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Political Discourse Approach Applied the Current Study Issue Occurred

The research was to aim at approaching a political discourse as an effort to solve the issues. News reporting assigns meaning to issues by providing a continuous record of public events and visibility to the claims of actors. The public sphere is an important field where social problems are constructed and political alternatives become defined. When one considers these functions, it is hardly surprising that news has become an important source of data for a group of researchers who are interested in studying the nature of political challenges that are mobilized in the public domain. However, there sometimes appears to be a tendency within the social movements field to let theoretical development outrun a discussion on the methods with which we are equipped to address our research questions. In this contribution, our focus will be self-consciously directed to methods, and more precisely we make specific proposals regarding how the important methodological developments that have been made in the field in recent times, might be profitably extended.&nbsp

A novel approach for the production of nitrogen doped TiO2 nanoparticles

In this study a visible light active nitrogen doped nanostructure titanium dioxide was synthesized by a simple mixing of Degussa P25 and Urea powder and further thermal treatment under the adequate conditions. Photocatalytic activity of produced nanoparticles was verified by providing of photocatalytic degradation of phenol aqueous solution. Mainly this work was focused on the investigation of the following effects: urea concentration, temperature treatment, catalyst loading and initial phenol concentration. Kinetics study was also carried out. The approach appears to be successful and may be applied for example during the photocatalytic treatment of wastewater streams without or with a limited aid of UV lamps. Copyright © 2015, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l

2D approach for modelling self-potential anomalies. Application to synthetic and real data

The aim of this work is to present a 2-D Matlab code based on the finite element method for providing numerical modelling of both groundwater flow and self-potential signals. The distribution of the self-potential is obtained by starting with the solution of the groundwater flow, then computing the source current density, and finally calculating the electrical potential. The reliability of the algorithm is tested with synthetic case studies in order to simulate both the electric field resulting from the existence of a leak in the dam and SP signals associated with a pumping test in an unconfined aquifer. In addition, the algorithm was applied to field data for the localization of piping sinkholes. The results show that the outputs of the algorithm yielded satisfactory solutions, which are in good agreement with those of previous studies and field investigations. In details, the synthetic data and SP anomalies calculated by using the code are very close in terms of sign and magnitude, while real data tests clearly indicated that the computed SP signals were found to be consistent with the measured values

A comprehensive approach to the euro-area debt crisis

In this Policy Brief Zsolt Darvas, André Sapir and Jean Pisani-Ferry, propose a comprehensive solution to the current European crisis based in three pillars: a plan to restore banking sector soundness, a resolution of sovereign debt crisis including a reduction of the Greek public debt and a strategy to foster growth and competitiveness. The paper provides novel estimates and analysis focusing on the current situation of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Bruegel produced a video of the authors Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir and Zsolt Darvas commenting on the "A comprehensive approach to the euro area debt crisis".Watch the video

An Analysis of Aims and Approach of a Textbook: “Look Ahead English Course for Senior High School Students Year X”

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa apakah buku teks bahasa Inggris yang berjudul “Look Ahead English Course For Senior High School Students Year X” yang dianjurkan pemerintah Sumatera Barat sesuai dengan buku teks bahasa Inggris yang baik. Penelitian ini juga bertujuan menemukan ketepatan aims and approach sesuai dengan syarat buku teks bahasa Inggris yang baik menurut pendapat beberapa orang ahli. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif. Sumber data yang digunakan adalah buku Look Ahead English Course For Senior High School Students Year X dan data diperoleh dalam bentuk analisis yang diberikan oleh 2 orang siswa, 2 orang guru bahasa Inggris, 2 orang dosen bahasa Inggris dan peneliti sendiri. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah format analisis atau angket dan komentar-komentar yang diberikan oleh masing-masing penilai. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ditemukan bahwa aspek aims and approach pada buku Look Ahead English Course For Senior High School Students Year X belum terpenuhi

A differential game approach to urban drainage systems control

© 20xx IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Urban drainage systems (UDSs) are complex large-scale systems that carry stormwater and wastewater throughout urban areas. During heavy rain scenarios, UDSs are not able to handle the amount of extra water that enters the network and flooding occurs. Usually, this might happen because the network is not being used efficiently, i.e., some structures remain underused while many others are overused. This paper proposes a control methology based on differential game theory that aims to efficiently use the existing network elements in order to minimize overflows and properly manage the water resource. The proposed controller is tested on a typical UDS and is compared with a centralized MPC achieving similar results in terms of flooding minimization and network usage, but only using local information on distributed controllers.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft