Smart City Rail Automatic Fare Collection System Under the Background of Big Data

With the rapid development of Internet technology, the process of urban construction is accelerating and the level of urbanization is further improved. In the smart city rail automatic fare collection system, there are a large number of data information and data that need to be processed manually. The traditional manual method not only consumes human, material and financial resources, but also has low efficiency. Therefore, this paper proposes a smart city rail automatic fare collection system based on big data design. Firstly, this paper expounds the concept of smart city rail transit and studies the function of automatic fare collection system. Then it studies the definition and characteristics of big data, designs the method of system development, and tests the performance of the system. The test results show that the system runs smoothly, accounts for a relatively small amount of memory, has a fast response speed and low delay. Most passengers are satisfied with the system.

Research on the construction of rural public sports service system in Sichuan province from the perspective of urban-rural integration

From the perspective of urban-rural integration, this paper analyzes the current situation of public sports service system in rural areas of Sichuan Province. In order to break through the dilemma of the Rural Public Sports Service System in Sichuan Province, we must seize the opportunity of the integration of urban and rural areas, conform to the regional characteristics of Sichuan, plan the steps of the supporting reform between urban and rural areas as well as the farmers’ personal sports needs; and increase the farmers’ economic income, meanwhile, we should introduce and attract social enterprises and social forces to invest a lot in the human, material and financial resources of rural public sports. Promoting the development of rural public sports service in Sichuan Province by optimizing the allocation of resources.

Sweet Spots: Writing the Connective Tissue of Relation

Sweet Spots thinks transversally across language and body, and between text and tissue. This assemblage of essays collectively proposes that words—that is, language that lands as written text—are more-than-human material. And, these materials, composed of forces and flows and tendencies, are capable of generating text-flesh that grows into a thinking in the making. The practice of acupuncture—and its relational thinking—often makes its presence felt to twirl the text-tissue of the bodying essays. Ficto-critical thinking is threaded throughout to activate concepts from process philosophy and use the work of other thinkers (William James, Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, Baruch Spinoza, and Virginia Woolf, to name a few) to forge imaginative connections. Entangled in the text-tissue are an assortment of entities, such as bickering body parts, quivering jellyfish, heart pacemaker cells, a narwhal tooth, Taoist parables, always with ubiquitous, stretchy connective tissue — from gooey interstitial fluid to thick planes of fascia — ever present to ensure that the essaying bodies become, what Alfred North Whitehead calls the one-which-includes-the-many-includes-the-one. The essaying bodies orient towards the sweetest sweet spot which is found, not in the center, but slightly askew, felt in the reverbing more-than that carries their potential. Crucially, this produces a shift in perspective away from self-enclosed bodies and experts toward a care for the connective tissue of relation.

Research on Emergency Logistics Model of Agricultural Products Based on Coupling of Petri Net and Blockchain

In this COVID-19 epidemic, due to insufficient awareness of the impact of sudden public health emergencies on agricultural logistics at this stage, agricultural products were left unsold, stocks were backlogged, and losses were severe. In the process of distribution, we should not only ensure a short time cycle and avoid the contamination of agricultural products by foreign bacteria, but also pay attention to the waste of human, material, and financial resources. Therefore, this study mainly adopts the combination of the petrochemical network and block chain to build an agricultural products emergency logistics model. This paper first shows the operation mechanism of the petri dish network and blockchain coupling in the form of a graph and then uses the culture network modelling and simulation tool PIPE to directly verify the construction model. It is proved that the structure and overall business process of the agricultural products logistics system constructed by combining the Petri net and block chain are reasonable, reliable, and feasible in practical application and development. It is hoped that this study can provide a reference direction for agricultural emergency logistics.

