Production Team Research Articles

The unseen: revealing the blind production procedure and experience for NP data

A unique experiment was conducted by the STAR Collaboration in 2018 to investigate differences between collisions of nuclear isobars, a potential key to unraveling one of the physics mysteries in our field: why the universe is made predominantly of matter. Enhancing the credibility of findings was deemed to hinge on blinding analyzers from knowing which dataset they were examining, necessitating efforts by the data production team to investigate and implement new (in our field) blinding practices. With nearly two decades of established machinery intended to provide open data and metadata access in STAR, the breadth of details to consider for a successful blinding process was substantial.In this paper, we will review the experience of the first-ever species-blind data production in high energy collider physics. Considerations of what needed blinding, how to blind it, and from whom, will be discussed. Practical impositions on the selection of data to produce and how to produce it will also be highlighted as tell-tales can arise even where there were operational efforts to avoid them. With the appropriate blinding achieved, analyzers and reviewers have been empowered to focus on the physics of interest.

Strategi Komunikasi Pemasaran Terpadu pada Pada Promosi Film Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini

Film has developed into a medium of expression that has commercial value. Film also has the function of mass media, namely to entertain audiences or viewers. Behind the signs of progress and the current national film industry, there are still gaps and ups and downs in its growth. There are a number of problems that are still found in the film production process. To overcome this problem in the production of a film, a promotional strategy is needed to disseminate information widely regarding the publication of films that have been produced. The purpose of this study is to find out the integrated marketing communication strategy in the film "Later We Tell About Today". The results found were an integrated marketing communication strategy used by the production team in the film Nanti Kita Cerita tentang Hari Ini through four ways: advertising, promotion, public relations and personal selling. The advertising strategy for films is carried out though the use of Instagram and YouTube media in the form of photos and videos posted on the official social media of NKCTHI and Visinema Pictures. The photos and videos posted include: updates on the number of viewers, movie trailers, short movie clips, behind the scenes videos, audience reviews and so on. The promotion strategy is holding quizzes with prizes, giveaways, and ticket discounts for the audience. The public relations strategy is to hold media visits with various local and national radio mass media, and hold press conferences in collaboration with print and online media prior to the official showing of the film. Personal selling strategy, namely by holding meet and great events, with the spectators, as well as fans or fans of the cast of NKCTHI.

Diffuse panniculitis in a teenage male with ZZ α1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Diffuse panniculitis is a rare manifestation of α1-ATD, albeit perhaps the most fulminant and life-threatening complication, associated usually with ZZ phenotype. Intravenous α1-AT treatment is lifesaving. https://bit.ly/3EDmCzT.

AHA: An Agile Approach to the Design of Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Accelerators and Compilers

With the slowing of Moore’s law, computer architects have turned to domain-specific hardware specialization to continue improving the performance and efficiency of computing systems. However, specialization typically entails significant modifications to the software stack to properly leverage the updated hardware. The lack of a structured approach for updating the compiler and the accelerator in tandem has impeded many attempts to systematize this procedure. We propose a new approach to enable flexible and evolvable domain-specific hardware specialization based on coarse-grained reconfigurable arrays (CGRAs). Our agile methodology employs a combination of new programming languages and formal methods to automatically generate the accelerator hardware and its compiler from a single source of truth. This enables the creation of design-space exploration frameworks that automatically generate accelerator architectures that approach the efficiencies of hand-designed accelerators, with a significantly lower design effort for both hardware and compiler generation. Our current system accelerates dense linear algebra applications but is modular and can be extended to support other domains. Our methodology has the potential to significantly improve the productivity of hardware-software engineering teams and enable quicker customization and deployment of complex accelerator-rich computing systems.

Project Management Practices and Implementation of Projects in Manufacturing Companies in Rwanda. A Case of Inyange Industry Ltd.

Achievement of a project means that a number of its perceived factors were attained. It is not guaranteed that project management practices will result to proper implementation of projects by manufacturing companies. However, the success of projects largely depends on the way it is managed and controlled. The challenges met during the implementation of project management practices has been during project planning, exceeding the set budget and going beyond its set schedule and poor quality. The general objective of the study is to investigate the influence of project management practices on the implementation of projects in manufacturing companies in Rwanda, Kigali city. The study’s specific objectives are to examine how stakeholder participation, leadership support, communication and resource allocation influenced project implementation. The study will anchored by stakeholder theory, resource based view theory and cybernetics theory. The adopted a descriptive research designs. The target population was 73 manufacturing companies from the Inyange industry ltd. The targeted respondents were 73 comprising of employees from different departments. The study used stratified sampling method to ensure that all cases are well represented and use simple random sampling method to select the respondents. Leadership support is considered one of the critical success factors in project implementation; effective executive involvement can significantly improve project success. Maintaining open, regular and accurate channels of communication with all levels of project staff and stakeholders is vital to ensuring the effective implementation of capital expenditure projects. Allocation of resources helps managers to bring together more productive and effective project teams and workgroups and enables them to appraise their schedules and easily estimate resource availability in real-time.
 
 Key word: Stakeholder Participation, Leadership Support, Communication, Resource Allocation

Simultaneous electricity generation and steam production from a wide range of salinity by using unique nanofluidic diode

Hygroelectric generator shows the advantages of sustainability, stability and low cost, and has attracted widespread attention in recent years. However, current power generators based on hydrovoltaic effect are limited to exploiting deionized (DI) water or low ion concentrations, which severely restricts their practical applications. Herein, we report a device concept that can break the solution salinity limit to generate electricity and produce clean water vapor at the same time, which cannot be achieved by any existing hygroelectric technology. Such multifunctional generator design is based on the synergistic effect between nanofluidic diode governed ionic transport and REDOX reaction, which guarantees the sustained power generation in a wide range of ion concentrations over 8 orders of magnitude. Except for harvesting energy from a dynamically changing aqueous solution, the power output can be further augmented by introducing photo-thermal response and reducing heat loss. Under one sunlight irradiation, the device achieves a power density output of 122.21 μW cm−2 in 2 M NaCl solution. While generating electricity, the device allows solar-enabled steam generation and gives rise to an additional steam of 3.23 kg m−2 h−1. These results represent a new breakthrough in improving the operational reliability, power output and versatility of hygroelectric generators in dynamic salinity environments.

EdVee: A Visual Diagnostic and Course Design Tool for Constructive Alignment

The adoption of digital technologies in higher education offers new opportunities for student learning but also adds complexity to course design and development processes. Although practice varies across institutions and nations, a common response is that teams of people are now involved in the development and creation of blended and online courses. Members of such teams typically include instructional designers, academics, learning designers and technologists, and production teams, and courses are developed over time, often across separate locations and organisations. These factors are creating a need for tools that support the sharing of design information in distributed course design teams. This paper introduces such a course design tool, EdVee, which supports pedagogical innovation through the sharing and visualisation of constructive alignment of learning outcomes, content, learning, and teaching activities and assessment. Key concepts that underpin EdVee are drawn from systems engineering and product development. We demonstrate its value to course design through two case studies: the design of a new course and the evaluation of an existing course.

TRAINING OF PERFORMING ARTS MANAGEMENT SKILLS IN THE ART CULTURE COMMUNITY

Art management related to coordination, in a performance planning, publication, promotion, audience and financial/funding and other general matters is very important for an organization/community/art culture studio. All non-artistic work is under the responsibility of Production, including training schedules and staging dates. The purpose of this training is to provide training to every cultural arts community in the city of Palangkaraya and the Watershed Cultural Community (Daerah Aliran Sungai). Participants who received field practice training, both training on stage managers (production teams) for performances and management in arts and culture community organizations so that an orderliness of personal affairs was achieved on every problem in the cultural community concerned. The method used in this training is carried out online because the Covid-19 pandemic is still ongoing and still increasing, following the rules of the Covid-19 handling/prevention officer unit at the local government level and the University of Palangkaraya, this activity was decided to be an online activity using the Zoom Meeting application which attended by 180 participants from various circles, both students, art lecturers and art activists.

Can carbon emission trading pilot policy drive industrial structure low-carbon restructuring: new evidence from China.

