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    Scientific Writing System Of Ordering Goods At PT. Diamond Best

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    The high quantity of daily transactions has also increased the time needed to performthe process of ordering products, so the accuracy and efficiency of time getting theinformation desired is not achieved as desired. To overcome this, the writer makes thedesign system, ordering of goods to resolve the issue. By designing the system,ordering of goods it is expected that the problems faced in ordering goods can besolved.With the goods enter the data item and store data as well as ordering goodstransaction into the computer via a customized menu with the transaction process, theease - the ease which was made on this system is more biased in time and costefficiency, good accuracy in the process of calculation, calculation of goods data andother bias is reached

    The optimisation of a turbulent swirl nozzle using CFD

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    Swirl is imparted into free and impinging nozzle flows as well as jet flames to affect convective heat transfer, fluid mixing or flame stability. At the nozzle exit plane, the emerging flow strongly influences downstream flow development and so factors which impact upon the emitted flow are worthy of study. This paper presents preliminary CFD analyses into the effect of design parameters and operational settings on the emerging flow at the exit plane for a swirl nozzle (Remax~30,500). The research was conducted in the premanufacture stage to optimise the nozzle. Swirl is aerodynamically generated using multiple tangential ports located upstream of the exit plane and the streamwise flow is augmented with flow from two axial ports located at the nozzle base. Before reaching the exitplane, all flows pass through a contraction en route to a straight section of length (L). Factors studied in this paper include the angle of (inlet) tangential ports, the total length of the straight section (L), the ratio of axial-to-tangential inflows and the Reynolds number. Results show that larger tangential port angles and a shorter straight section help develop a modestly greate

    Paspalum notatum Grass-waste-based Adsorbent for Rhodamine B Removal from Polluted Water

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    The potential of Paspalum notatum grass waste to adsorb Rhodamine B dye from aqueous phase is reported in this research. The grass waste was activated and characterized through various techniques to analyze the chemical (FTIR), morphological (SEMEDX), and thermal (TGA) changes incorporated through the activation process. The pollutant removal efficiency of the raw and modified adsorbents was studied by varying different process parameters in a batch process. The maximum capacity of adsorption which was observed for grass waste and activated grass waste was 54 mg g–1 and 72.4 mg g–1 respectively. Among the various kinetic models, the pseudo-second order model gives the best regression results. However, the intraparticle diffusion-adsorption model showed that the diffusion within pores controlled the adsorption rate. Thermodynamic analysis of this process revealed that Rhodamine B adsorption was endothermic and spontaneous in nature. The results of this study show that grass waste has the potential to be used as an adsorbent for the treatment of colored water. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

    URBAN HEAT ISLAND MICRO-MAPPING VIA 3D CITY MODEL

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    Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon has been a topic of intense study over the past several years. However, to visualise UHI model is still an issue. Common visualisation of UHI by using digital thematic maps shows that it is hard to perceive its impacts especially in a sophisticated micro-area such as in urbanized cities. Moreover, different building façade’s material gives different UHI value. Therefore, there is a need in computing and visualising this phenomenon in three-dimensional (3D) perspectives. Recently, the development of 3D city modelling shows the potential of solving these gaps. This can be seen from the characteristics of 3D city models that are suitable in representing micro-areas (complex cities) for UHI studies. Based on this issue, this research aims to produce a 3D UHI model by using 3D city models as a tool for efficient and sustainable building design. The main objective is to produce a new approach in visualising UHI in 3D perspectives by instigating 3D city models. Thus, the UHI effect could be predicted precisely by calculating the building façades value. This research explores the 3D shadow analysis, 3D solar radiation and 3D orientation analysis in UHI modelling via 3D city models. From the analyses, the results show that the 3D city models are capable in presenting the solar radiation value for each building façade. Furthermore, this approach can be used to simulate future UHI analysis-prediction and advantageous for pre-development planning

