Volume 5 Number 12 (December 2018)

Site Design of Public Space under the Jenggolo Sidoarjo Flyover, East Java is reviewed from the Location Characteristics

Sigit Hadi Laksono

This public open space under the Sidoarjo jenggolo flyover is known to be not optimal in its operations, both from zoning arrangements, number of visitors, and types of activities. Based on the results of the analysis, the most prominent activity in this area is the central street vendors that are made as a substitute for street vendors who used to sell along the shoulder of the road. The existence of this center PKL from its operational time and sales has decreased by 50 percent compared to before, this is because the operational time of the center vendors is only effective at night. In addition, what affects the lack of optimism is that there is an empty space under the overpass that is not utilized. The space is left empty so that it gives the impression of slums, darkness, and crime-prone, so that with this empty space can cause a negative image on that location. The analysis that will be carried out is by reviewing the negative and positive potential of the open space, as well as reviewing in terms of behavior and user needs based on location characteristics. The design method used is qualitative descriptive method. As for the analysis technique used using walkthrough analysis and SWOT techniques. The final result of this study is the concept of developing an open space design under the overpass with a character approach from the local location. So that efforts to optimize existing activities can be achieved.

Emphasis on Mathematical Modeling: The Problems of Contour Values in Calculating the Deflection of a Beam

Edel Alexandre Silva Pontes

Mathematical Modeling has played a fundamental role in the process of teaching and learning mathematics at the various levels of education. The great challenge of today's education is to create means to minimize the distance between the relations of mathematical theory and practical models of everyday life. This work aimed to treat the study of Ordinary Differential Equations through a very usual model of civil construction. Often, students of Mathematics Degree develop skills to understand the abstractions of the vast theory associated with the areas of mathematics, but without being able to exemplify and / or correlate with everyday models.

Monitoring System for Agrometeorological Application with Voice-Controlled Interface

The objective of this work is to present aspects about the already completed development stages of a monitoring system for agrometeorological application that uses Human-Computer Interface controlled by written and spoken languages. Technologies related to the development of this type of HCI have been increasingly used and are gradually more connected to the most diverse devices and machines including fieldwork uses. This interdisciplinary work is supported by research in the areas of Meteorology, Linguistics, Natural Language Processing (NPL) and Computing using physical prototypes focused on monitoring: automated solar search, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmanned groundvehicle (UGV), mix of meteorological sensors and the system itself. The steps already completed and interrelated - automated solar tracker, the set of meteorological sensors and the system - show that this type of monitoring has a significant degree of accuracy, low cost and autonomy - it does not depend on the conventional grid and makes small decisions.

Evaluation of the Flexural Strength, Sorption, Rheological and Thermal Properties of Corncob Plastic Composites

Olufemi O. Adefisan, Armando G. McDonald

Plastic composites were made from corncobs and high density polyethylene (HDPE) by extrusion and evaluated. The composites were manufactured using two different screened corncob particle size fractions (

Characterization of Soybean Cultivars for Biodiesel Production

Due to environmental issues involving the polluting gasesemission, Brazil has adopted the policy of using oil and biodiesel. For biodiesel production, the main raw material used in Brazil is soybean oil. The development of the numerous genotypes of this culture has always considered quantitative aspects. The objective was to qualitatively characterize 12 soybean cultivars for biodiesel production. The experimental design was randomized blocks with three replicates. The cultivars were sown in December 2016, in no-tillage system, in Ponta Grossa, ParanÃ¡, Brazil (-25.093056, -50.063327 UTM). The analyzed variables were: oil and protein contents, acidity index and specific mass. It was concluded that there were no significant differences among the cultivars for oil and protein contents. For the variables acidity index and specific mass, there were significant differences among the cultivars, being below the limits established by the Brazilian legislation for vegetable oil, but with potential for biodiesel production.

External Corrosion of the bottom plate of Petroleum and Derivative Storage tanks on Compacted Soils

Mauro Muniz de Castro, Fernando B. Mainier, Miguel Luiz Ribeiro Ferreira

Inspections carried out on petroleum and derivative storage tanks on compacted soils have shown external corrosion on the bottom plates of the tanks despite cathodic protection by an impressed current. The holes or cavities in the outer plates of the bottom of the tank (in contact with the soil) result in oil leakage, thereby having significant environmental impacts. The objective of this paper is to show, in laboratory experiments, that cathodic protection is not reliable when there are voids or spaces between the plates and the soil. In addition, it proposes the application of a thermal spray with aluminium in the parts of the bottom plates that are in contact with the soil to protect these plates from localised corrosion. It is important to note that the welding temperature was 320Â°C, without affecting the aluminium coating applied by the thermal spray.

Modeling Architectures and Reference Models: Development and Maintenance Open Source ERP

The adoption Enterprise Resource Planning (ERPs) by small and medium-sized businesses may not possible its cost. At same time, whenever adapt ERP specific needs company, user becomes dependent developers due to the lack access and knowledge respective code. Free and open source software can promote advantages companies, however, for their adoption, it is necessary to develop techniques tools facilitate implementation and maintenance code. This article highlights the importance of defining modeling architectures and reference models for development and maintenance open source ERPs, especially the ERP5 project.

