iPhone in NASA Ground Operations

A comprehensive review of the literature and historical background of NASA established a need for an easy-to-implement technological improvement to displaying procedures which is cost effective and risk reducing. Previous unsuccessful attempts have led this team to explore the practicality of using a mobile handheld device. The major products, inputs, resources, constraints, planning and effort required for consideration of this type of solution were outlined. After analyzing the physical, environmental, life-cycle, functional, and socio-technical requirements, a Functional Analysis was performed to describe the top-level, second-level, and third-level functions of the system requirements. In addition, the risk/value proposition of conversion to a new technology was considered and gave a blueprint for transitioning along with the tasks necessary to implement the device into the Vehicle Assembly Building's (VAB) current infrastructure. A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) described the elemental work items of the implementation. Once the viability of this system was confirmed, a device was selected through use of technical design comparison methods including the Pugh Matrix and House of Quality. Comparison and evaluation of the Apple iPhone, Motorola Q, Blackberry, PC Notebook, and PDA revealed that the iPhone is the most suitable device for this task. This paper outlines the device design/ architecture, as well as some of the required infrastructure

A Marketing research study on the acceptability of the internet for Microcircuits Corporation

It\u27s been twelve years now since Microcircuits Corporation started and now they wanted to take another step forward by giving their customers a new service which is the Internet. Internet and computers go hand in hand. Thus, Microcircuits Corporation would like to find out if there is Market Acceptability for Internet. As a result, they would like to be an Internet Service Provider (ISP). By interviewing the company\u27s representatives and distributing the survey questionnaire, the group were able to gather primary data. As for the secondary data, different libraries were made used. Foreign documents were found in the Internet. Though the recommendation of the company\u27s director, 100 respondents were interviewed. 70 individuals users and 30 corporations. The research design used was the descriptive research. Microcircuits Corporation plan of being an ISP is highly feasible, a lot of individual and corporation are very willing to subscribe for an Internet Service. It is something new that very few people have seen its immediate need. Therefore, for them to succeed, they should have a competitive price. The group recommended that Microcircuits Corporation should launch their new service January of 1996 for them to gain advantage over the upcoming competitors

Planning for Pandemic Influenza: Lessons from the Experiences of Thirteen Indiana Counties

Significant concerns exist over the ability of the healthcare and public health systems to meet the surge demands that would result from an event such as an influenza pandemic. Current guidance for public health planners is largely based on expert opinion and may lack connection to the problems of street-level public health practice. To identify the problems of local planners and prepare a state-level planning template for increasing health care surge capacity that accounted for these issues,a study was conducted of local pandemic planning efforts in thirteen counties, finding that cognitive biases, coordination problems, institutional structures in the healthcare system, and resource shortfalls are significant barriers to preparing and implementing a surge capacity plan. In addition, local planners identify patient demand management through triage and education efforts as a viable means of ensuring adequate capacity, in contrast to guidance proposing an increased supply of care as a primary tool