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Maiza, Masfa. "An Analysis of Pre-Service Teachers’ Lesson Plan." Biormatika : Jurnal ilmiah fakultas keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan 5, no. 02 (September 30, 2019): 176–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.35569/biormatika.v5i02.518.
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Lesson plan is one of the pivotal parts in learning process since it provides the instructions in the classroom. This study deals with the investigation of the aspects of pre-service teachers’ lesson plans based on 2013 Curriculum. It used descriptive qualitative research. As many as ten lesson plans by five pre-service teachers were analysed using document analysis based on theory of Brown (2001) namely goals, objectives, materials and equipment, procedures and evaluation to collect data. The result shows that they are good in creating goals, material and equipment and procedure, but they should improve their ability in creating objectives and evaluation. In short, they are able to design English lesson plans based on its characteristics of 2013 curriculum
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Olken, Benjamin A. "Promises and Perils of Pre-Analysis Plans." Journal of Economic Perspectives 29, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 61–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.29.3.61.
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The purpose of this paper is to help think through the advantages and costs of rigorous pre-specification of statistical analysis plans in economics. A pre-analysis plan pre-specifies in a precise way the analysis to be run before examining the data. A researcher can specify variables, data cleaning procedures, regression specifications, and so on. If the regressions are pre-specified in advance and researchers are required to report all the results they pre-specify, data-mining problems are greatly reduced. I begin by laying out the basics of what a statistical analysis plan actually contains so those researchers unfamiliar with it can better understand how it is done. In so doing, I have drawn both on standards used in clinical trials, which are clearly specified by the Food and Drug Administration, as well as my own practical experience from writing these plans in economics contexts. I then lay out some of the advantages of pre-specified analysis plans, both for the scientific community as a whole and also for the researcher. I also explore some of the limitations and costs of such plans. I then review a few pieces of evidence that suggest that, in many contexts, the benefits of using pre-specified analysis plans may not be as high as one might have expected initially. For the most part, I will focus on the relatively narrow issue of pre-analysis for randomized controlled trials.
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Elismawati, Elismawati, Saunir Saun, Arwemi Arwemi, Hadeli Hadeli, and Hidayat Alazmi. "Analysis of the ELT Pre-Services Teacher Lesson Plan: A Case on the Vocabulary Discussion." Al-Ta lim Journal 29, no. 1 (February 27, 2022): 84–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.15548/jt.v29i1.750.
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As the lesson plan is considered of main requirements for both teacher and practiced teacher and vocabulary discussion is essential to include. This research is aimed to identify the vocabulary discussion used by teacher in the Lesson Plan. Using 22 peaces ELT ELT lesson plan, the research was done by implementing documentation study. Regarding the distinction indicators of both KTSP and K13 curriculum, it was found that the lesson have some limitation in using the vocabulary discussion in which there are only 9.09% of the lesson plan that included the vocabulary discussion as a step in the teaching of reading for comprehension before doing reading activity, and 4.55% offers it after the students read the text. Most of the documents do not include the steps of vocabulary discussion in the teaching of reading for comprehension. Finally, 19 or 86.36% that did not offer the vocabulary discussion.
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Pascoe, Elaine Mary, Serigne Lo, Anish Scaria, Sunil V. Badve, Elaine Mary Beller, Alan Cass, Carmel Mary Hawley, and David W. Johnson. "The Honeypot Randomized Controlled Trial Statistical Analysis Plan." Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis 33, no. 4 (July 2013): 426–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3747/pdi.2012.00310.
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BackgroundThe HONEYPOT study is a multicenter, open-label, blinded-outcome, randomized controlled trial designed to determine whether, compared with standard topical application of mupirocin for nasal staphylococcal carriage, exit-site application of antibacterial honey reduces the rate of catheter-associated infections in peritoneal dialysis patients.ObjectiveTo make public the pre-specified statistical analysis principles to be adhered to and the procedures to be performed by statisticians who will analyze the data for the HONEYPOT trial.MethodsStatisticians and clinical investigators who were blinded to treatment allocation and treatment-related study results and who will remain blinded until the central database is locked for final data extraction and analysis determined the statistical methods and procedures to be used for analysis and wrote the statistical analysis plan. The plan describes basic analysis principles, methods for dealing with a range of commonly encountered data analysis issues, and the specific statistical procedures for analyzing the primary, secondary, and safety outcomes.ResultsA statistical analysis plan containing the pre-specified principles, methods, and procedures to be adhered to in the analysis of the data from the HONEYPOT trial was developed in accordance with international guidelines. The structure and content of the plan provide sufficient detail to meet the guidelines on statistical principles for clinical trials produced by the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.ConclusionsMaking public the pre-specified statistical analysis plan for the HONEYPOT trial minimizes the potential for bias in the analysis of trial data and the interpretation and reporting of trial results.
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Cornell, M., G. A. White, R. O'Neal, P. Hua, J. Uhl, P. Hartman, A. Billoo, R. McCall, and B. Zegers. "Pre-Clinical Validation and Efficiency Analysis of Semi-Automated Plan Documentation Process." International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 108, no. 3 (November 2020): e206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1451.
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Burlig, Fiona. "Improving transparency in observational social science research: A pre-analysis plan approach." Economics Letters 168 (July 2018): 56–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.03.036.
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Botes, Wiets, and Emma Barnett. "The Analysis of Natural Science Lesson-Plans Integrating the Principles of Transformative Pedagogy." International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research 21, no. 10 (October 30, 2022): 249–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.21.10.13.
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This paper investigated how graduating Natural Science pre-service teachers were able to integrate the principles of Transformative Pedagogy in their lesson-plan designs. The study draws on the theoretical tenets of Transformative Pedagogy, a form of pedagogy that combines social constructivism and critical theory, in order to teach for equity and equality. The study was qualitative in nature; it and made use of a documentary analytical method to respond to the primary research question: how do graduating Natural Science pre-service teachers integrate the principles of Transformative Pedagogy in their lesson-plan designs? To respond to this primary research question, descriptive text that derived from the purposely selected sample of lesson-plan designs of the pre-service teachers was analysed. An analysis of the three-lesson plan designs revealed that the principles of Transformative Pedagogy, namely the “prompting of learners’ critical consciousness about social issues”, “the existence of open-dialogue amongst learners” and “learners’ engagement in educational collaborative practices” were thoughtfully considered and integrated within the lesson-plan designs. Based on the findings, this study holds a series of implications for future research in the scholarship of pre-service teacher development, especially in the field of science education. Given the ideals of Transformative Pedagogy, future research could focus on the capability of pre-service teachers to infuse the principles of Transformative Pedagogy in other science-related school subjects, such as Physical science and Chemistry teaching. Future research could also perhaps explore how pre-service teachers experience the integration of Transformative Pedagogy in their lessons.
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Gibbons, Kristen S., Luregn J. Schlapbach, Kerry Johnson, Stephen B. Horton, Debbie A. Long, John Beca, Simon Erickson, et al. "Statistical analysis plan for the NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial." Critical Care and Resuscitation 23, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.51893/2021.1.oa4.
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Abstract Background: The NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial, a 1320-patient, multicentre, randomised controlled trial, is aiming to improve survival free of ventilation after CPB by using nitric oxide delivered into the oxygenator of the CPB. Objective: To provide a statistical analysis plan before completion of patient recruitment and data monitoring. Final analyses for this study will adhere to this statistical analysis plan, which details all key pre-planned analyses. Stata scripts for analyses have been prepared alongside this statistical analysis plan. Methods: The statistical analysis plan was designed collaboratively by the chief investigators and trial statistician and builds on the previously published study protocol. All authors remain blinded to treatment allocation. Detail is provided on statistical analyses including cohort description, analysis of primary and secondary outcomes and adverse events. Statistical methods to compare outcomes are planned in detail to ensure methods are verifiable and reproducible. Results: The statistical analysis plan developed provides the trial outline, list of mock tables, and analysis scripts. The plan describes statistical analyses on cohort and baseline description, primary and secondary outcome analyses, process of care measures, physiological descriptors, and safety and adverse event reporting. We define the pre-specified subgroup analyses and the respective statistical tests used to compare subgroups. Conclusion: The statistical analysis plan for the NITRIC trial establishes detailed pre-planned analyses alongside Stata scripts to analyse the largest trial in the field of neonatal and paediatric heart surgery. The plan ensures standards for trial analysis validity aiming to minimise bias of analyses. Trial registration: ACTRN12617000821392
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Coffman, Lucas C., and Muriel Niederle. "Pre-Analysis Plans Have Limited Upside, Especially Where Replications Are Feasible." Journal of Economic Perspectives 29, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 81–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.29.3.81.
