Some technical writing skills industry needs

It is suggested that engineers and other technical students be taught three classes of skills in technical writing. First, "Big Picture Things", which includes: the importance of clear writing, the wide scope of writing, the wide scope of writing tasks that will be faced in industry, and the principles of organization of technical materials such as; how to analyze, classify, partition, and interpret. Second, "Writing Procedures", which encompasses: how to get words on paper efficiently and team-write. Third, "Writing Details", in which two considerations are important: how to achieve precision in the use of language and the aspects of style. Three problems in style are cited: the problem of sentence transition, overuse of attributive adjectives, and verbosity in paragraph structure. The most important thing in technical writing is considered to be functionality, economy and clarity

Performance-based building and innovation: Balancing client and industry needs

One reason for the interest in performance-based building is that it is commonly advocated as a powerful way of enhancing innovation performance by articulating building performance outcomes, and by offering relevant procurement actors the discretion to innovate to meet these performance requirements more effectively and/or efficiently. The paper argues that the current approach to performance-based building assumes that relevant actors have the capacity, ability and motivation to innovate from a business perspective. It is proposed that the prevailing conceptualization of PBB is too restrictive and should be broadened explicitly to accommodate the required business logic that must be in place before actors will innovate. The relevant performance-based building and innovation literature is synthesized to support the assertion. The paper concludes with an innovation-focused definition of performance-based building

Skills development and recoding in engineering analysis and simulation : Industry needs

The EASIT2 project (Engineering Analysis and Simulation Innovation Transfer), funded under the European Union Lifelong Learning Programme, has the major goal to contribute to the competitiveness and quality of engineering, design and manufacturing in Europe through identifying the generic competencies that users of engineering analysis and simulation systems must possess. This competency framework will include a comprehensive Educational Base, a web-based interface compatible with other staff development systems, with links to associated resource material that engineers and analysts can use to develop and track their competencies. The project will also deliver an integrated Registered Analyst (RA) Scheme to provide recognition of achievement of these competencies. In order to help ensure that the deliverables of this project meet industry needs, a survey was undertaken and this paper summarises the findings of this survey. The survey comprised of an online questionnaire and was completed by 1094 respondents from 50 different countries. A large majority of respondents thought a system to define analyst skills and provide links to appropriate training resources would be useful. There was also strong support for a form of professional qualification in engineering analysis. The advantages to industry that these project deliverables would bring include incentives for staff development, marketing power and enhanced subcontractor qualification and internal resource management. The survey also provided a valuable insight into the current state of the engineering analysis and simulation industry. The most significant barriers to the effective use of engineering analysis were identified as recruitment of suitably qualified and experienced staff and a lack of analysis skills. “Pressure of work” was also identified as the most significant reason why organisations fail to get the most out of engineering analysis software. The findings of this survey are now being used in the development of the project deliverables to ensure that they meet the needs of industry as much as possible

Growing Missouri’s aquaculture industry : needs assessment

Missouri’s aquaculture industry contains many small but diverse businesses, based on responses from 20 active businesses that participated in a 2023 aquaculture needs assessment survey. Those businesses represented 17 counties, and the survey had an estimated 70% response rate. The average respondent was a small business with seven employees that had been in business for 39 years. Respondents said they primarily use ponds or flow-through raceways and produce nearly eight different aquaculture species on average. In total, respondents produced 46 different species in 2022. Bluegill and largemouth bass were the two most common. They each contributed between 21% and 25% of total business sales.Mallory Rahe (State Specialist, Agricultural Business and Policy, MU Extension), Laura Gordon (Program Coordinator II, Agricultural Business and Policy, MU Extension), Ryan Milhollin (State Specialist, Agricultural Business and Policy, MU Extension), Alice Roach (Senior Research Associate, Division of Applied Social Sciences), Joe Horner (State Specialist, Agricultural Business and Policy, MU Extension), Robert Pierce (Associate Extension Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife, MU Extension), David Brune (Agricultural Engineering Professor, University of Missouri), Drew Kientzy (Research Program Analyst, University of Missouri)New 6/202

Gluten Uses and Food Industry Needs

Established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centre Progra

Convergence of Corporate Governance and Islamic Financial Services Industry: Toward Islamic Financial Services Securities Market

This paper briefly discusses the significance of corporate governance for the Islamic financial services industry. Furthermore, it predicts that the Islamic financial services industry is likely to converge to modern governance practices. The paper also argues that the industry needs to have a homogenous and specialized regional securities market to realize its true potential

PROM Khad an efficient source of P to replace the costly chemical Phosphatic Fertilizer

The subsidy on phosphate fertilizers rose to an unacceptable level while alternate cost effective technologies are available. Fertilizer industry needs to develop innovative products using the recent advances in the agricultural sciences. Manure producing industries to be supplied rock phosphate mineral (at subsidized costs) as being supplied to chemical fertilizers industries suitable to produce PROM Khad (Phosphate Rich Organic Manure)

How the new grading standards fit industry needs

Consumers demand leaner cuts of lamb and retailers have requested more uniformity in lamb carcass characteristics for them to better serve their clientele. With the annual per capita lamb consumption in the U.S. at slightly more than 1.0 lb, meeting and enhancing consumer demand is critical