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Radiation attenuation characteristics of meta-schist modified Portland cement: Comparative analysis with traditional cement

As the applications of nuclear technology increase in today's world, radiation protection becomes even more crucial. Radiation shielding is significant in various applications, such as nuclear power plants, medical imaging devices, and radiotherapy rooms. This study investigates the production of meta-schist-modified Portland cement (MMPC) to protect against atomic radiation, which poses harmful environmental effects such as gamma rays, in the context of nuclear technology implementation. The samples' mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) is experimentally determined to assess their radiation shielding capabilities. The Meta-schist-modified Portland cement exhibits higher effectiveness in radiation absorption and attenuation than traditional Portland cement(OPC). Radiation shielding tests demonstrate that MMPC is a practical material for controlling radiation due to its high density and appropriate composition. Overall, the cement sample containing meta-schist shows a high potential for radiation protection applications, and the superior properties of MMPC in terms of burnability and mechanical characteristics compared to traditional Portland cement are encouraging for the use of meta-schist in cement production. The analyses of cement and clinker samples were conducted using analytical techniques such as microstructure characterization (POLYZED MICROSCOPE), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). This study highlights meta-schist-modified Portland cement's effective radiation protection potential and demonstrates the significance of advancing safety measures in nuclear technology applications.

Obstetric shock and shock in obstetrics - steady obstetrical syndrome.

Obstetric shock (OS) has been defined as a life-threatening cardiovascular collapse syndrome associated with pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (obstetrics causes), and is the most significant cause of high maternal mortality (MM) throughout human history. Shock in obstetrics (SIO) refers to indirect causes of non-obstetrics causes in pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (polytrauma, aesthetic incidents, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular incidents, other septic syndromes). The goals of OS treatment are: to quickly detect the location or cause of bleeding / injury / inflammation, prevent the progression of shock, prevent massive transfusions, preserve the uterus (and adnexa), and preserve fertility if possible. Surgical treatment of septic shock includes exploratory laparotomy (laparoscopy), ectomy or resection of the necrotized organ, abdominal lavage with multiple drainages, continuous peritoneal drainage with lavation, extensive triple antibiosis per admission or per antibiogram and thromboprophylaxis. OS seems to remain a permanent miasma in practical clinical obstetrics, which we will not be able to influence, because we have obviously caused today's increase in MM from haemorrhagic OS by iatrogenic increase in the number of caesarean sections, especially elective ones.

Creative search in national publications and functional phenomena in new media

The article groups trends in the modern infosphere and analyzes their features. Moreover, the editorial policy of the National Press ("Egemen Qazaqstan", "Aikyn", "Qazaq adebieti") in the industrial and innovative era, information decisions and the importance of social phenomena, events and times from the perspective of the National Worldview are characterized. Today's increase in cross-cultural integration and the impact of journalistic centers that strive to disseminate high-quality information from anywhere on the creation of a whole world information space obliges us to turn the National information science into new channels in a major flood of news. For this purpose, the research article focused on the peculiarities of mastering the new media sources of the newspapers: "Egemen Qazaqstan", "Aikyn", "Qazaq adebieti", which serve to meet the spiritual needs of a high-quality audience, analyzed the creative search and multicultural abilities of journalists who grew up during the liberation period in the management of spiritual, educational and recreational functions. This step in science will help to establish the proportion of global tolerance and national temperament and define domestic models in the new media age. By classifying creative and technical phenomena in the mass media, journalistic initiatives and audience awareness through comparative methodology, we could identify proposals and new directions. According to the results of the research, projects that expanded our media horizons, such as "Poetry corner", "Ornek", "Stadium", "Lessons on learning dombyra", "News in the new genre of storytelling "Shorts", "Photo chronicle", "Kobyz saryny", "Tanym" and "Let's listen Kui", "Gifts for children", are in need of scientific evaluation. Of course, as scientific ideas, it is necessary to analyze the functional nature of these publications in conjunction with their actions in the transformation of new media. After all, the social activity of educational functions on the new media platform is always relevant. Keywords: communication, visualization, interface, navigation, artificial intelligence, press, national values.

