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A Knowledge Management Platform for Documentation of Case Reports in
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A Knowledge Management Platform for Documentation of Case Reports in Pharmacovigilance Florence systematic reviews are needed, there is little guidance on how systematic documentation of drug adverse documentation of pharmacovigilance case reports for the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory authorities
Paris-Sud XI, Université de
A Knowledge Management Platform for Infrastructure Performance Modeling
Transportation Centers Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability, utilization, evaluation and selection of performance models. Thus, the objective of the study is to build the capabilities of their own models. The platform advances infrastructure performance modeling because analysts
safety culture to enable effective use of available knowledge for the prevention of major accidentsKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, GENERIC RESOURCE PLATFORM COMBINED WITH AN ONTOLOGY to manage risks and maintain industrial safety is largely based on the capacity of various actors to acquire
Boyer, Edmond
Thematic note to substantiate Ris's strategy impact on society Competence platforms and exchange of knowledge
of knowledge Impact: Competitive power as high-technology society Introduction The basis of Risø's strategic and will have an impact on Denmark's comparative advantage as a high-technology society: o MaterialsThematic note to substantiate Risø's strategy  impact on society Competence platforms and exchange
Building Knowledge-enabled Cloud Robotics Applications using the Ubiquitous Network Robot Platform
Building Knowledge-enabled Cloud Robotics Applications using the Ubiquitous Network Robot Platform of distributed robotic applications. Our aim is to modularize applications by factoring out environment- , task base that is shared between the robots and service applications. Robot control decisions can
Seismic facies and growth history of Miocene carbonate platforms, Wonocolo Formation, North Madura area, East Java Basin, Indonesia
seismic data and information from several wells across the region were used to map all Wonocolo platforms across the study area. Five growth phases are recognizable in the platforms, based on seismic facies analysis and internal seismic...
Adhyaksawan, Rahadian
A knowledge base approach to the design of tension leg platforms
follow the style of the Journal of Ocesa Engineering - An Interaatioaal Jouraal of Resemch aad tteretopment 1. eat Ulra a dfametefr dlraftl dare height paataaa flare diameter tether araterdept rfaer type of petroleum product and the distance... of the platform. This to reduce the stretch of the tethers. Reducing the stretch reduces the stress tethers hence reducing fatigue damage. Fig. 2 presents a basic TLP configuration. This figure shows a four-legged platform with flared columns, pontoons...
Rijken, Oriol Rafael
Safety (ETPIS). It is a result of a collective work made by research- ers from organisationsEUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY (ETPIS), A VISION TO GAIN SAFETY that consider industrial safety as a strategic issue for the sustainable growth of the European Industry
Paris-Sud XI, Université de
An in-flight radiography platform to measure hydrodynamic instability growth in inertial confinement fusion capsules at the National Ignition Facility
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A new in-flight radiography platform has been established at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to measure Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instability growth in inertial confinement fusion capsules. The platform has been tested up to a convergence ratio of 4. An experimental campaign is underway to measure the growth of pre-imposed sinusoidal modulations of the capsule surface, as a function of wavelength, for a pair of ignition-relevant laser drives: a "low-foot" drive representative of what was fielded during the National Ignition Campaign (NIC) [Edwards et al., Phys. Plasmas 20, 070501 (2013)] and the new high-foot [Dittrich et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 055002 (2014); Park et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 055001 (2014)] pulse shape, for which the predicted instability growth is much lower. We present measurements of Legendre modes 30, 60, and 90 for the NIC-type, low-foot, drive, and modes 60 and 90 for the high-foot drive. The measured growth is consistent with model predictions, including much less growth for the high-foot drive, demonstrating the instability mitigation aspect of this new pulse shape. We present the design of the platform in detail and discuss the implications of the data it generates for the on-going ignition effort at NIF.
Raman, K. S.; Smalyuk, V. A.; Casey, D. T.; Haan, S. W.; Hurricane, O. A.; Kroll, J. J.; Peterson, J. L.; Remington, B. A.; Robey, H. F.; Clark, D. S.; Hammel, B. A.; Landen, O. L.; Marinak, M. M.; Munro, D. H.; Salmonson, J. [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States); Hoover, D. E.; Nikroo, A. [General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121 (United States); Peterson, K. J. [Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87125 (United States)
Seismic facies and growth history of Miocene carbonate platforms, Wonocolo Formation, North Madura area, East Java Basin, Indonesia.
??The Miocene Wonocolo Formation in the North Madura area, East Java Basin, contains numerous isolated carbonate platforms that are broadly distributed across a ~3000 sq… (more)
Managing growth In The knowledge economy : lessons from the bust and boom of San Francisco's technology industry
Municipal policy-makers have embraced the promise of the innovation-based "Next Economy" as the latest policy prescription for growth. However, recent evidence suggests that the agglomeration of high-skill, high-wage ...
Donaldson, Laurel G. (Laurel Gabrielle)
Benefits and applications of commonality and platforming in the oil and gas industry
Platforming, the sharing of parts, processes, knowledge, and technologies, across products and projects has proven to be an effective way for firms to reduce their costs. While platforming is now common in many consumer ...
Rajwani, Shakeel
MHK Technologies/New Knowledge Wind and Wave Renewable Mobile...
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Wave Renewable Mobile Wind and Wave Power Plant Platform < MHK Technologies Jump to: navigation, search << Return to the MHK database homepage New Knowledge Wind and Wave Renewable...
Omnidirectional holonomic platforms
This paper presents the concepts for a new family of wheeled platforms which feature full omnidirectionality with simultaneous and independently controlled rotational and translational motion capabilities. The authors first present the orthogonal-wheels concept and the two major wheel assemblies on which these platforms are based. They then describe how a combination of these assemblies with appropriate control can be used to generate an omnidirectional capability for mobile robot platforms. The design and control of two prototype platforms are then presented and their respective characteristics with respect to rotational and translational motion control are discussed.
Pin, F.G.; Killough, S.M.
Aerial Work Platform Safety Program
Aerial Work Platform Safety Program Updated: July 22, 2013 #12;Aerial Work Platform Safety Program ..........................................................................................................11 #12;Aerial Work Platform Safety Program 1 The official version of this information will only for establishing and maintaining the Aerial Work Platform Safety Program. Appropriate safety equipment (e
Holland, Jeffrey
Transactional Network Platform: Applications
In FY13, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) with funding from the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Building Technologies Office (BTO) designed, prototyped and tested a transactional network platform to support energy, operational and financial transactions between any networked entities (equipment, organizations, buildings, grid, etc.). Initially, in FY13, the concept demonstrated transactions between packaged rooftop air conditioners and heat pump units (RTUs) and the electric grid using applications or "agents" that reside on the platform, on the equipment, on a local building controller or in the Cloud. The transactional network project is a multi-lab effort with Oakridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) also contributing to the effort. PNNL coordinated the project and also was responsible for the development of the transactional network (TN) platform and three different applications associated with RTUs. This document describes two applications or "agents" in details, and also summarizes the platform. The TN platform details are described in another companion document.
Katipamula, Srinivas; Lutes, Robert G.; Ngo, Hung; Underhill, Ronald M.
Service platform strategy : social networking and mobile service platform perspectives
The significance of the service platform is increasing, while studies on this phenomenon remain scarce and insufficient. Most of the researches focus on products, market segmentation and how platform triggers innovation ...
Yoo, Jang Hoon, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Common tester platform concept.
This report summarizes the results of a case study on the doctrine of a common tester platform, a concept of a standardized platform that can be applicable across the broad spectrum of testing requirements throughout the various stages of a weapons program, as well as across the various weapons programs. The common tester concept strives to define an affordable, next-generation design that will meet testing requirements with the flexibility to grow and expand; supporting the initial development stages of a weapons program through to the final production and surveillance stages. This report discusses a concept investing key leveraging technologies and operational concepts combined with prototype tester-development experiences and practical lessons learned gleaned from past weapons programs.
Hurst, Michael James
Knowledge Framework Implementation with Multiple Architectures - 13090
Multiple kinds of knowledge management systems are operational in public and private enterprises, large and small organizations with a variety of business models that make the design, implementation and operation of integrated knowledge systems very difficult. In recent days, there has been a sweeping advancement in the information technology area, leading to the development of sophisticated frameworks and architectures. These platforms need to be used for the development of integrated knowledge management systems which provides a common platform for sharing knowledge across the enterprise, thereby reducing the operational inefficiencies and delivering cost savings. This paper discusses the knowledge framework and architecture that can be used for the system development and its application to real life need of nuclear industry. A case study of deactivation and decommissioning (D and D) is discussed with the Knowledge Management Information Tool platform and framework. D and D work is a high priority activity across the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. Subject matter specialists (SMS) associated with DOE sites, the Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) and the D and D community have gained extensive knowledge and experience over the years in the cleanup of the legacy waste from the Manhattan Project. To prevent the D and D knowledge and expertise from being lost over time from the evolving and aging workforce, DOE and the Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University (FIU) proposed to capture and maintain this valuable information in a universally available and easily usable system. (authors)
Upadhyay, H.; Lagos, L.; Quintero, W.; Shoffner, P. [Applied Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174 (United States)] [Applied Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174 (United States); DeGregory, J. [Office of D and D and Facility Engineering, Environmental Management, Department of Energy (United States)] [Office of D and D and Facility Engineering, Environmental Management, Department of Energy (United States)
Universal Developer Platform for MachinePlatform for Machine
1 Universal Developer Platform for MachinePlatform for Machine Control Applications Hansjoerg will need some things: · Senses · Means June 24-26, 2008 ETH Zurich #12;2 And for Machine Control? June 24 ETH Zurich Conclusion: big effort for things that have little to do with Machine Control Multi
Turbine blade platform seal
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A rotating blade group 90 for a turbo-machine having an improved device for sealing the gap 110 between the edges 112,114 of adjacent blade platforms 96,104. The gap 110 between adjacent blades 92,100 is sealed by a seal pin 20 its central portion 110 and by a seal plate 58,60 at each of the front 54 and rear 56 portions. The seal plates 58,60 are inserted into corresponding grooves 62,64 formed in the adjacent edges 112,114 of adjoining blades 92,100 and held in place by end plates 40,42. The end of the seal plates 58,60 may be chamfered 78,80 to improve the seal against the end plate 40,42. The seal pin 20 provides the required damping between the blades 92,100 and the seal plates 58,60 provide improved sealing effectiveness.
Zagar, Thomas W. (Winter Springs, FL); Schiavo, Anthony L. (Oviedo, FL)
Energy Tracking Software Platform
Acceleration has created an interactive energy tracking and visualization platform that supports decreasing electric, water, and gas usage. Homeowners have access to tools that allow them to gauge their use and track progress toward a smaller energy footprint. Real estate agents have access to consumption data, allowing for sharing a comparison with potential home buyers. Home builders have the opportunity to compare their neighborhood's energy efficiency with competitors. Home energy raters have a tool for gauging the progress of their clients after efficiency changes. And, social groups are able to help encourage members to reduce their energy bills and help their environment. EnergyIT.com is the business umbrella for all energy tracking solutions and is designed to provide information about our energy tracking software and promote sales. CompareAndConserve.com (Gainesville-Green.com) helps homeowners conserve energy through education and competition. ToolsForTenants.com helps renters factor energy usage into their housing decisions.
Ryan Davis; Nathan Bird; Rebecca Birx; Hal Knowles
Controls on isolated carbonate platform evolution and demise, Central Luconia Province, South China Sea
-slip deformation provided substrates for the platforms and affected their growth histories. Flooding of these structural highs at ~16.5 Ma initiated carbonate sedimentation nearly simultaneously across the area. Later, third-order sea-level fluctuations...
Olave Hoces, Sergio
Toolbox Safety Talk Articulating Boom Work Platforms
Toolbox Safety Talk Articulating Boom Work Platforms Environmental Health & Safety Facilities sign-in sheet to Environmental Health & Safety for recordkeeping. Articulating boom work platforms Articulating Boom Work Platforms Environmental Health & Safety Facilities Safety & Health Section 395 Pine Tree
Pawlowski, Wojtek
next-generation sequencing platforms | EMSL
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next-generation sequencing platforms next-generation sequencing platforms Leads No leads are available at this time. The Epsomitic Phototrophic Microbial Mat of Hot Lake,...
Modularization to Support Multiple Brand Platforms
Methods to determine acceptable architecture for multiple platforms supporting multiple brands must represent both platform cost saving commonization as well as revenue enhancing brand distinctions. Functional architecting ...
Agus, Sudjianto
Communication platform for open heterogeneous MASs
(Technical Computer Science) Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zachmann (Computer Graphics) #12;Communication platform
Zachmann, Gabriel
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project
April through June 2008 update on activities of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project.
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RefWorks: Importing search results from ISI Web of KnowledgeSM
Page 1/2 RefWorks: Importing search results from ISI Web of KnowledgeSM databases http://isiknowledge.com In ISI Web of KnowledgeSM databases (Web of Science® , BIOSIS® , CAB Abstracts® , Zoological Record, but these instructions apply to any database on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform. 1. On the Search Results screen
Kammen, Daniel M.
Parameters Identification for Motorcycle Simulator's Platform Characterization
Parameters Identification for Motorcycle Simulator's Platform Characterization L. Nehaoua H modeling and parameters identification of a motorcycle simulator's platform. This model begins with some (cars and motorcycles) is possible by taking in care some characteristics of land vehicles. Indeed
Arduino: An Open Electronics Prototyping Platform
Arduino: An Open Electronics Prototyping Platform Abstract Arduino is a platform for prototyping and library for writing code to control the board. Arduino comes from a philosophy of learning by doing the Arduino prototyping platform. This paper discusses related work, the educational and design context within
Herr, Hugh
Platform Markets and Energy Services
2010). Residential and commercial end-users are starting to be informed of their real-time costs, consumption patterns, and of the origin of their electricity. The partial self-supply of household users from solar panels and combined heat and power... to the development of one or multiple platform markets. Household consumers are expected to take a more active role and become producers, such as through selling small-scale photovoltaic energy production or participating in demand response contracts (UK...
Weiller, Claire M.; Pollitt, Michael G.
The Harness Workbench: Unified and Adaptive Access to Diverse HPC Platforms (final report)
In this project, we conducted preliminary research to create a flexible environment that encapsulates the knowledge of the application developers, site system administrators, and the vendors to assist application building and execution on HPC systems, in particular the DOE leadership computing platforms. The key research involved how to describe and use the knowledge from these varied sources to improve productivity of the end-user scientists, while creating a flexible and modular environment supporting all these features.
George Bosilca
Turbine engine airfoil and platform assembly
A turbine airfoil (22A) is formed by a first process using a first material. A platform (30A) is formed by a second process using a second material that may be different from the first material. The platform (30A) is assembled around a shank (23A) of the airfoil. One or more pins (36A) extend from the platform into holes (28) in the shank (23A). The platform may be formed in two portions (32A, 34A) and placed around the shank, enclosing it. The two platform portions may be bonded to each other. Alternately, the platform (30B) may be cast around the shank (23B) using a metal alloy with better castability than that of the blade and shank, which may be specialized for thermal tolerance. The pins (36A-36D) or holes for them do not extend to an outer surface (31) of the platform, avoiding stress concentrations.
Campbell, Christian X. (Oviedo, FL); James, Allister W. (Chuluota, FL); Morrison, Jay A. (Oviedo, FL)
Bucket platform cooling scheme and related method
A turbine bucket includes an airfoil extending from a platform, having high and low pressure sides; a wheel mounting portion; a hollow shank portion located radially between the platform and the wheel mounting portion, the platform having an under surface. An impingement cooling plate is located in the hollow shank portion, spaced from the under surface, and the impingement plate is formed with a plurality of impingement cooling holes therein.
Abuaf, Nesim (Lincoln City, OR); Barb, Kevin Joseph (Halfmoon, NY); Chopra, Sanjay (Greenville, SC); Kercher, David Max (Ipswich, MA); Kellock, Iain Robertson (Simpsonville, SC); Lenahan, Dean Thomas (Cincinnati, OH); Nellian, Sankar (Mauldin, SC); Starkweather, John Howard (Sharonville, OH); Lupe, Douglas Arthur (Ballston Lake, NY)
Unsteady Turbomachinery Computations Using Massively Parallel Platforms
Unsteady Turbomachinery Computations Using Massively Parallel Platforms Edwin van der Weide with the inherently unsteady nature of turbomachinery flows, due to the motion of the rotors, this means
Alonso, Juan J.
Economic Analysis of Policy Effects Analysis Platform
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Indexed Site
Economic Analysis of Policy Effects Analysis Platform March 24, 2015 Jason Hansen, PhD Idaho National Laboratory This presentation does not contain any proprietary, confidential,...
Gizmo : mobile mesh network and sensor platform
10 Chapter 2: Cell Phone Enabled Platform ……………………………. 1247 Software …………………………………………………. 50 Cell Phone Wi-Fi & SIPsniffing algorithms, cell phone communication technology,
Rodriguez Molina, Javier
Geospatial knowledge for territorial intelligence Pr. Robert Laurini Geospatial Knowledge
Geospatial knowledge for territorial intelligence Pr. Robert Laurini Geospatial Knowledge Management · Objective: Sustainable development #12;Geospatial knowledge for territorial intelligence Pr;Geospatial knowledge for territorial intelligence Pr. Robert Laurini Generic and specific knowledge
Laurini, Robert
Reasoning About Knowledge Reasoning About Knowledge
Introduction and Overview 1 1.1 The Muddy Children Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . 23 2.3 The Muddy Children Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 4.4.4 Perfect Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 4.4.5 Message-Passing
Vardi, Moshe Y.
209th ECS Meeting, Abstract #1265, copyright ECS MICROMACHINED CERAMIC PLATFORM FOR
045507-01). Figure 1. Neurons grown on nanoporous ceramic without polylysine matrix. Figure 2. Ceramic209th ECS Meeting, Abstract #1265, copyright ECS MICROMACHINED CERAMIC PLATFORM FOR LIVING NEURONAL ceramic chips for guided growth of living neurons and their interfacing into functional networks. Our core
Stowell, Michael
Platforms: Where the sensors are mounted.
over the Sahara On September 18, 1994. #12;14 The sensor detects solar radiation that has been absorbed1 Platforms: Where the sensors are mounted. Sensors: Instruments on the platforms. ETM+ AVIRIS GER 1500 #12;2 Passive Sensors · Aerial Cameras · Visible or Thermal Active Sensors · Microwave (Radar
Gilbes, Fernando
The OSIMIS Platform: Making OSI Management Simple
and SNMP [Pav93a] while a similar approach for integrating OSI management and the OMG CORBA frame- work1 The OSIMIS Platform: Making OSI Management Simple George Pavlou, Kevin McCarthy, Saleem Bhatti.ucl.ac.uk Abstract The OSIMIS (OSI Management Information Service) platform provides the foundation for the quick
Bhatti, Saleem N.
ISI Web of Knowledge111 -ISI Web of Knowledge
 ISI Web of Knowledge111 © , . , , , . . , . , . . -ISI Web of Knowledge )http:// webofknowledge.com( , , , . . -ISI Web of Knowledge: Web of Science(-1691) , . Biosis Previews(-1661 ) - , , , . MEDLINE(-1611
Ben-Or, Michael
ESF Mine Power Center Platforms
The purpose and objective of this analysis is to structurally evaluate the existing Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF) mine power center (MPC) support frames and to design service platforms that will attach to the MPC support frames. This analysis follows the Development Plan titled ''Produce Additional Design for Title 111 Evaluation Report'' (CRWMS M&O 1999a). This analysis satisfies design recommended in the ''Title III Evaluation Report for the Surface and Subsurface Power System'' (CRWMS M&O 1999b, Section 7.6) and concurred with in the ''System Safety Evaluation of Title 111 Evaluation Reports Recommended Work'' (Gwyn 1999, Section 10.1.1). This analysis does not constitute a level-3 deliverable, a level-4 milestone, or a supporting work product. This document is not being prepared in support of the Monitored Geologic Repository (MGR) Site Recommendation (SR), Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), or License Application (LA) and should not be cited as a reference in the MGR SR, EIS, or LA.
T.A. Misiak
Review: Knowledge and Environmental Policy
Review: Knowledge and Environmental Policy: Re-Imagining theRobert. Knowledge and Environmental Policy: Re-Imagining thepaperback. Knowledge and Environmental Policy continues the
Little, Peter C.
Polymer-based platform for microfluidic systems
A method of forming a polymer-based microfluidic system platform using network building blocks selected from a set of interconnectable network building blocks, such as wire, pins, blocks, and interconnects. The selected building blocks are interconnectably assembled and fixedly positioned in precise positions in a mold cavity of a mold frame to construct a three-dimensional model construction of a microfluidic flow path network preferably having meso-scale dimensions. A hardenable liquid, such as poly (dimethylsiloxane) is then introduced into the mold cavity and hardened to form a platform structure as well as to mold the microfluidic flow path network having channels, reservoirs and ports. Pre-fabricated elbows, T's and other joints are used to interconnect various building block elements together. After hardening the liquid the building blocks are removed from the platform structure to make available the channels, cavities and ports within the platform structure. Microdevices may be embedded within the cast polymer-based platform, or bonded to the platform structure subsequent to molding, to create an integrated microfluidic system. In this manner, the new microfluidic platform is versatile and capable of quickly generating prototype systems, and could easily be adapted to a manufacturing setting.
Benett, William (Livermore, CA); Krulevitch, Peter (Pleasanton, CA); Maghribi, Mariam (Livermore, CA); Hamilton, Julie (Tracy, CA); Rose, Klint (Boston, MA); Wang, Amy W. (Oakland, CA)
Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform Homepage Screenshot...
Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform Homepage Screenshot Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform Homepage Screenshot Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED)...
An Analysis Platform for Multiscale Hydrogeologic Modeling with...
An Analysis Platform for Multiscale Hydrogeologic Modeling with Emphasis on Hybrid Multiscale Methods. An Analysis Platform for Multiscale Hydrogeologic Modeling with Emphasis on...
An Integrated Platform for Engine Performance Simulations and...
An Integrated Platform for Engine Performance Simulations and Optimization under Diesel Conditions An Integrated Platform for Engine Performance Simulations and Optimization under...
Platform Architecture A Two-Level Optimization Approach
Introduction to Platform Architecture in Products VW Golf 2 -Automotive Platforming Example:A Two-Level Optimization Approach 3 -Discussion
de Weck, Olivier
An Extensible Sensing and Control Platform for Building Energy...
Office of Environmental Management (EM)
An Extensible Sensing and Control Platform for Building Energy Management An Extensible Sensing and Control Platform for Building Energy Management Lead Performer: Carnegie Mellon...
Making a Hybrid Microfluidic Platform Compatible for In Situ...
a Hybrid Microfluidic Platform Compatible for In Situ Imaging by Vacuum-Based Techniques. Making a Hybrid Microfluidic Platform Compatible for In Situ Imaging by Vacuum-Based...
Web Machines : a new platform for application construction and execution
In today's world, computer application platforms are becoming increasingly important in providing positive application end-user and developer experiences. While there are many successful application platforms available, ...
Bryant, Robert A., M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Recording Scientific Knowledge
The way we record knowledge, and the web of technical, formal, and social practices that surrounds it, inevitably affects the knowledge that we record. The ways we hold knowledge about the past - in handwritten manuscripts, in printed books, in file folders, in databases - shape the kind of stories we tell about that past. In this talk, I look at how over the past two hundred years, information technology has affected the nature and production of scientific knowledge. Further, I explore ways in which the emergent new cyberinfrastructure is changing our relationship to scientific practice.
Bowker, Geof (Santa Clara University) [Santa Clara University
Open vs. closed Apple music distribution platform
In this thesis, based on the example case study of the Apple iTunes-iPods platform technology, two simple models are analyzed to gain a better understanding of open vs. closed business models as management and market ...
Aye, Thida, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High index contrast platform for silicon photonics
This thesis focuses on silicon-based high index contrast (HIC) photonics. In addition to mature fiber optics or low index contrast (LIC) platform, which is often referred to as Planar Lightwave Cirrcuit (PLC) or Silica ...
Akiyama, Shoji, 1972-
Linked data platform for web applications
Most of today's web applications are tightly coupled to proprietary server backends that store and control all user data. This thesis presents Linked Data as a decentralized web app platform, eliminating vendor lock-in, ...
Presbrey, Joe (Joseph Warren)
Cloud Based Applications and Platforms (Presentation)
Presentation to the Cloud Computing East 2014 Conference, where we are highlighting our cloud computing strategy, describing the platforms on the cloud (including Smartgrid.gov), and defining our process for implementing cloud based applications.