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The social sciences—including economics—have long called for transparency in research to counter threats to producing robust and replicable results. In this paper, we discuss the pros and cons of three of the more prominent proposed approaches: pre-analysis plans, hypothesis registries, and replications. They have been primarily discussed for experimental research, both in the field including randomized control trials and the laboratory, so we focus on these areas. A pre-analysis plan is a credibly fixed plan of how a researcher will collect and analyze data, which is submitted before a project begins. Though pre-analysis plans have been lauded in the popular press and across the social sciences, we will argue that enthusiasm for pre-analysis plans should be tempered for several reasons. Hypothesis registries are a database of all projects attempted; the goal of this promising mechanism is to alleviate the “file drawer problem,” which is that statistically significant results are more likely to be published, while other results are consigned to the researcher's “file drawer.” Finally, we evaluate the efficacy of replications. We argue that even with modest amounts of researcher bias—either replication attempts bent on proving or disproving the published work—or modest amounts of poor replication attempts—designs that are underpowered or orthogonal to the hypothesis—replications correct even the most inaccurate beliefs within three to five replications. We offer practical proposals for how to increase the incentives for researchers to carry out replications.
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Kwon, Min-Soo, Hyunwoo Lee, Bo-Yeon Hwang, and Jung-Woo Lee. "Easy, Fast, and Accurate Method of 3-Dimensional Mirror Plane Creation for Actual Clinical Users." Applied Sciences 10, no. 17 (September 3, 2020): 6141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10176141.
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The first thing to do before planning the surgical treatment of unilateral defects or the asymmetry of the facial area is probably establishing adequate mid-plane for comparison and analysis of the normal and affected side. In such cases, a mirror image can be useful to obtain customized and optimized mid-plane for specific individuals considering the degree of the defect and asymmetry. With the concept of the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm, the surface-based registration of the initial structure and mirrored structure allow us to generate a mirror plane that bisects the mid planes of each structure. This mirror plane would improve the quality of pre-operative evaluation and provide an appropriate start point for the treatment plan with as few errors as possible. Hence, the aim of this article is to introduce a method to create a mirror plane that can be assisting in increasing the accuracy of evaluation and analysis so a precise treatment plan would follow consequently.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Pre-analysis plan"
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Kotze, Sophia Catharina. "Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01302006-154411.
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Harant, Vladimír. "Marketingová strategie pre podnik Ing. Augustín Dobiš AD SPECTRUM." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222443.
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Diploma theses represents project of marketing a communication strategy of manufacturing company. This work includes situation analysis of present situation including evaluation of weaknesses and streghts of the company, opportunities and threaths and on the basis of this analysis particular marketing and communication strategy, budget and timing has been designed.
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Pinchuk, Tommy. "Optimization of pre-processing variables for hyperspectral analysis of focal plane array Fourier transform infrared images." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98769.
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A genetic algorithm was employed to select the optimal combination of preprocessing variables, including data pretreatment, data manipulation and feature extraction procedures, for eventual clustering of a data set consisting of hyperspectral images acquired by a focal plane array Fourier transform infrared (FPA-FTIR) spectrometer. The data set consisted of infrared images of bacterial films, and the classification task investigated was the discrimination between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The genetic algorithm evaluated combinations of variables pertaining to bacterial film thickness tolerances, baseline correction, pixel co-addition, outlier removal, smoothing, mean centering, normalization, derivatization, integration and principal component selection. Following numerous iterations of unsupervised processing, the genetic algorithm arrived at a sub-optimal solution yielding a clustering accuracy of 97.8% and a data utilization of 28.6%. The results provided insight into the co-dependencies of the pre-processing variables and their consequential effect on the selected data. The robustness of the classification model was evaluated and reinforced by the successful classification of two distinct validation sets. The overall success of the genetic algorithm suggests that it is an effective time saving resource for the optimization of pre-processing variables that does not require operator intervention.
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Plank, Simon Manuel [Verfasser], Kurosch [Akademischer Betreuer] Thuro, Günter [Akademischer Betreuer] Strunz, and Richard H. G. [Akademischer Betreuer] Bamler. "Pre-survey suitability analysis of the differential and persistent scatterer synthetic aperture radar interferometry method for deformation monitoring of mass movements and subsidence / Simon Manuel Plank. Gutachter: Günter Strunz ; Richard H. G. Bamler ; Kurosch Thuro. Betreuer: Kurosch Thuro." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2012. http://d-nb.info/103151466X/34.
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Kristjónsdóttir, Marta Karen. "Shaping the Climate Action trajectory within the Fashion Industry : a case study of a Small Medium Sized Enterprise." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388637.
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The apparel and footwear industry’s contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the fifth largest per industry, equal to that of livestock, after electricity and heat, oil and gas, agriculture, and transportation (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017). For industry-wide emissions reduction, investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency programs across highest impacting life cycle phases offer the most effective solution. However, identifying the highest impacting life cycles phases shows varied results depending on the particular type of business model under examination. This paper responds to the lack of existing data and empirical research on how to accurately measure, report and reduce carbon emissions across the highly complex and globally interconnected apparel value chain. This is done through a single case study investigation of an Icelandic fashion brand. A hybrid approach of a standard Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the Sustainable Global Value Chain (SGVC) functions to produce a Hotspot Identification Tool (HIT) to establish a holistic portrayal of business operations in relation to emission impacts and level of controllability across Scopes. The conceptual analysis and qualitative results identify the most relevant emission hotspots to lie within the company’s privately owned manufacturing facilities, as well as the procurement phase, due to its direct connection with and influence on material production, user phase, and end-of-life. The main obstacle in this pursuit is identified as restriction of resources in terms of time, capital and expertise. It is suggested that this be overcome by joining a Multi-Stakeholder Initiative where resources and expertise is pooled in a pre-competitive manner to reach common objectives. The investigation further suggests a need for global fashion brands to leverage their influential position on down- and upstream activities across the value chain, i.e. with their supply chain partners and consumers. I argue that fashion brands play an integral role in supporting local efforts to build a decarbonisation pathway towards climate neutral economies on a global scale.
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"Marketing Thai cuisine in China: pre-entry analysis, feasibility study and marketing plan." 2000. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5895779.
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by Chu King Shun, Ng Siu Ting.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-88).
Questionnaire in Chinese.