Analysis of the quality of life in Brazilian offshore companies

The offshore labor regime is very common in companies operating in the Campos Basin, due to the large number of companies that operate in the petroleum exploration and production processes, including companies that support these operations, which also require the professionals to work on board. The life quality is directly linked to the results, because it interferes in behavioral aspects important for individual and collective productivity. This research aimed to study and analyze the aspects of this work regime that has peculiar characteristics, and the relation with the quality of life of the professionals that work on board, so that positive and negative points could be identified, and to seek possible improvements. The methodology used to develop the study involved an exploratory research in consonance with the bibliographical study. As an instrument for data collection, a questionnaire with closed questions was used, aimed at professionals working on board. This issue is relevant for organizations, since the life quality affects the physical and psychological condition and also, the satisfaction of professionals, interfering in the performance and consequently in the results.

Recycling of Red Ceramics Industry in Precast Concrete Production

During the manufacture of bricks in the ceramic industry, a waste volume with aggregate characteristics is generated. This study intends to verify the feasibility of the use of this material in the confection of the concrete used in the shoe of the vigota to manufacture precast slabs. To prove this feasibility, five concrete traces corresponding to five different percentages of residue addition were defined, molding test bodies and beams and analyzing their physical behavior. The results obtained in the tests demonstrated that the addition resulted in a decrease in concrete strength and increase in volume, which did not affect the structural performance of the beams, satisfying the characteristics required for their use in shoes in the production of precast concrete slabs.

Effects of Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage Associated with Physical Exercise Program in Morphological-Functional Blood Pressure Parameters

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Manual Massage Lymphatic Drainage (MMLD) performed in association with an Aerobic Physical Exercise Program (APEP), in the arterial blood pressure (PSA) values of hypertensive subjects submitted to pharmacological treatment. The population of this study was composed of hypertensive subjects of both sexes and patients from SESI Clinic of the Municipality of Cacoal in RondÃ´nia / RO, with the sample consisting of 28 subjects in the age group from 45 to 60 years and under pharmacological treatment to control hypertension arterial hypertension (SAH). Experimental Group 1 (GE1), composed of 14 individuals of both sexes (Age: 53.57 Â± 7.20, Body Weight: 74, 15 Â± 15.85, height: 166.1 Â± 61), which during 8 weeks were submitted weekly on alternate days, to three MMLD sessions in parallel to a APEP with intensity controlled by the subjective sensation of effort; and b) An Experimental Group 2 (GE2), also composed of 14 subjects of both sexes (Age: 53.57 Â± 7.20; Body Weight: 74.15 Â± 15.85; Height: 166.1 Â± 61); which during 8 weeks were also submitted to three weekly sessions of the same MMLD maneuvers applied in GE1, but were not submitted to PEFA. At the end of the procedures the statistical analysis allowed to observe that the PASS scores presented by GE1 and GE2, both indicated the same statistical significance (p = 0,000), with mean values being reduced by 8.1 mmHg for GE1 and 6,5 mmHg for GE2, representing a functional improvement of 6.3% and 4.9%, respectively. A similar behavior was found when analyzing the values of PASD, which at the end of the experimental procedure presented similar results for both study groups, statistical significance at the level of p< 0,05. Mean values were reduced by 5.5 mmHg for GE1, and 3.8 mmHg for GE2, representing a functional improvement of 6.3% and 4.3%, respectively. It is also observed that the results of the GE1 are higher than those of the GE2, and this can be attributed to the realization of the MMLD in parallel to the APEP, which seems to have potentiated the effects presented by the GE1. The results found in this research suggest that Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage may be a valuable nonpharmacological auxiliary therapy in the control of arterial hypertension, also indicating that when performed in association with a regular program of aerobic physical exercises, it significantly increases the reduction of values blood pressure of hypertensive subjects.

Solar Photovoltaic Power with Control Strategies and Applications: A Review

Vikas Sharma, Gagandeep Khajuria

Growing concerns about environment issues, photovoltaic (PV) power is widely gaining importance all over the world. Use of this solar electric power is increasing day by day in many countries. This paper presents a review on applications of solar photovoltaic power for domestic purposes, irrigation purposes as well as for the grid purposes. Solar photovoltaic (PV) system works under variable solar irradiations and thus various control strategies to utilize this solar power in an efficient manner are also reviewed in this paper.

Local Power as the Basis of the Understanding of the Federative Pact

The research aimed to describe the existing problems in the relationship between City, State and Federal Government, through the Brazilian Federative Pact, mainly for municipalities with population of less than 50,000 inhabitants. The research is structured from a qualitative perspective. The theoretical framework was built from the local power of the discussion based on the understanding of the federal pact and local interest and the municipality in Brazil. The paper argues that the federal pact is little debated, discussed, much less questioned by society in general, it only strengthens the lack of a legal and institutional framework for coordination and cooperation among federal entities in the country, which results in public policy fragmented the territory and without direction, causing waste of public resources.