Brodt-Giles, D.
Digital Construction Platform: A Compound Arm Approach
We introduce a novel large-scale Digital Construction Platform (DCP) for on-site sensing, analysis, and fabrication. The DCP is an in-progress research project consisting of a compound robotic arm system comprised of a ...
Spielberg, Nathan A.
Cell Culture on MEMS Platforms: A Review
Microfabricated systems provide an excellent platform for the culture of cells, and are an extremely useful tool for the investigation of cellular responses to various stimuli. Advantages offered over traditional methods ...
Ni, Ming
Pseudomonas fluorescens -A robust manufacturing platform
Pseudomonas fluorescens -A robust manufacturing platform Reprinted from July/August 2004 Speciality at efficient- ly transporting single chain antibodies and other mammalian-derived proteins. In addition production. Dowpharma, a contract manufacturing services unit of Dow Chemical, has developed a manufacturing
Lebendiker, Mario
Microfluidic Platforms for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells
Microfluidic Platforms for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells Sweta Gupta, Allison C. Baker-cost microfluidic device that can be used to isolate and capture circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from whole blood. The device was made from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) consisting of a microfluidic channel with microposts
Tang, William C
The Durham ELT adaptive optics simulation platform
Adaptive optics systems are essential on all large telescopes where image quality is important. These are complex systems with many design parameters requiring optimisation before good performance can be achieved. The simulation of adaptive optics systems is therefore necessary to categorise the expected performance. This paper describes an adaptive optics simulation platform, developed at Durham University, which can be used to simulate adaptive optics systems on the largest proposed future extremely large telescopes (ELTs) as well as current systems. This platform is modular, object oriented and has the benefit of hardware application acceleration which can be used to improve the simulation performance, essential for ensuring that the run time of a given simulation is acceptable. The simulation platform described here can be highly parallelised using parallelisation techniques suited for adaptive optics simulation, whilst still offering the user complete control while the simulation is running. Results from the simulation of a ground layer adaptive optics system are provided as an example to demonstrate the flexibility of this simulation platform.
Alastair Basden; Timothy Butterley; Richard Myers; Richard Wilson
How to Successfully Implement a Knowledge Management System for the Mechanical Engineering Department at Gating Incorporated
. With this explosive growth, it has become imperative that Gating Incorporated instill a Knowledge Management System to retain the vast amount of tacit knowledge. New products are critical for consumer product companies, so finding ways to capture the knowledge of a...
Mudd, John
Data collection and management of a mobile sensor platform
This thesis explores the development of a platform to better collect and manage data from multiple senor inputs mounted on a car sensor platform. Specifically, focusing on the collection and synchronization of multiple ...
Rosenfeld, Abraham M
Sandia National Laboratories: Study Compares Floating-Platform...
ClimateECEnergyStudy Compares Floating-Platform Options for Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines Study Compares Floating-Platform Options for Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines...
Characterizing System Level Energy Consumption in Mobile Computing Platforms
1 Characterizing System Level Energy Consumption in Mobile Computing Platforms Cintia B. Margi 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Abstract--- This paper approaches energy consumption charac terization in mobile computing platforms by assessing energy con sumption of ''basic'' application
Obraczka, Katia
E-Print Network 3.0 - american platform based Sample Search Results
changes based on the demands for them. Platform Host SymbioticSphere Environment Service Energy... platforms). Each applica- tion service and middleware platform is modeled...
2011 Biomass Program Platform Peer Review: Thermochemical Conversion...
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Thermochemical Conversion 2011 Biomass Program Platform Peer Review: Thermochemical Conversion "This document summarizes the recommendations and evaluations provided by an...
2011 Biomass Program Platform Peer Review: Integrated Biorefineries...
Integrated Biorefineries 2011 Biomass Program Platform Peer Review: Integrated Biorefineries "This document summarizes the recommendations and evaluations provided by an...
Improved design of the omnidirectional robotic platform for enhancement of manufacturability and commercialability
The purpose of this Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), between Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Nomadic Technologies, Inc., has been to produce an improved design of the Omnidirectional Holonomic Platform (OHP) that is easier to manufacture and more suitable for commercialization. The OHP technology was developed by the ORNL. In 1993, it received an R&D-100 award and in 1994, a patent was accepted by the U.S. Patent Office in final form (No. 5,374,879). The technology involves a novel wheel system assembly which, through its corresponding control system, can provide rolling platforms with a full omnidirectional motion capability, including simultaneous and independently controlled rotational and translational degrees-of-freedom. The objective of this project has been to pair ORNL`s knowledge of the OHP technology and Nomadic Technologies, Inc.`s experience in manufacturing and market-oriented robotic product development to produce and test an improved design of the OHP.
Pin, F.G.
"Whiskbrooms" and"Pushbrooms" Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors
"Whiskbrooms" and"Pushbrooms" Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors Remote sensing requires that a sensor be constructed and then attached to a platform that provides an aerial view of the landscape. "Whiskbrooms" and"Pushbrooms" Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors Remote sensing requires that a sensor
Frank, Thomas D.
Atlas: A Novel Kinematic Architecture for Six DOF Motion Platforms
Atlas: A Novel Kinematic Architecture for Six DOF Motion Platforms M.J.D. HAYES, R.G. LANGLOIS. This paper presents an overview of the Atlas platform: a novel six DOF motion platform architecture of the mechanism. The decoupling is accomplished by fixing a three DOF spherical orienting device, called the Atlas
Hayes, John
3-DIMENSIONAL COMPACT DISC (CD) MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM Presented to the
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Platform Based Design for Automotive Sensor Conditioning
In this paper a general architecture suitable to interface several kinds of sensors for automotive applications is presented. A platform based design approach is pursued to improve system performance while minimizing time-to-market.. The platform is composed by an analog front-end and a digital section. The latter is based on a microcontroller core (8051 IP by Oregano) plus a set of dedicated hardware dedicated to the complex signal processing required for sensor conditioning. The microcontroller handles also the communication with external devices (as a PC) for data output and fast prototyping. A case study is presented concerning the conditioning of a Gyro yaw rate sensor for automotive applications. Measured performance results outperform current state-of-the-art commercial devices.
Fanucci, L; Iozzi, F; Marino, C; Rocchi, A
Porting salinas to the windows platform.
The ASC program has enabled significant development of high end engineering applications on massively parallel machines. There is a great benefit in providing these applications on the desktop of the analysts and designers, at least insofar as the small models may be run on these platforms, thus providing a tool set that spans the application needs. This effort documents the work of porting Salinas to the WINDOWS{trademark} platform. Selection of the tools required to compile, link, test and run Salinas in this environment is discussed. Significant problems encountered along the way are listed along with an estimation of the overall cost of the port. This report may serve as a baseline for streamlining further porting activities with other ASC codes.
Reese, Garth M.; Wilson, Christopher Riley
EWEC 2006, Athens, The Anemos Wind Power Forecasting Platform Technology The Anemos Wind Power Forecasting Platform Technology -
EWEC 2006, Athens, The Anemos Wind Power Forecasting Platform Technology 1 The Anemos Wind Power a professional, flexible platform for operating wind power prediction models, laying the main focus on state models from all over Europe are able to work on this platform. Keywords: wind energy, wind power
High School Students' Modeling Knowledge High School Students' Modeling Knowledge
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Platform Chemicals from an Oilseed Biorefinery
The US chemical industry is $460 billion in size where a $150 billion segment of which is non-oxygenated chemicals that is sourced today via petroleum but is addressable by a renewable feedstock if one considers a more chemically reduced feedstock such as vegetable oils. Vegetable oil, due to its chemical functionality, provides a largely untapped opportunity as a renewable chemical source to replace petroleum-derived chemicals and produce platform chemicals unavailable today. This project examined the fertile intersection between the rich building blocks provided by vegetable oils and the enhanced chemical modification capability provided by metathesis chemistry. The technology advanced in this study is the process of ethylene cross-metathesis (referred to as ethenolysis) with vegetable oil and vegetable oil derivatives to manufacture the platform-chemical 9-decenoic acid (or 9DA) and olefin co-products. The project team meet its goals of demonstrating improved catalyst efficiencies of several multiples, deepening the mechanistic understanding of metathesis, synthesis and screening of dozens of new catalysts, designing and modeling commercial processes, and estimating production costs. One demonstrable result of the study was a step change improvement in catalyst turnover number in the ethenolysis of methyl oleate as reported here. We met our key measurable of producing 100 lbs of 9DA at the pilot-scale, which demonstrated ability to scale-up ethenolysis. DOE Project funding had significant positive impact on development of metathetically modified vegetable oils more broadly as the Cargill/Materia partnership, that was able to initiate primarily due to DOE funding, has succeeded in commercializing products, validating metathesis as a platform technology, and expanding a diverse products portfolio in high value and in large volume markets. Opportunities have expanded and business development has gained considerable momentum and enabled further expansion of the Materia/Cargill relationship. This project exceeded expectations and is having immediate impact on DOE success by replacing petroleum products with renewables in a large volume application today.
Tupy, Mike; Schrodi Yann
Robotic vehicle with multiple tracked mobility platforms
A robotic vehicle having two or more tracked mobility platforms that are mechanically linked together with a two-dimensional coupling, thereby forming a composite vehicle of increased mobility. The robotic vehicle is operative in hazardous environments and can be capable of semi-submersible operation. The robotic vehicle is capable of remote controlled operation via radio frequency and/or fiber optic communication link to a remote operator control unit. The tracks have a plurality of track-edge scallop cut-outs that allow the tracks to easily grab onto and roll across railroad tracks, especially when crossing the railroad tracks at an oblique angle.
Salton, Jonathan R. (Albuquerque, NM); Buttz, James H. (Albuquerque, NM); Garretson, Justin (Albuquerque, NM); Hayward, David R. (Wetmore, CO); Hobart, Clinton G. (Albuquerque, NM); Deuel, Jr., Jamieson K. (Albuquerque, NM)
Robust automated knowledge capture.
This report summarizes research conducted through the Sandia National Laboratories Robust Automated Knowledge Capture Laboratory Directed Research and Development project. The objective of this project was to advance scientific understanding of the influence of individual cognitive attributes on decision making. The project has developed a quantitative model known as RumRunner that has proven effective in predicting the propensity of an individual to shift strategies on the basis of task and experience related parameters. Three separate studies are described which have validated the basic RumRunner model. This work provides a basis for better understanding human decision making in high consequent national security applications, and in particular, the individual characteristics that underlie adaptive thinking.
Stevens-Adams, Susan Marie; Abbott, Robert G.; Forsythe, James Chris; Trumbo, Michael Christopher Stefan; Haass, Michael Joseph; Hendrickson, Stacey M. Langfitt
VOLTTRON Lite: Integration Platform for the Transactional Network
In FY13, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) with funding from the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Building Technologies Office (BTO) designed, prototyped and tested a transactional network platform. The platform is intended to support energy, operational and financial transactions between any networked entities (equipment, organizations, buildings, grid, etc.). Initially, in FY13, the concept demonstrated transactions between packaged rooftop units (RTUs) and the electric grid using applications or "agents" that reside on the platform, on the equipment, on local building controller or in the Cloud. This document describes the core of the transactional network platform, the Volttron Lite™ software and associated services hosted on the platform. Future enhancements are also discussed. The appendix of the document provides examples of how to use the various services hosted on the platform.
Haack, Jereme N.; Katipamula, Srinivas; Akyol, Bora A.; Lutes, Robert G.
A Photovoltaic Test Platform Realized with Multiple Independent Outputs.
??In this thesis, a project to design and build a photovoltaic test platform is discussed. Essentially, it is a photovoltaic simulator designed to have multiple… (more)
Crawford, Kevin P.
2011 Biomass Program Platform Peer Review: Biochemical Conversion...
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Design of an omnidirectional and holonomic wheeled platform prototype
This paper presents the concepts for a new family of wheeled platforms which feature full omnidirectionality with simultaneous and independent rotational and translational motion capabilities. We first describe the original orthogonal-wheels assembly'' on which these platforms are based and discuss how a combination of these assemblies is used to generate an omnidirectional capability. The design and control of a prototype platform developed to test and demonstrate the proposed concepts is then described, and experimental results illustrating the full omnidirectionality of the platform with decoupled rotational and translational degrees of freedom are presented. 15 refs., 9 figs.
Killough, S.M.; Pin, F.G.
and Environmental Policy: Re-Imagining the Boundaries ofand Environmental Policy: Re-Imagining the Boundaries ofKnowledge and Environmental Policy continues the complex and
Technology, legal knowledge and citizenship
through adjustment. Science, Technology and Human Values 31(3 Technology, legal knowledge and citizenship On the care ofhelp of these adaptive technologies, Jose had become able to
Dominguez Rubio, Fernando; Lezaun, Javier
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A knowledge services roadmay for online learning
In today's society, there is a need for organizations to have a robust knowledge infrastructure in place, so that they can create or acquire knowledge; store knowledge; disseminate knowledge, and protect and manage their ...
Rajagopal, Anand, 1979-
Platform Based Design for Automotive Sensor Conditioning L. Fanucci1
Platform Based Design for Automotive Sensor Conditioning L. Fanucci1 , A. Giambastiani2 , F. Iozzi3 kinds of sensors for automotive applications is presented. A platform based design approach is pursued prototyping. A case study is presented concerning the conditioning of a Gyro yaw rate sensor for automotive
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product platforms Marc H. Meyer, Olivier de Weck and Tucker
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ATLAS: A NOVEL KINEMATIC ARCHITECTURE FOR SIX DOF MOTION PLATFORMS M.J.D. HAYES Mechanical simulation required in many applications. This paper presents an overview of the Atlas platform: a novel six orienting device, called the Atlas sphere, on a gantry with three linear axes. The key to the design
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Software Platforms for Smart Building Ecosystems: Understanding the
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Knowledge Infusion Leslie G. Valiant
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Valiant, Leslie
Autonomous biomorphic robots as platforms for sensors
The idea of building autonomous robots that can carry out complex and nonrepetitive tasks is an old one, so far unrealized in any meaningful hardware. Tilden has shown recently that there are simple, processor-free solutions to building autonomous mobile machines that continuously adapt to unknown and hostile environments, are designed primarily to survive, and are extremely resistant to damage. These devices use smart mechanics and simple (low component count) electronic neuron control structures having the functionality of biological organisms from simple invertebrates to sophisticated members of the insect and crab family. These devices are paradigms for the development of autonomous machines that can carry out directed goals. The machine then becomes a robust survivalist platform that can carry sensors or instruments. These autonomous roving machines, now in an early stage of development (several proof-of-concept prototype walkers have been built), can be developed so that they are inexpensive, robust, and versatile carriers for a variety of instrument packages. Applications are immediate and many, in areas as diverse as prosthetics, medicine, space, construction, nanoscience, defense, remote sensing, environmental cleanup, and biotechnology.
Tilden, M.; Hasslacher, B.; Mainieri, R.; Moses, J.
Tectonic synthesis of the northern Arabian platform
The creation and destruction of Tethys oceans from the early Mesozoic to the present has created a complex suture zone along the Zagros/Bitlus trend. The fundamental interactions are between the Arabian and Euasian plates, but several microplates trapped between the major plates further complicate the tectonic fabric of the region. On the west, the Arabian plate slides past the African plate and the Sinai microplate along the Levant fault. The Palmyrides are related to a bend in this plate boundary and are not an offset extension of the Syrian arc. As Arabia penetrates Eurasia the Anatolian block is escaping to the west along the northern (right-lateral) and eastern (left-lateral) faults. Convergence of the Eurasian and Arabian plates resulted in ophiolite abduction (Late Cretaceous), followed by continent-continent collision (Miocene to present). The zone of collision is marked by the Bitlis-Zagrosa suture. Structural features associated with the collision include overthrusting, impactogens, and complexly folded and faulted mountain systems. Intensity and complexity of structuring decreases southward into open long-wavelength folds on the Arabian Platform. The fortuitous combination of rich source rocks, abundant reservoir rocks with primary and fracture porosity, and numerous trapping structures make this an extraordinary prolific hydrocarbon province. A structural and lithologic interpretation of 53 contiguous Landsat Multispectral Scanner scenes covering all of Syria, Iraq, and Kuwait, and portions of Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia has provided insights into the tectonic history of this area and its hydrocarbon accumulation.
Everett, J.R.; Russell, O.R.; Stasxkowski, R.J.; Loyd, S.P.; Tabbutt, V.M. (Earth Satellite Corp., Chevy Chase, MD (USA)); Dolan, P.; Stein, A. (Dolan and Associates, Richmond (England)); Scott, J. (Petroleum Geological Analysis, Ltd., Reading (England))
Volttron: An Agent Platform for the Smart Grid
VOLLTRON platform enables the deployment of intelligent sensors and controllers in the smart grid and provides a stable, secure and flexible framework that expands the sensing and control capabilities. VOLTTRON platform provides services fulfilling the essential requirements of resource management and security for agent operation in the power grid. The facilities provided by the platform allow agent developers to focus on the implementation of their agent system and not on the necessary "plumbing' code. For example, a simple collaborative demand response application was written in less than 200 lines of Python.
Haack, Jereme N.; Akyol, Bora A.; Carpenter, Brandon J.; Tews, Cody W.; Foglesong, Lance W.
Knowledge ecology and knowledge economy interests -can they be compatible? Rainer Kuhlen
Knowledge ecology and knowledge economy interests - can they be compatible? Rainer Kuhlen and knowledge ecology - can they be compatible? CC 1 #12;Knowledge ecology and knowledge economy interests - can they be compatible? part of #12;Knowledge ecology and knowledge economy interests - can they be compatible? EIS
Kuhlen, Rainer
Deactivation & Decommissioning Knowledge Management Information...
and use by its users supporting a strategic vision of its knowledge base becoming self-sustaining through active participation by the D&D community of practice. Deactivation &...
Landscape Research, Knowledge and Change
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Knowledge Capture and Transfer Program
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The Office of Learning and Workforce Development is working with Heads of Departmental Elements, DOE senior leaders and subject-matter-experts to capture and transfer the knowledge and experiences...
Tracking Provenance in ORNL's Flexible Research Platforms
Provenance is dened as information about the origin of objects, a concept that applies to both physical and digital objects and often overlaps both. The use of provenance in systems designed for research is an important but forgotten feature. Provenance allows for proper and exact tracking of information, its use, its lineage, its derivations and other metadata that are important for correctly adhering to the scien- tic method. In our project's prescribed use of provenance, researchers can determine detailed information about the use of sensor data in their experiments on ORNL's Flexible Research Platforms (FRPs). Our project's provenance system, Provenance Data Management System (ProvDMS), tracks information starting with the creation of information by an FRP sensor. The system determines station information, sensor information, and sensor channel information. The system allows researchers to derive generations of experiments from the sensor data and tracks their hierarchical flow. Key points can be seen in the history of the information as part of the information's workflow. The concept of provenance and its usage in science is relatively new and while used in other cases around the world, our project's provenance diers in a key area. To keep track of provenance, most systems must be designed or redesigned around the new provenance system. Our system is designed as a cohesive but sepa- rate entity and allows for researchers to continue using their own methods of analysis without being constrained in their ways in order to track the provenance. We have designed ProvDMS using a lightweight provenance library, Core Provenance Library (CPL) v.6 In addition to keeping track of sensor data experiments and its provenance, ProvDMS also provides a web-enabled visualization of the inheritance.
Hensley, Zachary P [ORNL; Sanyal, Jibonananda [ORNL; New, Joshua Ryan [ORNL
Seafloor anchoring for platforms in the Messina Strait
The importance of properly designing and selecting an anchor is key to reliable techniques for floating offshore platforms including power generation from marine currents. Numerous studies have demonstrated how the uplift ...
Manno, Antonioluca
An architectural selection framework for data fusion in sensor platforms
The role of data fusion in sensor platforms is becoming increasingly important in various domains of science, technology and business. Fusion pertains to the merging or integration of information towards an enhanced level ...
Mirza, Atif R
Design and implementation of an automated battery management platform
This thesis describes the design and the implementation of the hardware platform for automated battery management with battery changing/charging capability for autonomous UAV missions with persistency requirement that ...
Toksoz, Tuna
Acoustic classification of buried objects with mobile sonar platforms
In this thesis, the use of highly mobile sonar platforms is investigated for the purpose of acoustically classifying compact objects on or below the seabed. The extension of existing strategies, including synthetic aperture ...
Edwards, Joseph Richard, 1971-
Fluidics platform and method for sample preparation and analysis
Herein provided are fluidics platform and method for sample preparation and analysis. The fluidics platform is capable of analyzing DNA from blood samples using amplification assays such as polymerase-chain-reaction assays and loop-mediated-isothermal-amplification assays. The fluidics platform can also be used for other types of assays and analyzes. In some embodiments, a sample in a sealed tube can be inserted directly. The following isolation, detection, and analyzes can be performed without a user's intervention. The disclosed platform may also comprises a sample preparation system with a magnetic actuator, a heater, and an air-drying mechanism, and fluid manipulation processes for extraction, washing, elution, assay assembly, assay detection, and cleaning after reactions and between samples.
Benner, W. Henry; Dzenitis, John M.; Bennet, William J.; Baker, Brian R.
Communication centric platforms for future high data intensive applications
The notion of platform based design is considered as a viable solution to boost the design productivity by favouring reuse design methodology. With the scaling down of device feature size and scaling up of design complexity, ...
Ahmad, Balal
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Miles, Will
MICRO AND NANO SCIENCE PLATFORM Annual Report 2010
contributing to the development of novel technology in this area. The Platform is stra- tegically directed hierarchical levels. Especially, SMEs should stronger benefit from ETH strengths. #12;4 Future innovations need
Sandoghdar, Vahid
VOLTTRON: An Agent Execution Platform for the Electric Power System
Volttron is an agent execution platform that is engineered for use in the electric power system. Volttron provides resource guarantees for agents and the platform including memory and processor utilization; authentication and authorization services; directory services for agent and resource location; and agent mobility. Unlike most other agent platforms, Volttron does not depend on a single agent authoring language. Instead, we chose to design and implement Volttron as a platform service and framework that is decoupled from the agent execution environment. A prototype implementation of Volttron has been written in Python (using Python v2.7.2) and we have executed agents written in Python and Java and as shell scripts. The intended use of Volttron is in the power distribution system for managing distributed generation, demand-response, and plug-in electric vehicles.
Akyol, Bora A.; Haack, Jereme N.; Ciraci, Selim; Carpenter, Brandon J.; Vlachopoulou, Maria; Tews, Cody W.
Platform-independent method for computer aided schematic drawings
A CAD/CAM method is disclosed for a computer system to capture and interchange schematic drawing and associated design information. The schematic drawing and design information are stored in an extensible, platform-independent format.
Vell, Jeffrey L. (Slingerlands, NY); Siganporia, Darius M. (Clifton Park, NY); Levy, Arthur J. (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Architecture, Platforms and Integration Information Services and Technology
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Walker, Matthew P.
Development and optimization of high-throughput zebrafish screening platform
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Koo, Bryan Kyo
Responses of an articulated loading platform in waves and currents
The responses of an articulated loading platform (ALP) in regular and irregular unidirectional waves (with or without currents) are investigated both in frequency and time domain. The first- and second-order wave diffraction radiation are solved...
Ran, Zhihuang
Development of a microfluidic platform for integrated DNA sequencing protocols
This thesis describes the design and development of a microfluidic platform to reduce costs and improve the quality of in the DNA sequencing methodology currently implemented at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...
Kumar, Mayank, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Knowledge Based Enterprises, Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Management: Recommended Academic Journals
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Graham, Nick
A Functional Test Platform for the Community Land Model
A functional test platform is presented to create direct linkages between site measurements and the process-based ecosystem model within the Community Earth System Models (CESM). The platform consists of three major parts: 1) interactive user interfaces, 2) functional test model and 3) observational datasets. It provides much needed integration interfaces for both field experimentalists and ecosystem modelers to improve the model s representation of ecosystem processes within the CESM framework without large software overhead.
Xu, Yang [ORNL] [ORNL; Thornton, Peter E [ORNL] [ORNL; King, Anthony Wayne [ORNL] [ORNL; Steed, Chad A [ORNL] [ORNL; Gu, Lianhong [ORNL] [ORNL; Schuchart, Joseph [ORNL] [ORNL
Climate controls on coral growth in the Caribbean
Accurate predictions of Caribbean coral reef responses to global climate change are currently limited by a lack of knowledge of the dominant environmental controls on coral growth. Corals exhibit significant responses to ...
