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Journal articles on the topic "Channel amalgamation"
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Łapcik, Piotr. "Sedimentary processes and architecture of Upper Cretaceous deep-sea channel deposits: a case from the Skole Nappe, Polish Outer Carpathians." Geologica Carpathica 69, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 71–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2018-0005.
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AbstractDeep-sea channels are one of the architectonic elements, forming the main conduits for sand and gravel material in the turbidite depositional systems. Deep-sea channel facies are mostly represented by stacking of thick-bedded massive sandstones with abundant coarse-grained material, ripped-up clasts, amalgamation and large scale erosional structures. The Manasterz Quarry of the Ropianka Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Skole Nappe, Carpathians) contains a succession of at least 31 m of thick-bedded high-density turbidites alternated with clast-rich sandy debrites, which are interpreted as axial deposits of a deep-sea channel. The section studied includes 5 or 6 storeys with debrite basal lag deposits covered by amalgamated turbidite fills. The thickness of particular storeys varies from 2.5 to 13 m. Vertical stacking of similar facies through the whole thickness of the section suggest a hierarchically higher channel-fill or a channel complex set, with an aggradation rate higher than its lateral migration. Such channel axis facies cannot aggrade without simultaneous aggradation of levee confinement, which was distinguished in an associated section located to the NW from the Manasterz Quarry. Lateral offset of channel axis facies into channel margin or channel levee facies is estimated at less than 800 m. The Manasterz Quarry section represents mostly the filling and amalgamation stage of channel formation. The described channel architectural elements of the Ropianka Formation are located within the so-called Łańcut Channel Zone, which was previously thought to be Oligocene but may have been present already in the Late Cretaceous.
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Mahusni, Muhammad Nadzrul Adam, and Maszura Abdul Ghafar. "ADAPTATION OF MALAYSIAN RETAIL DESIGN TOWARDS OMNI– CHANNEL AND CONTEXTUAL RETAIL CONCEPT." Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment 4, no. 1 (September 30, 2018): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/myse.v4i1.5609.
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A new concept of Omni–Channel interactive retail design in Malaysia c o u l d revolutionize the Generation Y’s ( G e n Y) shopping experience. Studies found that the G e n Y’s c u l t u re and behaviour is t h e key to t h e i r changes in their shopping nature. The study is t o identify h o w t h e amalgamation of the Omni–Channel shopping concept with fashion r e t a i l design could provide the ultimate shopping experience for Gen Y. T h i s desktop study recommends an interactive retail’s cum Omni– channel space programming in creating an interactive retail design typology. It would benefit designers implementing successful retail design whilst catering current consumers shopping needs especially in Malaysia.
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Phillips, Stephen P., John A. Howell, Adrian J. Hartley, and Magda Chmielewska. "Coarse-grained meandering distributive fluvial system of the basal Cedar Mountain Formation, U.S.A." Journal of Sedimentary Research 91, no. 11 (November 22, 2021): 1188–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.065.
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ABSTRACT The analysis of downstream changes in ancient fluvial systems can better inform depositional models for foreland-basin systems. Herein we analyze the basal deposits of the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah to better understand the variety of fluvial deposits present and to develop a depositional model for the Sevier foreland basin. We also evaluate the long-held interpretation of a braided origin for these deposits and document numerous examples of point-bar deposition in highly sinuous meandering rivers by analysis of large (20 to 60 km2) plan-view exposures. These plan-view exposures allow comparisons between planform and cross-sectional geometries. The study utilizes outcrop data, virtual outcrop models, and satellite imagery to develop a facies model and analyze the architecture of channel bodies in the Buckhorn Conglomerate and Poison Strip Sandstone of the Cedar Mountain Formation. We document downstream (west to east) decreases in lateral channel migration, sinuosity, channel amalgamation, grain size, and percent of fluvial channel facies (conglomerate and sandstone). Fluvial channel deposits occur arranged into larger stratal bodies: multistory–multilateral channel bodies that are dominantly composed of clast-supported conglomerate in the west to a mix of multistory, multilateral, and isolated channel bodies composed of matrix-supported conglomerate in the east. The median width of highly sinuous point bars is similar across the field area (344 m to 477 m), but the inclusion of narrower (median = 174 m), low-sinuosity bar elements in the east indicates an overall reduction in lateral channel migration and sinuosity downstream. Net-to-gross values range from 100% in much of the western outcrops to as low as 38% in the east. Paleocurrent analysis reveals a transverse (west to east) paleoflow for the study interval that merges with axial (south–north) paleoflow near the Utah–Colorado state line. We estimate 104 m3/s-scale discharge and 106 kilometer-scale drainage area for axial rivers based on paleohydraulic analysis which represents a significant part of the Early Cretaceous continental-scale drainage. The observed downstream trends in lateral channel migration, sinuosity, channel amalgamation, grain size, and net-to-gross for the basal Cedar Mountain Formation are consistent with expected trends for sinuous single-thread distributive fluvial systems and are similar to observed trends in the Jurassic Morrison Formation. Medial (Buckhorn Conglomerate) to distal (Poison Strip Sandstone) zones are preserved and span the forebulge to backbulge depozones of a foreland-basin system. Postulated deposits of the proximal distributive fluvial system have been removed during erosion of the foredeep depozone. The easternmost Poison Strip Sandstone and coeval Burro Canyon Formation represent deposits of an axial system at which western-sourced distributive fluvial systems end. Distributive fluvial systems dominate modern foreland basins, and this study suggests that they may constitute a significant proportion of ancient successions.
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Smith, G. C., M. A. Rayfield, D. R. DePledge, and R. Gupta. "THE CHINGUETTI DEEPWATER TURBIDITE FIELD, MAURITANIA: RESERVE ESTIMATION AND FIELD DEVELOPMENT USING UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS FOR MULTIPLE SCENARIO 3D MODELS." APPEA Journal 44, no. 1 (2004): 521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj03022.
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The Chinguetti Field was discovered in 2001 offshore Mauritania in 800 m of water. It comprises deepwater, mid-slope turbidite reservoirs, trapped in a dome over a salt diapir. The hydrocarbons are compartmentalised by concentric radial faults, in a low net:gross sequence, with oil mainly in channel sands. The large number of uncertain variables requires a structured approach and a rigorous assessment of the potential sub-surface scenarios. The field is of moderate size and risks in this deepwater environment need to be managed carefully.The main sub-surface uncertainties were identified by uncertainty framing and are briefly described in the paper. They include:structure;hydrocarbon contacts;fault seal;distribution of the channel systems;frequency and amalgamation of channel sands;shale drape;internal channel heterogeneity;effective pressure support;rock-fluid interaction;rock compaction;fluid composition/properties; androck properties.A statistical experimental design determined 27 scenarios should accurately model the probability distribution of reserves. A 3D model was made for each and run through the dynamic simulator to estimate economic ultimate recovery (EUR). Multivariate statistical analysis produced a response equation for EUR and the probability distribution. This is more rigorous than the standard method which produces mid, high and low case models, for which there is no adequate way to assign their probability of occurrence.