Analysis of Volume Relationship, Traffic Speed and Density in the Tulukabessy Street with the Greenberg and Underwood Methods

Nelda Maelissa, Antonetha Maitimu, Sjafrudin Latar

The city of Ambon, a city that is often called the city of music or often dubbed the "Ambon manise" also does not escape the problem of congestion. There are several areas which are the points of congestion in the city of Ambon, namely, the area of JalanSlametRiyadi, precisely in front of Makodim 1504 Ambon, to Tulukabessy. The congestion that occurred on Tulukabessy road was partly because there was a shopping center (Citra) and several offices on the road, there was also a road body that was used as a garage. To overcome the congestion that occurs in some of the regions mentioned above, a good traffic management is needed. Traffic parameters that need to be known, namely traffic flow or volume, speed and density. The performance of a road can be measured from these three parameters or often referred to as traffic characteristics. For this reason, the volume, speed and density of traffic will be analyzed using the Greenberg method and the Underwood method. This research is quantitative and data collection is done by means of surveys, namely speed surveys and traffic flow surveys. Volume and speed data are then processed to obtain density. Furthermore, the three traffic parameters were analyzed by the Greenberg and Underwood methods, resulting in a relationship between the three traffic parameters. The most suitable method used for the Tulukabessy road is the Underwood method with a coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.960 with a maximum Density value (DM) = 200 smp / hour maximum volume (VM) is VM = 2481.84626 junior / hour. The relationship between the parameters of the Tulukabessy road traffic with the Underwood method, as follows: Relationship Speed-Density Ln S = 3.7394 - 0.005 D; Volume - Density Relationship V = 42,073 D e-0,005 D; Relationship Volume - Speed V = 747.88 S - 200 S Ln S. The most suitable method used for the Tulukabessy road is the Underwood method with a coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.960 with a maximum volume value (VM) is VM = 2481.84626 junior high school / hour.

Import Cost Analysis: A Case Study on an Oil & Gas Company in Brazil

The present work aims to analyze the financial impacts incurred in a Norwegian company based in Macae in the oil and gas industry. In this manner it is intended, at first, to enter in foreign trade facing its history in the world as well as in Brazil, the taxes, laws, NCMs and Incoterms to which the case study of the company is based on for its critical analysis. Then, it presents the company and the flowchart of tasks prior to embark the goods and as a result it analyzes the numbers incurred of the processes, the transport more used at the most and employment of its resources concerning the processes of importation. Finally, it is submitted to the analysis of the costs generated by the choice of air freight shipments and using special customs regime Repetro. The methodology used in this study consisted of an exploratory research, explanatory and descriptive made via books, scientific articles, papers, essays and Internet sites. Secondary data were also raised along with the company studied. Thus, when analyzing the theoretical and practical aspects, it has been highlighted the importance of the employment of inputs in an optimized way with the aim of generating increasingly less cost to the company. Among the analyzes and results obtained, it was realized that there is no planning in acquisition of inputs resulting in exacerbated use of the air freight shipment, as well as the little use of special customs regime Repetro.

Time distribution of intense rainfalls at Campinas, Brazil

Marcelo R. de Campos, Ronalton E. Machado

the temporal variation of intense rainfalls is of great importance in hydrological analyses and prediction, which is required for dimensioning engineering projects. Therefore, this study has as objective to determine the temporal distribution of intense rainfalls with durations of 1, 2 and 4 h in Campinas, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the period from 1997 to 2016. The rainfalls with duration of 1 h were subdivided in three intervals of 20 min. Rainfalls with duration of 2 and 4 h were subdivided in four intervals each, respectively of 1 h for the latter and of 30 min for the former. For rainfalls of 1, 2 and 4 h, the early rain distribution prevailed, i.e., the rainfall is more intense in the first period of time, regardless the total and duration of the event. Statistically, the intensive rainfall data adjusted to the Lognormal and Truncated Negative Binomial probability distributions.

Evaluation of PPP/GNSS obtained Coordinates Accuracy using a Decision Tree

Mauro Menzori, Vitor Eduardo Molina Junior

Point positioning over the EarthÂ´s surface has become simpler after the advent of positioning systems using artificial satellites. Nowadays, the satellites constellations of GNSS are GPS and GLONASS, the most structured systems, however, other systems were built to integrate the GNSS in last years. There are different methods to perform precise positioning using the data transmitted by GNSS satellites and the PPP method is one of these. Similarly to others, the PPP uses the observables to produce the coordinates and precise them. As we know, precision is different from accuracy. While precision informs the data set quality, accuracy tells us how much the coordinate is close to its real position on the ground. Although the correlation between precision and accuracy correlation is implicit in the observables, the processing methods cannot achieve it. The purpose of this study was to identify this relationship using the data mining tool known as Decision Tree. The creation of a large set of coordinates with known precision and accuracy were necessary for the recursive training of the Decision Tree, which became able to predict the coordinatesâ€™ accuracy using only its precision abstract should summarize the content of the paper. Try to keep the abstract below 250 words. Do not make references nor display equations in the abstract. The journal will be printed from the same-sized copy prepared by you. Your manuscript should be printed on A4 paper (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm). It is imperative that the margins and style described below be adhered to carefully. This will enable us to keep uniformity in the final printed copies of the Journal. Please keep in mind that the manuscript you prepare will be photographed and printed as it is received. Readability of copy is of paramount importance.

