...CONTENTS 1. Selected rooms location 2. Preliminary analysis for default and assigned building material set 3. Preliminary comparison of performance of the two (2) apartment units 3.1. Alternative 2: Split; mech vent with cooling 4. Preliminary comparison of performance of the two different cooling systems. 5. Appendix – Building performance simulation results spreadsheet. (1) Selected Rooms Location Figure (1): Typical Floor Plan of the apartment and selected units (2) Preliminary analysis for default and assigned building material set HVAC: Split; mech vent with cooling Energy/Carbon simulation Default Alternative 2 230 kW/m2 214 kW/m2 119.39 kgCO2/m2 110.99 kgCO2/m2 Explanation • Based on above-mentioned result, the design energy use in intensity of Alternative 2 was more preferable than Default. • This is because the energy usages difference in between these two mainly depends on the different...
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...Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Guidelines VAP: Definition • Pneumonia in patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours • Early VAP: < 4 days in the ICU • Late VAP: > 4 days in the ICU VAP: Incidence US National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Type of ICU Mean VAP Rate (Cases/1000 vent days) Trauma 15.1 Neurosurgical Surgical Burn Cardiothoracic 12.9 9.9 9.6 7.9 Data from January 2002 – June 2003 Reported as VAP rates/1000 vent days VAP: Burden of Illness • Incidence 10-20% of patients receiving mechanical ventilation > 48 hours • Increased ICU Mortality (2-4 times) • Increased ICU LOS (5-7 days) • Increased hospital costs (>$10,000 US in additional costs) Safdar et al, Crit Care Med, 2005; 33: 2184 VAP: Healthcare Cost Burden of Illness Canada (per year) (10.6 cases/1000 Vent days) Excess Vent days Excess Deaths1 16,000 days (55 ICU beds) 216 Excess Cost2 $46,000,000 1Based on attributable mortality of 5.8% cost cost methodology 2Ontario Clinical Criteria for Suspicion of VAP • New or persistent infiltrate on CXR without another cause • Plus any 2 of the following: • • • • Purulent endotracheal secretions Increasing oxygen requirements Core temperature > 38.0o C WBC < 3.5 or > 11.0 Adapted from N Engl J Med 2006;355:2619-30. Host Risk Factors for VAP • Underlying pulmonary disease (e.g. COPD) • • • • • Sepsis ARDS ...
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...project in terms of increased cash flow providing all other Lockheed capital projects remain stable. A dog in terms of cash flow has both low growth and low market share versus a star that has high cash flow growth and high market share. Part 2: Rationale for Decision As Lockheed is looking to secure the $250 million in federal loan guarantees to complete the L-1011 Tri Star program having already incurred $960 million in sunk preproduction costs and is experiencing cash flow problems. The decision to move forward is one of minimizing losses and by offsetting some of the preproduction costs and stabilizing the cash flow problems. With further financial analysis, the inclusion of another market the L-1011 Tri-Star will prove to turn around the program’s economic outcome. See appendix for three scenarios of financial analysis that support the rationale for the decision to move forward. Part 3:...
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...K – 2 (up); C/U – 2 (up); C/S – 3 (down); Syn – 3 (down); Q – 3 = 22 marks January 2012 To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? Preparedness and planning can mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards. However there are many other factors that can influence the effects, such as volcano type, severity of eruption, length of eruption, third party influences of which no country can prepare totally for. However these are methods which will reduce the impact. In this essay I will discuss the impacts of a Chilean volcanic eruption which devastated the town of Chaiten and how its poor preparation influenced this. Also I will discuss the 1991 eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily and how its preparedness and planning has on it as one of the world’s best monitored and controlled volcanoes. On the 2nd May 1991 a Chilean volcano that had laid dormant for nearly 9000 years exploded into eruption. Due east winds carried the huge ash column east. However due to the size of the column (20-30 km in height) the town of Chaiten, 10km south west of the volcano, was largely affected. Due to its 9000 years of dormancy, the Chilean volcanic society had not deemed it dangerous enough to be actively monitored prior to the eruption as limited research and funding was available to their one volcanic acquisition centre even though there was documented history of dome column building and collapse. The rhyolitic nature of the volcano (commonly found on destructive...
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...12 : No one take responsibility. No package engineer. 29.02.12 WE Lead sent mail to engineering deputy lead. Engineering management to clarify responsibility 07.03.12: Jakob to adress issue in engineering meeting. 01.03.2012 WE-SM SM5 - 4 Drilling module Laila Haukeli GG/TP Handling of hazardous substances in the wellbay area has not been considered in the Topside report. Company want Contractor to include a reference to this area in the report. 01.07.2012 15. mars 2012 Page 1 of 3 Meeting Action number Action Name Responsible Level Area Company Name Description Answer/Statement Due Date Finished Date WE-SM SM6 - 5 Area of consern Lars Ove Skogseth Statoil Dispersion/ROS analysis needed, Experience transfer report (design basis) Information from Diego: Dispersion analyses is planned to be finished within 1-2 weeks. Information from Christan Holm: ROS (risk- and vulnerability analyses which is basis/input to the emergency preparednees analyses) for potable water system. ref sect 3.6 Water report 112 and appendix 1 from Public Health/NIPH will not be performed. 17..02.2012. ROS on HOLD, ref, info from Christian Holm, waiting for reply on MVMN-4600015952-00185 Potable Water system and potential contaminations (Hertel) 21.02.2012 WE-SM SM7 - 1 Authority Lars Ove Skogseth Contrator has highlighted that 23.02.12: Waiting for reply actions which Company want Contractor to follow up needs to be sent offical...
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...This document is an authorized copy for the course MBA-16-D Analysis of Business Problems taught by prof. Carlos García Pont at IESE B.S. ASN-32-E September 2003 Intermarket Technology, Inc. In 2001, InterMarket Technology, Inc., a fully integrated point-of-purchase display manufacturer for the beverage industry, was trying to overcome an operations bottleneck in its plastics division. For the past decade, the division had been converting plastic sheeting into sturdy, threedimensional outdoor beverage-merchandising units. These units not only protected and secured beverage products in the out-of-doors, but functioned as powerful advertising and sales vehicles for some of the world’s largest, most international beverage brands. The outdoor units were typically used at gasoline stations which sold soft drinks, in addition to fuel and other products. Each unit could hold up to 24-can cases. The product line consisted of 10 base units, offering clients various merchandising “pack-out” and size options. To customize the products for advertising purposes, client logo artwork was printed on plastic sheets prior to structural manufacturing. To print the sheets, the plastics division contracted with InterMarket’s wholly owned printing division. The plastics division did its own fabrication in a modern 15,600 square foot facility located near a residential area. The printing division operated as a shared services group and provided print services for all three manufacturing...
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...30 µm long (3). T. crunogena is motile via a singular polar flagellum. It is the first deep-sea autotrophic hydrothermal vent bacterium to have its genome fully sequenced and annotated (1). Originally isolated from the East Pacific Rise, it is commonly isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities where warm, CO2 rich hydrothermal fluid that surges from cracks in the basal crust mixes with cold, oxic bottom water (1). This mixture creates eddies, or whirling of water similar to a vortex where the dilute hydrothermal fluid causes a dynamic habitat with respect to time and nutrient concentrations. The warm hydrothermal fluid emitted from the fissures contains CO2 concentrations between 0.02 mM to >1 mM where as the bottom water is around 2°C and contains CO2 concentrations less than 0.02 mM (1). This difference in CO2 concentration, temperature and oxygen concentration causes T. crunogena to be just as dynamic metabolically in order to survive in an ever-changing environment. As previously mentioned, T. crunogena is a chemolithoautotrophic bacterium deriving it’s energy from inorganic compounds such as hydrogen sulfide, thiosulfate, elemental sulfur and sulfide minerals (pyrite and chalcopyrite) (1). It uses theses compounds as its electron donors, oxygen as its sole electron acceptor and CO2 as its only carbon source (5). Genome analysis has revealed that T. crunogena contains all of the genes necessary for sulfur oxidizing multienzyme system or Sox system where...
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...Food web A food web (or food cycle) is the natural interconnection of food chains and generally a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is a consumer-resource system. Ecologists can broadly lump all life forms into one of two categories called trophic levels: 1) the autotrophs, and 2) the heterotrophs. To maintain their bodies, grow, develop, and to reproduce, autotrophs produce organic matter from inorganic substances, including both minerals and gases such as carbon dioxide. These chemical reactions require energy, which mainly comes from the sun and largely by photosynthesis, although a very small amount comes from hydrothermal vents and hot springs. A gradient exists between trophic levels running from complete autotrophs that obtain their sole source of carbon from the atmosphere, to mixotrophs (such as carnivorous plants) that are autotrophic organisms that partially obtain organic matter from sources other than the atmosphere, and complete heterotrophs that must feed to obtain organic matter. The linkages in a food web illustrate the feeding pathways, such as where heterotrophs obtain organic matter by feeding on autotrophs and other heterotrophs. The food web is a simplified illustration of the various methods of feeding that links an ecosystem into a unified system of exchange. There are different kinds of feeding relations that can be roughly divided into herbivory, carnivory, scavenging and...
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...are scaled up for measurements or multiple formulation variables are being analyzed. In this paper, we propose to use the “Swell Index” as the prime factor to be used for evaluating the changes in dimensions. Swell Index of a material is defined as the ratio of difference in dimension to the original dimension as a function of temperature or humidity and is expressed as percent swell index (temperature) or percent swell index (Humidity) respectively. Swell Index is measured using TMA by measuring the dimensional changes as a function of time while cycling the environment of the test sample between dry Nitrogen (~0% RH) and wet nitrogen (100% RH). This analysis can be accomplished using few grams of samples without manual intervention, thereby leading to significant reduction in test lead times. Key words: -Thermo Mechanical Analysis, Swell Index, Dimensional stability Principle When hygroscopic polymeric materials experience humidity, the dimension of the material changes .The dimension changes due to moisture absorption can be measured either by gravimetric techniques (TGA) or by mechanical techniques (TMA or DMTA). Here we discuss about the mechanical quantification and the behavior of the dimensional variation as a function of humidity. The standard instruments available in the market do not come equipped with humidity chamber. We used a lab made humidity chamber,...
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...An Analysis of McDonnell Douglas’s Ethical Responsibility in the Crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 981 The Memorial of Flight 981 at Ermenonville (Johnston, 1976). Executive Summary In 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 experienced a mid-flight cargo door failure which led to the first total loss of a wide-bodied aircraft in history. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and this tragedy was compounded by the fact that sufficient corrective action had not been taken by the manufacturer after precursory failures had occurred over the four previous years. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the ethical nature of McDonnell Douglas’s decisions throughout this crisis, discerning their priorities with regard to safety and financial gain, and to assess if these qualities have changed in response. The origin of this catastrophe lay in a poor handling of design and manufacturing. The cargo door’s design employed faulty philosophies, and decisions regarding its manufacture were driven by savings at the expense of safety. However, though the door’s faults were later exposed, a more serious problem involving the tail control lines in the passenger floor was continually overlooked until the crash. This was due primarily to a policy of using old design strategies which met minimum federal requirements. The company oversimplified the control lines’ failure mode when confronted with it in ground testing and, being committed to their own design, were unable to...
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...Blood Stain Pattern Analysis: Blood stain pattern analysis is a form of forensic science that examines blood at crime scenes. From analyzing blood at the crime scene analysts can determine many different things about the crime scene. Some of which include: Where the blood came from What caused the wounds? From what direction was the victim wounded? How were the victim(s) and perpetrator(s) positioned? What movements were made after the bloodshed? How many potential perpetrators were present? Does the bloodstain evidence support or refute witness statements? Because blood behaves according to certain scientific principles, trained bloodstain pattern analysts can examine the blood evidence left behind and draw conclusions as to how the blood may have been shed. From what may appear to be a random distribution of bloodstains at a crime scene, analysts can categorize the stains by gathering information from spatter patterns, transfers, voids and other marks that assist investigators in recreating the sequence of events that occurred after bloodshed. This form of physical evidence requires the analyst to recognize and interpret patterns to determine how those patterns were created. Analysts must obtain a four year degree in forensic science or a Bachelor of Science degree before becoming an analyst. Often elastic string is stretched from blood droplets on the angle that of impact to determine where the blood originated from. Blood splatter can tell the police...
