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Abstract: In this study, stability and dynamic behaviour of axially moving viscoelastic panels are investigated with the help of the classical modal analysis. We use the flat panel theory combined with the Kelvin–Voigt viscoelastic constitutive model, and we include the material derivative in the viscoelastic relations. Complex eigenvalues for the moving viscoelastic panel are studied with respect to the panel velocity, and the corresponding eigenfunctions are found using central finite differences. The governing equation for the transverse displacement of the panel is of fifth order in space, and thus five boundary conditions are set for the problem. The fifth condition is derived and set at the in-flow end for clamped–clamped and clamped-simply supported panels. The numerical results suggest that the moving viscoelastic panel undergoes divergence instability for low values of viscosity. They also show that the critical panel velocity increases when viscosity is increased and that the viscoelastic panel does not experience instability with a sufficiently high viscosity coefficient. For the cases with low viscosity, the modes and velocities corresponding to divergence instability are found numerically. We also report that the value of bending rigidity (bending stiffness) affects the distance between the divergence velocity and the flutter velocity: the higher the bending rigidity, the larger the distance. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

More than a project, The Big Shift is an epic library tale for the ages. What starts as a simple collection shift grows into a major space-planning project, a lesson in catalog maintenance, and thanks to Hurricane Ike, a disaster recovery effort. The Big Shift tells the story of how the University of Houston Libraries handled the numerous roadblocks put in front of them during a large-scale project. It is hoped that readers from all areas of libraries will read, appreciate, and learn from these experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article sketches two examples of the ritualization and globalization of knowledge. The first, culminating in New Mexico's Santa Fe Fiesta, traces the deployment of massive military and political forces, the invasion of a continent, and, over centuries, the colonizing of a territory by means of plays and liturgies as well as guns and horses. The other example covers a few years in the life of a single scholar crossing east over one ocean while his daughter prepares to cross west over another ocean. The examples are on radically different scales of importance, and the kinds of ritual they illustrate range from explicit plays and liturgies to tacit ritualization and dramatization processes. These two examples ground four claims: (1) humans live, move, and have their being in dramatic performances and ritual enactments; (2) the knowledge that informs these performances and enactments travels around the globe not only in books and bytes but in human bodies and minds; (3) in being shuttled through occupied spaces, performances and enactments can be transmogrified into commodities that are exported, imported, or exchanged; (4) explicit rites are underwritten by the tacit dramatization and ritualization processes that pervade all human interactions, ranging from violent conquests to polite international exchanges among scholars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mowing is the first technical operation performed in the scope of quality cattle food preparation technology. It needs to be done within optimal agro-tehnical time framework in order to decrease potential negative impacts of external factors. This paper shows the losses created during alfalfa mowing process performed by oscillatory and rotary mower. The losses detected during research process have been divided into two groups: losses caused by increased incision height (over 6cm), and losses caused by crushing. The total losses made during mowing by the tested mower were calculated by adding the incusion height losses and crushing losses. The research results of oscillatory mower indicate that the minimal losses caused by the incision height are 0.57% of yields, at the aggregrate mowing speed of 3.82 km/h. Aggregate mowing speed increase tend to slightly increase the losses up to maximum values of 1.17% at the mowing speed of 8.17 km/h. The crunching losses ranged from minimal 0.31% at the maximum aggregate mowing speed, to maximum 0.43% at the minimal mowing speed. The average total losses of oscillatory mower were 1.18% of yields, at the averagge aggregate mowing speed of 5.76 km/h. The research results of rotary mower indicate that the minimal losses caused by the incision height are 0.96% of yields, at the mowing speed of 8.32 km/h.Agreggate mowing speed increase tend to slightly increase the losses up to maximum values of 1.34% at the mowing speed of 10.34 km/h. The crunching losses ranged from minimal 1.61% at the maximum aggregate mowing speed, to maximum 2.18% at the minimal mowing speed. The average total losses of rotary mower were 2.99% of yields, at the average aggregate mowing speed of 9.39 km/h.Comparing research results, it is evident that the oscillatory mower has achieved significantly lower losses in comparison to the rotary mower. The average oscillatory mower losses were 1.18% of yield, whereas the rotary mower losses were slightly higher and were 2.99% of yields. Having in mind the obtained results for tractor oscillatory and rotary mowers used for alfalfa mowing, it may be concluded thet these results range within optimal values, that there are no significant differences and they are in conformity with resultes obtained by other authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The biology is characteristic of biologic phototaxis and negative phototaxis. Can a machine be endowed with such a characteristic? This is the question we study in this paper, so a method of realizing vehicle''s phototaxis and negative phototaxis through a neural network is presented. A randomly generated network is used as the main computational unit. Only the weights of the output units of this network are changed during training. It will be shown that this simple type of a biological realistic neural network is able to simulate robot controllers like that incorporated in Braitenberg vehicles. Two experiments are presented illustrating the stage-like study emerging with this neural network. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Some results of theoretical and experimental investigations on the hydrodynamics of immovable, gravitationally moving, and fluidized beds of catalysts and adsorbents and the heat and mass transfer in them are presented. The mechanical, structural, physical, and chemical properties of these catalysts and adsorbents as well as their adsorption, catalytic, and regeneration characteristics are considered. Correlations for calculating a number of parameters of the indicated substances are presented, and the schemes and principles of operation of gas-cleaning systems developed on the basis of the investigations performed are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigated the relationship of social support networks with expectations for aging in place and moving in a sample of relatively healthy, community-dwelling adults (N = 4,611). Results indicated that those with aging in place expectation and those with moving expectation were comparable in sociodemographics, self-rated health, and social support networks. Knowledge of home- and community-based services (HCBS) availability was associated with respondents reporting an older age at which they expected regular help and moving. When compared with those who did not offer an age prediction, knowledge of HCBS availability, information sources for personal care, and social activity engagement were important in understanding the choices of age ranges at which respondents expected to age in place and to move. Findings point to the importance of expanding social support networks, providing opportunities for social activity, and strengthening information networks with the emphasis on targeting older adults and their caregivers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The purpose of this study was to understand the secondary migration and relocation of African refugees resettled in the United States. Secondary migration refers to moves out of state, while relocation refers to moves within state. Of 73 recently resettled refugee families from Burundi and Liberia followed for 1 year through ethnographic interviews and observations, 13 instances of secondary migration and 9 instances of relocation were identified. A family ecodevelopmental framework was applied to address: Who moved again, why, and with what consequences? How did moving again impact family risk and protective factors? How might policies, researchers, and practitioners better manage refugees moving again? Findings indicated that families undertook secondary migration principally for employment, affordable housing, family reunification, and to feel more at home. Families relocated primarily for affordable housing. Parents reported that secondary migration and relocation enhanced family stability. Youth reported disruption to both schooling and attachments with peers and community. In conclusion, secondary migration and relocation were family efforts to enhance family and community protective resources and to mitigate shortcomings in resettlement conditions. Policymakers could provide newly resettled refugees jobs, better housing and family reunification. Practitioners could devise ways to better engage and support those families who consider moving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined life-satisfaction and housing satisfaction before and after moving ( N = 3,658 participants from 2,162 households) with univariate and bivariate two-intercept two-slope latent growth models. The main findings were (a) a strong and persistent increase in average levels of housing satisfaction, (b) no increase in average life-satisfaction, (c) low stability in individuals' level of housing satisfaction, and (d) high stability in individuals' level of life-satisfaction. The results are discussed in the context of top-down and bottom-up models as well as adaptation theories of well-being. We conclude that moving or living in a better home is unrelated to life-satisfaction judgments for two reasons. First, housing makes a small contribution to life-satisfaction judgments. Second, positive effects of better housing are undermined by the greater costs of living in a better home. The results provide no support for the prediction of adaptation theory that shifting aspirations undermine the benefits of living in a better home. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of GPS 3300 to predict active (feeding, moving) and inactive (bedded, standing) behaviours in European roe deer. Observed activity of three tame roe deer was correlated with the three variables provided by the activity sensors of their collars (normalised for each individual) using discriminant analyses. The best model discriminated correctly 84% of the 'active' time intervals (defined as roe deer spending at least 30% of the time active) and 97% of inactive ones. We tested for consistency with movements using 11 wild roe deer, six living in a forest and five in an open habitat. As expected, wild deer identified as inactive (sensors) were mostly immobile (GPS locations, 831 records of 1096), whereas deer known to be moving were mostly classified as active (493 of 758 records). The records classified as inactive but moving (24% of inactive records or 35% of moving records) can indicate short distance displacement, erroneous detection of movement, or moving without neck movements. The records classified as active but immobile (46% of active ones, 33% of immobile ones) can represent feeding on a small patch without detectable movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In her moving narrative of the treatment of Nell, Ipp describes the 'amputation' of herself in the move away from her African homeland, along with the reconnection of that aspect of herself in their successful analysis. The loss of a sense of self, however, is not limited to geographical moves, but is inherent in almost any life change: for instance, from family home to wider world, or from one job or relationship to another. Each transition involves an inevitable amputation of memories, dreams, friendships, identities, and other associations, all of which have powerful emotional resonances. The connections are not obliterated, however, nor are they conventionally repressed or dissociated. Rather, they remain as presences: phantom aspects of ourselves that ache nostalgically from time to time to remind us of important things we have not quite lost. As Ipp's work shows, these aspects, ultimately, can be profoundly healing to reattach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined teacher job satisfaction in Chinese middle schools from the aspects of school, community, and life and the relationships between these factors and teacher moving. A convenience sample of 294 teachers was approached through a 35-item questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Three major results were found: (1) Chinese middle school teachers were dissatisfied with their job in general. (2) Younger, less-experienced, junior teachers were more satisfied. Most groups of teachers were more satisfied with their working conditions, but less satisfied with income. (3) The sub-factors of leadership, professional opportunities, working conditions, and income had significant relationships with teachers’ future career planning. The reasons contributing to job dissatisfaction and teacher retention in schools are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The weight and size of the UK population is increasing, and many healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners look after patients who are obese or of bariatric proportions. Some bariatric patients require assistance with mobility and daily living activities, but care must be provided in an effective and safe manner. This second article on bariatrics outlines the treatment and management of bariatric patients within a hospital, clinic or community setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Problems of stability of an axially moving elastic band travelling at constant velocity between two supports and experiencing small transverse vibrations are considered in a 2D formulation. The model of a thin elastic plate subjected to bending and tension is used to describe the bending moment and the distribution of membrane forces. The stability of the plate is investigated with the help of an analytical approach. In the frame of a general dynamic analysis, it is shown that the onset of instability takes place in the form of divergence (buckling). Then the static forms of instability are investigated, and critical regimes are studied as functions of geometric and mechanical problem parameters. It is shown that in the limit of a narrow strip, the 2D formulation reduces to the classical 1D model. In the limit of a wide band, there is a small but finite discrepancy between the results given by the 1D model and the full 2D formulation, where the discrepancy depends on the Poisson ratio of the material. Finally, the results are illustrated via numerical examples, and it is observed that the transverse displacement becomes localised in the vicinity of free boundaries. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Relocation is one organizational phenomenon where the influence of family is prominent. Our paper thus uses it as a backdrop against which to study the work-family interface. In-depth qualitative analysis of 62 interviews with Royal Air Force personnel is used to complement the literature by demonstrating the impact on and the impact of the immediate family in relocation. The analysis provides evidence that relocation influences an employee's role as family member, other family members and the family as a whole. Findings also illustrate that families influence employees' relocation behaviour, organizational tenure and work focus. In summary, this paper supports the bidirectional nature of the work-family interface and also demonstrates that regardless of whether examining the work-to-family influence or the family-to-work influence the effects are not always negative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Not only is AutoCAD software an invaluable tool for creating building plans, it works very well for relocating libraries. In the fall of 2006, the University of Tennessee Map Library was faced with planning the move of its collection. From the onset, AutoCAD was used to help plan the relocation, to create a virtual model of the new map space (a smaller area), to make it relatively easy to avoid potential setbacks involving space, and to aid the movers with a visual guide to use when relocating the collection. The use of AutoCAD helped everyone communicate with one another and saved the university time and money. This article will discuss the map collection relocation in detail and the incorporation of AutoCAD computer software into the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many hospital libraries suffer from being poorly housed. This article describes a successful effort to find better space for a hospital library. Issues of planning, staff participation, and implementation are discussed, including constraints, what worked well, and what could have worked better. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Relocation, an intraorganizational geographical transfer, can be used for human resource development (HRD) because of the positive developmental effects it can induce. It is, thus, important for HRD professionals to understand the implications of relocation to ensure it is used appropriately and effectively as an HRD technique. Research on relocation is abundant but presently lacks integration. This article introduces the Four-Factor Taxonomy of Relocation Outcomes, which summarizes, organizes, and guides research in this area. The taxonomy provides researchers with four dimensions along which to consistently classify relocation outcomes: valence (positive vs. negative), duration (length of effect), magnitude (strength of effect), and quality (type of effect). The article concludes with a discussion of implications for HRD practitioners and researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Building a home and creating a family are highly interconnected processes. So what happens to the home when people separate or divorce? This paper addresses this question using both a quantitative and a qualitative approach. Based on an extensive database with socio-economic background data of 42 000 separated Danish couples in 2002, the housing careers of both partners were followed to see how the housing situation of different types of people was affected by the separation. In the qualitative approach, nine interviews with couples who had parted shed light on the emotions and practical problems of dissolving a home: how to decide who should stay? Who should move? What was it like to stay alone in, or to leave, the matrimonial home? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Therapists may often work with, or provide therapy for clients who are unable to transfer independently Careful assessment of needs, abilities and environment may lead a therapist to advise on using hoisting equipment with these clients. The range of both mobile and ceiling hoist is considerable, as is the choice of slings to use with them. This article will provide a guide to the main types of hoists available and their suitability for different users. Examples of products are given and components and features of note are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Grinnell College Libraries, at capacity for shelving for several years, renovated an existing building as a storage facility. The libraries are at the beginning of a building project including a science library that will house more volumes than the Windsor Science Library. Options for our main library are being explored but would be built ten or more years in the future. Our storage facility is located off-campus. It is climate controlled, equipped with dry fire suppression and security, and outfitted with compact shelving. It will not be staffed or have additional staffing to support paging of materials. Materials moved to the storage facility are primarily journals and monographs available full-text online. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: A two-dimensional or axisymmetric stagnation flow impinges on a plate moving in its own plane. The no slip condition on the solid boundary is replaced by the partial slip condition. The Navier–Stokes and energy equations admit exact similarity solutions. The resulting nonlinear differential equations are solved asymptotically and numerically. The flow depends heavily on the velocity slip factor . We find drag decreases as and heat transfer increases with , the Prandtl number, and decreased thermal slip. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In this article, we seek to shed light on the micro-foundations of the Tiebout model. We use a survey of respondents in four of the largest United States metropolitan areas to analyze factors that contribute to households' exiting behavior. In this analysis, we explore the types of reasons likely movers offer to explain a potential move. The analysis incorporates variables measuring Tiebout factors and variables drawn from two important alternative explanations that have been discussed widely in political science in recent years. Our findings generally support a Tiebout explanation: Evaluations of core municipal services are found to be the strongest determinant of the likelihood to move. Moreover, variables drawn from alternative explanations, including race, family income, and social capital, are found to be either unrelated to the decision to move or to have the opposite effect on the likelihood of moving from what would be expected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The paper presents a novel collision detection algorithm, termed the sort moving boxes (SMB) for large number of moving 2D/3D objects which are represented by their axis-aligned bounding boxes (AABBs). The main feature of the algorithm is the full exploitation of the temporal coherence of the objects exhibited in a dynamic environment. In the algorithm, the AABBs are first projected to each Cartesian axis. The projected intervals on the axes are separately sorted by the diminishing increment sort (DIS) and further divided into subsections. By processing all the intervals within the subsections to check if they overlap, a complete contact list can be built. The SMB is a fast and robust collision detection algorithm, particularly for systems involving a large number of moving AABBs, and also supports for the dynamic insertion and deletion of objects. Its performance in terms of both expected total detection time and memory requirements is proportional to the total number of AABBs, N, and is not influenced by size differences of AABBs, the space size and packing density over a large range up to ten times difference. The only assumption made is that the sorted list at one time step will remain an almost sorted list at the next time step, which is valid for most applications whose movement and deformation of each AABB and the dynamic change of the total number N are approximately continuous. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

A multivariate exponentially weighted moving average single control chart is developed in this article. This chart is capable of monitoring simultaneously the process mean vector and the process covariance matrix. Our average run length comparison shows that this new chart performs better than the combination of the X2 chart and the [S] chart when small changes in the process parameters are of interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the clinical and theoretical situation that leads us to propose the concept of a ‘psychotherapeutic approach to exile’ which we have considered for a dozen or so years, in order to re-examine the mental disorders of immigrants linked to the mouvement away from their place of origin. On the one hand, it involves a critical approach to the psychopathology of ‘immigration’ and ‘transplantation’, in which the model of direct traumatic causality and the adaptive target frequently dominates, followed by the culture-based model developed by French ethnopsychiatry. On the other hand, the therapeutic approach involved is based on listening to the patients, and on taking into account the subjective incidence of moving from place to place over several generations. During our studies, the question of ‘place’ emerged as the most critical issue to the extent that it is a risk factor, which could have an effect on both existential and psychic habitability. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Investigation on illusory contours is important for understanding the mechanisms underlying the object recognition of human visual system. Numerous researches have shown that illusory contours formed in motion and stereopsis are generated by the unmatched features. Here we conduct three psychophysical experiments to test if Kanizsa illusory contours are also caused by unmatched information. Different types of motion (including horizontal translation, radial expanding and shrinking) are utilized in the experiments. The results show that no matter under what kind of motion, when figures or background move separately illusory contours are perceived stronger, and there is no significant difference between the perceived strength in these two types of motion. However, no such enhancement of perceived strength is found when figures and background move together. It is found that the strengthened unmatched features generate the enhancement effect of illusory contour perception in motion. Thus the results suggest that the process of unmatched information in visual system is a critical step in the formation of illusory contours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relocation of library technical services units' workspace can become an opportunity to reassess all aspects of workflow, physical layout, and work environment. When the Resource Services Department of the George A. Smathers Libraries suddenly lost one-third of its workspace to a new Digital Library Center, the managers and staff learned valuable lessons about optimizing change. Relocation can be a difficult time for staff, but staff involvement, good communication, and positive attitudes can help everyone survive and perhaps gain from the experience. This article discusses the various strategies and methods used by the department to make the most of a relocation situation while maximizing outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The effect of weaning pigs in pens with slatted versus solid floor dung alleys, and of moving at weaning, was studied on pigs from 201 litters. Weaning was at 5 weeks and no litters were mixed. Four treatments were performed: slatted + moved, slatted + not moved, solid + moved and solid + not moved. Pen hygiene was significantly better in the slatted floor pens and morbidity significantly lower. There were no significant differences in mortality or in daily weight gain. Escherichia coli-associated diarrhoea was the major cause of disease and death, and joint inflammation was also of importance. It was concluded that slatted flooring improved pen hygiene and reduced morbidity due to gastrointestinal diseases. In addition, moving the pigs at weaning to cleaned, slatted floor pens may further reduce disease problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of the model of pension funding introduced by Dufresne in 1986, explicit expressions are found for the first two moments of fund level and total contributions, when (1) actuarial gains and losses are amortized over N years, and (2) arithmetic rates of return on assets form a moving average process. The results are obtained via a Markovian representation for the bilinear process obtained for the actuarial losses. One conclusion is that the dependence between successive rates of return may have very significant effects on the financial results obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stepped frequency signal is often used to synthesize high-resolution range profile, but redundant high-resolution range profile exists before synthesis. Two methods have been given to extract target from overlapped high-resolution range profile and analyzed to show how spurious peaks appear. This paper provides a reverse-count algorithm to resolve the problem of spurious peaks for moving target. This proposed method selects the peak with maximum amplitude as the extracted target and gets its position by using the number of samples prceding before the present sample position and the number of high-resolution range cell of the target. This proposed method is compared with the already given method and the result shows the ability of the proposed method to remove spurious peaks, it provides the foundation for high-resolution range profile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]