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Mardikantoro, Hari Bakti. "PEMERTAHANAN BAHASA JAWA DALAM PERTUNJUKAN KESENIAN TRADISONAL DI JAWA TENGAH." LITERA 15, no. 2 (November 29, 2016): 269–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/ltr.v15i2.11828.
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PEMERTAHANAN BAHASA JAWADALAM PERTUNJUKAN KESENIAN TRADISONAL DI JAWA TENGAHHari Bakti MardikantoroFBS Universitas Negeri Semarangemail: haribaktim@mail.unnes.ac,idAbstrakTujuan penelitian ini adalah menentukan bentuk pemertahanan bahasa Jawa danmendeskripsikan faktor sosial budaya yang mempengaruhi pemertahanan bahasa Jawadalam pertunjukan kesenian tradisional di Jawa Tengah. Data dalam penelitian ini dijaringdengan menggunakan metode simak. Analisis data dilakukan melalui dua prosedur,yaitu (1) analisis selama proses pengumpulan data dan (2) analisis setelah pengumpulandata. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bentuk pemertahanan bahasa Jawa dalampertunjukkan kesenian tradisional di Jawa Tengah meliputi bentuk prakata, tembang, doa,dan pantun. Faktor penyebab pemertahanan bahasa Jawa dalam pertunjukkan keseniantradisonal di Jawa Tengah yakni upaya menjunjung tinggi budaya Jawa, daerah tempattinggal/pertunjukan, keselarasann dengan gerak/tari dan musik/gamelan.Kata kunci: pemertahanan bahasa Jawa, pertunjukan kesenian tradisionalJAVANESE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCEIN TRADITIONAL ART PERFORMANCES IN CENTRAL JAVAAbstractThis study aims to find out forms of the Javanese language maintenance and to describesocio-cultural factors affecting it in traditional art performances in Central Java. The datawere collected through observations. The data analysis procedureincluded (1) the analysisduring thedata collectionprocess and (2) the analysis after the data collection. The resultsof the study reveal that the forms of the Javanese language maintenance includeforewords,songs, prayers, and quatrains. Meanwhile, the factors affecting the the Javanese languagemaintenance in traditional art performances in Central Java include efforts to uphold theJavanese culture, areas of residence/performance, and harmony with movements/dancesand music/gamelan.Keywords: Javanese language maintenance, traditional art performances
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Shahin, M. Y., James A. Crovetti, and Kurt A. Keifer. "Assessing Impact of Bus Traffic on Pavement Maintenance Costs: City of Los Angeles." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1853, no. 1 (January 2003): 29–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1853-04.
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Engineers for the city of Los Angeles have observed that lanes carrying Mass Transit Authority (MTA) bus traffic deteriorate at a faster rate than similar lanes without bus traffic. The increased rate of deterioration results in greater maintenance costs in these lanes. To properly apportion the increased maintenance costs, city engineers need an objective method for quantifying the impact of MTA bus traffic. Multiple evaluation techniques are presented that may be used to quantify the effect of buses in terms of increased deterioration rates and greater rehabilitation costs. State-of-the-art techniques that use the results of deflection testing and pavement condition surveys are presented. Data collection procedures, methods for condition and structural analyses, and life-cycle costing procedures are provided. A case study that uses data collected from the city is presented. This study indicates an average yearly additional maintenance cost of $800 per lane-mile caused by MTA bus traffic, excluding associated costs for curb and gutter or maintenance hole adjustments.
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Winkler, S., M. Zessner, E. Saracevic, and N. Fleischmann. "Intelligent monitoring networks – transformation of data into information for water management." Water Science and Technology 58, no. 2 (August 1, 2008): 317–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.672.
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The EU-WFD requires certain monitoring tasks, which yet cannot be fulfilled by automated monitoring devices. Nevertheless, the technical progress of recent years allows monitoring station designs, which enable long-term field application under reasonable maintenance demand. State-of-the-art monitoring stations allow the setup and operation of intelligent monitoring networks, which deliver quality proved and utilisable information to the end-user as opposed to a collection of time-series. Based on a full-scale example monitoring station design, long-term observations and possible ways of (automated) data interpretation are discussed.