Bosshart, Sara A. (Sara Allison)
Blade platform seal for ceramic/metal rotor assembly
A combination ceramic and metal turbine rotor for use in high temperature gas turbine engines includes a metal rotor disc having a rim with a plurality of circumferentially spaced blade root retention slots therein to receive a plurality of ceramic blades, each including side platform segments thereon and a dovetail configured root slidably received in one of the slots. Adjacent ones of the platform segments including edge portions thereon closely spaced when the blades are assembled to form expansion gaps in an annular flow surface for gas passage through the blades and wherein the assembly further includes a plurality of unitary seal members on the rotor connected to its rim and each including a plurality of spaced, axially extending, flexible fingers that underlie and conform to the edge portions of the platform segments and which are operative at turbine operating temperatures and speeds to distribute loading on the platform segments as the fingers are seated against the underside of the blade platforms to seal the gaps without undesirably stressing thin web ceramic sections of the platform.
Wertz, John L. (Indianapolis, IN)
Mission-Critical Platform for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) SQL Server 2008 Mission-Critical Platform for OLTP Data Solutions
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Bernstein, Phil
Competency Knowledge Sub Domain Fundamental Knowledge and Clinical Reasoning
on an understanding of the patient, pathophysiology, application of sound scientific principles, and fundamental mechanisms* and patient specific data** to address simple clinical cases (1,2) · Explains how the principles problems , addressing the pathophysiology and etiology (1,2) · Applies knowledge of the principles
Leistikow, Bruce N.
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #23, April-June 2009
April to June, 2009 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter.
Schell, D.
Online Allocation of Splitable Clients to Multiple Servers on Large Scale Heterogeneous Platforms
, platforms like BOINC [1] or Folding@home [17] uses volunteers machines to perform hard computations
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #24, July-September 2009
July to September, 2009 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter.
Temperature measurement in the Intel Efraim Rotem Mobile Platform Group, Intel corporation
, Intel corporation Jim Hermerding Mobile platform Group, Intel corporation Cohen Aviad - Microprocessor
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #22, January - March 2009
January to March, 2009 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter.
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #20, July-September 2008
July to September, 2008 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter.
Schell, D. J.
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #25, October - December 2009
October to December, 2009 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter.
Knowledge information management toolkit and method
A system is provided for managing user entry and/or modification of knowledge information into a knowledge base file having an integrator support component and a data source access support component. The system includes processing circuitry, memory, a user interface, and a knowledge base toolkit. The memory communicates with the processing circuitry and is configured to store at least one knowledge base. The user interface communicates with the processing circuitry and is configured for user entry and/or modification of knowledge pieces within a knowledge base. The knowledge base toolkit is configured for converting knowledge in at least one knowledge base from a first knowledge base form into a second knowledge base form. A method is also provided.
Hempstead, Antoinette R.; Brown, Kenneth L.
A knowledge portal for Norway
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Lesson 1 HEART SMART NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE = POWER Know Your Cholesterol Number High blood cholesterol is one of the three major risk factors for heart disease that you can change. The other two risk the disease. Heart disease is the number one killer of women and men in the United States. In 2008, over 16
Enhance your Cyber Security Knowledge
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Deposition and diagenesis of a cratonic Silurian platform reef, Pipe Creek Jr. , Indiana
Petrographic and geochemical characteristics of the Pipe Creek Jr. paragenesis record the stratigraphic and burial evolution of the cratonic Silurian platform of Indiana during Late Silurian to Pennsylvanian. A variety of several diagenetic fluids acting over geological time affected the reef. The paragenetic sequence is as follows: (1) precipitation of turbid, fibrous, blotchy cathodoluminescent (CL) cement; (2) dolomitization of mud-rich facies; (3) precipitation of clear, zoned CL equant calcite cements; (4) fracturing and karst formation, partially filled by geopetal silt and sandstone; (5) precipitation of clear, dull CL, ferroan to nonferroan equant calcite cement, ferroan dolomite overgrowth and equant dolomite cement in moldic porosity, caves and fractures; (6) microdissolution and hydrocarbon emplacement; and (7) stylolitization. Carbonate grew and fibrous cements precipitated in an open marine environment. During Late Silurian an increasingly restricted environment stopped reef growth and dolomite replaced mud-rich faces. The reefs were then subaerially exposed and two meteoric cement sequences, non-luminescent to bright luminescent, precipitated prior to Mid-Devonian fracture-controlled karsting. Caves and fractures crosscut former cement stages and were filled by sandstones. Later, the platform was buried by the late Mid-Devonian organic-rich New Albany Shale, and clear, dull CL calcite cement and ferroan dolomite precipitated. Hydrocarbon migration postdates all cements and created minor moldic porosity and predates stylolitization.
Simo, A.; Lehmann, P.
Modular turbine airfoil and platform assembly with independent root teeth
A turbine airfoil (22E-H) extends from a shank (23E-H). A platform (30E-H) brackets or surrounds a first portion of the shank (23E-H). Opposed teeth (33, 35) extend laterally from the platform (30E-H) to engage respective slots (50) in a disk. Opposed teeth (25, 27) extend laterally from a second portion of the shank (29) that extends below the platform (30E-H) to engage other slots (52) in the disk. Thus the platform (30E-H) and the shank (23E-H) independently support their own centrifugal loads via their respective teeth. The platform may be formed in two portions (32E-H, 34E-H), that are bonded to each other at matching end-walls (37) and/or via pins (36G) passing through the shank (23E-H). Coolant channels (41, 43) may pass through the shank beside the pins (36G).
Campbell, Christian X; Davies, Daniel O; Eng, Darryl
Dolomitization by ground-water flow systems in carbonate platforms
Dolomite occurs throughout the subsurface of modern carbonate platforms such as the Bahamas. Groundwater flow systems must be responsible for delivery of reactants needed for dolomitization. Reflux, freshwater lens flows, and thermal convection are large-scale flow systems that may be widespread in active platforms. The author has evaluated some aspects of the dynamics and characteristics of these processes with ground-water flow theory and by scaled sandbox experiments. Reflux is not restricted to hypersaline brines, but can occur with bankwaters of only slightly elevated salinity such as those found on the Bahama Banks today (42%). The lack of evaporites in a stratigraphic section, therefore, does not rule out the possibility that reflux may have operated. Flows associated with freshwater lenses include flow in the lens, in the mixing zone, and in the seawater beneath and offshore of the lens. Upward transfer of seawater through the platform margins occurs when surrounding cold ocean water migrates into the platform and is heated. This type of thermal convection (Kohout convection) has been studied by Francis Kohout in south Florida. The ranges of mass flux of magnesium in these processes are all comparable and are all sufficient to account for young dolomites beneath modern platforms. Each process yields dolomitized zones of characteristic shape and location and perhaps may be distinguishable in ancient rocks. The concepts presented here may have application to exploration for dolomite reservoirs in the Gulf Coast and elsewhere.
Simms, M.
Economic Growth Policies & Economic Growth Theory Influences.
?? The aim of this thesis is to describe the presence of theories for economic growth in municipalities' economic growth strategies, and to compare the… (more)
Hallden, Sophie
The role of redundancy in jacket-type offshore platforms
THE ROLE OF REDUNDANCY IN L7ACKET-TYPE OFFSHORE PLATFORMS A Thesis by J ' NINA ELAINE WOMB LE Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas AiIM University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE... December 1988 Major Subject: Civil Engineering THE ROLE OF REDUNDANCY IN JACKET-TYPE OFFSHORE PLATFORMS A Thesis by J'NINA ELAINE WOMDLE Approved as to sty1e and content by: James K. on, Jr. (Chair o ommittee) erry L, Kohutek (Member) arry A...
Womble, J'nina Elaine
A High-Altitude, Station-Keeping Astronomical Platform
Several commercial telecommunication ventures together with a well funded US military program make it a likely possibility that an autonomous, high-altitude, light-than-air (LTA) vehicle which could maneuver and station-keep for weeks to many months will be a reality in a few years. Here I outline how this technology could be used to develop a high-altitude astronomical observing platform which could return high-resolution optical data rivaling those from space-based platforms but at a fraction of the cost.
Robert A. Fesen
Fesen, R A
Solar: An Open Platform for Context-Aware Mobile Applications
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Kotz, David
A Mobile Social Network on ESP: an Egocentric Social Platform
competition and innovation as well. This paper proposes an open system called the Egocentric Social Plat- formA Mobile Social Network on ESP: an Egocentric Social Platform T. J. Purtell Ian Vo Monica S. Lam,ianvo,firstname.lastname@example.com} Abstract. Social networks today are social intranets: the entire social graph and all the information
Straight, Aaron
Title: Experimental Platform for Novel Distributed Microgrids Control Solutions
Title: Experimental Platform for Novel Distributed Microgrids Control Solutions Principal Investigator: Wenxin Liu Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense Office of Naval Research Summary: Microgrid can, and can operate autonomously without connecting to power grid. The microgrid concept is a big step toward
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Matched Public PUF: Ultra Low Energy Security Platform
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Potkonjak, Miodrag
ORIGINAL PAPER Flexible product platforms: framework and case study
a platform design process in response to such future uncertainty. The process consists of seven iterative demand, and speci- fication changes. We show how embedding flexibility suppresses change propagation customers through high product variety. This demanded a corresponding decrease in development time
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Secure Embedded Platform for Networked Automotive M. Gomathisankaran
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Rajkumar, Ragunathan "Raj"
of exploring possible exploitation of new technologies and subsequent invention of novel usage scenarios. Smeaton CLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies Dublin City University, Ireland The lack of HCI computational technologies. These include new media platforms such as mobiles, interactive TV, tabletops
Lee, Hyowon
Design Document for Control Dewar and Vacuum Pump Platforms
This engineering note documents the design of the control dewar and vacuum pump platform that is to be installed on the D-Zero detector. It's purpose is twofold. Firstly it is a summary and repository of the final design calculations of the structure. Secondly, it documents that design follows the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) manual and applicable OSHA requirements with respect to walking working surfaces. The information contained in the main body of this note is supported by raw calculations included as the appendix. The platform is a truss type frame strucrure constructed primarily of rectangular steel tubing. The upper platform is for support of the control dewar (cryogenic/electrical interface for the solenoid), visible light photon counter (VLPC) cryogenic bayonet can, and infrequently, personnel during the connection and disconnection of the detector to building services. Figure 1 shows a layout of the structure as mounted on the detector and with the installed equipment. The connection of the platform to the detector is not conventional. Two main booms cantilever the structure to a location outside of the detector. The mounting location and support booms allow for the uninhibited motion of the detector components.
Rucinksi, R.; /Fermilab
INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT CALIBRATION PLATFORM John J. Hall
in the angular roll, pitch, and yaw motions. Vertical motion is also included to test the systems are developing an electromechanical system for the calibration of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) using global positioning system (GPS) antennas. The GPS antennas and IMU are mounted to a common platform to be oriented
Williams II, Robert L.
A Methodology for Energy Efficient Application Synthesis Using Platform FPGAs
Cs (System- on-a-Chip) and configurable SoCs (CSoCs). Examples of such de- vices are OMAP processors [11] and Triscend CSoCs [12]. The var- ious components on platform FPGAs are immersed in multi-million gate of the software programs. For general purpose SoCs and CSoCs, such communication channels between processors
Prasanna, Viktor K.
Hydrothermal Dolomites in the Early Albian (Cretaceous) Platform Carbonates
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Fluorescent Sensors for Zn2+ Based on a Fluorescein Platform
Fluorescent Sensors for Zn2+ Based on a Fluorescein Platform: Synthesis, Properties fluorescent sensors for Zn2+ that utilize fluorescein as a reporting group, Zinpyr-1 and Zinpyr-2, have been. Both Zinpyr sensors have excitation and emission wavelengths in the visible range (500 nm
Tsien, Roger Y.
TROPIC: Transactional Resource Orchestration Platform In the Cloud
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Plotkin, Joshua B.
Towards CORBAbased Enterprise Management: Managing CORBAbased Systems with SNMP Platforms
of different management architectures. The aim of the work described in this paper con sists in helping1 Towards CORBAÂbased Enterprise Management: Managing CORBAÂbased Systems with SNMP Platforms, CA, USA, November 1998 Abstract--- Apart from the well established OSI/TMN and Internet management
Multicore Platforms for Scientific Computing: Cell BE and NVIDIA Tesla
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A SIP-based Home Automation Platform: an Experimental Study
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An analysis and hypothesis generation platform for heterogeneous cancer
An analysis and hypothesis generation platform for heterogeneous cancer databases. Philip Roy QUINLAN a,1, Alastair THOMPSON a and Chris REED b a Dundee Cancer Centre, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee b School of Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee Abstract. The field of cancer research
Reed, Chris
Plans and Aspirations for Sensor and Platform Development
. Am., 281(1), 1999 For a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell Hydrocycle® fuel cell from Manhattan Scientific #12 Engines Fuel Cells Courtesy Webb Research Corp. (top) & Dr C Eriksen, U. Washington (centre & bottom Requirements Driven Open Standards Low Drag shapes Adv. Secondary Cells Fuel Cells Identifying Platform
Griffiths, Gwyn
FUTURE POWER GRID INITIATIVE An Intelligent Agent Platform
Sequencing For Managing Demand/Response IMPACT VOLTTRON fills the need for an independent language agnostic. This will allow customers, building owners, utilities, etc. to realize better energy efficiency and reliability the integrating platform for a DOE funded project combining multiple labs and vendors for building energy
A New Motorcycle Simulator Platform: Mechatronics Design, Dynamics Modeling
A New Motorcycle Simulator Platform: Mechatronics Design, Dynamics Modeling and Control L. Nehaoua of these techniques to other simulators (cars and motorcycles) is possible but not direct. Indeed, the dynamics motorcycle driving simulators were build. The first prototype was developed by Honda in 1988
At the Frontier of Knowledge
At any time, there are areas of science where we are standing at the frontier of knowledge, and can wonder whether we have reached a fundamental limit to human understanding. What is ultimately possible in physics? I will argue here that it is ultimately impossible to answer this question. For this, I will first distinguish three different reasons why the possibility of progress is doubted and offer examples for these cases. Based on this, one can then identify three reasons for why progress might indeed be impossible, and finally conclude that it is impossible to decide which case we are facing.
Sabine Hossenfelder
Building Knowledge through Families of Experiments
Building Knowledge through Families of Experiments Victor R. Basili, Fellow, IEEE, Forrest Shull, and build models that represent the common observations about the discipline. This paper discusses building knowledge in an incremental manner through the replication of experiments within families
Basili, Victor R.
Report on the project Building knowledge
Building knowledge To build citizens To build cities Report on the project #12;#12;RectoR's message 1. oveReport on the project Building knowledge To build citizens To build cities UPF CAMPUS ICĂ?RIA
A sequential Monte Carlo approach for MLE in a plant growth Samis Trevezas1,2
: dynamical system; ECM algorithm; maximum likelihood estimation; parametric identification; plant growth understanding of individual plant growth dynamics. On one hand, such knowledge could serve as the basis section, we describe the version of the GreenLab model of plant growth which corresponds
A Probabilistic Deformation Demand Model and Fragility Estimates for Asymmetric Offshore Jacket Platforms
Interest in evaluating the performance and safety of offshore oil and gas platforms has been expanding due to the growing world energy supply and recent offshore catastrophes. In order to accurately assess the reliability of an offshore platform...
Fallon, Michael Brooks
Costing commonality : evaluating the impact of platform divergence on internal investment returns
Platforming has become an important means of cost-sharing among industrial products. However, recent research has shown that many firms face systemic downward pressure on commonality, with the result that many platforms ...
Cameron, Bruce G. (Bruce Gregory)
E-Print Network 3.0 - all-terrain mobile platform Sample Search...
mobile platform Search Powered by Explorit Topic List Advanced Search Sample search results for: all-terrain mobile platform Page: << < 1 2 3 4 5 > >> 1 Susanne Boll, Universitt...
Highly configurable platforms for embedded computing systems Frank Vahida,*, Roman Lyseckya
Highly configurable platforms for embedded computing systems Frank Vahida,*, Roman Lyseckya 92521, USA Abstract Platform chips, which are pre-designed chips possessing numerous processors energy; Cache; Hardware/software partitioning; Architecture tuning 1. Introduction Integrated circuit (IC
Vahid, Frank
Refactored M13 Bacteriophage as a Platform for Tumor Cell Imaging and Drug Delivery
M13 bacteriophage is a well-characterized platform for peptide display. The utility of the M13 display platform is derived from the ability to encode phage protein fusions with display peptides at the genomic level. However, ...
Ghosh, Debadyuti
OTEC Cold Water Pipe-Platform Sub-System Dynamic Interaction...
OTEC Cold Water Pipe-Platform Sub-System Dynamic Interaction Validation (OPPSDIV) OTEC Cold Water Pipe-Platform Sub-System Dynamic Interaction Validation (OPPSDIV) OTEC Cold Water...
Transforming big data into knowledge : experimental techniques in dynamic visualization
Information visualizations, especially those utilizing web-based platforms, are becoming an increasingly common medium for exchanging ideas. This emergent class of tools enabling web-based, interactive platforms for ...
Kennedy, Stephen James, M.C.P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Available UAV Reseach Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Free and Open Source Software UAV Systems . . . . . . . . .Cruz Low-cost UAV GNC System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Toepke, Samuel Lee
On the Importance of Bandwidth Control Mechanisms for Scheduling on Large Scale Heterogeneous Platforms
on platforms like BOINC [1] or Folding@home [18]. These tasks will be processed by slave nodes, whose both
National Bioenergy Center Sugar Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #9, October-December 2005
Volume 9 of a quarterly newsletter that describes the activities of the National Bioenergy Center's Sugar Platform Integration Project.
National Bioenergy Center Sugar Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #10, January-March 2006
Volume 10 of a quarterly newsletter that describes the activities of the National Bioenergy Center's Sugar Platform Integration Project.
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Process Integration Project: Quarterly Update #18, January-March 2008
January-March, 2008 edition of the quarterly update for the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project.
National Bioenergy Center Sugar Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #12, July-September 2006
Volume 12 of a quarterly newsletter that describes the activities of the National Bioenergy Center's Sugar Platform Integration Project.
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #21, October - December 2008
October to December, 2008 edition of the National Bioenergy Center?s Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter.
ATLAS MOTION PLATFORM MECANUM WHEEL JACOBIAN IN THE VELOCITY AND STATIC FORCE DOMAINS Jonathan J applications. Atlas is a six degree of freedom vehicle op- erating training simulator motion platform where and static force Jacobians; normal forces. JACOBIAN DES ROUES MECANUM DU PLATFORME DE MOTION ATLAS DANS LES
The Architecture of the Nehalem Processor Nehalem-EP SMP Platforms
The Architecture of the Nehalem Processor and Nehalem-EP SMP Platforms Michael E. Thomadakis, Ph technology. Nehalem micro-architectures and system platforms employ a number of state-of-the-art technologies of interest. This report discusses technical details of the Nehalem µ-architecture and platforms
API Blender: A Uniform Interface to Social Platform APIs Georges Gouriten
Web, API, REST, data integration 1. INTRODUCTION Interacting with platforms like Facebook, YoutubeAPI Blender: A Uniform Interface to Social Platform APIs Georges Gouriten Institut Télécom; Télécom one social Web platform, which implies studying the related API specifications. These are often only
Senellart, Pierre
Simulator platform for fast reactor operation and safety technology demonstration
A simulator platform for visualization and demonstration of innovative concepts in fast reactor technology is described. The objective is to make more accessible the workings of fast reactor technology innovations and to do so in a human factors environment that uses state-of-the art visualization technologies. In this work the computer codes in use at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) for the design of fast reactor systems are being integrated to run on this platform. This includes linking reactor systems codes with mechanical structures codes and using advanced graphics to depict the thermo-hydraulic-structure interactions that give rise to an inherently safe response to upsets. It also includes visualization of mechanical systems operation including advanced concepts that make use of robotics for operations, in-service inspection, and maintenance.
Vilim, R. B.; Park, Y. S.; Grandy, C.; Belch, H.; Dworzanski, P.; Misterka, J. (Nuclear Engineering Division)
A microfluidic platform for high-throughput multiplexed protein quantitation
We present a high-throughput microfluidic platform capable of quantitating up to 384 biomarkers in 4 distinct samples by immunoassay. The microfluidic device contains 384 unit cells, which can be individually programmed with pairs of capture and detection antibody. Samples are quantitated in each unit cell by four independent MITOMI detection areas, allowing four samples to be analyzed in parallel for a total of 1,536 assays per device. We show that the device can be pre-assembled and stored for weeks at elevated temperature and we performed proof-of-concept experiments simultaneously quantitating IL-6, IL-1\\b{eta}, TNF-{\\alpha}, PSA, and GFP. Finally, we show that the platform can be used to identify functional antibody combinations by screening 64 antibody combinations requiring up to 384 unique assays per device.
Volpetti, Francesca; Maerkl, Sebastian
Category 1: Epistemology (EPIST) Scientific knowledge is the most objective form of knowledge.
) Science helps develop our natural resources such as coal, gas, oil, and solar energy. Scientific knowledge today because of scientific knowledge. The development of our natural resources, such as coal, gas, oil knowledge is the truest form of knowledge. Alpha = 0.7475 Category 2: Scientific & the Economy (ECON
Cobern, William W.
Development of a Very Dense Liquid Cooled Compute Platform
The objective of this project was to design and develop a prototype very energy efficient high density compute platform with 100% pumped refrigerant liquid cooling using commodity components and high volume manufacturing techniques. Testing at SLAC has indicated that we achieved a DCIE of 0.93 against our original goal of 0.85. This number includes both cooling and power supply and was achieved employing some of the highest wattage processors available.
Hughes, Phillip N.; Lipp, Robert J.
LEDSGP/about/regional-platforms | Open Energy Information
AFDC Printable Version Share this resource Send a link to EERE: Alternative Fuels Data Center Home Page to someone by E-mail Share EERE: Alternative Fuels Data Center Home Page on Facebook Tweet about EERE: Alternative Fuels Data Center Home Page on Twitter Bookmark EERE: Alternative Fuels Data Center Home Page on Google Bookmark EERE: Alternative Fuels Data CenterFranconia, Virginia: Energy Resources Jump to:46 - 429 ThrottledInformation KumasiTools <Platform
Florida Growth Fund (Florida)
The Florida Growth Fund can provide investments in technology and growth-related companies through co-investments with other institutional investors. The Fund awards preference to companies...
REopt: A Platform for Energy System Integration and Optimization: Preprint
REopt is NREL's energy planning platform offering concurrent, multi-technology integration and optimization capabilities to help clients meet their cost savings and energy performance goals. The REopt platform provides techno-economic decision-support analysis throughout the energy planning process, from agency-level screening and macro planning to project development to energy asset operation. REopt employs an integrated approach to optimizing a site?s energy costs by considering electricity and thermal consumption, resource availability, complex tariff structures including time-of-use, demand and sell-back rates, incentives, net-metering, and interconnection limits. Formulated as a mixed integer linear program, REopt recommends an optimally-sized mix of conventional and renewable energy, and energy storage technologies; estimates the net present value associated with implementing those technologies; and provides the cost-optimal dispatch strategy for operating them at maximum economic efficiency. The REopt platform can be customized to address a variety of energy optimization scenarios including policy, microgrid, and operational energy applications. This paper presents the REopt techno-economic model along with two examples of recently completed analysis projects.
Simpkins, T.; Cutler, D.; Anderson, K.; Olis, D.; Elgqvist, E.; Callahan, M.; Walker, A.
Lightweight Integrated Optical Sensor for Atmospheric Measurements on Mobile Platforms
The goal of the Phase I program was to develop a novel open path sensor platform technology based on integration of semiconductor waveguides with efficient optoelectronic components on a monolithic platform. The successful Phase I effort resulted in demonstration of a novel optical resonator structure based on semiconductor high contrast gratings (HCGs) that will enable implementation of an ultra-compact, low-power gas sensor suitable for use on mobile platforms. Extensive numerical modeling was performed to design a device optimized for measuring CO2 at a wavelength for which a laser was available for proof of concept. Devices were fabricated and tested to match the target wavelength, angle, and operating temperature. This demonstration is the first implementation of HCGs at the wavelengths of interest and shows the flexibility of the proposed architecture for gas sensing applications. The measured cavity Q was lower than anticipated due to fabrication process challenges. The PSI and UC Berkeley team has identified solutions to these challenges and will produce optimized devices in a Phase II program where a prototype sensor will be fabricated and tested.
