Harnessing Knowledge, Innovation and Competence in Engineering of Mission Critical Systems

This book explores the critical role of acquisition, application, enhancement, and management of knowledge and human competence in the context of the largely digital and data/information dominated modern world. Whilst humanity owes much of its achievements to the distinct capability to learn from observation, analyse data, gain insights, and perceive beyond original realities, the systematic treatment of knowledge as a core capability and driver of success has largely remained the forte of pedagogy. In an increasingly intertwined global community faced with existential challenges and risks, the significance of knowledge creation, innovation, and systematic understanding and treatment of human competence is likely to be humanity's greatest weapon against adversity. This book was conceived to inform the decision makers and practitioners about the best practice pertinent to many disciplines and sectors. The chapters fall into three broad categories to guide the readers to gain insight from generic fundamentals to discipline-specific case studies and of the latest practice in knowledge and competence management

Agents and Robots for Reliable Engineered Autonomy

This book contains the contributions of the Special Issue entitled "Agents and Robots for Reliable Engineered Autonomy". The Special Issue was based on the successful first edition of the "Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy" (AREA 2020), co-located with the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2020). The aim was to bring together researchers from autonomous agents, as well as software engineering and robotics communities, as combining knowledge from these three research areas may lead to innovative approaches that solve complex problems related to the verification and validation of autonomous robotic systems

Remote Sensing of Earth Resources: A literature survey with indexes (1970 - 1973 supplement). Section 1: Abstracts

Abstracts of reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system between March 1970 and December 1973 are presented in the following areas: agriculture and forestry, environmental changes and cultural resources, geodesy and cartography, geology and mineral resources, oceanography and marine resources, hydrology and water management, data processing and distribution systems, instrumentation and sensors, and economic analysis

How a monitoring dataset, an adaptive management framework, and ecological comparisons of selected fish groups can guide conservation

Master of ScienceDepartment of BiologyMartha E. MatherFreshwater habitats are amongst the most threatened systems globally, and stream and river biodiversity is extremely vulnerable to human and climate impacts. A challenge for research and management professionals seeking to conserve native, freshwater biodiversity is how to develop a process that links past and present data to guide future data collection, restoration actions, and management decisions. The purpose of this research is to illustrate how an adaptive management framework, applied to monitoring data for carefully chosen groups of fish, can guide conservation planning. Chapter 1 develops my team’s adaptive management framework and illustrates the use of the framework for one stable, native Kansas fish species. Chapter 2 demonstrates how the framework can be used to analyze monitoring data for three native Kansas fish species (two common and one uncommon). Our framework is comprised of an iterative 10-step cycle within which we embedded a 6-step, statistical subloop. Each iteration of this framework prioritizes a tractable question, identifies focused taxa and scales, uses a directed literature review to provide context, wrangles appropriate fish-relevant habitat variables, and applies data cleaning procedures. Then weight of evidence is accumulated by combining many visualization tools (i.e., fish maps, proportional resource maps, prediction maps, ridgeline plots, box plots, histograms, pie plots), multiple logistic regression, and probability plots. The final step of the 1st iteration identifies data gaps and testable predictions for future field sampling that will be analyzed in the 2nd iteration. In a proof of concept, my team compared data analysis of two common fish [Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)] and one uncommon fish [Plains Minnow (Hybognathus placitus), Kansas threatened]. Data analysis of combined fish taxa, chosen based on a thoughtful, multi-criteria decision tree, enhanced conservation insights. Our multiple logistic regression models consistently identified priority regressors. Our weight of evidence approach clarified ambiguous regression trends. Prediction maps, paired with visualization tools, identified promising sites for future Plains Minnow restoration. Our approach proposes a continually evolving series of structured interactions among researcher-manager teams to accumulate actionable knowledge through a process of shared question identification, data analysis, and discussion of next steps. Monitoring data, research data, and data tests of management outcomes all have value for applied problem solving. However, if different types of data and different datasets are not connected and coordinated, opportunities for conservation success are lost. Our framework and proof of concept show a way to make these connections. This framework is an example of an implementable, adaptive management approach that can compare distributional patterns of thoughtfully chosen fish taxa to aid restoration efforts of threatened, freshwater systems

Major v. Security Equipment Corp. Clerk\u27s Record v. 1 Dckt. 39414

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9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems

The 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems (EEMODS'15) was be held in Helsinki (Finland) on 15-17 September, 2015. The EEMODS'15 conferences have been very successful in attracting distinguished and international presenters and attendees. The wide variety of stakeholders has included professionals involved in manufacturing, marketing, and promotion of energy efficient motors and motor driven systems and representatives from research labs, academia, and public policy. EEMODS’15 provided a forum to discuss and debate the latest developments in the impacts of electrical motor systems (advanced motors and drives, compressors, pumps, and fans) on energy and the environment, the policies and programmes adopted and planned, and the technical and commercial advances made in the dissemination and penetration of energy-efficient motor systems. In addition EEMODS covered also energy management in organizations, international harmonization of test method and financing of energy efficiency in motor systems. The Book of Proceedings contains the peer reviewed paper that have been presented at the conference.JRC.F.7-Renewables and Energy Efficienc

Bulletin of the University of San Diego Graduate Division 2011-2013

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