Industrial structure low-carbon restructuring is an essential channel to accelerate China's economic growth and fulfilling carbon emission reduction goals. Whether carbon emission trading pilot policy, as an influential carbon reduction instrument, fosters industrial structure low-carbon restructuring is of major significance to green economic development. This paper empirically investigates the shock of the carbon emission trading pilot policy on industrial structure low-carbon restructuring using the differences-in-differences (DID) and synthetic control method (SCM). Statistics reveal that sectors with low carbon productivity, such as electricity, steam, and hot water production and supply, ferrous metal smelting and pressing, etc., and sectors with high carbon productivity, such as electrical equipment and machinery, electronics and telecommunication equipment, etc. The industrial structure did not develop a stable trend of change before the 12th Five-Year Plan, but a stable trend of low-carbon restructuring emerged after such a period. Carbon emission trading pilot policy significantly facilitates industrial structural low-carbon restructuring. Carbon emission trading pilot policy inhibits energy-intensive industries in the industrial sector significantly, which promotes industrial structure low-carbon restructuring. Therefore, policymakers need to develop a nationwide carbon emission trading market that includes more industries to guide production factors to industrial sectors with high carbon productivity for industrial restructuring and dual carbon goals.

Optimizing Internal Energy Streams in Micro Gas Turbines in Cogeneration toward Flexible Heat-to-Power Ratio—Global Thermodynamic Performance Assessment and Specific Case Studies

Abstract Although the simultaneous production of heat and power, the so-called combined heat and power (CHP), is from a thermodynamic point of view still the most efficient energy conversion method, cogeneration units have nowadays problems to position themselves in the current and future energy market. The increasing renewable energy penetration requires CHP units to become more flexible, especially on their currently fixed heat-to-power ratio. Within this framework, micro-gas turbines (mGTs), as small-scale decentralized cogeneration units, offer opportunities. Since they use the recuperated Brayton cycle, they offer the theoretic option to adjust the internal heat streams to provide a flexible heat-to-power ratio as well as the unique feature of a tunable outlet temperature, making the unit feasible/interesting for a larger range of applications having a combined heat and power demand. Hence, in this paper, we assessed the impact of the use of a recuperator bypass for enhanced operational flexibility of mGT. In a first step, the optimal pathway for the recuperator bypass, i.e., cold or hot side bypass, is selected for a typical mGT, the Turbec T100 (currently commercially available as the AE-T100), considering both thermodynamics as well as technological feasibility. Moreover, the potential performance impact on the electrical and total efficiency is calculated as well as on the total available thermal power. In a second step, the specific performance of the option of using a recuperator bypass is assessed for two specific cases: flexible heat-to-power ratio at low temperature and high temperature, i.e., steam generation, cogeneration. Thermodynamic simulations show that the impact on the electric efficiency remains rather limited (maximal 6% absolute efficiency reduction for a 40% bypass ratio), while the available thermal energy and exergy increase significantly: up to 60% increase for thermal power and even 115% increase in the exergy content of the flue gases. Moreover, there is no distinct difference between cold or hot bypass, leaving the selection of the optimal bypass route a pure technical choice. Finally, considering the specific cases studied, simulation results show that heat-to-power ratio could be increased by more than 50% for all power outputs for the low temperature CHP applications, even resulting in a global efficiency increase, while for the high temperature case, recuperator bypass allows for a significant increase in steam production, at total efficiencies comparable to the separate production (i.e., boiler and grid), clearly highlighting the benefits and potential of a recuperator bypass.

Modelling reinjection of two-phase non-condensable gases and water in geothermal wells

Steam production from high enthalpy geothermal systems is frequently accompanied by the emission of non-condensable gases (NCGs), initially dissolved in the liquid phase or mixed in the vapour phase at depth in the reservoir. Capturing and reinjecting geothermal gases (CO2, CH4, NH3, H2S, H2, …) together with condensed steam leads to a significant improvement of the environmental profile of geothermal power systems and helps with reservoir recharge and pressure support. Nowadays, there are several ongoing projects targeting the minimalization of the environmental impact of geothermal exploitation through reinjection of the NCGs. For low NCG content, the gases can be fully dissolved into the condensed water and reinjected. However, for a high concentration of NCGs, the dissolution is only partial, and a two-phase mixture needs to be reinjected to achieve this goal. We present here the numerical results for the reinjection process in two different geothermal sites and for two different injection scenarios, focusing on the case of two-phase (liquid–gas) flows. Three commercial software (UniSim®, PIPESIM, and OLGA) and one in-house developed code (GWellFM) were used, and their results were compared. The injection should always take place inside a liquid column in the well to avoid degassing and accumulation of the NCGs. When targeting high pressure reservoirs or when injecting high ratios of water to NCGs flow rates, mixing of the two phases should take place on the surface. Whereas for low pressure reservoirs or for high gas contents mixing must occur deep in the well through one or several mixing points to ensure either complete dissolution of the gas or the downward flow of a two-phase mixture with minimum compression on the surface. The uncertainties of two-phase downward flows and water/NCGs mixtures characterisations introduce additional complexities in the modelling of the reinjection process.

A founding-team model of creating a venture's culture

As many new ventures are started by founding teams, it is these founding teams that likely engage in creating their venture's culture. We draw on theories of cultural dynamics and the literature on team cognitive diversity to investigate the creation of a new venture's culture. Specifically, we theorize how a founding team's cognitive diversity impacts the team's production of cultural information and the transmission of that information throughout the venture. Cognitive diversity directly influences the founding team's production of cultural information by shaping the diversity of the information set and the speed of its production. Moreover, cognitive diversity can give rise to faultlines within the venture, impacting how venture members interpret cultural information. Importantly, our model suggests a complex interplay between the production and interpretation of cultural information. Understanding culture creation in new ventures is important because a new venture's culture shapes its legitimacy and thus its access to stakeholder resources for venture emergence.

System optimization of steam generation in the dual-flash compound circulation system

Concentrating on the problem of massive energy loss in the compressor, expansion valve, and the other components present in the high-temperature heat pump system under extensive temperature lift, the dual-flash compound circulation system is proposed and the thermodynamic model of the dual-flash compound circulation system was established. The article combines the multivariate simulated annealing algorithm, utilizes the system COP as the optimization goal, and completes the calculation of the thermodynamic parameters in the steady-state of the system that is based on satisfying the conditions of the system process. Using R245fa as the refrigerant, the condensation temperature is set within the range of 110°C–140°C for the model calculation. The results show that, compared to the traditional two-stage compression system under the same environment, the COP of the dual-flash compound circulation system can be increased up to 5.71%–12.13%, and the exergy efficiency can be increased by 5.11%–10.71%, respectively. Besides, steam production per unit refrigerant is also increased by 3.79%–5.14%. Finally, the feasibility of the theoretical model is verified by simulation, and it is concluded that the dual-flash compound circulation system has better steam production performance at the extensive temperature lift and the elevated condensation temperature.

Optimisation of an Integrated System: Combined Heat and Power Plant with CO2 Capture and Solar Thermal Energy

This paper aims to evaluate different design configurations of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant with post-combustion CO2 capture. Three cases are involved in this study: case 1 consists of three trains and each train has a configuration of one gas turbine with a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG); case 2 consists of three trains and one steam turbine; and case 3 consists of only two trains. The third case presented the highest CHP efficiency of 72.86% with 511.8 MW net power generation. After selecting the optimum configuration, a parabolic-trough collector (PTC) was incorporated to generate additional saturated steam at 3.5 bar for the capture plant, adding greater flexibility to the CHP because more steam was available. In addition, the efficiency of the cycle increased from 72.86% to 80.18%. Although case 2 presented lower efficiency than case 3, it has a steam turbine which brings the possibility of increasing the amount of electricity instead of steam production. When the PTC was incorporated in case 2, the power generated in the steam turbine increased from 23.22 MW to 52.6 MW, and the net efficiency of the cycle from 65.4% to 68.21%.

Perancangan Sistem Informasi Akuntasi Penentuan Harga Pokok Produksi Dengan Metode Full Costing Berbasis Desktop Di PT. Kentang Hollando Sejahtera

The research objective is to design an accounting information system for determining the cost of production at PT. Hollando Sejahtera potatoes and to be implemented according to the company's needs. The design of the accounting information system uses the full costing method and the method of gathering information and supporting data during this research using observation, interviews and literature studies. Software for information system development uses Microsoft Visual Basic and for databases uses MySQL. System development in this study uses the Waterfall method. The documents used are the use of materials, labor, and overhead during the production process. The data processing stage is presented in data tables and their relations in the form of an ERD. The data processing stage is presented in a flowchart and program interface design. The input design consists of raw material transactions, supporting material transactions, labor cost transactions, overhead cost transactions, harvest data. The output designs are inventory reports, HPP reports, general journal reports and harvest reports. The result of this research is to replace an existing system which is still simple and inaccurate in determining production HPP, and the results of implementing this system are able to assist in recording, controlling and reporting from the production team to company management making it easier for company management to make decisions and policies for the next production process.
 Keywords: Accounting Information System, HPP, Full Costing

