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Multicultural Project Management Connectedness to National Culture: Case Study, the Nigerian System
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
1-5
Received:
5 June 2019
Accepted:
3 July 2019
Published:
13 July 2019
Abstract: Adapting to a formalized management style in this era of globalization represents an important managerial duty in various multicultural organizations of which project managers should be aware of. Inter-cultural competency such as understanding the major cultural differences between people from different locations and its integration to project management practices are critical to the success of modern project managers. National culture plays significant role in the growth of an organization and it is very relevant in choosing specific management style in an organization that is culturally diverse in terms of employability. This study investigates the impacts and the relationship between national culture and different management styles of a multicultural project manager. The benefits of culturally diverse teams and project management processes are inherent in vast mixture of different points of view, values, skills and talents. The study makes use of qualitative methodology to investigate non-numeric facts and also the quantitative approach to quantify data using feedbacks from various respondents to choose a hypothesis. A questionnaire was developed to capture various views from industry professionals. In summary, National culture has a direct relationship with multicultural project manager in Nigeria and the most practiced and viable management style in Nigeria is the administrative management style.
Abstract: Adapting to a formalized management style in this era of globalization represents an important managerial duty in various multicultural organizations of which project managers should be aware of. Inter-cultural competency such as understanding the major cultural differences between people from different locations and its integration to project mana...
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Determinants of Sovereign Ratings in Emerging Countries with Panel Probit Analysis
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
6-11
Received:
8 June 2019
Accepted:
3 July 2019
Published:
17 July 2019
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study determinants of sovereign ratings of emerging countries. The ratings are analyzed with panel ordered probit model. The economic indicators are used and these variables of the countries are independent for the sovereign ratings. In this study we determined the effective factors on ratings and we check the effects of current account deficits, external debts, gross domestic product per capita, real exchange rates, inflations, unemployement and political qualities on sovereign ratings that are exported by three large rating agencies (S&P, Moodys and Fitch). This paper studies sovereign rating models of Moody's, Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Fitch to identify important determinants of sovereign ratings. The credit agencies are taking attention some economic and political indicators of the countries on their credit limits. Sovereign credit ratings plays an imperative role in the decision-making process of where and when to invest and determine the interest that is paid to investors for sovereign debt borrowings. This sovereign credit scoring probability is estimated with panel ordered probit model in our study.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study determinants of sovereign ratings of emerging countries. The ratings are analyzed with panel ordered probit model. The economic indicators are used and these variables of the countries are independent for the sovereign ratings. In this study we determined the effective factors on ratings and we check the effects of...
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Real-time Display System to Monitor Plasma Shape and Position During the Discharge of the Tokamak
Md Mahbub Alam,
Md Dulal Hossain,
Md Shafiul Alam Chowdhury
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
12-16
Received:
6 June 2019
Accepted:
10 July 2019
Published:
24 July 2019
Abstract: A novel, efficient and precise real-time display system to monitor the plasma shape and position during the discharge of the tokamak has been offered in this study for the observation of the continuous behavior of the plasma that is produced inside the vacuum vessel. The observed behavior of the plasma can provide indications for the control and operation of the tokamak to achieve long time discharge. The display system can display the plasma cross-sectional view of the last closed flux surface (LCFS) with the position of the vacuum vessel wall and the X-points position with the setting of the divertor plates at a big screen in real-time. The display system offers not only the visual image of the plasma but also time evolution graphs of various plasma parameters such as the plasma current (IP), poloidal field coils currents (IPF), emission of Hα, transport of the oxygen impurity, major radius (R), minor radius (a), plasma elongation (κ) and triangularity (δ) in real-time. For the remote participation to the experiments, the display system has a subsystem that can record the entire display frame and the time evolution graphs of the various plasma parameters as video files. The recorded video files are accessible through online by the remote participants during the operation of the tokamak. In addition, the display system has an emergency safety notification system that can identify the critical condition of the tokamak during its operation and can notify the occurrences of any critical or abnormal situations by generating an alarm. The overall display system and its subsystems have been designed and integrated with the real-time hardware equipment of the National Instruments Corporation (NI) and the entire data acquisition and computational systems have been developed by the LabVIEW programming Language.
Abstract: A novel, efficient and precise real-time display system to monitor the plasma shape and position during the discharge of the tokamak has been offered in this study for the observation of the continuous behavior of the plasma that is produced inside the vacuum vessel. The observed behavior of the plasma can provide indications for the control and op...
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Application of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) in an Interdisciplinary Capstone: The AISC Steel Bridge Competition
Aaron Thomas Hill Jr.,
Madeleine Lyndall Nelson
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
17-24
Received:
7 June 2019
Accepted:
16 July 2019
Published:
31 July 2019
Abstract: Seven West Point Cadets recently competed in the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Steel Bridge Competition for their capstone project. West Point capstones allow cadets to demonstrate their practical, innovative, and hands-on solutions to complex problems, serving as an opportunity to demonstrate characteristics required of Army leaders. For purposes of meeting guidelines established by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the capstone serves as a culminating major engineering design experience in at least two civil engineering contexts. It incorporates engineering standards and allows students to apply knowledge and skills from previous coursework. Historically consisting of all civil engineers, this year’s interdisciplinary Steel Bridge Team included a systems engineer major for the purposes of improved project management. As tomorrow’s leaders are asked to solve complex problems and win in an uncertain tomorrow, the need for graduates to have the skills required to organize chaos, manage risk, establish a schedule and plan, and adapt to change are more important than ever. This paper, organized by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Process Groups of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing, documents the implementation of project management principles towards the West Point Steel Bridge Team’s success and their development as future leaders.
Abstract: Seven West Point Cadets recently competed in the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Steel Bridge Competition for their capstone project. West Point capstones allow cadets to demonstrate their practical, innovative, and hands-on solutions to complex problems, serving as an opportunity to demonstrate characteristics required of Army lead...
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A Study on Evaluation and Optimization of Gel Flooding in Liaohe Oil Field
Matamba Musungayi Georges,
Pang Zanxi,
Kamgue Lenwoue Arnaud Regis,
Marembo Michael
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
25-32
Received:
9 June 2019
Accepted:
8 July 2019
Published:
31 July 2019
Abstract: There are many challenges during water injection such as the early breakthrough of injecting water, increasing of water production, and the rapid decline of oil rate. These problems are often faced during water flooding application, and many oil field around the world are experiencing these kinds of problems. Liaohe oil field, is not spared of this problem related to the excessive production of water. Therefore, due to this circumstance, conformance treatment has been applied to solve this problem in that oil field. Gel treatment is one of the viable solution to mitigate sweep conformance problems, decrease the excessive production of water and improve oil recovery. Before, gel treatment in Liaohe oil field especially in Hai1 block, laboratory study under field conditions was carried out to determine the chemical parameters of the gel injection. Thus, we also brought a simulation approach in this research. Therefore, a brief study on gel flooding treatment has been presented and investigated in Hai 1 block of Liaohe oil field in this paper. Three well patterns such as five point, seven point and nine point, were developed for water flooding and gel flooding. Step by step for each scenario, based on the reservoir parameters and fluid properties of the actual oil field, the injection rate and the liquid production rate have been optimized including well pattern. The results of the simulation showed that seven spot is the best well pattern and it is suitable for the model established in this research. In addition, after two years of gel injection, the excessive production of water decreases from 98 to 84% and the ultimate oil recovery increases up to 34% for gel flooding compare to 28% obtained during water flooding.
Abstract: There are many challenges during water injection such as the early breakthrough of injecting water, increasing of water production, and the rapid decline of oil rate. These problems are often faced during water flooding application, and many oil field around the world are experiencing these kinds of problems. Liaohe oil field, is not spared of this...
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Point Cloud Processing System Development Based on PCL and Qt
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
33-39
Received:
10 June 2019
Accepted:
12 July 2019
Published:
31 July 2019
Abstract: LiDAR technology has been widely applied in various disciplines as it can obtain 3D information of targets directly and accurately. However, it is still a challenge to processing LiDAR point clouds efficiently as its huge datasets and complicated processing procedures. Current processing methods need integrate multiple software to complete the whole processing procedures to produce final results which needs lots of time effort and cause low efficiency. By analyzing the theories and methods of LiDAR data processing procedures, this research aims to develop a new point cloud processing software based on PCL and Qt. Firstly, the overall design and modules of the processing system was introduced. The main modules include data management, visualization, filtering, segmentation modeling and auxiliary function. Secondly, to improve system security and maintenance convenience, the system adopts the object-oriented programming method to encapsulate private members and methods of classes, and only open public member variables and methods are available to users. The main classes which were employed in this research were explained. Finally, indoor environments datasets were used to verify the point cloud processing system. The results showed that system has strong interactivity, intuitive display, easy to use and comprehensive features and good results can be derived.
Abstract: LiDAR technology has been widely applied in various disciplines as it can obtain 3D information of targets directly and accurately. However, it is still a challenge to processing LiDAR point clouds efficiently as its huge datasets and complicated processing procedures. Current processing methods need integrate multiple software to complete the whol...
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