«THE UNSIMPLE» BY Т. PROKHASKO: A QUASI-HISTORICAL NOVEL

A historical novel is a work that is based on a historical plot, built on the reproduction in the artistic form of a certain historical epoch, a certain period of the people's or the country's past. In view of this, in a historical novel, historical truth must be combined with artistic truth, historical facts with artistic fiction, real historical figures with fictional characters.The postmodern ideology of the multiplicity of meanings, the hesitation in determining the differences between the false and the true, justify today's increase in interest in history and the historical novel as a modern textual reflection of the past. The study considers the artistic interpretation of the genre of quasi-historical postmodern novel on the material of the text “The UnSimple” by T. Prokhasko. The genre features of the text are determined, in particular inscribing a variant of an event to a certain historical epoch, defining national features with the help of a pseudo-historical plot, creating a geographical utopia and avoiding linearity, rooting a person in a new geographical landscape as a strategy ofhistorical discourse reconstruction.

Trends and prospects for the development of the irrigation and drainage complex of the Slavsky district of the Kaliningrad region

Relevance. The development of the reclamation complex in the Kaliningrad region is one of the key tasks in achieving food security and improving the well-being of the region. In recent years, this issue has been highly relevant due to a number of geopolitical events. An important role in the agriculture of the region is played by the municipal district "Slavsky urban district" located mostly on polder lands with high potential fertility. A number of reasons led to the fact that the main part of drainage reclamation systems was deployed on this territory, which, if properly operated, are capable of leveling almost all the consequences of climatic phenomena that are difficult for agriculture. Despite the importance of this issue, the technical state and development of the amelioration complex have recently been given active attention.Purpose of work. Consider current trends and prospects for the development of the irrigation and drainage complex of the Slavsky region.Material and methods. To achieve this goal, stock materials of the Kaliningradmeliovodkhoz Administration and information from the Unified Information System in the field of procurement were analyzed.Results and conclusions. It can be concluded from the work that the technical condition of the reclamation systems is still unsatisfactory. The positive trends in land reclamation issues have increased significantly at the moment, which has increased the prospects for changing the situation for the better. Ideally, an increase in today's subsidies by 2-2.5 times is required, with the transition to the following investment ratio: 70% - for network operation, and 30% - for network reconstruction. It is also necessary to implement a number of socio-political decisions.

Backup Battery Analysis and Allocation against Power Outage for Cellular Base Stations

Base stations have been widely deployed to satisfy the service coverage and explosive demand increase in today's cellular networks. Their reliability and availability heavily depend on the electrical power supply. Battery groups are installed as backup power in most of the base stations in case of power outages due to severe weathers or human-driven accidents, particularly in remote areas. The limited numbers and capacities of batteries, however, can hardly sustain a long power outage without a well-designed allocation strategy. As a result, the service interruption occurs along with an increasing maintenance cost. Meanwhile, a deep discharge of a battery in such case can also accelerate the battery degradation and eventually contribute to a higher battery replacement cost. In this paper, we closely examine the base station features and backup battery features from a 1.5-year dataset of a major cellular service provider, including 4,206 base stations distributed across 8,400 square kilometers and more than 1.5 billion records on base stations and battery statuses. Through exploiting the correlations between the battery working conditions and battery statuses, we build up a deep learning based model to estimate the remaining lifetime of backup batteries. We then develop BatAlloc , a battery allocation framework to address the mismatch between the battery supporting ability and diverse power outage incidents. We present an effective solution that minimizes both the service interruption time and the overall cost. Our real trace-driven experiments show that BatAlloc cuts down the average service interruption time from 4.7 hours to nearly zero with only 85 percent of the overall cost compared to the current practical allocation.

Today's increase in renewable energy production means the way electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed is changing from a traditional centralised model to a more distributed localised way of doing things.

Today's increase in renewable energy production means the way electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed is changing from a traditional centralised model to a more distributed localised way of doing things.

