Special Car Research Articles

Proposed Marketing Strategy to Increase Brand Awareness of TMO

The car population in Indonesia is increasing every year with an average of 4.8% in the last five years. The contribution of car population is dominated by passenger cars with a contribution of 74.5% when compared to commercial cars, so that this causes the lubricant industry for cars, especially passenger cars, is still survive and still one of the promising industries when viewed from the needs of the society. PT Toyota-Astra Motor (PT TAM), is a car trading company headquartered in North Jakarta, Indonesia. PT TAM sees an opportunity for this business by making special car lubricant products for the Toyota brand, namely TMO or Toyota Motor Oil. In Indonesia, the Toyota car brand is still the market leader with a market share of 33.3%. But unfortunately, there are still few people who know the TMO brand. This is reflected through a questionnaire that has been distributed by the authors to 255 respondents, and only 30% know the TMO brand. For this reason, the author is interested in researching more about proposed marketing strategies to increase brand awareness of TMO products. To be able to find out the right strategy, the author analyses the SWOT, STP, and also the marketing mix of TMO products. Then the author compiled a questionnaire that can provide market conditions related to TMO awareness, customer behaviour when buying engine oil products, customer behaviour when changing oil products, and customer priorities. After conducting an analysis through a questionnaire distributed to 255 respondents and interviews with speakers from PT TAM, namely the marketing team, product development team, and pricing team, the author describes the SWOT analysis, describe the STP proposal, and marketing strategy based on the AIDA framework. AIDA stands for attention, interest, desire, and action. The author designed a marketing strategy based on the AIDA framework.

Relapse after CAR-T cell therapy in B-cell malignancies: challenges and future approaches.

Chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cell therapy, as a novel cellular immunotherapy, has dramatically reshaped the landscape of cancer treatment, especially in hematological malignancies. However, relapse is still one of the most troublesome obstacles to achieving broad clinical application. The intrinsic factors and superior adaptability of tumor cells mark a fundamental aspect of relapse. The unique biological function of CAR-T cells governed by their special CAR construction also affects treatment efficacy. Moreover, complex cross-interactions among CAR-T cells, tumor cells, and the tumor microenvironment (TME) profoundly influence clinical outcomes concerning CAR-T cell function and persistence. Therefore, in this review, based on the most recent discoveries, we focus on the challenges of relapse after CAR-T cell therapy in B-cell malignancies from the perspective of tumor cells, CAR-T cells, and the TME. We also discuss the corresponding basic and clinical approaches that may overcome the problem in the future. We aim to provide a comprehensive understanding for scientists and physicians that will help improve research and clinical practice.

State of open wagon body when loading on a rotary car dumper

The use of modern means of mechanization of loading and unloading operations in places of mass processing of bulky loads in railway and water connection allows to increase the efficiency and productivity of various types of transport, to ensure the safety of load and rolling stock. The most common method of unloading open wagons in ports, mining enterprises, thermal power plants, etc. is the use of special rotary car dumpers. However, it should be noted that unloading on the car dumpers leads to damage of the carriages structural elements. The article presents the results of strength calculations of the car dumper body under the influence of specified dynamic loads from the expiring cargo. They show that the safety margin of the load-bearing elements of the car body is not enough at critical corners of rotation of the car dumper rotor. The studies were carried out using modern computer modeling methods used in the development of new-generation freight car designs. The software package took into account the effects of dynamic loading as external factors that occur at different corners of the car dumper rotor. The implementation of the results obtained at the design stage of innovative structures of open wagon car bodies will allow predicting the operational parameters of load-bearing structures. The presented studies are aimed at improving the safety and operational reliability of the cargo car fleet.

Our Royal Guest: American Press Coverage of King Kalākaua’s Visit to the United States, 1874–1875

Our Royal Guest: American Press Coverage of King Kalākaua’s Visit to the United States, 1874–1875 Douglas V. Askman (bio) Introduction Less than a year after King Kalākaua ascended the throne of the Hawaiian Islands in February 1874, he departed his kingdom for a trip to the United States. When he arrived in San Francisco at the end of November, Kalākaua became the first reigning monarch to set foot on American soil. The sovereign remained in the United States for over two months, and his visit attracted enormous attention from the American media. It was the first of the king’s three trips to the United States during his reign.1 This article will analyze American press coverage of Kalākaua’s 1874–1875 travels through the United States. The reporting on the king’s visit was frequent, extensive, and generally extremely positive. Kalākaua’s time in the United States created a complimentary impression of the new monarch and served to promote Hawai‘i abroad. The praise given to the king by the press, at times effusive, is in partial contrast to the reaction of American newspapers to Kalākaua’s subsequent journey to the United States in 1881 during his world tour. While there was much complimentary coverage of the world tour in [End Page 131] the American media, it was more mixed than the enormously positive reporting that was seen in 1874 and 1875. Nevertheless, the king’s first trip to the United States as a monarch did engender some negative press coverage. Given the racist attitudes and stereotypes prevalent in the United States at the time, this is not surprising. Indeed, much of the unflattering treatment of Kalākaua in American newspapers was essentially the presentation of repugnant chauvinistic stereotypes, often only a few sentences in length, rather than serious reporting about the king’s visit. Overwhelmingly, Kalākaua created a favorable impression in the American press.2 San Francisco and the Journey to Washington Although the Hawaiian monarch did not arrive in the United States until the end of November 1874, reporting on the king’s trip began significantly earlier. The National Republican, a Washington, DC, newspaper, related towards the end of September that information from Honolulu indicated that “Washington is soon to be honored with the presence of royalty.”3 Other papers remarked that Kalākaua would visit President Ulysses S Grant during his stay and even speculated that the king would travel on to Europe.4 On November 18, the day Kalākaua departed Honolulu for San Francisco on the American naval vessel USS Benicia, the Republican pointed out that the king had always shown an interest in the United States and was a man of “marked intelligence.”5 Several days before Kalākaua landed in California, the Gold Hill Daily News of Gold Hill, Nevada, reported on the upcoming royal visit. The paper pointed out that “doubtless great preparations will be made to receive, in a fitting manner, the first live King who ever honored the United States with his personal presence.” The Daily News also related that the king’s party would occupy a suite of rooms at the Grand Hotel in San Francisco and that two railway companies were providing a special train car to bring Kalākaua from the West Coast to Washington.6 On the night of November 28, 1874, the USS Benicia arrived in San Francisco with the king and his companions on board. Accompanying Kalākaua were his brother-in-law, John O. Dominis, Governor of O‘ahu and wife of the king’s sister Princess Lili‘uokalani, and John [End Page 132] M. Kapena, Governor of Maui. Salutes were fired from the military installations and government ships in the harbor to celebrate the king’s arrival. However, Kalākaua and his associates did not make an appearance until the following day.7 On November 29, the royal party came ashore, accompanied again by gun salutes as they departed the Benicia. When the group reached the dock, they were “greeted with cheers by a crowd of thousands.”8 The mayor of San Francisco, James Otis, and a...

Numerical-field evaluation of an efficiency of a shortening of a three-phase stator winding of a cylindrical magnetic field inductor

The article proposes the implementation of the on-board battery system of energy accumulation of the DC rail - a reinforcing point that provides regulated parameters for the quality of electrical energy in the contact network. The expediency of using a matching converter, which provides the principle of separate commutation, in order to minimize the loss of switching of the power keys of the converter, is shown. The location of the reinforcement point in the immediate vicinity of the consumer - directly on the rolling stock - on a locomotive or in a special trailer car is substantiated. The energy and mass parameters of the system are estimated. The calculations are made to make the choice of specific power keys of the converter. The optimal frequency of switching of the power keys of the converter is determined, which provides a compromise between the overall properties of the magnetic elements and the losses in the magnetic material. The necessary value of transformer scattering inductance, mass of magnetic elements and batteries is estimated.

