Lightning Threat Forecast Simulation Using the Schrodinger-electrostatic Algorithm
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): M.E. Emetere , M.L. Akinyemi , U.E. Uno , A.O. Boyo Many models have been propounded for forecasting lightning. Though majority of the model had shown accuracy, the response time in detecting natural phenomenon is quite low. In this model, we used the mathematical experimentation of the micro scale plasmas to develop the macro scale atmospheric plasma which we believe is a major influence of lightning. The Schrödinger-electrostatic algorithm was propounded to further increase both the accuracy and alacrity of detecting natural phenomena. According to...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Lightning a Fundamental of Atmospheric Electricity
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): M.L. Akinyemi , A.O. Boyo , M.E. Emetere , M.R. Usikalu , F.O. Olawole This paper discussed briefly the basic connection between lightning phenomena and atmospheric electricity. Characteristics pertaining to lightning discharges were reviewed in order to elucidate some elementary mystics that are still associated with lightning events in some parts of the world and that lightning strike when and where it will. Various lightning protection principles were discussed. The essence of lightning protection device is to prevent lightning strikes from taking...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Uranium Bioavailability and Environmental Risk Assessment in Soils Contaminated by Mining
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): Paulo J.C. Favas , João Pratas The bioavailability, mobility and retention behaviour of uranium (U) in soils and mine wastes were investigated by a chemical extraction procedure. Based on these results, a risk assessment code was applied with the purpose to estimate the environmental risk associated with U. This code is based on the retention capacity of the chemical elements by different geochemical fractions in soils, thus identifying their toxicity, mobility and degree of availability to the environment and to living beings (ratio of the water-solub...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Activated Carbons Derived from Livestock Sewage Sludge and their Absorption Ability for the Livestock Sewage
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): Liqian Wu , Xiaohong Zhang , Dewen Liu , Hong Peng , Teng Long An improved method, microwave heating with direct chemical activation, was applied to prepare activated carbons from livestock sewage sludge (LCA) in the work. Preparation parameters’ influences on iodine adsorption capacity and yield rate of the product were explored. It is found that the activated carbon activated by KOH has a higher iodine value compared to that done by zinc chloride and H3PO4. These ideal activation conditions are attained: microwave power, 480W; radiation time, 14m...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
An Assessment of the Spectra Characteristics of Vegetation in South Western Nigeria
This study assessed the status of oil spill induced stress in the vegetation in Lagos and Ogun States, in the South West of Nigeria. The locations of oil spill impacted areas were identified on the field using information from the locals and a Global Positioning System with an accuracy of ± 5m and subsequently identified on the 5 m resolution RapidEye satellite image of 2009 and 2011. Field spectra were collected using Analytical Spectral Device (ASD) Handheld2 Spectrometer. The results showed varying spectral measurement of the impacted and the control. Indices were then used to distinguish less stressed from stressed ve...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Influence of the Small City on the Air Pollution of the State Reserve
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): K.S. Golokhvast The results of the research of nano- and micro-particles of atmospheric suspended matter, contained in the snow of Birobidzhan city and State Reserve “Bastak” in the winter seasons 2011-2013 are represented in this work. The distribution of suspended particles are revealed to be different sizes and origins in different parts of the town, varied technogenic impact. Even a town with a population less than 100,000 people is shown to influence negatively influence on the protected area, located 15km away from the town. This influence is f...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Analysis of the Water and Soil Erosion and Infiltration Characteristic in Ziquejie Terrace
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): Feng Qian , Dongbing Cheng , Jingjun Liu The natural gravity irrigation in Ziquejie Terrace has gotten the wide attention of many water conservancy scholars for a long time. Considering the vegetation in the study area, farming, topography, rainfall equipment and representative and other factors in this paper, several typical parcels were selected to set runoff plots (P1, P2, P3). Analyzed the runoff time, ratio of the runoff and sediment yield, infiltration rate, soil infiltration, the process of runoff and sediment yield and the relationship between ...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Evaluation of Turbidity and Color Removal in Treatment of Wastewater Containing Resistant Pollutants with Ozonation
