Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Vertical Radiometric Probing

Rayleigh and Mie scattering, passive microwave radiometry, and linear and nonlinear inversion methods for inferring atmospheric thermal structure from satellite observation

Feasibility Study of Microwave Radiometric Remote Sensing. Volume 3 - Additional Plots and Printouts

Microwave radiometric remote sensing feasibility study - Vol. 3 - additional plots and printout

Textual Activity in the Artist's Book

Textual activity, then, can be the sense of an author’s words moving through time and physical space. It can also be applied in a more practical sense. Paul Eggert, my old professor, and an eminent bibliographer in his own right, writes about text as a fluid entity that can be traced and tracked through various incarnations but which can also be ‘concretised’ in an object (work) that becomes crucial to its future presentations (2009: 198)

Analysis of Performance Management on Employee Motivation: A case of Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited

Organizational effectiveness depends on the alignment of individual, departmental and organizational strategic objectives. KenGen has made use of a performance management system based on a Balanced Scorecard approach in all its departments. The model that was used to take departmental key performance measures such as quality, speed, cost and morale into account was based on organizational objectives. Whether the process of performance management has been properly utilized and has facilitated management in achieving the company goals within all the departments remains an open question. This represents the main problem of this study: Is performance management at KenGen being properly deployed to lead to employee motivation in order to achieve the company goals and objectives? The main objective that guided this study was to establish the extent of relationship that performance management has on employee motivation at KenGen. While independent variable is performance management, the dependent variables of the study are remuneration, working conditions, and employee recognition. This study employed a descriptive survey design. The population of this study was all the employees of Kenya Electricity Generating Company and who have been with the company for a minimum period of one year. This was to ensure that they understand the company and have gone through a one year cycle of performance contract. This study used both stratified sampling and simple random sampling while the target sample size was 274 employees. A questionnaire was used to gather the required research information. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to produce frequencies, descriptive and inferential statistics which were used to derive conclusions and generalizations regarding the population. The study findings indicated that employees of KenGen valued performance management. The results revealed that performance management was a key determinant of remuneration (motivation). The correlation between performance management and remuneration was also found to be strong and positive. Results further revealed that that performance management influenced motivation through working conditions. The findings revealed that the employees were happy about the working conditions and the general working environment at KenGen. The study concluded that performance management was found to be statistically significant in influencing motivation through working conditions, performance management is a key driver to employee motivation at KenGen and remuneration was found to motivate employees at KenGen. It can therefore be concluded that despite the short and quick effect on motivation, working conditions could be used to direct the energies of employees towards the desired company targets, while the management of KenGen should regularly conduct salary reviews with an objective of ensuring equity and justice in pay with an overall objective of inducing motivation in employees.   Key Word: Performance management, Employee motivation at KenGen Company, Keny

Fuzzy Model for IMC Based PI Controller for a nonlinear pH Process

The control of pH is one of the most difficult challenges in the process industry because of the severe nonlinearities in the behaviour of the system. Different approaches for the pH control are proposed in various literatures. In the present study, control of pH using fuzzy model for internal model controller based PI is proposed. Modelling of the pH process is supposed to be a difficult task because one needs to have knowledge about the components and their nature in the process stream in order to model its dynamics. In this work, fuzzy model is proposed using the first principle equation of the nonlinear pH process and used for controlling the pH process effectively using IMC based PI. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.15034