Analysis and forecast of special car market based on BP neural network

This paper is based on the macro environment of the special car market and its development status. Combined with relevant data, this paper forecasts the future prospects from the perspectives of the transaction scale, market recognition and the change trend of the number of special cars, we get the current situation of the car market and the future development trend. Then, the BP neural network prediction model is used to predict the demand of the special car. The grey prediction model is used to predict the number of special cars, and then the future transaction scale of the special car market is analysed. The development prospects of the special car market are analysed from the above three aspects, and the future development of the special car is predicted. It is the result that the market will increase steadily but the growth rate has slowed down, which is in line with the actual situation.

Digital marketing as promotion on Bali jeep adventure products

Bali is one of the famous tourist destinations in the world, so there are many tourism actors offering tourism service and products to tourists who visit. One of the service providers in the form of a tour program is Bali Jeep Adventure which offers a back to nature program using a special 4WD car. Along with the development of technology and information, the marketing must be done through modern means, namely digital marketing using the internet. There are three main stages that must be carried out by Bali Jeep Adventure to maximize promotions through digital means, namely traffic, conversion, and engagement. This research uses qualitative descriptive methods, taking informants with purposive sampling and used triangulation of data aimed at obtaining data validity.

Numerical Modeling of the Thermal State of a Metal–Concrete Container with Spent Nuclear Fuel During Its Transportation

In the work, the authors have presented the procedure and have given results of numerical modeling of the thermal state of a metal–concrete container with spent nuclear fuel during its transportation in a special car. Maximum temperatures of fuel-element sheaths have been determined for several versions of loading of the container with fuel including spent nuclear fuel, with short storage periods.

Development and Designing Smart Traffic Light with Xbee Pro

The main function of the highway are used as a means to facilitate transportation, but today is often challenging due to all road users wanting more quickly reach its destination and precede each other. On the other hand, there is also a special car or entourage effect on traffic density, which in turn impact on congestion. To cope with this is actually the duty of the Traffic Police is not every day got in the way to manage traffic and will not be able to count the number of passing vehicles. To direct the traffic at any place such as a T-junction, an intersection, or intersection five solid pace of the traffic, the necessary traffic arrangements multifunctional tool called Smart Traffic Light. Called smart because the traffic light is deemed able to overcome three problems, such detect traffic density which affects the green light sensor uses the object infrared, able to detect the presence of specific signal from cars special like ambulance or fire engine or police or the like are automatically will change traffic lights red to green light using the XBee wireless module Pro and GPS, and seeks the traffic lights stay lit even though the supply of PLN extinguished using a spare battery. The system is capable of regulating the rate of traffic by arranging alternately road vehicle that passes a certain spot every day for nearly 24 hours a day and on these tools need to pair every day.