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Wang, Rui, Shi Ying, and Xiangyang Jia. "Log Data Modeling and Acquisition in Supporting SaaS Software Performance Issue Diagnosis." International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 29, no. 09 (September 2019): 1245–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218194019500396.
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Data logging is helpful for the operation and maintenance manager of SaaS-based solutions to diagnose performance issues. However, long-running SaaS software may generate huge amounts of log data which is difficult to analyze, and it lacks a systematic approach to collect the running log and lacks a unified data structure to normalize the performance-related data. All these threaten the timeliness of SaaS performance issue diagnosis. In this paper, we propose an architecture for log collection and analysis to support the assessment of performance and diagnosis of performance issues of SaaS-based application in cloud computing. The architecture has the three-tier structure and includes a pivot data model to integrate heterogeneous log. The two high-level metrics in the model of Average Response Time (ART) and Request Timeout Rate (RTR) are calculated by statistical measurement and the lower-level metrics are monitored in real-time. Operation and maintenance managers can evaluate the performance of SaaS software based on the high-level metrics, then timely locate the issues from the low-level metrics and take appropriate measures. Thereupon, this study presents the general-purpose technique for the architecture to support real-time big log data collection, access, computation, storage. The proposal has been implemented and validated in a case study.
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Kinanti, Lintang Anis Bena. "Formulating Strategies to Develop Jember Historical Tourism Marketing." International Journal of Scientific Research and Management 8, no. 05 (May 12, 2020): 1781–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsrm/v8i05.em04.
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Jember has a long history since prehistoric times, and is evidenced by the diversity of relics from prehistoric times to the colonial period. Historical heritage objects become important regional assets that can generate profits and have a significant effect on economic development. One idea that can be initiated is the presence of an ancient museum. Because of that, an effective marketing strategy is needed to increase the people's visit to the museum and other historical tourism. This study aims to explore how the condition of ancient sites and objects in Jember, explore how the potential of building a museum as a location for storing ancient objects in Jember, and formulating marketing strategies on historical tourism and museums as part of Jember tourism programs. This research adheres to the positivist paradigm using qualitative research methods, using a case study approach by exploring the condition of ancient objects in the Jember area in detail. The results showed that the collection of ancient objects from Jember's history varied greatly with a total of more than 600. A number of collections have been placed in the Antiquities Collection Room, with very limited maintenance, and the room conditions that are not yet representative. For this reason, museum is an alternative solution as a place to store ancient art collection, as well as a part of historical tourism in Jember. The formulation of marketing strategy departs from the concept of SWOT Analysis which is then synergized with the concept of Tourism Marketing Mix.
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Kinanti, Lintang Anis Bena, Dr. Bambang Irawan, M.Si., and Dr. Novi Puspitasari, S.E., M.M. "Strategies Model of Jember Historical Tourism Marketing." International Journal of Scientific Research and Management 8, no. 12 (December 27, 2020): 2058–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsrm/v8i12.em06.
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Jember has a long history since prehistoric times, and is evidenced by the diversity of relics from prehistoric times to the colonial period. Historical heritage objects become important regional assets that can generate profits and have a significant effect on economic development. One idea that can be initiated is the presence of an ancient museum. Because of that, an effective marketing strategy is needed to increase the people's visit to the museum and other historical tourism. This study aims to explore how the condition of ancient sites and objects in Jember, explore how the potential of building a museum as a location for storing ancient objects in Jember, and formulating marketing strategies on historical tourism and museums as part of Jember tourism programs. This research adheres to the positivist paradigm using qualitative research methods, using a case study approach by exploring the condition of ancient objects in the Jember area in detail. The results showed that the collection of ancient objects from Jember's history varied greatly with a total of more than 600. A number of collections have been placed in the Antiquities Collection Room, with very limited maintenance, and the room conditions that are not yet representative. For this reason, museum is an alternative solution as a place to store ancient art collection, as well as a part of historical tourism in Jember. The formulation of marketing strategy departs from the concept of SWOT Analysis which is then synergized with the concept of Tourism Marketing Mix.
