Synthesis, Characterization And Co2 Adsorption Of Caco3, Ca(Oh)2 And Inert Materials Incorporated Ca(Oh)2

Calcium oxide (CaO) based materials have been proposed as potential candidates for CO2 adsorption to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere especially from the combustion of fossil fuel power plants. In this research, aragonite (CaCO3), calcite (CaCO3), calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) and inert materials incorporated calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) were synthesized by hydrothermal, sol-gel assisted hydrothermal and precipitation methods, respectively. Various parameters such as hydrothermal temperature (8 h - 72 h), addition of polyacrylamide (PAM), sodium hydroxide (NaOH) concentration (2 M - 10 M), cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) concentration (0.2 M - 0.9 M) and different inert incorporated materials (Mg, Zr, Ce and (Zr-Ce)) on as-synthesized samples were characterized. And then, the CO2 adsorption performances of calcium oxide (CaO) based adsorbents derived from as-synthesized samples were investigated. In the case of hydrothermal method, 1D aragonite (CaCO3) nanorods are observed at 72 h hydrothermal reaction time when PAM is used as an additive, whereas 1D aragonite nanorods are obtained without using PAM at 12 h reaction time. In sol-gel assistance hydrothermal method, 3D calcite (CaCO3) hollow microspheres are attained with 2 M of NaOH concentration, while nanostructured calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) is obtained by precipitation method at high CTAB concentration of 0.9 M. On the other hand, Mg, Zr, Ce and (Zr-Ce) incorporated Ca(OH)2 samples exhibit different surface morphologies. The CO2 adsorption capacities of calcium oxide (CaO) derived from 1D aragonite CaCO3 nanorods, 3D calcite CaCO3 hollow microspheres and nanostructured calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 after first cycles are 0.80 g-CO2/g-adsorbent, 0.62 g-CO2/g-adsorbent and 0.71 g-CO2/g-adsorbent, respectively. However, these capacities drop to 0.38 g-CO2/g-adsorbent, 0.39 g-CO2/g-adsorbent and 0.48 g-CO2/g-adsorbent after 10 cycles, respectively. It can be seen that CaO derived from Ca(OH)2 with surface area 64.57 m2/g exhibits the best CO2 adsorption capacity after 10 cycles (0.48 g-CO2/g-adsorbent), but the decay in adsorption capacity with number of cycles is observed. The development of cyclic stability can be observed in CaO-based adsorbents derived from Mg, Zr, Ce and (Zr-Ce) incorporated Ca(OH)2 samples. The CaO-based adsorbent derived from Mg-Ca(OH)2 shows slightly decrease in capacity from 0.67 g-CO2/g-adsorbent after first cycle to 0.57 g-CO2/g-adsorbent after 10 cycles, while CaO-based adsorbents produced from Zr and Ce-incorporated Ca(OH)2 samples exhibit the obvious cyclic stability during 10 cycles, 0.38 g-CO2/g-adsorbent and 0.24 g-CO2/g-adsorbent, respectively. The CaO-based adsorbent derived from (Zr-Ce) acetates incorporated Ca(OH)2 sample increases the capacity from 0.59 g-CO2/g-adsorbent after first cycle to 0.63 g-CO2/g-adsorbent after 10 cycles. The higher adsorption capacity and better cyclic stability during 10 cycles are attributed to the high BET surface area (155.80 m2/g), a wide range of micro/mesopore size distribution (1.7 nm - 30 nm) and the presence of high temperature sintering resistance Ce2Zr3O10 compound

Implementing Distributed Data Management System In Dynamic Objects By Using Improved Sort Based Algorithm

In the High Level Architecture (HLA) paradigm, the Runtime Infrastructure (RTI) provides a set of services, such as data distribution and management (DDM) among federates. Each federate may inform the RTI about its intention to publish some data or it may subscri be to receive a subset of the published data. DDM services are used to reduce the transmission and receiving of irrelevant data and aimed at reducing the communication over the network. These services rely on the computation of the intersection between “up date” and “subscription” regions. Currently, there are several main DDM filtering algorithms. Our proposed system describes data management and filtering mechanism on tank simulation in battlefield area. This system intends to detect the movement of the ta nk ob ject s, search overlap between the tank object and every regional regiment (extent). When overlapping information is getting from one of the simulation object (OverlapDetector), another simulation object (Coordinator) connects the relevant extent that conta ining the tank object. That extent continued to send the tank information to other regional regiments according to the predefined list. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a simulation platform used to implement one of the fil tering algorithms, the improved sort based algorithm, and report the overhead of reducing network traffic and ensuring that the forwarding data receive federates only who need the data