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): Amir Hajiali , Gevorg P. Pirumyan In this research a comparison in turbidity and color removal between biological treatment of industrial wastewater and a combination of that with ozonation is studied. Wastewater arising from pulp factories has toxic and resistant pollutants which cause some serious environmental problems and its color and turbidity must be considered to meet the standards (Metcalf et al., 2004). Because of high molecular weight of these toxic compounds the treatment is performed in a sequential process in order to make these compounds ...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
The Study on Flocculation Treating Wastewater from Domestic Animals and Poultry Breeding
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 9 Author(s): Xiao-Hong Zhang Several inorganic flocculating agents, including FeSO4, Al2(SO4)3, FeCl3 and an organic coagulant aid PAM, were used to treat the wastewater from domestic anima and poultry breeding in this paper. The ideal operating conditions were attained by single factor experiment and orthogonal design experiment. And the ideal operating conditions are follows: the dose of FeSO4 and PAM is 135.2mg/L and 0.384mg/L respectively when keeping the pH 10; and the corresponding removal rate is 55% and 60% for COD and turbidity. Based on the experimental res...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Contractor Selection in Gas Well-drilling Projects with Quality Evaluation Using Neuro-fuzzy Networks
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 10 Author(s): Roya M. Ahari , S.T.A. Niaki Contractor selection for a project is an important decision, one for the project time and cost, next for the quality obtained by the project. Although the project managers can easily determine the project time and cost, the quality is usually undefined especially for un-experienced managers. With a learnable property, an approach is first introduced in this paper to quantify the quality obtained for a gas well drilling project. Then, based on these three objectives (time, cost, and quality), a contractor selection problem i...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Study of the Game Theory Analysis and Incentive Mechanism of Inter-organizational Knowledge Sharing in Cooperative R&D
This study constructed an inter-organizational knowledge sharing model for cooperative R&D and a static inter-organizational knowledge sharing game theory model. Subsequently, it analyzed the decision matrix of cooperative organizations in detail. Finally, it proposed an incentive mechanism to realize knowledge sharing, which a feasible method for improving the effect of the inter-organizational knowledge sharing in cooperative R&D. (Source: IERI Procedia)
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Numerical Solution for Kawahara Equation by Using Spectral Methods
This article solves the diagonal example of Kawahara equation via the ETD Runge-Kutta 4 technique. Implementation of this technique is proposed by short Matlab programs. (Source: IERI Procedia)
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Control of Harmful Emissions Concentration into the Atmosphere of Megacities of Kazakhstan Republic
In this study were developed a mathematical model of turbulent heat and mass transfer process occurring in the combustion chamber of SB-39 of Aksusskaya TPP for control the concentration of volatile and to recommend the optimize methods for burning process. Based on 3D computer modeling investigated formation of harmful dust and gas emissions during the combustion of low-grade coal and offered cost-effective methods of burning. (Source: IERI Procedia)
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
A Redundancy Elimination Approach towards Summary Refinement
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 10 Author(s): M. Esther Hannah , Saswati Mukherjee , Sakthi Balaramar A summary generated by a machine, in contrast to human-generated summaries are produced in less time, unbiased, not time or mood dependent and reliable. However many commonly used approaches are feature based methods that look out for important sentences or phrases by observing features or cues. Such feature based methods may end up producing summaries that contain sentences which are similar in meaning, mostly which depend on sentence scoring and hence not a desirable factor. The proposed work t...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates Prediction Using CGP and Recurrent Neural Network
Publication date: 2014 Source:IERI Procedia, Volume 10 Author(s): Mehreen Rehman , Gul Muhammad Khan , Sahibzada Ali Mahmud Feedback in Neuro-Evolution is explored and evaluated for its application in devising prediction models for foreign currency exchange rates. A novel approach to foreign currency exchange rates forecasting based on Recurrent Neuro-Evolution is introduced. Cartesian Genetic Programming (CGP) is the algorithm deployed for the forecasting model. Recurrent Cartesian Genetic Programming evolved Artificial Neural Network (RCGPANN) is demonstrated to produce computationally efficient and accurate model...
Source: IERI Procedia - November 1, 2014 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research