Review of Possible Waste Heat Sources from Industrial Facilities and Their Potential Use

The aim of the paper was to review the main reusable sources of heat from industrial facilities and to analyze the most efficient way in which they can be exploited. In order to carry out some case studies, examples were chosen from fields of industry in which energy consumption is very high, namely the energy and mining industries. It was shown that although there are large amounts of energy that can be recovered, they are generally low temperature heat sources. Their efficient recovery can be achieved with the help of heat pumps, but due to the final temperature of the heat source, which is around 70 °C, they can be used mainly as heat sources for heating or hot water. This use greatly limits the research and projects for the reuse of these secondary energy resources, therefore future research should focus on obtaining higher temperatures, but also on the production of steam from these sources. The production of steam would facilitate an increase in projects for the recovery of these secondary energy resources for industrial use, which would lead to a superior valorization of them.

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PRODUCER AND PRODUCTION TEAM OF THE CELEBRITY TOP 10 PROGRAM AT MNC LIFESTYLE & FASHION

Interpersonal communication is a type of communication that is considered the most effective in changing attitudes and behavior in the form of dialogue. This research aims to understand interpersonal communication between the producers and the production team of the Celebrity Top 10 program at MNC Lifestyle & Fashion. The theory used in this research is symbolic interaction theory to see how different symbols relate to the study of concepts, themes, and their roles. The method used is a qualitative method with a constructivist paradigm. Data collection techniques are carried out using interviews, observation, and documentation. This research shows that communication activities between the producer and the production team of the Celebrity Top 10 Program, which consists of 5 people, namely the Producer, Senior Production Assistant, Production Assistant Intern, Creative, and Editor, have gone well. The most common method producers and production teams use to communicate with each other is to hold small meetings to learn about the topics that will be covered on the broadcast. The production team also held meetings outside office hours to see the team's progress in implementing the Celebrity Top 10 Program and providing solutions and motivation to all team members. Several obstacles were felt, including differences in views, difficulties understanding the material, and limited equipment. That is why the alternative is to actively exchange opinions, utilize individual expertise, and take turns using equipment.

The role of the leader in teamwork

The subject of research in the paper is the competence, way, and quality of team management and leadership styles of team leaders from the point of view of team productivity. The research aims to determine the competence and way of team management and the influence of the team leader's leadership styles (directive, participative, and supportive) on increasing team productivity. In order to achieve the set goal of the research, the paper started with the following hypotheses: General hypothesis (H0): The assumption is that leaders significantly influence teams' productivity in Serbian companies. Specific hypotheses in the paper we define as: H1. The assumption is that the team leaders in a particular organization are competent to perform the tasks. H2. The assumption is that managing the team is a function of creating a favorable social climate. H3. The assumption is that certain leadership styles significantly impact increasing team productivity. H4. The assumption is that improving leadership style and building leadership skills increase team productivity. H5: The assumption is that there are significant differences between respondents in assessing the influence of leadership style on the productivity of teamwork, considering their sociodemographic and status characteristics. The authors used descriptive, inductive, deduction, and content analysis methods in the paper and surveying as a technique. The authors processed statistical data using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentages), analysis of variance, and t-tests for independent and dependent samples. Also, the authors used the F-test and Levene's test. All five hypotheses were confirmed after examining the hypotheses from which the research started.

Exploring the Impact of AI technology Adoption on Productivity of Agile Software Development Teams with High Attrition: A Pilot Study

Purpose: This study explores the effect of the adoption of AI tools and frameworks on the productivity of Agile software development teams with high attrition rates. Design/methodology/approach: For this study, uses a combined theory approach to build and test a model for the effects of productivity factors along with the impact of AI technology on to the Agile software development team's productivity having a high attrition rate. A web-based survey is used to collect the sample data, which was eventually tested with the help of SmartPLS using partial least square methods and Bootstrapping. Findings: This study shows that the adoption of AI technology has a partial mediation effect on the Agile software development teams having a high attrition rate but could help sustain it by automating mundane tasks for predictable outputs. Research limitations/implications: Limited availability of data regarding factors of productivity, inadvertent sampling bias, and selecting the appropriate size of a data sample. Originality: The study findings shows that the AI technologies and tools, will help teams to sustain their productivity even though there are constraints like high attrition.

Team Production and the Homophily Trap: Evidence from Open Source Software

Team Production and the Homophily Trap: Evidence from Open Source Software