Design development and experimental validation of an EBG matrix antenna for tracking application

Today's increase of functions, improvement of performances, and cost reductions required on an agile electronically scanned antenna, drive researchers to develop an innovative antennas’ concept in order to deal with the proposed challenge. In this context, this article describes and demonstrates an experimental prototype to show the reliability and efficiency of the electromagnetic band gap(EBG)matrix antenna theoretical aspect, for beam forming and beam steering applications. The originality of this work is the antenna itself which constitutes the subject of an accepted national and international patent. In fact, the proposed antenna is based on the equivalent radiating surface approach and used special EBG antennas called “pixels” to overcome some of the array approach defects. The antenna has demonstrated different electromagnetic behaviors, such as low mutual coupling, high gain preservation for high scanning angles values, etc.

Work-related suicide

Purpose – For the past 50 years, the research literature has shown that employment can contribute to an individual's personal development. Yet, it has also shown that it can become a life-threatening stressor. Reported occupational suicides increased by 22.2 percent between 1995 and 2010, becoming a leading cause of death in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of six US government reports on employee suicides between 1995 and 2012. Design/methodology/approach – Through an interpretive case study approach (Yin, 2003), this study undertook a document analysis of key US government reports examining occupational suicides. Specifically, an analysis of three US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports was undertaken along with other documents, identifying key themes and facts. Findings – The analysis of the US government reports reveals a dim legal recognition of employee suicide as an occupational accident. The paper presents the characteristics of suicides as an occupational accident as well as the profile of a typical US occupational suicide victim. Finally, the paper discusses the main causes of employee suicide. Practical implications – Organizations have a “duty of care” to their employees, both physical and psychological. Human resource (HR) professionals ought to create preventive policies to minimize work-related suicides and have clear crisis management systems in place, should an employee commit suicide or threaten to do so. Originality/value – Occupational distress is not typically apparent or obvious and is not the subject of many studies in the field of HRs. Yet, because of its rampant increase in today's organizations, its direct connection with employee suicide and its impact on organizational revenues, psychological distress in the workplace merits closer attention. This paper is unique as it provides insights for HR professionals based on the analysis of US government reports on work-related suicides.

Data Mining Using Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering Algorithm in Distributed Cloud Computing Environment

 Abstract—Today increase in worldwide business led to offices distributed across geographical location .Hence data are loosely distributed across regionalized large scale databases across regionalized offices. To perform data mining it is required to merge distributed data and perform data mining algorithm on it. Cloud computing poses a diversity of challenges in data mining operation arising out of the dynamic structure of data distribution as against the use of typical database scenarios in conventional architecture. This document presents a way to implement Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering Algorithm in such way so as to make it suitable for large dataset and increase its efficiency by executing task in parallel. The result shows that with increase in data set linear growth of execution time.

Cyclists and drivers in road interactions: A comparison of perceived crash risk

Today's increase in the number of cyclists has triggered a change in the interactions to be handled by road users. However, few studies have investigated crash risk perceived by cyclists interacting with other users, and few have compared cyclists’ and drivers’ perceptions of crash risk in bike–car interactions, the most dangerous situation for cyclists. Our aims here are to study perceived crash risk (no matter the seriousness of the crash) in six common road situations during which cyclist crashes are frequent and also to study cyclists’ and drivers’ perceived risk in bike–car interactions, in comparison to other interaction types (cyclist vs. cyclist and driver vs. driver). We predicted that perceived risk of being involved in a crash during a particular interaction would be greater when in interaction with a car than with a bike, and that drivers would perceive more risk than cyclists would. We also predicted that perceived risk would decrease with drivers’ and cyclists’ experience of their transportation mode and their perceived control over the interaction situation. We ran an online survey on two samples, experienced cyclists (N=336) and non-cyclist car drivers (N=92). Participants evaluated their personal risk – as cyclists or as drivers – of being involved in a road crash if they were in an interaction with a bike or a car for each of six risky road situations. Experience was measured in terms of years of vehicle driving and driven km; perceived control was measured in terms of perceived skill and responsibility for the risky behavior. The results validated our hypotheses: perceived risk was higher for car drivers than for cyclists and for interacting with a car than with a bike. The implications of these results for interventions to improve road safety for both cyclists and car drivers are discussed.

