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    Understanding Quantum Technologies 2022

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    Understanding Quantum Technologies 2022 is a creative-commons ebook that provides a unique 360 degrees overview of quantum technologies from science and technology to geopolitical and societal issues. It covers quantum physics history, quantum physics 101, gate-based quantum computing, quantum computing engineering (including quantum error corrections and quantum computing energetics), quantum computing hardware (all qubit types, including quantum annealing and quantum simulation paradigms, history, science, research, implementation and vendors), quantum enabling technologies (cryogenics, control electronics, photonics, components fabs, raw materials), quantum computing algorithms, software development tools and use cases, unconventional computing (potential alternatives to quantum and classical computing), quantum telecommunications and cryptography, quantum sensing, quantum technologies around the world, quantum technologies societal impact and even quantum fake sciences. The main audience are computer science engineers, developers and IT specialists as well as quantum scientists and students who want to acquire a global view of how quantum technologies work, and particularly quantum computing. This version is an extensive update to the 2021 edition published in October 2021.Comment: 1132 pages, 920 figures, Letter forma

    Maine State Government Administrative Report 1985-1986

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    Maine State Government Administrative Report 1984-1985

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    Six Sigma

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    In the new millennium the increasing expectation of customers and products complexity has forced companies to find new solutions and better alternatives to improve the quality of their products. Lean and Six Sigma methodology provides the best solutions to many problems and can be used as an accelerator in industry, business and even health care sectors. Due to its flexible nature, the Lean and Six Sigma methodology was rapidly adopted by many top and even small companies. This book provides the necessary guidance for selecting, performing and evaluating various procedures of Lean and Six Sigma. In the book you will find personal experiences in the field of Lean and Six Sigma projects in business, industry and health sectors

    Analysis of the EU and US Legal Frameworks of Anti-Competitive Practices in Merger and Acquisitions Where Patents Remain Unutilized

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    The legal fields of Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition Law, and Intellectual Property are all well-researched areas with a long history of case law as well. However, at the intersection of these legal fields, there are some important areas that are studied less extensively, although they impose a significant practical effect on the economical and scientific progress of society. One such area lies at an intersection of Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust Laws on anti-competitive practices, and Patents, specifically the case when important patents remain unutilized by the companies after the merger or acquisition happens. This scenario may occur for many reasons, from negligence or inability to thoroughly consider the potential of each item in the patent portfolio of all companies involved in the merger and acquisition, all the way to deliberate action taken to acquire companies solely for their patent portfolios, because they are perceived to pose a future risk to the acquiring company’s current business lines. In this dissertation, I will attempt to prove that even though the scenarios where patents remain unutilized after the merger or acquisition happens are not desirable for the economy and society, as many national and international legal frameworks on anti-competitive behavior clearly state, the current national and international organizations do not currently have effective operative measures in place to prevent such scenarios, identify the companies involved and hold them accountable. I will first examine the three different legal fields, their definitions, the objectives of the legislator, some of their most important practical implications in the fields where they intersect from the perspective of our study: Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust Laws and Patents. I will pay attention that I describe not only the theory but the practice of these legal fields as well, by investigating the current laws, treaties and case law. Understanding that these legal fields each present a wide topic, I will focus my investigation on the European Union and United States laws and practices, with occasionally some other international examples as well. In the following chapters, I will investigate the practical implications of the scenario where patents remain unutilized after certain mergers and acquisitions, to be able to show the magnitude of the issue by interpolating the relatively scarce economic data available on this subject. The scarcity of data is understandable if we think about the fact that it will not be in the interest of the companies involved to publish such data, and since the problem has not yet been recognized as a major study subject, there are not enough secondary sources where this data could be gathered either. However, for the purposes of my argument, it is enough to prove the existence of the problem, prove that it is not covered by effective measures of the EU and US institutions to prevent these scenarios, identify the companies involved and hold them accountable. This will already show that the objectives of the legislator are not met in the scenarios when patents remain unutilized after certain mergers and acquisitions. My attempts to illustrate the magnitude of the problem will only serve as an emphasizing factor that it needs urgent and operative action from national and international policymakers. In order to make my dissertation as practical as possible, I have decided to include a detailed case study from the European merger control case law where a patent with great importance was left unutilized after a merger. The patent in question was about Gallium Nitride RF Power Transistors, and - as we will discuss - it was fundamental in the development of today’s 4G and 5G telecom network infrastructure. In fact, in this case, the competition authority’s sole focus on market concentration may have been the cause of the acquiring company’s decision to leave the patent unutilized. The fact that development in this area hasn’t stalled was entirely due to other companies taking over and developing their own patents, own technology, and own production facilities. I will also establish an operational framework for a new office of national or international competition authorities, which I am calling the Innovation Protection Office. The proposed operational framework is intended to establish some practical solutions to protect customer access to the officially recognized innovative advantage of patents and ensuring their utilization. I will review the current legal framework for applicable laws and procedures by which this goal can be achieved. There could be many other operational guidelines, processes, or organizational structures that would achieve the same result. Therefore, my main goal in establishing and describing this operational framework is to offer future legislators interested in the problem and the solution some useful tools to govern public policy

    Implementation and performance assessment of a real-time optimization system on a virtual fluidized-bed catalytic-cracking plant

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    This thesis develops and evaluates RTO implementation in a FCCU virtual plant, taking into account each RTO stage (noise elimination, steady-state detection, data validation, parameter estimation, and optimization). The dynamic data to carry out this analysis were obtained from an FCCU virtual plant based on a dynamic deterministic model developed in Matlab®. The model output data were contaminated with Gaussian and gross errors to simulate measurements from a real plant. For denoising, steady-state detection, data reconciliation, parameter estimation, and optimization, different strategies and algorithms were studied and assessed, while a decentralized PID was proposed for the control system. Finally, the most appropriate strategies for the case study were implemented and their performance was fully evaluated.Resumen: Esta tesis desarrolla y evalúa la implementación de la RTO en una planta virtual de FCCU, teniendo en cuenta cada etapa de una RTO (eliminación de ruido, detección de estado estable, validación de datos, estimación de parámetros y optimización). Los datos dinámicos para llevar a cabo este análisis se obtuvieron de una planta virtual de FCCU basada en un modelo determinista dinámico desarrollado en Matlab®. Los datos de salida del modelo se contaminaron con error de Gauss y error grueso para simular mediciones de una planta real. Para la eliminación de ruido, la detección de estado estable, la reconciliación de datos, la estimación de parámetros y la optimización, se estudiaron y evaluaron diferentes estrategias y algoritmos, mientras que para el sistema de control se propuso un PID descentralizado. Finalmente, se implementaron las estrategias más apropiadas para el estudio de caso y se evaluó su desempeño en conjunto.Maestrí

    Housing the homeless: housing crisis and caravan parks – a Bourdieusian perspective

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    Geraldine Mallinson considers housing under a Bourdieusian perspective. Housing is situated as a key social structure and repercussions of dwelling marginality are exemplified, by findings from North Queensland caravan parks. She warns of a crisis in access, adequacy and security, and makes recommendations to guide Australian housing reforms

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    Global Food Value Chains and Competition Law BRICS Draft Report

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