53 research outputs found
The Level of Psychological Anxiety of the Coronavirus Pandemic among Omani, Bahraini and Residents Families and their Relationship to some Demographic Variables
هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى تحديد مستوى القلق النفسي تجاه فيروس كورونا (COVID-19) لدى الأسر العُمانية والأسر البحرينية والمقيمين، وتحديد فروق مستوى القلق تجاه فيروس كورونا تعزى للجنس والمؤهل العلمي والعمر وطبيعة العمل. وتكونت عينة الدراسة من 2107 مستجيبًا تم اختيارهم بالطريقة العشوائية. وتم استخدام استبانة للقلق من إعداد الباحثات. وقد أظهرت النتائج أن مستوى القلق جاء متوسطًا، كما أظهرت النتائج عدم وجود فروق في مستوى القلق بين الأسر العمانية والبحرينية، بينما كان مستوى القلق مرتفعًا لدى المقيمين مقارنة بالمواطنين في كلا الدولتين. وأظهرت النتائج أن الإناث هن الأكثر قلقًا من الذكور. وحسب العمر فقد كان الذين أعمارهم أكثر من 40 سنة أقل قلقًا من غيرهم. وقد اتضح أن أصحاب المؤهل العلمي المتدنِ (الثانوي وأقل) أكثر قلقًا من ذوي المؤهلات التعليمية العليا. وحسب طبيعة العمل فقد اتضح أن العاطلين عن العمل أكثر قلقًا من العاملين والمتقاعدين. وقدمت الدراسة مجموعة من التوصيات.This study aimed to identify the level of psychological anxiety about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) among Omani, Bahraini and Residents families, and to identify if there are differences in the level of anxiety due to gender, qualification, age, and job title. The study sample consisted of 2107 respondents, which were selected randomly. An anxiety questionnaire that was developed by the researchers was used as the main research tool. The results showed that the level of anxiety was moderate. The study also showed no differences in the level of anxiety between Omani and Bahraini families, while the level of anxiety was high among residents compared to citizens in both countries. The results indicated that females a have higher level of anxiety than males do. In addition, respondents who were above 40 years have lower anxiety than others. As for qualification, the study showed that respondents who have a secondary level qualification (or less) are feeling anxious more than those with higher qualifications. Finally, the unemployed respondents were found to be more anxious than those who have jobs and the retirees. This study suggested a number of recommendations
ICONA: Inter Cluster ONOS Network Application
Several Network Operating Systems (NOS) have been proposed in the last few
years for Software Defined Networks; however, a few of them are currently
offering the resiliency, scalability and high availability required for
production environments. Open Networking Operating System (ONOS) is an open
source NOS, designed to be reliable and to scale up to thousands of managed
devices. It supports multiple concurrent instances (a cluster of controllers)
with distributed data stores. A tight requirement of ONOS is that all instances
must be close enough to have negligible communication delays, which means they
are typically installed within a single datacenter or a LAN network. However in
certain wide area network scenarios, this constraint may limit the speed of
responsiveness of the controller toward network events like failures or
congested links, an important requirement from the point of view of a Service
Provider. This paper presents ICONA, a tool developed on top of ONOS and
designed in order to extend ONOS capability in network scenarios where there
are stringent requirements in term of control plane responsiveness. In
particular the paper describes the architecture behind ICONA and provides some
initial evaluation obtained on a preliminary version of the tool.Comment: Paper submitted to a conferenc
An experimental investigation of the effect of defect shape and orientation on the burst pressure of pressurised pipes
The burst pressure of commonly used ductile steel pipes in oil and gas industries, i.e. X52 and X60, is measured under internal pressure loading. The pipes were machined with circular and boxed defects at different orientations to simulate actual metal loss defects. Defect shapes and orientations were investigated in detail to study how they affect the failure behaviour of interacting defects. The experimental burst pressure results were compared with those obtained using existing analytical methods from Design Codes. Comparison of the results showed conservatism in the existing analytical methods which may potentially lead to unnecessary plant shutdowns and pipe repairs. The outcome of the experimental tests revealed that the shapes of the defects have very small influence on the defect interaction behaviour. The burst tests interestingly showed that the defect orientation has an important effect on defect interaction. Defects oriented in the hoop and diagonal directions showed no defect interaction even when spaced by a distance of one wall thickness, while defects oriented in the longitudinal directions showed that defects interact even when the spacing is up to six wall thickness but the interaction fades away for defects spaced at longer distances
Treating symptomatic uterine fibroids with myomectomy: current practice and views of UK consultants
Background:
The demand for uterus-sparing treatments is increasing as more women postpone childbirth to their 30–40s, when fibroids are more symptomatic. With an increasing choice of treatment options and changing care-provider profiles, now is an opportune time to survey current practices and opinions. Using a 25-stem questionnaire, a web-based survey was used to capture the practices and opinions of UK consultant gynecologists on the treatment of symptomatic fibroids, including the types of procedure most frequently used, methods used to reduce blood loss, and awareness and acceptability of treatment options, and to assess the impact of gender and experience of the treating gynecologist.