Evaluation of the Physical Attributes of Soil under Different Uses and Management in the Territory of the Zona da Mata in RondÃ´nia, Brazil

The results of soil use is widely known mainly for the productivity and visual aspect of plant development. In order to characterize the results of the different soil management, this study was carried out on family farms in the Zona da Mata Territory in RondÃ´nia. The samples were submitted to physical attributes analysis of density, total porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, aggregate stability and organic matter analysis. The soils under different uses were negatively influenced when compared to the forest, having in average decrease in total porosity, macroporosity, organic matter and increase in microporosity and density.

Modelling the co-existence and survival scenarios of two competing legumes with a low environmental perturbation

J.U. Atsu, A.O.Nwaoburu, E. N. Ekaka-a

The occurrence of an environmental perturbation on the outcomes of co-existence and survival for two competing legumes for limited resources is one of the challenging crop science problems that requires a mathematical quantification. We have explored the application of a MATLAB algorithm in this study. We have found that the inclusion of a low random noise intensity value of 0.01 has dominantly predicted more instances of valid co-existence scenarios and fewer instances of degeneracy scenarios providedthe inter-competition coefficients outweigh the intra-competition coefficients. We would expect these present novel results to provide a further insight on the crop science ideas of co-existence and survival.

Ergonomic Analysis and Application OWAS Method in a Mechanical Maintenance Shop of Thermoelectric Plant

The present work aims to develop an ergonomic analysis of the safety aspects of the mechanical maintenance workshop of the thermoelectric plant, located in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes. Note that it may serve as a support tool for company employees and other organizations that have maintenance workshops. It was envisioned a focus on safety issues for the development of work activities, seeking to identify irregularities in the ergonomic aspects in the execution of activities in the work environment and to propose alternatives to reduce and / or eliminate irregularities and, consequently, to improve the working conditions of employees of this sector. Thus, after a brief description of work safety, the importance and importance of ergonomics and the OWAS method (Ovako Working Posture Analysis System) are emphasized, the importance of furnas in the Brazilian electrical sector. safety engineering and ergonomics and its importance, as already commented, ending with an analysis of the safety in the sector of maintenance of furnas, applications of the method OWAS and the final considerations. The results of the environmental analyzes and proposed, contributed to a reduction of the index of work accidents in the mechanical maintenance workshop.

Analysis Fault and Effect Modes â€“ FMEA: Failures Fire Protection System Turbine in Thermoelectric Plant

In the electrical sector, the quality of their systems is extremely important, since the electrical sector works in an interconnected way, in which the occurrence of problems in a generating unit interferes in the transmission system and, consequently, in the final customer. This work aims to use FMEA (Failure Mode Analysis and Effects), as a tool to analyze the occurrence of faults and increase the reliability of a system in a thermoelectric plant. The system chosen in the thermoelectric power plant for the execution of the FMEA is the fire protection of the Turbo-Generator. The methodology used in the development of this work is the formation of a multidepartmental team for brainstorming, mapping the causes and effects of failures; use of building tools and analytics of the FMEA, the results were efficient in the day to day being important in the cognitive aspect to the entrepreneurs and employees.

Scientific Literature on Production Planning and Control: A Bibliometric Analysis

Gabriel Riso Oliveira, Leonard Barreto Moreira, Ailton da Silva Ferreira

Learning about the subjects of PPC (Production Planning and Control) for students of production and administration engineering in an emerging economy like Brazil is extremely important. This paper emphasizes the foundations of the phases that encompass the hierarchical stages of the PPC, from the strategic level to the operational level: Sales and Operations Management (S & OP), Aggregate Planning, Master Planning, MRP I (Material Requirement Planning) . Through a qualitative and quantitative approach, this paper makes use of bibliometrics intrinsic to its methodological aspects. The Web of Science database and the Nails software are used to obtain the research resources, which is used to foster and select the theoretical framework of the most pertinent themes of the specific literature of PPC, exposing the main scientific works of international relevance and the state of the art and innovations about the theme. At the end of the article the conclusion about the theme is engendered in the rational aspect of the scientific literature of PPC and its methods of teaching learning in the Brazilian universities.

Breaker Depth Analysis Using Critical Wave Steepness

Syawaluddin Hutahaean

This research developed a breaker depth equation based on the characteristic of the potential velocity solution of Laplace equation. The breaker length equation was obtained using critical wave steepness as boundary condition. Whereas breaker height was obtained from breaker height index equation. The equation is in the form of linear explicit equation with simple calculation.