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...In this case, I asked for clarification because I wanted to verify that I fully understood the schools actions. Reflecting Feelings Reflecting feelings is an essential skill because it lets the client know that not only am I listening to her, but I also understand her. By reflecting the client’s feelings, I informed the parent that I fully understand her feelings and that they are valid. Awareness I was very aware of my thoughts and feelings during this intake. During the conversation, I had various gut reactions that aided in my analysis of the conversation. At first, I was very sympathetic of the parent and the presenting problem but after speaking to her my feelings changed. The school had a major hand in this situation, but the parent and child was also at fault. I also felt as if the parent was calling because she was angry and wanted someone to vent to not because she wanted help solving her issues with the school. Analysis The skills I used were appropriate for the conversation; however, I could have reflected the issues and used partializing to prioritize the parent’s concerns. Overall...
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...Union Carbide’s Bhopal Plant (A) Case Analysis 1. How could Union Carbide have prevented the Bhopal accident or reduced its impact? Union Carbide could prevent the Bhopal accident by getting the plant moved or build at least 15 miles away from population center. Also, the plant should have daily, weekly, monthly records of plant operation and maintenance in order to control the quality of the plant. The vital parts of the plant which includes storage tank, monitoring instrumentation, vent gas scrubber, filter should be maintained and upgraded regularly. Education the nearby residents with the safety instruction and information, in order to let them know the best way to protect themselves in case there is any emergency happened. Improve the safety system, and train the plant’s employee will help Union Carbide prevent the Bhopal accident as well. 2. What lessons can other companies learn about managing their stakeholders? A lesson that other companies should learn about managing their stakeholders is to have well organized rick management strategy. Especially when the company manufacturing dangerous substances, those substances as a random bomb to cause potential accident and will ruin your stock price easily. Therefore, the issue of how to ease the concern of public and stakeholders is very crucial. Before the accident happened, the company should respect the EPA regulation and disclose its environment information to have a transparent communication with its...
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...Cluster Analysis of College Students Coping With Stress Jeanette Meadows Professor: Guy Vitaglione Psychology of Adjustment March 3, 2013 The article I’ll be discussing is Coping Profiles and Psychological Distress: A Cluster Analysis which was written by Chris Eisenbarth a professor at Weber State University. Professor Eisenbarth used cluster analysis which is a statistical method used to group variables or observations into strongly mutually related subgroups. The purpose of the article is to explain how college students deal with stress and how combining coping skills can be useful in reducing stress. Coping is all of the different things we do to try and manage the stress we deal with from problems and issues that happen in our lives. People cope with stress in their own way. Some people focus on what is causing them to be stressed out while other people may express how they feel rather forcefully and then others may deal with the stress by finding someone to talk to. Eisenbarth used college students because there is no denying that rising tuition, class workload and worrying about finding a job after graduation can be pretty stressful. Both male and female subjects were used in this study. The majority of the subjects in the study...
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...sites for the study and appreciation of the evolutionary history of the earth. The park has a globally unparalleled assemblage of surficial geothermal activity, thousands of hot springs, mudpots, fumaroles, and more than half of the world’s active geysers (NPS, 2013). Yellowstone is located on top of the Yellowstone Caldera, which is a volcanic hot spot where hot, molten rock from the earth’s mantle rises toward the surface. Volcanic activity from the Caldera produces geothermal activity on the park’s surface that has drawn more than 3 million visitors to the park since 2000 (NPS, 2015). Geysers, hot springs, and mudpots are extremely toxic due to high concentrations of sulfuric acid (sulfate concentrations measure up to 925 ppm near vents) and, temperatures measuring over 100oC. Many have recorded inhabitable pH levels ranging from 2 to 9.8 (Rowe/Founder/Morey, 1973). While these colorful and wondrous hot springs may appear stagnant and devoid of life to the common park visitor, they are actually a complex, intricate habitat teeming with a diverse array of microbial life. The existence of these organisms has puzzled and intrigued scientists for over 50 years, but continued research has allowed us to gain a better understanding of their existence. As more information has come to light about these complex organisms, the use of thermophilic microorganisms to curb the effects of environmental pollution has emerged as a realistic possibility....
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