Police Body Worn Cameras & Policy: Exploration Of Features And Effectiveness

Body Worn Cameras continue to be a technological tool utilized by law enforcement across the country. As academic inquiry into the effects of this tool are increasing both positive and negative effects have been associated with their implementation. With new legislation being passed in Illinois requiring all police officers to have a body worn camera on them during their shifts by 2025, the topic of their effectiveness and utilization continues to grow. Given the mixed findings found in the current literature, this inquiry aims to identify key points within how the language of body worn camera policy by different departments is phrased regarding the body worn cameras deployment, storage maintenance, footage review and overall officer conduct when the body worn cameras are supposed to be in use. Previous academic studies give insight to how individual law enforcement departments are performing and throughout this article, the content will distinguish whether the policies are consistent or dissimilar in regards body worn cameras.https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/urs2021cjs/1004/thumbnail.jp

Casimir and Van der Waals Effects on Electrostatically Actuated NEMS Resonator Sensors

The behavior of nano and micro-electromechanical systems (N/MEMS) cantilever beams under electrostatic actuation is studied. The cantilever system is actuated by soft AC voltage that is set to a frequency of near half natural and near natural frequency of the beam. These actuating frequencies result in primary and parametric resonances, respectively. Two methods are used to analytically model the behavior of the cantilever. The first method is Method of Multiple Scales (MMS), which is a perturbation method that works for small parameters. The second method is the Reduced Order Method (ROM), which is a Galerkin method that works for large parameters. By using both methods the results can be validated and ensure that they are accurate. The amplitude-frequency response and amplitude-voltage response are investigated for both resonances. The influence of the parameters damping, fringe effect, voltage, detuning frequency, Casimir force, and Van der Waals force are investigated

A Democratic Revolution for Youth: the "Youth Tithe" as a Doctrine

On 31 August 2001 in Lima, Peru, Christian Pardo Reyes started a campaign - operating through events and publications - to introduce a quota system to reflect the need to involve youth at all levels of government power. His organisation became the Internacional Juvenil. To achieve its goals, it established strong relationships with other youth organisations, state agencies and influential political leaders

Quantum similarity of isosteres coordinate versus momentum space and influence of alignment

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The impact of digital disruption in the maintenance service industry, in the oil and gas sector

Master's thesis in Technology and Operations managementThe industry is on the brink on what many consider as paradigm shift due to disruptive technological developments. The current trend of automation, Internet of things, big data analysis, cloud computing, together with the emergence of artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and autonomous vehicles has been labelled as a digital disruption. A combination of better computing power and data storage, together with more reasonable pricing structures makes the digital disruption more accessible and possible to any industry. There is broad consensus among think tanks, experts and industrial leaders that organization needs to embrace this development to stay relevant and competitive in the future. The thesis is an exploratory research to examine how the digital disruption will impact the maintenances service industry in the Oil and Gas sector. To understand the complexity of the transformation, it covers analysis of multiple elements that includes: expectations and semantics, technological solutions and services, changes in competences and skill sets, changes in business model and strategy, stakeholder perspective, and a summary of risk and opportunities. The research is conducted with a mixed-method approach, which covers quantitative survey data from global trends, together with qualitative case studies and interviews from relevant stakeholders in the industry. The research highlights that the digital disruption is more than a buzzword or an incremental change towards existing business models and practices. Digital technologies enable a whole new way to create and harness value, and is about to transform the nature of work tasks and future job requirements. Data driven technologies will require more digital literacy of the entire workforce, which puts an added pressure on training and development. Digital talents, such as data analysts and computer scientists are becoming more central to the business operations, and requires more cross-functional collaboration across the organization. Organizational structure and culture must adapt to a digital environment, where employees are empowered to make business decisions and initiate digital innovation efforts. The digital disruption will also reshape the organizational environment, which results in reshaping existing stakeholder relationships and the introduction of new ones. Change management is going to be key to succeed in the digital transformation, and viewing it as an opportunity rather than a threat will decide the fate of success for many organizations.publishedVersio

Casimir Effect on Amplitude-Frequency Response of Parametric Resonance of Electrostatically Actuated NEMS Cantilever Resonators

This paper deals with the effect of Casimir force on the amplitudefrequency response of parametric resonance of electrostatically actuated nanoresonators. The resonator is actuated by using an electrostatic force to include a f irst order fringe correction. Casimir force and viscous damping force are included in the model, as well. Both electrostatic and Casimir forces are nonlinear. The behavior of the resonator is investigated using two methods, the Method of Multiple Scales (MMS) for a Reduced Order Model (ROM) using one mode of vibration, and numerical integration of ROMs using up to five modes of vibration. ROM is based on the application of a Galerkin procedure that uses the undamped mode shapes of the cantilevered beam as the basis of functions. The amplitude-frequency response consists of two bifurcations, namely subcritical and supercritical. The increase of Casimir effect shows an increase of the interval of frequencies of the unstable zero steady-state solutions, and a larger range of frequencies for which the system has stable steady-state solutions for amplitudes larger than 0.5 of the gap