Analysis Mapping Logistic Processes of People Offshore Company located in Brazil

The present research had the objective of analyzing mapping personnel logistics process company located MacaÃ©, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, through the analysis of existing processes. The company chosen to be the source of the study, has been working in the area of submarine engineering for almost 30 years, has as one of its main focuses the client, a key part of the process to be studied. To carry out the work, a bibliographical research was carried out around the concepts of logistics and its various ramifications besides the mapping of the internal processes that served as a theoretical basis for the research and assisted in the design of the work. In addition, company documents were used to provide support and field surveys were performed with the technical assistance team involved, I was able to carry out the direct observation of the process studied. It was made a survey of the advantages and disadvantages of the process that is currently used, stating that the company should focus on the disadvantages encountered during the work to begin a process of continuous improvement in the personnel logistics department, where currently the absence of a procedure that designing all processes involved in people logistics hampers process efficiency and hampers cost reduction. It is suggested to set up an action plan in order to correct the disadvantages encountered, and to maximize existing well-defined processes.

Antimicrobial activity of common endodontic materials on Enterococcus faecalis NEWP 0012

The elimination of the microorganisms in its totality, during the endodontic therapy, although desired, is hard to be achieved. Even after the canal filling, the microorganisms are able to be into the dentinal mass and into the periapical region. This essay aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of endodontic materials against to the Enterecoccus faecalis NEWP 0012. The inoculation of this microorganism in the glass plates was done using swabs pressing the cotton against the wall of the pipe. The bacterial suspension was sowed evenly on the sterile surface of the Ãgar MH. The plates were incubated by aerobic conditions, in a constant temperature in the range of 35Âº a 37Â°c, for 24 hours. The endodontic materials tested were: Sealer 26, Endofill, AH plus, MTA Filapex, calcium hydroxide paste associated to the chlorhexidine, Maxxion R glass ionomer, MTA and MTA HP. After material manipulation, they were impregnated into absorbent paper discs of 5mm of diameter and distributed sporadically on the plates that contained the microorganism. The experimental data were obtained by the measurement of the inhibition halo in the period of 24h, 72h, 7, 15 and 21 days; thus, the microorganism was classified as resistant or sensible to the different products. From the results, it was possible to verify that the calcium hydroxide paste associated to the chlorhexidine presented superior antimicrobial activity on Enterecoccus faecalis NEWP 0012. It was concluded that the calcium hydroxide paste associated to the chlorhexidine has satisfactory antimicrobial activity against the Enterecoccus faecalis NEWP 0012 in the period between 24h to 21 days.

Fractional Order Butterworth Filter

Mehmet Emir Koksal

Fractional order Butterworth filter derived from the conventional 3rdorder Butterworth filter by the transition of the ordinary derivativeto the fractional one as in is investigated in this paper. The change of the filter characteristics is studied depending on the order of the fractional derivative. Effects of the transformation on the componentsâ€™ behaviors of the filter is formulated. Design of the filter in the sense of choosing the filter parameters to satisfying the given specifications is described.

Frequency Response of a Fractional Order Shunt Resonator of the Class R-RLÎ²CÎ±

Mehmet Emir Koksal

Frequency domain analysis of a fractional order parallel shunt resonator of the class R-RL_Î² C_Î±is conducted. The voltage and current waveforms are computed in the frequency domain. It is shown that the circuit exhibits all three types of basic filtering characteristics; namely low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass.

Feasibility study of a new approach to removal of nitrates from groundwater by Biological Denitrification

Priyankashri K N, Surendra H J

The removal of nitrate is essential for water contaminated with nitrate before being utilized, since a large amount of nitrate in drinking water often causes a disease called methemoglobinemia and other health disorders such as hypertension, increased infant mortality, goiter, stomach cancer, thyroid disorder, cytogenetic defects and birth defects. Hence nitrate removal is an important aspect of present dayâ€™s wastewater treatment process. Physical and chemical processes such as reverse osmosis, ion exchange, electro dialysis and chemical denitrification have been developed for nitrate removal from water. These techniques are effective in removing nitrate from contaminated water; they are very expensive for pilot scale operation with a limited potential application. Owing to these limitations in the removal of nitrate from water and/or wastewater, the most versatile and widely used technology is biological denitrification. Hence in this research work, feasibility study was carried out for removing nitrate from ground water by biological denitrification with optimum amount of carbon source under anoxic condition.

Estimation of Rainfall-Runoff Relationship Using Artificial Neural Network Models for Muskegon Basin

Fatih ÃœNEÅž, Onur BÃ–LÃœK, Yunus Ziya KAYA, Bestami TAÅžAR, Hakan VARÃ‡Ä°N

In order to determine the use, protection and economic life of water resources; it is important to make estimations about rainfall-runoff values. However, it is quite complicated to estimate rainfall-runoff. For this reason, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) methods, which are widely used today for complex hydrological problems, are preferred for the rainfall-runoff model. For model creation, the hydrological and seasonal data from the United States Muskegon basin are used. Estimation study was done with ANN and MLR methods using 1396 daily rainfall, temperature and rainfall data belonging to the region. According to the model results, it is seen that the ANN method has results with low error and high determination in the rainfall runoff model. ANN method can be used as an alternative way to classical methods in rainfall-runoff predictions.

