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Computer program samples digital data for CRT display
High volume, multichannel data reduction computer program permits selection of the rates at which digital data is sampled. The program, written in FORTRAN 4 source language, also permits accessibility to the original mass of data
The communications technology satellite and the associated ground terminals for experiments
General spacecraft operational characteristics of the Communications Technology Satellite are discussed with particular emphasis on communication system parameters. Associated used ground terminals are reviewed. Wideband communications are also discussed
Summary of Voyager Design and Flight Loads
Estimates of flight loads for Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are summarized and compared to the Voyager design loads obtained from the shock spectra/impedance method and to the loads obtained using space vehicle transient loads analysis. These estimates were obtained by using the measured flight accelerations at the launch vehicle/spacecraft interface as forcing functions for the Voyager mathematical model. Based on these data, an assessment of the shock spectra/impedance loads method used for Voyager is presented. The following conclusions were reached: (1) the shock spectra approach provided reasonable conservative design loads for Voyager, (2) care has to be executed to insure that all critical events are accounted for in constructing shock spectra envelopes, (3) the selection of critical events is not always obvious, especially for those flight events wherein the spacecraft dynamic characteristics are important, and (4) the success of the method is strongly dependent on the analysts' experience and judgement
Correlations in Nuclear Matter
We analyze the nuclear matter correlation properties in terms of the pair
correlation function. To this aim we systematically compare the results for the
variational method in the Lowest Order Constrained Variational (LOCV)
approximation and for the Bruekner-Hartree-Fock (BHF) scheme. A formal link
between the Jastrow correlation factor of LOCV and the Defect Function (DF) of
BHF is established and it is shown under which conditions and approximations
the two approaches are equivalent. From the numerical comparison it turns out
that the two correlation functions are quite close, which indicates in
particular that the DF is approximately local and momentum independent. The
Equations of State (EOS) of Nuclear Matter in the two approaches are also
compared. It is found that once the three-body forces (TBF) are introduced the
two EOS are fairly close, while the agreement between the correlation functions
holds with or without TBF.Comment: 11 figure
Detoxification in rehabilitation in England: effective continuity of care or unhappy bedfellows?
There is evidence that residential detoxification alone does not provide satisfactory treatment outcomes and that outcomes are significantly enhanced when clients completing residential detoxification attend rehabilitation services (Gossop, Marsden, Stewart, & Rolfe, 1999; Ghodse, Reynolds, Baldacchino, et al., 2002). One way of increasing the likelihood of this continuity of treatment is by providing detoxification and rehabilitation within the same treatment facility to prevent drop-out, while the client awaits a rehabilitation bed or in the transition process. However, there is little research evidence available on the facilities that offer both medical detoxification and residential rehabilitation. The current study compares self-reported treatment provision in 87 residential rehabilitation services in England, 34 of whom (39.1%) reported that they offered detoxification services within their treatment programmes. Although there were no differences in self-reported treatment philosophies, residential rehabilitation services that offered detoxification were typically of shorter duration overall, had significantly more beds and reported offering more group work than residential rehabilitation services that did not offer detoxification. Outcomes were also different, with twice as many clients discharged on disciplinary grounds from residential rehabilitation services without detoxification facilities. The paper questions the UK classification of residential drug treatment services as either detoxification or rehabilitation and suggests the need for greater research focus on the aims, processes and outcomes of this group of treatment providers
Supply chain challenges for sustainability: the case of waste textiles as raw materials
Purpose: This paper addresses the growing problem of textile waste in the rapidly developing cities of subSaharan
Africa and examines, from a supply chain perspective, the potential for waste textile materials to
be transformed into the raw materials for new consumer products.
Research Approach: The paper reflects on the outcomes of a field trip to Dar es Salaam in which
stakeholders in a hypothesised textile waste supply chain were interviewed and waste textile materials
were analysed in order to determine their content and appropriateness for reuse. Findings from the field
study have been compared with current literature on logistics and market creation, waste generation,
management and recycling in sub-Saharan Africa.
Findings and Originality: The findings show that a rudimentary system has been in place for many years to
collect and recycle textiles in Dar es Salaam. However, at the same time as textile waste is projected to
increase in the city, collection rates are falling. The chief reasons for the falling rates are failures in the
‘modernised mixture’ approach to waste collection employed by Dar es Salaam City Council and market
failure for the collected materials. Alternative combinations of ‘modernised mixtures’, incorporating
community-based organisations, are likely to increase textile yields from unplanned urban areas but
previous high-profile failures in such systems within Dar es Salaam mean there is caution on both sides in
entering into such a relationship. The more pressing problem is to identify appropriate end markets for the
textile materials, since in a country where recycling is entirely market-driven, failure to do so will
undermine any attempt to improve the collection system. Whilst many studies have considered general
recycling practices in sub-Saharan Africa, there are few investigations into textile waste. Furthermore,
those existing studies do not consider the importance of understanding fibre composition of the materials
in order to determine the most appropriate end markets.
Research Impact: The research contributes to the growing body of knowledge on ‘bottom of the pyramid’
approaches to sustainable futures.
Practical Impact: The work presented considers supply chain problems and offers approaches to tackling
the increasing waste management issues of Dar es Salaam and proposes a mechanism for doing so which
has the potential to provide income for the poorest sectors of the urban society
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