Z kasztelu do obozu wojennego. Konno, zbrojnie i z dobrze zaopatrzonym wozem

W średniowieczu mobilizacja wojska przebiegała powoli, a jego zgromadzenie trwało kilka tygodni. Czas na przygotowanie się na wyprawę wojenną to zazwyczaj cztery tygodnie, czas na wypas koni. Wyrazem znaczenia koni bojowych i troski okazywanej ich właścicielom przez panującego jest uwzględnienie ich w edykcie cesarza Fryderyka I Barbarossy o pokoju w państwie z 1152 r. Podobny zapis znajdujemy w statutach Kazimierza Wielkiego z połowy XIV w. Tak duże zainteresowanie końmi wynikało z tego, że „koń, jak wszyscy wiedzą, jest najważniejszą częścią rycerza”. Koń bojowy to dextrarius, czyli prowadzony przez giermka podczas podróży luzem po prawicy, aby wypoczęty był w każdej chwili do dyspozycji rycerza. W zależności od swoich możliwości finansowych rycerze i szlachta dosiadali zarówno dorodnych i rosłych ambulatorów i inochodników, często okrytych różną zbroją, jak i koni średniej wielkości. Natomiast podczas podróży bagaże dźwigał juczny summarius, rycerz zaś dosiadał krzepkiego konia roncina. Rycerstwo i szlachta na drogę zakładali lekką zbroję: kolczugę, płaty lub sam napierśnik. Głowę chronił otwarty i mniej męczący kapalin. Przyłbicę jako hełm zamknięty rycerze wykorzystywali dopiero z chwilą wejścia do walki. Uzbrojenie ochronne oraz broń drzewcowa: kopie i włócznie znajdowały się na towarzyszącym im wozie. Podczas podróży tradycyjny miecz lub koncerz zastępował poręczniejszy kord, tasak lub szabla, ale przy pasie był zawsze puginał lub sztylet. Wraz z ogłoszeniem wyprawy powszechnej rycerz powinien wyruszyć na nią z trzykonnym wozem z żywnością na cztery tygodnie. W cenniku z 1538 r. znajdujemy cztery rodzaje wozów, ale tylko ostatni z nich to wóz specjalny dla zaciężnych (currus stipendiariorum). Jego całkowite wyposażenie stanowiły: kosz z wagami, orczykami, okutymi żelazem kołami i poklatem, tj. płóciennym przykryciem wozu. Taki wóz kosztował 5 florenów. Średniowieczni podróżni zatrzymywali się na posiłek lub na nocleg zazwyczaj w karczmach lub w gospodach. Możniejsi starali się korzystać zazwyczaj z gościnności klasztorów znajdujących się na ich drodze. W miastach mogli nocować w domach mieszczan za odpowiednią opłatą. Ale podczas wyprawy wojennej, a także na polowaniu, trzeba było nocować nawet w szałasie. Jednak król, dostojnicy i zamożniejsza szlachta mieszkała w namiotach. W okresie średniowiecza używano głównie dwóch rodzajów namiotów o kształcie stożkowym. Były to namioty na planie koła, o małej powierzchni i drugie obszerniejsze – o podstawie w kształcie prostokąta lub owalu. Według statutu cechu krawców bydgoskich z 1533 r. na mniejszy tentorium bellicum potrzeba było 112 łokci (ok. 64 m) materiału. Natomiast na namiot większy potrzeba było 146 łokci (ok. 83,2 m) materiału. Hetman Jan Tarnowski w swym Consilium rationis bellicae przestrzega przed pożarem w namiotach i określa miejsca ich postoju w obozie wojennym, gdzie nastąpi drugi etap życia żołnierskiego.

Research on "Internet + Travel" Business Model

The combination of mobile internet and traditional has created the new economic business model of + Travel, and the current + Travel is in the ascendant, which has aroused wide public concern. + travel in our country has developed into a mature stage, its successful business model has been more and more extensive attention. + travel mainly includes Internet special car, internet car rental, Internet carpool, internet driving and sharing of bicycles. This article is mainly from the angle of the Internet special car to study the + Travel business model, introduced the + Travel research background, basic concepts and the status quo, and the internet special car business model as an example of the detailed analysis and comparison.

Resolving Tensions among Creative Departments through Brand Identity Definition: The Case Study of Pininfarina

In 2007, the famous Italian car design firm Pininfarina decided to develop its own mono-branded finished goods business. The jump from exclusively B2B activities to B2C was a major strategic move. The project initiated with the formalization of a possible brand identity as being the necessary preliminary exercise. Through the study of all the design activities over 80 years of history and following a semiotic approach, brand aesthetics and ethics invariants were identified. Four different design teams were involved in the project and 5 main findings were identified in the course of the project: Tensions exist among the various design teams because of the lack of coherence in design and each pretends to interpret the brand in a more consistent way The creative teams feel the need for a well-defined and formalized brand identity, providing some missing common creative guidelines characterizing he brand The design teams participated actively and enthusiastically to the process of brand identity definition The President’s positive attitude towards the project and his direct involvement have been essential in the project success The tensions among the design teams have decreased by the brand identity definition process and results The study had direct academic and operational implications: It proved the validity of the semiotic approach to the formalization of brand identity A diagnostic tool was created to measure the degree of consistency of any designed brand manifestation (car, advertising, architecture, car show installations…) with respect to the defined brand ethics and aesthetics. Finally, Pininfarina presented a special concept car (Sintesi) at the Geneva car show in 2008 that integrated all the elements of the newly defined brand identity.