Parameswaran, Krishnan R. [Physical Sciences Inc.
The Interactive Knowledge Library: Capturing, Sharing and Synthesizing Tacit Knowledge in Engineering
Engineering Management Field Project The Interactive Knowledge Library: Capturing, Sharing and Synthesizing Tacit Knowledge in Engineering By Craig M. Eaton Fall Semester, 2006 An EMGT Field Project report submitted... of using a Wiki as a practical engineering knowledge management tool at the corporate level. 2 Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW Knowledge Management and Tacit Knowledge From the Merriam Webster Online dictionary (www.m-w.com accessed 16 th Sep 06...
Eaton, Craig M.
Data structures and apparatuses for representing knowledge
Data structures and apparatuses to represent knowledge are disclosed. The processes can comprise labeling elements in a knowledge signature according to concepts in an ontology and populating the elements with confidence values. The data structures can comprise knowledge signatures stored on computer-readable media. The knowledge signatures comprise a matrix structure having elements labeled according to concepts in an ontology, wherein the value of the element represents a confidence that the concept is present in an information space. The apparatus can comprise a knowledge representation unit having at least one ontology stored on a computer-readable medium, at least one data-receiving device, and a processor configured to generate knowledge signatures by comparing datasets obtained by the data-receiving devices to the ontologies.
Hohimer, Ryan E; Thomson, Judi R; Harvey, William J; Paulson, Patrick R; Whiting, Mark A; Tratz, Stephen C; Chappell, Alan R; Butner, Robert S
Supporting Knowledge Transfer through Decomposable Reasoning Artifacts
Technology to support knowledge transfer and cooperative inquiry must offer its users the ability to effectively interpret knowledge structures produced by collaborators. Communicating the reasoning processes that underlie a finding is one method for enhancing interpretation, and can result in more effective evaluation and application of shared knowledge. In knowledge management tools, interpretation is aided by creating knowledge artifacts that can expose their provenance to scrutiny and that can be transformed into diverse representations that suit their consumers' perspectives and preferences. We outline the information management needs of inquiring communities characterized by hypothesis generation tasks, and propose a model for communication, based in theories of hermeneutics, semiotics, and abduction, in which knowledge structures can be decomposed into the lower-level reasoning artifacts that produced them. We then present a proof-of-concept implementation for an environment to support the capture and communication of analytic products, with emphasis on the domain of intelligence analysis.
Pike, William A.; May, Richard A.; Turner, Alan E.
Academic Knowledge Transfer in Social Networks
179 7.1.4 Gamification of academic knowledgean experiment in gamification of knowledge transfer withina process commonly known as Gamification. Introduction There
Slater, Mark David
Bioenergy Knowledge Discovery Framework Recognized at National...
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Knowledge Discovery Framework (KDF) is bringing together the bioenergy community through Web-based tools, and was presented by Bioenergy KDF team members from Oak Ridge National...
ORIGINAL PAPER The interdisciplinary engineering knowledge genome
mastered all necessary knowledge to start and complete projects. Since the industrial revolution empirical discipline. The second industrial revolution saw the emergence of chemical and electrical
Shai, Offer
Knowledge management and learning in the organizational context
63 Knowledge management and learning in the organizational context Albena Antonova, Elissaveta and explicit knowledge, considers organizational learning and knowledge workers specifics. In the centre management, learning, organizational learning 1. THE KNOWLEDGE DIMENSIONS The concepts and nature
Learning Energy Demand Domain Knowledge via Feature Transformation
Learning Energy Demand Domain Knowledge via Feature Transformation Sanzad Siddique Department -- Domain knowledge is an essential factor for forecasting energy demand. This paper introduces a method knowledge substantially improves energy demand forecasting accuracy. However, domain knowledge may differ
Povinelli, Richard J.
Application and Removal of Strippable Coatings via Remote Platform - 13133
Florida International University's (FIU's) Applied Research Center is currently supporting the Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Office of D and D and Facility Engineering program. FIU is supporting DOE's initiative to improve safety, reduce technical risks, and limit uncertainty within D and D operations by identifying technologies suitable to meet specific facility D and D requirements, assessing the readiness of those technologies for field deployment, and conducting feasibility studies and technology demonstrations of selected technologies and working with technology vendors to optimize the design of their current technologies to accomplish dangerous and demanding tasks during D and D operations. To meet one identified technology gap challenge for a technology to remotely apply strippable coatings, fixatives and decontamination gels, FIU identified and performed an initial demonstration of an innovative remote fixative sprayer platform from International Climbing Machines (ICM). The selected technology was demonstrated spraying fixative products at the hot cell mockup facility at the Applied Research Center at FIU in November 2008 under cold (non-radioactive) conditions. The remotely controlled platform was remotely operated and entered the facility and sprayed a fixative onto horizontal and vertical surfaces. Based on the initial FIU demonstration and the specific technical requirements identified at the DOE facilities, a follow-up demonstration was expanded to include strippable coatings and a decontamination gel, which was demonstrated in June 2010 at the ICM facility in Ithaca, NY. This second technology evaluation documented the ability of the remote system to spray the selected products on vertical stainless steel and concrete surfaces to a height of 3 meters (10 feet) and to achieve sufficient coverage and product thickness to promote the ability to peel/remove the strippable coatings and decontamination gel. The next challenge was to determine if a remote platform could be used to remove the strippable coatings and decontamination gels. In 2012, FIU worked with the technology provider, ICM, to conduct feasibility and trade studies to identify the requirements for the remote removal of strippable coatings or decontamination gels using the existing remote controlled platform. (authors)
Shoffner, P.; Lagos, L. [Applied Research Center, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Suite 2100, Miami, FL 33174 (United States)] [Applied Research Center, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Suite 2100, Miami, FL 33174 (United States); Maggio, S. [International Climbing Machine, 630 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (United States)] [International Climbing Machine, 630 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (United States)
Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform From the Strategic Research Agenda to its Deployment - 12015
Several European waste management organizations (WMOs) have initiated a technology platform for accelerating the implementation of deep geological disposal of radioactive waste in Europe. The most advanced waste management programmes in Europe (i.e. Finland, Sweden, and France) have already started or are prepared to start the licensing process of deep geological disposal facilities within the next decade. A technology platform called Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform (IGD-TP) was launched in November 2009. A shared vision report for the platform was published stating that: 'Our vision is that by 2025, the first geological disposal facilities for spent fuel, high-level waste, and other long-lived radioactive waste will be operating safely in Europe'. In 2011, the IGD-TP had eleven WMO members and about 70 participants from academia, research, and the industry committed to its vision. The IGD-TP has started to become a tool for reducing overlapping work, to produce savings in total costs of research and implementation and to make better use of existing competence and research infrastructures. The main contributor to this is the deployment of the IGD-TP's newly published Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). The work undertaken for the SRA defined the pending research, development and demonstration (RD and D) issues and needs. The SRA document describing the identified issues that could be worked on collaboratively was published in July 2011. It is available on the project's public web site (www.igdtp.eu). The SRA was organized around 7 Key Topics covering the Safety Case, Waste forms and their behaviour, Technical feasibility and long-term performance of repository components, Development strategy of the repository, Safety of construction and operations, Monitoring, and Governance and stakeholder involvement. Individual Topics were prioritized within the Key Topics. Cross-cutting activities like Education and Training or Knowledge Management as well as activities remaining specific for the WMOs were as well identified in the document. For example, each WMO has to develop their own waste acceptance rules, and plan for the economics and the funding of their waste management programmes. The challenge at hand for the IGD-TP is to deploy the SRA. This is carried out by agreeing on a Deployment Plan (DP) that guides organizing the concrete joint activities between the WMOs and the other participants of the IGD-TP. The first DP points out the coordinated RD and D projects and other activities that need to be launched to produce these results over the next four to five years (by the end of 2016). The DP also describes general principles for how the joint work can be organised and funded. (authors)
Ouzounian, P. [ANDRA, Chatenay-Malabry (France); Palmu, Marjatta [Posiva Oy, Eurajoki (Finland); Eng, Torsten [SKB, Stockholm (Sweden)
OBJECTIVES OF THE EDINBURGH KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP The University of Edinburgh, Heriot and natural environment. The Edinburgh Knowledge Environment Partnership will thus provide a unique research between key stakeholders in the built and natural environment and to reach out in assisting
Painter, Kevin
Rural Knowledge Clusters: Implications for Minnesota State
communities face tremendous challenges in adapting to a knowledge-based global economy. The "knowledge economy to innovate. Traditional rural economic staples are under growing pressure due to globalization of markets, and diseconomies of scale and outmigration hinder adjustment in the rural economy. Consequently a growing gap
Levinson, David M.
A Product Software Knowledge Infrastructure for
1 A Product Software Knowledge Infrastructure for Situational Capability Maturation: Vision and Case Studies in Product Management Inge van de Weerd, Johan Versendaal and Sjaak Brinkkemper Department-3275 #12;2 A Product Software Knowledge Infrastructure for Situational Capability Maturation: Vision
Utrecht, Universiteit
Applied knowledge to meet society's needs.
Applied knowledge to meet society's needs. Applied Physics covers phenomena ranging from knowledge and hands-on experience in experimental techniques, theoretical analysis, simulation and modelling of radiation. The focus of the research is on energy and health. While the topics addressed  covering
Langendoen, Koen
An Insulating Glass Knowledge Base
This report will discuss issues relevant to Insulating Glass (IG) durability performance by presenting the observations and developed conclusions in a logical sequential format. This concluding effort discusses Phase II activities and focuses on beginning to quantifying IG durability issues while continuing the approach presented in the Phase I activities (Appendix 1) which discuss a qualitative assessment of durability issues. Phase II developed a focus around two specific IG design classes previously presented in Phase I of this project. The typical box spacer and thermoplastic spacer design including their Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree diagrams were chosen to address two currently used IG design options with varying components and failure modes. The system failures occur due to failures of components or their interfaces. Efforts to begin quantifying the durability issues focused on the development and delivery of an included computer based IG durability simulation program. The focus/effort to deliver the foundation for a comprehensive IG durability simulation tool is necessary to address advancements needed to meet current and future building envelope energy performance goals. This need is based upon the current lack of IG field failure data and the lengthy field observation time necessary for this data collection. Ultimately, the simulation program is intended to be used by designers throughout the current and future industry supply chain. Its use is intended to advance IG durability as expectations grow around energy conservation and with the growth of embedded technologies as required to meet energy needs. In addition the tool has the immediate benefit of providing insight for research and improvement prioritization. Included in the simulation model presentation are elements and/or methods to address IG materials, design, process, quality, induced stress (environmental and other factors), validation, etc. In addition, acquired data is presented in support of project and model assumptions. Finally, current and suggested testing protocol and procedure for future model validation and IG physical testing are discussed.
Michael L. Doll; Gerald Hendrickson; Gerard Lagos; Russell Pylkki; Chris Christensen; Charlie Cureija
Cyrenaican platform: structure, stratigraphy, and exploration play concepts
The structural and stratigraphic history of the Cyrenaican platform of eastern Libya is closely related to that of both the Sirte basin and the Western Desert of Egypt. At the end of the Paleozoic Hercynian orogeny, this area comprised the eastern end of the Sirte arch, the precursor of the Sirte basin. When the arch collapsed in the mid-Cretaceous, initiating the Sirte basin, the Cyrenaican area remained relatively high. A northwest-southeast trending high, the Gabboub arch, formed on the platform in the early Mesozoic, dividing the region into three areas: the high itself, a deep on the southwestern flank related to the Sirte basin, and a deep on the northeastern flank, which plunges into the offshore and appears to relate to the downwarped offshore area of the Western Desert of Egypt. Sediments of every age, except Triassic, are found in Cyrenaica. Paleozoic sediments are composed primarily of quartzitic sandstones and shales with lesser amounts of limestone, dolomites, and anhydrites. Mesozoic sediments are a mixture of clastics and carbonates. Cenozoic sediments are predominantly limestones, dolomites, and anhydrites with some sandstones and shales. Environments of deposition range from continental to deep marine. The Cyrenaican area has not been heavily explored and, until recently, no commercial hydrocarbons were found. Drilling on surface structures of some of the first wells in Libya resulted in one Devonian gas well. A reported 5600 BOPD Cretaceous discovery offshore Benghazi in mid-1984 demonstrates that hydrocarbon potential exists where thick sediments have been preserved.
Ross, C.M.; Zegaar, M.N.
An integrated security framework for GOSS power grid analytics platform
In power grid operations, security is an essential component for any middleware platform. Security protects data against unwanted access as well as cyber attacks. GridOpticsTM Software System (GOSS) is an open source power grid analytics platform that facilitates ease of access between applications and data sources and promotes development of advanced analytical applications. GOSS contains an API that abstracts many of the difficulties in connecting to various heterogeneous data sources. A number of applications and data sources have already been implemented to demonstrate functionality and ease of use. A security framework has been implemented which leverages widely accepted, robust JavaTM security tools in a way such that they can be interchanged as needed. This framework supports the complex fine-grained, access control rules identified for the diverse data sources already in GOSS. Performance and reliability are also important considerations in any power grid architecture. An evaluation is done to determine the overhead cost caused by security within GOSS and ensure minimal impact to performance.
Gibson, Tara D.; Ciraci, Selim; Sharma, Poorva; Allwardt, Craig H.; Rice, Mark J.; Akyol, Bora A.
Incremental learning for automated knowledge capture.
People responding to high-consequence national-security situations need tools to help them make the right decision quickly. The dynamic, time-critical, and ever-changing nature of these situations, especially those involving an adversary, require models of decision support that can dynamically react as a situation unfolds and changes. Automated knowledge capture is a key part of creating individualized models of decision making in many situations because it has been demonstrated as a very robust way to populate computational models of cognition. However, existing automated knowledge capture techniques only populate a knowledge model with data prior to its use, after which the knowledge model is static and unchanging. In contrast, humans, including our national-security adversaries, continually learn, adapt, and create new knowledge as they make decisions and witness their effect. This artificial dichotomy between creation and use exists because the majority of automated knowledge capture techniques are based on traditional batch machine-learning and statistical algorithms. These algorithms are primarily designed to optimize the accuracy of their predictions and only secondarily, if at all, concerned with issues such as speed, memory use, or ability to be incrementally updated. Thus, when new data arrives, batch algorithms used for automated knowledge capture currently require significant recomputation, frequently from scratch, which makes them ill suited for use in dynamic, timecritical, high-consequence decision making environments. In this work we seek to explore and expand upon the capabilities of dynamic, incremental models that can adapt to an ever-changing feature space.
Benz, Zachary O.; Basilico, Justin Derrick; Davis, Warren Leon,; Dixon, Kevin R.; Jones, Brian S.; Martin, Nathaniel; Wendt, Jeremy Daniel
An Estimation and Simulation Framework for Energy Efficient Design using Platform FPGAs
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Annotated Bibliography: Fisheries Species and Oil/Gas Platforms Offshore California
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A Combined Doctrine of Knowledge for Plato
describes the soul as a long-lived thing that wears out several short-lived bodies much as a person wears out several coats in a life time (Ph. 87d). While this soul/body distinction will aid in our understanding of knowledge, it is the soul...—a man's recollection of a single piece of knowledge. The characterizations of learning in the Phaedo and Meno are compatible with the theory of knowledge via recollection-the doctrine introduced in the Meno. Gearly, both the Phaedo and Meno accounts...
Laidlaw-Johnson, E. A.
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURES Collecting knowledge of biking behavior
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Strathclyde Links Useful Knowledge for Growing Companies
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Advanced Sorbents as a Versatile Platform for Gas Separation
The program objective was to develop materials and processes for industrial gas separations to reduce energy use and enable waste reduction. The approach chosen combined novel oxygen selective adsorbents and pressure swing adsorption (PSA) processes. Preliminary materials development and process simulation results indicated that oxygen selective adsorbents could provide a versatile platform for industrial gas separations. If fully successful, this new technology offered the potential for reducing the cost of producing nitrogen/oxygen co-products, high purity nitrogen, argon, and possibly oxygen. The potential energy savings for the gas separations are appreciable, but the end users are the main beneficiaries. Lowering the cost of industrial gases expands their use in applications that can employ them for reducing energy consumption and emissions.
Neil Stephenson
SGP Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign (CLASIC): Measurement Platforms
The Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign (CLASIC) will be conducted from June 8 to June 30, 2007, at the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility (ACRF) Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. Data will be collected using eight aircraft equipped with a variety of specialized sensors, four specially instrumented surface sites, and two prototype surface radar systems. The architecture of CLASIC includes a high-altitude surveillance aircraft and enhanced vertical thermodynamic and wind profile measurements that will characterize the synoptic scale structure of the clouds and the land surface within the ACRF SGP site. Mesoscale and microscale structures will be sampled with a variety of aircraft, surface, and radar observations. An overview of the measurement platforms that will be used during the CLASIC are described in this report. The coordination of measurements, especially as it relates to aircraft flight plans, will be discussed in the CLASIC Implementation Plan.
MA Miller; R Avissar; LK Berg; SA Edgerton; ML Fischer; TJ Jackson; B. Kustas; PJ Lamb; G McFarquhar; Q Min; B Schmid; MS Torn; DD Tuner
Evaluation of the Tellabs 1150 GPON multiservice access platform.
For over two years, Sandia National Laboratories has been using a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) access layer for selected networks. The GPON equipment includes the Tellabs 1150 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) Optical Line Terminal (OLT), the Tellabs ONT709 and ONT709GP Optical Network Terminals (ONTs), and the Panorama PON Network Manager. In late 2013, the Tellabs equipment was updated to Software Release FP27.1_015130. Because a new software release has the potential to affect performance and functionality, it needed to be thoroughly tested. This report documents that testing. It also provides a comparison between the current release and the previous Software Release FP25.5.1_013274 that was being used.
Brenkosh, Joseph Peter; Wolf, Jimmie V.
Quantitative Comparison of the Responses of Three Floating Platforms
This report presents a comprehensive dynamic-response analysis of three offshore floating wind turbine concepts. Models were composed of one 5-MW turbine supported on land and three 5-MW turbines located offshore on a tension leg platform, a spar buoy, and a barge. A loads and stability analysis adhering to the procedures of international design standards was performed for each model using the fully coupled time-domain aero-hydro-servo-elastic design code FAST with AeroDyn and HydroDyn. The concepts are compared based on the calculated ultimate loads, fatigue loads, and instabilities. The results of this analysis will help resolve the fundamental design trade-offs between the floating-system concepts.
Jonkman, J.; Matha, D.
Energy-Aware Task Partitioning on Heterogeneous Multiprocessor Platforms
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Saad, Elsayed; Shalan, Mohamed; Elewi, Abdullah
Technical Basis of Scaling Relationships for the Pretreatment Engineering Platform
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been tasked by Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) on the River Protection Project-Waste Treatment Plant (RPP-WTP) project to perform research and development activities. The Pretreatment Engineering Platform (PEP) is being designed and constructed as part of a plan to respond to an issue raised by the WTP External Flowsheet Review Team (EFRT) entitled "Undemonstrated Leaching Processes" and numbered M12. The PEP replicates the WTP leaching process using prototypic equipment and control strategies. The approach for scaling PEP performance data to predict WTP performance is critical to the successful resolution of the EFRT issue. This report describes the recommended PEP scaling approach, PEP data interpretation and provides recommendations on test conduct and data requirements.
Kuhn, William L.; Arm, Stuart T.; Huckaby, James L.; Kurath, Dean E.; Rassat, Scot D.
Hazard Analysis for the Pretreatment Engineering Platform (PEP)
The Pretreatment Engineering Platform (PEP) is designed to perform a demonstration on an engineering scale to confirm the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Pretreatment Facility (PTF) leaching and filtration process equipment design and sludge treatment process. The system will use scaled prototypic equipment to demonstrate sludge water wash, caustic leaching, oxidative leaching, and filtration. Unit operations to be tested include pumping, solids washing, chemical reagent addition and blending, heating, cooling, leaching, filtration, and filter cleaning. In addition, the PEP will evaluate potential design changes to the ultrafiltration process system equipment to potentially enhance leaching and filtration performance as well as overall pretreatment throughput. The skid-mounted system will be installed and operated in the Processing Development Laboratory-West at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington.
Sullivan, Robin S.; Geeting, John GH; Lawrence, Wesley E.; Young, Jonathan
Pretreatment Engineering Platform Phase 1 Final Test Report
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) was tasked by Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) on the River Protection Project, Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (RPP-WTP) project to conduct testing to demonstrate the performance of the WTP Pretreatment Facility (PTF) leaching and ultrafiltration processes at an engineering-scale. In addition to the demonstration, the testing was to address specific technical issues identified in Issue Response Plan for Implementation of External Flowsheet Review Team (EFRT) Recommendations - M12, Undemonstrated Leaching Processes.( ) Testing was conducted in a 1/4.5-scale mock-up of the PTF ultrafiltration system, the Pretreatment Engineering Platform (PEP). Parallel laboratory testing was conducted in various PNNL laboratories to allow direct comparison of process performance at an engineering-scale and a laboratory-scale. This report presents and discusses the results of those tests.
Kurath, Dean E.; Hanson, Brady D.; Minette, Michael J.; Baldwin, David L.; Rapko, Brian M.; Mahoney, Lenna A.; Schonewill, Philip P.; Daniel, Richard C.; Eslinger, Paul W.; Huckaby, James L.; Billing, Justin M.; Sundar, Parameshwaran S.; Josephson, Gary B.; Toth, James J.; Yokuda, Satoru T.; Baer, Ellen BK; Barnes, Steven M.; Golovich, Elizabeth C.; Rassat, Scot D.; Brown, Christopher F.; Geeting, John GH; Sevigny, Gary J.; Casella, Amanda J.; Bontha, Jagannadha R.; Aaberg, Rosanne L.; Aker, Pamela M.; Guzman-Leong, Consuelo E.; Kimura, Marcia L.; Sundaram, S. K.; Pires, Richard P.; Wells, Beric E.; Bredt, Ofelia P.
Robot Work Platform for Large Hot Cell Deactivation
The 324 Building, located at the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington, is being deactivated to meet state and federal cleanup commitments. The facility is currently in its third year of a nine-year project to complete deactivation and closure for long-term surveillance and maintenance. The 324 building contains large hot cells that were used for high-radiation, high-contamination chemical process development and demonstrations. A major obstacle for the 324 deactivation project is the inability to effectively perform deactivation tasks within highly radioactive, contaminated environments. Current strategies use inefficient, resource intensive technologies that significantly impact the cost and schedule for deactivation. To meet mandated cleanup commitments, there is a need to deploy rapid, more efficient remote/robot technologies to minimize worker exposure, accelerate work tasks, and eliminate the need for multiple specialized tool design and procurement efforts. This paper describes the functions and performance requirements for a crane-deployed remote/robot Work Platform possessing full access capabilities. The remote/robot Work Platform will deploy commercially available off-the-shelf tools and end effectors to support Project cleanup goals and reduce overall project risk and cost. The intent of this system is to maximize the use of off-the-shelf technologies that minimize additional new, unproven, or novel designs. This paper further describes procurement strategy, the selection process, the selected technology, and the current status of the procurement and lessons learned. Funding, in part, has been provided by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science and Technology, Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area.
