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Public space interventions offer one example of how to translate cognitive science into the public square. Here, we detail several successful projects and the six principles of learning that underlie them that support caregiver-child engagement, interaction, and the use of content area-specific language. Policy and community implications are also discussed.

Thermal management of the new generation’s high performance electronic and mechanical devices is becoming important due to their miniaturization. Conventionally, the plate fin arrangement is widely used for removal of dissipated heat but, their effectiveness is not up to mark. Among different options, the most attractive and efficient alternative for overcoming this problem is micro pin fin heat sink. This paper presents the experimental investigation of square micro-pin fins heat sink for identifying the most suitable pin fin geometry for heat removal applications under forced convection. Twenty five square micro pin fin heat sinks were tested for three different heat load and Reynolds number. The results show that for large fin height lower thermal resistance was observed at the cost of large pressure drop. The dimensionless heat transfer coefficient increases with fin height and Reynolds number while it decreases with increasing fin spacing. The improvement in micro pin fin efficiency were observed by about 2 to 9% owing to presence of fins on the impingement surface, flow mixing, disruption of the boundary layers, and augmentation of turbulent transport.

Microstrip antennas find wide applications in high-speed vehicles, and missiles, tanks, satellite communications etc. The main advantage of these antennas over conventional microwave antenna are lightweight, low volume, low cost, planar structure and compatibility with integrated circuits. The present paper deals with the design and development of 90o hybrid feed square patch stacked antenna. The design of square patch and 900 hybrid feed has been carried out at frequency of 3 GHz on epoxy glass substrate, the radiation pattern of the square patch has been experimentally studied. The effect of stacked patches placed above the square patch has been studied experimentally for different cases like 1,2,3 and 4 stacked patches placed one above other above the driven square patch. From the experimental result it has been found that performance of the case of 1 + 2 (one driven element and two parasitic element) is optimum with bandwidth of 16 % and VSWR 1.42 the performance degrades the no of practical elements is increased that is for case 1 + 3 and 1 + 4 etc., The performance of 1 + 2 case of also found to be superior to the performance 1+ 0 and 1+1 cases experimentally studied, also been carried out for cross Polarization and co – polarization.

Within the scope of the study, thermal comfort analysis was performed using the ENVI-met program of the Misak-ıMilli Square in Safranbolu, and it was determined that the thermal comfort perception of the square as slighty warmwarm.For this reason, a new design proposal has been submitted for the square. In the proposal, the green ratio andthe number of trees was increased, the type and location of the trees was changed. The flooring materials was replacedwith a stone covering with a higher albedo and new functional suggestions were made for the square. As a result of thethermal comfort analysis of the new proposal, the thermal comfort perception in the square was neutral and the thermaldissatisfaction rate was reduced below 14.5%. In result of the study, it was underlined that the ratio of green areas and thetree type, number and location that constitute it and the choice of flooring materials are important parameters in providingthe thermal comfort of the square.

The Murray-Darling Basin is Australia’s largest river system spanning over a million square kilometres and supporting annual agricultural production in excess of $A24 billion. The market for trading in water entitlements linked to this resource seeks to ensure that water flows to its highest value use. The quality of the data produced for these markets is of paramount importance to all participants, whether it be irrigators assessing whether the price offered for their entitlement is fair or a water authority attempting to determine the impact of their intervention through buyback activity. In this paper, we highlight the problem of using median prices when reporting aggregate price levels. We demonstrate that a median-based price index reflects changes in the composition of entitlement sales each month in addition to any general change in aggregate prices. We employ the repeat-sales technique, historically used to construct house price indices, in the novel setting of water entitlement trading to overcome this distortion. JEL Classification: Q25, G10

