Background and Characteristics of our Dispute Resolution Program

Report submitted to the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations.Report_Stevens_092894.pdf: 2336 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Increasing Endurance of an Autonomous Robot using an Immune-Inspired Framework

This paper describes the implementation of an online immune-inspired framework to help increase endurance of an autonomous robot. Endurance is defined as the ability of the robot to exert itself for a long period of time. The immune-inspired framework provides such capability by monitoring the behavior of the robot to ensure continuous and safe behavior. The immune-inspired framework combines innate and adaptive immune inspired algorithms. Innate uses a dendritic cell based innate immune algorithm, and adaptive uses an instance based B-cell approach. Results presented in this paper shows that when the robot is implemented with the immune-inspired framework, health and survivability of a robot is improved, therefore increasing its endurance

The impact of synthetic biology in chemical engineering - Educational issues

This paper describes the development of syntheticbiology as a distinct entity from current industrial biotechnology and the implications for a future based on its concepts. The role of the engineering design cycle, in syntheticbiology is established and the difficulties in making and exact analogy between the two emphasised. It is suggested that process engineers can offer experience in the application of syntheticbiology to the manufacture of products which should influence the approach of the synthetic biologist. The style of teaching for syntheticbiology appears to offer a new approach at undergraduate level and the challenges to the education of process engineers in this technology are raised. Possible routes to the development of syntheticbiology teaching are suggested

Monopoles, Duality, and String Theory

Dirac showed that the existence of magnetic monopoles would imply quantization of electric charge. I discuss the converse, and propose two `principles of completeness' which I illustrate with various examples.Comment: Presented at the Dirac Centennial Symposium, Tallahassee, Dec. 6-7, 200

Community strategies in England: reshaping spaces of governance?

The preparation of Community Strategies (CS) has been required of LSPs and Local Authorities in England since the passing of the Local Government Act 2000. This paper examines the process and content of two Community Strategies in southern England as part of an ongoing project to understand their impact and explore ways that CSs may be carried through in a meaningful and effective manner. The paper concludes that the two CSs studied illustrate the challenge faced by LSPs in producing Strategies that are meaningful, inclusive and which follow the spirit of the government CS guidance. LAs and LSPs are also posed with a difficult challenge of seeing through an implicitly required transition from a traditional representative democratic structure/process with a more fluid participatory model. Thus we detect that at least two forms of conflict may arise – firstly with elected councillors threatened by a loss of power and secondly between communities and the LAs who are encouraged to problematise local policy and service delivery in the context of limited resource availability

THE DIFFUSION PROCESS

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Monoenergetic Neutrino Beam for Long Baseline Experiments

In an electron capture process by a nucleus, emitted neutrinos are monoenergetic. By making use of it, we study how to get a completely monoenergetic neutrino beam in a long baseline experiment.Comment: 9 pages, no figure, som typos are corrected, e.g. equation number quoted in table I is correcte

There\u27s A Million Heroes in Each Corner of the U.S.A

[Verse 1] Virginia gave us Washington, way back in Sev’nty six Kentucky gave us Lincoln when our boys were in a fix Ohio gave us Grant and Dixie gave us Lee They fought it out and patched it up and made our history If you asked Uncle Sammy who could take their place today He’d rub his chin and with a grin he’d answer in this way. [Chorus] There’s a million heroes in each corner of the U.S.A. In cities and farms They’ve taken up arms The East and West have sent their best the rest are coming from the land of cotton You can bank on ev’ry loyal Yank to fight till the end of the fray When danger threatens they all rally ‘round That’s why the flag has never touched the ground There’s a million heroes in each corner of the U.S.A. [Verse 2] Columbus found America the home of peace and rest And Betsy Ross she found a flag to stand each battle test Tho’ heroes of the past have laid away the gun Their spirits live within the hearts of ev’ry native son Our flag is just as clean today as when it first was made each stripe and star a battle scar and still I’m not afraid. [Chorus