Results:
The response rate was 22%. Laparascopic myomectomy is used least frequently, with 80% of the respondents using GnRHa preoperatively to minimize blood loss and correct anemia, while vasopressin is most frequently used to reduce intraoperative blood loss. Female consultants operate significantly less frequently than males. Those with more than 10 years consultant experience are more likely to perform an open myomectomy compared to those with less than 10 years experience.
Conclusions:
Compared to a similar survey performed 10 years ago, surgical methods remain to be the most common treatments, but use of less invasive treatments such as UAE has increased. Consultants’ attitudes appear to be responding to the patient demand for less radical treatments. However, it is yet to be seen if the changing consultant demographics will keep up with this demand. The low response rate warrants cautious interpretation of the results, but they provide an interesting snapshot of current views and practices
The ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Authorlist, version 3.0
This is the ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Authorlist, version 3.0, 11 September 200
The ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Authorlist, version 2.0
This is the ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Authorlist, version 2.0, 31 July 200
The ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Authorlist, version 1.0
This is a reference document giving the ATLAS Trigger/DAQ author list, version 1.0 of 20 Nov 2008
The ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Authorlist, version 3.1
This is the ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Authorlist, version 3.1, 17 September 200
Pipe Bending and Running Forces in Medium to High-Curvature Wells Using Finite Element Analysis
Analiza termosprężysta sprzęgła wielotarczowego za pomocą metody elementu skończonego
The high thermal stresses generated between the contacting surfaces of a multidisc
clutch system (pressure plate, clutch discs, plate separators, and piston)
due to the frictional heating generated during slipping are considered to be one of the main reasons for clutch failure related to contact surfaces. A finite
element technique has been used to study the transient thermoelastic
phenomena of a multi-disc dry clutch. The results present the contact pressure
distribution, the temperature evaluation, and the heat flux generated along the
frictional surfaces. Analysis has been completed using two-dimensional
axisymmetric model to simulate the multi-disc clutch. ANSYS software has
been used to perform the numerical calculation in this paper.Wysokie naprężenia cieplne generowane między stykającymi się powierzchniami
systemu sprzęgła wielotarczowego (tarcza dociskowa stała,
tarcze sprzęgłowe, tarcze rozdzielające, tarcza dociskowa ruchoma) w wyniku
tarcia ślizgowego są uważane za jedną z głównych przyczyn uszkodzeń
powierzchni stykowych sprzęgła. Do badania nieustalonych przebiegów
termosprężystych w suchym sprzęgle wielotarczowym zastosowano
metodę elementu skończonego (MES). Wyniki przedstawiają rozkład nacisków
stykowych, ocenę temperatury i strumienia ciepła generowanego na
powierzchniach ciernych. Analizę przeprowadzono z zastosowaniem dwuwymiarowego
modelu osiowosymetrycznego symulującego sprzęgło wielotarczowe.
Użyto oprogramowania ANSYS do przeprowadzenia obliczeń
numerycznych w niniejszej pracy
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