A Parallel SoftwarePlatform for Solving Problems of Partial Differential Equations
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Wieners, Christian
An hybrid ensemble based approach for process parameter estimation in offshore oil platforms
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An e-Learning Platform for SME Manager Upgrade and its Evolution Toward a Distributed
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A Simple and Effective Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Platform for Urban Electric Vehicles
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OpenMSI: A High-Performance Web-Based Platform for Mass Spectrometry Imaging
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due to the impossibility of human access or, as is the case of offshore oil platforms, a business challenge to reduce costs and risks. In the case of oil & gas industry, there is still the aggravation462 Towards the Use of Collaborative Virtual Environments to Crew Unmanned Oil Platforms Hugo Fuks
Barbosa, Alberto
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Mapping pipeline skeletons onto heterogeneous platforms Anne Benoit and Yves Robert
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Mercury: A Wearable Sensor Network Platform for High-fidelity Motion Analysis
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Real Time Biomedical Data Streaming Platform (RIMES): a data-intensive virtual environment
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ARKTOS: a knowledge engineering software tool for images
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Soh, L. K.; Tsatsoulis, Costas
Abstract: With the global development of knowledge economy, the knowledge requirement of farmers is more, they select and gather a variety of information resource, and provide new knowledge production after refining
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Multimodality Imaging with Silica-Based Targeted Nanoparticle Platforms
Objectives: To synthesize and characterize a C-Dot silica-based nanoparticle containing 'clickable' groups for the subsequent attachment of targeting moieties (e.g., peptides) and multiple contrast agents (e.g., radionuclides with high specific activity) [1,2]. These new constructs will be tested in suitable tumor models in vitro and in vivo to ensure maintenance of target-specificity and high specific activity. Methods: Cy5 dye molecules are cross-linked to a silica precursor which is reacted to form a dye-rich core particle. This core is then encapsulated in a layer of pure silica to create the core-shell C-Dot (Figure 1) [2]. A 'click' chemistry approach has been used to functionalize the silica shell with radionuclides conferring high contrast and specific activity (e.g. 64Cu and 89Zr) and peptides for tumor targeting (e.g. cRGD and octreotate) [3]. Based on the selective Diels-Alder reaction between tetrazine and norbornene, the reaction is bioorthogonal, highyielding, rapid, and water-compatible. This radiolabeling approach has already been employed successfully with both short peptides (e.g. octreotate) and antibodies (e.g. trastuzumab) as model systems for the ultimate labeling of the nanoparticles [1]. Results: PEGylated C-Dots with a Cy5 core and labeled with tetrazine have been synthesized (d = 55 nm, zeta potential = -3 mV) reliably and reproducibly and have been shown to be stable under physiological conditions for up to 1 month. Characterization of the nanoparticles revealed that the immobilized Cy5 dye within the C-Dots exhibited fluorescence intensities over twice that of the fluorophore alone. The nanoparticles were successfully radiolabeled with Cu-64. Efforts toward the conjugation of targeting peptides (e.g. cRGD) are underway. In vitro stability, specificity, and uptake studies as well as in vivo imaging and biodistribution investigations will be presented. Conclusions: C-Dot silica-based nanoparticles offer a robust, versatile, and multi-functional platform to enhance in vivo detection sensitivity and non-invasively assay receptor expression/status of tumor cellular targets, including those of low abundance, using nuclear-NIR fluorescence imaging approaches [2]. Improvements in molecular diagnostics, refined by the availability of nanotechnology platforms, will be a key determinant in driving early-stage disease detection and prevention, ultimately leading to decreases in mortality.
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Stock, Kristin
On-To-Knowledge: Ontology-based Tools for Knowledge Management
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van Harmelen, Frank
A hardware overview of the RHIC LLRF platform
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Hayes, T.; Smith, K.S.
Bitumen accumulation in Grosmont platform complex, Upper Devonian, Alberta, Canada
The Upper Devonian Grosmont Formation, a broad carbonate platform complex in Alberta, Canada, contains an estimated 300 billion bbl of bitumen. It has been suggested that these vast reserves are related to Lower Cretaceous Athabasca oil sands. Detailed gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric studies of a wide range of biologic marker compounds confirm this suggestion. The Grosmont Formation contains bitumen of similar maturity and source to the Athabasca deposit, but it has been subjected to a greater degree of biodegradation and water washing, possibly as a result of its reservoir rock characteristics. The difference in the degree of biodegradation is manifested by the absence of bicyclic terpanes and by the reduced concentrations of the C/sub 30/ and the 22R epimers of the extended hopanes in the Grosmont bitumen. Also, the greater degree of water washing of the Grosmont bitumen is inferred from the observed distribution of the bicyclic, tricyclic, and tetracyclic terpenoid sulfides, which shows a characteristic loss of the lower molecular weight members in the carbonate bitumen. The correlation established here between the two deposits suggests that if the precursor oil has indeed undergone long-distance migration, the Paleozoic carbonates could have acted as a path for migration. Finally, the observed distribution of steranes in the Grosmont bitumen corresponds to the suggestion that the Mannville Group shales were not the major source rocks of the oil-sand and carbonate bitumen accumulations of northern Alberta. 11 figures, 6 tables.
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A Virtualized Computing Platform For Fusion Control Systems
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a stadium-sized facility that contains a 192-beam, 1.8-Megajoule, 500-Terawatt, ultraviolet laser system together with a 10-meter diameter target chamber with room for multiple experimental diagnostics. NIF is the world's largest and most energetic laser experimental system, providing a scientific center to study inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. NIF's laser beams are designed to compress fusion targets to conditions required for thermonuclear burn, liberating more energy than required to initiate the fusion reactions. 2,500 servers, 400 network devices and 700 terabytes of networked attached storage provide the foundation for NIF's Integrated Computer Control System (ICCS) and Experimental Data Archive. This talk discusses the rationale & benefits for server virtualization in the context of an operational experimental facility, the requirements discovery process used by the NIF teams to establish evaluation criteria for virtualization alternatives, the processes and procedures defined to enable virtualization of servers in a timeframe that did not delay the execution of experimental campaigns and the lessons the NIF teams learned along the way. The virtualization architecture ultimately selected for ICCS is based on the Open Source Xen computing platform and 802.1Q open networking standards. The specific server and network configurations needed to ensure performance and high availability of the control system infrastructure will be discussed.
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van der Meyden, Ron
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Fiat, Amos
A SAGA OF KNOWLEDGE Table of Contents
The University moves out of the Latin Quarter onto Mount Royal, into a new building designed by architect Ernest, was a landmark in the annals of Francophone philanthropy. This report reflects the winds of renewal coursing teaching and lively student life. Ours is a saga of knowledge such has rarely unfolded in North America
Charette, André
THE SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE BASE Bertrand Meyer
knowledge base" keeps track of software components and their properties; these properties are described, implementation, testing, project management). The use of the binary relational model for describing the properties of software is hacked by a theoretical study of the relations and constraints which play
Meyer, Bertrand
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California at San Diego, University of
Interactive Supercomputing's Star-P Platform
The thesis of this extended abstract is simple. High productivity comes from high level infrastructures. To measure this, we introduce a methodology that goes beyond the tradition of timing software in serial and tuned parallel modes. We perform a classroom productivity study involving 29 students who have written a homework exercise in a low level language (MPI message passing) and a high level language (Star-P with MATLAB client). Our conclusions indicate what perhaps should be of little surprise: (1) the high level language is always far easier on the students than the low level language. (2) The early versions of the high level language perform inadequately compared to the tuned low level language, but later versions substantially catch up. Asymptotically, the analogy must hold that message passing is to high level language parallel programming as assembler is to high level environments such as MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple, or even Python. We follow the Kepner method that correctly realizes that traditional speedup numbers without some discussion of the human cost of reaching these numbers can fail to reflect the true human productivity cost of high performance computing. Traditional data compares low level message passing with serial computation. With the benefit of a high level language system in place, in our case Star-P running with MATLAB client, and with the benefit of a large data pool: 29 students, each running the same code ten times on three evolutions of the same platform, we can methodically demonstrate the productivity gains. To date we are not aware of any high level system as extensive and interoperable as Star-P, nor are we aware of an experiment of this kind performed with this volume of data.
Edelman, Alan; Husbands, Parry; Leibman, Steve
New prospects in Cambrian platform orthoquartzites in Poland
Middle Cambrian orthoquartzites produce oil in two small fields northwest of Gdansk, Poland; few developed offshore discoveries exist in the southeastern Baltic Sea. This joint Polish-German study on these poorly porous sandstones is aimed at delineating areas of better reservoir quality development and thus of future prospects. In the Polish part of the East European platform, Cambrian deposits exist in four geologic provinces (Lublin slope, Podiassle depression, Warsaw synclinorium, Baltic syneclise). In these areas, the Cambrian, which in part is more than 500 m thick, has been buried to depths between 300 and approximately 6000 m. The Middle Cambrian orthoquartzitic sandstones represent a shallow-marine sequences with interbedded claystones. Their porosities range form 2 to 8%, and oil production is improved by natural fractures. A major source rock for the oil accumulations is represented by Upper Cambrian black shales (TOC values, 3-13%; thickness approximately 1-10 m in northern onshore Baltic syneclise, up to 50 m in southern Scania, Sweden). The Middle Cambrian shales show low TOC contents (average, 0.3-0.6%) and a thickness of approximately 200 m. Despite their low organic content, they also could have been contributed to the reservoired oil because both black shales show maturities within the oil window and both contain an oil-prone algal kerogen. Therefore, in the northeast Polish oil province the restricted pore volume of the orthoquartzites and not the source rock parameters represents the major limiting factor for larger oil accumulations. Future prospects will be difficult to predict because the occurrence of traps might be much more controlled by diagenesis than by (tectonic) structures.
Labecki, J.; Weil, W. (Polish Oil and Gas Co., Warsaw (Poland)); Schleicher, M.; Kulke, H.; Koester, J. (Univ. of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld (West Germany))
Alginate based 3D hydrogels as an in vitro co-culture model platform for the toxicity screening of new chemical entities
Prediction of human response to potential therapeutic drugs is through conventional methods of in vitro cell culture assays and expensive in vivo animal testing. Alternatives to animal testing require sophisticated in vitro model systems that must replicate in vivo like function for reliable testing applications. Advancements in biomaterials have enabled the development of three-dimensional (3D) cell encapsulated hydrogels as in vitro drug screening tissue model systems. In this study, we have developed an in vitro platform to enable high density 3D culture of liver cells combined with a monolayer growth of target breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) in a static environment as a representative example of screening drug compounds for hepatotoxicity and drug efficacy. Alginate hydrogels encapsulated with serial cell densities of HepG2 cells (10{sup 5}-10{sup 8} cells/ml) are supported by a porous poly-carbonate disc platform and co-cultured with MCF-7 cells within standard cell culture plates during a 3 day study period. The clearance rates of drug transformation by HepG2 cells are measured using a coumarin based pro-drug. The platform was used to test for HepG2 cytotoxicity 50% (CT{sub 50}) using commercially available drugs which further correlated well with published in vivo LD{sub 50} values. The developed test platform allowed us to evaluate drug dose concentrations to predict hepatotoxicity and its effect on the target cells. The in vitro 3D co-culture platform provides a scalable and flexible approach to test multiple-cell types in a hybrid setting within standard cell culture plates which may open up novel 3D in vitro culture techniques to screen new chemical entity compounds. - Graphical abstract: Display Omitted Highlights: > A porous support disc design to support the culture of desired cells in 3D hydrogels. > Demonstrated the co-culture of two cell types within standard cell-culture plates. > A scalable, low cost approach to toxicity screening involving multiple cell types.
Lan, Shih-Feng [University of Oklahoma Bioengineering Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 (United States); Starly, Binil, E-mail: email@example.com [University of Oklahoma Bioengineering Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 (United States); School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 (United States)
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Further development of an in-pipe leak detection sensor's mobility platform
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McGraw, Kevin J.
Micro-algae come of age as a platform for recombinant protein production
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Qiu, Qinru
Forensic DNA Standards for Next Generation Sequencing Platforms ( 7th Annual SFAF Meeting, 2012)
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Modeling tin whisker growth.
Tin, lead, and lead-tin solders are the most commonly used solders due to their low melting temperatures. However, due to the toxicity problems, lead must now be removed from solder materials. This has lead to the re-emergence of the issue of tin whisker growth. Tin whiskers are a microelectronic packaging issue because they can lead to shorts if they grow to sufficient length. However, the cause of tin whisker growth is still not well understood and there is lack of robust methods to determine when and if whiskering will be a problem. This report summarizes some of the leading theories on whisker growth and attempts to provide some ideas towards establishing the role microstructure plays in whisker growth.
Weinberger, Christopher Robert
Planar elliptic growth
The planar elliptic extension of the Laplacian growth is, after a proper parametrization, given in a form of a solution to the equation for areapreserving diffeomorphisms. The infinite set of conservation laws associated with such elliptic growth is interpreted in terms of potential theory, and the relations between two major forms of the elliptic growth are analyzed. The constants of integration for closed form solutions are identified as the singularities of the Schwarz function, which are located both inside and outside the moving contour. Well-posedness of the recovery of the elliptic operator governing the process from the continuum of interfaces parametrized by time is addressed and two examples of exact solutions of elliptic growth are presented.
Mineev, Mark [Los Alamos National Laboratory
Inverse diffusion from knowledge of power densities
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Bal, Guillaume; Monard, Francois; Triki, Faouzi
Computational fact checking from knowledge networks
Traditional fact checking by expert journalists cannot keep up with the enormous volume of information that is now generated online. Computational fact checking may significantly enhance our ability to evaluate the veracity of dubious information. Here we show that the complexities of human fact checking can be approximated quite well by finding the shortest path between concept nodes under properly defined semantic proximity metrics on knowledge graphs. Framed as a network problem this approach is feasible with efficient computational techniques. We evaluate this approach by examining tens of thousands of claims related to history, entertainment, geography, and biographical information using a public knowledge graph extracted from Wikipedia. Statements independently known to be true consistently receive higher support via our method than do false ones. These findings represent a significant step toward scalable computational fact-checking methods that may one day mitigate the spread of harmful misinformation...
Ciampaglia, Giovanni Luca; Rocha, Luis M; Bollen, Johan; Menczer, Filippo; Flammini, Alessandro
FGF growth factor analogs
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Zamora, Paul O. (Gaithersburg, MD); Pena, Louis A. (Poquott, NY); Lin, Xinhua (Plainview, NY); Takahashi, Kazuyuki (Germantown, MD)
A Proposal for Autotuning Linear AlgebraA Proposal for Autotuning Linear Algebra Routines on Multicore PlatformsRoutines on Multicore Platforms
of threads the performance greatly varies Our goal: a Poly-Compilation Engine (PCE) generates differentPlatforms 33 parallelparallelumum OutlineOutline Introduction Our approach: Poly-Compilation Engine (PCE) PCB: Benchmarking Routines of the PCE Proof of concept of the PCE Conclusions #12;ICCS 2010. AmsterdamICCS 2010
Giménez, Domingo
Bioenergy Science Center KnowledgeBase
DOE Data Explorer [Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
The challenge of converting cellulosic biomass to sugars is the dominant obstacle to cost effective production of biofuels in s capable of significant enough quantities to displace U. S. consumption of fossil transportation fuels. The BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) tackles this challenge of biomass recalcitrance by closely linking (1) plant research to make cell walls easier to deconstruct, and (2) microbial research to develop multi-talented biocatalysts tailor-made to produce biofuels in a single step. [from the 2011 BESC factsheet] The BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) is a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary research (biological, chemical, physical and computational sciences, mathematics and engineering) organization focused on the fundamental understanding and elimination of biomass recalcitrance. The BESC Knowledgebase and its associated tools is a discovery platform for bioenergy research. It consists of a collection of metadata, data, and computational tools for data analysis, integration, comparison and visualization for plants and microbes in the center.The BESC Knowledgebase (KB) and BESC Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) enable bioenergy researchers to perform systemic research. [http://bobcat.ornl.gov/besc/index.jsp
Syed, M.H.; Karpinets, T.V.; Parang, M.; Leuze, M.R.; Park, B.H.; Hyatt, D.; Brown, S.D.; Moulton, S. Galloway, M.D.; Uberbacher E.C.
Growth strains and creep in thermally grown alumina : oxide growth mechanisms.
In situ measurements of growth strains and creep relaxation in {alpha}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} films, isothermally grown on {beta}-NiAl alloys at 1100 C, are reported and analyzed. Samples containing the reactive element Zr, and Zr-free samples, are examined. For Zr-free samples, steady state growth strains are compressive, whereas the growth strains are tensile when the reactive element (RE) is added to the alloy. This behavior is attributed to the counterflow of oxygen and aluminum interstitials, and to simultaneous counterflow of oxygen and aluminum vacancies, all moving through the grain boundaries. Cross diffusing oxygen and aluminum interstitials may merge and combine within the film, forming new oxide along grain boundary walls, a mechanism that leads to an in-plane compressive stress. Cross diffusing oxygen and aluminum vacancies will also merge and combine within the film; in this case material is removed from grain boundary walls, a mechanism that leads to an in-plane tensile stress. When no RE is present, the interstitial mechanism dominates and the resultant stress is compressive. Consistent with the 'dynamic segregation model', the RE slows the outdiffusion of Al interstitials permitting the tensile mechanism to dominate. This interpretation invokes the unconventional view that oxygen and aluminum interstitials and vacancies, created in and driven by the strong chemical gradient, all participate meaningfully in the scale growth process. Grain boundary diffusion measurements were obtained from low stress creep data, interpreted using the Coble model of grain boundary diffusion. Reported diffusion measurements of oxygen through grain boundaries of {alpha}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}, which are known to be inconsistent with oxide scale growth, are critically examined. A simple picture, a 'balanced defect model', emerges that is consistent with the dynamic segregation model, observed growth stresses and their dependence on the presence of a reactive element, sequential oxidation experiments, and our best knowledge about grain boundary diffusion coefficients.
Veal, B. W.; Paulikas, A. P.; Materials Science Division
Sharing tacit design knowledge in a distributed design environment
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A knowledge based approach to preliminary highway bridge design
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Madison, Alison L.
Time and Encoding Effects in the Concealed Knowledge Test
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Cockshott,P. Kulkarni,K. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Architectures for Large Knowledge Bases University of Manchester
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-retinal knowledge (Rock, 1983). Recent experimental work has emphasized the study of prior knowledge and P was upside-down and consequently shadows were in the wrong place relative to the light source. The position. This explanation rests on the knowledge that the light source stays at the same location whether or not one
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Glagovskii, V. B.; Kassirova, N. A.; Turchina, O. A.; Finagenov, O. M.; Tsirukhin, N. A. [JSC 'VNIIG im. B. E. Vedeneeva' (Russian Federation)
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Li, C.; Yu, G.; Wang, K. [Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)
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National Bioenergy Center, Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update, Winter 2011-2012 (Newsletter)
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Renne, D.
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Lawrence Rauchwerger
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A platform for monitoring aspects of human presence in real-time
implementations capitalize on the proposed platform to pipeline processes and reduce communication costs. By en pipelining as well as at reduc- ing communication costs and hardware requirements. Using this plat- form, we applications that employ visual input. Com- putational performance is benchmarked comparatively to state
Argyros, Antonis
A Harmonic Potential Approach for Simultaneous Planning and Control of a Generic UAV Platform
A Harmonic Potential Approach for Simultaneous Planning and Control of a Generic UAV Platform Ahmad and control of a large variety of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is tackled using the harmonic potential to regulate the velocity of the UAV concerned in a manner that would propel the UAV to a target point while
Masoud, Ahmad A.
The Platform Protein Is Essential for Type IV Pilus Biogenesis*S
, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada Background: The platform protein PilC and of PilC in a retraction-deficient background abolished assembly. C-terminal mutations were permissive for assembly but not twitching motility. Conclusion: PilC is essential for pilus biogenesis and twitching
Burrows, Lori
Low Cost Hydrogen Production Platform Robert B. Bollinger and Timothy M. Aaron
Low Cost Hydrogen Production Platform Robert B. Bollinger and Timothy M. Aaron Praxair, Inc. P.O. Box 44 Tonawanda, NY 14151 Phone: 716-879-2000 Abstract Praxair is in the initial phases of developing. Praxair has as partners in this program, Boothroyd-Dewhurst Inc. (BDI) and Diversified Manufacturing Inc
Assessing the Potential of Natural Microbial Communities to Improve a Second-Generation Biofuels Platform
Naturally occurring microbial communities from high-salt and/or high-temperature environments were collected from sites across the United States and Puerto Rico and screened for their efficacy in the MixAlco biofuel production platform. The Mix...
Hammett, Amy Jo Macbey
National Bioenergy Center, Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update, Summer 2011 (Newsletter)
Summer 2011 issue of the National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly update. Issue topics: evaluating new analytical techniques for measuring soluble sugars in the liquid portion of biomass hydrolysates, and measurement of the fraction of insoluble solids in biomass slurries.
Challenges on Low-Power Platform Design for Real-World Wireless Sensing Applications
Center for Embedded Computer Systems University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2625, USA Abstract-- Real to miniaturize. The battery, as the primary power supply, limits not only the energy capacity but also batteries, solar panels, and energy storage. The platform as a whole will operate even more efficiently
Chou, Pai H.
Robust Multi-Person Tracking from Moving Platforms Andreas Ess1
future of mobile robotics and smart vehicles. So far the sheer complexity of real-world scenes has-optimal camera placement dictated by the constraints of moving platforms (cameras are less than 1 meter above ground, so for an object 20 meters away, a localization error of 1 pixel in the image equals about 1
Schindler, Konrad
PREV'AIR, a platform for air quality monitoring and fore-, Menut, L.2
PREV'AIR, a platform for air quality monitoring and fore- casting Honoré C.1 , Menut, L.2, France 4 ADEME, Paris, France 5 CNRM Meteo-France, Toulouse, France 1 Introduction Since 2003, the PREV'AIR system has been delivering an information about air quality, dedicated to any people or organisation
IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC PLATFORMS FOR MOBILE PHONE CONTENT SERVICES: STANDARDIZATION IN AN firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Mobile Telecommunication standardization in Europe builds on a history formed by European and International standardization bodies, the governments as regulators and the R&D departments of PPT
Sahay, Sundeep
BE12CH08-Zare ARI 22 April 2010 20:22 Microfluidic Platforms
BE12CH08-Zare ARI 22 April 2010 20:22 R E V I E W S IN A D V A N CE Microfluidic Platforms, genetic analysis Abstract Microfluidics, the study and control of the fluidic behavior in microstruc to analyze various types of intracellular components quantitatively. The microfluidic approach offers a rapid
Zare, Richard N.
Stakeholder Analysis of a Platform and Ecosystem for Open Innovation in SMEs
Stakeholder Analysis of a Platform and Ecosystem for Open Innovation in SMEs Jan Zibuschka, Uwe Laufs, Wolf Engelbach Fraunhofer IAO, Nobelstr. 12, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany {firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract. In today's globalized economy, innovations become more and more crucial for the success
Green Move: a platform for highly configurable, heterogeneous electric vehicle sharing
Green Move: a platform for highly configurable, heterogeneous electric vehicle sharing Andrea G the spreading of electric vehicles, in particular for what concerns the high upfront costs of the vehicles benefits. I. INTRODUCTION Electric vehicle sharing has the potential to provide a solution to many
Cugola, Gianpaolo
Letters to Analytical Chemistry Silver Nanoparticles on a Plastic Platform for
Letters to Analytical Chemistry Silver Nanoparticles on a Plastic Platform for Localized Surface on plastics is described. The silver-nanopar- ticles-on-plastic sensor (SNOPS) was fabricated by chemi- cally modifying the surface of a common plastic, polyeth- yleneterephthalate
Brolo, Alexandre G.
Why Do We Care? Achieving good performance on today's platforms is
Standardize on ones most useful for predicting application performance and energy usage Most useful counters for profiling performance and energy usage at runtime Apply machine learning algorithms to find trends Scaling diversity of platforms: cell phones, laptops, etc. Complex interactions between threads Unknown mix
California at Berkeley, University of
Impacts of the Explosive Removal of Offshore Petroleum Platforms on Sea Turtles and Dolphins
Impacts of the Explosive Removal of Offshore Petroleum Platforms on Sea Turtles and Dolphins on beaches of the up per Texas coast. Ten petroleum struc tures were removed from this area when shrimping of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, for each proposed use of explosives in ABSTRACT-Strandings of 51 dead sea
A Speech Processing Research Platform for Android Based Smart Phones and Tablets
is called Speech Enhancement for Android (SEA) and incorporates past and present speech enhancement- ing staff can use this platform to perform speech enhancement and observe its effects. Index Terms: speech enhancement, speech processing, spec- trogram, Android, smart phone 1. Introduction
Undefined 0 (0) 1 1 Sense2Web: A Linked Data Platform for
Undefined 0 (0) 1 1 IOS Press Sense2Web: A Linked Data Platform for Semantic Sensor Networks Payam to manufacture low cost and energy efficient hardware for sensors has lead to a potential interest in integrating physical world data into the Web. The sensor networks range from tiny wireless artefacts to mobile devices
Barnaghi, Payam M.
Globus Platform-as-a-Service for Federating Identity and Access
#12;Our Generous Sponsors U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F ENERGY #12;Globus Platform-as-a-Service for Federating Identity and Access Management Vas Vasiliadis #12;Current State · Identity provider (federation root) · Basic profile management (tied to Globus
Tennessee, University of
Contrail Virtual Execution Platform Challenges in Being Part of a Cloud Federation
Contrail Virtual Execution Platform Challenges in Being Part of a Cloud Federation Piyush Harsh will provide a federation layer support for bringing a multitude of cloud providers, both private and public, health care providers to name a few. This paper describes the novel features we are building
Tripodal Tris-tacn and Tris-DPA Platforms for Assembling Phosphate-Templated Trimetallic Centers
Multidentate tripodal ligands, N(CH2-m-C6H4-CH2tacn)3 (L1) and N(CH2-o-C6H4-CH2N(CH2py)2)3 (L2), have been devised for assembling high-nuclearity metal clusters. By using the same tripodal platform with different ligand ...