Estimation of Groundwater Level Fluctuations Using Neuro-Fuzzy and Support Vector Regression Models

Mustafa DEMÄ°RCÄ°, Bestami TAÅžAR, Yunus Ziya KAYA, Hakan VARÃ‡Ä°N

Estimation of Ground Water Level (GWL) is important in the determination of the sustainable use of water resources and Ground Water resources. Groundwater level fluctuations were investigated using the variable of groundwater level, precipitation, temperature. In the present study, GWL estimation studies were conducted via Neuro-Fuzzy (NF), Support Vector Regression with radial basis functions (SVR-RBF) and Support Vector Regression with poly kernel (SVR-PK) models. The daily data of the precipitation, temperature and groundwater level are used which is taken from Minnesota, United States of America. The results were compared with NF and SVR methods. According to this comparison, it was observed that the NF and SVR models gave similar results for observation.

On the Numerical Solutions of a Wave Equation

Mehmet Åženol

In this paper we have obtained approximate solutions of a wave equation using previously studied method namely perturbation-iteration algorithm (PIA). The results are compared with the first and second order difference scheme solutions by absolute error. In addition, to prove the effectiveness of the method, we have presented some graphics and tables.

An Evaluation of Periodic Performance of an Improved Solar Box Cooker

Abubakar Adamu, Girigisu Shehu

The study outlined how the solar box cooker is constructed; taking in mind all those conditions that enhances optimum heat gains in the cooker and avoiding those that will bring heat lost into it. Some selected instruments were used in taking major measurements while the cooker is at work. The results found revealed that at about 1400 on the selected day the cooker receives maximum solar insolation. Some other parameters like temperature of the solar plates, the ambient temperature in the cooker seem to be higher at that hour, more importantly, the experimental efficiency recorded higher value at that period, and the result of the experimental value of efficiency is in agreement with the theoretical value calculated.

Development of a Wireless Data Acquisition System for Application in Real-Time Closed-Loop Control Systems

This paper presents the development of a wireless data acquisition system (WDAS) of incremental encoder sensors, for application in the real-time closed-loop control systems.The wireless technologies evaluated for the system were 433 MHz radio frequency (RF) and Bluetooth 2.0. The developed system was applied to the angular velocity control of a permanent magnet direct current (PMDC) motor, as a way of evaluating its development and also the time of communication with the different wireless technologies. The WDAS with the 433 MHz RF wireless module presented a satisfactory result, while the WDAS with the Bluetooth 2.0 wireless module was not adequate to this real-timeclosed-loop control system.

Immunizations of Children from 0 to 2 Years: Knowledge of Caregivers and Actions of the Nurse in Family Health Strategy

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Application of Reverse Logistics in Hospital Material Processes: Case Study

Tatiane BrandÃ£o da Silva, Waldinei Rosa Monteiro, Jandecy Cabral Leite

One of the major current concerns of society is the environmental issue, precisely because this is a prerogative of great importance for the populations in terms of quality of life. International organizations have sought to develop symposiums, seminars, and global meetings that involve discussions on environmental issues. Since the 1992 ECO-Rio-92 world summit, Brazil has sought to develop a normative framework to foster mechanisms of environmental policies, an element that is already part of the 1988 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Thus, this article addresses the Reverse Logistics of Health Services Waste in a public hospital in the city of Manaus-Amazonas, with the general objective of analyzing the reverse logistics process in the recycling of medicine and hospital material in a public hospital in the city of Manaus â€“ GetÃºlio Vargas University Hospital (HUGV) based on the formation of an inventory of environmental/hospital interests, as well as specifically identifying the main characteristics of reverse logistics; verifying if there is flexibility in the application of the reverse logistics process in the recycling of medicines and hospital material; demonstrating a proposal for the application of reverse logistics to reduce the environmental impact caused by solid waste; understanding how the reverse logistics process can contribute to softening the impact of the environmental degradation caused by the incorrect disposal of medicine and hospital material in a public hospital in Manaus; and, demonstrating its environmental benefits to the city of Manaus. The methodology used included integrative review research, as well as documentary research and direct observation. It is concluded that reverse logistics is a way of obtaining environmental management within the legal parameters determined by the Brazilian legal system but cannot be applied in its entirety in the public hospitals of Manaus, which can make nosocomial disposal dangerous.