Murdoch Lake agroforestry project

Paper presented at the 11th North American Agroforesty Conference, which was held May 31-June 3, 2009 in Columbia, Missouri.In Gold, M.A. and M.M. Hall, eds. Agroforestry Comes of Age: Putting Science into Practice. Proceedings, 11th North American Agroforestry Conference, Columbia, Mo., May 31-June 3, 2009.Intercropping has the potential to provide Alberta's farmers with many benefits from moisture trapping to increased crop production. In the Peace River Region of Alberta many farmers raise cattle and grow forage crops. Folks in our region continue to clear land and remove trees so they can farm every acre. However, with the loss of wooded areas exposed forage crops dry out quickly in the summer and cattle are exposed to nasty winter winds. This field demonstration was designed back in 2002 to show landowners the potential benefits of combining tree crops with traditional agricultural practices. The project area covers 60 acres of land and is surrounded by an eight-foot deer fence and borders a waterfowl rich wetland. A total of 17 000 Walker Poplar hybrids were planted in 2004 with half being planted with plastic mulch and the other half without. The project is setup in three different blocks with on consisting of hay only, the second with hay and trees and the other with trees only and these are repeated three times over the sixty acres. Over the years tree and hay yields were measured. The main purpose of the site is to get local landowners thinking about how they can apply a similar agroforestry system to their farm. The demonstration has attracted folks from across Alberta and British Columbia and is becoming more widely recognized every year. It has also inspired some other agroforestry projects in the region.Doug Macaulay (1), Florance Niemi (2), and Nora Paulovich (3) ; 1. Alberta Woodlot Extension Program, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Main Floor, Airdrie Agriculture Centre, 97 East Lake Ramp NE, Airdire, AB, Canada, T4A 0C3. 2. Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd, Postal Bag 6500, Peace River, AB, Canada, T8S 1V5. 3. North Peace Applied Research Association, Box 750, Manning, AB T0H 2M0

Tingkat pengetahuan pegawai PLN Lubuk Pakam tentang kaitan penyakit Periodontal dan kesehatan sistemik

Several studies have revealed that there is a relationship between periodontitis and systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, pregnancy, and respiratory disease. This is because periodontal infections act as foci of infection for systemic disease. The study aimed to assess the knowledge level of periodontal disease associated with systemic conditions and diseases in PLN Lubuk Pakam employees. The study aimed to assess the knowledge level of periodontal disease associated with systemic conditions and diseases in PLN Lubuk Pakam employees. The number of respondents was as many as 129 people using total sampling, then respondents filled out the questionnaire. The tests used are validity tests, reliability tests, and descriptive statistical analysis. The description of the level of knowledge of PLN Lubuk Pakam employees about periodontal disease is moderate (64.9%). The description of the level of knowledge of PLN Lubuk Pakam employees about periodontal disease associated with systemic conditions and diseases is less (49.5%). It is necessary to educate or educate the public about the link between periodontal disease and systemic diseases and conditions. The majority level of knowledge of PLN Lubuk Pakam employees about periodontal disease associated with systemic conditions and diseases is less

Supersonic aeroelastic instability results for a NASP-like wing model

An experimental study and an analytical study have been conducted to examine static divergence for hypersonic-vehicle wing models at supersonic conditions. A supersonic test in the Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel facility was conducted for two wind-tunnel models. These models were nearly identical with the exception of airfoil shape. One model had a four-percent maximum thickness airfoil and the other model had an eight-percent maximum thickness airfoil. The wing models had low-aspect ratios and highly swept leading edges. The all-movable wing models were supported by a single-pivot mechanism along the wing root. For both of the wind-tunnel models, configuration changes could be made in the wing-pivot location along the wing root and in the wing-pivot pitch stiffness. Three divergence conditions were measured for the four-percent thick airfoil model in the Mach number range of 2.6 to 3.6 and one divergence condition was measured for the eight-percent thick airfoil model at a Mach number of 2.9. Analytical divergence calculations were made for comparison with experimental results and to evaluate the parametric effects of wing-pivot stiffness, wing-pivot location, and airfoil thickness variations. These analyses showed that decreasing airfoil thickness, moving the wing-pivot location upstream, or increasing the pitch-pivot stiffness have the beneficial effect of increasing the divergence dynamic pressures. The calculations predicted the trend of experimental divergence dynamic pressure with Mach number accurately; however, the calculations were approximately 25 percent conservative with respect to dynamic pressure