Cao, Rui
System for beaming power from earth to a high altitude platform
Power is transmitted to a high altitude platform by an array of diode pumped solid state lasers each operated at a single range of laser wavelengths outside of infrared and without using adaptive optics. Each laser produces a beam with a desired arrival spot size. An aircraft avoidance system uses a radar system for automatic control of the shutters of the lasers.
Friedman, Herbert W. (Oakland, CA); Porter, Terry J. (Ridgecrest, CA)
A Linear Relaxation Method for Computing Workspace Slices of the Stewart Platform
], or surgical robots [7]. The assem- bly constraints imposed by their kinematic design, however, substantially is thus of utmost importance, not only to assist the robot designer during the conception of the platform is a complex six- dimensional volume embedded in the Cartesian space de- fined by six pose parameters. Because
Ros, LluĂs
ScriptEase II: Platform Independent Story Creation Using High-Level Patterns
this bottleneck and ease story cre- ation. ScriptEase II (referred to as SEII) is a game engine inde- pendent toolScriptEase II: Platform Independent Story Creation Using High-Level Patterns Kevin Schenk1 , Adel authors seek new ways to simplify the process of controlling story content using scripts. This paper de
Szafron, Duane
On Using Cloud Platforms in a Software Architecture for Smart Energy Grids Yogesh Simmhan
will inform active and passive responses, such as pricing signals and energy conservation suggestionsOn Using Cloud Platforms in a Software Architecture for Smart Energy Grids (Poster) Yogesh Simmhan , Mike Giakkoupis , Baohua Cao , and Viktor Prasanna Center for Energy Informatics Computer Science
Autonomous Localization of 1/R2 Sources Using an Aerial Platform
Autonomous Localization of 1/R2 Sources Using an Aerial Platform Eric T. Brewer Thesis submitted, Autonomous,VTOL,UAV Copyright 2009, Eric T. Brewer #12;Autonomous Localization of 1/R2 Sources Using such as reconnaissance or search and rescue. To this end, this thesis provides autonomous localization and mapping tools
Kochersberger, Kevin
The development of a robust, autonomous sensor network platform for environmental monitoring.
The development of a robust, autonomous sensor network platform for environmental monitoring. L of environmental impact on a coastal sea bed of a wind farm. Wind farms are seen as a key feature negative, environmental impacts. The complex interplay between the: oceans currents; wind; coast line
Marshall, Ian W.
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #28, Spring 2011
Spring 2011 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter. Issue topics: 33rd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals program sessions and special topic sessions; assessment of waste water treatment needs; and an update on new arabinose-to-ethanol fermenting Zymomonas mobilis strains.
National Bioenergy Center Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update #27, April - June 2010
April-June, 2010 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter. Issue topics: understanding performance of alternative process configurations for producing ethanol from biomass; investigating Karl Fischer Titration for measuring water content of pretreated biomass slurries.
National Bioenergy Center - Biochemical Platform Integration Project: Quarterly Update, Winter 2010
Winter 2011 edition of the National Bioenergy Center's Biochemical Platform Integration Project quarterly newsletter. Issue topics: 33rd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals program topic areas; results from reactive membrane extraction of inhibitors from dilute-acid pretreated corn stover; list of 2010 task publications.
Two dimensional thermoelectric platforms for thermocapillary droplet Man-Chi Liu,ac
the cooling function relies on the natural conduction and/or convection. A thermoelectric (TE) chipTwo dimensional thermoelectric platforms for thermocapillary droplet actuation Man-Chi Liu,ac Jin be driven to the cooler regions via surface tension modulation by varying the temperature. The usual method
Lin, Pei-Chun
Combining Task-and Data Parallelism to Speed up Protein Folding on a Desktop Grid Platform
Combining Task- and Data Parallelism to Speed up Protein Folding on a Desktop Grid Platform Is efficient protein folding possible with CHARMM on the United Devices MetaProcessor? B. Uk1 , M. Taufer1 parallelism and might not fit the needs for protein folding simulations with explicit water molecules. A short
Taufer, Michela
Hull/Mooring/Riser coupled motion simulations of thruster-assisted moored platforms
responses. Investigation of the performance of thruster-assisted moored offshore platforms was conducted in terms of six-degree-of-freedom motions and mooring line/riser top tensions by means of a fully coupled hull/mooring/riser dynamic analysis program...
Ryu, Sangsoo
Envismo: A Mobile Platform for Collecting and Visualizing Energy Usage Data
Envismo: A Mobile Platform for Collecting and Visualizing Energy Usage Data Anuj Tewari University. This allows for the collection of real-time fine-grained environmental and energy usage data that can://greenbuildings.berkeley.edu), and allows us to display current and historical data from energy, steam, and water meters across the Berkeley
California at Irvine, University of
Investigating methods of supporting dynamically linked executables on high performance computing platforms.
Shared libraries have become ubiquitous and are used to achieve great resource efficiencies on many platforms. The same properties that enable efficiencies on time-shared computers and convenience on small clusters prove to be great obstacles to scalability on large clusters and High Performance Computing platforms. In addition, Light Weight operating systems such as Catamount have historically not supported the use of shared libraries specifically because they hinder scalability. In this report we will outline the methods of supporting shared libraries on High Performance Computing platforms using Light Weight kernels that we investigated. The considerations necessary to evaluate utility in this area are many and sometimes conflicting. While our initial path forward has been determined based on this evaluation we consider this effort ongoing and remain prepared to re-evaluate any technology that might provide a scalable solution. This report is an evaluation of a range of possible methods of supporting dynamically linked executables on capability class1 High Performance Computing platforms. Efforts are ongoing and extensive testing at scale is necessary to evaluate performance. While performance is a critical driving factor, supporting whatever method is used in a production environment is an equally important and challenging task.
Kelly, Suzanne Marie; Laros, James H., III; Pedretti, Kevin Thomas Tauke; Levenhagen, Michael J.
iPoint: A Platform-independent Passive Information Kiosk for Cell Phones
communication paradigms and build a prototype of such a system that we call iPoint. In the process of designingiPoint: A Platform-independent Passive Information Kiosk for Cell Phones Hooman Javaheri firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract--We introduce iPoint, a passive device that can interact and deliver information to virtually any
Noubir, Guevara
A 2nd-Preimage Attack on AURORA-512 NTT Information Sharing Platform Laboratories, NTT Corporation
A 2nd-Preimage Attack on AURORA-512 Yu Sasaki NTT Information Sharing Platform Laboratories, NTT. In this note, we present a 2nd-preimage attack on AURORA- 512, which is one of the candidates for SHA-3. Our is approximately 2290 AURORA-512 operations, which is less than the brute force attack on AURORA-512, namely, 2512
TESLA Report 2005-04 Modular & reconfigurable common PCB-platform of
TESLA Report 2005-04 Modular & reconfigurable common PCB-platform of FPGA based LLRF control system for TESLA Test Facility Krzysztof T. Pozniak, Ryszard S. Romaniuk Institute of Electronic Systems in a universal motherboard (MB) for the next generation of LLRF control system for TESLA. The motherboard bases
Building Plug-and-Play Smart Homes Using the Atlas Platform1
Building Plug-and-Play Smart Homes Using the Atlas Platform1 Raja Bose, Jeffrey King, Steven and describes how to use and program Atlas to build a smart space. The paper also presents several use cases, hme, firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract. Pervasive computing environments such as smart homes require
Helal, Abdelsalam
A Web-Based OO Platform for the Development of Didactic Multimedia Collaborative Applications
A Web-Based OO Platform for the Development of Didactic Multimedia Collaborative Applications David recognize two different kinds of objects: those supporting didactic multimedia information and those's layer encapsulates the behavior of both didactic and collaborative objects. Aspects such as objects
Guerrero, Luis
A Data-Parallel Algorithmic Modelica Extension for Efficient Execution on Multi-Core Platforms
A Data-Parallel Algorithmic Modelica Extension for Efficient Execution on Multi-Core Platforms-prone. To make the computational power of new multi-core architectures more easily available to Modelica modelers, we have developed the ParModelica algorithmic language ex- tension to the high-level Modelica
Zhao, Yuxiao
SERS-Coded Gold Nanorods as a Multifunctional Platform for Densely Multiplexed Near-Infrared
SERS-Coded Gold Nanorods as a Multifunctional Platform for Densely Multiplexed Near-Infrared. In this work, we show that the near-infrared plasmon resonance of gold nanorods (NRs) may be exploited in the near-infrared, a spectral multiplexing density over an order of magnitude greater than attainable
Bhatia, Sangeeta
Using the World Wide Web to Provide a Platform Independent Interface to High
Using the World Wide Web to Provide a Platform Independent Interface to High Performance Computing the World Wide Web (WWW) as part of the ``Whole Frog'' project[1]. The success of this project indicates that the Web and its associated browsers can serve as an easily used and powerful front end to high
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Green Water Around a Two-dimensional Platform
An interface-preserving level set method is incorporated into the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) numerical method to simulate the application of the green water phenomena around a platform and the breaking wave above the deck. In the present...
Zhao, Yucheng
Protection Mechanisms for Application Service Hosting Platforms Xuxian Jiang, Dongyan Xu
Protection Mechanisms for Application Service Hosting Platforms Xuxian Jiang, Dongyan Xu Department on the virtual OS technology. We then present three protection mechanisms we have developed in SODA, our ASHP architecture. The mechanisms include: (1) resource isolation between AS, (2) virtual switching and firewalling
Xu, Dongyan
Demo Abstract: TWIST Actu--A RESTful Testbed Platform for Remote Experimentation With
of TWIST Actu, focusing on the design of the RESTful re- mote experimentation API that supports a "Testbed the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style [3], the API is specified as a set of resources whichDemo Abstract: TWIST Actu--A RESTful Testbed Platform for Remote Experimentation With Building
Wichmann, Felix
A Hardware Platform for Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention Chris Clark1
A Hardware Platform for Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention Chris Clark1 , Wenke Lee2, firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract The current generation of centralized network intrusion detection systems that intrusion detection analysis should be distributed to network node IDS (NNIDS) running in hardware
Lee, Wenke
GRID superscalar and SAGA: forming a high-level and platform-independent Grid
GRID superscalar and SAGA: forming a high-level and platform-independent Grid programming Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands {email@example.com Abstract. The Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA), as currently standardized within GGF, aims to provide a simple yet powerful Grid API; its
Kielmann, Thilo
Synthesis of gold nano-particles in a microfluidic platform for water quality monitoring applications
A microfluidic lab-on-a-chip (LOC) device for in-situ synthesis of gold nano-particles was developed. The long term goal is to develop a portable hand-held diagnostic platform for monitoring water quality (e.g., detecting metal ion pollutants...
Datta, Sayak
Metafora: A Web-Based Platform for Learning to Learn Together in Science and Mathematics
via discovery, educational simulations, social learning techniques, collaborative learning toolsMetafora: A Web-Based Platform for Learning to Learn Together in Science and Mathematics Toby as an emerging pedagogy for supporting Learning to Learn Together in science and mathematics education. Our goal
McLaren, Bruce Martin
vibration, low noise to meet the standard laboratory vibration and noise requirements. Fig.1.Total structure, species-bed conveyor, conveyor motor, seed metering device (air- suction seed metering device), drive motor, vacuum pump devices, computer vision detection system. The test-platform bench is 0.7 meters high
Introduction to the Limnology and Oceanography Special Issue on Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors (ALPS)
types of subsurface floats, gliders, unmanned boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, and instrumented of subsurface floats, gliders, unmanned boats, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and instrumented animals. Unmanned sailboats and hybrid platforms are under development as well. Used either singly or in networks
Fabrikant, Sara Irina
Action-Perception Trade-Offs for Anguilliform Swimming Robotic Platforms
of an electric sensing modality for a class of unmanned underwater vehicles, and in particular investigates translates to expanded platform capacities. In particular, considering Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs missions has motivated improvements to numerous aspects of mo- bile unmanned systems technology. Onboard
A RESEARCH ON SEAMLESS PLATFORM CHANGE OF REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM FROM PLC TO FPGA JUNBEOM YOO1 1. INTRODUCTION A safety grade PLC is an industrial digital computer used to develop safety-critical systems such as RPS (Reactor Protection System) for nuclear power plants. The software loaded into a PLC
Alkaline Microfluidic Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cell as a Cathode Characterization Platform
Alkaline Microfluidic Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cell as a Cathode Characterization Platform Fikile R of hydrogen H2 and oxygen O2 . Operating fuel cells in alkaline media, as opposed to acidic media, has on an alkaline microfluidic fuel cell for catalyst and electrode characterization. Its constantly refreshing
Implementation and Test of a DSRC Prototype on OpenAirInterface SDR Platform
system for vehicular environments based on DSRC/IEEE 802.11 [1]. In the development path, after design constraints and challenging vehicular environments, that simulations cannot reproduce. Several platforms (NEC acknowledges the support of its industrial members: BMW Group Research & Technology, IABG, Monaco Telecom
Gesbert, David
of different devices interconnected by one or more Personal Area Networks (PANs). The DMP concept permitsPERSONAL DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - SECURING THE DYNAMIC SERVICE PLATFORMS BEYOND 3G S K Goo, J M users flexible access to information and services using a combination of different end-user devices
Atkinson, Robert C
Environmentally-Adaptive Deployment of Lagrangian Instrumentation Using a Submerged Autonomous Launch Platform
Launch Platform David M. Fratantoni Autonomous Systems Laboratory Physical Oceanography Department Woods, Jim Valdes, Don Peters, Jon Ware, Peter Koski, and Ed Hobart is gratefully acknowledged. At drifters, subsurface floats, profiling floats) from depths as great as 2000 m on a standard oceanographic
Fratantoni, David
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUTOMATED ECG-BASED DIAGNOSIS ALGORITHM FOR A WIRELESS BODY SENSOR PLATFORM the design and optimization of an automated real-time electrocardiogram (ECG) signal analysis and cardiovascular arrhythmia diagnosis application for a prototype sensor node called Wireless 25 EEG/ECG sys- tem
De Micheli, Giovanni
M2M Platform-as-a-Service for Sustainability Hong-Linh Truong and Schahram Dustdar
sustainability measurements (e.g., electricity consumption and GHG calculation). Research effort so far has beenM2M Platform-as-a-Service for Sustainability Governance Hong-Linh Truong and Schahram Dustdar-based M2M systems. We describe a Platform-as-a-Service for sustainability governance that implements
Dustdar, Schahram
WEtransport: A Context-based Ride Sharing Platform Alireza Sahami Shirazi, Thomas Kubitza, Florian Alt, Bastian Pfleging, Albrecht Schmidt
themselves to share cars (car pooling), taxis or (group) tickets for trains. However, ad-hoc situations (e a modular platform supporting ride sharing for different means of transport (e.g., taxi, car, or train). ByWEtransport: A Context-based Ride Sharing Platform Alireza Sahami Shirazi, Thomas Kubitza, Florian
Amon Millner draft short paper submitted to the Interaction Design and Children 2011 conference Modkit: Blending and Extending Approachable Platforms
programming environment and the Arduino platform. The demonstration will feature the current Modkit components, activities, and projects that illustrate how the toolkit blends Scratch and Arduino platforms to extend what). General Terms Design, Human Factors, Languages. Keywords Modkit, Scratch, Arduino, informal learning
Power Losses Estimation Platform for Power Songquan Deng, Hong Mao, Tomas Wu, Shangyang Xiao and Issa Batarseh
Power Losses Estimation Platform for Power Converters Songquan Deng, Hong Mao, Tomas Wu, Shangyang Orlando, FL 32816, USA firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract- A power losses analysis platform integrating powerful analysis software PspiceTM , MathCADTM and MaxwellTM capable of calculating losses on the key
Wu, Shin-Tson
OpenPEOPLE D2.8 Ergonomic Page 1/37 Open Power and Energy Optimization Platform and Estimator
OpenPEOPLE D2.8Â Ergonomic Page 1/37 OpenPEOPLE Open Power and Energy Optimization Platform and Estimator Internal Deliverable 2.8 Ergonomics Document Manager Contributors Checked by Name Jonathan PONROY ergonomic for the OpenPEOPLE software platform. inria-00624000,version1-16Sep2011 #12;OpenPEOPLE D2
A Comparison of Platform Options for Deep-water Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: An Initial Study.
This analysis utilizes a 5 - MW VAWT topside design envelope created by Sandia National Laborator ies to compare floating platform options fo r each turbine in the design space. The platform designs are based on two existing designs, the OC3 Hywind spar - buoy and Principal Power's WindFloat semi - submersible. These designs are scaled using Froude - scaling relationships to determine an appropriately sized spar - buoy and semi - submersible design for each topside. Both the physical size of the required platform as well as mooring configurations are considered. Results are compared with a comparable 5 - MW HAWT in order to identify potential differences in the platform and mooring sizing between the VAWT and HAWT . The study shows that there is potential for cost savings due to reduced platform size requirements for the VAWT.
Bull, Diana L; Fowler, Matthew; Goupee, Andrew
A Study of Austenite Precipitate Growth in Duplex Stainless Steel A Research Performance Evaluation
A Study of Austenite Precipitate Growth in Duplex Stainless Steel A Research Performance Evaluation-based metals handbooks. Due the multi-component nature of the duplex stainless steels which are the basis stainless steel. Current State of Knowledge The velocity of an interface during a phase transformation can
McGaughey, Alan
Sensitivity to Growth over Time in Pre-Post Norm-Referenced Tests
There is very little in the literature about the sensitivity of norm-referenced tests to growth of diverse groups of test takers, particularly low-achieving test takers, who operate at the lowest 15 percentile of their peers. To bridge the knowledge...
Peters, Wole
ORIGINAL PAPER Predicting the growth and yield of Pinus radiata in Bolivia
ORIGINAL PAPER Predicting the growth and yield of Pinus radiata in Bolivia Gustavo Guzmán & Timo is the most widely planted conifer in the Inter-Andean Valleys of Bolivia. However, Bolivia lacks knowledge Prefectural, Cochabamba, Bolivia T. Pukkala :S. de-Miguel Faculty of Science and Forestry, University
Measuring and tuning energy efficiency on large scale high performance computing platforms.
Recognition of the importance of power in the field of High Performance Computing, whether it be as an obstacle, expense or design consideration, has never been greater and more pervasive. While research has been conducted on many related aspects, there is a stark absence of work focused on large scale High Performance Computing. Part of the reason is the lack of measurement capability currently available on small or large platforms. Typically, research is conducted using coarse methods of measurement such as inserting a power meter between the power source and the platform, or fine grained measurements using custom instrumented boards (with obvious limitations in scale). To collect the measurements necessary to analyze real scientific computing applications at large scale, an in-situ measurement capability must exist on a large scale capability class platform. In response to this challenge, we exploit the unique power measurement capabilities of the Cray XT architecture to gain an understanding of power use and the effects of tuning. We apply these capabilities at the operating system level by deterministically halting cores when idle. At the application level, we gain an understanding of the power requirements of a range of important DOE/NNSA production scientific computing applications running at large scale (thousands of nodes), while simultaneously collecting current and voltage measurements on the hosting nodes. We examine the effects of both CPU and network bandwidth tuning and demonstrate energy savings opportunities of up to 39% with little or no impact on run-time performance. Capturing scale effects in our experimental results was key. Our results provide strong evidence that next generation large-scale platforms should not only approach CPU frequency scaling differently, but could also benefit from the capability to tune other platform components, such as the network, to achieve energy efficient performance.
Laros, James H., III
Processes, data structures, and apparatuses for representing knowledge
Processes, data structures, and apparatuses to represent knowledge are disclosed. The processes can comprise labeling elements in a knowledge signature according to concepts in an ontology and populating the elements with confidence values. The data structures can comprise knowledge signatures stored on computer-readable media. The knowledge signatures comprise a matrix structure having elements labeled according to concepts in an ontology, wherein the value of the element represents a confidence that the concept is present in an information space. The apparatus can comprise a knowledge representation unit having at least one ontology stored on a computer-readable medium, at least one data-receiving device, and a processor configured to generate knowledge signatures by comparing datasets obtained by the data-receiving devices to the ontologies.
Hohimer, Ryan E. (West Richland, WA); Thomson, Judi R. (Guelph, CA); Harvey, William J. (Richland, WA); Paulson, Patrick R. (Pasco, WA); Whiting, Mark A. (Richland, WA); Tratz, Stephen C. (Richland, WA); Chappell, Alan R. (Seattle, WA); Butner, R. Scott (Richland, WA)
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DOE Knowledge Management Community of Practice | Department of...
to: - Share best practices for corporately promoting knowledge sharing for professional development and continual learning. - Create a sustainable network to strategize ways to...
Design of currency, markets, and economy for knowledge
Information markets benefit the communities they serve by facilitating electronic distributed exchange of information. Further benefits include enhancing knowledge sharing, innovation, and productivity. This research ...
Shen, Dawei
Managing Knowledge for Innovations in Wind Power Industry.
?? On one side Innovation, innovation systems and knowledge management are two topics have been discussed so much by scholars before. The advantages gained through… (more)
Karatas, Bora
Equip Tourists with Knowledge Mined from Travelogues , Changhu Wang
-representative knowledge such as attractions (e.g., Golden Gate Bridge), styles (e.g., beach, history), and activ- ities (e
Narasayya, Vivek
Epistemic Friction: Reflections on Knowledge, Truth, and Logic
ARTICLE Epistemic Friction: Re?ections on Knowledge, Truth,requires both freedom and friction. Freedom to set up ourprograms, etc. , and friction (constraint) coming from two
Sher, Gila
Exploration Best Practices and the OpenEI Knowledge Exchange...
Exchange Webinar Exploration Best Practices and the OpenEI Knowledge Exchange Webinar slide presentation by Katherine Young, Timothy Reber and Kermit Witherbee on April 11, 2012....
The geography of the knowledge dynamics in genomics?.
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Knowledge Partnership for Measuring Air Pollution and Greenhouse...
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Argentina: export-biased growth versus import-biased growth
ARGENTINA. : EXPORT-BIASED GROWTH VERSUS IMPORT-BIASED GROWTH A Thesis by MICHAEL PAGE BRADLEY Submitted to the Graduate College of Texas AkM University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE May 1972... Major Subject: Economics ARGENTINA: EXPORT-BIASED GROWTH VERSUS IMPORT-BIASED GROWTH A Thesis by MICHAEL PAGE BRADLEY Approved as to style and content by: rman o omit ee ea o Depar men em er Mem er May 1&72 ABSTRACT Argentina: Export...
Bradley, Michael Page
Abstract--An autonomous robotic platform should be able to perform long-range and long-endurance missions, which energy
Abstract-- An autonomous robotic platform should be able to perform long-range and long. Moreover, many applications for control of autonomous platform are being developed and one important aspect of autonomous and semi- autonomous platforms are being developed. The challenge to construct robust methods, and
Intelligent Mobile Agents for Information Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery from
or software agents for intelligent, selective, and contextÂsensitive data gathering and data assimilation assimilation, and knowl edge discovery using heterogeneous, distributed data and knowledge sources. (See [1Intelligent Mobile Agents for Information Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery from Distributed Data
Honavar, Vasant
Task-Oriented Knowledge Acquisition and Reasoning for
-solvingknowledge that supports de- sign, a formal integrated model of knowledge for design is constructed. Based on the notion the interactive use of di erent kinds of knowledge in planning and design. 2 The Application Domain: Building is building design. In particular, the focus is on the installation in buildings with a complex infrastructure
Börner, Katy
Roadmapping as a Knowledge Creation Process: The PROLEARN Roadmap
Abstract: The paper presents a new approach to developing a roadmap for technologyenhanced professional training. The new methodology views roadmapping as a knowledge creation process and involves the key phases of foresight analysis (identification of prevalent visions) and gap analysis. A conceptual model of the roadmapping process as a knowledge creation exercise is introduced and discussed.