Learning from Flint: How Matter Imposes Itself in the Anthropocene and What That Means for Education

In this chapter, we explore one aspect of the Anthropocene, the vital, vibrant connections between life and matter (Whatmore, Cultural Geographies 13(4):600–609, 2006.). Drawing on the effectivity of water as a solution and the “Flint water crisis,” we explore how humans tend not to notice matter unless it brings an effect upon them. Our approach follows Melinda Benson, (Natural Resources Journal 59:251–280, 2019) in seeking to decenter human exceptionalism and explore the chemical and biological actors relationally engaged in a system with humans engendering phenomena that are unpredictable as we demonstrate in a case study of the City of Flint and its access to drinking water for humans. As this case highlights, often matter only becomes noticed when it establishes an ontological disturbance forcing itself on human experience and becoming noticed in the process. Important elements of such “noticing” are tied up with the human-material intra-actions engendering phenomena that is shaped by race and geographic history. Rather than constructing Flint and other examples as emergencies or crises that need to be solved, education should explore the dynamic nature of these events and the intra-actions of all elements. This approach offers one strategy for transforming what K–12 science education looks like for both developing scientists and everyday citizens.

Algae Sympoiesis in Performance: Rendering-with Nonhuman Ecologies

This article explores an ecodramaturgical approach to performance-making and research with algae. The first part considers the notion of ‘algae rendering’ as a methodological tool for theorising algae ecological relations which highlights links between representations of algae and their material effects. The second part considers how my embodied encounters with cyanobacteria algae, in the form of lichen, inspire new modes of working with algae in creative practice that explore how algae agencies ‘render’ bodies and environments. I also draw on an artistic case study by The Harrissons (1971) to illustrate principles of what I consider examples of ‘algae rendering’ in artistic practice. The third part considers my approach to making-with algae in a series performance experiments that develop the concept of ‘rendering-with algae’ in practice. This work attempts to depart from anthropocentric binaries that mark different algae species according to their use-value for humans as either ‘healthy’ or ‘harmful’ and investigates embodied ways of working with algae as co-creators, inspired by material ecological relations. The fourth part considers how these performance encounters, experiments and analysis together compose an ecodramaturgical framework that generates new thinking about algae-human relationships in performance and in wider ecologies. Drawing on Donna Haraway’s (2016) concept of ‘sympoiesis’, I develop the term ‘algae sympoiesis’ to describe my embodied ecodramaturgical approach to rendering-with algae in this research. The concept of algae sympoiesis explores how humans and algae shape matter and meaning together in performance and seeks to invite new ways of thinking about how broader algae-human material ecologies are performative of environmental change.

Cell-assembled extracellular matrix (CAM): a human biopaper for the biofabrication of pre-vascularized tissues able to connect to the host circulation in vivo

When considering regenerative approaches, the efficient creation of a functional vasculature, that can support the metabolic needs of bioengineered tissues, is essential for their survival after implantation. However, it is widely recognized that the post-implantation microenvironment of the engineered tissues is often hypoxic due to insufficient vascularization, resulting in ischemia injury and necrosis. This is one of the main limitations of current tissue engineering applications aiming at replacing significant tissue volumes. Here, we have explored the use of a new biomaterial, the cell-assembled extracellular matrix (CAM), as a biopaper to biofabricate a vascular system. CAM sheets are a unique, fully biological and fully human material that has already shown stable long-term implantation in humans. We demonstrated, for the first time, the use of this unprocessed human ECM as a microperforated biopaper. Using microvalve dispensing bioprinting, concentrated human endothelial cells (30 millions ml−1) were deposited in a controlled geometry in CAM sheets and cocultured with HSFs. Following multilayer assembly, thick ECM-based constructs fused and supported the survival and maturation of capillary-like structures for up to 26 d of culture. Following 3 weeks of subcutaneous implantation in a mice model, constructs showed limited degradative response and the pre-formed vasculature successfully connected with the host circulatory system to establish active perfusion.This mechanically resilient tissue equivalent has great potential for the creation of more complex implantable tissues, where rapid anastomosis is sine qua non for cell survival and efficient tissue integration.

Human Tissue Act 2004

This chapter covers Human Tissue Act 2004 and includes topics on Regulation of Human Tissue, Human Tissue: Consent by Children, Human Tissue: Consent by Adults, Prohibited Activities in relation to Human Tissue, Restrictions on Donated Human Tissue, Restrictions on donations using life transplants, and Prohibition of commercial dealings in human material for transplantation.

