THE CONCEPT OF WIND AND DUST IN THE QUR’ĀN; A Study of Surah Ibrahim (14):18

The article explains of one verses from the verse of amtal, namely Ibrahim verse 18 which discusses the interpretation of the tafsir scholars who explain the action committed by infidels and the ashes that are dust by strong winds when the wind blowns. The related example is the dust which blown by the wind because the dust turns out to be nothing and you will not be able to do anything if you are faced with strong winds in the high wind season, surely the dust will fly everywhere chaotically and will not be able to return to original place. Besides that, the dust that is contained in the Qur’ān is flying dust, where the flying dust has a negative impact and unbenefit to human health and the environment. This fact provides a very broad discourse enrichment, that the wind can occur if one day there is air pressure in the horizontal direction, there will be a movement of air mass transfer from a place with high air pressure to a place with low air pressure. Dust particles are known as small numbers of particles that are lifted up by the force of wind stress. The value of the wind stress force in this event is expressed by the fluid or threshold. This threshold depends not only on the properties of the fluid, but also on the gravity and cohesive forces between the particles which oppose the lift force of the flui

LAND USE IMPACTS AND POLICY INCOHERENCE OF SMALL-SCALE UTILITY RENEWABLE POWER: SASKPOWER’S POWER GENERATION PARTNER PROGRAM

Renewable energy development has reached critical interest internationally, and each jurisdiction must manage development appropriately based on their own specific policy realities. Many countries have pursued renewable energy development at the community level, and pursued private or cooperative models of developing and managing renewable energy systems. Within the Canadian context, each province is responsible for creating and distributing energy to its citizens, and many provinces still have Crown corporations that exclusively manage all aspects of energy development and transmission. In Saskatchewan, SaskPower, the provincial Crown Corporation has developed the Power Generation Partner Program (PGPP) to engage communities and the private sector in small scale utility renewable energy production (up to 1 MW) to be purchased by SaskPower. The introduction of this program has an impact on various policies, programs and plans, but particularly impacts land use planning within the province. Renewable energy production is an emerging land use in Saskatchewan that is competition with other established uses of land, such as agriculture, residential uses and other existing extraction industries. Permitting of this form of land use mostly falls to local governments. Because the PGPP is being presented on behalf of SaskPower as an opportunity to communities, the community-level effects of this development present questions pertaining to the motivations for communities to pursue this form of development, and the appropriateness of existing land use policies in place to accommodate this new land use. Using existing land use planning documents as a guide, this research explores how Saskatchewan communities might pursue renewable energy development and inform how these developments might be reviewed based on the existing provincial and community land use planning legislative context. This exploratory research asks the following questions: Why might a community wish to participate in the PGPP? To what extent might policy incoherence and layering within the context of land use planning policy impact PGPP applications as an emerging type of land development? And, how might land use planning documents at the local community level impact PGPP applications

Analisa Kadar Debu Terbang PM10 di Setiap Titik Pengukuran (Studi Kasus: Jalan Demang Lebar Daun)

Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang Analisa Kadar Debu PM10 di Setiap Titik Pengukuran di Jalan Demang Lebar Daun Kota Palembang. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh titik pengukuran terhadap kadar debu terbang PM10. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Purpossive Sampling, dengan pengukuran langsung kadar debu terbang PM10 di masing-masing titik pengukuran di jalan Demang Lebar Daun Kota Palembang. Data yang diperoleh dilakukan analisis deskriptif, untuk mengetahui pengaruh titik pengukuran terhadap hasil pengukuran kadar debu terbang PM10. Dari hasil penelitian diperoleh kadar debu terbang PM10 tertinggi sebesar 137,2mg/Nm3 (di lokasi simpang Polda) dan kadar debu terbang PM10 terendah sebesar 113,8mg/Nm3 (di lokasi depan Griya Agung). Dari analisis deskriptif yang dilakukan ternyata titik pengukuran berpengaruh terhadap kadar debu terbang PM10.    Research has been carried out on Analysis of PM10 Dust Levels at Each Measurement Point in Palembang Demang Lebar Daun Street. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of measurement points on PM10 flying dust levels. The method used in this study is Purposive Sampling, by measuring directly the levels of PM10 fly dust at each measurement point on the in Palembang Demang Lebar Daun Street. The data obtained was carried out descriptive analysis, to determine the effect of measurenment point on the results of measurenment of PM10 flying dust levels. From the results of the study it was found that the highest PM10 fly dust content was 137,2mg/Nm3 (at the Polda intersection location) and the lowest PM10 fly dust content was 113,8mg/Nm3 (at the Griya Agung front location). From the descriptive analysis carried out it turned out that the measurenment point had an effect on PM10 flying dust levels