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Zhao, Chun Lei, and Yi Nan Xu. "Design of CAN-FlexRay Gateway based on Node Mapping Methods for In-Vehicle Network System." Applied Mechanics and Materials 385-386 (August 2013): 1523–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.385-386.1523.
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The In-Vehicle Network System is a main channel to transmit electronic signals among each automotive node. In order to share the node information from both of chassis and body networks in automobiles, the gateway system is used to realize the communication between CAN and FlexRay systems. In this paper, a modified gateway system based on the node mapping method, the node slotting method, and the corresponding operation algorithm will be proposed. Through the modified gateway system, repeated remodifying problems are solved that is changes of information or ID during transmitting information between CAN and FlexRay systems. Additionally, improvements in the reliability and the amalgamation of the In-Vehicle Network System are shown in this paper.
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Iqbal, Naveed, Abdulmajid Lawal, and Azzedine Zerguine. "MitigatingWireless Channel Impairments in Seismic Data Transmission Using Deep Neural Networks." Sensors 21, no. 18 (September 12, 2021): 6105. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21186105.
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The traditional cable-based geophone network is an inefficient way of seismic data transmission owing to the related cost and weight. The future of oil and gas exploration technology demands large-scale seismic acquisition, versatility, flexibility, scalability, and automation. On the one hand, a typical seismic survey can pile up a massive amount of raw seismic data per day. On the other hand, the need for wireless seismic data transmission remains immense. Moving from pre-wired to wireless geophones faces major challenges given the enormous amount of data that needs to be transmitted from geophones to the on-site data collection center. The most important factor that has been ignored in the previous studies for the realization of wireless seismic data transmission is wireless channel effects. While transmitting the seismic data wirelessly, impairments like interference, multi-path fading, and channel noise need to be considered. Therefore, in this work, a novel amalgamation of blind channel identification and deep neural networks is proposed. As a geophone already is responsible for transmitting a tremendous amount of data under tight timing constraints, the proposed setup eschews sending any additional training signals for the purpose of mitigating the channel effects. Note that the deep neural network is trained only on synthetic seismic data without the need to use real data in the training process. Experiments show that the proposed method gives promising results when applied to the real/field data set.
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Oyanyan, Raphael Oaikhena, Modestus Chijioke Ohaegbulem, Christian Chukwudi Agbo, and Nonyelum Stella Iloanya. "SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND SANDY BRAIDED FLUVIAL SUCCESSIONS IN AJALI SANDSTONE RIDGES, WESTERN AFIKPO BASIN, UTURU, NIGERIA." Earth Science Malaysia 5, no. 1 (December 29, 2020): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/esmy.01.2021.49.57.
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Lithofacies, bounding surfaces and sedimentary architectural elements exposed in two ridges at Uturu being quarried for construction sands were analysed to determine the paleoenvironment of deposition and the factors that control the deposition of sand units. Mainly outcropped is Ajali Formation overlying locally exposed Mamu Formation in Western Afikpo basin. Lithofacies identified include: Trough cross bedded medium- to coarse-grained (St), Planar cross bedded fine- to coarse-grained sandstone (Sp), Small scale planar cross bedded sandstone (SSp), Lenticular mudstone (Fm), Heterolithic sandstone/mudstone (Fsm), Horizontal stratified sandstone (Sh), Cross ripple laminated sandstone (Sr), Reddish muddy sand (Fl), Siltstone (SSm) and Shale (Fsh). The associations of lithofacies and bounding surfaces gave four fluvial and one marine architectural element. The fluvial elements which mainly characterized the Ajali Formation include: Channel-fill (CH), Macroforms Accretion (MA). Flood-Plain Fines (FF) and Channel Abandonment Fines (CAF). Offshore-shoreface fines (OSF) element defined marine Mamu Formation. The profiles of the ridges show dominance of MA followed by CH while FF is limited in occurrence and in some zones pinch-out to lenticular inter-bar mudstone. The MA is characterized by planar cross beddings, reactivation surfaces, internal grading, steep dipping ferruginized accretion surfaces and abrupt flat top which indicate mid-channel bars deposition in typical sandy braided fluvial depositional system. Generally, there is vertical aggradation/ amalgamation of channel deposits and dominance of sheet alluvial architecture. Low rate of channel avulsion, moderate rate of lateral migration and aggradation, variable discharge rate and high rate of sediment supply and subsidence were considered as factors that controlled the deposition and preservations of sand units. This study provided an understanding of mesoscopic heterogeneities and compartmentalization style inherent in hydrocarbon bearing sandy braided reservoirs which can be used as analog model for its development.
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Gretta, W. J., and C. R. Smith. "The Flow Structure and Statistics of a Passive Mixing Tab." Journal of Fluids Engineering 115, no. 2 (June 1, 1993): 255–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2910133.
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Water channel flow visualization and anemometry studies were conducted to examine the flow structure and velocity statistics in the wake of a passive mixing tab designed for enhancement of cross-stream mixing by generation of flow structures characteristic of turbulent boundary layers. Flow visualization reveals that the mixing tab generates a wake comprising a combination of counter rotating, streamwise vortices enveloped by distinct hairpin vortex structures. The counter rotating streamwise vortices are observed to stimulate a strong ejection of fluid along the symmetry plane, which results in very rapid cross-stream mixing. The hairpin vortices are found to undergo successive amalgamation and coalescence downstream of the device, which aids in the streamwise mixing and outward penetration of ejected fluid. After an initially intense mixing process, the mixing tab wake rapidly develops mean velocity, turbulence intensity, and boundary layer integral properties characteristic of a significantly thickened turbulent boundary layer.
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Koch, Alexander R., Cari L. Johnson, and Lisa Stright. "Does fluvial channel-belt clustering predict net sand to gross rock volume? Architectural metrics and point-pattern analysis of a digital outcrop model." Journal of Sedimentary Research 89, no. 11 (November 20, 2019): 1109–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.60.
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ABSTRACT Spatial point-pattern analyses (PPAs) are used to quantify clustering, randomness, and uniformity of the distribution of channel belts in fluvial strata. Point patterns may reflect end-member fluvial architecture, e.g., uniform compensational stacking and avulsion-generated clustering, which may change laterally, especially at greater scales. To investigate spatial and temporal changes in fluvial systems, we performed PPA and architectural analyses on extensive outcrops of the Cretaceous John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation in southern Utah, USA. Digital outcrop models (DOMs) produced using unmanned aircraft system-based stereophotogrammetry form the basis of detailed interpretations of a 250-m-thick fluvial succession over a total outcrop length of 4.5 km. The outcrops are oriented roughly perpendicular to fluvial transport direction. This transverse cross-sectional exposure of the fluvial system allows a study of the system's variation along depositional strike. We developed a workflow that examines spatial point patterns using the quadrat method, and architectural metrics such as net sand to gross rock volume (NTG), amalgamation index, and channel-belt width and thickness within moving windows. Quadrat cell sizes that are ∼ 50% of the average channel-belt width-to-thickness ratio (16:1 aspect ratio) provide an optimized scale to investigate laterally elongate distributions of fluvial-channel-belt centroids. Large-scale quadrat point patterns were recognized using an array of four quadrat cells, each with 237× greater area than the median channel belt. Large-scale point patterns and NTG correlate negatively, which is a result of using centroid-based PPA on a dataset with disparately sized channel belts. Small-scale quadrat point patterns were recognized using an array of 16 quadrat cells, each with 21× greater area than the median channel belt. Small-scale point patterns and NTG correlate positively, and match previously observed stratigraphic trends in the fluvial John Henry Member, suggesting that these are regional trends. There are deviations from these trends in architectural statistics over small distances (hundreds of meters) which are interpreted to reflect autogenic avulsion processes. Small-scale autogenic processes result in architecture that is difficult to correlate between 1D datasets, for example when characterizing a reservoir using well logs. We show that 1D NTG provides the most accurate prediction for surrounding 2D architecture.
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Esterle, J. S., G. Le Blanc Smith, and J. V. R. Yago. "GEOMETRY AND CONNECTIVITY OF DISTRIBUTARY CHANNEL SANDSTONES IN THE LATE PERMIAN MORANBAH COAL MEASURES, BOWEN BASIN, AUSTRALIA." APPEA Journal 40, no. 1 (2000): 379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj99022.
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The fluvio-deltaic Moranbah Coal Measures are an extensively mined Late Permian coal-bearing sequence that crops out along the western limb of the Bowen Basin, Queensland. Data from operating coal mines provide high resolution datasets for detailed petroleum reservoir analogue studies. In this study, data from subsurface drilling and high wall exposures were used to produce a three-dimensional sub surface model of coal and sandstone geometry in a 200 m stratigraphic section over an area of 184 km2. Detailed analysis of the interval between the extensive Goonyella Middle seam and the 'P'-Tuff identified: 1) thin (10 km long) interpreted as trunk distributary channel-fill deposits. These are flanked by finer grained sediments containing a series of heterolithic units that display large siltstone-draped accretionary cross-stratification reflecting channel/splay deposition. Reservoir continuity in the Moranbah Coal Measures is controlled by coal seam splitting and the degree of amalgamation between sandstone bodies. Analogues for potential reservoirs within these systems include 1) very thick (>40 m), vertically-stacked amalgamated sandstone sequences with good connectivity; 2) thick (>25 m) stacked sandstone units separated by carbonaceous mudstone horizons that reduce vertical connectivity; and 3) thick sing le-sequence sandstone units with good lateral connectivity Marginal zones are fine grained and often faulted, acting as barriers to connectivity between potential reservoir sandstones.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Channel amalgamation"
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Schapper, Jan. "A case-study of the experience of organisational change : council amalgamation in regional Victoria." Monash University, Dept. of Management, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5177.
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Bacon, Rachel. "Amalgamating tribunals: a recipe for optimal reform." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/621.
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The last decade has seen numerous proposals to reform existing tribunal systems in jurisdictions throughout the common law world. Across the board, there have been proposals to adopt generalist tribunal models in preference to smaller, specialist tribunal systems, and to achieve these changes through the process of amalgamation. The most significant recent developments to occur in Australia have taken place in Victoria and NSW during the past five years. Legislators in these States have chosen to amalgamate a number of smaller, specialist tribunals into larger, generalist bodies. In 1997 the NSW Parliament passed legislation amalgamating a number of specialist tribunals to create the Administrative Decisions Tribunal (ADT); comparable legislation was passed in Victoria in 1998 to create the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). There were concurrent attempts to implement similar reforms at federal level. In 1998 the Commonwealth government announced its intention to amalgamate four Commonwealth merits review tribunals to form one �super Tribunal� � the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART). The Bills containing these proposals were ultimately defeated in the Senate, however the Australian Government remains convinced of the benefits of amalgamation at federal level. Similar reforms have been proposed in Western Australia, Tasmania and the United Kingdom. This thesis argues that these reforms are taking place in the absence of data about their likely implications, and without a thorough understanding of the objectives that generalist versus specialist tribunal systems can realistically achieve. This ill-considered or �over-hasty� trend towards amalgamation raises a number of questions which have not previously been addressed in academic or policy-making circles. An obvious question is whether or not an amalgamated tribunal model is more effective than a series of smaller, specialised tribunals in delivering administrative justice, in other words, whether there is any net gain to be had from a government�s decision to amalgamate. The less explored, but equally important, question addressed in this thesis is how the process of amalgamation should be approached in order to realise the maximum potential benefits that an amalgamated tribunal can bring. That is, to ask what are the ingredients of an optimal amalgamation. This is not a question about whether government decisions to pursue amalgamation are intrinsically worthwhile or beneficial for stakeholders. Rather, it is about how government decisions to amalgamate should best be implemented. This thesis proposes a way of differentiating between good and bad amalgamations, that is grounded in theory and informed by experience to date. The proposed approach is to assess the effectiveness of amalgamation processes using relevant measures drawn from an analysis of organisational theory literature: � Legislation � the legislation establishing an amalgamated tribunal needs to ensure the tribunal will have appropriate independence, powers, processes, membership and structure. � Political commitment � those responsible for proposing and planning an amalgamation need to provide appropriate funding and support for the process and for the establishment of an autonomous, self-directed tribunal. � Organisational structure � the structures put in place need to be appropriate, integrated and flexible, and should promote cohesion and interaction. � Process and procedure � the processes and procedures adopted in an amalgamated tribunal need to capitalise upon the opportunities provided by amalgamation, as well as being appropriate, efficient and able to balance the needs of a range of stakeholders. � Organisational culture � an organisational culture which counters natural tendencies towards disjunction will assist members and staff to identify with a newly amalgamated tribunal and to implement initiatives that will improve its performance. � Leadership � effective leadership plays an important role in ensuring a smooth transition from specialist to amalgamated tribunal, and engendering commitment from members and staff. Broadly speaking, these factors fall into the four categories of law, context, organisation and people. It is argued that attention must be paid to all four of these ingredients in order to achieve optimal tribunal reform. The thesis tests this proposition by examining the three most advanced tribunal amalgamations so far, namely, the Commonwealth ART, the NSW ADT and VCAT in Victoria. It is argued that the fate of the Commonwealth ART proposal proves the importance of a solid, generally endorsed legislative foundation in creating a viable amalgamated tribunal. The importance of context, organisation and people is borne out by qualitative research into the amalgamation experiences in NSW and Victoria. The fact that the NSW and Victorian governments decided to pursue policies of amalgamation at the same time provided a unique opportunity to compare the success or otherwise of two concurrent attempts at amalgamation in different jurisdictions. This thesis finds that the unfavourable political context in NSW prevented the ADT from realising its potential. In contrast, the VCAT experience highlights the benefits of paying careful attention to the wide range of factors that can contribute to a successful amalgamation. Of most relevance are the initial scale of an amalgamation, the political �will� behind its implementation, the appointment of a core of full-time members, and the creation of an open institutional culture which facilitates the sharing of information. In short, the thesis concludes that the successful construction and consolidation of a tribunal post-amalgamation requires that the necessary ingredients of optimal tribunal reform � legislation, context, organisation and people � are thoughtfully addressed.
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Bacon, Rachel. "Amalgamating tribunals a recipe for optimal reform /." University of Sydney. Law, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/621.
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The last decade has seen numerous proposals to reform existing tribunal systems in jurisdictions throughout the common law world. Across the board, there have been proposals to adopt generalist tribunal models in preference to smaller, specialist tribunal systems, and to achieve these changes through the process of amalgamation. The most significant recent developments to occur in Australia have taken place in Victoria and NSW during the past five years. Legislators in these States have chosen to amalgamate a number of smaller, specialist tribunals into larger, generalist bodies. In 1997 the NSW Parliament passed legislation amalgamating a number of specialist tribunals to create the Administrative Decisions Tribunal (ADT); comparable legislation was passed in Victoria in 1998 to create the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). There were concurrent attempts to implement similar reforms at federal level. In 1998 the Commonwealth government announced its intention to amalgamate four Commonwealth merits review tribunals to form one �super Tribunal� � the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART). The Bills containing these proposals were ultimately defeated in the Senate, however the Australian Government remains convinced of the benefits of amalgamation at federal level. Similar reforms have been proposed in Western Australia, Tasmania and the United Kingdom. This thesis argues that these reforms are taking place in the absence of data about their likely implications, and without a thorough understanding of the objectives that generalist versus specialist tribunal systems can realistically achieve. This ill-considered or �over-hasty� trend towards amalgamation raises a number of questions which have not previously been addressed in academic or policy-making circles. An obvious question is whether or not an amalgamated tribunal model is more effective than a series of smaller, specialised tribunals in delivering administrative justice, in other words, whether there is any net gain to be had from a government�s decision to amalgamate. The less explored, but equally important, question addressed in this thesis is how the process of amalgamation should be approached in order to realise the maximum potential benefits that an amalgamated tribunal can bring. That is, to ask what are the ingredients of an optimal amalgamation. This is not a question about whether government decisions to pursue amalgamation are intrinsically worthwhile or beneficial for stakeholders. Rather, it is about how government decisions to amalgamate should best be implemented. This thesis proposes a way of differentiating between good and bad amalgamations, that is grounded in theory and informed by experience to date. The proposed approach is to assess the effectiveness of amalgamation processes using relevant measures drawn from an analysis of organisational theory literature: � Legislation � the legislation establishing an amalgamated tribunal needs to ensure the tribunal will have appropriate independence, powers, processes, membership and structure. � Political commitment � those responsible for proposing and planning an amalgamation need to provide appropriate funding and support for the process and for the establishment of an autonomous, self-directed tribunal. � Organisational structure � the structures put in place need to be appropriate, integrated and flexible, and should promote cohesion and interaction. � Process and procedure � the processes and procedures adopted in an amalgamated tribunal need to capitalise upon the opportunities provided by amalgamation, as well as being appropriate, efficient and able to balance the needs of a range of stakeholders. � Organisational culture � an organisational culture which counters natural tendencies towards disjunction will assist members and staff to identify with a newly amalgamated tribunal and to implement initiatives that will improve its performance. � Leadership � effective leadership plays an important role in ensuring a smooth transition from specialist to amalgamated tribunal, and engendering commitment from members and staff. Broadly speaking, these factors fall into the four categories of law, context, organisation and people. It is argued that attention must be paid to all four of these ingredients in order to achieve optimal tribunal reform. The thesis tests this proposition by examining the three most advanced tribunal amalgamations so far, namely, the Commonwealth ART, the NSW ADT and VCAT in Victoria. It is argued that the fate of the Commonwealth ART proposal proves the importance of a solid, generally endorsed legislative foundation in creating a viable amalgamated tribunal. The importance of context, organisation and people is borne out by qualitative research into the amalgamation experiences in NSW and Victoria. The fact that the NSW and Victorian governments decided to pursue policies of amalgamation at the same time provided a unique opportunity to compare the success or otherwise of two concurrent attempts at amalgamation in different jurisdictions. This thesis finds that the unfavourable political context in NSW prevented the ADT from realising its potential. In contrast, the VCAT experience highlights the benefits of paying careful attention to the wide range of factors that can contribute to a successful amalgamation. Of most relevance are the initial scale of an amalgamation, the political �will� behind its implementation, the appointment of a core of full-time members, and the creation of an open institutional culture which facilitates the sharing of information. In short, the thesis concludes that the successful construction and consolidation of a tribunal post-amalgamation requires that the necessary ingredients of optimal tribunal reform � legislation, context, organisation and people � are thoughtfully addressed.
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Chan, Fu-man. "A study of the amalgamation of school place allocation sections in the Education Department." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2103820X.
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Chan, Fu-man, and 陳輔民. "A study of the amalgamation of school place allocation sections in theEducation Department." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31965702.
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Campbell, John Robert, and n/a. "A case study of the amalgamation of the Broadland House Chirch of England Girls' Grammar School and the Launceston Church Grammar School : a management of change process." University of Canberra. Education, 1987. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060623.160001.
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The amalgamation of Broadland House C.E.G.G.S. and the
Launceston Church Grammar School was announced, as a fait
accompli, in April 1982. The merger was to be in two stages;
the separate operation of both schools under the one
Headmaster from June 1982 and the completely merged schools
from the beginning of 1983.
Both Broadland House and the Launceston Grammar claim to
be the oldest continuing schools in Australia, having been
founded in 1845 and 1846 respectively. The fact that many
families had been involved with either or both schools for
four or five generations led to period of bitter conflict and
resistance to change, which was largely overcome by the end
of the first year of operation.
Diminishing enrolments at both schools had been brought
about largely through the rural recession in Tasmania during
the 1960's, together with the provision of better school
facilities and roads in the rural areas of Tasmania. The
Launceston Church Grammar had become co-educational in 1972,
largely as a means of survival. Previous approaches to
Broadland House, by the Grammar School, to consider
amalgamation had been rejected.
This study endeavours to determine the strategies which
led to the almost total acceptance of the amalgamation
between the Broadland House Church of England Girls Grammar
School and the Launceston Church Grammar School, and to
explain those strategies through reference to the literature
on the management of change. This involved rationalising
resources, setting up new academic courses, providing
physical facilities, considering the traditions of both
schools, the gaining of financial, support and of developing
acceptance of the change within the school community and
within the community at large.
The study follows the period covering the eight months
of preparation prior to the amalgamation together with its
first 5 years of operation, during which time the School has
grown considerably and enjoys wide confidence and support.
As amalgamations are occurring more regularly across the
nation, it is hoped that the lessons learned through this
educational innovation will be of benefit to others.
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Mashele, Elijah Phukwana. "The transition from districts to regions a case study of restructuring in a provincial education department of South Africa /." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2010. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04262010-152443.
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Couture, Philippe. "Les difficultés de l'arrangement statutaire de la L.c.Q. et l'utilisation croissante de celui de la L.c.s.a." Thèse, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/2639.