Hybrid Train Power with Diesel Locomotive and Slug Car–Based Flywheels for NOx and Fuel Reduction

AbstractAn energy-storage flywheel consists of a large inertia wheel sharing a common shaft with a motor generator (MG) set and with magnetic bearings to support the entire rotating assembly. Flywheels mounted on a special slug car are charged from the local utility grid and from regenerative-braking events. Usage of these power sources reduces fuel consumption and the related NOx emission by the locomotive-mounted Diesel generator sets (DGS). The flywheel-supplied power can replace the DGS-supplied power in one or more of the eight fixed power settings (notches), plus idle and reverse, which are common to most locomotives either for line-haul or switchyard service. The slug cars have separate traction motors to be driven by the flywheel systems so that the flywheel power and DGS power are electrically and physically decoupled. A system model is presented that includes the train dynamics coupled with the electromechanical models for the flywheels and traction motors. The modified Davis equation is employe...

Mode Analysis on the Car Body of Special Gondola Car for Coal

The theoretical principle of mode analysis was introduced. The finite element models of the empty and loaded car body of special gondola car were built, and then the mode analysis and verification of the two models were studied. The results show that the two finite element models of empty and loaded car body of special gondola car are accurate and reliable. Furthermore, a new way is provided to analyze the mode of car body embarked by bulk cargoes, and a solid foundation is laid for further dynamic researches.

Radar network system to observe and analyze Tokyo Bay vessel traffic

A complete grasp of the actual vessel traffic flow by accurate observation is essential to carry out vessel traffic management, design of vessel traffic route, plan of port construction, etc. Up to now, the observation of vessel traffic has needed many efforts such as the use of a special ship or car equipped with radar observation systems and the observation staff preparation for a considerably long period. In order to perform accurate observation of vessel traffic without such efforts, the authors have developed a completely automated radar network system covering the main traffic route of Tokyo Bay. In August 2003, as the second remote radar station attaching AIS equipment was set at East Ogishima (the first was installed at the National Defense Academy in 2002), the observing range could be enlarged and cover most traffic routes in Tokyo Bay. These two radars can observe the vessel traffic in Tokyo Bay simultaneously so as to know the traffic flow accurately on the basis of analyzing the integrated radar data. In addition to the development of a radar network system, the software to analyze observed vessel traffic flow has been developed. This software has various functions such as tracking of ship's position, automatic determination of ship's size, animation of ship's movements, superposition of successive radar images, display of ship's tracks, calculation of ship's speed distribution, extraction of dangerous ship encounters using subjective judgment value and bumper model, etc. Some analyzed results on vessel traffic flow observed by the remote radars in January and September 2003 are shown in this paper.

Rush Hour is PSPACE-complete, or “Why you should generously tip parking lot attendants”

Rush Hour is a children's game that consists of a grid board, several cars that are restricted to move either vertically or horizontally (but not both), a special target car, and a single exit on the perimeter of the grid. The goal of the game is to find a sequence of legal moves that allows the target car to exit the grid. We consider a slightly generalized version of the game that uses an n×n grid and assume that we can place the single exit and target car at any location we choose on initialization of the game. In this work, we show that deciding if the target car can legally exit the grid is PSPACE-complete. Our constructive proof uses a lazy form of dual-rail reversible logic such that movement of “output” cars can only occur if logical combinations of “input” cars can also move. Emulating this logic only requires three types of devices (two switches and one crossover); thus, our proof technique can be easily generalized to other games and planning problems in which the same three primitive devices can be constructed.

