Foreshortened convolute section for a pressurized suit Patent

Development of improved convolute section for pressurized suits to provide high degree of mobility in response to minimum of applied torqu

Alien Registration- Marroni, John (Portland, Cumberland County)

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Alien Registration- Marroni, Ralph (Portland, Cumberland County)

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Omnidirectional joint Patent

Cord restraint system for pressure suit joint

Pressure garment joint Patent

Design and development of flexible joint for pressure suit

The Possibilities of Remote Sensing in Research on Tourism Urbanization

 Purpose: The paper aims to establish the contributions of the use of remote sensing for the analysis of tourism urbanization.Methodology/Approach: This study is characterized as exploratory and descriptive supported by bibliographic research as a data source. For this, the databases Science Direct, Scientific Electronic Library Online - Scielo, Portal de Periódicos CAPES, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases - EBSCO, Google Scholar, Emerald, SAGE, SCOPUS and Web of Science were consulted. Published research gathered the studies on tourism urbanization through the use of geotechnologies, specifically remote sensing.Originality / Relevance: This study meets the research gap in the analysis of the methodologies used in the study of tourist urbanization. Theoretical studies should be carried out to make it possible to identify the scenario of academic production concerning the subject under investigation, to elaborate the state of the art of this theme.Findings: Between the eleven articles identified, only six precisely addressed the topic of this research. From the few studies found, it was possible to observe that tourism researchers have not yet mastered geotechnologies for the study of tourism urbanization, signalling a gap that deserves attention, as it indicates new research possibilities on the subject.Theoretical contributions: The research carried out offers an overview of research that is supported by remote sensing as a methodological tool demonstrating the feasibility for incorporating geotechnologies in future research on the topic

Eficiência de rizobactérias Bacillus spp. no controle in vitro de Macrophomina phaseolina agente etiológico da podridão de tronco da mamona (Ricinus communis L).

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a eficiência no controle do fungo Macrophomina phaseolina, através de isolados de bactérias do gênero Bacillus, isoladas da rizosfera e do rizoplano de mamonas selvagens e da cultivar (não identificada). Os isolados foram avaliadas em pareamento com o patógeno Macrophomina phaseolinae: seu efeito por antibiose, produção de metabólitos voláteis e inibição de bactérias de mesmo gênero. Os isolados selvagens mostraram-se mais eficientes para o controle da Macrophomina phaseolina. A cepa RZ 1, isolada de mamoneira selvagem inibiu o desenvolvimento do fungo em 9%, por meio do pareamento. A cepa RZ 2, também isolado selvagem, conseguiu inibir o crescimento do fungo em 24%, por meio de seus metabólitos não voláteis, bactérias isoladas da cultivar mostraram 23% e 21% de inibição com os isolados RZE 4 e RP 2, respectivamente. A produção de metabólitos voláteis mostrou-se eficiente com o isolado RP 5, sendo fungistático, os microrganismos RPE 4, RZE 4 e RPE 5 pela redução na produção de conídios. Apenas as cepas RP1, a RZ 2 e a RPE 9 mostraram inibir isolados do mesmo gênero, o presente trabalho mostra que bactérias selvagens são melhores antagonista que as obtidas de cultivar

Fluid flow during accretion in sediment-dominated margins: evidences of a high-permeability fossil fault zone from the Internal Ligurian accretionary units of the northern Apennines, Italy

We report here a detailed structural study carried out in the Internal Ligurian Units of the Northern Apennines, Italy, formed during the building of the Alpine accretionary complex through subduction of the sediment-filled Ligure-Piemontese oceanic basin. The deformation mechanisms associated with fluid migration across an accretion-related fault zone have been studied through a detailed analysis of different generations of syn-tectonic veins. Hydrofracturing occurred mainly sub-parallel to bedding in unlithified to semi-lithified sediments. Transient, upward-directed fluid injection locally connected the de´collement-parallel veins through bedding-normal hydrofractures of lithified sandstone layers. A third vein system comprises fibrous hydrofractures developed on the limbs of accretion-related folds. Crosscutting vein sets and the peculiar features of each identified vein set suggest that deformation was intricately associated with lithification and diagenetic processes. Dehydration-produced fluids transiently injected the lithifying sediments leading to local stress permutations. The proposed model provides a ‘‘ramp-flat’’ migration of fluids in which fluid flow is enhanced along high permeability, less cohesive layers, leading to the development of regional dilated hydrofracture channels like those recognized along the de´collement zone of modern margins. The more competent layers are truncated by high angle fractures representing the transient connectivity that existed between horizontal conduits

Individual environmental scanning as a barrier to collective processes in organizations A view based on the illusion of control

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how illusion of control (IOC) can affect the implementation of formal processes of environmental scanning in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the proposed research question, an exploratory study was chosen, which could collaborate with future studies. There were conducted three semi-structured interviews with CEOs working in medium/large technology companies. Findings – Behavioral traits were identified—such as overconfidence and underestimation of risks—which are directly related to the IOC’s theory. The belief that there is no added value to the company in adopting organizational strategic processes—such as environmental scanning—answers the research question and contributes to the development of new studies. Research limitations/implications – This study has as limitation the fact that it proposed the interviews to an inexpressive number of respondents, exclusively with the intention to explore better the relation between the IOC and the formal processes of environmental scanning. Practical implications – This research advances the understanding of the difficulty in adopting formal environmental scanning practices in organizations. It can also help understand the motivations of executives for adopting (or not adopting) such practices. Finally, it is possible to know and understand the individual approach to environmental scanning, as well as its limitations. Originality/value – This research discusses the themes of IOC and environmental scanning, demonstrating how cognitive factors can affect strategic decision making in an organization. Although the IOC is well-developed in the field of psychology, it can be very helpful in understanding business management and executive behavio