ABSTRACT --- p.I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.II
LIST OF TABLES --- p.VI
Chapter CHAPTER I - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter CHAPTER II - --- METHODOLOGY --- p.4
Data and Information Collection --- p.4
Primary Data --- p.4
Secondary Data --- p.5
Data Analysis and Interpretation --- p.6
Target Market Analysis --- p.7
Marketing Plan --- p.8
Assumptions --- p.9
Limitations --- p.10
Chapter CHAPTER III - --- DATA ANALYSIS --- p.11
Descriptive Analysis --- p.11
Socio-demographic Characteristics --- p.11
Respondents' Perception of Thai Food --- p.13
Respondents' Willingness to Try Thai Food --- p.14
Respondents' Willingness to Spend on Thai Food --- p.15
Respondents' Frequency of Having Dinner in Foreign Restaurants --- p.17
Respondents' Average Spending Per Meal --- p.18
Reasons for Respondents to Visit Foreign Restaurants --- p.19
Channels that Usually Provide Respondents Information about Restaurants --- p.20
Respondents，Method of Payment --- p.21
Respondents，Preference of the Location of a Thai Restaurant in China --- p.21
Respondents' Staple Food --- p.22
Perceived Requirement of a Thai Restaurant --- p.23
Difference between Chinese Male and Female's Perceived Requirements of a Thai Restaurant --- p.25
Comparison of Chinese' Perceived Requirements of a Thai Restaurant for Different Region Groups --- p.26
Comparison of ChINEese' Perceived Requirements of a Thai Restaurant for Different Occupation Groups --- p.28
Comparison of Chinese' Perceived Requirements of a Thai Restaurant for Different Income Groups --- p.29
Chapter CHAPTER IV - --- PRE-ENTRY ANALYSIS --- p.31
Economic Environment --- p.31
General Economy --- p.31
Foreign Trade and Investment --- p.31
Economic Relations with Hong Kong --- p.32
Political Environment --- p.32
Reforms --- p.32
Legal --- p.33
SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT --- p.35
Profile of Chinese Consumers Diversifying --- p.35
Chapter CHAPTER V - --- FEASIBILITY STUDY --- p.39
Market Opportunity --- p.39
Economic Development --- p.39
Taste Preference of Chinese --- p.40
Accessibility of Factors of Production --- p.42
Labor --- p.42
Raw Materials --- p.43
Capital --- p.43
Government Regulation --- p.44
Forms of Ownership --- p.44
Exchange Control --- p.44
Chapter CHAPTER VI - --- RECOMMENDATION --- p.46
Target Market --- p.46
Geographic Analysis --- p.46
Demographic Analysis ´ؤ Occupation --- p.47
Demographic Analysis ´ؤ Income Level --- p.48
Entry Mode --- p.49
Evaluation on Various Modes of Entry --- p.49
Recommendation for Setting up a Thai Restaurant in China --- p.50
Marketing Plan --- p.51
Price --- p.51
Product --- p.53
Place --- p.54
Promotion --- p.56
Chapter CHAPTER VII - --- CONCLUSION --- p.60
APPENDIX --- p.62
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.87
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Woodward, Jason E. "Optimizing efficacy and economic benefits of fungicides for peanut disease control via pre-plant analysis of disease risk and irrigation timing." 2006. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/woodward%5Fjason%5Fe%5F200608%5Fphd.
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Khesa, Neo. "Performance evaluation, exergy analysis and optimization of a natural gas combined cycle power plant retrofitted with pre-combustion capture and power-to-gas." Thesis, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/31288.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2020Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), fuel switching (switching from coal to natural gas fired power) and renewables are some of the most promising means with which mankind can combat climate change. Natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants, which make use of both gas fired and steam cycle power generation are the most suitable and efficient fossil fuel power plants that can respond to renewable intermittence. Retrofitting the NGCC power plants with pre-combustion CSS allows the power plant to maintain its flexibility whilst capturing CO2 because pre-combustion capture occurs upstream; decoupled from the power cycle. Power to gas (PtG) is a promising technology being developed to overcome renewable intermittence through electrical energy storage (EES). It involves feeding off peak renewable energy to a water electrolyser which splits water into H2 and O2 before using the H2 to valorise CO2 from an industrial emission source into renewable methane in a methanation unit. The methanation unit is composed of Sabatier reactors that need to have their temperature controlled through recycle of their product gasses. The electrolysis can either be conducted at high temperature using an equimolar feed in water and CO2 in what is known as high temperature co-electrolysis (HTCE) or it can be conducted at lower temperatures using only water as a feed in what is known as low temperature electrolysis (LTE). A major by-product from both processes is high temperature methanation heat from the Sabatier reactors. This thesis presents studies on power to gas retrofitted to both LTE and HTCE electrolysers. The two processes were compared on: their ability to produce methane suitable for transportation in natural gas pipelines, their ability to produce renewable methane for onsite storage and their also compared on their energy and exergy efficiency’s. The two setups were also retrofitted to a NGCC power plant which itself was retrofitted with a pre-combustion capture sorbent enhanced water gas shift carbon capture and sequestration upstream. No effort is made within the setup to make use of the available heat in the reforming section; with HRSG steam extraction supplying all the required steam for the reformer. This was done with the goal of determining the utility in retrofitting the high temperature methanation heat with the power plant steam cycle for waste heat recovery. The baseline and capture plant efficiencies were also determined and compared with what is stated in the literature. A novel adaptation to an existing method for determining the physical exergy content of mass streams for flow sheet simulators was developed for ASPEN plus. The fundamental thermodynamic principles were first derived, before being interpreted according to the work of pioneers on the subject and then adapted for use in ASPEN plus. The adaptation involved developing a flow-sheet that could be used to acquire the important stream information from ASPEN plus which could then be used to conduct the calculations using excel or any other software of your choosing. A means of using the flowsheet to determine the thermal and pressure exergy components of the physical exergy of mass streams was also discussed. Additionally, a novel means for the designing HRSG’s for thermal power plants was developed that can be used with flowsheet simulators; a long-standing problem that has made research of power plant setups via simulation somewhat questionable until now. This technique was used to come up with a more accurate estimate for the efficiency penalty associated with pre-combustion carbon capture and sequestration on natural gas power plants. It was also used to determine the mechanical work that could be generated upon heat integration between the NGCC capture plant and the PtG retrofits. The technique developed could be implemented on a thermal power plant setup generating electricity from any hydrocarbon feed or waste heat stream with single or multi-pressure HRSG’s. It will especially prove useful for fossil fuel power plants that utilise HRSG steam extraction to provide the necessary steam for their CCS retrofits as well as geothermal, and combined heat and power plants. It can also be used to determine the efficiency of nuclear power plants with greater accuracy through simulation. The baseline NGCC power plant was simulated successfully and found to have a higher heating value [HHV] and lower heating value [LHV] efficiencies of 53.52% and 59.32% respectively which matched what is reported in the literature. Then the pre-combustion capture NGCC power plant was simulated and found to have lower than expected HHV and LHV efficiencies of 29.92% and 33.17% respectively. The LHV efficiency was 13.83% lower than what is reported in the literature of 47% and the HHV efficiency was 12.48% lower than what is reported in the literature of 42.4%.This disparity was attributed to the fact that a steam cycle flow-sheet for an NGCC pre-combustion capture power plant fitted with SEWGS is yet to be modelled in as much detail as it has in this thesis. This observation is backed by the exergy analysis (developed near the end of the study) conducted on the capture plant which found that the steam extracted for providing the necessary energy for the pre-combustion capture retrofit possess 35 MW of exergy. This amounts to 29.19% of the exergy available within the steam that reports to the turbines which explains the larger than expected efficiency penalty. The accuracy with which the exergy analysis was able to account for the drop in power production proves that the method proposed for conducting exergy analysis for flow-sheet simulators works. There is much potential to improve the performance of the retrofitted plant, with the exergy analysis revealing that there is 42.29 MW in exergy within the mass stream reporting from the SEWGS flash unit within the pre-combustion capture retrofit. The pre-combustion capture retrofit contributes 13% to the irreversibility of the entire capture plant. The molar composition of the product stream from the HTCE electrolyser is composed of: 38.8% carbon dioxide, 30.96% carbon monoxide and 30.24% hydrogen. This was attributed to the fact that only 48.3% of the water and CO2 fed was converted in the electrolyser, to produce H2, CO and O2 in an equimolar ratio according to the main reaction. When this product is used as feed to the methanation unit only one Sabatier reactor was needed to completely react all the hydrogen that was fed in. The final product failed to meet the specifications for pipeline transport with a methane composition of only 21% and a carbon dioxide composition of 76.53%. The Sabatier reactor reached a temperature of 313°C at the maximum Sabatier reactor recycle fraction of 0.9. The composition of the product stream from the LTE electrolyser was composed entirely of hydrogen due to the fact that it had a conversion of 99.99% after being fed a stream composed of 100% water. Since the hydrogen stream reporting from the electrolyser is pure; all the carbon dioxide required for methanation was fed to first Sabatier reactor. To ensure that there was enough CO2 and CO to satisfy the reaction