Assessment of pesticides handling Practices and Health and Environmental Impacts on Khat Growing Farmers: in Haro Maya Woreda, Eastern Ethiopia

Girma Regassa, Chala Regassa

Methods were designed to evaluate the handling practice and the effect of pesticides on environment and human health. The data were collected by participating mainly Khat growing farmers and further supported by interviewing health and agricultural professionals, field observation and focal group discussion with Khat chewers. 97.1 % of farmers used pesticides for pest control. The survey revealed that, 95.2% confirmed that they using DDT. The pesticide treated khat is harvested and consumed starting from the same day of treatment. Farmers were not taken measures while spraying whether children and other people are in the field or not. Majority of farmers i.e. 84.1% have no experience of taking bath, 42.85 % of farmers do not change clothes right after spraying; and 86.93% do not wash the contaminated clothe separately. Majority of farmers doesnâ€™t have knowledge about labelling, dosage and expiry date mentioned on pesticide container. Farmers used protective devices rarely, except 73.3% who used scarf to protect the uncomfortable smell of pesticides. Farmers store their pesticides where they sleep, where they eat, prepare their food, where the cattle feed, hut in the field. Majority of farmers experienced headache, dizziness, difficult to breathe and vomiting, itching or burning of different parts of body as the main symptom filling during application of pesticides. Liver case, kidney and stomach are the most common healthy problem realized; and significant number of farmers and health professionals are confident enough that, chewing of pesticides treated khat and unsafe use khat are the case. The care of for the environment is very low in that spray pesticides near water bodies like well water and ponds, disposing the leftover and empty pesticide containers in the field. Number of pollinating insects like, butterfly, and bee are decreasing. The care of livestock not to eat residue of Khat treated by pesticides and graze near treated was small.

Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Four Selected Noncommercial Honeys

Yener Tekeli, Serbay Bucak

In this study; we investigated the antioxidant activities and antimicrobial effects of some honey samples (Honeydew, Eucalyptus, Petroselinum crispum M. and flower) from different regions of Hatay, Turkey. The antioxidant capacities were evaluated by using folin assay, free radical scavenging (DPPH) assay and Î²-carotene-linoleic acid emulsion method and the results compared against reference synthetic antioxidants (BHA, BHT). A 96 well minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) spectrophotometric-based assay is used to assess antimicrobial activity against some gram positive bacteria and gram negative bacteria. Total phenolic content of the honey samples were determined according to the Folin-Ciocalteau procedure and found between 60,58â€“287,3 mg GAE/kg honey. The characteristic antioxidant activities showed a marked correlation with the total phenolic contents. The honey samples showed low MIC values against three gram (+) and three gram (-) bacteria. Honeydew honey found to be stronger than the other honeys in terms of both antioxidant and antimicrobial potential.

Application of Model Quantum Learning Teaching Techniques Crosswords Premises Puzzle in Improving Results of Student Learning Outcomes in Integers

Ridho Alfarisi, Rafiantikan Megahnia Prihandini, Robiatul Adawiyah

Quantum Teaching is real life learning strategy with relevance social nuances. Quantum Teaching consists of four steps, namely Grow ( Motivate ), Natural ( Do ), Name ( Symbolize ), Demonstrate ( Demonstrate ), Repeat ( Repeat ) ( TANDUR, for short ). The research purpose is to analyze the student learning achievement and activities . The research design is C lassroom A ction R esearch ( CAR ). It Consist s of four stages . Plan , implementation , observation, and reflection. Research was done in two cycles . The result shows that t he percentage of student learning achievement and activities respectively increase is from cycle I to cycle II items, namely 75% to 83.33% and. 70 , 27 % to 83.5 5 %. I can conclude that the application of Quantum Teaching with Crosswords is a puzzle technique can effectively improve student learning achievement as well as their activities .

Management Plan for Solid Waste in Construction Sites

The fast urbanization and densification processes in the cities have been causing serious environmental problems, like the disposal and management of solid waste generated during the construction, demolition and renovation of buildings. The present work develops a study on the Management of Solid Waste in Construction Site. This study investigates the method and procedures of waste planning at construction sites and the disposal of these same residues, with the objective to create conditions for the proper economy, standardization and increased safety in the construction sites and facilitation of waste disposal. A theoretical framework was created regarding the provisions of construction waste at construction sites. Based on the results, management actions are being proposed for greater sustainability, with benefits like the better use of the construction site with improvements in its operation and cleaning, as a direct consequence of good solid wastes management.

Use of Clay Sludge Water Treatment Plant Sludge to Produce Ceramic Brick

Eliza Anik de Oliveira, Jandecy Cabral Leite

In the search for solutions capable of minimizing the environmental impacts from waste water treatment plant (WWTP) and reduce costs related to the final destination of the waste generated, the present work aims to evaluate the potential use of WWTP sludge by incorporating clay slurry to the production of bricks, in order to present an alternative environmentally correct destination for this waste. Sludge and clay underwent chemical and mineralogical characterization, through granulometric distribution, X-ray fluorescence analysis, X-ray diffraction. The samples were homogenized in the proportions of 0%, 12%, 14% and 18% of sludge in red clay, pressed at 25 MPa, and later production of test specimens which were then burned to a temperature of 900ÂºC. After sintering, physical and mechanical tests were performed to evaluate the quality of the final product, by means of analysis of the properties of fire loss, linear retraction, water absorption, apparent specific mass, apparent porosity, flexural rupture stress, moisture and plasticity. The results of the laboratory tests with the residue proportions incorporated in the clay mass demonstrate influence on the physical and mechanical properties of the ceramic material. The results presented show a similarity to that recommended and that despite the 18% (sludge) samples, in relation to the clay showed a variation in the chemical composition due to its high organic matter content, it was observed that both had SiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3. Comparing the results with the parameters established in NBR 15270-1, 2 and 3/2005, it was verified that the WWTP sludge can be incorporated in up to 18% in the clay mass for the manufacture of bricks.

