Transcription of the Workshop on General Aviation Advanced Avionics Systems

Papers are presented dealing with the design of reliable, low cost, advanced avionics systems applicable to general aviation in the 1980's and beyond. Sensors, displays, integrated circuits, microprocessors, and minicomputers are among the topics discussed

The BG News May 4, 1978

The BGSU campus student newspaper May 4, 1978. Volume 62 - Issue 95https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4491/thumbnail.jp

p107 in the public eye: an Rb understudy and more

p107 and its related family members Rb and p130 are critical regulators of cellular proliferation and tumorigenesis. Due to the extent of functional overlap within the Rb family, it has been difficult to assess which functions are exclusive to individual members and which are shared. Like its family members, p107 can bind a variety of cellular proteins to affect the expression of many target genes during cell cycle progression. Unlike Rb and p130, p107 is most highly expressed during the G1 to S phase transition of the cell cycle in actively dividing cells and accumulating evidence suggests a role for p107 during DNA replication. The specific roles for p107 during differentiation and development are less clear, although emerging studies suggest that it can cooperate with other Rb family members to control differentiation in multiple cell lineages. As a tumor suppressor, p107 is not as potent as Rb, yet studies in knockout mice have revealed some tumor suppressor functions in mice, depending on the context. In this review, we identify the unique and overlapping functions of p107 during the cell cycle, differentiation, and tumorigenesis

How Divergent Risk-Characters Rewrite the Anti-Vaccination Narrative

The modern narrative originates in 1998, when a paper by a British medical journal The Lancet alleged that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine may cause autism and bowel disease (Wakefield, Murch, Linnell, & Casson, 1998). The funding of the publication was deemed erroneous, yet the research sparked a connection between vaccines and disorders that would soon undermine public confidence in vaccines. Still today, the debate on vaccines poses a threat to public health in the United States of America as “opt-out” rates, particularly in states with recent outbreaks are increasing (Ratzan, 2011). This study sought to examine what factors contribute to divergent behavior in previously unvaccinated children from the lens of narrative theory and the framework of communication accommodation theory. The narrative analysis draws into question the role of Fisher’s (1984) contribution to narrative theory alongside Palmlund’s (2009) typology of risk characters. The proposed methodology utilizes six qualitative interviews in order to identify the various stimuli that contributed to divergent or convergent behavior within previously unvaccinated individuals. This strategy provides an environment of open-ended discussion and findings that would organically result from the interview process to the point of redundancy. Three main questions along with multiple prompt questions (see figure 1) were formulated in order to accurately and efficiently carry out the interview process, which catered to the participants extrapolation of their narrative. Data from the participant’s answers was analyzed through the use of thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) in order to identify patterns in the resulting stimuli affecting behavior. Furthermore, the study sought to provide insight and implications to researchers, students, and practitioners that traditional theories such as narrative and communication accommodation theory stand applicable in the plight to grasp the idiosyncrasies contributing to the latent effects of the vaccination crisis. The results of this study suggested that future health strategies should aim to: (1) establish trust of medical institutions, (2) validate parental decisions, rather than judge them, and (3) encourage independent research (especially outside of social media). The theoretical implications advise that that perceived risk be more closely associated with the creation of narrative in future studies. The practical and societal implications involve the de-stigmatization of the COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines for the purpose of developing herd immunity against harmful diseases

BlogForever D5.2: Implementation of Case Studies

This document presents the internal and external testing results for the BlogForever case studies. The evaluation of the BlogForever implementation process is tabulated under the most relevant themes and aspects obtained within the testing processes. The case studies provide relevant feedback for the sustainability of the platform in terms of potential users’ needs and relevant information on the possible long term impact

Easier done than said: a sociological analysis of tacit knowledge in railway maintenance systems

An examination of the social construction of rolling contact fatigue of rail, with an analysis of the impact of organisational structure, culture and change on the development and utilisation of codified and tacit knowledge required for rail maintenance decision-making

Improving maintenance operation through transformational outsourcing

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-42).Outsourcing maintenance to third-party contractors has become an increasingly popular option for manufacturers to achieve tactical and/or strategic objectives. Though simple in concept, maintenance outsourcing is difficult in execution, especially in a cost-sensitive environment. This project examines the Full Service business under ABB Ltd to understand the key factors that drive the success of an outsourced maintenance operation. We present a qualitative causal loop diagram developed based on the case study of Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill in New Zealand. The diagram describes the interconnections among various technical, economic, relationship, and humanistic factors and shows how cost-cutting initiatives can frequently undermine labor relationship and tip the plant into the vicious cycle of reactive, expensive work practices. The model also explains how Kinleith achieved a remarkable turnaround under ABB, yielding high performance and significant improvements in labor relations. A case study of Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill provides a contrasting case where success has been more difficult. Results point to the importance of creating sufficient resources ("slack") to implement improvement activities and pace implementation based on pre-existing dynamics on site.by Jacqueline Ming-Shih Ye.S.M.M.B.A