stoichiometry for complete reaction within the methanation unit; the flow of water to the electrolyser was adjusted so that the molar flow in hydrogen from the unit is 4 times the molar flow of CO2 added to three times the molar flow of CO2 coming from the capture plant. The molar composition of methane coming from the first Sabatier reactor was 70.87% and the temperature of the reactor was 436.16°C at the maximum recycle fraction of 0.9. The product from the second Sabatier reactor was able to reach a composition in methane adequate for pipeline transport of 95 mole% for a recycle fraction of 78% at a reactor temperature of 259°C. A heat integration study determined that integrating the methanation heat in the HTCE PtG process with the HRSG in the pre-combustion capture NGCC power plant would reduce the LHV efficiency of the power plant by 48.85% to -15.68% whilst storing renewable energy. Another heat integration study determined that integrating the methanation heat in the LTE PtG process with the HRSG in the pre-combustion capture NGCC power plant would improve the LHV efficiency of the power plant by 6.32% to 39.49% whilst storing renewable energy. The LTE NGCC pre-combustion capture setup was deemed an adequate renewable adaptation to the traditional NGCC peaker plant. HTCE was deemed unsuitable as source of waste heat. A thermodynamic study determined that the efficiency of the HTCE electrolyser and the entire HTCE PtG processes were 31.49% and 42.21% with methane storage. The same study determined that the efficiency of the entire HTCE PtG processes will be 43.45% when the methane is prepared for pipeline transport instead. The exergy efficiency of the HTCE electrolyser and that of the entire HTCE PtG process were 87.07% and 84% respectively with methane storage. And the exergy efficiency of the entire HTCE PtG processes was 87% when the methane is prepared for pipeline transport. The electrolyser was found to contribute the most to the irreversibility within the retrofit (73%) and as a recommendation it is suggested that the temperature of the processes be lowered. Another study determined that the efficiency of the LTE electrolyser and that of the entire LTE PtG processes were 83.52% and 55.95% respectively with methane storage. When methane is prepared for pipeline transport instead the efficiency of the entire processes was 56.79%. The exergy efficiency of the LTE electrolyser and that of the entire LTE PtG retrofit were found to be 83.23% and 83.71% respectively with methane storage. The exergy efficiency of the entire processes was found to be 84.30% when the methane was prepared for pipeline transport instead. The electrolyser was again found to contribute most to the irreversibility within the retrofit (91%) and as a recommendation it is suggested that the temperature of the process also be lowered
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Books on the topic "Pre-analysis plan"
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GZA, GeoEnvironmental Inc. Release abatement measure plan: Pre-construction remediation activities (Former) Everett Staging Yard, 1 Horizon Way, Everett, Massachusetts. Norwood, Mass: GZA, 2015.
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Gordon, Jayme Anne. An analysis of pre-settlement biomass and vegetation in northwest Whatcom County, Washington, circa late 19th century. Bellingham, WA: Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University, 1997.
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Goodyear, Albert C., and Christopher R. Moore, eds. Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain. University Press of Florida, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683400349.001.0001.
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This book is a collection of articles written by established researchers on the early prehistory of the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern U.S. The Coastal Plain is considered both geographically, as it extends from Virginia to Alabama, and chronologically, over potentially the last 50,000 years. Topics considered are the Pre-Clovis at Topper, Capps, and Vero Site; the potential for inundated early sites on the shelf; the mapping and petrography of Coastal Plain chert sources; the Paleoindians on the South Carolina Coastal Plain; the Younger Dryas and the Cosmic Impact Hypothesis; site burial and Coastal Plain sedimentary processes; the Early Archaic period with different scales of spatial analysis; the broader view of the Southeastern Atlantic Slope as it has been researched over the past forty years; and the long view of early human ecology and migrations from North America and the Old World.
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Guerrieri, Pilar Maria. Negotiating Cultures. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199479580.001.0001.
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This book focuses on the city of Delhi, one of the largest mega-cities in the world, and examines—from a historical perspective—the processes of hybridization between cultures within its local architecture and urban planning from 1912, when the British Town Planning Committee for New Delhi was formed, to 1962, when the first Master plan was implemented. The research originates directly from primary documents and examines how and to what extent the city plans, the neighbourhoods, the types of residential, public buildings and the architectural styles have changed over time. The analysis of architectural elements, the city and its intricacies, is in itself useful to understand how foreign models were adopted, how much resistance was encountered, and how much adaptation there was to local conditions. The book establishes and demonstrates that Delhi has played an active role in the complex process of hybridization in both the pre- and post-Independence periods, developing its own character as opposed to merely accepting what was brought from abroad. Both periods have been characterized by a resilient and continuing compromise between indigenous and foreign elements and thus the post-1947 period cannot be construed as more ‘indigenous’ than that which preceded it. Delhi can be considered to be a comprehensive model or case study of the intermingling and conflict of cultures; its initial transition period, when the actual mega-city was born, gives an important starting point to critically investigate the current phenomenon of globalization.
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Chalabi, Azadeh. A Cross-Case Analysis of NHRAPs of Fifty-Three Countries. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198822844.003.0006.
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Part III, ‘Empirical Perspectives’, contains only one chapter, Chapter 5, which presents the results of a cross-case analysis of national human rights action plans of fifty-three countries. Adopting a purposive sampling technique, these countries are selected on the basis of four main criteria, namely human rights record, geographical diversity, political regimes, and cultural diversity. This comprehensive cross-case study follows two objectives. The first objective of this chapter is to unearth significant problems in the ‘pre-phase’ and the four phases of planning, namely ‘preparatory phase’, ‘development phase’, ‘implementing phase’, and ‘assessment phase’. These problems are significantly detrimental to the effective implementation of human rights and their identification will substantially help generate response strategies. These are best addressed by attempting to mitigate their root causes as opposed to only correcting the immediately obvious symptoms. This brings us to the chapter’s second objective, which is to explore the underlying causes of these problems.
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French, Jeff, ed. Social Marketing and Public Health. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198717690.001.0001.
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The premise of this book is that those concerned with public health need to put a lot more effort into understanding why people act as they do and then into using this understanding to develop and deliver social improvement intervention programmes. We need to understand what people are prepared to buy into if we are going to make a significant impact on issues such as smoking or infection control. We need to enable and empower people so that their energy, understanding, and skills are harnessed as part of the solution to improving health. Social marketing is an approach that recognizes that if we are to be successful, it is not about doing things to people but about working with and for them. The second key theme of this book is the need for public health programmes to be more rigorously researched, designed, developed, implemented, and evaluated. Too many public policy interventions have unclear or unrealistic aims, poor pre-testing and piloting, and often weak evaluation. A key feature and strength of social marketing is its obsession with systemic analysis and systematic programme development and implementation. Without clear measurable objectives and cogent implementation plans, little may be achieved or learned about how to help people that can be used to refine new interventions. This book is intended to give the reader a structured learning experience that results in a good understanding of social marketing principles and techniques, alongside examples of real interventions that have made a difference to people’s lives.
Book chapters on the topic "Pre-analysis plan"
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Shi, He, Qun Yang, Bo Wang, Shaohan Liu, and Kai Zhou. "Syntactic Analysis of Power Grid Emergency Pre-plans Based on Transfer Learning." In Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering. Big Data and Machine Learning, 175–86. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36204-1_14.
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Galun, Esra, Dvora Aviv, Adina Breiman, Hillel Fromm, Avihai Perl, and Aliza Vardi. "Cybrids in Nicotiana, Solanum and Citrus: Isolation and Characterization of Plastome Mutants: Pre-Fusion Treatments, Selection and Analysis of Cybrids." In Plant Molecular Biology, 199–207. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7598-6_19.
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Misra, Biswapriya B. "A Workflow in Single Cell-Type Metabolomics: From Data Pre-Processing and Statistical Analysis to Biological Insights." In OMICS-Based Approaches in Plant Biotechnology, 105–27. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119509967.ch6.
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Benshaul-Tolonen, Anja, Garazi Zulaika, Marni Sommer, and Penelope A. Phillips-Howard. "Measuring Menstruation-Related Absenteeism Among Adolescents in Low-Income Countries." In The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, 705–23. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_52.
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Abstract Benshaul-Tolonen et al. shine a light on two methodological issues impacting a research question that has received much attention recently: whether the provision of menstrual hygiene products reduces schoolgirls’ absenteeism in low-income countries. First, they identify bias in data sources, such as school records and recall data. Second, they show that limiting the focus to menstrual-related absenteeism obscures other threats that menstruation poses to educational attainment, health, and psychosocial well-being. To address these issues, the authors recommend the use of mixed methods, pre-analysis plans, and thoughtful consideration and validation of variables prior to study implementation. They also caution policymakers against overreliance on absenteeism as the sole outcome and overinterpreting results from existing studies that often lack scope and precision. They conclude with a call for more research on the links between menstruation and concentration, learning, self-esteem, and pain management.
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Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja, Robert Kasner, and Andrzej Tomporowski. "Applying the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Estimate the Environmental Impact of Selected Phases of a Production Process of Forming Bottles for Beverages." In Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management, 73–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77127-0_7.
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AbstractThe study concerns the current issues of the impact of packaging on the natural environment. The main goal was to analyse the life cycle (LC) of a beverage bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate. The functional unit comprised a total of 1000 PET bottles with a capacity of 1 l. The limit of the adopted system included steps from the moment of delivery of preforms to the production plant until they were properly shaped in the process of forming beverage bottles. Excluded from the system were the further stages of the production process, such as beverage bottling, labelling or storage/distribution. The processes related to the transport and storage of the raw material were also excluded. The LCA analysis was performed using the program of the Dutch company Pre Consultants called SimaPro 8.4.0. The “ReCiPe 2016” method was selected for the interpretation of lists of emitted chemicals. The results of the tests were presented graphically on bar charts and verified and interpreted.
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Orlando, Vittorio. "Post-Truth Politics, Brexit, and European Disintegration." In Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics, 103–27. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13694-8_6.
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AbstractThis chapter analyses the effect of post-truth on European disintegration, a process that led to the strengthening of Eurosceptic political parties and the Brexit referendum. This work has the twofold purpose of analysing the role of PPT in the Leave campaign and discussing its implications from a theoretical standpoint. The chapter consists of four parts. The first one includes an overview of the literature on European disintegration, Brexit, and post-truth; it also offers a conceptualisation of post-factual politics, discussing how the notion evolved and how it relates to misinformation. The second part consists of an analysis of the Leave campaign; it identifies the actors behind misinformation and their role before and during the referendum campaign. The third section is an empirical analysis of the discourse on Brexit, with a focus on factually ambiguous or incorrect statements. The ties between deception and politics are further analysed in the fourth part, attempting to describe to which extent, during a crisis, political actors can exploit pre-existing ideological forces to construct a specific narrative. The conclusion addresses the effectiveness of misinformation on the Leave campaign and whether a similar approach will play a more significant role in the ongoing debate on EU integration. The ambition of the chapter is to analyse misinformation as a tool to create consensus, looking at the actors employing it, its effectiveness, and its role as a causal factor in the Leave campaign and the process of European disintegration.
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Costa, Valentina. "The Maker Movement: From the Development of a Theoretical Reference Framework to the Experience of DENSA Coop. Soc." In Makers at School, Educational Robotics and Innovative Learning Environments, 133–39. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77040-2_18.
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AbstractThe Maker Movement, which has for years received much attention, still presents many economic, social and educational implications that are ripe for investigation. The movement’s community of practice can be defined as “a knowledge-building community” (Scardamalia and Bereiter, The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences, pp 97–115, 2006) as cited in Martin (Martin, J Pre-Coll Eng Educ Res (J-PEER) 5(1):4, 36 2015). This apt definition, which refers to the hyper complex, connected society that engendered it, opens up new possibilities in the field of education. The main goal of this reflective paper is linked to the creation of a theoretical framework that could explain and support the movement’s background. This will lead to an analysis of three different pedagogical models (Célestin Freinet, Loris Malaguzzi, Bruno Munari) that have much in common with the Maker Movement. We focused our study on the most positive traits of makers: social inclusion, democracy and the failure-positive/collaborative approach. Considering the importance of the European Union’s Key Competences, our aim was to create a bridge between the “maker mindset” (Dougherty, Design, make, play, pp 9, 25–29, 2013) and these competences, in order to consider the possibility of introducing the movement into the national curriculum. The point of contact between the two can be the basis for promoting active citizenship, grounded, naturally, in the Key Competences. Subsequently, to test our analysis in the first part of our reflection, we look at the experience of DENSA (Developing Edutainment for New Skills and Attitudes) Coop. Soc.
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Bhavani, Sridhar, Ravi P. Singh, David P. Hodson, Julio Huerta-Espino, and Mandeep Singh Randhawa. "Wheat Rusts: Current Status, Prospects of Genetic Control and Integrated Approaches to Enhance Resistance Durability." In Wheat Improvement, 125–41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90673-3_8.
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AbstractThe three rusts are the most damaging diseases of wheat worldwide and continue to pose a threat to global food security. In the recent decades, stem rust races belonging to the Ug99 (TTKSK) and Digalu (TKTTF) race group resurfaced as a major threat in Africa, the Middle East and Europe threatening global wheat production. In addition, the evolution and migration of new aggressive races of yellow rust adapted to warmer temperatures into Europe and Asia from Himalayan region are becoming a significant risk in several wheat production environments. Unique and complex virulence patterns, continuous evolution to overcome effective resistance genes in varieties, shifts in population dynamics, transboundary migration have resulted in localized/regional epidemics leading to food insecurity threats. This underscores the need to identify, characterize, and deploy effective rust resistant genes from diverse sources into pre-breeding lines and future wheat varieties. The use of genetic resistance and deployment of multiple race specific and pleiotropic adult plant resistance genes in wheat lines can enhance resistance durability. Recent advances in sequencing annotated wheat reference genome with a detailed analysis of gene content among sub-genomes will not only accelerate our understanding of the genetic basis of rust resistance bread wheat, at the same time wheat breeders can now use this information to identify genes conferring rust resistance. Progress in genetic mapping techniques, new cloning techniques and wheat transformation methods over the last two decades have not only resulted in characterizing new genes and loci but also facilitated rapid cloning and stacking multiple genes as gene cassettes which can be future solution for enhancing durable resistance.
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Tollenaar, Nicolaes. "Pre-Insolvency Proceedings: Objective and Justification." In Pre-Insolvency Proceedings, 38–80. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198799924.003.0003.
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This chapter starts with a brief outline of the pre-insolvency plan in the conceptual form proposed in this book. It then goes on to develop a normative foundation for pre-insolvency proceedings and formulates the boundary conditions that must be satisfied for their application. As part of the analysis the concepts of fair market value and liquidation value are examined and the differences between price and value are discussed. The chapter explains why pre-insolvency proceedings are to be conceived as a collective debt enforcement instrument of the creditors rather than a rehabilitation instrument of the debtor. The chapter concludes by defining pre-insolvency as the stage at which insolvency has become inevitable and argues that this is the earliest possible triggering event for the use of a collective enforcement procedure, such as the plan mechanism in the proposed form.
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Martins, Ana R., Inês C. R. Henriques, Andre Brunoni, and Felipe Fregni. "Design and Analysis of Surveys." In Critical Thinking in Clinical Research, edited by Sandra Carvalho, Gustavo Rivara, Andre Brunoni, and Felipe Fregni, 434–56. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199324491.003.0021.
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This chapter discusses the most important aspects of designing, administrating, and analyzing surveys in clinical research. It highlights the different topics of the main stages of survey research. It reviews the design and planning phase, especially focusing on the definition of the survey research question. It discusses the process of instrument design, from planning and development to pre-test and validation, types of sampling, and methods for survey administration. It also reviews the importance of the data analysis plan and report. Furthermore, it refers to potential problems and pitfalls, as well as legal and ethical issues encountered when conducting surveys, and strategies to address them. Finally, it includes a case study and explores different questions to be addressed when using surveys in clinical research.
Conference papers on the topic "Pre-analysis plan"
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Kondo, Takao, Masao Chaki, Yukiharu Ohga, and Moriyasu Abe. "Thermal Hydraulic Test of Advanced BWR Fuel Bundle With Spectral Shift Rod (SSR): Overview and Pre-Test Analysis by TRACG Code." In 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone18-29967.
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Japanese national project of next generation light water reactor (LWR) development started in 2008. As one of its development items, the thermal-hydraulic test of spectral shift rod (SSR) is planned. A new component called SSR, which replaces conventional water rod (WR) of boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel bundle, was invented to enhance the BWR’s merit, spectral shift effect for uranium saving. In SSR, water boils by neutron and gamma-ray direct heating and water level is formed as a boundary of the upper steam region and the lower water region. This SSR water level can be controlled by core flow rate, which amplifies core void fraction change, resulting in the amplified spectral shift effect. In this paper, its test plan overview and pre-test analysis by TRACG code is presented. The test plan was developed with the purpose of evaluating SSR thermal-hydraulic characteristics at the actual BWR operating condition (7MPa), such as the controllability of SSR water level, and obtaining data for the validation of calculation method. In the test plan, several types of SSR simulation which covers SSR design in both next generation BWR and conventional BWR were designed. Also test operating conditions such as thermal-hydraulic parameters are determined. In order to evaluate these test specifications, pre-test analysis by TRACG code was conducted. Analysis results of each parameter’s effect on SSR characteristics are consistent with SSR mechanism, which shows that the actual operating condition for SSR fuel is simulated well.
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Faber, Michael H., Daniel Straub, John D. So̸rensen, and Jesper Tychsen. "Field Implementation of RBI for Jacket Structures." In ASME 2003 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2003-37304.
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The present paper first gives a brief outline of the simplified and generic approach to reliability and risk based inspection planning and thereafter sets focus on a recent application of the methodology for planning of in-service NDT inspections of the fixed offshore steel jacket structures in the DUC concession area in the Danish part of the North-Sea. The platforms are operated by Maersk Oil and Gas on behalf of DUC partners A.P. Mo̸ller, Shell and Texaco. The study includes a sensitivity analysis performed for the identification of relevant generic parameters such as the bending to membrane stress ratio, the design fatigue life and the material thickness. Based on the results of the sensitivity analysis a significant number of inspection plans were computed for fixed generic parameters (pre-defined generic plans) and a data-base named iPlan was developed from which inspection plans may be obtained by interpolation between the pre-defined generic plans. The iPlan data-base facilitates the straightforward production of large numbers of inspection plans for structural details subject to fatigue deterioration. In the paper the application of the generic inspection plan database iPlan is finally illustrated on an example.
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Arrington, Nancy McBride. "Examining Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy for Enhancing Literacy of Diverse Learners through Music." In Third International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head17.2017.5415.
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The sense of efficaciousness for teaching diverse learners was examined with twenty-four pre-service teachers concurrently enrolled in a junior-level Creative Arts methods course and a field experience course with placements in K-2 general education classrooms. The pre-service teachers participated in music and literacy activities in their university class, then planned and implemented standards-based music activities in literacy lessons with their young students. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected, including a teacher self-efficacy scale, an attitude survey, written reflections, interviews, open-ended responses, and lesson plans. Results demonstrated a significant increase in the pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy in pre-post ratings analysis and indicated that this project contributed to their efficacy for meeting needs of diverse learners in the elementary classrooms. The pre-service teachers demonstrated proactive classroom management and reflected upon their students’ increased focus in class. The pre-service teachers indicated that their success with these types of projects encouraged them to plan for similar implementation with their future diverse learners, potentially contributing to a positive impact on their future performance. Additionally, this project emanated Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by encouraging self-reflection; examining and applying effective teaching strategies; and advancing the field of teacher education. Keywords: Self-Efficacy, Diverse Learners, Music Integration, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Tubbs, Richard L. "Simple Flip Chip Analysis Strategies." In ISTFA 1998. ASM International, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa1998p0307.
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Abstract Recent customer demands and advances in technology are expanding the use of flip chip ICs. The higher coefficients of thermal expansion differences and fragile nature of assemblies have made underfilling mandatory for product survival in the field. This article describes a few techniques employed for failure analysis of these complex devices: epoxy development, substrate pre-encapsulation, universal polishing media, cyanoacrylate use, substrate analysis, plan view sectioning/inspection, die backside polishing for infra-red inspection, and chemical deprocessing. Almost all of the techniques presented will involve traditional cross sectioning tools which can be applied to flip chips. These techniques include improvements to the traditional material analysis cross section as well as aids for die level electrical analysis and visual inspection methods. The article demonstrates that with the use of the described techniques, and literally no investment, any lab which can presently perform semiconductor related cross-sections, will be able to confidently expand into flip chips.
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Lanquetin, Bertrand, Pascal Collet, and Jose Esteve. "Structural Integrity Management for a Large Pre-Stressed Concrete Floating Production Unit." In ASME 2007 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2007-29535.
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Offshore Floating Production Units, usually deployed under long-term plan, handle the field production so they cannot be easily removed for dry-docking and repair. In order to constantly analyze and monitor the condition of the units, a tailor-made methodology has been developed and implemented since 2004 for the Integrity Management of our Floating Units currently in operation. The paper gives a description of this methodology, and then focuses on how the methodology was deployed for the large pre-stressed concrete Floating Production Unit (FPU) located offshore Congo on N’KOSSA field. This FPU is the largest existing pre-stressed concrete Floating Production Unit, built with high performance concrete, installed offshore since 1996 in 170 m water depth. She has now accumulated 10 years of production. A significant part of the methodology is based on a full Finite Element Model (FEM) with non-linear analysis capacity for the concrete structure, incorporating a description of passive and active steel. There is often an anchored perception that a concrete unit is something not requiring attention once installed. This paper shows otherwise, underlining the complexity of modeling the highly non linear characteristics of pre-stressed high performance concrete and degradation modes.
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Tsintsadze, Asie, Irina Vashakmadze, Irina Tavadze, and Lilit Meloyan-Phutkaradze. "Analysis of the Financial Market as a Driving Force of the Regional Economy in the Conditions of pre- and post – Pandemic." In 22nd International Scientific Conference. “Economic Science for Rural Development 2021”. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Economics and Social Development, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/esrd.2021.55.025.
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The pandemic has negatively affected the financial sector, as well as the real sector of the economy, both losses and credit risks in the financial market have increased on the background of the economic activity slowed-down. In 2019, the credit activity was high, however after the spread of the virus the activity slowed down significantly. This is natural, as due to the suspension of production –organizing, the unemployment has increased. Volume of the direct foreign investments has decreased by 42 %. Government of Georgia has developed an anti-crisis plan, important part of which is about the mitigation of deteriorated living conditions caused by the unemployment, whereas the National Bank of Georgia has pursued monetary and fiscal policies for the purpose of mitigation of negative influence of COVID-19 on the country’s financial sector and for the stimulation of the country's economy. In general, saving the business is considered as a priority. The current situation in the banking, insurance and stock markets and their role in the fight for maintaining the economic stability are analysed in the present article. It is important to note that, the insurance sector is the part of the economic, which did not need financial assistance in a difficult situation, but due to the common socio-economic situation, diseases caused by the stressful conditions of the population, it was necessary to make significant changes in the list of the insurance services. This, to the extent had led to some unforeseen costs, which had affected the financial conditions of the companies. According to the evaluation of the credit rating company -Fitch, the trustworthy policy implemented by the National Bank of Georgia, had played an important role in the maintenance of the financial stability and Georgian sovereign rating remained unchanged, at BB level, however, what parameters and in what area was the rating maintained and how the positions of the main players in the financial market have been changed, are the main directions of the article's research.
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Dudchenko, E., and Sergey Kruzhilin. "LANDSCAPE ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY OF SCHOOL № 4 IN THE MALOORLOVSKY KH.MARTYNOVSKY DISTRICT OF THE ROSTOV REGION." In Reproduction, monitoring and protection of natural, natural-anthropogenic and anthropogenic landscapes. FSBE Institution of Higher Education Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34220/rmpnnaal2021_174-180.
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The article presents the idea of reconstruction of landscaping and landscaping of the school site in the Maloorlovsky village of the Martynovsky district of the Rostov region. In the pre-project analysis of the territory, an inventory of green spaces was carried out, recommendations were given based on the results of the inventory on the choice of an assortment for landscaping. Taking into account current trends in landscaping, a new functional zoning and dendrological plan have been proposed. School grounds.
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Deng, Xi, Qingsong Liu, Jianming Zhou, Chen Xi, Shuo Hou, Qiang Liu, Guangyao Lu, Xudong Wei, and Liang Ni. "Dynamic Analysis and Experimental Study of the Multi-Point Support Structure Based on Similar Theory Under Thermal Environment." In 2022 29th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone29-93497.
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Abstract For the large high-temperature structure with multiple points of support, the support keys are not only subjected to the self-weight of the structure, but also to the static and dynamic loads in the assembly environment; on the other hand, the nonuniform temperature distribution forms different degrees of thermal stresses on the structure, while the thermal expansion effect has a significant impact on the assembly state of the support keys and the supports. As an over-constrained system, if the extreme assembly relationship between the bearing key and the support occurs, such as jamming, it will further deteriorate the pre-stress condition of the support system and seriously threaten the safety of the structure. Restricted by the size of the structure and test conditions, the scaled model is considered instead of the full-sized structure for dynamics analysis and experimental study to evaluate the safety and reliability of the support system under thermal environment. In this paper, the force state of the bearing system under operation is analyzed by combining numerical simulation and scaled model tests, the possible jamming risk during the application of the bearing is predicted and the corresponding plan is formulated. The effectiveness of the plan is verified by optimizing the clearance factor of the scaled model, which provides a reference for the safe design of multi-point support structures under thermal environment.
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Majidaie, Saeed, Muhammad Hamzi B Yakup, Nurul Nadhira Bt Idris, Ahmad Khanifar, Nor Idah Kechut, and Nourreddine Benayad. "An Advanced Three Phases Allocation Approach in Multi-Stacked Reservoirs with High Complexity on Historical Data During Field Development Plan." In ADIPEC. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211414-ms.
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Abstract Quality of commingled production data and reliability of back-allocation from stacked reservoirs with numerous platforms, wells, and strings play an important role in reservoir simulation modeling for history matching and prediction. A long historical data, limited surveillance data including routine well tests, pressure, and PLT, relying on conventional back-allocation for high water-cut strings with tubing integrity issues are the common pain points. The pre-HM tool is developed to provide a reliable and clean dataset for modeling. Pre-HM tool includes advanced functionalities such as data quality index (DQI), areal-vertical multiphase allocation, integrated allocation, leak identification and quantification. DQI is designed for a systematic interpretation to identify missing data, potential errors, and outliers in historical data. Multi-phase allocation helps to improve areal and vertical allocation based on the water cut behavior type curve compared to the conventional KH-method. Integrated allocation is designed to handle the uncertainties associated with metering and back-allocation using the multi-solutions approach. Clustering and ranking processes for similar solutions are validated against material balance to propose the best solutions for modeling. This technology has been deployed in several fields to examine the capability of different modules on the dataset. In most of the studies, the DQI module could demonstrate a rapid analysis of potential errors and outliers’ identifications in historical production data which was quantified by a 26% improvement. Moreover, the quality checking and cleaning process shows an improvement of 20 to 50% in timesaving compared to the conventional approach. Utilizing the advanced allocation results post DQI which were validated through material balance at reservoir sand package levels as input for the history matching process of simulation modeling works obtained a very good and reasonable history matching quality index (HMQI) improvement up to 25 to 35% in well levels. This improvement resulted in reasonable history matching without using unrealistic multipliers and reducing the uncertainties during prediction works. Leak assessment results proposed possible leaks in eleven wells which five of them were proven to have leaks based on available leak diagnostic job done by the operation team. An advanced multiple-solutions search engine combined with multi-phase deliverability models and material balance analysis to assess the uncertainty in the layer-phase allocation of different surveillance datasets compared to static KH-allocation. This tool assists reservoir engineering with data quality checks and analyzing the historical production in an effective manner and provides an alternative solution to facilitate the history matching process in dynamic simulation modeling and reduce the uncertainties range. The multi-phase splitting factors is a key advanced feature compared to the single-phase method which is commonly used in the industry. This technology can be potentially deployed during any FDP project and simulation work.
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Dan, Lingling, Changlin Shi, Jiatao Wen, Yunting Hu, Li Wei, Yunxiu Li, Jian Zhang, and Panpan Tian. "Application of Multi-Information Fusion Fracture Modelling Based on Neural Network in Carbonate Dual: Medium Reservoir." In International Petroleum Technology Conference. IPTC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-21389-ms.
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Abstract G oilfield in China is a dual medium oilfield dominated by carbonate reservoir, where faults and fractures are well developed. After G oilfield was put into production, water cut has rised quickly and oil production decreased rapidly. The heterogeneity of fracture development is very strong. Because of unclear understanding of the fracture distribution, oilfield development plan can not accurately identify risks and potentials accurately. As a result, production goals are not as expected. Due to limited core data and imaging logging data, conventional methods cannot characterize fracture information in this oilfield accurately and comprehensively. In order to solve the problems mentioned above, this paper makes full use of logging, geology, seismic and other data to carry out fine characterization of fracture with multi-information fusion fracture modeling based on neural network. Firstly, neural network technology is used to predict the fracture density curves of wells with conventional logging data. Secondly, combined the nonlinear fusion of multiple pre-stack seismic attributes including Tectonic Stress Field, P-Wave AVO and Seismic Discontinuity Detection based on neural network, the fracture density probability model is created to predict three-dimensional distribution of fractures. Thirdly, the fracture Intensity model is set up under the constraint of strict variation function analysis and fracture density probability model. Finally, fracture parameters are obtained according to core observation and imaging logging data, and the fracture network is established by geostatistics modeling method and coarsened equivalent into fracture property model. Blind well validation and dynamic validation are used to verify the validity of fracture model. Under the guidance of research results in this paper, the oilfield development plan is optimized and adjusted. It has also been proved that fracture characteristic of new wells is consistent with pre-drilling prediction result. Most areas with relatively high fracture development degree are corresponding to well groups with faster water cut rising rate. Against the backdrop of global oil economic downturn, fracture modeling technology studied in this paper provides strong technical guidance for oilfield development plan, therefore reducing oilfield development risks and maximizing economic benefits.
Reports on the topic "Pre-analysis plan"
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Casey, Katherine, Rachel Glennerster, and Edward Miguel. Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w17012.
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Krutikova, Sonya, and Alison Andrew. Evaluation of an adolescent girl intervention in Rajasthan, India - Pre-analysis plan. The IFS, January 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1920/re.ifs.2017.0139.
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Neumark, David, and Maysen Yen. Effects of Recent Minimum Wage Policies in California and Nationwide: Results from a Pre-specified Analysis Plan. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w28555.
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Clemens, Jeffrey, and Michael Strain. The Heterogeneous Effects of Large and Small Minimum Wage Changes: Evidence over the Short and Medium Run Using a Pre-Analysis Plan. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w29264.
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Tian, Yichang, Hu Deng, Zhimin Xin, Xueqian Zhang, and Xiaokui Yang. Premature ovarian insufficiency is associated with increased risk of depression, anxiety and poor life quality: a meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, January 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2023.1.0020.
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Review question / Objective: A meta-analysis of cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies (S) was conducted to explore whether women with POI/POF (P) could increase risk of depression, anxiety, and poor quality of life (O). Intervention studies (I) are eligible only if pre-intervention data were available(I) and the comparator(C) of this meta-analysis was people who do not suffer from POI (age-matched). Condition being studied: Several studies have been conducted to show that POI affects the quality of life of patients, of which psychological and psychosocial factors cannot be ignored as a part. Most studies have shown that POI patients are more prone to negative emotions such as depression and anxiety than normal people, but some studies have also shown that normal POI patients are psychologically indistinguishable from normal people. Therefore, meta-analysis is needed to determine the effect of POI on psychological factors and to better guide the clinical treatment plan.
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Chapelet, Pierre. Analysis of the Education Management and Information System of Jamaica: Diagnosis and Proposal for Strengthening the EMIS. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004619.
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This document analyzes the functioning of the Education Management and Information System (EMIS) of Jamaica, its strengths and challenges related to the key management processes and structural conditions. A survey methodology was used for the analysis of the six key management processes - (i) Physical infrastructure and equipment; (ii) Schools1; (iii) Human resources, budget and finance; (iv) Students and learning; (v) Digital content for teacher training and students learning; and (vi) Tools for strategic management - and the two structural conditions - (i) Technological infrastructure and (ii) Governance and institutional arrangements. There are several main findings. In terms of strengths, the analysis shows that the processes of human, financial and budgetary resources present the highest percentage of subprocesses in the Established level and that technological infrastructure pre-requisites are in place to sustain the improvement of the EMIS. However, EMIS sub-systems are dispersed and poorly integrated and are not covering all the needs of management processes related to the EMIS. The Ministry of Education and Youth and Information (MOEYI) also has an urgent need to develop a comprehensive and realistic strategic plan for the implementation of its EMIS and to ensure the initial and recurrent funding associated with it. Nor is there a change management plan at the MOEYI to support the evolution of the EMIS at all levels. Overall, the MOEYI is at a critical stage of its EMIS transition from a census based EMIS to a transactional information system able to track real-time information about each student, teaching and non-teaching workforce, school infrastructure and assets. This paper outlines a strengthening proposal.
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Roschelle, Jeremy, Britte Haugan Cheng, Nicola Hodkowski, Julie Neisler, and Lina Haldar. Evaluation of an Online Tutoring Program in Elementary Mathematics. Digital Promise, April 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/94.
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Many students struggle with mathematics in late elementary school, particularly on the topic of fractions. In a best evidence syntheses of research on increasing achievement in elementary school mathematics, Pelligrini et al. (2018) highlighted tutoring as a way to help students. Online tutoring is attractive because costs may be lower and logistics easier than with face-to-face tutoring. Cignition developed an approach that combines online 1:1 tutoring with a fractions game, called FogStone Isle. The game provides students with additional learning opportunities and provides tutors with information that they can use to plan tutoring sessions. A randomized controlled trial investigated the research question: Do students who participate in online tutoring and a related mathematical game learn more about fractions than students who only have access to the game? Participants were 144 students from four schools, all serving low-income students with low prior mathematics achievement. In the Treatment condition, students received 20-25 minute tutoring sessions twice per week for an average of 18 sessions and also played the FogStone Isle game. In the Control condition, students had access to the game, but did not play it often. Control students did not receive tutoring. Students were randomly assigned to condition after being matched on pre-test scores. The same diagnostic assessment was used as a pre-test and as a post-test. The planned analysis looked for differences in gain scores ( post-test minus pre-test scores) between conditions. We conducted a t-test on the aggregate gain scores, comparing conditions; the results were statistically significant (t = 4.0545, df = 132.66, p-value < .001). To determine an effect size, we treated each site as a study in a meta-analysis. Using gain scores, the effect size was g=+.66. A more sophisticated treatment of the pooled standard deviation resulted in a corrected effect size of g=.46 with a 95% confidence interval of [+.23,+.70]. Students who received online tutoring and played the related Fog Stone Isle game learned more; our research found the approach to be efficacious. The Pelligrini et al. (2018) meta-analysis of elementary math tutoring programs found g = .26 and was based largely on face-to-face tutoring studies. Thus, this study compares favorably to prior research on face-to-face mathematics tutoring with elementary students. Limitations are discussed; in particular, this is an initial study of an intervention under development. Effects could increase or decrease as development continues and the program scales. Although this study was planned long before the current pandemic, results are particularly timely now that many students are at home under shelter-in-place orders due to COVID-19. The approach taken here is feasible for students at home, with tutors supporting them from a distance. It is also feasible in many other situations where equity could be addressed directly by supporting students via online tutors.
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Wozniakowska, P., D. W. Eaton, C. Deblonde, A. Mort, and O. H. Ardakani. Identification of regional structural corridors in the Montney play using trend surface analysis combined with geophysical imaging. Natural Resources Canada/CMSS/Information Management, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/329795.
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Induced (anthropogenic) earthquakes are caused by reactivation of pre-existing faults due to human activities, including hydraulic fracturing and saltwater disposal. The Montney play, the pre-eminent shale gas play in Canada, contains localized regions with relatively high geological susceptibility to induced seismicity. Identification of potential seismogenic structures is hindered because published fault maps in the Montney play are often focused on small areas, leading to inconsistencies when these are compiled across the region. We have developed a regional framework based on structural corridors: complex, multi-strand faults systems. A three-step structural interpretation workflow was used, including seismic and structural interpretation along with trend surface analysis (TSA). This approach was used to identify 34 structural corridors in NE BC and NW Alberta.
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Scoular, Claire, and Ian Teo. Developing strategic plans for an aligned approach to 21st century skills integration. Australian Council for Educational Research, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-626-0.
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This report describes an online course developed to support education systems to build an aligned and sustainable approach to integration of 21st Century Skills (21CS). 21CS are those skills that are considered particularly important to succeed in today’s knowledge-based society in which innovation and technology are predominant. Prominent examples include critical thinking, creative thinking, and collaboration, and such skills need to be better understood in order for them to be integrated. While different countries may have their own frameworks or priorities surrounding 21CS, a consistent approach to integration can still be achieved with a shared understanding from all stakeholders within the system. The course objectives focused on supporting countries to develop a strategic plan for 21CS integration, providing resources to aid that plan, and building capacity to implement the plan. The specific learning objectives were to: Understand components and steps leading to 21CS alignment; Conduct a needs analysis, identifying which steps are currently being met, and which steps need more attention; Develop a strategic plan, identifying which steps are to be prioritized and in which order; Gain insights from other education systems from reflections on successful developments and lessons learned; and Engage in discussion within education systems and with other countries about the emerging area of skills integration, as well as identify future directions. Course participants joined from across 16 Asia Pacific countries and from the Education Quality and Assessment Programme for the Pacific Community (EQAP). The course comprised of eight modules that were spread over three weeks, with content hosted online through the Moodle platform.Each module consisted of pre-recorded video content (30-60 minutes) and team and/or individual activities. The modules were supported by three live sessions that allowed participants to ask questions and share reflections in real time. The course concluded with a webinar that consisted of presentations that were delivered by one member from each Core Strategy Team who shared their team’s strategic plan and reflections from this course.
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Pina, Eduardo A., Luis M. Serra, Miguel A. Lozano, Adrián Hernández, and Ana Lázaro. Solar DH – network hydraulics and supply points. IEA SHC Task 55, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18777/ieashc-task55-2020-0008.
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The present factsheet summarizes the study ”Comparative Analysis and Design of Solar Based Parabolic Trough - ORC Cogeneration Plant for a Commercial Centre” performed by the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) and published in 2020 [1]. Two novel solar based PTC-ORC cogeneration systems, producing power and cooling, were pre-designed, considering commercially available pieces of equipment, to cover the annual energy demands of a commercial centre located in Zaragoza (Spain).