Capacity maximization in spectrum sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks thru Outage Probability

With today's increase in the usage of wireless devices and the consequent spectrum allocation, radio spectrum is becoming scarce. In practice most of the allotted spectrum is not used for large periods of time. Cognitive radio has been proposed to exploit the presence of these unused spectrum band (called as spectrum hole). Cognitive radios perform radio environment analysis, identify the spectrum holes and operate in those holes. Several factors like fading and shadowing affects the ability of the cognitive radio to detect the primary user. The current research shows that cooperation among the cognitive users can increase the detection probability for a given probability of false alarm. We proposed the system that to have maximized the capacity in spectrum sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks thru Outage Probability for Rayleigh fading channel.

EM/Circuit Mixed Simulation Technique for an Active Antenna

Today's increase of functions, improvement of performance, and cost reductions required on an active electronically scanned array (AESA), associated to the limited amount of available areas and volumes to implement the equipment, drive an approach leading to directly connect power amplifiers (PAs) to the antennas array without placing an isolator/circulator between them. In this letter, an electromagnetic/radio frequency (EM/RF) circuit mixed simulation technique will be theoretically introduced and experimentally demonstrated on transmission (Tx) chains to deal with the proposed challenge.

Organizational commitment, job satisfaction and intention to leave: A comparative analysis between part-time and full-time faculties

The importance of part-time work has been growing in recent years, due to its significant increase in today's societies, and higher education institutions have not been alien to this trend. The present research tries to study the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction with the intention to leave the institution, comparing part-time and full-time faculty. An empirical research, grounded in the model proposed by Currivan (1999), has been undertaken, with a sample of faculty of ETSEIAT, a college of the Technical University of Catalonia. Results show the existence of the relationships with organizational commitment, job satisfaction and intention to leave predicted in the literature, and significant differences in job satisfaction and organizational commitment between part-time and full-time faculty. The paper ends with some proposals of further research.

The allowable cut effect as a policy instrument in Canadian forestry

The allowable cut effect, or ACE, is defined as an immediate increase in today's allowable cut of a timber management unit that is attributable to expected future increases in yields. In Canada, the ACE has been adopted by provincial governments in an attempt to encourage voluntary, private investments in silviculture on Crown forest lands. However, such policies have been generally ineffective. Potential reasons for their failure include the presence of other public silvicultural policies that crowd out private, ACE-motivated expenditures; rent (stumpage) collection provisions that do not allow tenure holders adequate financial returns on their investments; yield control provisions that do not impose significant constraints on industrial activity; costs of compliance with regulations to secure increased harvests; and the uncertainty surrounding the future of existing tenure arrangements.

Utilization of partial end restraint in bridge strengthening

The purpose of this investigation is to determine a technique for increasing the capacity of bridges to accommodate today's increase in loading. Strengthening existing steel stringers in composite, steel-beam, concrete-deck bridges by providing partial end restraint is shown to be feasible. The research program included a review of existing literature, testing of a full-scale bridge beam and a 1/3-scale bridge model, and finite-element analyses of the restraint brackets, the test beam, and the model bridge. Analytical and experimental results of this investigation are presented, as well as results from an analytical investigation of the bridge model when subjected to various degrees of end restraint. Six different degrees of end restraint were examined. The achieved percent reductions ranged from 12% to 26% for midspan strains, 20% to 30% for midspan deflections, and 10% to 32% for beam end rotations. The correlation between the analytical and experimental results verified the basic design assumptions; thus, the analytical models can be used for determining the location and the degree of end restraint required to strengthen an existing bridge. Key words: bridges, girder, composite structures, tests, models, strengthening, rehabilitation, restraint.

C.J.S. v. Am. Jur. 2d: Amici Librarii

With today's increase in litigation and consumerism, more and more people are going to public and academic libraries to research their legal questions and problems. Recent issues of Library Journal contain full‐page advertisements sponsored by a legal publisher. Two competitive general legal encyclopedias, American Jurisprudence Second and Corpus Juris Secundum, which are commonly referred to as Am. Jur. 2d and C.J.S., are excellent starting points for a search in the law. This article will discuss general legal encyclopedias and examine both of theabove mentioned encyclopedia sets.