    Assessment of coastal erosion structures along Pahang and Johor coastlines

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    Morphological evolution of a coast occurs naturally and could be exacerbated by anthropogenic activities. In a natural setting, the evolution would be able to recover by itself with time but due to the influence of human activities, these recoveries tend to not occur. Furthermore, the issue of sea level rise that has been continuously highlighted is an example of the said natural factors that has been exacerbated by human activities. The potential increase in sea level rise may cause detrimental effects such as worsening conditions of monsoon seasons and the occurrence of wave overtopping on coastal areas. Over the past few years, the effects of monsoon towards the Malaysian coastal area that has caused damage to properties, roads, and other infrastructures. This study highlights the changes that occur to the selected coasts of Pahang and Johor during the different monsoon seasons of 2021 and 2022. Sampling sites are chosen due to the presence of coastal structures such as revetment, groynes, seawall, and geobag which were identified via satellite imagery and site observation. The results signify that during the Northeast monsoon, most of the coasts experience erosion with the greatest change to be found at Hulu Tering, Pahang and Tanjung Kempit, Johor

    Evaporation-induced self-assembly of gold nanorods on a hydrophobic substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy applications

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    The controllable assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles has developed as one of the most significant approaches for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) applications. This study developed a simple approach to improve a large-scale ordered assembly of gold nanorods (GNRs) by controlling the droplet evaporation mode on hydrophobic substrates. The hydrophobic substrate was efficiently produced by spin coating the silicone oil onto the glass slides and annealing them. The analyte molecule rhodamine (R6G) was employed as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering probe to demonstrate the potential effects of the synthesized arrays. This hydrophobic platform enables the concentration and delivery of analyte molecules into the surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensitive site while suppressing the coffee ring effect generated by the smooth contraction motion of the base contact radius of the droplet without any pinning. Thus, the limit of detection (LOD) of the R6G analyte was lowered to 10−10 M and the homogenous dispersion of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy hotspots within the self-assembly reproducible surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy signal. This new method enables a broad range of packing patterns and mechanisms by changing the host nanoparticles in the dispersion

    Prominent Plasmacytosis Following Intravenous Immunoglobulin Correlates with Clinical Improvement in Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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    BACKGROUND: High doses of pooled polyclonal IgG are commonly used to treat numerous autoimmune diseases. Their mode of action nevertheless remains only partially explained. At the same time, until now, no early biological marker has been able to predict their efficacy. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In a first pilot retrospective analysis, we reviewed white blood cell counts and blood smears in consecutive patients with autoimmune disease (n = 202) and non-autoimmune disease (n = 104). Autoimmune patients received either intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg, n = 103), plasma exchange (n = 78) or no specific treatment (n = 21). We then prospectively monitored consecutive autoimmune patients with IVIg injection (n = 67), or without any specific treatment (n = 10) using the same routine laboratory tests, as well as flow cytometry. Both retrospective and prospective analyses identified large plasma-cell mobilization exclusively in IVIg-treated autoimmune patients 7 days after initiation of treatment. The majority of IVIg-mobilized plasma cells were immature HLA-DR(high)/CD138(low)/CXCR4(low) plasma cells expressing intracellular immunoglobulin G which were neither IVIg- nor human IgG-specific. Importantly, we found a strong negative correlation between the absolute number of IVIg-mobilized plasma cells and time to improve neurological function in both retrospective and prospective studies of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), (r = -0.52, p = 0.0031, n = 30, r = -0.47, p = 0.0028, n = 40, respectively). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: IVIg promotes immature plasma-cell mobilization in patients with GBS, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, myasthenia gravis and inflammatory myopathy. Prominent day 7 plasma-cell mobilization is a favourable prognostic marker in patients with GBS receiving IVIg treatment

    Big data-driven fuzzy cognitive map for prioritising IT service procurement in the public sector

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    YesThe prevalence of big data is starting to spread across the public and private sectors however, an impediment to its widespread adoption orientates around a lack of appropriate big data analytics (BDA) and resulting skills to exploit the full potential of big data availability. In this paper, we propose a novel BDA to contribute towards this void, using a fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) approach that will enhance decision-making thus prioritising IT service procurement in the public sector. This is achieved through the development of decision models that capture the strengths of both data analytics and the established intuitive qualitative approach. By taking advantages of both data analytics and FCM, the proposed approach captures the strength of data-driven decision-making and intuitive model-driven decision modelling. This approach is then validated through a decision-making case regarding IT service procurement in public sector, which is the fundamental step of IT infrastructure supply for publics in a regional government in the Russia federation. The analysis result for the given decision-making problem is then evaluated by decision makers and e-government expertise to confirm the applicability of the proposed BDA. In doing so, demonstrating the value of this approach in contributing towards robust public decision-making regarding IT service procurement.EU FP7 project Policy Compass (Project No. 612133
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