Analyzing knowledge, attitude and practices on HIV/AIDS among female sex workers

Thesis(Master) --KDI School:Master of Public Policy,2011HIV/AIDS, being regarded as a disease of modernity (Schoepf, 2001) and a disease of globalization (Barnett & Whiteside, 2002), is a major threat to the development of humankind all over the world. Myanmar ranks third among five most HIV/AIDS burdened countries in South East Asia. As the result, effective HIV prevention methods are necessary in the country, and successful prevention method depends on changing risk behaviors. Although limited studies were done on female sex workers (FSW), one of the most-at-risk population groups, to measure the HIV prevalence among this population, the question of the relation between knowledge and practices of FSW remains unanswered. This study endeavors to fill that gap by comprehensively analyzing the relationship between knowledge of FSW on HIV/AIDS and their risk behaviors as well as several other factors preventing them from safe sex practices. It was found out that regardless of the high knowledge of HIV transmission methods, lack of condom use within the bonds of marriage and relationships between female sex workers and their regular partners in Myanmar is exposing both male and female partners to HIV and STD risk. Therefore, it is recommended to strengthen the knowledge of condom use among the population of young girls with no education on HIV/AIDS since they are more likely to practice unsafe sex at their first sexual experience and this would lead to less safe sex practices when they grow old.masterpublishedby Thu Thu Nwe Hlaing

Analysis on Band Layer Design and J-V characteristics of Zinc Oxide Based Junction Field Effect Transistor

This paper presents the band gap design and J-V characteristic curve of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) based on Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET). The physical properties for analysis of semiconductor field effect transistor play a vital role in semiconductor measurements to obtain the high-performance devices. The main objective of this research is to design and analyse the band diagram design of semiconductor materials which are used for high performance junction field effect transistor. In this paper, the fundamental theory of semiconductors, the electrical properties analysis and bandgap design of materials for junction field effect transistor are described. Firstly, the energy bandgaps are performed based on the existing mathematical equations and the required parameters depending on the specified semiconductor material. Secondly, the J-V characteristic curves of semiconductor material are discussed in this paper. In order to achieve the current-voltage characteristic for specific junction field effect transistor, numerical values of each parameter which are included in analysis are defined and then these resultant values are predicted for the performance of junction field effect transistors. The computerized analyses have also mentioned in this paper

Significance of Consumption Patterns and ABC/FSN Matrix to Optimize Vital Drugs Inventory Management

Drug shortage affects patient’s life, especially life-saving medicines. The main objective of the study was to analyze the retrospective consumption data from 2016 in order to optimize the inventory management of vital drugs. 136 of vital drug items were categorized by ABC (Always Better Control) and FSN (Fast, slow and non-moving) matrix and analyzed the consumption patterns of vital drugs in each group. Total consumption value for vital drugs during 2016 were 361,091,149 Thai Baht. ABC and FSN matrix were sub-categorized into Category I (AF, AS, AN, BF, CF), Category II (BS, BN CS) and Category III (CN). Irregular consumption patterns from Category I and II, required special attention regarding stock control to overcome shortage and oversupply. Although Category III consists of non-moving items, these drugs have to be in stock in sufficient amount for emergency issues. Depending on the nature of consumption patterns, different inventory control methods are necessary for different characteristics of demand patterns

Statistical Machine Translation between Myanmar Sign Language and Myanmar Written Text

This paper contributes the first evaluation of the quality of automatic translation between Myanmar sign language (MSL) and Myanmar written text, in both directions. Our developing MSL-Myanmar parallel corpus was used for translations and the experiments were carried out using three different statistical machine translation (SMT) approaches: phrase-based, hierarchical phrase-based, and the operation sequence model. In addition, three different segmentation schemes were studies, these were syllable segmentation, word segmentation and sign unit based word segmentation. The results show that the highest quality machine translation was attained with syllable segmentations for both MSL and Myanmar written text

Development of Natural Language Processing based Communication and Educational Assisted Systems for the People with Hearing Disability in Myanmar

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) provide people with disabilities to better integrate socially and economically into their communities by supporting access to information and knowledge, learning and teaching situations, personal communication and interaction. Our research purpose is to develop systems that will provide communication and educational assistance to persons with hearing disability using Natural Language Processing (NLP). In this paper, we present corpus building for Myanmar sign language (MSL), Machine Translation (MT) between MSL, Myanmar written text (MWT) and Myanmar SignWriting (MSW) and two Fingerspelling keyboard layouts for Myanmar SignWriting. We believe that the outcome of this research is useful for educational contents and communication between hearing disability and general people

Browser security : a requirements-based approach

A browser is a convenient way to access resources located remotely on computer networks. Security in browsers has become a crucial issue for users who use them for sensitive applications without knowledge ofthe hazards. This research utilises a structure approach to analyse and propose enhancements to browser security. Standard evaluation for computer products is important as it helps users to ensure that the product they use is appropriate for their needs. Security in browsers, therefore, has been evaluated using the Common Criteria. The outcome of this was a security requirements profile which attempts to formalise the security needs of browsers. The information collected during the research was used to produce a prototype model for a secure browser program. Modifications to the Lynx browser were made to demonstrate the proposed enhancements

Motivating Learners of English

Motivation is regarded as the essential element in every teaching-learning process. As English is a foreign language in Myanmar, learners of English usually face difficulties which can retard both willingness to learn and the successful learning process. If teachers of English know the important factors under the umbrella term of motivation that govern the teaching-learning process and if they are wise enough to handle the given situation as well as their learners, there may be less difficulties to teach their learners Englis