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Le présent mémoire analyse les dispositions sur l'arrangement ou compromis avec actionnaires prévues aux articles 192 de la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions et 49 de la Loi sur les compagnies du Québec. Dans un premier temps, l'étude de la genèse des dispositions sur l'arrangement dans les lois canadiennes fait ressortir que ces dispositions ont une origine commune et qu'elles partagent une même philosophie, caractérisée par une dualité entre la permissivité des transactions et la protection des épargnants. L'étude des fondements juridiques des mécanismes prévus dans la loi fédérale et provinciale permet ensuite de réaliser que, alors qu'à l'origine, la disposition québécoise était en quelque sorte le calque de la disposition fédérale, cette dernière a été modifiée postérieurement à la réforme de la loi fédérale, de sorte que plusieurs différences distinguent aujourd'hui ces deux lois au chapitre de l'arrangement. Dans un contexte où des démarches ont été entamées afin de réformer la loi provinciale, la question à laquelle ce mémoire tente de répondre peut se poser en ces termes: La « nouvelle disposition» d'arrangement adoptée par le législateur fédéral rencontre-t-elle mieux les objectifs de permissivité des transactions et de protection des épargnants que la disposition québécoise qui, pour sa part, est demeurée pratiquement inchangée depuis son adoption? L'étude parallèle de ces dispositions permet de constater que la «nouvelle disposition» d'arrangement de la L.c.s.a. semble davantage rencontrer ces objectifs.This thesis studies the arrangement procedure under section 192 of the Canada business corporations Act and the arrangement or compromise with shareholders procedure under section 49 of the Quebec's Companies Act. At the very beginning of this work, the study of the history of the arrangement procedure and its arrival in the canadian laws demonstrates that these provisions have a common origin and that they share the same philosophy, caracterized by a duality between the permissiveness of the transactions and the protection of investors. This history of this mechanism also emphasizes that, despite the fact that the provincial provisions were at the beginning a copy of the federal provisions, we find several differences between them today. In a context in which the legislator has already taken some steps in order to reform the Quebec's Company Act, this thesis endeavours to answer the following question: Does the "new arrangement procedure" under section 192 of the Canada business corporations Act meets the objectives of permissiveness and protection better than the arrangement procedure under section 49 of the Quebec's Companies Act, which has remained practically unchanged since its adoption? The comparison between the two arrangement procedures suggests an affirmative answer to this question.
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Litchfield, Tshabalala Khanyisile. "Transformation in the military police agency of the South African National Defence Force." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2178.
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The goal of this research was to describe the nature, occurrence and extent to which integration preceded normative and institutional transformation in the SANDF and therefore in its Military Police, thereby demonstrating how in its aftermath, integration has become a recipe for disaster, casting a spell on further transformation within the military. The research also aimed at bringing the reader face-to-face with the daily struggles of Africans in the SANDF, by focusing on one of the smallest divisions of the military, the Military Police Agency (MPA).
The research project was limited to all reported interviews and questionnaire responses of eighty five participants of the Southern Military Police Region
(S MPR), excluding the S MPR HQ as well as the MPA HQ. A total of eighty five respondents out of a total strength of 172 S MPR composition, took part in the sample. Seventy nine participated in the questionnaire, fifty one in the interview and a total of forty five participated in both. Interviews were used as follow-up sessions to respondents' questionnaire answers. While the questionnaire was structured, the interview was semi-structured, allowing members to comment, object, affirm or question the process of transformation both in the SANDF and in the MPA. In keeping with the qualitative research method, the semi-structured interview enabled the mapping of categories, trends and patterns in the responses.
It was found that MK and APLA cadres who integrated into the ex-Naval MPs surpassed their counterparts in the ex-Army MPs, by far. The two groups are incomparable, in rank level, experience, training, attitude and knowledge of the organisation.
It was further discovered that most practices that had taken place before 1999 at W CSC and still continued within the MPA, negate SANDF policy and are criminal. Prejudice, racism, obscene language and gender insensitivity were rife, forming part of institutional culture.
It is recommended that Weitzer's proposed solution for the transformation of coercive institutions be considered. It is a thoroughgoing transformation of the security apparatus through a legal framework because civil control is not enough to guarantee the pre-eminence of the democratic forces.Criminology
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Books on the topic "Channel amalgamation"
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Inc, Reed Information Services, ed. The Banker's almanac register of bank name changes & liquidations: Amalgamations, absorptions, and liquidations of international banks since 1750. London: Reed Information Services, 1992.
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Western Australia. Minister for Transport. A plan for the new Department of Transport: An overview of changes already under way, and planned initiatives to finalise the amalgamation of the Department of Transport and the Department of Marine & Harbours, to create the new Department of Transport. [Perth, W.A: Minister for Transport, 1993.
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Pettigrew, Richard. Choosing for Changing Selves. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814962.001.0001.
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What we value, like, endorse, want, and prefer changes over the course of our lives. Sometimes this is a result of decisions we make—such as when we choose to become a parent or move to a new country—and sometimes it is caused by forces beyond our control—such as when our political views change as we grow older. This poses a problem for any theory of how we ought to make decisions. Which values and preferences should we appeal to when we are making our decisions? Our current values? Our past ones? Our future ones? Or some amalgamation of all of them? But if that, which amalgamation? This book presents a theory of rational decision-making for people whose values have changed in the past and might change again in the future. It begins with expected utility theory, the orthodox theory of rational choice, and raises the problem of choosing for changing selves in that context. It then offers a new decision theory that avoids the problem. In the process, the book considers a host of related problems: Is it rational to give less weight to your far future preferences than to those in your near future? Can we have moral obligations to pursue the goals of our past selves? Do we know enough about our future preferences to make rational decisions that are sufficiently sensitive to them? How should we combine competing sets of values into a single set?
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Archer, Richard. Repealing the Law. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190676643.003.0009.
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The successful attempt to remove the prohibition against mixed marriages in Massachusetts (such a law continued to exist in Maine where it wasn't enforced and in Rhode Island until the 1880s) did not occur in isolation from the larger movement for equal rights. Advocating the end of the ban, however, was tricky for politicians and reformers in general (particularly women), because they would be charged with promoting “amalgamation,” but nonetheless year after year the demand to change the law grew. Petitions kept the issue alive in the legislature, The Liberator had called for repeal since its second issue, and eventually good sense prevailed in part because the cause was just but also because so many politicians believed it to be only a symbolic issue. In 1843 the Massachusetts legislature voted for repeal of the marriage restriction and against the desegregation of the railroads-an issue with immediate impact.
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Ebach, Malte. Reinvention of Australasian Biogeography. CSIRO Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486304844.
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Biogeography, the study of the distribution of life on Earth, has undergone more conceptual changes, revolutions and turf wars than any other scientific field. Australasian biogeographers are responsible for several of these great upheavals, including debates on cladistics, panbiogeography and the drowning of New Zealand, some of which have significantly shaped present-day studies.
Australasian biogeography has been caught in a cycle of reinvention that has lasted for over 150 years. The biogeographic research making headlines today is merely a shadow of past practices, having barely advanced scientifically. Fundamental biogeographic questions raised by naturalists a century ago remain unanswered, yet are as relevant today as they were then. Scientists still do not know whether Australia and New Zealand are natural biotic areas or if they are in fact artificial amalgamations of areas. The same question goes for all biotic areas in Australasia: are they real?
Australasian biogeographers need to break this 150-year cycle, learn from their errors and build upon new ideas. Reinvention of Australasian Biogeography tells the story of the history of Australasian biogeography, enabling understanding of the cycle of reinvention and the means by which to break it, and paves the way for future biogeographical research.
The book will be a valuable resource for biological and geographical scientists, especially those working in biogeography, biodiversity, ecology and conservation. It will also be of interest to historians of science.
Book chapters on the topic "Channel amalgamation"
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Newton, Peter W., Peter W. G. Newman, Stephen Glackin, and Giles Thomson. "Changing Attitudes to Housing and Residential Location in Cities: The Cultural Clash and the Greyfield Solution." In Greening the Greyfields, 121–33. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6238-6_6.
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AbstractThis chapter explores changes in attitudes and preferences—in other words, the underlying demand—for different types and locations of housing in Australia’s largest cities. Until recently, housing preferences have strongly favoured detached housing and low-density urban settings. This is now changing. This section reports on data from a major household survey that examined the attitudes of resident property owners in the middle suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne to neighbourhood change and medium-density housing development. It examines household preferences and trade-offs related to different ‘living arrangements’ (dwelling and location combinations) and attitudes to lot amalgamation and bottom-up redevelopment between neighbours. The survey identified clear shifts in ‘living arrangement’ priorities in the major capital cities that now reveal equivalent preferences for medium-density housing in established areas with good public transport versus detached housing in car-dependent suburbs.It highlights the lag in supply-side response by the property-development and building industries, as well as the missed steps by metropolitan and municipal governments in strategic planning and rezoning of established suburban greyfield precincts to accommodate medium-density housing at scale: in essence, GPR.
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Singh, Sanghamitra, Poonam Muttreja, Dipa Nag Chowdhary, and Mandira Kalra Kalaan. "Relevance of Social and Behavior Change and Communications in the Media on COVID-19 Response." In Health Dimensions of COVID-19 in India and Beyond, 309–15. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7385-6_17.
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AbstractThe important role of social and behavior change and communication strategies in the prevention of infection is discussed. These strategies have two complementary, albeit distinct roles: 1) educate citizens on the health risks of COVID-19; and 2) promote desired behaviors to prevent infection.The authors underscore that messages for the prevention of COVID-19 should be clear and consistent and should be based on scientific evidence. These messages need to be reinforced to promote positive behavior change. They should be empathetic and inclusive and should counter misinformation and fake news. Government of India’s citizen engagement platform ‘MyGov’ has rolled-out a series of campaigns for the prevention of COVID-19. Civil society organizations have complemented the official campaign. The Population Foundation of India developed the Corona Ki Adalat (The court of corona) animation series to disseminate key messages and reinforce a sense of solidarity around the fight against COVID-19.India (and the world) has, for the first time, witnessed an amalgamation of science and mainstream media. The collaboration of the media and public health workers and doctors has been commendable. The authors illustrate this with examples of personalities who stepped-up and gave their time to the media to convey important messages to the public. The last few months have truly witnessed the power of the media and behavior change communications. Until a vaccine becomes widely available, the only way to protect people from COVID-19 and to minimize the burden it places on the public health system is to promote widespread behavior change. And this can only happen through the collaborative efforts of the government, media, public health experts, and civil society organizations.
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Gaillot*, Gwladys T., Michael L. Sweet, and Manasij Santra. "Deep-water deposits of the Eocene Tyee Formation, Oregon." In From Terranes to Terrains: Geologic Field Guides on the Construction and Destruction of the Pacific Northwest, 19–48. Geological Society of America, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/2021.0062(02).
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ABSTRACT The Eocene Tyee Formation of west central Oregon, USA, records deposition in a forearc basin. With outcrop exposures of fluvial/deltaic to shelf and submarine fan depositional environments and known sediment sourcing constrained by detrital zircon dating and mineralogy linked to the Idaho Batholith, it is possible to place deposits of the Tyee Formation in a source-to-sink context. A research program carried out by the Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin and ExxonMobil Research Company’s Clastic Stratigraphy Group has reconstructed the Eocene continental margin from shelf to slope to basin floor using outcrop and subsurface data. This work allows us to put observations of individual outcrops into a basin-scale context. This field trip will visit examples of depositional environments across the entire preserved source-to-sink system, but it will focus on the deep-water deposits of the Tyee Formation that range from slope channels to proximal and distal basin-floor fans. High-quality roadcuts reveal the geometry of slope channel-fills in both depositional strike and dip orientations. Thick, sand-rich medial fan deposits show vertical amalgamation and a high degree of lateral continuity of sandstones and mudstones. Distal fan facies with both classic Bouma-type turbidites and combined flow or slurry deposits are well exposed along a series of new roadcuts east of Newport, Oregon. The larger basin-scale context of the Tyee Formation is illustrated at a quarry in the northern end of the basin where the contact between the oceanic crust of the underlying Siletzia terrane and submarine fan deposits of the Tyee Formation is exposed. The Tyee Formation provides an excellent opportunity to see the facies and three-dimensional geometry of deep-water deposits, and to show how these deposits can be used to help reconstruct ancient continental margins.
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Lekoko, Rebecca Nthogo. "Supporting Work-Family Amalgamation through E-HRM." In Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems, 817–22. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-883-3.ch120.
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Managerial practices and changes can be understood and appreciated when placed in a historical context. Kramar (2006) suggests that the starting point should be in the1980’s where issues relating to human resources in organizations were steered by managers themselves, with little or no involvement of the humans being managed. This was an instrumental management view because employees were regarded as instruments to be used to produce and deliver services for the benefit of the organization. Managers’ control of workers in ensuring high productivity was highly esteemed. Overemphasizing the role of managers meant downplaying the interests of workers being managed and holding in the highest regard job tasks and how such tasks were performed. It was a management approach that emphasized organizational needs at the expense of individual well-being. This approach attracted some criticisms.
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Bigelow, Allison Margaret. "The Colonial Science of Like and Unlike." In Mining Language, 294–321. University of North Carolina Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469654386.003.0011.
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This chapter concludes the section on silver, and the book as a whole, by applying the translation/mistranslation method developed in earlier chapters to the theories of metallic generation and conversion that informed colonial amalgamation technologies. It begins by reviewing theories of likeness and attraction in classical natural philosophy and early modern European sources, wherein the combination of opposite forces like hot and cold, or male and female, enables matter to come into being or change shape. The chapter next analyzes how colonial miners and metallurgists reinterpreted the lessons of antiquity and made sameness into a source of metallic generation. European writers’ inability to translate these ideas suggests that the ideas that underpinned amalgamation technologies came from Indigenous mining communities.
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Joshi, Mahesh K., and J. R. Klein. "The Global Phenomenon." In Global Business in the Age of Transformation, 3–16. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847232.003.0001.
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This book is not about globalization. It is difficult to comment on any set or sector of changes in today’s dialogue without talking about globalization or acknowledging it as the elephant in the room. Globalization, in its essence, is simply growth on a worldwide scale. It is the process of amalgamation of influences from economies, society, and cultures from around the world. This process of growing and expanding exists throughout the entire world. We live in an interconnected world and no amount of hand-wringing, whining, fear mongering, or wishful thinking will change that fact. The best we can do is try to stay relevant. This chapter examines pragmatic observations by practitioners, business people, academics, and entrepreneurs thinking about that relevancy. It sets the stage for this presentation of perspective by exploring the history, technology, business and economics, government and governance, and the blending of cultures that continues to change everything.
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Jeyakumar, Balajee, M. A. Saleem Durai, and Daphne Lopez. "Case Studies in Amalgamation of Deep Learning and Big Data." In Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology, 159–74. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2863-0.ch008.
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Deep learning is now more popular research domain in machine learning and pattern recognition in the world. It is widely success in the far-reaching area of applications such as Speech recognition, Computer vision, Natural language processing and Reinforcement learning. With the absolute amount of data accessible nowadays, big data brings chances and transformative possible for several sectors, on the other hand, it also performs on the unpredicted defies to connecting data and information. The size of the data is getting larger, and deep learning is imminent to play a vital role in big data predictive analytics solutions. In this paper, we make available a brief outline of deep learning and focus recent research efforts and the challenges in the fields of science, medical and water resource system.
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Jeyakumar, Balajee, M. A. Saleem Durai, and Daphne Lopez. "Case Studies in Amalgamation of Deep Learning and Big Data." In Deep Learning and Neural Networks, 981–93. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0414-7.ch054.
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Deep learning is now more popular research domain in machine learning and pattern recognition in the world. It is widely success in the far-reaching area of applications such as Speech recognition, Computer vision, Natural language processing and Reinforcement learning. With the absolute amount of data accessible nowadays, big data brings chances and transformative possible for several sectors, on the other hand, it also performs on the unpredicted defies to connecting data and information. The size of the data is getting larger, and deep learning is imminent to play a vital role in big data predictive analytics solutions. In this paper, we make available a brief outline of deep learning and focus recent research efforts and the challenges in the fields of science, medical and water resource system.
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Singh, Yuvika, and Heena Atwal. "Changing the DNA of Higher Education Through Innovative Approaches." In Enhancing Learning Design for Innovative Teaching in Higher Education, 296–305. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2943-0.ch014.
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Research shows that despite numerous advantages of creativity for any nation, the higher education system lags in creativity and innovation. Today, the aim is not just to impart knowledge to students, but current time demands that higher educational environments foster innovative cultures to enable creativity and innovation. This chapter provides relevant examples to support the argument that the application of innovative teaching methods has the potential to change the “DNA “of higher education. The author argues that innovation must be an amalgamation of effective teaching and effective learning elements and that innovative education can nurture an “inventive society” by developing and encouraging opportunities for creative actions that promote self-sufficiency.
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Michlin-Shapir, Vera. "The Unmaking of the Soviet Project." In Fluid Russia, 15–40. Cornell University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501760549.003.0002.
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This chapter focuses on the abrupt change from Soviet socialism. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was an amalgamation of identities that brought together Soviet identification, in which the Russian language and culture played a central role. However, the unraveling of the Soviet state resulted in the challenges of Homo sovieticus. Russian legislators had to determine the identity behind the Russian people. The fragmentation of the institution of citizenship resulted in dissatisfaction with citizenship laws and public insecurity. In 1991, the first Russian citizenship law expressed two sets of ideas: characteristics of Russia's primacy among republics and Western principles of globalization, human rights, and late modernity trends.
Conference papers on the topic "Channel amalgamation"
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Khogali, Abid, Rika Syahputra, Nabil Saraih, and Hassan Eltom. "Controls on Reservoir Sand-Body Architecture: Modelling and Fluid Flow Simulation of Modern Analog, East Sudan." In International Petroleum Technology Conference. IPTC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-21869-ea.
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to describe and model a modern fluvial channel that cut gently dipping alluvial plain (in eastern Sudan) and changes its morphology from upstream to downstream. Ultimately this study explores the spatial variability in geomorphological characters of this channel with the topography of the alluvial plain and how such variability controls channel connectivity and reservoir architecture. The workflow of this study integrates remote sensing, reservoir modeling, and fluid flow simulation. Satellite images (8 panels of a 160-km fluvial channel) provide means to capture channel morphology (width, sinuosity, and amalgamation), and were used to produce realistic two-dimensional (2D) geo-cellular models. Stacked on top of each other from upstream to downstream, the 2D models provide a three-dimensional (3D) geo-cellular model that simulates the horizontal variability in the channel morphology vertically. Within this 3D model, fluvial channels were assigned to clean sandstone facies (relatively higher porosity and permeability), and flood plains were assigned to mudstone facies (relatively lower porosity and permeability). Systematic penetration of the 3D models by 27 pseudo wells shows a low chance of penetrating the channel sandstone by these wells―only 8 out of the 27 pseudo wells (∼ 30%) penetrate the channel sandstones. The opportunity of penetrating channel sandstone increases toward the upstream area (lower zones in the 3D models), where the channel has a wider width and low sinuosity. The penetrated thickness also increases toward the upstream area. These trends affect the oil's flow properties, which is presumed to fill the channel sandstone in the 3D model. Modeling and understanding such horizontal channel variability provide perspectives into the nature and controls on complex architecture patterns of fluvial reservoirs in rift basins.
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Ivanyuk, Tatyana, and Vasiliy Aryshev. "Some Analytical Aspects of Business Integration." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c03.00575.
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A success of any business activity is depending on the level of the business competition to a large extent. Not every firm can properly retain its positions in the stiff competitive environment. The changes in the external business environment may induce the reorganization of the business in the form of company integration. There are also integration process in the Kazakh economy. However, despite high activity of integration processes in the business, they are not quite effective. This is primarily associated with the fact that integration processes are characterized by complexity of internal mechanisms, irrespective of the type of business amalgamation. The strategy of business amalgamation must be based on the data of thorough economic analysis. Given a complex nature of transactions in various types of amalgamation as well as a high risk level determined by uncertainty associated with the strategic decision-making, such system of indicators should be built as complex multi-tier structure excluding the possibility for unification. Each individual case of amalgamation is characterized by a unique set of factors influencing the conditions in which the integration process is performed. However, one may outline such indicators that are mandatory but are not always sufficient to substantiate the management decision-making about the appropriateness of the integration process, its feasibility, the degree of risk and the extent to which such amalgamation is efficient. A proper buildup of a complex system of indicators would allow giving a realistic assessment of economic practicability of the integration process and determining the level of its efficiency.
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Hossen, Md Kamal, Huzefa Kagdi, and Denys Poshyvanyk. "Amalgamating source code authors, maintainers, and change proneness to triage change requests." In the 22nd International Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2597008.2597147.
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Sharmila, K., R. Devi, J. Jebathangam, C. Shanthi, and P. Bhargavi Devi. "Amalgamation of Fingerprint with Audio Wave Using Binary Phase Shift Keying Technique To Indagate Change." In 2021 10th International Conference on System Modeling & Advancement in Research Trends (SMART). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/smart52563.2021.9676310.
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Wang, X. Q., R. M. C. So, and W. C. Xie. "Wavelet Analysis of Flow-Induced Forces on Two Side-by-Side Stationary Cylinders: Reynolds Number Effect." In ASME 2006 Pressure Vessels and Piping/ICPVT-11 Conference. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2006-icpvt-11-93874.
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In the present study, the effect of Reynolds number (Re) on flow interference between two side-by-side stationary cylinders and the associated flow-induced forces are investigated using a finite element method. The pitch ratio chosen is T/D = 1.7, and Re is varied within the range of laminar flow regime, i.e., 60 < Re < 200. The method of continuous wavelet transform is used to analyze flow-induced forces, especially their time-variant features. Flow patterns in the form of vorticity plot are presented to demonstrate the underlying physics. It is found that flow interference initially occurs in the inner vortices shed from the two cylinders, and extends to the outer vortices with increment of Re. The flow behind two cylinders undergoes three regimes: Regime I - unbiased gap flow, Regime II - stable biased gap flow, and Regime III - unstable gap flow. Flow-induced forces show significant variations when the flow transits from one regime to another. In particular, during the transition from Regime II to III, the forces not only increase by amplitude, but also change their nature from deterministic to random, and show some non-stationary features. This is shown to be caused by the amalgamation of inner and outer vortices behind the two cylinders when the flow interference extends from inner vortices to outer vortices. Whenever possible, the present results are compared with experimental measurements and theoretical predictions. The numerical simulations are consistent with these other results.
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Gupta, Saraj, and Gu¨l E. Okudan. "Framework for Generating Modularized Product Designs With Assembly and Variety Considerations." In ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2008-50049.
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Conceptual design is found to be the most ambiguous and creative phase of design. There exist only a few computational tools that aid designers at conceptual design stage, and mostly designers rely on personal experience or experience of coworkers to generate quality designs. The proposed framework aims at generating robust computerized conceptual designs by incorporating Modularity, Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Variety (DFV) principles at the conceptual stage. Conceptual design alternatives obtained from the proposed framework are ranked based on minimum assembly time, and are composed of modules in a way that future changes in customer needs are satisfied only by replacing certain modules. The framework involves searching a design repository of components by using functional-basis and pre-defined graph grammar rules, to generate all possible conceptual design alternatives. These design alternatives are ranked and filtered using a DFA index, and top two alternatives are selected. Selected designs are modularized and filtered using a DFV index to obtain the best design alternative. This paper provides a detailed discussion of the framework obtained by amalgamating Modularity, DFA, and DFV. Working of the proposed framework is demonstrated with the help of an electronic toothbrush design example.
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Draper, Scott, Weidong Yao, Liang Cheng, Joe Tom, and Hongwei An. "Estimating the Rate of Scour Propagation Along a Submarine Pipeline in Time-Varying Currents and in Fine Grained Sediment." In ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2018-77981.
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Estimating the horizontal rate of scour propagation along a submarine pipeline is a key step in estimating changes in the pipelines burial state and on-bottom stability due to sediment transport. However, whilst recent work has been undertaken to estimate the horizontal rate for non-cohesive uniform sands in steady current, in field conditions currents can vary in time and the sediment can be fine grained and exhibit very different erosion properties to sand. As a first attempt to account for these complications, in this paper we present results from a series of experiments designed to measure the rate of scour along a model pipeline in time varying currents and in a fine grained sediment. The scour experiments are also supplemented by erosion testing, which indicate that the erosion resistance of the fine grained sediment is larger than that predicted by the well-known Shields curve. Based on the scour experiments, it is found that in time-varying currents the scour rate can be predicted using an amalgamation of the results obtained for steady current conditions; this is a convenient result because theoretical predictions already exist for the scour rate in steady current conditions. In the fine grained sediment experiments, it is found that the horizontal rate of scour is much lower than that predicted by existing theoretical models that assume a non-cohesive sandy seabed. To provide an improved estimate of the horizontal rate of scour, a new theoretical model is introduced that relates the horizontal rate of scour to the measured erosion properties of the sediment. This new model is found to agree well with the experimental measurements. Although further experimental testing is recommended, in combination, it appears that these results may be used to better estimate the horizontal rate of scour in both time-varying and fine grained sediment.
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Shettigar, Nandan, Chun-Lin Yang, and C. Steve Suh. "On the Efficacy of Information Transfer in Complex Networks." In ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2021-73710.
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Abstract The adaptability of a complex network determines its ability to maintain stability in a time-dependent environment. These change in macrostate dynamics (time-varying properties in the form of adaptations) are facilitated through a respective change in the microstate configurations of a network. Consequently, these configurations are in terms of the cumulative interactions of the constituents which compose the network ensemble. The nonlinear culmination of these interactions (connections) result in emergent patterns. Therefore, defining the local degree of coupling (strength of connected interactions between constituents) and how these change over time is essential to determine the resultant global time-varying properties of a complex network. Thus, this study proposes the parameters of connectivity (degree of coupling) between constituents in terms of efficacy of information transmission and reception. The underlying logic is that the degree of coupling between two nodes (constituents) can be defined in terms of how much information is transmitted by a donor and how well this is received by the recipient. These parameters control the microstate configurations of a complex network from which macrostate dynamics emerges that govern the adaptability of the network. As global network dynamical properties are nonstationary, the individual (local) constituents and their couplings must also exhibit dynamic, nonstationary behaviors to maintain stability. These local factors result in highly nonlinear behaviors which produce an amalgamation of overall (global) synchronous and asynchronous emergent patterns based on a desired objective and physical system constraints. Furthermore, the intrinsically time-variant nature of the individual constituents and their connections have a particular degree of variance in the time and frequency domains. This characteristic of the degree of coupling controls and allows for change in the magnitude of information transfer between nodes (constituents) in the network. Thus, the adaptability of the degree of coupling and is the foundational basis that allows the global collective properties of a network system to have a high degree of adaptability and robustness to time-varying environments (external disruptions that can compromise system stability). Additionally, emergent behaviors result from the constructive (or destructive) interactions of local dynamics which can increase (or decrease) the influence of individual behaviors amidst the scales of a complex network. This produces a mix of global asynchronous and synchronous organization across spatial and temporal scales that correspond to stable ensemble behaviors. These spatiotemporal scales may exhibit statistical self-similarity. The specific type of emergent scales of behavior is regulated by the degree of coupling between constituents. Therefore, effectively regulating the degree of coupling between constituents is a fundamental basis in regulating a complex network’s capability to adapt to disturbances coming from within as well as without. General parameters defining the degree of coupling are the efficacy of information transmission and the efficacy of information reception. In this study, synaptic plasticity (the modulation of the degree of coupling between neurons) in the human brain is used as an example to enumerate how the parameters controlling the degree of coupling between nodes (the efficacy of information transmission and reception) can be defined, modeled and universally implemented to further a comprehensive understanding of the nonlinear and potential chaotic nature of complex networks in general.
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Sanyal, Madhurima. Caste and Gender Backlash: A Study of the #MeToo Movement in Tertiary Education in Kolkata, India. Institute of Development Studies, January 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/backlash.2023.001.
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In the light of the #MeToo movement, this paper explores how the positionality (in terms of caste and class) of female university students in Kolkata, India is employed as an instrument of backlash to pushback their efforts at making progressive change with regard to sexual harassment. The study includes an analysis of six semi-structured interviews based on an amalgamation of conventional and alternate understandings of backlash. It argues that conventional and alternate understandings are not independent of each other, but are interlinked and exist side by side. Backlash silences women and forestalls their demands and pushes crucial gender issues to the backburner.