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Ikhsan, Muhammad, Hamdil Khaliesh, and Irwin Irwin. "PADEPOKAN SENI DAN BUDAYA MELAYU KALIMANTAN BARAT." JMARS: Jurnal Mosaik Arsitektur 9, no. 1 (February 17, 2021): 184. http://dx.doi.org/10.26418/jmars.v9i1.44986.
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Pontianak City has the potential for training and development of Malay cultural arts. The arts in West Kalimantan generally include dance, music, theater (folklore) and handicrafts. Special events in West Kalimantan will be the culmination of these arts and cultural performances, namely through festivals. This art can be used as a mainstay to face the ASEAN Economic Community. The final project of the Malay Art and Culture Hermitage of West Kalimantan aims to produce a special building design for Malay art and culture with the scope of cultural arts education, recreation, and tourism that can attract public interest. Design boundaries include the arts of music, dance, theater, crafts and cooking in West Kalimantan. The design method of the Malay Art and Culture Hermitage of West Kalimantan was carried out in several stages, namely ideas, data collection, identification, analysis, synthesis, and design development. The concept used in the design is based on the Facilities and Infrastructure Course and Training Institute Standards in 2017. Design analysis produces three functions, namely primary (education), secondary (administration, exhibition, performance) and tertiary (maintenance) functions. The result is that these three functions are combined in one into nine main buildings with a centralized organizational pattern of space, circular circulation, facades, and forms with Malay characteristics.
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Carrillo, Eduardo, and Maricarmen Sequera. "PERSONAL DATA IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE." Law, State and Telecommunications Review 12, no. 2 (October 13, 2020): 14–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.26512/lstr.v12i2.34689.
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Purpose ”“ The research aims to observe and describe the legal framework and implementation practices of personal databases management in the Social Security Institute (IPS), the most important public social insurance system in Paraguay.
Methodology ”“ The research is exploratory, consisting on both substantive and procedural law analysis of health information storage regulations and its compliance. Also, interview to private companies, the public sector and one qualified worker insured by IPS are conducted to better understand collection, storage and maintenance of health records databases.
Findings ”“ Research indicates evidence that biometric data storage of insurers does not have adequate regulation for its protection. It also shows evidence that private companies don’t deliver by default medical records to workers, as well as potential access to these records by administrative personal. Evidence also signals that clinics performing medical examinations request more sensitive information than required by law. Research limitations It is identified that a broader private company sample could be of use to better understand workers health record collection. Also, third party auditing IPS IT systems could be of use to further understand information management practices and vulnerabilities.
Practical Implications ”“ A series of discretional practices are identified, signaling regulatory standardization urgency for all actors. A comprehensive Protection of Personal Data Act is needed.
Originality ”“ No comprehensive research targeting the IPS system and its health personal data management processes is identified. The research is considered an initial contribution to the state of the art on the subject and specially to biometric collection and storage.
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Levy, Elliot B., Maria I. Fiel, Stanley R. Hamilton, David E. Kleiner, Shannon J. McCall, Peter Schirmacher, William Travis, et al. "State of the Art: Toward Improving Outcomes of Lung and Liver Tumor Biopsies in Clinical Trials—A Multidisciplinary Approach." Journal of Clinical Oncology 38, no. 14 (May 10, 2020): 1633–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.19.02322.
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PURPOSE National Cancer Institute (NCI)–sponsored clinical trial network studies frequently require biopsy specimens for pharmacodynamic and molecular biomarker analyses, including paired pre- and post-treatment samples. The purpose of this meeting of NCI-sponsored investigators was to identify local institutional standard procedures found to ensure quantitative and qualitative specimen adequacy. METHODS NCI convened a conference on best biopsy practices, focusing on the clinical research community. Topics discussed were (1) criteria for specimen adequacy in the personalized medicine era, (2) team-based approaches to ensure specimen adequacy and quality control, and (3) risk considerations relevant to academic and community practitioners and their patients. RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Key recommendations from the convened consensus panel included (1) establishment of infrastructure for multidisciplinary biopsy teams with a formalized information capture process, (2) maintenance of standard operating procedures with regular team review, (3) optimization of tissue collection and yield methodology, (4) incorporation of needle aspiration and other newer techniques, and (5) commitment of stakeholders to use of guideline documents to increase awareness of best biopsy practices, with the goal of universally improving tumor biopsy practices.