Based on multi-temporal Landsat images from 1996 to 2014, a hierarchical strategy for land use classification has been presented. The land use dynamic index, conversion matrix and spatial center have been used to quantitatively analyze the spatial–temporal dynamics of land cover in Binzhou urban area. Per results, the overall accuracy and kappa coefficient of hierarchical classification method have been found to be 93.82% and 0.92, respectively, indicating that the method used for land cover classification was feasible. Per findings from the urban area under study, during 1996 to 2014, the cropland area decreased constantly, forestland and water body area decreased at first and then increased, while the built-up land area increased constantly. The major pattern emerging from the land cover change was represented by the conversions of cropland to built-up land. As a result of hydraulic and landscape engineering, gains in forestland and water body were more than the corresponding losses. The area gained by forestland reached peak in the period of 2005 to 2009, while the area gained by water body peaked in the period of 2001 to 2005. Moreover, spatial centers of cropland and built-up land had been located on the southwest side and the east side of the city square, respectively. Per findings, spatial center of cropland was moving away from the City Square in southwestern direction by about 634.30 m, while the built-up land extended to the west, and the spatial center of the built-up land moved towards the southwest as well by about 1575.84 m. The movement of built-up land spatial center was closely related to the development and construction of west urban area.

Purpose: This community service aimed to train fish farmers in Sorong City to produce artificial feed containing 30% feed protein . Methods: The methods implemented were lectures and direct practice of making fish diets. Pearson square method was used for the feed formulation. Results: The output of this dedication activity increased the knowledge and expertise of fish farmers to make fish feed independently so that farmers can save operational costs in farming activities. Conclusions: This activity was attended by 10 participants and all participants could understand the concept of the training and be able to make artificial fish feed independently. Keywords: Fish feed, Pearson square, Fish Farmer, Training

This paper discusses an opera by the English composer Harriet Wainewright (ca.1766-1843), namely Comala, which received its premiere at the Hanover Square Rooms, London on January 26, 1792. The com...

Ceiling diffusers are one of the most important elements of ventilation and air-conditioning installations. They have a significant impact on the speed and temperature distribution of air. The basi...

Muğla Karabağlar Mahallesi Yurtlar Mevkii’ndeki Keyfoturağı Camisi kare planlıdır. Caminin harim duvarlarındaki Ashâb-ı Kehf isimlerinden alınan Kehfoturağı adı zamanla Keyfoturağı’na dönüşmüştür. Kitabesine göre 1870 yılında inşa edilen cami 2005 yılında onarılmıştır. Harim üst pencere aralarında yer alan duvar resimleri kare, enine dörtgen ve dikdörtgen panolar şeklinde düzenlenmiştir. Bu panoların içinde Hz. Muhammed, torunları, dört halife ile Ashâb-ı Kehf isimlerinin yazılı olduğu madalyonlar vardır. Bu madalyonlar Barok-Rokoko üslubunda perde motifi, volüt, C ve S kıvrımlarıyla ve akant yapraklarıyla süslenmiştir. Dikdörtgen formlu panolardan ikisinin içinde hurma ağaçları, kare formlu iki panoda birer yelkenli gemi, bir panoda ise hurma ve selvi ağaçlarıyla birlikte cami tasviri yer alır. Yazılı madalyonların yanı sıra panolardan birinde yazılar kartuşlar içine yerleştirilmiştir. Zamanla bazı panoların yok olduğu, yapılan onarımlarda bazı motiflerin badana altında kaldığı, bazı motiflerin de üzerinden tekrar geçildiği ve ekler yapıldığı görülmektedir. Süsleme programındaki motiflere renkler kullanılarak ışık-gölge ile hacim verilmiş, Batı etkili resim kurallarına göre perspektif denemelerinde bulunulmuştur. Keyfoturağı Camisi’nin duvar resimleri hem seçilen konuları ve motifleriyle hem de bunların teknik ve üslup özellikleriyle Batılılaşma döneminin genel özelliklerini yansıtmaktadır. Muğla’daki sayılı duvar resimlerine sahip camilerden biri olan Keyfoturağı Camisi’nde yanlış onarımların izlerini ortadan kaldırmak amacıyla bilinçli bir çalışma yapılmalıdır., Keyfoturağı Mosque is located in the Muğla Karabağlar Quarter, Yurtlar, and has a square plan. The name Kehfoturağı which comes from the names of the companions of the cave (Ashab al-Kahf) was written on the sanctuary wall of the mosque and has been transformed into Keyfoturağı in the course of time.The mosque was built in 1870 according to the inscription and was restored in 2005. The mural paintings located between the upper sanctuary windows are designed as square, transverse tetragon and rectangle panels. Inside these panels there are medallions inscribed with the names of the Prophet Muhammad, his grandsons, four caliphs and Ashab al-Kahf. These medallions are decorated with Baroque-Rococo style drapery, volute, acanthus, and C and S curved leaves. Two rectangular formed panels have date palms, two square formed panels have a sailboat on each, and one panelhas the depiction of the mosque surrounded by date palms and cypress trees. Besides the inscribed medallions, the inscriptions are placed within cartouches on one of the panels. It is apparent that some of the panels have vanished in the course of time, some motifs have been covered by whitewash during restorations, and some motifs have been retraced and appended. By using colour and chiaroscuro, volume is enhanced on the motifs of the decoration program and perspective trials have been made due to the western influenced drawing orders. The mural paintings of Keyfoturağı Mosque reflect the general characteristics of the Westernization era both by their themes and motifs, and by their technical and characteristic features. A deliberate study should be carried out in order to remove the traces of misguided restoration in Keyfoturağı Mosque which is a rare mosque having mural paintings in Muğla.

The tubed-reinforced-concrete (TRC) columns have gained increasing use in the high-rise buildings and large-span stadiums in China, whereas the structural fire design method for square and rectangular TRC columns is still missing. Finite element analysis of the fire performance of square and rectangular TRC columns was conducted using a sequentially-coupled thermo-stress model. This model yielded good predictions against the experimental results of square TRC columns. Fire tests on two rectangular TRC columns were also conducted and presented in this paper, to further calibrate the model. Parametric studies were then conducted, through which it was found that the fire resistance of square and rectangular TRC columns decreases with the increase of load ratio or slenderness ratio and increases as the sectional dimension enlarges. Sectional aspect ratio has a minor influence on the fire resistance of rectangular TRC columns. A practical design method was proposed, for the first time, to determine the fire resistance of square and rectangular TRC columns with or without fire protection. The buckling reduction coefficient could be determined by the EC3 buckling curve (c) or the JGJ/T471 buckling curve. The heat transfer equations given in the Japanese AIJ recommendation were modified to determine the temperatures of the steel tube and rebars and equations were proposed to determine the equivalent temperatures of the concrete core.

The present research work is focused on the experimental and numerical studies on the structural behaviour of Concrete Filled Steel Tube (CFST) and Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) stub columns of different concrete grade. The experimental result of rectangular and square stub column of both RCC and CFST have been compared with a Finite Element (FE) study using ABAQUS platform. The concrete mix of M20, M25, M30 grade is used for the preparation of both RCC and CFST. Further in parametric study the structural dimensions of both CFST and RCC stub columns are kept same. The study has been carried out for both CFST and RCC stub columns by varying Depth/thickness (D/t) ratios in CFST stub columns (19.2, 23.5, 30.67, 45 for square sections and 23.20, 28.50, 37.33, 55.00 for circular sections), Steel percentage in RCC stub columns (8.69%, 12.62%, 16.30%, 19.75% for square sections and 7.20%, 10.50%, 13.50%, 16.40% for circular sections) and Concrete cube strengths (20, 25 and 30 MPa) for both CFST and RCC stub columns). The main aim of the study was to make a comparison on the structural behaviour of CFST and RCC stub columns. The comparison results show that the axial capacity of the CFST stub columns on an average is 50% and 55% more than the RCC stub columns with square section and circular sections respectively. Also, the effect of thickness of steel tubes, concrete cube strength and steel percentage is also studied.

The causes and consequences of revolutionary change have long been the subject of scholarly debate. Through a systematic integration of political economic elements into an analysis of contemporary social transformations, this article joins this conversation by asking how Karl Polanyi’s double movement framework can clarify, and be extended by, the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. By embedding a nuanced account of neoliberalism in Egypt’s modern politics and by bringing those in dialogue with Polanyi’s theoretical apparatus, this article contends that there is a broad alignment between the first movement and the Egyptian neoliberal experience, a partial alignment between the second movement and the Egyptian Revolution, and a multilayered entanglement that implicates and encircles both movements. Not only does this research demonstrate that contemporary Egyptian history can find new currency in and be further illuminated by Polanyi’s political economy, it also critiques, complicates, reconceptualizes and extends Polanyi’s theoretical framework. In so doing, it redresses the underfocus of Polanyian political economy on the theory of revolution in general and the Egyptian Revolution in particular, problematizes extant accounts on neoliberalism and the double movement, and extends analyses between neoliberalism and revolution in political economy literatures. By clarifying our understanding of contemporary social change, this essay underscores how Polanyi’s work remains a pertinent, viable and valuable prism to examine momentous social transformations.

This review essay considers how the edited volume Good Hot Stuff: The Life and Times of Gay Film Pioneer Jack Deveau (2018) engages with critical discourses on queer history, the politics of preser...

Set during the burgeoning of theatrically exhibited hardcore pornography and the concomitant transformations of sex work in New York’s Times Square, HBO series The Deuce presents a fictionalized ac...

This is a personal reflection on what I have learnt as an academic, researching, teaching and participating in the public square in Bioethics for over four decades. I describe a helix metaphor for ...

While Kazimir Malevich is widely known for his suprematist contributions to art, little attention has been granted to his articulated philosophical premise and methodological manifestation concerni...

This paper presents experimental studies on the post-fire performance of concrete-filled steel tube (CSFT) columns under uni-axial load. The structural responses and axial load capacity of CSFT columns after exposure to elevated temperatures are investigated and discussed. All of the specimens are 750 mm in height, the nominal cross-section of the specimen is 150 mm x 150 mm, and have cylinder compressive strength of 18 MPa. The primary test parameters to be measured during the uni-axial compression test are wall thicknesses of the square tube (3.0 mm, 4.5 mm and 6.0 mm) and three different exposure to elevated temperatures (400°C, 600°C and 800°C). The results showed that the load-axial shortening relationship of the CSFT columns have a linear elastic response up to 80-90% of axial load capacity. After the axial load capacity is reached, the load-axial shortening curves are rarely becoming a nonlinear manner. It is also shown that the axial load capacity and ductility of the post-fire test columns are decreased significantly compared to the columns at ambient temperature, depending mainly on the elevated temperature. In addition, by comparing the axial load capacity of the test results with those obtained from the ACI design equation, the comparison results indicate that calculation formula in ACI code unconservative predicts the axial load capacity of the CSFT columns after exposure to elevated temperatures. Finally, the residual strength ratios are modified to both strength of concrete and steel tube under ambient temperature, and analyzed to evaluate the effect of post-fire behavior on the axial capacity of CFST columns.

In the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter in Jackson Square, Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), mounted on a battle horse and exuding confident resolve with hat in hand, acknowledges that he has led ...

Contrary to received opinion, the Aristotelian Square of Opposition (square) is logically sound, differing from standard modern predicate logic (SMPL) only in that it restricts the universe U of cognitively constructible situations by banning null predicates, making it less unnatural than SMPL. U-restriction strengthens the logic without making it unsound. It also invites a cognitive approach to logic. Humans are endowed with a cognitive predicate logic (CPL), which checks the process of cognitive modelling (world construal) for consistency. The square is considered a first approximation to CPL, with a cognitive set-theoretic semantics. Not being cognitively real, the null set Ø is eliminated from the semantics of CPL. Still rudimentary in Aristotle’s On Interpretation (Int), the square was implicitly completed in his Prior Analytics (PrAn), thereby introducing U-restriction. Abelard’s reconstruction of the logic of Int is logically and historically correct; the loca (Leaking O-Corner Analysis) interpretation of the square, defended by some modern logicians, is logically faulty and historically untenable. Generally, U-restriction, not redefining the universal quantifier, as in Abelard and loca, is the correct path to a reconstruction of CPL. Valuation Space modelling is used to compute the effects of U-restriction.

The recent COVID-19 pandemic raises questions about consumer willingness to give tips during such times of hardship. Analyses of a Texas pizza delivery driver’s tip records and of nationwide Square payment data for quick- and full-service restaurants explored this issue by comparing tips during the pandemic with those before it. These data suggest that the pandemic increased the average tip-per-order given to a pizza delivery driver as well as the average tip percentage given for many transactions at quick- and full-service restaurants. They also suggest that the pandemic decreased the average tip percentage for face-to-face transactions at full-service restaurants but only by a modest 1 to 2 percentage points. The findings suggest that the tipping model remains a viable means of employee compensation even during periods of public health and economic crises if the nature of the services provided does not change substantially.

This article reports the experimental behavior of square hollow stainless steel tubular trusses under static loading. A total of five specimens, including three trusses with K-joint, one truss with N-joint, and one truss with T-joint, were tested to study the effect of different outer widths of brace members and the types of joint on the flexural performance of square hollow stainless steel tubular trusses. The failure modes, flexural rigidity, load carrying capacity, ductility, load versus displacement curves, and load versus strain curves of all the tested specimens are presented. It can be seen that the chords of all specimens experienced surface plasticity. The test results indicate that the specimen with T-joint has the best ductility. The flexural rigidity of the truss with the K-joint is better than that of specimens with N-joint or T-joint. The flexural rigidity of trusses with the K-joint was found to increase with the increase of outer width (D) of the brace members varying from 38 to 80 mm. Besides, the load-carrying capacity per unit weight of the specimen with T-joint is better than that of specimens with N-joint or K-joint.

Pre-tensing the CFRP strip strengthening RC column can improve the strain lag of the confined concrete and avoid unloading of column in advance. The pre-stress of strip has an important influence of strengthen. Stress loss of the strip pre-tensed by using the device proposed were investigated by using an experimental test. Firstly, the reasons for the stress loss of strip were analyzed according to the working principle of the device and the strengthening procedure. Then the primary causes of the stress loss, such as friction, relaxation and removing device, were experimentally tested. The influence of the pretension, detail and sectional geometric dimension on the stress loss of the strip were studied. The results show that all three types of pre-stress losses increase significantly with the initial stress. Increasing the cross-sectional size would reduce the relaxation and unwinding losses, but it has little effect on friction losses. The influence of fillet radius on the pre-stress loss was negligible, but in order to avoid premature tearing of local CFRP caused by stress concentration, the chamfer should be made as large as possible within the thickness of concrete protective cover. The test also found that friction was the main cause of stress loss, and friction loss accounts for more than 90% of the total loss.

Colleges and universities are the bases for cultivating high-quality creative talents, while the campus environment is an invisible classroom and a comprehensive education force that affects people. This paper investigates the satisfaction of teachers and students of Southwest University of science and technology on the use of typical public space in the west area, and makes a comprehensive analysis of the questionnaire data through Excel and SPSS software. The results show that in the typical public space represented by the west area central lake, Jiuzhou lake, qicaizhu square and light of science and Technology Square, there are still some aspects such as the type and quantity of supporting facilities, maintenance and management of public space, etc The number, location and quality satisfaction of lighting facilities and infrastructure are relatively low. Public space security facilities, lighting, landscape construction are related to the overall satisfaction of campus public space. Teachers and students are more satisfied with the overall evaluation level of campus public space. Based on this, combined with the field survey, this paper puts forward the promotion strategy to improve the construction of campus public space, in order to further improve and optimize the location distribution, functional configuration, infrastructure and other aspects of the campus public space.

The dilemma of openness reflects a long-standing ontological debate about public space. The dilemma is between creating boundless spaces that allow for an infinite diversity of uses but lack cohere...

Traditional ethnic chess games are inseparable part of Chinese culture. From the perspective of intangible culture, this paper analyzes the principles and cultural characteristics of Square chess and Jiu chess, and studies their historical origins, playing rules and structures. It also elaborates the value and role of traditional ethnic chess games in this day and age.

Glass fabric epoxy polymer composites are recognized as one of the efficient material for energy absorbing components, owing to their extremely dissipative crushing mechanisms involved during collisions. As a result, in addition to their light weight characteristics combined with attractive mechanical properties, they are employed in various domains such as automobile, railway, aerospace and marine industries etc. The present research paper aims to present the axial crashworthiness performance of thin-walled bi-tubular composite structures under impact load. The successfully manufactured composite bi-tubular components were imposed to axial impact loading with varied impact velocity of 8 m/s and 10 m/s. The SEA of eight layered glass fabric epoxy polymer composite square tubes are 5–35% significantly higher than the four layered glass fabric composite square tubes and can be used as a good alternative to the conventional single square tubes.

This study examines the impact of environmental uncertainty and integrative strategy on growth of firm performance through the mediating role of the Business Model Transformation (BMT) strategy of information communication technology (ICT) in Indonesia. The research data was collected from the executive management of ICT through survey research with 30 questionnaire surveys and exploratory study with seven company leaders through in-depth interviews. This study analyzes the suitability of the overall model through causal relationships using Partial Least Square-Path Modeling (PLS-PM). The results show that the BMT predominantly influences the growth of ICT companies. The BMT is predominantly built by the environmental uncertainty (ET) strategy rather than by integrative capability. Thus, companies need to improve their ability and creativity to anticipate and adapt to any uncertainty that unexpectedly results in dynamic competition.

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, enabling science with unprecedented detail and survey speed. The project spans over a decade and is now at a mature stage, ready to enter the construction and integration phase. In the fully deployed state, the MID-Telescope consists of a 150-km diameter array of offset Gregorian antennas installed in the radio quiet zone of the Karoo desert (South Africa). Each antenna is equipped with three feed packages, that are precision positioned in the sub-reflector focus by a feed indexer platform. The total observational bandwidth (0.35-15.4GHz) is segmented into seven bands. Band 1 (0.35 – 1.05 GHz) and Band 2 (0.95 – 1.76 GHz) are implemented as individual feed packages. The remaining five bands (Bands 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 6) are combined in a single feed package. Initially only Band 5a (4.6 – 8.5 GHz) and Band 5b (8.3 – 15.4 GHz) will be installed. This paper provides an overview of recent progress on design, test and integration of each feed package as well as project and science goals, timeline and path to construction.

Over 40 million people in the U.S. Southwest depend on water from the Colorado River. Seven States, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, have rights to the river. For millions of years, it has carved its way from high in the western Rocky Mountains south and west, skirting the borders of California, Nevada, and Arizona before giving its water to a delta in Mexico. It rarely makes it to the Gulf of California, its original terminus. The Colorado Plateau encompasses over 150,000 square miles. The plateau includes geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon, Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo Reservation, Canyonlands, Arches, and Rainbow Bridge, among others. The authors recommend that we turn to the past and include the perspectives of diverse communities, who have ties to the region and its waters going back centuries to avoid a water shortage in the future.

The main aspects of the synthesis of a quadrifilar radiator are considered. The choice of the emitter is explained and its mathematical model is presented. The application of the method of phenomenological models has been substantiated. Computer simulation of two models of a quadrifilar radiator in the complex of electrodynamic modeling is carried out and the resulting electrodynamic characteristics are given. A comparison of two phenomenological models is given and their application as part of an antenna array used in complexes of aerological radio monitoring stations is grounded.

When analysing archaeological finds, some questions cannot be answered using traditional archaeological methods, therefore the involvement of the natural sciences is extremely important when examining certain types of objects. Thanks to modern technologies, the relationship between workshops and objects in different remote areas can also be explored. Decorated and undecorated square-shaped belt fittings, which are rare amongst the 10th-century relics of the Carpathian Basin, can be traced back to the Altai region. The castings that can be connected to the first generation of conquering Hungarians are very diverse. Every single one of them is unique in terms of size, materials, and ornamentation. The study below reports the new material analyses of the square fittings of Tiszaeszlár–Bashalom, Budaörs–Tűzkőhegy, and Hajdúböszörmény–Erdős tanya, comparing them to the metal composition of foreign analogies.

Many people are aware of taking care of the global environment, so they demand environmentally friendly business activities. The government also has responded to the commotion by requiring companies to produce friendly and safe products or services to their customers. Hotel industries react to it by implementing the concept of green hotels. The purpose of this study is to examine whether the Internet of Things, strategic green purchasing and green operation have impacted green employee behavior in star-hotels in East Java. Eighty-two (82) questionnaires were distributed, but only 62 questionnaires were valid, with a response rate of 75.60 %. SEM-PLS (Structural Equation Modelling Partial Least Square) was used to analyze the data. The results show that the Internet of Things (IoT) has a significant impact on green hotel operation, with the T-statistic value of 0.378. green purchasing has a significant impact on green hotel operation, with the T-statistic value of 0.545, and green employee behavior, with the T-statistic value of 0.346. The Internet of things (IoT) has no significant impact on green employee behavior directly but through green hotel operation. The use of energy efficiency and the existence of good waste management as indicators of green hotel operation has an impact on green employee behavior of 0.346.

The aim of this study is to provide empirical evidence of the mediating effect of Supply Chain Management (SCM) on the relationship between enterprise resources planning (ERP) and financial performance. The empirical analysis in this study is based on primary data obtained from a survey of 300 agricultural sector companies with 220 respondents or with a response rate of 73%. This research was conducted with a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach with a test tool using Partial Least Square (PLS). Overall, the findings in this study indicate that Supply Chain Management (SCM) mediates in part the effects of enterprise resources planning (ERP) on financial performance. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of enterprise resources planning (ERP) results in increased financial performance in the long term and Supply Chain Management (SCM) helps companies achieve increased financial performance in the future.

With the development and maturity of higher education in China, the construction of university campus is also facing many problems, among which the research and design of campus node square cannot be ignored. Aiming at investigating students’ satisfaction, this paper establishes a satisfaction evaluation index system. Relevant data of each evaluation index were obtained by questionnaire survey. By means of the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method, this paper studies the relationship between the perceptual characteristics of four typical campus node squares in Qingyi Campus of Southwest University of Science and Technology and students’ satisfaction, which provides a reference for the humanized design of campus node space. The research shows that the four indexes of humanistic atmosphere, interest, ground pavement and atmosphere are the key points in the design and construction of campus node square. The four squares have different shapes. Except for the Light of Science and Technology Square, the satisfaction rate is 67%, and the other three squares are not satisfied by the majority of students. Finally, aiming at the problems of four squares, we put forward to optimize the layout, and improve the infrastructure and functional configuration, etc .

Forced convection in a ventilated enclosure with aspect ratio 2 is studied. Three heat sources simulating electronic component are placed in the bottom wall of the cavity, all walls are kept insulated. With varying the inlet and the outlet location of cold air firstly then swapping the location of the heat sources, the optimal cooling strategy was identified. Consideration was given to steady two-dimensional laminar flow and Reynolds number (Re) in the range 10–1500. The governing equations along with the boundary conditions are solved by using the control volume method. Calculations showed that enhancement in heat transfer occurred, and the results indicate that there exists an optimal location of ventilation ports and an optimal disposition of heat sources for which the heat transfer is maximized for all ranges of Reynolds numbers.