Eficiência e Gestão Pública em Saúde na APS

O cenário adverso da saúde no país, agravado pela fragilização do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), que, a despeito de tal contexto, tenta fazer frente à maior tragédia sanitária de nossa história recente, tem neste documento uma posição para reflexão da Rede de Pesquisa em Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) da ABRASCO, acerca da Eficiência e Gestão Pública no contexto da APS. Estas notas abordam o contexto da APS e o agravamento com a pandemia da COVID-19, reforçando a importância do debate sobre subfinanciamento com recursos públicos e visa a potencializar os objetivos e valores sociais que perpassam a APS universal e de qualidade. Abordam também a compreensão do conceito de eficiência e sua adoção no contexto da APS, com foco na geração de serviços e cuidados com os recursos humanos, materiais, físicos e financeiros disponíveis às entregas e resultados decorrentes. Nessa perspectiva, será abordada a premissa de que mensurar a eficiência é uma maneira capaz de estimular resultados ótimos com os recursos disponíveis. No caso da APS, são mensuráveis os efeitos e impactos sobre os demais níveis de atenção. Ainda, a discussão sobre a Gestão Pública no contexto da APS é realizada considerando os diferentes formatos possíveis e seus efeitos à luz dos preceitos preconizados para uma saúde pública e universal. Por último, estas notas apresentam uma posição para o debate na Rede APS. Palavras-chave: APS, Eficiência, Gestão Pública Abstract The adverse health scenario in the country, aggravated by the weakening of the Unified Health System (SUS), which, despite such a context, tries to face the greatest health tragedy in our recent history, has in this document a position for reflection by the Research Network in Primary Health Care (PHC) of ABRASCO, about Efficiency and Public Management in the context of PHC. These notes address the context of PHC and the worsening with the COVID-19 pandemic, reinforcing the importance of the debate on underfunding with public resources and aiming to enhance the social goals and values ​​that permeate universal and quality PHC. They also address the understanding of the concept of efficiency and its adoption in the context of PHC, focusing on the generation of services and care with human, material, physical and financial resources available for deliveries and resulting results. From this perspective, the premise that measuring efficiency is a way capable of stimulating optimal results with available resources will be addressed. In the case of PHC, the effects and impacts on other levels of care are measurable. Still, the discussion on Public Management in the context of PHC is carried out considering the different possible formats and their effects in light of the precepts advocated for universal and public health. Finally, these notes present a position for debate in the Rede APS. Keywords: PHC, efficiency, public management.

An empirical study on non-physical waste factors in the construction industry

PurposeThis study highlights the findings of an empirical study to investigate waste factors (WFs) affecting the performance and delivery of construction projects in developing countries. The objectives of this study are to identify non-physical WFs in developing nations and rank the identified factors based on their degree of influence on the key performance indicators (KPIs) of cost, quality and time.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 34 WFs were identified through a detailed literature review and consolidated using semi-structured interviews with construction practitioners. The statistical analysis involved a normality test using the Shapiro–Wilk test to determine if sample data have been drawn from a normally distributed population, ranking the WFs using the Frequency Index (FI), Severity Index (SI) and Importance Index (IMPI), ranking the WFs based on their effect on the project KPIs of cost, quality and time, and identify clustering structures for the identified WFs to using factor analysis (FA).FindingsThe results revealed ineffective planning and scheduling, rework/repair of defective work and resource quality problems (human, material and equipment) as the three most important WFs affecting construction projects. The factor analyses showed that WFs can be grouped into five interrelated components, suggesting the need for integrated and holistic strategies to overcome the identified WF.Practical implicationsUnderstanding the effects of WFs on construction projects is a first step towards designing holistic solutions to ensuring projects deliver value to the clients and other stakeholders. The findings of this study provide direction to construction practitioners on where to focus appropriate strategies to manage the identified WFs effectively and, therefore, improve the productivity of construction projects.Originality/valueThis study provides the first holistic analysis of WFs affecting the productivity of construction projects in developing countries.