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Puspitasari, Yola, Muhammad Zid, and Ode Sofyan Hardi. "The Implementation of Teacher Strategies in Maintaining Sundanese Culture in the Senior High School Region I West Java." Jurnal Geografi Gea 21, no. 1 (May 1, 2021): 50–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/gea.v21i1.32059.
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This research aims to analyze the implementation of teacher strategies in maintaining Sundanese Culture in West Java, at Senior High Schools in Region I West Java. The research method used was descriptive-qualitative with literature study. Data collection techniques were done through interviews, documentation, and examining secondary data as complementary data. The results showed that territory that were further away from the Priangan/Bandung area such as Depok City, and parts of Bogor Regency which bordered by Banten and Depok, has cultural acculturation and it was difficult to maintain Sundanese language, so that this region places great emphasis on Sundanese arts and traditional clothes. To instill a love “nyaah” or love of Sundanese culture, namely by implementing Sundanese art activity program strategies and competitions on Sundanese culture in schools by adjusting the language used in the area, namely Indonesian with the Betawinese dialect. Meanwhile for territory of closer Priangan/Bandung like the Sukabumi City, Bogor City, Cianjur Regency, Sukabumi Regency, and parts of Bogor Regency which border Cianjur-Sukabumi, there is no difficulty that the maintenance of Sundanese culture, because the majority of students in this region is the original Sundanese people. Yet these areas implement strategy in the use of language in accordance undak-usuk or origin of Sundanese language through a lesson and outside of a lesson, and focused on aspects art and Sundanese traditional clothes, with an implement strategy through activity program pasanggirikasundaan (competition on Sundanese) and art Sundanese at school.
Books on the topic "Art collection maintenance"
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Canada. Bill: An act to facilitate the collection of demands against vessels in Upper Canada. [Québec: Rose & Lemieux, 2001.
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Avhadeev, V., L. Bitkova, C. Bogolyubov, I. Bondarchuk, A. Vinokurov, E. Galinovskaya, D. Gorohov, et al. Implementation of the Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals: from the quality of norms to effective law enforcement. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1410760.
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The collection contains articles on the quality of the conceptual apparatus and terminology of Federal Law No. 498-FZ of December 27, 2018 "On Responsible Treatment of Animals and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation", the subject of its legal regulation, the effectiveness of the mechanism for its implementation laid down in the law, state supervision and public control in the field of animal treatment. The problems of organizing the activities of animal shelters without owners, protecting animals from abuse and responsibility for such offenses, directions and ways to improve Federal Law No. 498-FZ and the practice of its application are also highlighted. Attention is paid not only to modern, but also to historical, international and foreign experience of legal regulation of the considered social relations, norms-requirements, restrictions and prohibitions in the field of keeping and using animals, moral and ethical aspects of interaction between people and animals, which emphasizes the complex and interdisciplinary nature of the presented research.
The publication is addressed to lawyers-scientists and practitioners, subjects of the law of legislative initiative, employees of state authorities and local self-government bodies directly involved in the application of the norms of Federal Law No. 498-FZ, employees of various organizations engaged in the maintenance, use and protection of animals, animal rights activists, students and postgraduates of law schools, as well as a wide range of readers interested in this issue.
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Canada. Bill: An act to impose a duty on auctioneers, and on goods sold by auction, and to provide for the collection thereof. [S.l: s.n., 2000.
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Canada. Bill: An act to provide for the more speedy collection of non-resident taxes and to protect innocent purchasers of real property in arrears for taxes. Ottawa: Hunter, Rose, 2001.
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P, Jasper Richard, and Little Felicia M, eds. Disaster planning: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians with planning templates on CD-ROM. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2005.
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Trifa, Mehdi, and Candice Burrier. Anesthetic Management of Anterior Mediastinal Masses in Children. Edited by Kirk Lalwani, Ira Todd Cohen, Ellen Y. Choi, and Vidya T. Raman. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190685157.003.0052.
