IDENTIFYING RESOURCE BARRIERS TO LOCAL ECONOMY GROWTH

Community/Rural/Urban Development,

Exchange-Rate Economics for the Resources Sector

The paper provides an account of aspects of exchange-rate economics that are of particular relevance to the resources sector. The issues discussed include exchange-rate volatility and risk management practices used to deal with it, the role of productivity differences across countries, the impact of a booming resources sector on the country’s exchange rate and approaches to forecasting exchange rates. The discussion is organised around a simple stylised model that emphasises the quantity theory of money and purchasing power parity as a long-run link between prices and exchange rates.

Robot Active Touch Exploration: Constraints and Strategies

We investigate the problem of using active touch ("haptic") exploration to recognize a 3D object taken from a known set of models. "That is new is that we combine two approaches: (1) using geometric constraints between components to eliminate interpretations, and interpretation tree methods for choosing the best active sensing move; (2) exploratory moves made by tracing continually along the surface of the object (and not through free space). We restrict ourselves to polyhedral, and give a set of geometric constraints tailored for matching components acquired from haptic exploration against components in the models. We present a new constraint using pairs of line segments. We then give a set of active sensing moves, each with an associated cost measure, and our strategies for choosing the next move

Coordinating a Robot Arm and: Multi-finger Hand Using the Quaternion Representation

An autonomous hand-arm system must be able to move its multiple fingertips to specified 3-D world locations. We present an algorithm which, given a desired position and normal for each fingertip, computes all the joint angles for the fingers and arm. Our primary method for handling this under-constrained problem is to optimize a cost function. We also give methods for generating good candidates to be optimized. We present several new techniques for using the quaternion form to optimize rotation. We give experimental results from using the algorithm to apply complicated grasps with a Utah/MIT hand-arm system

Offshore Petroleum Exploitation and Environmental Protection: The International and Norwegian Response

This Comment examines the conflicts that often arise between the exploitation of offshore resources and the protection of the environment. The author examines the international legal regime that establishes both jurisdictional rights of exploitation and the coastal States\u27 obligation to mitigate concomitant environmental harms. The author then focuses on a single coastal State, Norway, to study a domestic response to the conflicting needs of offshore exploitation and environmental protection

ICAN sensitivity analysis

A computer program called Integrated Composite Analyzer (ICAN) was used to predict the properties of high-temperature polymer matrix composites. ICAN is a collection of NASA Lewis Research Center-developed computer codes designed to carry out analysis of multilayered fiber composites. The material properties used as input to the program were those of the thermoset polyimide resin PMR-15 and the carbon fiber Celion 6000. The sensitivity of the predicted composite properties to variations in the resin and fiber properties was examined. In addition, the predicted results were compared with experimental data. In most cases, the effect of changes in resin and fiber properties on composite properties was reasonable. However, the variations in the composite strengths with the moisture content of the PMR-15 resin were inconsistent. The ICAN-predicted composite moduli agreed fairly well with experimental values, but the predicted composite strengths were generally lower than experimental values

Business Associations -- 1961 Tennessee Survey

I. CASES A. Disregard of Corporate Entity B. Action in Corporate Name After Revocation of Charter C. Effect of Merger 1. Privilege Tax 2. Statute of Limitations D. Judicial Intervention in Internal Corporate Affairs E. Disregard of Fictitious Corporate Records F. Criminal Liability of Corporation for Acts of Agents G. Corporate Venue Under Federal Anti-Trust Laws II. STATUTES A. Unincorporated Associations Treated as Corporations B. Amendments to Securities Law C. Massachusetts Trust Act D. Industrial Development Corporation Projects E. Amendments Relating to General Welfare Corporations F. Miscellan