Vana Kamtsiou; Ambjörn Naeve; Lampros K. Stergioulas; Tapio Koskinen
Heart Knowledge A short time after being diagnosed with
Heart Knowledge A short time after being diagnosed with cancer in December of 2005 I was having healing." "Listen with your heart," he said. He insisted I put my full faith in my oncologist, my surgeon that I needed to attend to my "inner healing and heart knowledge." What did Cliff mean by "heart
O'Laughlin, Jay
Parameter estimation for knowledge and diagnosis of electrical machines
Chapitre 1 Parameter estimation for knowledge and diagnosis of electrical machines Jean in "Control Methods for Electrical Machines, ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc (Ed.) (2009) 207-243" DOI : 10.1002/9780470611760 #12;Chapter 1 Parameter estimation for knowledge and diagnosis of electrical machines 1
How Do Social Networks Affect Organizational Knowledge Utilization? David Dekker
How Do Social Networks Affect Organizational Knowledge Utilization? David Dekker University (cf. March, 1991). Organizational structures that coordinate this balance can be characterized-(0)24-361-1933 Email: email@example.com Key Words: Knowledge utilization, explorative and exploitative learning
Sadeh, Norman M.
A theoretical systemic analysis of organizational tacit knowledge memorization
. Thus, individual learning will lead to organizational learning, which later will differentiate1 A theoretical systemic analysis of organizational tacit knowledge memorization Iskander ZOUAGHI halshs-00665703,version1-2Feb2012 #12;2 A theoretical systemic analysis of organizational tacit knowledge
Assertion Absorption in Object Queries over Knowledge Bases
Assertion Absorption in Object Queries over Knowledge Bases Jiewen Wu, Alexander Hudek, David Toman contribute to this development by introducing a novel adaptation of bi- nary absorption for DL knowledge satisfaction problems in which consistency is assumed, and then revisit absorption in this new setting. To date
Waterloo, University of
I' om Data Mining to Knowledge Discovery: Usama M. Fayyad
I' om Data Mining to Knowledge Discovery: Overview Usama M. Fayyad Jet Propulsion Laboratory knowledge discovery and data ~g. We begin with a definition of the KDD process and basic data mining :=c on the order of 50 giga- bytes of remotely sensed image data per hour when operational in the late 1990s
Raghavan, Vijay
for capturing and reusing experience and best practice in industrial operations5-7 . CBR as a technology has nowKNOWLEDGE-BASED DECISION SUPPORT IN OIL WELL DRILLING Combining general and case-specific knowledge of Computer and Information Science. email@example.com Abstract: Oil well drilling is a complex process
Aamodt, Agnar
Grid Simulator for Testing a Wind Turbine on Offshore Floating Platform
An important aspect of such offshore testing of a wind turbine floating platform is electrical loading of the wind turbine generator. An option of interconnecting the floating wind turbine with the onshore grid via submarine power cable is limited by many factors such as costs and associated environmental aspects (i.e., an expensive and lengthy sea floor study is needed for cable routing, burial, etc). It appears to be a more cost effective solution to implement a standalone grid simulator on a floating platform itself for electrical loading of the test wind turbine. Such a grid simulator must create a stable fault-resilient voltage and frequency bus (a micro grid) for continuous operation of the test wind turbine. In this report, several electrical topologies for an offshore grid simulator were analyzed and modeled.
Gevorgian, V.
In vivo recording of aerodynamic force with an aerodynamic force platform
Flapping wings enable flying animals and biomimetic robots to generate elevated aerodynamic forces. Measurements that demonstrate this capability are based on tethered experiments with robots and animals, and indirect force calculations based on measured kinematics or airflow during free flight. Remarkably, there exists no method to measure these forces directly during free flight. Such in vivo recordings in freely behaving animals are essential to better understand the precise aerodynamic function of their flapping wings, in particular during the downstroke versus upstroke. Here we demonstrate a new aerodynamic force platform (AFP) for nonintrusive aerodynamic force measurement in freely flying animals and robots. The platform encloses the animal or object that generates fluid force with a physical control surface, which mechanically integrates the net aerodynamic force that is transferred to the earth. Using a straightforward analytical solution of the Navier-Stokes equation, we verified that the method is ...
Lentink, David; Ingersoll, Rivers
Distributed, Cross-Platform, and Regression Testing Architecture for Service-Oriented Architecture
As per leading IT experts, today's large enterprises are going through business transformations. They are adopting service-based IT models such as SOA to develop their enterprise information systems and applications. In fact, SOA is an integration of loosely-coupled interoperable components, possibly built using heterogeneous software technologies and hardware platforms. As a result, traditional testing architectures are no more adequate for verifying and validating the quality of SOA systems and whether they are operating to specifications. This paper first discusses the various state-of-the-art methods for testing SOA applications, and then it proposes a novel automated, distributed, cross-platform, and regression testing architecture for SOA systems. The proposed testing architecture consists of several testing units which include test engine, test code generator, test case generator, test executer, and test monitor units. Experiments conducted showed that the proposed testing architecture managed to use p...
Bassil, Youssef
New experimental platform to study high density laser-compressed matter
We have developed a new experimental platform at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) which combines simultaneous angularly and spectrally resolved x-ray scattering measurements. This technique offers a new insights on the structural and thermodynamic properties of warm dense matter. The < 50 fs temporal duration of the x-ray pulse provides near instantaneous snapshots of the dynamics of the compression. We present a proof of principle experiment for this platform to characterize a shock-compressed plastic foil. We observe the disappearance of the plastic semi-crystal structure and the formation of a compressed liquid ion-ion correlation peak. The plasma parameters of shock-compressed plastic can be measured as well, but requires an averaging over a few tens of shots.
Gauthier, M., E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Fletcher, L. B.; Galtier, E.; Gamboa, E. J.; Granados, E.; Hastings, J. B.; Heimann, P.; Lee, H. J.; Nagler, B.; Schropp, A.; Falcone, R.; Glenzer, S. H. [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States); Ravasio, A. [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States); LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France); Gleason, A. [Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States); Döppner, T.; LePape, S.; Ma, T.; Pak, A. [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551 (United States); MacDonald, M. J. [Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States); Ali, S. [Physics Department, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94709 (United States); and others
Robust Growth-Optimal Portfolios
May 24, 2014 ... Adopting standard terminology, we refer to the portfolio managed under the Kelly strategy as the growth-optimal portfolio. This portfolio displays ...
Development of a propulsion system and component test facility for advanced radioisotope powered Mars Hopper platforms
Verification and validation of design and modeling activities for radioisotope powered Mars Hopper platforms undertaken at the Center for Space Nuclear Research is essential for proof of concept. Previous research at the center has driven the selection of advanced material combinations; some of which require specialized handling capabilities. The development of a closed and contained test facility to forward this research is discussed within this paper.
Robert C. O'Brien; Nathan D. Jerred; Steven D. Howe
NREL Computer Models Integrate Wind Turbines with Floating Platforms (Fact Sheet)
Far off the shores of energy-hungry coastal cities, powerful winds blow over the open ocean, where the water is too deep for today's seabed-mounted offshore wind turbines. For the United States to tap into these vast offshore wind energy resources, wind turbines must be mounted on floating platforms to be cost effective. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are supporting that development with computer models that allow detailed analyses of such floating wind turbines.
SRRL Instrument Platform 6 UVB YES UVB-1 w/detector temp
/23/2008 20-Watt PV Panel for DAQ CSI SP20 on 1-axis solar trackers (approx. 5-6 feet tall). TowerSRRL Instrument Platform Cable Tray 16' 96' 7 8 6 UVB  YES UVB-1 w/detector temp UVB  Solar Light Direct  NIP (unit 2) Direct  NIP (unit 1) Global  UV-Total  Kipp CUV4 UVB  Kipp CUVB1 w
Embedded ultrasound sensor in a silicon-on-insulator photonic platform
A miniaturized ultrasound sensor is demonstrated in a silicon-on-insulator platform. The sensor is based on a ?-phase-shifted Bragg grating formed by waveguide corrugation. Ultrasound detection is performed by monitoring shifts in the resonance frequency of the grating using pulse interferometry. The device is characterized by measuring its response to a wideband acoustic point source generated using the optoacoustic effect. Experimental results show that the sensor's response is dominated by the formation of surface acoustic waves.
Rosenthal, Amir; Omar, Murad; Estrada, Héctor; Kellnberger, Stephan; Razansky, Daniel; Ntziachristos, Vasilis [Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI), Technische Universität München and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingoldstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg (Germany)
Technical note 12406 Alignment of Platform Three-circle X-ray Diffractometer General suggestion
shutter with SMART (or APEX) 19.) The GM meter should read a positive MV reading a. (negative if dual plug into the outlet 7.) Plug the dual plug into multi-meter 8.) Turn dial on multi-meter to 200mv DC volts (meter will read 0.0) 9.) Place Radiation meter below collimator on platform and turn on 10.) With the service key
Meagher, Mary
LEDSGP/about/Latin America and Caribbean Regional Platform/LAC Regional
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On the development of a GroEL based platform for identifying pharmacological chaperones
1 CHAPTER 1: ON THE NEED FOR A PLATFORM FOR IDENTIFYING PHARMACOLOGICAL CHAPERONES 1.1 Protein misfolding and proteostasis. 1.1.1 Protein folding and misfolding. a Protein folding and function. Proteins are crucial for all essential life... years. Some of the initial studies in the field of protein folding were performed by Linus Pauling and E.J. Corey, who first discovered that polypeptides form secondary structure elements such as alpha helices and beta sheets (1). Later, Christian...
Naik, Subhashchandra
Oil source rocks in the Romanian area of the Moesian platform
The Romanian area of the Moesian Platform (north of the Danube-Black Sea and east and South Carpathians Foredeep to north) represents a very important intra-plate with some new real oil prospects. With a thick sedimentary cover, especially in its northern, deepest area, the Moesian Platform offers favorable geological conditions of oil systems in the whole stratigraphic column, from Paleozoic to Upper Cenozoic (Pliocene). Having a few rich oil source rocks both in carbonatic facies (Devonian-Carboniferous, Middle Triassic, Neocomian) and argillitic ones (Silurian, early Carboniferous, Lias-Dogger, Mid-Upper Miocene), the Moesian Platform also contains very good oil reservoirs: Mid-Upper Paleozoic, Triassic, Lower Cretaceous, Upper Miocene and Pliocene. Geochemical studies on kerogen and bitumen have pointed out the most important oil source rocks, as well as the quality and quantity of expelled hydrocarbons and their relationships with oil reservoirs. Geochemical correlations between oils and source rocks have led to a better understanding of the oil pool formation with some interesting goals in the Romanian exploration strategy.
Baltes, N.; Matracaru, C.; Petrom, R.A. [Institute for Research and Technology, Prahova (Romania)
Heightened sense for sensing: recent advances in pathogen immunoassay sensing platforms
As part of its own defense mechanism, most bacteria have developed an innate ability to enable toxic secretion to ward off potential predators or invaders. However, this naturally occurring process has been abused since over production of the bacteria's toxin molecules could render them as potential bioweapons. As these processes (also known as ''black biology'') can be clandestinely performed in a laboratory, the threat of inflicting enormous potential damage to a nation's security and economy is invariably clear and present. Thus, efficient detection of these biothreat agents in a timely and accurate manner is highly desirable. A wealth of publications describing various pathogen immuno-sensing advances has appeared over the last few years, and it is not the intent of this review article to detail each reported approach. Instead, we aim to survey a few recent highlights in hopes of providing the reader an overall sense of the breath of these sensing systems and platforms. Antigen targets are diverse and complex as they encompass proteins, whole viruses, and bacterial spores. The signaling processes for these reported immunoassays are usually based on colorimetric, optical, or electrochemical changes. Of equal interest is the type of platform in which the immunoassay can be performed. A few platforms suitable for pathogen detection are described.
Fischer, N; Tarasow, T; Tok, J B
The detonation of a 10 Kiloton Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) is a serious scenario that the United States must be prepared to address. The likelihood of a single nuclear bomb exploding in a single city is greater today than at the height of the Cold War. Layered defenses against domestic nuclear terrorism indicate that our government continues to view the threat as credible. The risk of such an event is further evidenced by terrorists desire to acquire nuclear weapons. The act of nuclear terrorism, particularly an act directed against a large population center in the United States, will overwhelm the capabilities of many local and state governments to respond, and will seriously challenge existing federal response capabilities. A 10 Kiloton IND detonation would cause total infrastructure damage in a 3-mile radius and levels of radiation spanning out 3,000 square miles. In a densely populated urban area, the anticipated casualties would be in excess of several hundred thousand. Although there would be enormous loss of life, housing and infrastructure, an IND detonation is a recoverable event. We can reduce the risk of these high-consequence, nontraditional threats by enhancing our nuclear detection architecture and establishing well planned and rehearsed plans for coordinated response. It is also important for us to identify new and improved ways to foster collaboration regarding the response to the IND threat to ensure the demand and density of expertise required for such an event is postured and prepared to mobilize, integrate, and support a myriad of anticipated challenges. We must be prepared to manage the consequences of such an event in a deliberate manner and get beyond notions of total devastation by adopting planning assumptions around survivability and resiliency. Planning for such a scenario needs to be decisive in determining a response based on competencies and desired outcomes. It is time to synthesize known threats and plausible consequences into action. Much work needs to be accomplished to enhance nuclear preparedness and to substantially bolster and clarify the capacity to deploy competent resources. Until detailed plans are scripted, and personnel and other resources are postured, and exercised, IND specific planning remains an urgent need requiring attention and action. Although strategic guidance, policies, concepts of operations, roles, responsibilities, and plans governing the response and consequence management for the IND scenario exist, an ongoing integration challenge prevails regarding how best to get capable and competent surge capacity personnel (disaster reservists) and other resources engaged and readied in an up-front manner with pre-scripted assignments to augment the magnitude of anticipated demands of expertise. With the above in mind, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) puts science to work to create and deploy practical, high-value, cost-effective nuclear solutions. As the Department of Energy's (DOE) applied research and development laboratory, SRNL supports Savannah River Site (SRS) operations, DOE, national initiatives, and other federal agencies, across the country and around the world. SRNL's parent at SRS also employs more than 8,000 personnel. The team is a great asset that seeks to continue their service in the interest of national security and stands ready to accomplish new missions. Overall, an integral part of the vision for SRNL's National and Homeland Security Directorate is the establishment of a National Security Center at SRNL, and development of state of the science capabilities (technologies and trained technical personnel) for responding to emergency events on local, regional, or national scales. This entails leveraging and posturing the skills, knowledge and experience base of SRS personnel to deliver an integrated capability to support local, state, and federal authorities through the development of pre-scripted requests for assistance, agreements, and plans. It also includes developing plans, training, exercises, recruitment strategies, and processes to e
Kinney, J.; Newman, J.; Goodwyn, A.; Dewes, J.
Kernel for a Semantic Learning Platform with adapted suggestions Ioan SZILAGYI, Radu BALOG-CRIAN, Ioan ROXIN, Ana ROXIN
Kernel for a Semantic Learning Platform with adapted suggestions Ioan SZILAGYI, Radu BALOG {ioan.szilagyi; radu.balog-crisan; email@example.com Abstract -- In the context of personalized
Evaluation of Microbial Communities from Extreme Environments as Inocula in a Carboxylate Platform for Biofuel Production from Cellulosic Biomass
The carboxylate biofuels platform (CBP) involves the conversion of cellulosic biomass into carboxylate salts by a mixed microbial community. Chemical engineering approaches to convert these salts to a variety of fuels (diesel, gasoline, jet fuel...
Cope, Julia Lee
3D cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) microfluidic chip fabrication using hot embossing method for cell culture platform
A microfluidic system has been developed for studying the factors inducing different responses of cells in vascular system using a three-dimensional microenvironment. The devices have been transferred from PDMS to a platform ...
Jeon, Jessie Sungyun
Development of High-throughput and Robust Microfluidic Live Cell Assay Platforms for Combination Drug and Toxin Screening
the labor-intensive and time-consuming limitations, they are too costly for general users. Microfluidic live cell screening platforms can allow precise control of cell culture microenvironments by applying accurate doses of biomolecular mixtures...
Wang, Han
A test platform for measuring the energy efficiency of AC induction motors under various loading conditions and control schemes/
A test platform was developed to measure and compare the energy efficiency of an AC induction motor under steady-state and cyclical loading conditions while operating in both a constant speed mode and while performing speed ...
Granata, John A. (John Anthony)
(particularly autos) comprises a large share of total energy consumption, its reduction through more compact in transportation energy consumption resulting from Smart Growth planning. Since energy consumed by transportationCALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION CALIFORNIA SMART GROWTH ENERGY SAVINGS MPO SURVEY FINDINGS SEPTEMBER
Office of Nuclear Energy Knowledge Management Program Situational Analysis Report
Knowledge management (KM) has been a high priority for the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) for the past several years. NE Programs are moving toward well-established knowledge management practices and a formal knowledge management program has been established. Knowledge management is being practiced to some level within each of the NE programs. Although it continues to evolve as NE programs evolve, a formal strategic plan that guides the implementation of KM has been developed. Despite the acceptance of KM within DOE NE, more work is necessary before the NE KM program can be considered fully successful. Per Dr. David J. Skyrme[1], an organization typically moves through the following evolutionary phases: (1) Ad-hoc - KM is being practiced to some level in some parts of the organization; (2) Formal - KM is established as a formal project or program; (3) Expanding - the use of KM as a discipline grows in practice across different parts of the organization; (4) Cohesive - there is a degree of coordination of KM; (5) Integrated - there are formal standards and approaches that give every individual access to most organizational knowledge through common interfaces; and (6) Embedded - KM is part-and-parcel of everyday tasks; it blends seamlessly into the background. According to the evolutionary phases, the NE KM program is operating at the two lower levels, Ad-hoc and Formal. Although KM is being practiced to some level, it is not being practiced in a consistent manner across the NE programs. To be fully successful, more emphasis must be placed on establishing KM standards and processes for collecting, organizing, sharing and accessing NE knowledge. Existing knowledge needs to be prioritized and gathered on a routine basis, its existence formally recorded in a knowledge inventory. Governance to ensure the quality of the knowledge being used must also be considered. For easy retrieval, knowledge must be organized according to a taxonomy that mimics nuclear energy programs. Technologies need to be established to make accessing the knowledge easier for the user. Finally, knowledge needs to be used as part of a well defined work process.
Kimberlyn C. Mousseau
Sustaining knowledge in the neutron generator community and benchmarking study.
In 2004, the Responsive Neutron Generator Product Deployment department embarked upon a partnership with the Systems Engineering and Analysis knowledge management (KM) team to develop knowledge management systems for the neutron generator (NG) community. This partnership continues today. The most recent challenge was to improve the current KM system (KMS) development approach by identifying a process that will allow staff members to capture knowledge as they learn it. This 'as-you-go' approach will lead to a sustainable KM process for the NG community. This paper presents a historical overview of NG KMSs, as well as research conducted to move toward sustainable KM.
Barrentine, Tameka C.; Kennedy, Bryan C.; Saba, Anthony W.; Turgeon, Jennifer L.; Schneider, Julia Teresa; Stubblefield, William Anthony; Baldonado, Esther
A quantitative study of fish populations associated with a platform within Buccaneer Oil Field, northwestern Gulf of Mexico
A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF FISH POPULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A PLATFORM WITHIN BUCCANEER OIL FIELD, NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO A Thesis by RUSSELL EUGENE PUTT, JR. Submitted to the Graduate College of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment... of the requirement for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE August 1982 Major Subject: Oceanography A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF FISH POPULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A PLATFORM WITHIN BUCCANEER OIL FIELD, NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO A Thesis by RUSSELL EUGENE PUTT, JR...
Putt, Russell Eugene
The requirements for performance by planetary exploration missions are increasing. Landing at a single location to take data is no longer sufficient. Due to the increasing cost, the missions that provide mobile platforms that can acquire data at displaced locations are becoming more attractive. Landers have also had limited range due to power limitations, limited lifetime of subsystems and the inability to negotiate rough terrain. The Center for Space Nuclear Research has designed an instrumented platform that can acquire detailed data at hundreds of locations during its lifetime - a Mars Hopper. The Mars Hopper concept utilizes energy from radioisotopic decay in a manner different from any existing radioisotopic power sources—as a thermal capacitor. By accumulating the heat from radioisotopic decay for long periods, the power of the source can be dramatically increased for short periods. Thus, a radioisotopic thermal rocket (RTR) is possible. The platform will be able to "hop" from one location to the next every 5-7 days with a separation of 5-10 km per hop. Each platform will weigh around 50 kgs unfueled which is the condition at deployment. Consequently, several platforms may be deployed on a single launch from Earth. With a lifetime estimated at 5-7 years, the entire surface of Mars can be mapped in detail by a couple dozen platforms. In addition, Hoppers can collect samples and deliver them to the Mars Science Laboratory for more detailed analysis. The design and performance of the Mars Hopper will be discussed.
Robert C. O'Brien; Mark McKay; Brian Gross; JOnathan Webb
Development of a nanostructure thermal property measurement platform compatible with a transmission electron microscope
Measurements of the electrical and thermal transport properties of one-dimensional nanostructures (e.g., nanotubes and nanowires) typically are obtained without detailed knowledge of the specimen's atomicscale structure ...
Harris, C. Thomas (Charles Thomas)
accessing human knowledge: Topics by E-print Network
articles on this tree. 'Technomimetics' is proposed as a new method of knowledge management in science and technology: it shall help find and organise information in an era of...
NetPal: A Dynamic Network Administration Knowledge Base
NetPal: A Dynamic Network Administration Knowledge Base Ashley George, Adetokunbo Makanju system designed to assist network administra- tors in their troubleshooting tasks, in recall- ing hosting environments, Net- pal summarises network data and and supports retrieval of relevant
Milios, Evangelos E.
Inductive Rules, Background Knowledge, and Skepticism Daniel Steel
Inductive Rules, Background Knowledge, and Skepticism Daniel Steel Department of Philosophy 503 S. Kedzie Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48823-1032 Email: email@example.com #12;Abstract
Steel, Daniel
Preservice teachers' knowledge of linear functions within multiple representation modes
and algebraic representations; (3) flexibility within visual representations; (4) flexibility with real-life situations, and (5) procedural skills. In terms of pedagogical content knowledge, two aspects were examined across five corresponding components...
You, Zhixia
The Role of Knowledge in Visual Shape Representation
This report shows how knowledge about the visual world can be built into a shape representation in the form of a descriptive vocabulary making explicit the important geometrical relationships comprising objects' shapes. ...
Saund, Eric
Knowledge-based cluster development in India : opportunities and challenges
Knowledge-based industries tend to cluster. The nature of activities illustrate the importance of networks and virtual and proximity aspects of clustering. Review of existing literature brings out the advantages of clustering ...
Singla, Chandan Dev
Knowledge production at the global frontier : the case of China
China is increasingly seen as a participant in the global knowledge economy, with recent studies have highlighted the rising number of scientists and engineers educated in Chinese institutions of higher education, and the ...
Fensterheim, Devin Robert
Agricultural science students' perceptions and knowledge of hearing loss
knowledge level of hearing loss and hearing impairment, and its causes, and participants attitudes towards wearing hearing protection. The study design is descriptive and correlational with data collected using a written questionnaire with a controlled...
Slaydon, Sunny Leigh
Assessing two-year-olds' knowledge of number agreement morphology
Previous research in the area of children's knowledge of number agreement morphology has yielded mixed results. Some researchers have found evidence for sensitivity to agreement morphology at as early as 16 months, while ...
Blossom, Megan Stratton
INTRODUCTION What is research, but a blind date with knowledge.
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION What is research, but a blind date with knowledge. -Will Henry The purpose for this thesis. Rationale for Study Through many generations of experimentation and theory-building, physics has
The Olympics of science knowledge at DOE's New Jersey Regional...
Olympics of science knowledge at DOE's New Jersey Regional Science Bowl at PPPL By Jeanne Jackson DeVoe March 3, 2014 Tweet Widget Google Plus One Share on Facebook The J Droids, a...
activating event knowledge: Topics by E-print Network
decision making to people or applications. Nor does it provide the means for users to enter and share their "knowledge" that is useful for making the right decisions. This...
Knowledge Annotations in Scientific Workflows: An Implementation in Kepler
collection, model building, and simulation expertise, are working together to perform groundwater modeling. We evaluated the scientific process being used by the groundwater modeling team to understand how annotations. Key words: Scientific Workflows, Knowledge Annotations, Kepler 1 Introduction When scientists
Pinheiro da Silva, Paulo
Thermo2Pro: Knowledge dissemination for deep geothermal exploration
1/12 Thermo2Pro: Knowledge dissemination for deep geothermal exploration Philippe Calcagno1 territoires, Voreppe, France # now at Kitware, Villeurbanne, France firstname.lastname@example.com Keywords: Deep geothermal exploration, information system, Web tool, sedimentary basin, dissemination. Abstract
Encapsulating the meta-level knowledge in distributed artificial intelligence
solving process and resiliency and decentralized control to the distributed system as a whole. This capability extends distributed artificial intelligence techniques to a much broader range of application domains. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS As everyone who has... and methodologies are evolving that reduce the time and efFort in the development of production quality expert systems. Methods of knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, inferencing, learn- ing, and a host of other non-traditional means of' computation...
