Automation of the Continuous Coagulation Monitor

The development of automation in the past 50 years has paralleled the accelerating growth of today’s vast technological society. Automatic control systems are indispensable extensions of man\u27s brain that enable him to monitor and regulate his complex environment. The principles of automatic control have a wide range of applications and interests in virtually every scientific field. The need for automatic control systems in vital applications of environmental engineering is both real and urgent. Extensive pollution has resulted in unavoidable water re-use and in the inevitable establishment of stringent effluent standards. Both water and wastewater treatment processes have necessarily become more advanced and complicated. Automation can reliably provide the critical, sophisticated control required to maintain adequate treatment. In his pollution abatement or water quality program, the environmental engineer can employ automatic control systems to continuously and accurately monitor contaminant levels or the removal efficiencies of treatment processes and to effect rapid responses when treatment adjustment becomes necessary by automatically adjusting processes

Heuristic Solution For Separated Manufacturing Process

Downtime is a major issue for manufactures. Downtime may occur from breakdowns, quality issues, lack of manpower, lack of materials, or in this case a lack of storage containers. A manufacturing system was studied that consists of an injection machine that supplies two assembly lines. The injection machine suffered from frequent downtime from lack of containers. The process was analyzed for root cause of downtime. After analysis of the system it was found that the injection process had high variability in production quantity and quality. The scheduling scheme called for production until all available containers were full regardless of actual demand. This created times when Injection would have to wait for Assembly to empty containers thus causing downtime. A production model was developed to compare different scheduling schemes for cost effectiveness. An economic order quantity based schedule was found to have least cost

Comparative assessment of crops to use potential additional water resources in the Warren–Donnelly catchments

Through the Royalties for Regions funded Southern Forests Water Futures Project, the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia undertook a study to understand the economic benefits of developing new water resources in the Warren–Donnelly catchments in the south-west of Western Australia. The Warren–Donnelly catchments have long been associated with intensive horticultural activities. The major perennial crops are pome fruit (apples and pears), avocados, stone fruit and wine grapes. The major annual crops are ware potatoes, seed potatoes, processing potatoes and brassica crops for the Perth Market over summer. There are emerging new industries including truffles, summer strawberry production, processing lettuce and export broccoli. Expanding horticulture in the Warren–Donnelly catchments could be achieved through the development of a series of dams and an integrated distribution system. A system like this has the potential to harvest an additional 12 gigalitres (GL) of new water resources which could then be used for intensive horticultural production. The overall construction costs, including setting up pipelines and building dams to harvest 6GL of water, are estimated to be about $40 million. Based on a discount rate of 6$1 of the $40 million invested,$7 of income is generated over the 20-year life of the project. The number of dams built and the size of the distribution pipework will be governed by the expression of interest from businesses interested in being part of the scheme. For the purpose of this report, developing 6GL of new water resources was seen as a practical starting point. If 6GL is developed, it is estimated that between $20.4 million and$27.6 million could be potentially added to the economy of the south-west every year. There is potential for developing up to 12GL of additional water for irrigated agriculture using a commercial scheme, which could potentially add $40.8 million to$55.2 million of income to the economy of the south-west every year. The gross margin analysis in this report is a guide to business feasibility. However, businesses will need to undertake their own due diligence suited to their individual circumstances.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins/1270/thumbnail.jp

Low Linolenic Soybean Variety Trial

This project is designed to compare the yields of the new Iowa State low linolenic soybean varieties with soybean varieties commonly grown in the territory covered by the Southeast Research Farm near Crawfordsville, Iowa. The territory where these low linolenic soybeans were grown was fairly broad, so the varieties used in this trial varied by one maturity range. The new low linolenic soybean varieties are adapted to the area surrounding the research facility, and producers will need performance data to determine whether the premium offered for growing the new soybeans is adequate. Premiums are designed to cover yield drag and identity preservation costs

Altered Fatty Acid Soybeans

This project is designed to look at the yields of Iowa State University’s new altered fatty acid soybean varieties and a similar Monsanto variety. These soybeans are being grown in the area served by the research farm only to a small extent this year and will be grown much more extensively in 2006. Premiums for 2006 will be designed to cover yield drag and identity preservation costs

Instagram’s ‘Fitspiration’ Trend and Its Effect on Young Women’s Self-Esteem

Increasingly, sports and fitness brands are using a variety of social media platforms. Instagram has come to the fore in the area of fitness, asserting itself as the de facto channel for users to catalogue their athletic activities, and offering inspirational training advice to followers. Considering this increasingly-popular ‘fitspiration’ trend, we see a significant impact upon young female users self-esteem, specifically in relation to their perception of body imagery. Hence, this paper will develop understanding of fitness brands’ social media activities by investigating the impact of Instagram upon the selfesteem of young women. Nascent literature has examined influence upon self-esteem among women throughout a variety of advertising mediums, however, none have explored the connection between self-esteem and social media. Accordingly, semistructured interviews with female sports enthusiasts are proposed to uncover opinions and perceptions relating to their use of Instagram. Initial findings reveal a strong correlation between participant perception of the ‘fitspiration’ social media accounts they subscribe to, as well as the impact upon their self-esteem. Ultimately, this paper makes two theoretical contributions relating to the effect of social media upon female self-esteem, as well as contributing to a wider debate of body image within a modern digital economy

Planting Date and Polymer-Coated Seed Effects on Corn

This project is designed to study the effect of planting polymer-coated seed throughout the season on its emergence and subsequent corn yield. The coating technology used is the Intellicoat‚ Early Plant‘ Seed Coating Technology. Intellicoat is derived from natural, biodegradable fatty acids that act as temperature-sensitive switches. Thus when soil temperatures warm above 55oF for several days the polymer allows water to permeate the seed and germination proceeds

Low Linolenic Soybean Variety Test

This project was designed to compare the yields of low linolenic soybean varieties being marketed in the area served by the Southeast Research Farm, Crawfordsville, IA. The area served by the Southeast Research Farm is fairly broad so the maturity range of the varieties used varies by one maturity range. The new low linolenic soybean varieties are adapted to the area surrounding the research facility, and producers will need performance data to determine whether the premium offered for growing the new soybeans is adequate. Premiums are designed to cover yield drag and identity preservation cost

Method of treating fescue toxicosis with domperidone

A novel method for using domperidone, a dopamine receptor antagonist, for treating fescue toxicosis in animals is provided. Fescue toxicosis is caused by animals grazing on endophyte-infected fescue grass. Treatment of the animal with various dosages of domperidone results in effective management of the toxin. The domperidone treatments do not cause any substantial adverse behavioral or neurological side effects in the animal. Domperidone is a more effective treatment for fescue toxicosis than previously-known agents such a metoclopramide and sulpiride