Sanitation in the Hatchery

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The Calais Winds took our plans away: Art therapy as shelter

© Intellect Ltd.This article examines the role of construction materials, story and group as alternative forms of shelter and crisis relief for refugees in transit in Calais, northern France. It draws on examples from an ongoing art therapy project delivered by Art Refuge UK since Autumn 2015, first in the large makeshift refugee camp known as ‘The Jungle’ and since in various settings in and around Calais, including a day centre for unaccompanied refugees.Peer reviewe

Preplanetary scavengers: Growing tall in dust collisions

Dust collisions in protoplanetary disks are one means to grow planetesimals, but the destructive or constructive nature of high speed collisions is still unsettled. In laboratory experiments, we study the self-consistent evolution of a target upon continuous impacts of submm dust aggregates at collision velocities of up to 71m/s. Earlier studies analyzed individual collisions, which were more speculative for high velocities and low projectile masses. Here, we confirm earlier findings that high speed collisions result in mass gain of the target. We also quantify the accretion efficiency for the used SiO2 (quartz) dust sample. For two different average masses of dust aggregates (0.29g and 2.67g) accretion efficiencies are decreasing with velocity from 58% to 18% and from 25% to 7% at 27m/s to 71m/s, respectively. The accretion efficiency decreases approximately as logarithmic with impact energy. At the impact velocity of 49m/s the target acquires a volume filling factor of 38%. These data extend earlier work that pointed to the filling factor leveling off at 8m/s to a value of 33%. Our results imply that high speed collisions are an important mode of particle evolution. It especially allows existing large bodies to grow further by scavenging smaller aggregates with high efficiency.Comment: This paper has been replaced by the author due to a transmission error of references. Now the citations and references are give

A questionnaire case study to investigate public awareness of smog pollution in China's rural areas

Smog pollution is one of China’s most pressing public health issues today and has therefore received significant attention worldwide. Not only cities but also villages in China are suffering from smog pollution, especially since 2013. However, there is limited information available about public awareness on smog pollution in China, especially for where it concerns the residents living in villages. Based on a questionnaire survey, this study aims to help fill this gap. The results of the study show that the income of the majority of respondents comes from working in the city, accounting for 31.6% of the total income. The percentages for respondents related to access to smog information from various channels are as follows: TV (28.5%), radio (24.2%), neighbors (13.5%), Internet (9.8%), newspapers (8.3%) and others (7.8%). As for attitudes regarding the severity degree and main cause of smog pollution, most respondents (33.7%) thought smog pollution in villages was somewhat severe, while 26.3% agreed that the main contributor to smog pollution was industrial emissions, followed by coal burning at power plants (20.9%) and vehicle emissions (17.7%). The results also indicate that most of the respondents were satisfied with the government’s performance in terms of smog control. However, 67.9% of respondents indicated they would remain silent and not intervene when confronted by an activity that causes smog pollution. This study can help to improve an understanding of public awareness regarding smog pollution in China’s rural areas and thereby activate positive public participation in smog pollution prevention and management in the search for sustainable development.fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

In and Out of the Border: The Language and Identity of Hong Kong Literature

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