Underbrink, Alvin Joseph
Project title: The silent aircraft initiative (Knowledge Integration Community)
and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). CMI was set up in 2000 to enhance the competitiveness, productivity and entrepreneurship of the UK economy by improving the effectiveness of knowledge exchange between university, industry and government. A ll pi ct... findings, present their own and keep up to date with other advances in their various fields. We also work with other knowledge transfer professionals to share our experiences and find new ways to engage, particularly with SMEs and existing initiatives...
The process for integrating the NNSA knowledge base.
From 2002 through 2006, the Ground Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Engineering (GNEMRE) program at Sandia National Laboratories defined and modified a process for merging different types of integrated research products (IRPs) from various researchers into a cohesive, well-organized collection know as the NNSA Knowledge Base, to support operational treaty monitoring. This process includes defining the KB structure, systematically and logically aggregating IRPs into a complete set, and verifying and validating that the integrated Knowledge Base works as expected.
Wilkening, Lisa K.; Carr, Dorthe Bame; Young, Christopher John; Hampton, Jeff (Lockheed Martin Mission Services, Houston, TX); Martinez, Elaine
Knowledge Elecitation for Factors Affecting Taskforce Productivity using a Questionnaire
In this paper we present the process of Knowledge Elicitation through a structured questionnaire technique. This is an effort to depict a problem domain as Investigation of factors affecting taskforce productivity. The problem has to be solved using the expert system technology. This problem is the very first step how to acquire knowledge from the domain experts. Knowledge Elicitation is one of the difficult tasks in knowledge base formation which is a key component of expert system. The questionnaire was distributed among 105 different domain experts of Public and Private Organizations (i.e. Education Institutions, Industries and Research etc) in Pakistan. A total 61 responses from these experts were received. All the experts were well qualified, highly experienced and has been remained the members for selection committees a number of times for different posts. Facts acquired were analyzed from which knowledge was extracted and elicited. A standard shape was given to the questionnaire for further research as a knowledge learning tool. This tool may be used as a standard document for selection and promotion of employees.
Muhammad Sohail; Abdur Rashid Khan
Crystalline Ice Growth on Pt(111) and Pd(111): Nonwetting Growth...
Crystalline Ice Growth on Pt(111) and Pd(111): Nonwetting Growth on a Hydrophobic Water Monolayer. Crystalline Ice Growth on Pt(111) and Pd(111): Nonwetting Growth on a Hydrophobic...
The knowledge economy in Europe A report prepared for the 2007 EU Spring Council
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Chen-Burger, Yun-Heh (Jessica)
I want what you've got: Cross platform portabiity and human-robot interaction assessment.
Human-robot interaction is a subtle, yet critical aspect of design that must be assessed during the development of both the human-robot interface and robot behaviors if the human-robot team is to effectively meet the complexities of the task environment. Testing not only ensures that the system can successfully achieve the tasks for which it was designed, but more importantly, usability testing allows the designers to understand how humans and robots can, will, and should work together to optimize workload distribution. A lack of human-centered robot interface design, the rigidity of sensor configuration, and the platform-specific nature of research robot development environments are a few factors preventing robotic solutions from reaching functional utility in real word environments. Often the difficult engineering challenge of implementing adroit reactive behavior, reliable communication, trustworthy autonomy that combines with system transparency and usable interfaces is overlooked in favor of other research aims. The result is that many robotic systems never reach a level of functional utility necessary even to evaluate the efficacy of the basic system, much less result in a system that can be used in a critical, real-world environment. Further, because control architectures and interfaces are often platform specific, it is difficult or even impossible to make usability comparisons between them. This paper discusses the challenges inherent to the conduct of human factors testing of variable autonomy control architectures and across platforms within a complex, real-world environment. It discusses the need to compare behaviors, architectures, and interfaces within a structured environment that contains challenging real-world tasks, and the implications for system acceptance and trust of autonomous robotic systems for how humans and robots interact in true interactive teams.
Julie L. Marble, Ph.D.*.; Douglas A. Few; David J. Bruemmer
A new vehicle data bus architecture and IVIS evaluation platform for ITS modulus
An increasing number of ITS-related after-market systems present a set of in-vehicle installation and use problems relatively unique in the history of automobile use. Many automobile manufacturers would like to offer these new state of the art devices to customers, but are hampered by the current design cycle of new cars. While auto manufacturers are indeed using multiplex buses (the automotive equivalent of a computer local area network), problems remain because manufacturers are not converging on a single bus standard. This paper presents a new dual-bus architecture to address these problems, with an In-Vehicle Information System (IVIS) research platform on which the principles embodied in the ITS Data Bus architecture can be evaluated. The dual-bus architecture has been embodied in a proposed SAE standard, with a ratification vote in December, 1996. The architecture and a reference model for the interfaces and protocols of the new bus are presented and described. The goals of the ITS Data Bus are to be inexpensive and easy to install, and to provide for safe and secure functioning. These high-level goals are embodied in the proposed standard. The IVIS Development Platform comprises a number of personal computers linked via ethernet LAN, with a high-end PC serving as the IVIS computer. In this LAN, actual devices can be inserted in place of the original PC which emulated them. This platform will serve as the development and test bed for an ITS Data Bus Conformity Test, the SAE standard for which has also been developed.
Spelt, P.F. [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States); Kirson, A.M. [Motorola, Inc., Northbrook, IL (United States); Scott, S. [Jet Propulsion Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
A bunch to bucket phase detector for the RHIC LLRF upgrade platform
As part of the overall development effort for the RHIC LLRF Upgrade Platform [1,2,3], a generic four channel 16 bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) daughter module was developed to provide high speed, wide dynamic range digitizing and processing of signals from DC to several hundred megahertz. The first operational use of this card was to implement the bunch to bucket phase detector for the RHIC LLRF beam control feedback loops. This paper will describe the design and performance features of this daughter module as a bunch to bucket phase detector, and also provide an overview of its place within the overall LLRF platform architecture as a high performance digitizer and signal processing module suitable to a variety of applications. In modern digital control and signal processing systems, ADCs provide the interface between the analog and digital signal domains. Once digitized, signals are then typically processed using algorithms implemented in field programmable gate array (FPGA) logic, general purpose processors (GPPs), digital signal processors (DSPs) or a combination of these. For the recently developed and commissioned RHIC LLRF Upgrade Platform, we've developed a four channel ADC daughter module based on the Linear Technology LTC2209 16 bit, 160 MSPS ADC and the Xilinx V5FX70T FPGA. The module is designed to be relatively generic in application, and with minimal analog filtering on board, is capable of processing signals from DC to 500 MHz or more. The module's first application was to implement the bunch to bucket phase detector (BTB-PD) for the RHIC LLRF system. The same module also provides DC digitizing of analog processed BPM signals used by the LLRF system for radial feedback.
Smith, K.S.; Harvey, M.; Hayes, T.; Narayan, G.; Polizzo, S.; Severino, F.
Growth machine theory: a qualitative analysis
of land inherent in growth machine theory, does not necessarily result in a dialectic, win-lose situation. Furthermore, it is argued that the growth coalition may not always ado t a unidimensional roach to development where further growth...
Smith, Gavin Paul
Microfluidic Development Platform for Nanowire-based BioSensor Applications
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Vermont Employment Growth Incentive (Vermont)
The purpose of the Employment Growth Incentive (VEGI) is to encourage job creation in Vermont by a Vermont company, a Vermont division of a company that plans to grow and expand in Vermont, a...
Bacterial Growth H. L. Smith
Bacterial Growth H. L. Smith 1 Simple Models Bacteria are the dominant form of life on the planet the concentration of the nutrient in the media (grams/liter) and N(t) de
Smith, Hal
Changes in the peripheral blood transcriptome associated with occupational benzene exposure identified by cross-comparison on two microarray platforms
Benzene is an established cause of leukemia and a possible cause of lymphoma in humans but the molecular pathways underlying this remain largely undetermined. This study sought to determine if the use of two different microarray platforms could identify robust global gene expression and pathway changes associated with occupational benzene exposure in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) gene expression of a population of shoe-factory workers with well-characterized occupational exposures to benzene. Microarray data was analyzed by a robust t-test using a Quantile Transformation (QT) approach. Differential expression of 2692 genes using the Affymetrix platform and 1828 genes using the Illumina platform was found. While the overall concordance in genes identified as significantly associated with benzene exposure between the two platforms was 26% (475 genes), the most significant genes identified by either array were more likely to be ranked as significant by the other platform (Illumina = 64%, Affymetrix = 58%). Expression ratios were similar among the concordant genes (mean difference in expression ratio = 0.04, standard deviation = 0.17). Four genes (CXCL16, ZNF331, JUN and PF4), which we previously identified by microarray and confirmed by real-time PCR, were identified by both platforms in the current study and were among the top 100 genes. Gene Ontology analysis showed over representation of genes involved in apoptosis among the concordant genes while Ingenuity{reg_sign} Pathway Analysis (IPA) identified pathways related to lipid metabolism. Using a two-platform approach allows for robust changes in the PBMC transcriptome of benzene-exposed individuals to be identified.
McHale, Cliona M.; Zhang, Luoping; Lan, Qing; Li, Guilan; Hubbard, Alan E.; Forrest, Matthew S.; Vermeulen, Roel; Chen, Jinsong; Shen, Min; Rappaport, Stephen M.; Yin, Songnian; Smith, Martyn T.; Rothman, Nathaniel
Cosmic Growth History and Expansion History
of the expansion history dark energy equation of state,and growth history constraints on the dark energy equationand growth history constraints on the dark energy equation
Linder, Eric V.
Prospective and Practicing Middle School Teachers' Knowledge of Curriculum for Teaching Simple Algebraic Equations
Knowledge of curriculum is a significant component of mathematical knowledge for teaching. However, clearly understanding knowledge of curriculum requires further refinement and substantial research. This study consists of three papers that aim...
Ma, Tingting
Toward an Ontology-aware Support for Learning-Oriented Knowledge Management
the meaning of knowledge and the progress of organizational learning, it can provides appropriate support individual learning and organizational learning, it supports knowledge acquisition and creation- tion and use of knowledge and externalization of its product, and organizational learning, which
Mizoguchi, Riichiro
Petrographic and geochemical characteristics of the Pipe Creek Jr. paragenesis record the stratigraphic and burial evolution of the cratonic Silurian platform of Indiana during Late Silurian to Pennsylvanian. A variety of several diagenetic fluids acting over geological time affected the reef. The paragenetic sequence is as follows: (1) precipitation of turbid, fibrous, blotchy cathodoluminescent (CL) cement; (2) dolomitization of mud-rich facies; (3) precipitation of clear, zoned CL equant calcite cements; (4) fracturing and karst formation, partially filled by geopetal silt and sandstone; (5) precipitation of clear, dull CL, ferroan to nonferroan equant calcite cement, ferroan dolomite overgrowth and equant dolomite cement in moldic porosity, caves and fractures; (6) microdissolution and hydrocarbon emplacement; and (7) stylolitization. The New Albany Shale was both the hydrocarbon source and top seal to the fossil Pipe Creek Jr. oil field with original oil in place estimated at 11 million bbl. The level of organic metamorphism of the New Albany Shale, the oil residue, and the two-phase fluid inclusions in the burial cements suggest that sediments accumulated on the platform throughout Mississippian time.
Optimization and automation of the semi-submersible platforms mooring design
There are a few calculation programs around the world used for determining the main aspects of the Mooring Design of Semi-Submersible Platforms . These programs bold a worldwide acknowledgement and their results are actually reliable. But they require many runs to get a solution that comply with the Classification Society requirements. This paper presents some procedures in order to optimize the semi-submersible mooring design as well as to make it automatic. Regarding the optimization philosophies, the following aspects are treated: (1) the optimization of the platform heading and the mooring pattern based on the spreading of the environmental forces; (2) the searching for the optimum mooring line composition in an automatic mode. Basically, the paper`s main goal is to introduce some methods to find the lowest cost solution for the mooring system in a short time. All of these methods were computationally implemented creating the intelligent system named PROANC, which deals with the semi-submersible mooring design in a quasi-static and deterministic approach. It should be noted that the proposed system exerts a strong appeal as a design tool for feasibility studies of a given oil field and its quasi-static results can be directly applied to a mooring program capable of performing dynamic analysis. Finally some simulations are executed for different water depths and its final results, including the expended time to run, are presented in order to prove the PROANC system wide potential as a design tool.
Ferrari, J.A. Jr. [PETROBRAS, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Production Dept.; Morooka, C.K. [State Univ. of Campinas (Brazil). Dept. of Petroleum Engineering
Soybean Knowledge Base (SoyKB): a Web Resource for Soybean Translation...
Soybean Knowledge Base (SoyKB): a Web Resource for Soybean Translational Genomics. Soybean Knowledge Base (SoyKB): a Web Resource for Soybean Translational Genomics. Abstract:...
Integrating knowledge-based techniques into well-test interpretation
The goal of the Spirit Project was to develop a prototype of next-generation well-test-interpretation (WTI) software that would include knowledge-based decision support for the WTI model selection task. This paper describes how Spirit makes use of several different types of information (pressure, seismic, petrophysical, geological, and engineering) to support the user in identifying the most appropriate WTI model. Spirit`s knowledge-based approach to type-curve matching is to generate several different feasible interpretations by making assumptions about the possible presence of both wellbore storage and late-time boundary effects. Spirit fuses information from type-curve matching and other data sources by use of a knowledge-based decision model developed in collaboration with a WTI expert. The sponsors of the work have judged the resulting prototype system a success.
Harrison, I.W.; Fraser, J.L. [Artificial Intelligence Applications Inst., Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
D and D Knowledge Management Information Tool - 2012 - 12106
Deactivation and decommissioning (D and D) work is a high priority activity across the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. Subject matter specialists (SMS) associated with the different ALARA (As-Low-As-Reasonably-Achievable) Centers, DOE sites, Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) and the D and D community have gained extensive knowledge and experience over the years in the cleanup of the legacy waste from the Manhattan Project. To prevent the D and D knowledge and expertise from being lost over time from the evolving and aging workforce, DOE and the Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University (FIU) proposed to capture and maintain this valuable information in a universally available and easily usable system. D and D KM-IT provides single point access to all D and D related activities through its knowledge base. It is a community driven system. D and D KM-IT makes D and D knowledge available to the people who need it at the time they need it and in a readily usable format. It uses the World Wide Web as the primary source for content in addition to information collected from subject matter specialists and the D and D community. It brings information in real time through web based custom search processes and its dynamic knowledge repository. Future developments include developing a document library, providing D and D information access on mobile devices for the Technology module and Hotline, and coordinating multiple subject matter specialists to support the Hotline. The goal is to deploy a high-end sophisticated and secured system to serve as a single large knowledge base for all the D and D activities. The system consolidates a large amount of information available on the web and presents it to users in the simplest way possible. (authors)
Upadhyay, H.; Lagos, L.; Quintero, W.; Shoffner, P. [Applied Research Center, Florida International University, Miami. FL 33174 (United States); DeGregory, J. [Office of D and D and Facility Engineering, Environmental Management, Department of Energy (United States)
Platform leadership through system interfaces : a study of application programming interfaces for mobile operating systems
The Smart Mobile device industry is witnessing rapid growth with the increased convergence of voice-centric mobile phones and data-centric personal digital assistant systems. Improving capabilities in device hardware have ...
Mandala, Ashok Chakravarthy
A Delphi algorithm that integrates knowledge for expert system development
yl f~HF being built to solve routine, medium, and difficult problems in areas such as: fault diagnosis of engine failures, design of cooling systems for automobiles and a controller for a closed environment life support system for the space shuttle... or extract key aspects of an expert's knowledge. Currently there are a few conventional methods such as interviewing which may or may not be able to readily explicate the expert' s representation of their knowledge. Thus, total reliance on any one method...
Layton, Terre Lou
Proposal to negotiate an amendment to an existing contract for civil engineering consultancy services for the construction of the neutrino platform at CERN
Proposal to negotiate an amendment to an existing contract for civil engineering consultancy services for the construction of the neutrino platform at CERN
Test-Bed of a Real Time Detection System for L/H & H/L Transitions Implemented with the ITMS Platform
Test-Bed of a Real Time Detection System for L/H & H/L Transitions Implemented with the ITMS Platform
Developing Second Grade Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Place Value
characterized factors that supported teachers? professional growth. The authors found that when teachers applied students? mathematical understandings to their own understandings, they were able to create generative change, which was the ability to continue...
Kulhanek, Stefani Michelle
Economic Growth and Development Economics 777
Economic Growth and Development Economics 777 July 18, 2008 Fall Semester 2008 Professor J. H. Mc of economic growth and development. We will analyze several different growth models and look at some recent empirical research. Text The text for this course is: Economic Growth (2nd Edition) by Robert J. Barro
Almor, Amit
The Mars Hopper: a radioisotope powered, impulse driven, long-range, long-lived mobile platform for exploration of Mars
Planetary exploration mission requirements are becoming more demanding. Due to the increasing cost, the missions that provide mobile platforms that can acquire data at multiple locations are becoming more attractive. Wheeled vehicles such as the MER rovers have proven extremely capable but have very limited range and cannot traverse rugged terrain. Flying vehicles such as balloons and airplanes have been proposed but are problematic due to the very thin atmospheric pressure and the strong, dusty winds present on Mars. The Center for Space Nuclear Research has designed an instrumented platform that can acquire detailed data at hundreds of locations during its lifetime - a Mars Hopper. The Mars Hopper concept utilizes energy from radioisotopic decay in a manner different from any existing radioisotopic power sources—as a thermal capacitor. By accumulating the heat from radioisotopic decay for long periods, the power of the source can be dramatically increased for short periods. The platform will be able to "hop" from one location to the next every 5-7 days with a separation of 5-10 km per hop. Preliminary designs show a platform that weighs around 52 kgs unfueled which is the condition at deployment. Consequently, several platforms may be deployed on a single launch from Earth. With sufficient lifetime, the entire surface of Mars can be mapped in detail by a couple dozen platforms. In addition, Hoppers can collect samples from all over the planet, including gorges, mountains and crevasses, and deliver them to a central location for eventual pick-up by a Mars Sample Return mission. The status of the Mars Hopper development project at the CSNR is discussed.
Steven D. Howe; Robert C. O'Brien; William Taitano; Doug Crawford; Nathan Jerred; Spencer Cooley; John Crapeau; Steve Hansen; Andrew Klein; James Werner
Nonlinear structural crack growth monitoring
A method and apparatus are provided for the detection, through nonlinear manipulation of data, of an indicator of imminent failure due to crack growth in structural elements. The method is a process of determining energy consumption due to crack growth and correlating the energy consumption with physical phenomena indicative of a failure event. The apparatus includes sensors for sensing physical data factors, processors or the like for computing a relationship between the physical data factors and phenomena indicative of the failure event, and apparatus for providing notification of the characteristics and extent of such phenomena.
Welch, Donald E. (Oak Ridge, TN); Hively, Lee M. (Philadelphia, TN); Holdaway, Ray F. (Clinton, TN)
Digital electronic bone growth stimulator
A device is described for stimulating bone tissue by applying a low level alternating current signal directly to the patient`s skin. A crystal oscillator, a binary divider chain and digital logic gates are used to generate the desired waveforms that reproduce the natural electrical characteristics found in bone tissue needed for stimulating bone growth and treating osteoporosis. The device, powered by a battery, contains a switch allowing selection of the correct waveform for bone growth stimulation or osteoporosis treatment so that, when attached to the skin of the patient using standard skin contact electrodes, the correct signal is communicated to the underlying bone structures. 5 figs.
Kronberg, J.W.
A device for stimulating bone tissue by applying a low level alternating current signal directly to the patient's skin. A crystal oscillator, a binary divider chain and digital logic gates are used to generate the desired waveforms that reproduce the natural electrical characteristics found in bone tissue needed for stimulating bone growth and treating osteoporosis. The device, powered by a battery, contains a switch allowing selection of the correct waveform for bone growth stimulation or osteoporosis treatment so that, when attached to the skin of the patient using standard skin contact electrodes, the correct signal is communicated to the underlying bone structures.
Kronberg, James W. (Aiken, SC)
Integrating Knowledge Management and Human Resources via Skill Management
Integrating Knowledge Management and Human Resources via Skill Management Norbert Gronau. The human resources department can look for certain skills and compare the skills of an employee [Kreitmeier et al. 2000]. The company is able to save costs that otherwise apply to placing adverts for job
Appelrath, Hans-Jürgen
A Knowledge-based Approach for Lifelike Gesture Stefan Kopp
A Knowledge-based Approach for Lifelike Gesture Animation Stefan Kopp and Ipke Wachsmuth besides speech has moved into focus of human-computer interface researchers, as humans are more likely of gesture animations for an articulated figure. It com- bines a formalism for the representation
Moeller, Ralf
ISI Web of KnowledgeSM : Creating Alerts
ISI Web of KnowledgeSM : Creating Alerts http://isiknowledge.com/ The alerting capacity in ISI Web text · HTML · ISI ResearchSoft (for import into EndNote) · Field Tagged (for import into RefWorks) #12
Wurtele, Jonathan
BOOK REVIEW Cold War Social Science: Knowledge Production,
BOOK REVIEW Cold War Social Science: Knowledge Production, Liberal Democracy, and Human Nature, 2012. Reviewed by Paul Erickson, Wesleyan University Taken together, these two important books make intriguing statements about the way to write the histories of fields like psychology, sociology, anthropology
Solovey, Mark
ISPE: A knowledge-based system for fluidization studies
Chemical engineers use mathematical simulators to design, model, optimize and refine various engineering plants/processes. This procedure requires the following steps: (1) preparation of an input data file according to the format required by the target simulator; (2) excecuting the simulation; and (3) analyzing the results of the simulation to determine if all specified goals'' are satisfied. If the goals are not met, the input data file must be modified and the simulation repeated. This multistep process is continued until satisfactory results are obtained. This research was undertaken to develop a knowledge based system, IPSE (Intelligent Process Simulation Environment), that can enhance the productivity of chemical engineers/modelers by serving as an intelligent assistant to perform a variety tasks related to process simulation. ASPEN, a widely used simulator by the US Department of Energy (DOE) at Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) was selected as the target process simulator in the project. IPSE, written in the C language, was developed using a number of knowledge-based programming paradigms: object-oriented knowledge representation that uses inheritance and methods, rulebased inferencing (includes processing and propagation of probabilistic information) and data-driven programming using demons. It was implemented using the knowledge based environment LASER. The relationship of IPSE with the user, ASPEN, LASER and the C language is shown in Figure 1.
Reddy, S.
Knowledge, Society and the Global Order A development perspective
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Sohoni, Milind
Cognitive Maps and Bayesian Networks for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Cognitive Maps and Bayesian Networks for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Karima Sedki 1, France 2. Université européenne de Bretagne, France Email: email@example.com Abstract--Cognitive individual's judgments, thinking or beliefs about a given problem. However, drawing inferences in cognitive
Reasoning About Knowledge: A Survey \\Lambda Joseph Y. Halpern
Programming, Vol. 4, D. Gabbay, C. J. Hogger, and J. A. Robinson, eds., Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 1 appears in the Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 27, Supplement 12 (ed. A. Kent and J Knowledge: Proceedings of the 1986 Conference, Morgan Kaufmann, 1986 (J. Y. Halpern, ed.). Portions
Halpern, Joseph Y.
Important Cognitive Components of Domain-Specific Search Knowledge
the subject-specific terms to enter in a query. For example, many university students often buy electronicImportant Cognitive Components of Domain-Specific Search Knowledge Suresh K. Bhavnani School Many users have acquired a sophisticated understanding of searching the Web in specific domains
Bhavnani, Suresh K.
Inverse diffusion from knowledge of power densities Guillaume Bal
asymptotic expansions and (Fourier) transformation, this allow us to construct the power density) provides access to the power density H(x) = (x)|u|2 (x) for all x inside the domain of interestInverse diffusion from knowledge of power densities Guillaume Bal , Eric Bonnetier , Fran
Bal, Guillaume
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