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JISC Preservation of Web Resources (PoWR) Handbook
Handbook of Web Preservation produced by the JISC-PoWR project which ran from April to November 2008.
The handbook specifically addresses digital preservation issues that are relevant to the UK HE/FE web management communityâ.
The project was undertaken jointly by UKOLN at the University of Bath and ULCC Digital Archives department
Safety-Critical Systems and Agile Development: A Mapping Study
In the last decades, agile methods had a huge impact on how software is
developed. In many cases, this has led to significant benefits, such as quality
and speed of software deliveries to customers. However, safety-critical systems
have widely been dismissed from benefiting from agile methods. Products that
include safety critical aspects are therefore faced with a situation in which
the development of safety-critical parts can significantly limit the potential
speed-up through agile methods, for the full product, but also in the
non-safety critical parts. For such products, the ability to develop
safety-critical software in an agile way will generate a competitive advantage.
In order to enable future research in this important area, we present in this
paper a mapping of the current state of practice based on {a mixed method
approach}. Starting from a workshop with experts from six large Swedish product
development companies we develop a lens for our analysis. We then present a
systematic mapping study on safety-critical systems and agile development
through this lens in order to map potential benefits, challenges, and solution
candidates for guiding future research.Comment: Accepted at Euromicro Conf. on Software Engineering and Advanced
Applications 2018, Prague, Czech Republi
On-line assessment for e-learning: options and opportunities
The desire to produce educational multi-media packages of ever greater sophistication is such that other, more problematic, elements of e- or on- line learning receive less attention by academics and courseware developers alike. One such problematic area is that of assessment, which is surprising, as e-learning assessment procedures are more critical in defining the learning that takes place. However, because e-learning can create a much richer, more varied active learning experience than would normally occur via the passive didactic teaching mode currently utilised in most universities and centred on the use of the lecture, it also has the potential to provide new and innovative assessments modes and systems. The extent to which the potential of innovatory assessment is realised via e-learning depends on two factors. First, the level of computer component and interactivity utilised in elearning. Second, the attitude of academic staff towards their teaching role, and, more specifically, how they operate within an elearning environment. The speed of the development in online technologies and techniques is such that the information given here will not provide all the answers, it should, nevertheless, enable some of the correct questions to be pose
Spacelab software development and integration concepts study report, volume 1
The proposed software guidelines to be followed by the European Space Research Organization in the development of software for the Spacelab being developed for use as a payload for the space shuttle are documented. Concepts, techniques, and tools needed to assure the success of a programming project are defined as they relate to operation of the data management subsystem, support of experiments and space applications, use with ground support equipment, and for integration testing
Consolidated List of Requirements
This document is a consolidated catalogue of requirements for the Electronic
Health Care Record (EHCR) and Electronic Health Care Record Architecture
(EHCRA), gleaned largely from work done in the EU Framework III and IV
programmes and CEN, but also including input from other sources including world-wide
standardisation initiatives. The document brings together the relevant work done into a
classified inventory of requirements to inform the on-going standardisation process as
well as act as a guide to future implementation of EHCRA-based systems. It is meant as
a contribution both to understanding of the standard and to the work that is being
considered to improve the standard. Major features include the classification into issues
affecting the Health Care Record, the EHCR, EHCR processing, EHCR interchange and
the sharing of health care information and EHCR systems. The principal information
sources are described briefly. It is offered as documentation that is complementary to the
four documents of the ENV 13606 Parts I-IV produced by CEN Pts 26,27,28,29. The
requirements identified and classified in this deliverable are referenced in other
deliverables
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An Assessment of PIER Electric Grid Research 2003-2014 White Paper
This white paper describes the circumstances in California around the turn of the 21st century that led the California Energy Commission (CEC) to direct additional Public Interest Energy Research funds to address critical electric grid issues, especially those arising from integrating high penetrations of variable renewable generation with the electric grid. It contains an assessment of the beneficial science and technology advances of the resultant portfolio of electric grid research projects administered under the direction of the CEC by a competitively selected contractor, the University of Californiaâs California Institute for Energy and the Environment, from 2003-2014
Feasibility study of an Integrated Program for Aerospace-vehicle Design (IPAD) system. Volume 2: Characterization of the IPAD system, phase 1, task 1
The aircraft design process is discussed along with the degree of participation of the various engineering disciplines considered in this feasibility study
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