The Boeing-Airbus “Can of Stink.” EUMA Papers, Vol. 5, No. 2 January 2008

The European Union and the United States have the largest trading relationship in the world, comprising about 60% of world trade (Perdikis and Read 267). They are also the greatest proponents of trade liberalization and multilateral trade cooperating in the world. Boeing was the undisputed king of aircraft manufacturing for most of the 20th century. Airbus has been encroaching upon that position since the 1970s. In 2000, Airbus dethroned Boeing in terms of sales, and the two have been in a bitter battle since. A subsidy dispute currently underway between Boeing (supported by the US) and Airbus (supported by the EU – mostly from Germany, England, France and Spain) could have devastating consequences upon that relationship and their credibility in promoting neoliberal values abroad. Most trade disputes are solved through consultation, without the need for a ruling by the World Trade Organization. Unlike most others, dispute regarding aircraft has elicited a special and unprecedented aggression on the part of these two trading partners

The French defence industry in the knowledge management era: A historical overview and evidence from empirical data

In the defence industry the recent development of ‘market for technology', the creation of new European high-technology companies as well as transformations in government agencies have conducted firms to reposition their technological and organisational skills. Our objective is to show that the transformations that have occurred in the past ten years have not only redefined skills and the organisation of production but have also given a more strategic place to knowledge management practices. Thus, we provide a contextual and historical overview with qualitative interviews in order to better understand the relation between KM and innovative behaviour in this industry. We have also built an original industrial and technological database with various samples that provides quantitative information concerning KM and innovative practices. The results of the statistical analysis reveal the specificity of firms in the defence industry. Taking into account the size of the firms and their technological intensity, we show that the behaviour of firms in the defence industry in terms of KM practices is different to that of other firms. The technological performances, the innovation intensity and the patent intensity also show the specificity of this industry. This structural tendency is explained as an innovative behaviour of the French NIS rather than as a mere “trend”Defence industry, Knowledge management practices, R&D, innovation, technological performance.

UPM dipilih sebagai Peneraju Pusat Penyelidikan Aeroangkasa bertaraf dunia

CYBERJAYA, 31 Mac – Bertempat di ibu pejabat MIGHT (Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology), Datuk Rosdi Mahmud yang merupakan CEO CTRM Sdn Bhd, yang juga merupakan Executive Director Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (AMIC) telah mengisytiharkan bahawa UPM telah dipilih sebagai LEAD UNIVERSITY bagi AMIC. Manakala universiti lain seperti UTM, UKM, UTeM, UiTM dan USM adalah Strategic University Partner dalam AMIC. AMIC yang merupakan pusat penyelidikan bertaraf dunia yang ditubuhkan berdasarkan model AMRC with Boeing di Sheffield. Di Sheffield, AMRC diterajui Boeing dan Rolls Royce manakala AMIC pula ia diterajui oleh EADS, Rolls Royce dan CTRM. Joint Chairman bagi AMIC adalah EADS dan Penasihat Sains Perdana Menteri. EADS (European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company) adalah syarikat yang mempunyai kepentingan 100% dalam AIRBUS. Rolls Royce adalah pengeluar enjin pesawat komersil yang utama manakala CTRM Sdn Bhd adalah syarikat milik penuh kerajaan Malaysia yang menjadi kontraktor bagi AIRBUS. Pemilihan UPM telah dilakukan berdasarkan dokumen Invitation to bid yang telah dilakukan oleh pihak Sekretariat Malaysian Aerospace Council bermula 28 Disember 2010 hingga 28 Januari 2011 yang lalu. Pengumuman dibuat setelah pihak Steering Committee yang terdiri dari EADS, Rolls Royce, CTRM, EPU, MOF, MIGHT dan MOHE bermesyuarat di sebelah pagi. Sebagai LEAD UNIVERSITY, UPM perlu menjadi sebagai koordinator bagi mengembelingkan pakar-pakar yang berada di Malaysia agar dapat menyumbangkan kepakaran mereka untuk teknologi yang berkaitan aerospace. AMIC merupakan satu pusat penyelidikan yang bersifat multi disiplin kerana pakar-pakar dari UPM yang akan terlibat dengan AMIC datangnya dari Fakulti Kejuruteraan, Fakulti Sains dan Fakulti Pertanian. Menurut Perunding Teknikal bagi AMIC, Dr Mohd Roshdi Hassan, antara penyelidikan yang akan dilaksanakan oleh AMIC adalah bahan api alternatif dari Algae, kaedah baru pembentukan struktur pesawat dari bahan komposit, penggunaan bahan yang berasaskan bio komposit bagi panel dalaman pesawat dan juga yang berkaitan dengan avionik. Penubuhan AMIC telah diluluskan oleh kerajaan Malaysia ketika Mesyuarat Majlis Aeroangkasa Malaysia pada 1 Disember 2010 yang lalu. Sebanyak RM 40 juta telah diperuntukkan bagi AMIC dimana RM 20 Juta dari Kerajaan Malaysia dan RM 20 Juta dari EADS, Rolls Royce dan Sprit Aerosystem. AMIC dijangka akan memulakan operasinya pada pertengahan tahun ini dengan mulakan projek penyelidikan yang telah ditelah dikenal pasti oleh pihak steering committee

Hubungan Kepatuhan Diit Dengan Kadar Gula Darah Sewaktu Pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 Di Rawat Inap RSUD Sukoharjo

