Local health departments (LHDs) can more effectively develop and strengthen community health partnerships when leaders focus on building partnership collaborative capacity (PCC), including a multisector infrastructure for population health improvement. Using the 2008 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Profile survey, we constructed an overall measure of LHD PCC co...

This study investigates the use of di-ethyl ether (DEE) as an oxygenated additive with 20% Karanja methyl ester diesel blend (B20). Experiments were conducted to study the effect of adding 5%, 10% and 15% di-ethyl ether (DEE) with Karanja methyl ester (KME) on performance, emission and combustion characteristics of a direct injection diesel engine operated at a constant speed of 1500 rpm at dif...

In this research, the development of a diesel engine thermal overload monitoring system is presented with applications and test results. The designed diesel engine thermal overload monitoring system consists of two set of sensors, i.e., a lambda sensor to measure the oxygen concentration and a fast response thermocouple to measure the temperature of the gas leaving the cylinder. A medium speed ...

This study investigates the size distribution of nano/ultrafine particle-bound PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and the PAH-associated carcinogenic potency/cytotoxicity of the exhaust from a generator that is fuelled with D100 (pure petroleum diesel) and S20 (v/v = 20% soy-biodiesel/80% D100) and operated at stable energy output loads (0 and 3 kW). A micro-orifice uniform deposit impacto...

We review the definition of a quandle, and in particular core quandle $\mathrm{Core}(G)$ group $G$, which consists underlying set with binary operation $x\lhd y = x y^{-1} x$. This is an involutory i.e., satisfies identity (x\lhd y) y$ addition to other identities defining quandle. Trajectories $(x_i)_{i\in\mathbb{Z}}$ groups quandles (in former context, sequences form $x_i z^i$ where $x,z\in G...

Neutrons are generated in a fusion plasma and induce various radionuclides via nuclear reaction with reactor materials. Evaluating the kinds of nuclide amount induced radioactivity is important for decommissioning planning regular maintenance. In this study, we verified long-term prediction model large helical device (LHD) by comparing during deuterium experiments LHD results calculated using h...

Environmental chamber (“smog chamber”) experiments were conducted to investigate secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production from dilute emissions from two medium-duty diesel vehicles (MDDVs) and three heavyduty diesel vehicles (HDDVs) under urban-like conditions. Some of the vehicles were equipped with emission control aftertreatment devices, including diesel particulate filters (DPFs), selecti...

Underground mines typically do not represent the best working conditions for humans, and many mining companies have the intent to remove all humans from the ore extraction areas. To achieve this goal automation of the mining machinery is required. One of the riskier jobs in a mine is to operate the Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) vehicles that are used to transport the ore from the blast site to a truck, ...