Upgrades Of the SPS, Transfer Line and LHC Injection Protection Devices For the HL-LHC Era

The challenging High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) beam requirements will lead in the future to unprecedented beam parameters along the LHC injector chain. In the SPS accelerator these requests translate into about a factor two higher intensity and brightness than the present design performance. In addition to the challenge of producing and accelerating such beams, these parameters affect the resistance of the existing equipment against beam impact. Most of the protection devices in the SPS ring, its transfer lines and the LHC injection areas will be put under operational constraints which are beyond their design specification. The equipment concerned has been reviewed and their resistance to the HL-LHC beams checked. Theoretical and simulation studies have been performed for the SPS beam scraping system, the protection devices and the dump absorbers of the SPS-to-LHC transfer lines, as well as for the LHC injection protection devices. The first results of these studies are reported, together with the future prospects.Comment: 3 p. Presented at 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2013

How management control systems can facilitate a firm's strategic renewal and creation of financial intelligence

This chapter presents how management control systems and financial intelligence can facilitate a firm’s strategic renewal. Although the strategic accounting literature has recognized the importance of financial intelligence to a firm’s strategic decision making and formulation of strategy, the question of how a management control system (MCS) can help a firm to revamp and reallocate its resources has been overlooked in the prior strategy literature. In response, this chapter presents a conceptual model, which presents how advanced management accounting systems can foster a firm’s strategic renewal in light of the available theoretical foundations (the strategy implementation view, the dynamic capability perspective, and management accounting). This chapter advances managers’ understanding of firm’s renewal practices through the use of an MCS. Practical examples have been used to illustrate how firms renew their business operations in practice.fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

Gad project: Game creation in augmented reality (AR) enhancing professional digital skills - an opportunity to support teaching in technical disciplines

The teaching of technical studies is traditionally supported by the use of two-dimensional views for the schematic representation of complex elements. The geometric pieces are normally represented in their elevation or plan views, and only in specific technical drawing subjects are the three views used. The appearance of 3D-based technologies such as 3D printing is promoting both training and communication through 3D elements, as well as the digital competence of teachers about 3D design. A step towards the future is represented by augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR), which use computer-generated 3D scenes and objects that appear to be real. It is very likely that, in a few years, teachers will use AR to represent elements such as reactors, heat exchangers, treatment plants, rectification towers and other elements of the industry. This will allow much more direct, attractive and significant learning for technical education students. In this sense, the European Commission has deployed the Digital Education Action Plan that highlights the need to constantly update the digital skills of teachers/tutors/trainers to improve their professional performance and increase the level of student participation. There are two strategic priorities: the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem and the enhancement of digital skills and competences. The need to boost advanced digital skills is evident in national educational programs that aim to develop the digital skills of teachers (digcomps), especially after the post-pandemic social reorganization, but only a few of them use augmented reality. Despite its popularity in marketing, entertainment, and school education, this technology is very rare in secondary and higher education. While AR-games for educational purposes exist, they are not free and cannot be developed further. The GAD Game project is promoted by the European Commission through the small-scale association's program (2021-1-IT01-KA210-VET-000034522) and has a double objective: (i) to develop a free and versatile AR application for the teaching of technical studies; and (ii) accompany the process with a teaching-learning methodological approach of the trainers based on the principles of gamification, to achieve a successful application in the classroom. GAD Game thus addresses the development of educators' digcomps and the ability to create digital learning environments and educational products suitable to meet new training challenges. In this communication, the objectives, methodology and preliminary results of the project are presented. In particular, the development of a free APP for Android and the creation of a number of interactive lessons based on 3D models in the areas of Engineering, Biology and Health are shown. reality improvement skills, with reference 2021-1-IT01-KA210-VET-000034522

Injection protection upgrade for the HL-LHC

The injector complex of the LHC is undergoing important changes in the light of the LIU project to provide brighter beams to the LHC. For this reason and as part of the High Luminosity LHC project the injection protection system of the LHC will be upgraded in the Long Shutdown 2 (2018-2019) to be able to protect downstream elements against injection failures with the high brightness, high intensity HL-LHC beams. The upgraded LHC injection protection system will consist of a segmented injection protection absorber TDIS and auxiliary collimators and masks. The layout modifications are described, and the machine element protection and absorber jaw robustness studies are presented for the new systems. Copyright © 2015 CC-BY-3.0 and by the respective authors