Exploring short intramolecular interactions in alkylaromatic substrates

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (42) ◽  
pp. 29616-29628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Baggioli ◽  
Carlo A. Cavallotti ◽  
Antonino Famulari
Keyword(s):  
Model Building ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Intramolecular Interactions ◽  
Relevant Model

A theoretical perspective on short intramolecular aromatic–aliphatic interactions in biologically and technologically relevant model building blocks.

scholarly journals Compiling Life-Oriented Moral Education Textbooks for Elementary Schools in China: The Mimetic Approach in Morality and Law

2021 ◽  
pp. 209653112098296
Author(s):  
Yan Tang
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Novel Approach

Purpose: This study explores a novel approach to compiling life-oriented moral textbooks for elementary schools in China, specifically focusing on Morality and Law. Design/Approach/Methods: Adopting Aristotle’s Poetics as its theoretical perspective, this study illustrates and analyzes the mimetic approach used in compiling the life-oriented moral education textbook, Morality and Law. Findings: The mimetic approach involves imitating children's real activities, thoughts, and feelings in textbooks. The mimetic approach to compiling life-oriented moral textbooks comprises three strategies: constructing children's life events as building blocks for textbook compilation, designing an intricate textual device exposing the wholeness of children's life actions, and designing inward learning activities leading to children's inner worlds. Originality/Value: From the perspective of Aristotle's Poetics, the approach to compilation in Morality and Law can be defined as mimetic. And the compilation activity in the life-oriented moral education textbook also can be described as a processes of mimesis. So this article presents a new approach to compile moral education textbooks, and  an innovative way to understand the nature of one compiling activity.

Global scale hydrological modelling at 100 m, 1 h resolution, in Python

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kor de Jong ◽  
Marc van Kreveld ◽  
Debabrata Panja ◽  
Oliver Schmitz ◽  
Derek Karssenberg
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Hydrological Models ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
Scale Models

<p>Data availability at global scale is increasing exponentially. Although considerable challenges remain regarding the identification of model structure and parameters of continental scale hydrological models, we will soon reach the situation that global scale models could be defined at very high resolutions close to 100 m or less. One of the key challenges is how to make simulations of these ultra-high resolution models tractable ([1]).</p><p>Our research contributes by the development of a model building framework that is specifically designed to distribute calculations over multiple cluster nodes. This framework enables domain experts like hydrologists to develop their own large scale models, using a scripting language like Python, without the need to acquire the skills to develop low-level computer code for parallel and distributed computing.</p><p>We present the design and implementation of this software framework and illustrate its use with a prototype 100 m, 1 h continental scale hydrological model. Our modelling framework ensures that any model built with it is parallelized. This is made possible by providing the model builder with a set of building blocks of models, which are coded in such a manner that parallelization of calculations occurs within and across these building blocks, for any combination of building blocks. There is thus full flexibility on the side of the modeller, without losing performance.</p><p>This breakthrough is made possible by applying a novel approach to the implementation of the model building framework, called asynchronous many-tasks, provided by the HPX C++ software library ([3]). The code in the model building framework expresses spatial operations as large collections of interdependent tasks that can be executed efficiently on individual laptops as well as computer clusters ([2]). Our framework currently includes the most essential operations for building large scale hydrological models, including those for simulating transport of material through a flow direction network. By combining these operations, we rebuilt an existing 100 m, 1 h resolution model, thus far used for simulations of small catchments, requiring limited coding as we only had to replace the computational back end of the existing model. Runs at continental scale on a computer cluster show acceptable strong and weak scaling providing a strong indication that global simulations at this resolution will soon be possible, technically speaking.</p><p>Future work will focus on extending the set of modelling operations and adding scalable I/O, after which existing models that are currently limited in their ability to use the computational resources available to them can be ported to this new environment.</p><p>More information about our modelling framework is at https://lue.computationalgeography.org.</p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>[1] M. Bierkens. Global hydrology 2015: State, trends, and directions. Water Resources Research, 51(7):4923–4947, 2015.<br>[2] K. de Jong, et al. An environmental modelling framework based on asynchronous many-tasks: scalability and usability. Submitted.<br>[3] H. Kaiser, et al. HPX - The C++ standard library for parallelism and concurrency. Journal of Open Source Software, 5(53):2352, 2020.</p>

scholarly journals Business Model Building and Its Performance in Micro and Small Apparel Industry in Bandung City, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.25) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Sudrajati Ratnaningtyas ◽  
Wawan Dhewanto ◽  
Bambang Rudito ◽  
Eko Agus Prasetio ◽  
Gina Gina Karunia Kusumah
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Revenue Streams ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to determine whether or not the impact of business size on business model building and business performance perceived owner. This research used a quantitative-qualitative approach with Survey Method. The study was conducted in Apparel industry in Bandung City in 2017. The business model used to evaluate is Business Model Canvas (BMC). Chi-Square and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to test the differences between micro business and small business on each of BMC building blocks. The results showed that BMC building blocks between Micro Business and Small Buisness differed on two blocks, ie Channels and Revenue Streams, while the other seven blocks were not different significantly. It can be interpreted that the business model on Micro Businesses is generally slightly different with Small Businesses, or in other words the business strategy is relatively the same. However, the Business Model applied to Small Business with excellence in marketing channels and revenue streams compared to Micro Business, has resulted in a higher level of owner satisfaction on the performance of its business.  

scholarly journals Individual, social-environmental, and physical-environmental factors that underlie sense of coherence in Dutch adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Swan ◽  
Laura Bouwman ◽  
Gerrit Jan Hiddink ◽  
Noelle Aarts ◽  
Maria Koelen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
Neighborhood Collective Efficacy ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Physical Environmental Factors

Antonovsky’s salutogenesis is a theoretical perspective on health development that explores physical, mental, and social factors that contribute to a ‘healthy life orientation’ and also a theoretical approach to behavior change. Previous studies applying salutogenesis show that a high sense of coherence (SOC), a composite measure from salutogenesis indicating one’s capacity to cope with stress, is associated with a healthy life orientation and lifestyle behaviors, including healthy eating patterns. However, limited evidence exists on the factors that underlie SOC, which could be used to strengthen this capacity as a means to enable healthier eating. Dutch adults ( N = 781) participated in a cross-sectional study examining the relationship between SOC and a set of individual, social-environmental, and physical-environmental factors. The main findings indicate that high SOC was associated with a diverse set of factors including lower doctor-oriented health locus of control; higher satisfaction with weight; higher perceived levels of neighborhood collective efficacy; higher situational self-efficacy for healthy eating; lower social discouragement for healthy eating; and higher neighborhood affordability, accessibility and availability of healthy foods. These findings can inform the design of nutrition interventions that target these factors that strengthen SOC and provide the building blocks for a healthier life orientation.

A comprehensive framework for Internet of Things development

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-50
Author(s):  
Kimia Ghaffari ◽  
Mohammad Lagzian ◽  
Mostafa Kazemi ◽  
Gholamreza Malekzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

Purpose Despite the availability of prior studies on the Internet of Things (IoT) development, they have largely focused on challenges associated with evolving IoT. Hence, identifying requirements for IoT development, as a multifaceted phenomenon, whereby the challenges would be tackled remains a less-explored valuable line of inquiry. The purpose of this paper is to present a holistic view of crucial building blocks of IoT development, in order to fill this gap. Design/methodology/approach This paper conducts empirical research using a grounded theory (GT), centering on semi-structured interviews with 25 experts involved in the Iranian IoT development effort. Data were analyzed by using MAXQDA software. Findings This study presents a conceptual framework of requirements for IoT development, consisting of 14 concepts and 5 categories. The findings reveal that strategic, interactive, institutional, market-oriented and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure requirements play a salient role in facilitating IoT development. Practical implications The findings of this study shed some light on the momentous aspects of IoT development. Practitioners including governmental policymakers, industry and private sectors could benefit from the policy recommendations offered in this study in terms of strategic viewpoint, legal issues, business perspective and technological readiness. Originality/value From the methodological aspect, the present research is among the first studies on utilizing GT for exploration of requirements for IoT development. From the theoretical perspective, a remarkable achievement of this study is to profoundly discover some less-explored concepts of IoT development such as commercialization, feasibility study, futurology and institutional aspects. Furthermore, findings of this study highlight the contribution of innovation systems theory for the IoT development area in terms of alignment of the emerged requirements for IoT development with the functions of this theory.

Physics of Galaxy Evolution

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Loeb ◽  
Steven R. Furlanetto
Keyword(s):  
Observational Data ◽  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Cosmic History ◽  
The Way

This chapter examines galaxies in some detail from a largely theoretical perspective. Along the way, one must bear in mind that, although the described progression of events in this chapter is plausible, at this time it is only a conjecture in the minds of theorists that has not yet been confirmed by observational data. This chapter therefore focuses only on the physics that drive these interstellar objects, showing how the earliest dwarf galaxies eventually merged and made bigger galaxies. A present-day galaxy like our own Milky Way was constructed over cosmic history by the assembly of a million building blocks in the form of the first dwarf galaxies.

Leveraging the Service Paradigm for Producing Next Generation E-Governance Applications

2013 ◽  
pp. 267-288
Author(s):  
Pethuru Raj
Keyword(s):  
Model Building ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Time Instant ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Event Model ◽  
Service Paradigm ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Cloud Technologies

The 21st century is aptly being termed as e-age. This is with the arrival of a suite of path-breaking and trend-setting computational and communication technologies and tools besides the grand and global installation of wired as well as wireless network infrastructures. As many of yesterday’s concepts, ideas, dreams, vision and desires are being translated into reality today through a host of resilient and robust software, hardware, networking, sensing, perception, and decision-enabling technologies and best practices, it is natural for the total human society to embrace IT and enjoy its direct as well as indirect fruits in a big way with a tinge of assurance. In this context, e-governance methods, platforms, processes and practices also became the cornerstone for effective, efficient, energetic, fast, timely, transparent, and people-centric governance. In this chapter, the author brings forth a new promising, matured, proven, dependable and easy-to-use service technology for designing, developing, deploying, and delivering applications for many of the tasks associated with digitally inspired e-governance. The author has zeroed down on service and cloud technologies as the major drivers for new-generation digital governance. This chapter throws more light on these technologies. Services are stimulating the process-centric approach for application development, modifiability and sustainability. Further on, all kinds of programming models, methods and mechanisms (agile, aspect, component, composite, and event model building blocks) are easily gelling with the supple service paradigm and principles in articulating and actuating dynamic, real-time, instant-on, smart and sophisticated systems.

Advances in Info-Metrics

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Quantitative Skills ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Interdisciplinary Framework ◽  
General Meaning

Info-metrics is a framework for modeling, reasoning, and drawing inferences under conditions of noisy and insufficient information. It is an interdisciplinary framework situated at the intersection of information theory, statistical inference, and decision-making under uncertainty. In a recent book on the Foundations of Info-Metrics, Golan (OUP, 2018) provides the theoretical underpinning of info-metrics and the necessary tools and building blocks for using that framework. This volume complements Golan’s book and expands on the series of studies on the classical maximum entropy and Bayesian methods published in the different proceedings started with the seminal collection of Levine and Tribus (1979) and continuing annually. The objective of this volume is to expand the study of info-metrics, and information processing, across the sciences and to further explore the basis of information-theoretic inference and its mathematical and philosophical foundations. This volume is inherently interdisciplinary and applications oriented. It contains some of the recent developments in the field, as well as many new cross-disciplinary case studies and examples. The emphasis here is on the interrelationship between information and inference where we view the word ‘inference’ in its most general meaning – capturing all types of problem solving. That includes model building, theory creation, estimation, prediction, and decision making. The volume contains nineteen chapters in seven parts. Although chapters in each part are related, each chapter is self-contained; it provides the necessary tools for using the info-metrics framework for solving the problem confronted in that chapter. This volume is designed to be accessible for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners across the disciplines, requiring only some basic quantitative skills. The multidisciplinary nature and applications provide a hands-on experience for the reader.

scholarly journals Computational modeling of actinide materials and complexes

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 883-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Söderlind ◽  
G. Kotliar ◽  
K. Haule ◽  
P. M. Oppeneer ◽  
D. Guillaumont
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Condensed Matter ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Mean Field Theory ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Coulomb Repulsion ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Electron Correlation Effects ◽  
Complex Crystal

In spite of being rare, actinide elements provide the building blocks for many fascinating condensed-matter systems, both from an experimental and theoretical perspective. Experimental observations of actinide materials are difficult because of rarity, toxicity, radioactivity, and even safety and security. Theory, on the other hand, has its own challenges. Complex crystal and electronic structures are often encountered in actinide materials, as well as pronounced electron correlation effects. Consequently, theoretical modeling of actinide materials and their 5f electronic states is very difficult. Here, we review recent theoretical efforts to describe and sometimes predict the behavior of actinide materials and complexes, such as phase stability including density functional theory (DFT), DFT in conjunction with an additional Coulomb repulsion U (DFT+U), and DFT in combination with dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT).

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