the rule to determine if at least one section is selected in case of a conflict test with the previous part of the plurality included in the product configuration.

Assessing the Quality of Visualization Metaphor of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps on the Basis of Formalized Cognitive Clarity Criteria

The paper presents continuation of research in the field of constructing a visualization metaphor of cognitive models based on fuzzy cognitive maps. The focus is on the spatial metaphor as the basis for representation metaphor formation. A method is proposed for quality assessment of a spatial metaphor of a fuzzy cognitive map based on formalized cognitive clarity criteria defined in the previous part of the study. To this end, methods have been developed to formalize several nontrivial criteria of cognitive clarity. An example is given that confirms correctness of the proposed method for assessing the quality of a visualization metaphor.

Modeling Trans-Pacific Transport and Stratospheric Intrusion of Tropospheric Ozone using Hemispheric CMAQ during April 2010: Part 2. Examination of Emission Impacts based on the Higher-order Decoupled Direct Method

The state-of-the-science Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System which has recently been extended for hemispheric-scale modeling applications (referred to as H-CMAQ), is applied to study the trans-Pacific transport, a phenomenon recognized as a potential source of air pollution in the U.S.A., during April 2010. The results of this analysis are presented in two parts. In the previous part 1 paper, model evaluation for tropospheric ozone (O3) was presented and an air mass characterization method was developed. Results from applying this newly established method pointed to the importance of emissions as the factor to enhance surface O3 mixing ratio over the U.S.A. In this subsequent part 2 paper, emission impacts are examined based on mathematically rigorous sensitivity analysis using the higher-order decoupled direct method (HDDM) implemented in H-CMAQ. The HDDM sensitivity coefficients indicate the presence of a NOx-sensitive regime during April 2010 over most of the northern hemisphere. By defining emission source regions over the U.S.A. and East Asia, impacts from these emission sources are examined. At the surface during April 2010, the emission impacts of the U.S.A. and East Asia are comparable over the western U.S.A. with a magnitude of about 3 ppbv impacts on a monthly mean of all hours basis whereas the impact of domestic emissions dominates over the eastern U.S.A. with a magnitude of about 10 ppbv impacts on a monthly mean basis. The positive correlation (r = 0.63) between surface O3 mixing ratios and domestic emission impacts is confirmed. In contrast, the relationship between surface O3 mixing ratios and emission impacts from East Asia exhibits a flat slope when considering the entire U.S.A. However, this relationship has strong regional differences between the western and eastern U.S.A.; the western region exhibits a positive correlation (r = 0.36–0.38) whereas the latter exhibits a flat slope (r

„Nie wojna nas zabija i demoralizuje”… Komentarz do powojennych wydarzeń z Polski i zagranicy w Dzienniczku z czasów wojny 1914-1921 Franciszka Dudy

‘It is Not the War that Kills and Demoralises Us’…A Commentary to Postwar Events in Poland and Abroad in a Diary from the War Period of 1914–1921 By Franciszek Duda This source edition is a continuation of a fragment of A Diary from the War Period of 1914–1918 by Franciszek Duda, which was published in the “Annual Volume of the Scientific Library of the PAAS and the PAS in Cracow”, Vol. 58 (2018). In the previous part, the author brought the edition up to the moment of establishment of the Provisional People’s Government of the Republic of Poland led by Prime Minister Jędrzej Moraczewski. In the further part of his memoirs, Franciszek Duda leads the reader through the most important postwar events, including the victorious defence of Lviv in November 1918, Ignacy Paderewski’s return to Poland and his two visits to Cracow, events accompanying the signature of the Treaty of Versailles, the Polish-Czechoslovak war for the territory of Cieszyn Silesia, the Polish-Ukrainian war and the Upper Silesia plebiscite. The author of the memoirs was a representative of the Cracow intelligentsia, an employee of the National Archive of Castle and Land Records in Cracow (currently the National Archive in Cracow), and a declared advocate of the national ideas of Roman Dmowski. In his Diary..., Franciszek Duda does not report any new facts from that period that had been unknown to or rarely commented by historians until then. An interesting aspect of his memoirs is his own remarks and thoughts and a reflection of what others thought of current events and how information was circulated in Cracow at that time – who disseminated the news, what rumours spread around the city and how they were commented. Franciszek Duda gives us a very detailed account of moods and opinions that prevailed in Cracow in those days. It is worth mentioning that these comments are also very subjective and, given the fact that the same author expressed relatively moderate opinions in the previous part, loaded with emotions. We can suppose that even the time that passed from the time of writing the original Diary... till its rewriting in 1936 did not soften the author’s feelings regarding these events.

Recent Design Optimization Methods for Energy-Efficient Electric Motors and Derived Requirements for a New Improved Method—Part 3

The design of energy-efficient electric motor is a complex problem since diverse requirements and competing goals have to be fulfilled simultaneously. Therefore, different approaches to the design optimization of electric motors have been developed, each of them has its own advantages and drawbacks. The characteristics of these approaches were presented in the previous part of this multipart paper. In this paper, the presented approaches will be assessed with respect to the criteria: degrees of freedom, computing time and the required user experience. A conflict of objectives will become apparent. Based on these findings, requirements for a new design optimization method with the aim to solve the conflict of objectives, will be formulated.

Solutions for More Sustainable Distribution in the Short Food Supply Chains

The largest part of food sales is managed by large food supply chains. However, an alternative system of food distribution focuses on locally produced and sold food that has gotten great attention in the last two decades. The challenges of those new systems, called short food supply chains (SFSC), represent tough market competitions, high distribution and logistics costs, small shipment sizes and so forth. Hence, the SFSC requires corresponding solutions in food distribution that are aligned with the contemporary logistics trends, sustainability and aspects of the new digital era. Using specially developed methodology, based on two different conceptual models, we showed how the SFSC could be designed from the aspects of innovative logistics modes and contemporary information and communication technologies, with the final aim to outline and evaluate different food distribution scenarios towards greater sustainability. The first conceptual model was aimed at the creation of innovative forms of SFSC, in which business process modelling was used in order to design and explore the given situation more thoroughly. For the purposes of conducting a comparative assessment of the distribution models developed in the previous part, the second conceptual model is developed. By using a qualitative approach, this is how the major advantages and challenges of practical implementations in creating sustainable distribution solutions are stated for each scenario.