Weightless Neural Network with Transfer Learning to Detect Distress in Asphalt

The present paper shows a solution to the problem of automatic distress detection, more precisely the detection of holes in paved roads. To do so, the proposed solution uses a weightless neural network known as Wisard to decide whether an image of a road has any kind of cracks. In addition, the proposed architecture also shows how the use of transfer learning was able to improve the overall accuracy of the decision system. As a verification step of the research, an experiment was carried out using images from the streets at the Federal University of Tocantins, Brazil. The architecture of the developed solution presents a result of 85.71% accuracy in the dataset, proving to be superior to approaches of the state-of-the-art.

Figuring out Extinct Values of Yeast Gene Microarray Expression (YGME) and Influencing Successive Time for Hierarchical Clustering Technique â€“ An Improvement

Akey Sungheetha, Rajesh Sharma R

The numerous missing value computation approaches for yeast data have been suggested in the literature. Throughout the past few years, investigators are keen on driving a lot of research effort on giving methodical assessments of the dissimilar computation procedures. The problem of controlling the missing values are designed with samples of tough microorganisms, such as yeast. Expensive strategies are present which has targeted to develop a varied collection of samples. They are regularly in effect for concurrently disturbing various small samples, but are greatly lesser effective for larger samples. The manufactured devices highlight interference rates after these minor samples having 5% of cells interrupted in 2 to 38 seconds range, frequently ignoring to indicate the organism interrupted or the small sample size. At the outset, maximum procedures continued to be evaluated by means of highlighting on the accuracy of the computation, using metrics such as the Correlation (uncentered), Correlation (centered), Absolute correlation (uncentered), Absolute correlation (centered), Spearman Rank correlation, Kendallâ€™s tau, Euclidean distance and City block distance. This proves the best clustering range. In the proposed approach running time is also computed for the various used methods using the same above mentioned metrics. On the other hand, it has turn out to be strong that the attainment of the accuracy and running time of the whole yeast gene data had a better assessment in further applied relations by way of hierarchical clustering approach. Accuracy and running time are sorted out for both large and small samples once after computing the missing values. Running times of the different clustering methods in a yeast dataset are existing in the work for the missing value rate of 4%. The hierarchical clustering was the fastest among the specified clustering methods (K-Means (gene) clustering technique, Self-Organized Mapping and Principle Component Analysis). However, the SOM was still about 10 times faster than k means. The running time of the original hierarchical method was about one third for that of its proposed version.

The use of ISO 37122 as standard for assessing the maturity level of a smart city

Eber da Silva de Santana, Ã‰ldman de Oliveira Nunes, Leandro Brito Santos

Existing evaluation models of maturity of smart cities are diversified, and for this reason there is no exact model for this type of assessment. In this sense, it becomes relevant the need for the compression of a maturity model as it is highlighted in the literature. The goal of this article is to present the result of a literature review that was made to identify models of maturity evaluation responsible for measuring the smartness of a city. Results portray the comparison of the evaluation models found, indicating the main features related to their complexities and implantation proposal. In addition, we identified the optimized model that could enable initiatives maturation to promote smart cities.

Non-Conventional Food Plants in ParanÃ¡ Coast- Brazil: A Brief Overview of Production and Trade

In ParanÃ¡ Coast lacks production alternatives in rural areas due to the high natural declivity of the land, as well as the low natural fertility of the soil and few areas available to plant because the large presence of environmental preservation areas. In this context, new alternatives within the pluri-activity perspective should be considered in the generation of income for family agriculture. Non-conventional food plants (NCFP) seemingly meet the prerogatives, but studies were not found on this regional production system that could attest the production and trade of this plants as an income alternative. Thus, from June to October of 2018, a descriptive exploratory research with qualitative nature was carried out with farmers that had recognized tradition in the cultivation of these types of food plants, in order to delineate an overview of the regional activity, as well as the implication and potential of the crops. The study found that farmers lived in rural areas and on average had a cultivation of 0.5 hectares of NCFP, which generated an income of approximately USD 180.00 per month. The most cultivated species were Taioba (xanthosoma taioba), serralha (sonchus oleraceus) and Hibisco (hibiscos acetosella). The main implications of the farmers' perception were the lack of agronomic knowledge for the introduction of new crops, few specialized technicians for technical assistance, and the lack of public sector incentives. The main potentialities observed were the loyal customers, the species of NCFP which are traditionally more resistant to pests and diseases and that favor the cultivation, besides being a factor that provides an alternative of income in the concept of rural pluri-activity.