Decision memo: Meisner special use permit

5 pp. T.17 S., R. 20 E., Section 22. Captured May 29, 2006.Announces decision to issue a new special use permit for Kyle E. Meisner to occupy and use National Forest System land to collect and transport water for domestic use. Facilities include an enclosure fence, spring box, and water transmission line in the Drake Creek watershed, and the permittee can be expected to perform routine maintenance and repairs on the headworks, enclosure fence, and transmission line

The Strategic Role of E-Commerce in the Supply Chain of the Healthcare Industry

The intent of this research paper is to explore the future role of e-commerce in the health care industry. The impact of e-commerce on the supply chain of the health care industry will be emphasized. The paper will be separated into what role e-commerce plays from the consumers’ point of view and at the various levels within the health care industry. With the aging of the population in the United States and other countries, rising health care costs have been a major issue in the respective economies. Efficiency gains within the industry have been attributed to the application of information technology and, most specifically, the Internet. E-commerce as a relatively new technology, if deployed properly, could have significant impact in the cost of the overall delivery of health care. The deployment/maintenance of patient-centered databases will become more manageable. The sensitive issue of patient information will be escalated with the advancement of e-commerce. These and other issues will also be discussed. Special discussion will be included focusing on the lower end of the supply chain, the private provider (physician office), from B2B and B2C points of view. The overall impact on the supply chain in the health care industry will be more than just improvements in efficiency. It will have a fundamental impact on the quality of health services provided and the quality of life. The authors will present surveys on the abovementioned topics and related issues in this research paper

Guest Editorial Special Section on Advanced Signal and Image Processing Techniques for Electric Machines and Drives Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis

© 2017 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permissíon from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertisíng or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works[EN] With the expansion of the use of electrical drive sys- tems to more critical applications, the issue of reliability and fault mitigation and condition-based maintenance have consequently taken an increasing importance: it has become a crucial one that cannot be neglected or dealt with in an ad-hoc way. As a result research activity has increased in this area, and new methods are used, some based on a continuation and improvement of previous accomplishments, while others are applying theory and techniques in related areas. This Special Section of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics attracted a number of papers dealing with Advanced Signal and Image Processing Techniques for Electric Machine and Drives Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis. This editorial aims to put these contributions in context, and highlight the new ideas and directions therein.Antonino-Daviu, J.; Lee, SB.; Strangas, E. (2017). Guest Editorial Special Section on Advanced Signal and Image Processing Techniques for Electric Machines and Drives Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 13(3):1257-1260. doi:10.1109/TII.2017.2690464S1257126013

Repair Matters

Repair has visibly come to the fore in recent academic and policy debates, to the point that ‘repair studies’ is now emerging as a novel focus of research. Through the lens of repair, scholars with diverse backgrounds are coming together to rethink our relationships with the human-made matters, tools and objects that are the material mesh in which organisational life takes place as a political question. This special issue is interested to map the ways that repair can contribute to organisational models alternative to those centered around growth. In order to explore the politics of repair in the context of organization studies, the papers gathered here investigate issues such as: repair as a specific kind of care and socially reproductive labour; repair as a direct intervention into the cornerstones of capitalist economy, such as exchange versus use value, division of work and property relations; repair of infrastructures and their relation with the broader environment; and finally repair as the reflective practice of fixing the organizational systems and institutional habits in which we dwell. What emerges from the diversity of experiences surveyed in this issue is that repair manifests itself as both a regime of practice and counter-conduct that demand an active and persistent engagement of practitioners with the systemic contradictions and power struggles shaping our material world

Open Space Acquisitions and Management Opportunities in the City of Atlanta and Adjacent Jurisdictions

The great cities of the world are distinguished by their public parks. The urban fabric of New York, Barcelona, Berlin, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Sydney, and Shanghai are all woven around great parks. Yet, with all of Atlanta's outstanding achievements, the City and the region have a notably undistinguished park system. In a study conducted by the Trust for Public Land and the Urban Land Institute, Atlanta ranks near the bottom of the nation's largest 25 cities in acreage of parkland per capita with 7.3 acres for every 1,000 residents. Compare that to Austin, Texas' 39 acres per 1,000 residents or Oklahoma City's 43 acres per 1,000 residents and it becomes clear that something is amiss in metro Atlanta.This study identifies the obstacles to acquiring and maintaining open and green spaces in the metro Atlanta region. Addressing open space shortages in metro Atlanta is a sizable task. This study could be considered the first step in a larger process. Time spent researching the various obstacles and opportunities regarding open space acquisition raised many questions that are beyond the scope of this project. A second phase might test the recommendations made in this phase by working with local officials on a few select projects, and begin to identify critical pieces of property in metro Atlanta that must be protected from development. A detailed inventory of significant open space and natural resources in the metro area that includes the existing inventory of land inside of Interstate 285 should be considered either as a separate study or included in this recommended second phase

The Benefits Planner: SSI’s Plan for Achieving Self Support - Using the PASS to Purchase Items and Services to Reach a Work Goal

This newsletter will provide valuable information on how work for persons with disabilities effects government benefits, with an emphasis on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) work incentives. Each newsletter will contribute to an ongoing dialogue on topics related to benefits and work