Restoration Of System Research Articles

Environmental Monitoring and Restoration of Ecological Cycle Index System Based on IoT Agriculture

Environmental factors have a direct impact on the development of agriculture, so it is particularly important to detect the environment of the agroecological cycle index system. Although there are some plans for environmental monitoring, most of them are environmental monitoring for a larger concept, but this study is specific to the actual object. This article takes farmland as the research object and comprehensively uses embedded technology, information monitoring technology, and network technology based on the analysis of the research status and system application of the farmland environmental monitoring system. This article studies and designs a real-time online remote monitoring system for farmland ecological environment based on embedded architecture and GPRS technology. By using sensors to obtain farmland information, it is displayed on the monitoring center and mobile client, and data information is obtained in real time. It manages and protects the farmland environment in advance. This article measures and analyzes the data from the final experiment. The experimental results show that the monitoring system can accurately collect farmland data in real time. And through the embedded server and the Internet, the data can be remotely transmitted in real time and displayed on the monitoring center and mobile client software. The results showed that PM2.5 was 30 μg/m3 at 20:00. The experimental data have the characteristics of real time and stability, which can meet the requirements of real-time network remote monitoring and transmission of data.

On the History of the Restoration of a Multi-Party Political System in Kenya

On the eve of the declaration of independence in 1963, the specifics of the alignment of political forces in Kenya consisted in the struggle for future power between two large nationalist unions – Kenya African National Union (KANU) and Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU). The outcome of this struggle brought victory to KANU and largely determined the vector of the future political history of this country. Under its first President, Jomo Kenyatta (and Chairman of KANU), multiparty Kenya became a de facto one-party state after KADU was dissolved in 1964 and the activities of the opposition Kenya People Union (was emerged in 1965) was banned in 1966. Kenya became officially the one-party state under Kenyatta’s successor D. аrap Moi in 1982. In the process of further establishing the authoritarian regime, he used KANU to extend state-party control to all forms of socio-political life of the country (parliament, judiciary, trade unions, public organizations, etc.). The main guarantor of ensuring order was repressive measures against any forms of dissidence. After the adoption in 1991 of the amendment to the Constitution on the liberalization of the political system, Moi managed to remain as president twice more (after the 1991 and 1997 elections), thanks to the disunity of the opposition represented by parties created on ethnic grounds. Only in 2002, the opposition managed to create a multi-ethnic short-term alliance National Rainbow Coalition led by M. Kibaki. As a result, the first president was elected in Kenya, who was not a member of the party that had been in power for 39 years before. It also put an end to the 24-year «Moi era», which was characterized by the flourishing of corruption, the crisis in the economy, political repression and tribal strife. But the same challenges, and the unresolved land issue among them, again led to the unrest during the next presidential campaign of 2007–2008. The culmination was the largest ethnopolitical crisis in the history of Kenya, which was stopped only thanks to the efforts of international mediators. In 2010 a new constitution was adopted, in which an attempt was made to reform the political system in order to prevent the aggravation of interethnic conflicts in the future during presidential election campaigns in multiparty Kenya. The purpose of the main provisions of the Constitution is to make politics more inclusive, to expand the participation of the population in decision-making, to overcome of the population distrust to their results of a presidential elections.

ОЦІНКИ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ ПОТРІБНИХ СИЛ І ЗАСОБІВ ДЛЯ ВІДНОВЛЕННЯ ПОШКОДЖЕНОЇ СИСТЕМИ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ В УМОВАХ ПЕРЕТИНАННЯ СТАТИСТИЧНИХ ГІПОТЕЗ

Emphasis is placed on building a complex feedback system that responds objectively to changing circumstances regarding damaged means and forces of combat operations, because otherwise the system becomes self-sufficient and may become incapable of performing tasks. The variants of change of a situation with insufficient working capacity of system in the conditions of stochastic crossing of signs of variants of sets of forces and means for restoration of working capacity of system, after a choice of the best from set of alternative variants are defined. The probabilities of realization of each of the options of measures that are alternatives for the restoration of the system as a whole are determined. The distinction between the options of forces and means for the possible scope of measures is made using the criterion of the ideal observer, taking into account the costs of implementing each of the alternatives with maximum levels of probability in the hypotheses that intersect. The method of determining the predicted estimates of the probability of implementing alternatives to restore a complex system of technical support as a whole, under the conditions of a certain number of identified options for additional forces and additional equipment to intensify the process of restoring the system as a whole. . The method of determining the necessary costs and forecasting the reliability of their implementation, the method of testing statistical hypotheses, was used during the long-term planning of activities to create a more effective system of ensuring any level of hierarchy. Keywords: systems of comprehensive support of troops' actions, adaptive recovery of support system, method of statistical testing of hypotheses, assessment of realization of necessary forces and means, restoration of damaged support system in conditions of intersection of statistical hypotheses on its recovery.