Long-distance transportation of patients with a paracorporeal left ventricular assist system

In Japan, the heart transplantation program is specialized in only three institutions in Osaka and Tokyo. Therefore, a patient must be transferred to these hospitals for extended treatment, regardless of the distance. Trans-portation of the patient with a paracorporeal left ventricular assist system (Toyobo LVAS) is difficult because of its extremely large consumption of electric power. We planned to transfer a patient with a Toyobo LVAS for 600 km, but the patient was not transferred because he had a stroke. In order to find the best transportation method, various possi-bilities are evaluated; special ambulance car, Shinkansen (Super express train), fiexed-wing aircraft, medium-sized helicopter (belonging to private company or public aviation corps), and large helicopter (belonging to the Self-Defense Force). The special ambulance car the medium-sized helicopter may not be able to provide a stable electric power supply. There is a connecting traffic problem with the Shinkansen and the aircraft, depsite their sufficient electric power supply. The large Self-Defense Force helicopter seems to be the best option for us. Some aspects of the logistics and complexity of long-distance transportationare also commented on.

A Voice Input System for Automobiles Using a Microprocessor

A microprocessor-based voice input system for automobiles has been developed by Nissan. A special car equipped with the voice input system was exhibited at the 1981 Tokyo Motor Show.

The Etiology of Typhus Exanthematicus in Mexico (Tabardillo)

In a preliminary report1 we presented an outline of the results of our investigations on typhus exanthematicus in Mexico. It is our purpose, in this communication, to state the facts which led us to our conclusions as well as to bring forward other phases of the work not mentioned in the first paper. The studies here reported were made in Matehuala, in Central Mexico, during the epidemic of typhus fever which prevailed throughout the winter, or dry months, of 1915-1916. An expedition consisting of the authors was made possible through the generosity of the board of directors of Mount Sinai Hospital. A complete laboratory equipment including animals for experimental purposes was taken with us in a special car. We wish to thank Dr. F. S. Mandlebaum, pathologist to the hospital, for his great aid in this direction. These investigations could not have been made without the assistance of the American

Schizaea Pusilla at Toms River

Among the pleasant days given over to the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the New York Botanical Garden, September twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, will long be remembered. At about ten o'clock, members and guests of the Torrey Club, numbering fifty-two, left the New Jersey Central station in a special car, for the Pine Barrens of Toms River. The Fern Society was represented by Prof. R. A. Harper, Dr. John H. Barnhart, Mr. 0. A. Farwell, Miss Laura M. Bragg, of the Charleston Museum, Mrs. L. Keeler, and Miss I. H. Stebbins, of Rochester, who had been at the Hart's-Tongue hunt. To my regret, I did not meet our President, Mr. Bissell, who, I have since heard, had joined our party in the afternoon. Mr. Long also joined us at the station, which we reached at half past twelve. After our lunch at the Ocean House, we started on our sandy walk. There are many ponds, pools, and sphagnum bogs in this section. Before reaching the first bog, we saw Eupatorium hyssopifolium and E. verbenaefolium, Cassia nictitans, Arenaria squarrosa, Chrysopsis Mariana, and the rarer C. falcata. The exquisite wands of Blazing Star, Liatris graminifolia, var. dubia, made the places glow with color. It was said that Eupatorium resinosum was found. I did not see it, but have read that nowhere in the world, except in the pine barrens of New Jersey, is this plant found. Tufts of Hudsonia tomentosa and ericoides and the dainty Polygonella articulata grow here and there. The first bog, having been reached by this time, gave such treasures as late specimens of the branching white flowered Sabbatia, red root, Lachnanthes tinctoria, Cranberries, Pitcher plants, the three Sundews, the round leaved, spatulate and thread leaved, a tiny Xyris-but no Schizaea. On