Evolution of shuttle avionics redundancy management/fault tolerance

The challenge of providing redundancy management (RM) and fault tolerance to meet the Shuttle Program requirements of fail operational/fail safe for the avionics systems was complicated by the critical program constraints of weight, cost, and schedule. The basic and sometimes false effectivity of less than pure RM designs is addressed. Evolution of the multiple input selection filter (the heart of the RM function) is discussed with emphasis on the subtle interactions of the flight control system that were found to be potentially catastrophic. Several other general RM development problems are discussed, with particular emphasis on the inertial measurement unit RM, indicative of the complexity of managing that three string system and its critical interfaces with the guidance and control systems

Alien Registration- Thibodeau, Albert J. (Rumford, Oxford County)

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Wisconsin Patent Acquisition in the Final Frontier: Creating a Void

In early 2006, the Wisconsin Legislature passed 2005 Wisconsin Act 335, creating the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority (WAA). Unique to this particular act is the enumeration of the power to acquire intellectual property by the WAA. While granting them the power to acquire intellectual property is not unique, there is an interesting problem with that acquisition: the Act does not conform to the Parker Doctrine, and thus allows the WAA to be subject to antitrust litigation in its intellectual property acquisition under the proper circumstances. Specifically, the Act allows the WAA to enter into exclusive contracts that allow the WAA to acquire intellectual property rights in patents and copyrights. If entering into these contracts are found to be in violation of antitrust law, the contracts could be challenged, and state contract law would be preempted by federal patent or copyright law. If federal law preempts state law and the contractual relationship is a violation of antitrust law, the specific provisions of the Act that allow for intellectual property rights acquisition could be held void. The key factor is the broad language in the Act and the limitless authority it grants to the WAA in acquiring intellectual property. While thecause of such broad language is left to speculation, the remedy to prevent such an action can lie in other states’ aerospace authority statutes, such as the Alaska Aerospace Corporation and the New Mexico Regional Spaceport District. This Comment will address the broad language of the Wisconsin statute that allows for intellectual property acquisition, focusing particularly on patents, the history of the antitrust law applied to state-owned entities, the circumstances needed for intellectual property acquisition to violate antitrust law, and the potential remedies. The problem with addressing these issues is that the issues are unique and rarely occur. While state-owned entities are no stranger to intellectual property acquisition, my research was unable to locate any state-owned entity acquiring any intellectual property through anticompetitive behavior. Furthermore, my research uncovered only one article into potential state antitrust behavior in acquiring intellectual property, albeit, on a federal level. And while trade secret misappropriation has resulted in patent applications, which have subsequently been denied, the very notion of state antitrust behavior seems contrary to the nature of private research, invention, and patent application imbued into the America Invents Act. This Comment will first address the Wisconsin laws and the history of antitrust laws applied to state-owned entities. Next, part two will address how Wisconsin could violate those antitrust laws in their independent research and invention for a potential patent, and how that violation could preempt state common law. Part three will then address potential remedies, including, but not limited to patent sharing, broad oversight, and revision of those laws. Part four suggests revisions to the current laws to prevent state antitrust activity

Alien Registration- Thibodeau, Leonard J. (Van Buren, Aroostook County)

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Alien Registration- Thibodeau, Alfred J. (Van Buren, Aroostook County)

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Alien Registration- Thibodeau, Guy J. (Levant, Penobscot County)

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A rapid graphical technique for obtaining radar data time history for close earth orbits

Radar tracking parameters and contact time errors from graphic estimation of radar tracking coverage of near earth orbit

Does International Trump Domestic Trade? The Seed Potato Market in Canada

trade, potato, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Development,

Does International Trump Domestic Trade? The Seed Potato Market in Canada

trade, potato, Canada, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Development, International Relations/Trade,

Disease Outbreaks and Agricultural Trade: The Case of Potatoes

This study analyzed the impact of PVYn and potato wart disease outbreaks in PEI on the potato industry. These disease outbreaks resulted in the loss of the US seed export market to PEI producers. The effects of the disease outbreaks were mitigated through value-added processing. Price premiums for processed potatoes allowed PEI potato producers to abandon seed exports without incurring losses. Evidence is presented to suggest that other countries have also used this approach when export restrictions were placed on domestic agricultural industries. Policy response to the two disease outbreaks include: i) development of a zones policy that helped to reopen markets into the US; and ii) financial compensation to producers above the minimum levels required under the Seeds Act and Regulations. Implementation of the zones policy had beneficial impacts on the potato industry and is mirrored in other disease outbreaks. In contrast, compensation above minimum requirements may set a costly precedent for future disease outbreaks and may have caused moral hazard problems.disease, trade, potatoes, Canada, food, safety, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Development, International Relations/Trade,