The Importance of Power Generation Plants with Blackstart on Power System Restoration after Blackout

Güç sistemleri, elektrik enerjisinin kesintisiz bir şekilde tüketiciye ulaştırılmasını sağlayan ve birbiriyle koordineli çalıştırılan ekipmanların toplamı şeklinde ifade edilen kompleks yapılardır. Ancak bazı durumlarda güç sisteminde tam ya da kısmi olarak sistem çökmesi meydana gelebilmektedir. Bu sistem çökmesi bazen hemen giderilebilirken bazen de giderilmesi uzun sürmektedir. Uzun süren kesintiler sonrasında toplumsal yaşam, gündelik faaliyetler ve üretim faaliyetleri sekteye uğramakta; bu durum maddi olarak büyük bir kayba yol açmaktadır. Güç sisteminin tamamında meydana gelen bir sistem çökmesi sonrasında özenilerek hazırlanmış olan güç sistem restorasyonu planları hemen uygulanmaya başlanmalıdır. Güç sisteminin restorasyonunda kritik bir rol oynayan yeniden toparlanma özellikli güç üretim ünitelerinin konumu ve kapasitesi, sistem çökmesi sonrasında uygulanacak olan restorasyon stratejisine karar vermede büyük bir öneme sahiptir. Yapılan bu çalışmada güç sisteminin tam çökmesi sonrasında yeniden toparlanma özellikli güç üretim santrallerinin sistem restorasyonunda önemini anlamak için gerçek veriler kullanılarak simülasyon çalışması yapılmıştır. Yapılan çalışmada sistem çökmesi ve sistem restorasyonunun uygulama safhalarında güç üretim birimlerinin davranışları incelenmiştir. Güç sistem restorasyon planları hazırlanırken dikkat edilmesi gereken hususlar ile ilgili bilgi verilmiştir.

Relationship between oral health status and cognitive functions

With global increases in the aging population, the number of patients with cognitive decline is greatly increasing, which has become a big social problem. The studies conducted previously suggest the possible relationship between oral health and cognitive status. It is well-known, that the oral cavity is an important component not only the maxillofacial region, but also acontributor of general health. In this article, we highlight the relationship among dentoalveolar system and the cognitive functions. Studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed that during mastication there is activation of somatosensory cortical areas, the supplementary motor area, insula, and other areas including the striatum, thalamus and cerebellum. According to the results of the сlinical studies, patients with dementia have demonstrated poor oral hygiene, greater incidence of periodontal diseases and tooth loss. Accumulating evidence suggests that cognitive decline may be associated with masticatory dysfunction. Masticatory dysfunction, as an umbrella term, refers to a debilitating condition in which normal masticatory function is compromised due to structural factors (e.g., tooth loss) or functional factors (e.g., weaker biting force or poorer masticatory performance). The presented data support the hypothesis that there is a possible relationship between mastication, oral health status and cognitive functions, therefore maintenance and adequate restoration of the whole masticatory system are important for the prevention of cognitive decline. This problem requires further clinical interdisciplinary studies, assessing cognitive abilities and oral health.

Effective Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Autoimmune Diseases by Resonance Medicine

Diseases - diabetes mellitus (especially type 1) and autoimmune diseases are incurable diseases. In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells of the tail of the pancreas die. It is in the beta cells of the tail of the pancreas that insulin is located, a hormone that maintains normal blood sugar levels in patients with type 1diabetes. Until now, no methods have been known to restore dead pancreatic beta cells. Methods for restoring the lymphoid system in patients with autoimmune diseases were not known. With these diseases, the normal properties of the lymphoid system are lost. This review aims to present materials on the effective treatment (cure) of these diseases. For the treatment, the resonance therapy method was used, which has been known for at least 25 years and which has been modified in our work since 2016. The essence of our modification was that the author began to use 1. not only low (previously known), but also high potencies of resonant drugs. 2. We have created a direction in resonance therapy, which is called "resonance of creation." So far, only the direction known as “resonance of destruction” is known, with the help of which oncological tissues, infectious processes, cysts, stones, etc. are treated - destroyed. With the help of the resonance of creation, various biological structures that have undergone degeneration and death are restored - the myelin sheath of the nerves in multiple sclerosis, nerve cells in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, etc. With the help of the resonance of creation, the beta cells of the tail of the pancreas are restored in type 1 diabetes, and restoration of the lymphoid system in autoimmune diseases. So, in patients with autoimmune diseases, organ preparations were tested: “lymph nodes”, “lymphocytes”. It turned out that in all patients with various autoimmune diseases, lymph nodes, lymphocytes were tested as being in a degenerative state. There was not a single patient whose lymph nodes and lymphocytes were tested as normal. The task was to normalize the functional state of the lymph nodes and lymphocytes in our patients and thereby take an important step towards curing their autoimmune disease. To this end, it was necessary to increase the potency of the lymph nodes and lymphocytes in the same way as we did it in relation to the beta cells of the pancreas in patients with diabetes mellitus, in relation to the substantia nigra of the midbrain in patients with Parkinson's disease and in relation to the myelin sheath. nerves in multiple sclerosis. After testing organ preparations: "lymph nodes", "lymphocytes" in patients with autoimmune diseases, the potency was selected, which led to the fact that lymph nodes and lymphocytes were no longer tested as degenerated formations. It was this potency of lymph nodes and lymphocytes that was the basis for the treatment of patients. Thus, as a result of the treatment of diabetes mellitus (especially type 1) and autoimmune diseases by resonance therapy, these diseases become curable.

A multiparametric approach for rejuvenation of the Gaurikund geothermal spring system in the Northwest Himalayan region

The Gaurikund town falls on the way of the famous trekking route to Kedarnath that faced the wrath of the 2013 flood disaster. This fateful event severed more than 5000 casualties, demolished several infrastructures, and shifted the course of Gaurikund spring from its original position. Nevertheless, the Gaurikund geothermal spring system located in the Himalayan Geothermal Belt of the Garhwal region is preeminent for religious beliefs, balneotherapeutic values and a gateway to delve within the geothermal and hydrological characteristics of the area. In this perspective, restoration of Gaurikund geothermal spring system becomes a necessity. A multiparametric approach comprising geospatial, geology, hydrochemistry and geophysics has been used to study and justify these aspects at Gaurikund. The geological studies infer that the geothermal spring gets recharged by the steep, southerly dipping joints in granite gneiss. Subsequently, the deep percolated water heats up due to the high geothermal gradient and then emerge along the Vaikrita Thrust and its sympathetic minor fault-thrust system by advection. Moreover, four spring outlets are inventoried, with discharge varying from 7.46 to 95.54 L/min. The normal emissivity model uses the pre and post-disaster satellite data and generates maximum kinetic temperature images, showing a positive correlation between land surface temperature and spring discharge. Two-dimensional Electrical Resistivity Tomography (Schlumberger, Wenner and Gradient configurations) survey revealed two low resistivity zones proximal to the geothermal spring on the right bank of the Mandakini river. The engineering interventions carried out by bank protection and construction of small gully plugs in the catchment area is recommended along Gaurikund-Sonprayag section on the right bank of Mandakini river.

Effective treatment of diabetes mellitus and autoimmune diseases by resonance medicine

Diseases - diabetes mellitus (especially type 1) and autoimmune diseases are incurable diseases. In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells of the tail of the pancreas die. It is in the beta cells of the tail of the pancreas that insulin is located, a hormone that maintains normal blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes. Until now, no methods have been known to restore dead pancreatic beta cells. Methods for restoring the lymphoid system in patients with autoimmune diseases were not known. With these diseases, the normal properties of the lymphoid system are lost. This review aims to present materials on the effective treatment (cure) of these diseases. For the treatment, the resonance therapy method was used, which has been known for at least 25 years and which has been modified in our work since 2016. The essence of our modification was that the author began to use 1. Not only low (previously known) but also high potencies of resonant drugs. 2. We have created a direction in resonance therapy, which is called “resonance of creation.” So far, only the direction is known as “resonance of destruction” is known, with the help of which oncological tissues, infectious processes, cysts, stones, etc. are treated - destroyed. With the help of the resonance of creation, various biological structures that have undergone degeneration and death are restored - the myelin sheath of the nerves in multiple sclerosis, nerve cells in Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, etc. With the help of the resonance of creation, the beta cells of the tail of the pancreas are restored in type 1 diabetes and restoration of the lymphoid system in autoimmune diseases. So, in patients with autoimmune diseases, organ preparations were tested: “lymph nodes”, “lymphocytes”. It turned out that in all patients with various autoimmune diseases, lymph nodes, and lymphocytes were tested as being in a degenerative state. There was not a single patient whose lymph nodes and lymphocytes were tested as normal. The task was to normalize the functional state of the lymph nodes and lymphocytes in our patients and thereby take an important step towards curing their autoimmune disease. To this end, it was necessary to increase the potency of the lymph nodes and lymphocytes in the same way as we did it in relation to the beta cells of the pancreas in patients with diabetes mellitus, in relation to the substantia nigra of the midbrain in patients with Parkinson’s disease and in relation to the myelin sheath. Nerves in multiple sclerosis. After testing organ preparations: “lymph nodes”, and “lymphocytes” in patients with autoimmune diseases, the potency was selected, which led to the fact that lymph nodes and lymphocytes were no longer tested as degenerated formations. It was this potency of lymph nodes and lymphocytes that was the basis for the treatment of patients. Thus, as a result of the treatment of diabetes mellitus (especially type 1) and autoimmune diseases by resonance therapy, these diseases become curable.

REALITIES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UKRAINIAN BANKING SYSTEM

The paper deals with the analysis of the banking system of Ukraine. It is shown that for Ukraine the frequency and depth of crisis phenomena in the banking sector are exacerbated by the raw material orientation of the economy, underdeveloped domestic market and the circulation of foreign currency (dollarization of the economy). It should be noted that in the pre-crisis during 2006-2007, excessive mortgage lending created a "bubble" in the real estate market, which, comparing its devastating effects, corresponded to this phenomenon in the real estate market in the United States. Although the crisis of 2008-2009 demonstrated the vulnerability of the Ukrainian banking system to numerous economic and political upheavals, no significant changes in banking supervision took place to minimize systemic risks. Restoration of the banking system of Ukraine in 2015-2016 is generally in line with post-crisis trends to streamline the banking system and increase its efficiency in the world. At the same time, the weakness of the institutional environment makes it impossible to use both administrative tools and state development banks to increase productive lending in Ukraine. On the other hand, commercial banks will use refinancing loans instead of private-sector savings to lend. In this case, the probability of the need for financial support from banks increases, which will lead to a significant increase in public debt.Moreover, a system of vector autoregression models has been developed to research the impact of crisis periods on the performance of commercial banks in Ukraine. The simulation results (mainly the analysis of impulse response functions) allow concluding that interbank lending in post-crisis conditions recovers relatively rapidly (with a lag of two years). Lending to non-financial corporations and non-residents showed a decline and recovery only within four years after the crisis. Lending to the general government sector is growing every year, but at the same time loans to other resident sectors are declining. In addition, during the year after the crisis, the volume of deposits in the banking system is demonstrating a decrease. Other variables do not show any response to the crisis.

Aptian−Albian extension in Tethyan rifted continental passive margin of Tunisia inferred from sequential restorations of balanced cross-sections and expansion index

This article presents an overview of regional extensional deformation across the north-facing southern Tethyan continental passive margin of Tunisia during the Aptian and Albian syn-rift stages. Because of the Late Eocene, Late Miocene and Pleistocene orogenic overprinting, the earlier extensional history of the Tunisian Atlassic province had to be reconstructed from balanced and sequentially restored transects across four key fault systems active at the time. These were used to (i) estimate the amount and timing of extension and (ii) calculate the expansion index (EI) for each fault system. The analysis demonstrates the region experienced a very significant amount of mid-Cretaceous extension, representing the last of several Permian-Mesozoic rift events. Two closely linked styles of deformation were recognised: thick-skinned basement involved faulting and shallow listric faulting detached on decollement surfaces within late Triassic evaporites. Both styles of faulting triggered salt diapirism.Sequential pre-orogenic restorations of a transect across the Tebaga Kebili and Orbata faults in the southern part of this province suggest both experienced a large amount of extensional displacement during the Aptian and Albian (Aptian-Albian extension = 2.6 km), recorded by footwall erosion, growth strata, rollover structures and changes in sedimentary facies. A similar restoration across the Labaiedh (M'rhila-Cherichira) fault system further north, identified both thick and thin-skinned extensional movement associated with diapiric growth and salt extrusion reaching a maximum during the Aptian (Aptian-Albian extension = 0.55 km). A pre-Tertiary restoration of the Teboursouk fault system in the northern part of the province, demonstrated thick-skinned extension peaking during the Albian (Aptian-Albian extension = 0.4 km). This accommodated a thick sequence of basinal shales to the north, deformed by active diapirism with sea-floor salt extrusion, triggered by deep basement faulting and enhanced by the plastic incompetent character of the thick shale dominant overburden.Regional extension across the Tunisian Atlassic province during the Aptian-Albian was contemporaneous with a significant change in intra-plate stress across northern Africa, the opening of the South Atlantic and structural reorganization along the East African continental margin. This synchroneity across such a wide region may reflect some still poorly understood deep crustal processes, ultimately responsible for reactivating older rift faults and regional tilting across the province. The associated gravity salt gliding and diapirism bear comparison with the post-rift deformational style of the South Atlantic passive margin. However intra-evaporite decollement surfaces were more local, limited by active thick-skinned faulting with diapirism typically soft linked to deeper fault movement.

T and B Cell Composition and Cytokine Producing Capacity Before and After Bariatric Surgery.

Morbid obesity is associated with a chronic state of low-grade inflammation, which may lead to accelerated differentiation of T and B cells. These differentiated immune cells are strongly cytotoxic and have an increased pro-inflammatory cytokine producing capacity. Furthermore, the anti-inflammatory function of the T and B cells decreases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of morbid obesity on the subset profile and cytokine producing capacity of T and B cells. Subsequently, we assessed whether bariatric surgery affected the subset profile and cytokine producing capacity of these cells. We determined the proportion of T and B cell subsets and their cytokine producing capacity in peripheral blood collected from 23 morbidly obese patients before and three months after bariatric surgery using flow-cytometry. We compared this with the results of 25 lean controls. Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells showed a more differentiated subset profile in morbidly obese patients as compared to lean controls, which was not recovered three months after bariatric surgery. The B cell composition of morbidly obese patients after bariatric surgery adjusted towards the profile of lean controls. However, the IL-2 and IFN-γ producing capacity of CD8+ T cells and the IL-2, IFN-γ, TNF-α and IL-10 producing capacity of B cells was not restored three months after bariatric surgery. In conclusion, the data suggest that the immune system has the capacity to recover from the detrimental effects of morbid obesity within three months after bariatric surgery in terms of cell composition; however, this was not seen in terms of cytokine producing capacity. The full restoration of the immune system after bariatric surgery may thus take longer.

Environmental Geochemistry and Positive Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic with Special Emphasis to Coal Mining Industry: An Overview

Abstract In the present situation, Covid-19 is considered to be an unbeaten global pandemic. In every single fleeting moment, this SARS- CoV- 2(coronavirus-2) causes greater damage to our life including the physical world including drastic imbalance of the whole economic condition of any country. The lockdown governed in two consecutive years (2020 and 2021)in the world to control the spreading of the virus poses an undue threat to the industrial sectors including the coal mining sectors that determine the economic growth of the country. With these negative impacts of coronavirus-2 in our life, this present review aims to explore some of the positive influences of the Covid-19 pandemic through the restoration of the environmental system which are otherwise not possible. This quantitative review finds that spreading of the Covid-19 pandemic indirectly improves the air and water quality by reducing the number of vehicles, reduces the CO2, NOx,particulate matter, and other polluting gases emission from coal-based power plants through periodical lockdown in the country.Moreover, the lockdown implemented to minimise the spreading of the Covid-19 significantly reduces the coal dust production from the mining and transportation of coal that indirectly reduces environmental pollution.

Resilience Neural-Network-Based Methodology Applied on Optimized Transmission Systems Restoration

This paper presents an advanced methodology for restoration of the electric power transmission system after its partial or complete failure. This load-optimized restoration is dependent on sectioning of the transmission system based on artificial neural networks. The proposed methodology and the underlying algorithm consider the transmission system operation state just before the fallout and, based on this state, calculate the power grid parameters and suggest the methodology for system restoration for each individual interconnection area. The novel methodology proposes an optimization objective function as a maximum load recovery under a set of constraints. The grid is analyzed using a large amount of data, which results in an adequate number of training data for artificial neural networks. Once the artificial neural network is trained, it provides an almost instantaneous network recovery plan scheme by defining the direct switching order.

Profesor Alojzij Geržinič

Alojzij Geržinič (1915-2008) was a schoolteacher, professional in culture, publicist, musician and chess player. The first part of the paper outlines his youth, his education and his principled Catholic philosophical outlook. The second part, which covers World War II and the time immediately after it, outlines his career. As an opponent of the Liberation Front, he then, at the request of the Home Guard leadership in Primorska, began to engage in the restoration of the Slovenian schools that had been suppressed by fascism. Upon the arrival of the Yugoslav Army in Trieste, he moved to refugee camps in Italy. At the invitation of dr. Srečko Baraga, he returned to Trieste and took part in the restoration of the Slovenian school system. Despite the opposition of Italians and that part of Slovenians who did not accept the Allied administration and anti-Communist teachers (refugees), the restoration effort succeeded in Trieste and also in the Gorizia region. However, Geržinič soon had to leave Trieste because of his Home Guard past and the dangerous circumstances. He emigrated to Argentina. The third part of the paper focuses on his life in Argentina, where he soon found a suitable employment and started a family. He actively participated in organisations and contributed to bulletins founded by the local Slovenian post-war emigration. Alongside, he extensively indulged in musical composition.

Computational Imaging for Simultaneous Image Restoration and Super-Resolution Image Reconstruction of Single-Lens Diffractive Optical System

Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are difficult to apply in natural scenes imaging covering the visible bandwidth-spectral due to their strong chromatic aberration and the decrease in diffraction efficiency. Advances in computational imaging make it possible. In this paper, the image quality degradation model of DOE in bandwidth-spectral imaging is established to quantitatively analyze its degradation process. We design a DDZMR network for a single-lens diffractive lens computational imaging system, which can simultaneously perform image restoration and image super-resolution reconstruction on degraded images. The multimodal loss function was created to evaluate the reconstruction of the diffraction imaging degradation by the DDZMR network. The prototype physical prototype of the single-lens harmonic diffraction computational imaging system (SHDCIS) was built to verify the imaging performance. SHDCIS testing showed that optical chromatic aberration is corrected by computational reconstruction, and the computational imaging module can interpret an image and restore it at 1.4 times the resolution. We also evaluated the performance of the DDZMR model using the B100 and Urban100 datasets. Mean Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR)/Structural Similarity (SSIM) were, respectively, 32.09/0.8975 and 31.82/0.9247, which indicates that DDZMR performed comparably to the state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods. This work can promote the development and application of diffractive imaging systems in the imaging of natural scenes in the bandwidth-spectrum.

Post-earthquake resilience optimization of a rural “road-bridge” transportation network system

Rural traffic systems have a sparse number of roads and bridges. Under the action of an earthquake, the damage to bridges in the “road-bridge” transportation network (r-bTN) system will not only cause the loss of road capacity but also hinder post-earthquake rescues and recovery. To reduce the impact of the r-bTN system on post-disaster recovery activities, this paper proposes an optimization model of an r-bTN system with bridges as the key links under the concept of resilience recovery. In this model, the average time delay was proposed to evaluate performance of the rural r-bTN system after an earthquake. The total recovery time and cumulative benefit rate were proposed to measure the r-bTN system resilience in the recovery process. In addition, the constraints of bridge functionality change with time, and the number of engineering teams are considered. To illustrate the proposed optimization model, a multi-objective non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm is used to solve the restoration schedule optimization problem for a rural r-bTN with 45 nodes, 74 roads, and 15 bridges subjected to seismic events. This model provides decision support for the restoration of the rural r-bTN system shortly after an earthquake.

On the Need of Quick Monitoring for Wildfire Response from City Halls

This case study shows that the assessment of burned areas can be done with remote sensing data free of charges in a simple laptop. Describing the open-source software and the methodology step by step, we expect to make it available for county workers in areas attained by wildfires, where a quick response is much needed, as the availability of information is essential for the immediate planning of mitigation measures, such as restoring road access, allocate funds for the recovery of human dwellings and assess further restoration of the ecological system. The example used is a succession of wildfires in Portugal mainland during the summer of 2017, that kills more than 60 people and seriously damaged local resources. Wildfires devastate forest ecosystems, having direct impact on vegetation cover and animal population. The economic interest is also attained, as resin extraction ends and the pine wood burned become useless for the most noble applications, so its value decreased. The tools described in this paper establish a baseline for major changes in forest ecosystems recover and allows to target priorities. Moreover, the result allows the follow up of the surface fuel loading, enabling the targeting of restoration measures in a time basis planning.

The Effect of the Non-compressed Oxygen Therapy and Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Combination With Standardized Drug Therapy on the Blood Acid-Base State Biomarkers in Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome, an Experimental Study.

In alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), pathophysiological mechanisms cover acid-base disturbances that affect the clinical picture of this state. An earlier study found that oxygen therapy methods in combination with pharmacotherapy improved the cognitive state in persons suffering from AWS. As impairments in the acid-base state influence the general health, timely and effective correction of these acid-base disturbances could result in a potential improvement in the treatment of the alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of non-compressed oxygen therapy (NOT) and hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) in combination with standard drug therapy (SDT), based on the dynamics of the acid-base state (ABS) in blood during AWS. HBO is the use of oxygen under pressure, whereas NOT uses oxygen without pressure. A comparative assessment of the acid-base state biomarkers was made in 160 patients with a moderate alcohol withdrawal state (3 groups), namely, in patients who underwent SDT only (control group/CG; n = 42) and two comparison groups who underwent SDT in combination with NOT (SG1 group; n = 56) and HBO (SG2 group; n = 62). The use of both oxygen therapy methods (i.e., NOT and HBO) in combination with SDT corrected the ABS in a shorter time and more effectively, which was due to the better restoration of the carbonate buffer system. Although we did not find proof that novel oxygen-related therapeutic procedures such as NOT and HBO in combination with SDT improved the alcohol withdrawal symptoms, it helped with the faster restoration of the acid-base state.

A systems-theoretic hazard analysis for safety-critical medical gas pipeline and oxygen supply systems

Medical gas systems are safety-critical systems due to their association with critical care situations. In particular, the oxygen gas supply system contains many complications represented in the interactions between human and equipment while operating the system and managing emergencies. Therefore, it contains many hazards that require high safety standards to maintain the integrity of the system. The traditional hazard analysis methods suffer from weaknesses as their linear reasoning assumption cannot adequately describe the actual behavior of modern socio-technical systems that are characterized by tight couplings and complex interactions among technical, human and organizational aspects. Alternatively, Systems Theoretical Process Analysis (STPA) is a new hazard analysis approach that accounts for the causal relationships between system components and their unsafe interactions, allowing the integration of both occupational and process safety. STPA is widely used in the automotive, aviation, and aerospace industries whereas there are a few applications of STPA in healthcare domain. This paper proposes the use of STPA methodology in analyzing the hazards related to the medical gas pipeline and oxygen supply systems in a low-medium income country. Specifically, the analysis considers the emergencies that stem from the total or partial failure of oxygen supply and the hazards related to temporary restoration of the medical oxygen system. The results indicate that STPA contributes to identifying the hazards resulting from the interference between the human, machines, and equipment, and studying the unsafe effect of the system elements on each other. This research suggests control measures to prevent the unsafe interaction of the system components and improve the response time to oxygen failure incidents, which greatly reduces the potential consequences.

Reduction of distribution system losses through WAPDA distribution system line- loss reduction program

The losses in the power system vary the gap between energy supply and demand. Among these losses, the distribution system has major contributions compared to the transmission system. This paper thoroughly examines the PESCO distribution losses and implements a practical approach that forties in the loss’s minimization. Using the bifurcation and restoration strategies, the PESCO distribution system can be well-organized and an effective system can be designed. The proposed approach also helps in estimating the entailed capital investments and the rate of return over time. Both the HT (High Tension) and LT (Low Tension) distribution systems are considered for observation and the proposed systems are endorsed. Computer-based software, such as ELR (Energy Loss Reduction) and CADPAW (Computer-Aided Distribution Planning Work) is exploited to measure the results of both the proposed and existing system. After the restoration of a particular system, recommendations are concluded. The proposed approach applies to any existing power system.