Investigation of diesel generator shaft and bearing failures

A shaft failure in a 634 kW diesel generator after 4000 hours of operation required investigation, especially when similar sets began to show signs of excessive bearing housing wear. The failure was found to be due to torsional fatigue caused by operation at an unforeseen resonant condition. The damage to the bearing housing of this type of set was also attributed to this behaviour. Replacement of the bearings and housings and redesign of the flexible coupling has been undertaken to prevent further failures. Modifications to design procedures are now being adopted to ensure similar problems do not occur in other existing or new machines

“TOO GOOD TO KILL”: LITERARY GERONTOLOGY AND LATE STYLE IN MARGARET ATWOOD’S GILEAD NOVELS

Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, The Handmaid\u27s Tale, and her 2019 sequel, The Testaments, illuminate the author’s continued interest in the connection between a woman’s age and the notion of her usefulness and complicity within a hegemonically masculine society. Focusing on literary gerontology and the author’s late style, this essay highlights Atwood’s persistent rejection of patriarchal representations of older women in literature. I analyze the ways in which Atwood’s “ustopian” (Atwood’s literary genre invention, combining “dystopia” and “utopia”) novels develop older women characters beyond “old age as motif and metaphor” by removing age and gender as significant barriers to their primary purpose (Wallace 391). I explore Anne M. Wyatt-Brown’s discussion of literary gerontology as an interdisciplinary development and expand upon Kathleen Woodward’s notion of late style by observing Atwood’s age as it impacts her creativity as a writer. Moreover, I examine Atwood’s overlapping concerns about power and subjectivity in old age and how the sociocultural constructs of age often deter feminist writers away from engaging with the perspectives of older women in their creative processes. While this essay extends conversations interested in perceptions of societal ageism embedded in feminist literature and theory, my analysis is more invested in uncovering how literary gerontology and the author’s late style contribute to our understanding of Margaret Atwood’s portrayal of older women in her speculative works

Why practical theology must go public

This is the author's post-print pdf version of an article published in Practical Theology. The article can be found at http://essential.metapress.com/content/122841/This journal article makes the case for a strong affinity between pastoral studies and practical theology as conceived in the UK and the emerging field of public theology

Determination of Selected Heavy Metals in Some Creeks in a Tennessee City.

Concentrations of Ni, Cu, Zn, Fe, Cd, and Pb were determined in six different creeks within a city in Tennessee using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Mean concentrations of Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, and Fe in the sites examined reveal that they exceed the USEPA recommended limits. High concentrations of Cu (0.130 mg/L), Zn (13.7 mg/L), Ni (0.267 mg/L), and Cd (0.010 mg/L) were observed in site B and Fe (3.01 mg/L) in site E relative to other sites. The concentration of Pb (0.795 mg/l) was higher in site A. Higher concentrations of Cu, Zn, and Fe were detected in samples collected in the month of January and Cd in samples collected in the month of June. Pb and Ni concentrations did not show any significant difference with respect to dates of sample collection. Their presence in the environment on a particular day depends on the type and volume of human activities

Municipal

Discharge to the Pacific Ocean through an 8,720-foot outfall/diffuser system. Up to 1.6 MGD reclaimed for landscape irrigation. SUMMARY The City of Santa Barbara (Discharger) discharges treated municipal wastewater through an 8,720foot outfall/diffuser system to the Pacific Ocean. To determine the optimum level of effluent disinfection, the Discharger has studied the effects of a range of effluent coliform concentrations on shellfish stationed near the point of discharge. The proposed Order specifies new coliform effluent limitations in accordance with the study’s findings. When operating, a seawater desalination plant (currently mothballed) would also discharge waste brine into the municipal outfall. Proposed Order No. 99-40 governs both the municipal discharge and the combined flows. The proposed Order specifies appropriate discharge limits and specifications from the 1997 Water Quality Control Plan- Ocean Waters ofCaflfornia (Ocean Plan), and requires the Discharger to monitor for potential adverse effect on aquatic life

Analyzing the Influence of Customer Experience of Call Centre Towards Brand Loyalty of Telkomsel Users in Manado

A fairly rapid growth in Indonesian telecommunications industry has encourages the competition among existing providers. The need to increase customer satisfaction through CRM for every company is now considered to be more important. Nowadays, call centre not only limited to provide convenience feeling to the customers in keep in touch with the company. The extended function of this service can be use to build loyalty to a brand. Telkomsel as one of the famous provider also provide call centre in order to reach their customer all over Indonesia area and create the brand loyalty of the customer. This research is to analyze the experience of the customer when dealing with call centre in creating brand loyalty at PT Telkomsel. This research is conducted by using qualitative research and case study method with 9 respondents who are the customer of Telkomsel in Manado area as sample of respondents. The result shows that staff attitude has no direct influence on brand loyalty. On the other hand, the empathy and perception of commitment to service quality and customer satisfaction have direct influence on brand loyalty

Item-by-item sampling for promotional purposes

This is an accepted manuscript of an article accepted for publication by Taylor & Francis in Quality Technology & Quantitative Management on 7 June 2017, available online at doi: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/16843703.2017.1335494In this paper we present a method for sampling items that are checked on a pass/fail basis, with a view to a statement being made about the success/failure rate for the purposes of promoting an organisation’s product/service to potential clients/customers. Attention is paid to the appropriate use of statistical phrases for the statements and this leads to the use of Bayesian credible intervals, thus it exceeds what can achieved with standard acceptance sampling techniques. The hypergeometric distribution is used to calculate successive stopping rules so that the resources used for sampling can be minimised. Extensions to the sampling procedure are considered to allow the potential for stronger and weaker statements to be made as sampling progresses. The relationship between the true error rate and the probabilities of making correct statements is discussed.Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio