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Strike, Carol, Walter Cavalieri, Robert Bright, Ted Myers, Liviana Calzavara, and Margaret Millson. "Syringe Acquisition, Peer Exchange and HIV Risk." Contemporary Drug Problems 32, no. 2 (June 2005): 319–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009145090503200207.

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To explore syringe access patterns and implications for HIV prevention programming, data from qualitative interviews (n=120) with injection drug users (IDU) and an evaluation of a satellite syringe-exchange program (SEP) were used. Three patterns were identified: IDUs who stockpile supplies to meet their own needs and to provide secondary distribution to friends and drug-using associates; IDUs who keep a several-days supply of syringes available, primarily for their own use; and IDUs who usually obtain equipment at the time of obtaining drugs, in some cases unsterile equipment from other injectors. The first two types of injectors are typically in stable housing, while the last group are generally in unstable housing. This analysis highlights the very direct link between adequate housing and safer injection practices for HIV prevention, and points to the need to advocate more broadly on behalf of IDUs for appropriate housing, harm-reduction and social services.
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Berry, R. J., S. A. Edwards, and A. McCartney. "Ad libitum feeding of group housed Meishan synthetic sows during pregnancy." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science 1995 (March 1995): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0308229600029469.

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The future abolition of stall and tether systems has meant that, increasingly, producers are opting for group housing systems. Generally sows are fed a restricted concentrate ration during pregnancy at levels which do not induce satiety, leading to increased feeding motivation and competition between penmates for food. Feed competition can lead to compromised production in less dominant individuals. A possible solution would be to feed ad libituma lower energy diet which would restrict voluntary food intake (VFI) so that large undesirable weight gains would not be encountered. Brouns.(1993) found that diets containing 60% unmolassed sugar beet pulp (SBP) were capable of restricting intake to match energy requirements. Recently there has been heightened interest in the use of prolific strains of Chinese pigs such as the Meishan to develop commercial crossbreeds. Chinese breeds are reported to be capable of utilising dietary fibre to a greater extent than European breeds which would make the Meishan a more suitable option for an ad libhigh fibre feed system.
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Berry, R. J., S. A. Edwards, and A. McCartney. "Ad libitum feeding of group housed Meishan synthetic sows during pregnancy." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science 1995 (March 1995): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752756200591753.

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The future abolition of stall and tether systems has meant that, increasingly, producers are opting for group housing systems. Generally sows are fed a restricted concentrate ration during pregnancy at levels which do not induce satiety, leading to increased feeding motivation and competition between penmates for food. Feed competition can lead to compromised production in less dominant individuals. A possible solution would be to feed ad libituma lower energy diet which would restrict voluntary food intake (VFI) so that large undesirable weight gains would not be encountered. Brouns.(1993) found that diets containing 60% unmolassed sugar beet pulp (SBP) were capable of restricting intake to match energy requirements. Recently there has been heightened interest in the use of prolific strains of Chinese pigs such as the Meishan to develop commercial crossbreeds. Chinese breeds are reported to be capable of utilising dietary fibre to a greater extent than European breeds which would make the Meishan a more suitable option for an ad libhigh fibre feed system.
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Cikanek, Shawna J., Simon Nockold, Janine L. Brown, James W. Carpenter, Angie Estrada, Jorge Guerrel, Katharine Hope, Roberto Ibáñez, Sarah B. Putman, and Brian Gratwicke. "Evaluating Group Housing Strategies for the Ex-Situ Conservation of Harlequin Frogs (Atelopus spp.) Using Behavioral and Physiological Indicators." PLoS ONE 9, no. 2 (February 25, 2014): e90218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090218.

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Kumar, Alip, Sarbast K. Kheravii, Catherine Ionescu, Alexandra Blanchard, Reza Barekatain, Yadav S. Bajagai, and Shu-Biao Wu. "A Microencapsulated Mixture of Eugenol and Garlic Tincture Supplementation Mitigates the Effect of Necrotic Enteritis on Intestinal Integrity and Increases Goblet Cells in Broilers." Microorganisms 9, no. 7 (July 6, 2021): 1451. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071451.

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This study was conducted to examine the effects of a plant extract mixture, a microencapsulated product composed of eugenol and garlic tincture (PE), on intestinal health in broilers under necrotic enteritis (NE) challenge. A total of 960 d-old mixed-sex Cobb 500 chicks were randomly distributed to 48-floor pens housing 20 birds per pen. Six treatments were applied: UC, unchallenged control; CC, challenged control; PE, challenged group plus PE; AM, challenged group plus antimicrobial (AM); FAP, challenged group plus a full dose of AM with PE; HAP, challenged group plus a half dose of AM with PE in starter, grower and finisher phases. Birds in the challenged groups were inoculated with Eimeria spp. on d 9 and Clostridiumperfringens on d 14. On d 16, the CC group had increased serum fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran (FITC-d), reduced villus surface area, goblet cell number, upregulated CLDN1, JAM2 genes and reduced microbial diversity compared to the UC group (p < 0.05). Birds fed PE had reduced FITC-d, increased goblet cell number and Bifidobacterium compared to the CC group (p < 0.05). Birds fed PE had reduced CLDN5 expression in male birds, and Bacteroides spp. in female birds than CC group (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that PE supplementation mitigates the effect of NE by improving the intestinal health of birds.
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Patel, Seona, Lindsay Cameron, and David Olson. "Sex-Specific Social Effects on Depression-Related Behavioral Phenotypes in Mice." Life 11, no. 12 (December 1, 2021): 1327. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11121327.

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Social interaction and empathy play critical roles in determining the emotional well-being of humans. Stress-related depression and anxiety can be exacerbated or mitigated depending on specific social conditions. Although rodents are well known to exhibit emotional contagion and consolation behavior, the effects of group housing on stress-induced phenotypes in both males and females are not well established. Here, we investigated how the presence of stressed or unstressed conspecifics within a cage impact depression-related phenotypes. We housed male and female C57BL/6J mice in same-sex groups and subjected them to either gentle handling (GH) or the daily administration of corticosterone (CORT) for 10 days. The GH and CORT treatment groups were divided into cages of unmixed (GH or CORT) and mixed (GH and CORT) treatments. Depression-related phenotypes were measured using the forced swim test (FST) and sucrose preference test (SPT). We found that mixed housing alters FST behavior in a sex-specific manner. Male mice given chronic corticosterone (CORT) that were housed in the same cage as gently handled animals (GH) exhibited increased immobility, whereas GH females housed with CORT females demonstrated the opposite effect. This study underscores the importance of social housing conditions when evaluating stress-induced behavioral phenotypes and suggests that mixed cages of GH and CORT animals yield the greatest difference between treatment groups. The latter finding has important implications for identifying therapeutics capable of rescuing stress-induced behavioral deficits in the FST.
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Seamon, Marissa, WonMo Ahn, Ai-Jun Li, Sue Ritter, and Ruth B. S. Harris. "Leptin receptor-expressing neurons in ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus contribute to weight loss caused by fourth ventricle leptin infusions." American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism 317, no. 4 (October 1, 2019): E586—E596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00205.2019.

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Leptin administration into the hindbrain, and specifically the nucleus of the solitary tract, increases phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (pSTAT3), a marker of leptin receptor activation, in hypothalamic nuclei known to express leptin receptors. The ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) shows the greatest response, with a threefold increase in pSTAT3. This experiment tested the importance of VMH leptin receptor-expressing neurons in mediating weight loss caused by fourth ventricle (4V) leptin infusion. Male Sprague-Dawley rats received bilateral VMH 75-nL injections of 260 ng/μL of leptin-conjugated saporin (Lep-Sap) or blank-saporin (Blk-Sap). After 23 days they were fitted with 4V infusion cannulas and 1 wk later adapted to housing in a calorimeter before they were infused with 0.9 μg leptin/day for 14 days. There was no effect of VMH Lep-Sap on weight gain or glucose clearance before leptin infusion. Leptin inhibited food intake and respiratory exchange ratio in Blk-Sap but not Lep-Sap rats. Leptin had no effect on energy expenditure or brown adipose tissue temperature of either group. Inguinal and epididymal fat were significantly reduced in leptin-treated Blk-Sap rats, but the response was greatly attenuated in Lep-Sap rats. VMH pSTAT3 was increased in leptin-treated Blk-Sap but not Lep-Sap rats. These results support the concept that leptin-induced weight loss results from an integrated response across different brain areas. They also support previous reports that VMH leptin receptors do not play a significant role in maintaining energy balance in basal conditions but limit weight gain during positive energy balance.
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Kumar, Alip, Sarbast K. Kheravii, Lily Li, and Shu-Biao Wu. "Monoglyceride Blend Reduces Mortality, Improves Nutrient Digestibility, and Intestinal Health in Broilers Subjected to Clinical Necrotic Enteritis Challenge." Animals 11, no. 5 (May 17, 2021): 1432. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11051432.

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This study evaluated the potential of monoglyceride blend (MG) and buffered formic acid (FA) as alternatives to antibiotics in the performance and intestinal health of broilers under clinical necrotic enteritis (NE) challenge. A total of 544 as-hatched Ross 308 broiler chicks were randomly distributed to 32-floor pens housing 17 birds per pen. The four treatments were: NC—non-additive control; ZBS—antibiotic group supplemented with zinc bacitracin and salinomycin; MG—additive MG supplementation in the starter phase only; and MGFA—additive MG in starter phase and FA in grower and finisher phases. All birds were challenged with Eimeria spp. and Clostridium perfringens. Results showed that the NC group had lower BWG and higher FCR than the ZBS group in the grower and overall period (p < 0.05). The NC group had higher NE-caused mortality (days 14 to 17) than the ZBS group (p < 0.05). Birds fed MG had lower NE-caused mortality than the NC group (p < 0.05). Birds fed MG had upregulated jejunal tight junction protein1 (TJP1) and immunoglobulin (IgG) on day 16 and improved gross energy digestibility on day 24 than the NC group (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that supplementation of MG may improve intestinal health and protect birds from clinical NE occurrence.
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Wong, Wang Li, Chin Lee, and Seow Shin Koong. "Housing prices in peninsular Malaysia: supported by income, foreign inflow or speculation?" International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 12, no. 3 (June 3, 2019): 424–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-01-2018-0001.

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Purpose This paper is motivated by a concern about the ability of the average Malaysian income to catch up with the rapidly increasing house prices in Peninsular Malaysia. Financial innovation in financial system now regards houses as a financial asset and speculation vehicle. Therefore, a house purchase is made to acquire not merely a necessity but also a financial asset which can generate future returns. Given the problems in the housing market, this paper aims to examine the determinants of house prices in Malaysia, including those such as income, population, foreign inflow and speculation. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts panel data analyses, namely, the fixed effect model (FEM) and the pooled mean group (PMG), and uses data at state level in quarterly frequency, spanning from 2005Q1 to 2013Q4. Findings Based on the results of FEM, these determinants influence house prices significantly. Moreover, the PMG results suggest that there is convergence in the model, which are indicated by the significant and negative sign of the error correction term. In conclusion, the rapidly increasing house price is not caused by speculation activities in the housing market. More precisely, Malaysian income is capable of catching up with the increasing house prices. Practical implications As income remains to be one of the major drivers in influencing Malaysian house price, Malaysian Government shall continue the policies of supply low cost houses to the low-income groups and My First Home Scheme (SRP) by offering less stringent rules in applying house loan for the first-time house buyers. Originality/value This study used the actual data of foreign housing purchase obtained from Malaysia Valuation and Property Services Department to represent foreign inflow; therefore, the results will reflect the impact of foreign inflow in a better manner.
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Chua, Fang-Fang, Tek-Yong Lim, Bushra Tajuddin, and Amarilis Putri Yanuarifiani. "Incorporating Semi-Automated Approach for Effective Software Requirements Prioritization: A Framework Design." Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering 1, no. 1 (March 16, 2022): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.33093/jiwe.2022.1.1.1.

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Software Requirements Prioritization (SRP) is one of the crucial processes in software requirements engineering. It presents a challenging task to decide among the pool of requirements and the variance of the stakeholder’s needs in prioritizing requirements. Semi-automated requirements prioritization is implemented in both manual and automatic processes. When prioritizing requirements, these aspects such as importance, time, cost and risk, should be taken into account. The emergence of machine learning is advancing to improve and automate the SRP process whereby decision making can be performed with minimal human intervention. Incorporating machine learning approaches in prioritization techniques can be implemented in the ranking process and classifying the priority group of the software requirements. A Semi-Automated Requirements Prioritization framework (SARiP), which implements semi-automatic process in requirements prioritization is proposed. SARiP concentrates on the areas related to prediction of requirements priority group and ranks requirements using classification tree and ranking algorithm. SARiP has been successfully evaluated in the government sector domain by the i-Tegur team from the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Housing and Local Government of Malaysia (KPKT). 80% of the participants agreed that SARiP is extremely likely to help the participants in prioritizing the requirements for their projects. All participants agreed that SARiP is reliable and useful. Recording the requirements and results for the prioritization will be considered for future work and traceability function will be included to trace the requirements changes.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "STP GROUP HOUSING"

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SHARMA, KESHAV. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT." Thesis, 2022. http://dspace.dtu.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/repository/19613.

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The Yamuna River runs through Noida on the west and southwest, while the Hindon River runs through it on the east and south. Noida is a part of the Yamuna River's catchment area. In the last 10 years, Noida has become a center for the real estate, electronics, and software development sectors. As a result, an beneath land network of conduits for the discharge of wastewater generates in the complex area is necessary to relieve pressure on existing municipal sewage treatment facilities. The sewage system for the complex was designed to take into account the natural slope. Three STPs for large group housings are being proposed in Noida: STP Group Housing 1 in sector 71 uses MBBR (Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor) technology, STP Group Housing 2 in sector 136 uses MBR (Membrane Bioreactor) technology, and STP Group Housing 3 in Greater Noida West Sector 1 uses SBR (Sequential Batch Reactor) technology. These facilities are designed and constructed with the purpose of eliminating organic material, sediments, and other pollutants from waste water before it reaches a water source. The effluent from these STPs is used for flushing water, irrigation, and the rest of the discharge into Municipal Drains. Many Physio-Chemical and Biological parameters are evaluated and compared in this study to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) General Standards for the Discharge of Environmental Pollutants Part–A: Effluents into Inland Surface Water, as set forth in The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 Schedule–VI. Each STP's performance was also assessed in terms of Removal/Reduction Efficiency. Because Group Housing 1, uses 390 KLD of STP treated waste water for irrigation, the average effluent of this STP is compared to the CPCB Effluent Discharge Standards into Land for Irrigation. According to the findings, the BOD value of STP 2 and STP 3 effluent was not under the permissible level for the period of the research, and the Average Phosphate value of STP 3 was exactly up to the limit, as directed by the Central Pollution Control Board. General Standards for the Discharge of Environmental Pollutants Part –A: Effluents into Inland Surface Water is established by the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 Schedule-VI. According to the findings, according to CPCB Effluent Discharge Standards into Land for Irrigation and Inland Surface Water, all of the Physio-Chemical and Biological parameters examined for STP 1 were within limits.
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Books on the topic "STP GROUP HOUSING"

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San Francisco (Calif.). Planning Dept., Environmental Science Associates, Housings Services Affiliate of the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (San Francisco, Calif.), Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (San Francisco, Calif.), St. Peter's Episcopal Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Herman and Coliver (Firm), and K2A Architecture +. Interiors, eds. 420-430 29th Avenue St. Peter's Church relocation and supportive housing project: Draft environmental impact report. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Planning Dept., 2008.

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Book chapters on the topic "STP GROUP HOUSING"

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Bekker, Sonja, Johanna Buerkert, Quirine Quirijns, and Ioana Pop. "In-Work Poverty in Times of COVID-19." In The New Common, 35–40. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_5.

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AbstractThe corona crisis has an unequal impact on worker’s income. Workers with unstable jobs prior to the crisis, have been affected hardest due to the loss of work and income (Börner, 2020). An example is the group of workers who cannot make ends meet, despite having a job. In order to explore the impact of the coronavirus crisis on in-work poverty, it is relevant to get a better insight into how low income is defined because in the Netherlands low income and poverty are calculated in various ways. For this chapter we use two indicators (Statistics Netherlands, 2018; SCP, 2018). The first is the poverty threshold, indicating whether or not the income is sufficient to meet basic needs such as buying food, housing, and participating in social activities. The second is the low-income threshold, representing stable purchasing power over time.
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Craig, Tom K. J., and Jed Boardman. "Housing and mental health." In Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health, edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Kamaldeep Bhui, Samuel Y. S. Wong, and Stephen E. Gilman, 151–58. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198792994.003.0017.

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There are strong links between housing quality and ill health, in particular infections, chronic diseases, and injuries. Poor-quality housing is associated with mental illness, although the links are complex given the fact that decrepit housing is often also high rise, multiple occupancy, and located in neighbourhoods characterized by vandalism, graffiti, and crime. People suffering from severe conditions such as schizophrenia are particularly sensitive to these stressful environments and many struggle to manage day to day, running into difficulties maintaining their home and keeping up with rent or mortgage payments. Therefore, early approaches emphasized a step-wise approach through progressively more independent settings, from hospital to group home, despite the fact that the majority of people would prefer independent living. Today, such stepped resettlement is being challenged by ‘housing first’ approaches that bypass the traditional rehabilitation model placing people directly into permanent housing with the flexible support they need to maintain it.
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Anderson, Isobel. "Devolution and the health of Scottish housing policy." In Local Authorities and the Social Determinants of Health, 365–84. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447356233.003.0020.

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This chapter assesses devolution and the Scottish housing policy. Home and housing represent a key sphere in which local authorities can contribute to the health and wellbeing of their residents, including the most marginalised groups in society. Prior to devolution, Scotland had some policy autonomy and Scots Law has long been distinct from the rest of the United Kingdom (UK). Nonetheless, devolution represented a step change in the capacity of the Scottish policy community to shape its own destiny. The chapter reviews key developments in housing policy under the devolved administrations led first by the Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition and then by the Scottish National Party. Implementation of housing policy remains heavily dependent on local authorities and their partners. The chapter then presents evidence from three examples of local housing as a social determinant of health in Scotland: the core benefits of moving from precarious to settled housing; meeting the housing needs of disabled people; and housing-led community regeneration.
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"Conclusions." In Urban Mental Health (Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series), edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, João Castaldelli-Maia, Layla McCay, Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, João Castaldelli-Maia, and Layla McCay, 354–56. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198804949.003.0024.

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Urban environments can be toxic to people’s mental health. Life in the city can also have positive impact on education, cultural enrichment, and employment opportunities and access to services when needed. Wide variety of housing and transport can help. Cities can also provide sexual and ethnic diversity. As most clinical services themselves are set in the urban areas, clinicians often do not understand the impact of urban environment on people’s well-being. Similarly, very often urban designers and city planners do not take into account the effect built environments can have on people’s mental health. It is critical that as part of prevention of mental illnesses and promotion of mental health both groups work with other stakeholders to ensure that urban environments are safe and clean and provide a milieu for people to work, play, and live in without endangering their well-being. Joint working should be the first crucial step.
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Wang, Ye, Daniele Grandi, Dixun Cui, Vivek Rao, and Kosa Goucher-Lambert. "Understanding Professional Designers’ Knowledge Organization Behavior: A Case Study in Product Teardowns." In ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-68589.

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Abstract Knowledge organization is an essential component of engineering design, and a deeper understanding of how designers organize knowledge could enable more effective insights in support of the design process. To explore this, we examine 23 professional designers’ knowledge organization practices as they virtually engage with data collected during a teardown of a consumer product. Designers organized this data by forming groups of related data, nesting subgroups of data within groups, and creating directional links between groups of data and individual data. Our results indicate three insights about how designers organize and acquire knowledge from product teardowns. First, we observe that while designers find grouping data to be more effective for learning, linking proved more helpful for knowledge transfer. Second, we find that designers employ links between data much more frequently than they do nests, and that links primarily serve to identify trade-offs, requirements, and opportunities for team collaboration. Finally, a graph analysis indicates that design features, product housing, cost, and manufacturing coexist as separate but central groups in designers’ knowledge organization, reflecting the diversity of perspectives on knowledge organization emergent in a constrained teardown activity. These findings provide insight into professional designers’ knowledge organization practices, and represent a preliminary step toward design knowledge bases that more accurately reflect designer behavior, ultimately enabling more effective data-driven support tools for design.
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Lorenz, William. "Development of a Smart Actuator for Turbine Engine Applications." In ASME 1998 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/98-gt-044.

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The application of distributed control systems to turbine engine controls offers the potential for major reductions in development time and costs for the engine control and the engine. Once the data bus and power bus are standardized for elements of a distributed control system, the industry will have a group of sensors, actuators, and controllers that could be interchangeable between applications. Software and hardware will still require modification to fit the specific application, however, great strides will have been made toward a “plug and play” capability between sensors, actuators, and controllers all tied together on the same data bus. The main controller in a distributed control system, except for software, would be interchangeable from engine to engine. This paper describes the design and development of the electronics for a smart actuator and discusses the design considerations which were used to guide the requirements. Requirements unique to turbine engine applications include temperature environments to 30° C, a severe vibration environment, minimum size and weight, and very high reliability. The electronics developed for the smart actuator were packaged on credit card sized printed wiring board modules. Two of these modules were packaged in a housing approximately 23×3.4×1.1 inches. The electronics operate from 28 volt DC power and communicate with the rest of the control system via the MEL-STD-1553B data bus. Although a hydraulic actuator was chosen as the demonstration vehicle, the electronic module is adaptable to any servo application and can be expanded to read any of the common engine sensors and operate solenoids. The chosen actuator was intended as a development tool to expose the design problems of distributed systems. Therefore, this first demonstration unit was designed using electronic components rated for 125° C operation. AlliedSignal is currently a member of a consortium of companies under DARPA sponsorship developing a family of SOI (silicon-on-insulator) integrated circuits rated for 200° C operation. Our current 125° C design is compatible with the new devices being developed. A 200° C unit is planned for 1998. Further improvements in the metalization used in the SOI devices will allow reliable long term operation to about 300° C. Devices for this higher temperature range are expected to be available in 1999.
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