Satellite despin device Patent

Design and development of satellite despin devic

Retention and application of Skylab experiment experiences to future programs

Problems encountered on Skylab Experiments are listed in order that these experiences and associated recommendations might help to prevent similar problems on future programs. The criteria for selection of the data to be utilized was to identify the problem areas within the Skylab Program which would be of major significance with respect to future programs. Also, the problem had to be unique in that it would help identify to a designer/manufacturer an unforeseen or unanticipated occurrence which could cause failures, delays, or additional cost. Only those unexpected problems that may occur due to the nature of aerospace experiment environmental and operational requirements are included

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (miscellaneous)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/3282/thumbnail.jp

Creating Change through Arts, Culture, and Equitable Development: A Policy and Practice Primer

Across the nation, artistic and cultural practices are helping to define the sustainability of urban, rural, and suburban neighborhoods. In the design of parks and open spaces; the building of public transit, housing, and supermarkets; in plans for addressing needs for community health and healing trauma; communities are embracing arts and culture strategies to help create equitable communities of opportunity where everyone can participate, prosper, and achieve their full potential. And artists are seeing themselves -- and being seen by others -- as integral community members whose talents, crafts, and insights pave the way to support community engagement and cohesion."Creating Change through Arts, Culture, and Equitable Development: A Policy and Practice Primer" highlights both promising and proven practices that demonstrate equity-focused arts and culture policies, strategies, and tools. The report describes the role of arts and culture across the nine sectors below. Within each policy chart there are goals, policies, and implementation strategies that can help achieve communities of opportunity. These policies have yielded such outcomes as: support for Native artists in reservation-based cultural economies, the creation of a citywide cultural plan, engaging low-income youth of color in using digital media, and efforts to address redevelopment, employment, food access, and environmental justice

The odontological collection at the Royal College of Surgeons of England: a short review

This short article will present an overview of the contents of the Odontological Collection based at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London. This dentally relevant research source has been accrued over the past two centuries and contains both human and animal cranial material that place a focus on the development of the teeth and jaws. Currently used by a range of researchers in a variety of fields, it is hoped that this brief review will encourage those with a palaeodontological interest to consider the Odontological Collection in data collection or for more general dental investigation

ANALISIS DESKRIPTIF USAHA BATU ALAM : Studi Pada Pengusaha Batu Alam di Kecamatan Dukupuntang Kabupaten Cirebon

Dalam pelaksanaan usaha batu alam, keuangan secara efisien menjadi tolak ukur dalam menentukan penilaian investasi yang akan diperoleh dari usaha tersebut, dan juga perkembangan usaha batu alam dan karakteristik pengusaha batu alam sebagai gambaran deskriptif usaha tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran deskriptif usaha batu alam dan penilaian investasi usaha batu alam. Data yang digunakan adalah data keuangan tahun 2011 – 2013 di Kecamatan Dukupuntang dan data industri batu alam di Kabupaten Cirebon. Teknik analisis menggunakan analisis dekriptif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya perkembangan usaha batu alam tiap tahunnya dari tahun 2008-2012, dan analisis penilaian investasi dengan metode NPV, Payback Period, IRR, ARR dan PI menunjukkan hasil empat metode menyatakan usaha batu layak dilaksanakan dan metode IRR menyatakan tidak layak untuk dilaksanakan. Namun karena empat metode menyatakan usaha batu alam ini layak maka disimpulkan bahwa usaha batu alam di Kecamatan Dukupuntang Kabupaten Cirebon layak untuk dilaksanakan atau menguntungkan. In the implementation of natural stone business, financial efficiently become a benchmark in determining the investment appraisal to be obtained from these efforts, as well as business development of natural stone and natural stone business characteristics as descriptive overview of the business. This study aims to describe the efforts descriptive natural stone and natural stone business investment assessment. The data used is the financial year 2011 - 2013 in the District Dukupuntang and natural stone industry data in Cirebon. Engineering analysis using descriptive analysis. The results of this study showed a natural stone business development each year from 2008-2012, and analysis of investment appraisal with the NPV, Payback Period, IRR, ARR, and PI shows the results of four methods of feasible states stone business and IRR method states not feasible . However, because of the four methods declared natural stone business is worth, we conclude that the natural stone business in the District of Cirebon Dukupuntang feasible or profitable

Soft Activism : Exploring pedagogic engagement in the ‘clean-tech playground’

  Abstract:This essay will explore pedagogic engagement in a Dutch sustainability site, De Ceuvel. Self-labelled as the “clean-tech playground”, De Ceuvel is a publically accessible site which houses scientists, creatives and a café, and whose ambitions focus on the transition towards a sustainable future, given the context of the current ecological crisis. Drawing upon a two-month research internship, I suggest that sensory and aesthetic engagements are fundamental to the site’s function, allowing pedagogic transmission. I introduce the concept ‘soft activism’ throughout my discussion.   Key words: sustainability, ‘soft activism’, pedagogy, aesthetics, senses

Oral History Interview on School Residency and Civil Rights (with video)

Milly Arciniegas, founder of the Hartford Parent University, works in the community to help empower parents and encourage them to take control over their children’s education. Her involvement in the city of Hartford also brings her into contact with residency issues within and outside the Hartford district, where she feels that district lines should not dictate a child’s future in his or her early education. Milly recognizes a significant difference between the quality of schools in some districts versus others. She believes that a lack of adequate funding is largely to blame for these inequalities. Milly plans to continue being involved with residency issues and is optimistic about changes that could happen in the near future