Latar Belakang : Diabetes melitus (DM) adalah gangguan metabolisme bersifat kronis yang disebabkan karena gangguan sekresi insulin, resistensi terhadap insulin, atau kombinasi keduanya. Diabetes melitus mengalami peningkatan dari 8,4 juta pada tahun 2000 menjadi sekitar 21,3 juta pada tahun 2030 di Indonesia. Mengontrol secara intensif glukosa darah dapat mengurangi mortalitas diabetes. Praktek yang paling penting untuk mengendalikan glukosa darah pada pasien diabetes adalah terapi diet. Tujuan : Mengetahui hubungan kepatuhan diit dengan kadar gula darah sewaktu pada pasien diabetes melitus tipe 2 di rawat inap RSUD Sukoharjo. Metode : Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional analitik cross sectional. Cara pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling dan didapat 96 sampel. Sampel penelitian adalah pasien DM tipe 2 usia lebih 40 tahun yang dirawat inap di RSUD Sukoharjo. Hasil : Kepatuhan diit pasien diabetes melitus tipe 2 tergolong tidak patuh ada 71 orang dan patuh 25 orang. Hasil uji statistik menggunakan uji chi-square didapatkan nilai probabilitasnya (p=0,001). Kesimpulan : Terdapat hubungan antara kepatuhan diit dengan kadar gula darah sewaktu pada pasien diabetes melitus tipe 2 di rawat inap RSUD Sukoharjo

Turkish-German innovation networks in the European research landscape

Research networks are regarded as channels for knowledge creation and diffusion and are thus essential for the development and integration of economies. In this paper we have a look at the long Turkish-German-migration history which should offer opportunities for both countries to benefit from brain circulation, transnational entrepreneurs and research networks. The present paper examines the structure of research networks of the European Framework Programmes (FP) that are established by joint participation of organizations in research projects, in particular German research organizations with Turkish participants in FP5 to FP7 in the knowledge-intensive technology fields ICT, Biotechnology and Nanoscience. A better understanding of these networks allows for improving the design of research policies at national levels as well as at the EU level. The empirical examination of network properties reveals that the diverse networks show a range of similarities in the three technology fields in each FP such as the small-world properties. Moreover, our findings show that German actors play a specific role in most examined research networks with Turkish participation

Evolution of present civil aircrafts in the world

Cílem práce je zpracovat vymezenou oblast historie letectví ve formě multimediální prezentace, s maximálním využitím obrazových a zvukových záznamů zaměřených na dané období. Obsahem práce je přehled vývoje vícepilotních, vícemotorových civilních dopravních letadel od konce 20. století do současnosti. V této práci je popsán průběh vývoje současných a budoucích civilních dopravních letadel největších výrobců, a to Boeingu a Airbusu. Nechybí také pohled na současnou situaci jednotlivých letadel. Stručně je také popsána charakteristika obou společností.The objective of work is elaborating a specific area of aviation history in a multimedia presentation with a maximum using of video and audio records focusing on that period. The thesis is an overview of the development multi-pilot, multi-engine civil transport aircraft by end of 20 century to the. In this work is described process of development of current and future civil transport aircraft of the largest manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus. There is also a view of the current situation of each the aircraft. Is also described the characteristics of both companies in short.

Changes in the French Defence Innovation System: New roles and capabilities for the Government Agency for Defence.

Defence innovation systems are structured around two main groups of players that interact in the development of complex programmes: the state (the client and the government agency) and the systems integrators. Technological and institutional changes since the 1990s have affected the division of labour and knowledge in the industry. In this paper, we show the origins of these changes based on information derived from 45 qualitative interviews conducted between 2000 and 2008, which demonstrate the new capabilities that have been created within the national innovation system (NIS). We explain how the role and the capabilities of the French Government Agency for Defence (Direction Générale de l'Armement—DGA) have developed from “project architect” to “project manager”. These new capabilities create new interactions in the French defence innovation system and new roles for the DGA.Defence; Institutional change; National innovation system; co-evolution; Government agency; Knowledge; Capabilities; Technological systems;

Digging supplementary buried channels: investigating the notch architecture within the CCD pixels on ESA's Gaia satellite

The European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia satellite has 106 CCD image sensors which will suffer from increased charge transfer inefficiency (CTI) as a result of radiation damage. To aid the mitigation at low signal levels, the CCD design includes Supplementary Buried Channels (SBCs, otherwise known as `notches') within each CCD column. We present the largest published sample of Gaia CCD SBC Full Well Capacity (FWC) laboratory measurements and simulations based on 13 devices. We find that Gaia CCDs manufactured post-2004 have SBCs with FWCs in the upper half of each CCD that are systematically smaller by two orders of magnitude (<50 electrons) compared to those manufactured pre-2004 (thousands of electrons). Gaia's faint star (13 < G < 20 mag) astrometric performance predictions by Prod'homme et al. and Holl et al. use pre-2004 SBC FWCs as inputs to their simulations. However, all the CCDs already integrated onto the satellite for the 2013 launch are post-2004. SBC FWC measurements are not available for one of our five post-2004 CCDs but the fact it meets Gaia's image location requirements suggests it has SBC FWCs similar to pre-2004. It is too late to measure the SBC FWCs onboard the satellite and it is not possible to theoretically predict them. Gaia's faint star astrometric performance predictions depend on knowledge of the onboard SBC FWCs but as these are currently unavailable, it is not known how representative of the whole focal plane the current predictions are. Therefore, we suggest Gaia's initial in-orbit calibrations should include measurement of the onboard SBC FWCs. We present a potential method to do this. Faint star astrometric performance predictions based on onboard SBC FWCs at the start of the mission would allow satellite operating conditions or CTI software mitigation to be further optimised to improve the scientific return of Gaia.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 16 pages, 19 figure