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The management of children presenting with an anterior mediastinal mass (AMM) is challenging for anesthesiologists. AMMs are a heterogeneous collection of primary or secondary, benign or malignant tumors. Severe and life-threatening complications related to airway obstruction and/or cardiovascular compression can occur in a patient with an AMM during anesthesia, even in an asymptomatic patient. It is important for the anesthesia provider to understand the pathophysiology of symptoms and complications and the current evidence regarding perioperative management of children with AMM. This chapter explores the pathophysiology of AMM symptoms and of AAM and anesthesia. Perioperative management of AMM patients, including preoperative evaluation and induction and maintenance of anesthesia, is also discussed.
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Giardini, Francesca, and Rafael Wittek, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190494087.001.0001.
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Reputations can make or break citizens, communities, or companies. Reputations matter for individual careers, for one’s chances of finding a partner, for a profession’s credibility, or for the value of a firm’s stock options – to name but a few. The key mechanism for the creation, maintenance, and destruction of reputations in everyday life is gossip – evaluative talk about absent third parties. Reputation and gossip are inseparably intertwined, but up until now have been mostly studied in isolation. The present Handbook closes this gap, drawing on cutting edge insights from a multitude of disciplines, ranging from psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology and economics to philosophy, neurobiology and computer science. Being the first integrated and comprehensive collection of studies on both phenomena, each of the 25 chapters explores the current state of the art on the antecedents, processes and outcomes of the gossip-reputation link in contexts as diverse as online markets, non-industrial societies, modern firms, social networks, or schools. The volume is organized into seven parts, each of them devoted to the exploration of a different facet of gossip and reputation. Highly international in scope, the volume brings together some of the most eminent experts on gossip and reputation. Their contributions do not only help us to better understand the complex interplay between two of society’s most delicate social mechanisms. By pointing to new problems and a newly emerging cross-disciplinary solutions, the book also sketches the contours of a long term research agenda.
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Lidström, Anders. Introduction. Edited by Jon Pierre. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665679.013.46.
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Swedish local government has a strong position within the unitary nation state. At first sight, this could be understood as a paradox if decentralization and central control are treated as contradictory concepts. However, in countries such as Sweden, with a relatively generous welfare system that emphasizes equal access, strong local and regional governments can be seen as means of avoiding the pitfalls of rigorous standardization by allowing adjustment of national welfare services to local circumstances. This requires legitimate, responsible, and capable local and regional politicians. Subnational government also has additional tasks as providers of locally generated collective services, such as road maintenance, parks, recreation, and cultural facilities. The contributions in this section are all based on the most recent research in the field. They discuss Swedish subnational government with regard to its internal workings, horizontal relationships, reform trajectories, and position in relation to other systems of local and regional government.
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Ussishkin, Daniel. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190469078.003.0001.
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THIS BOOK TELLS the history of a concept that since the middle of the twentieth century has become ubiquitous and potent. We understand morale to be an important, if not the most important, determinant of conduct. It is seen as the foundation of proper management, which aims at increasing collective capacity of a defined group, usually in the face of a difficulty or challenge. Such groups may be experienced as one of immediate nature (such as a platoon) or as a more remote, abstract, or imagined one (a large factory, a nation, a group defined by occupation). Primarily, morale is understood as determinant of capacity in ways that are seemingly self-evident. British Army Doctrine Publication, for instance, tells us that “no doctrine, plan or formula for conducting warfare or other military actions is likely to succeed without the maintenance of morale.”...
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Sendall, Jane. Family Law 2018. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780198787716.001.0001.
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Family Law takes a highly practical, student-centred approach to the essential law and procedure at the heart of family law. Providing a comprehensive guide to the subject, it focuses on relationship breakdown, money and property, children, and domestic abuse. A concise writing style and short chapters ensure focused learning, while chapter summaries and self-test questions help students to consolidate their knowledge and identify areas for further study. Throughout the book case studies and examples are used, demonstrating how family law applies in practice and helping to prepare students for their future careers. The book also features diagrams and flowcharts throughout, helping to improve understanding of complex processes or areas of difficulty. Topics that are covered include: family law practice and the first interview; public funding; alternative dispute resolution in family law; judicial separation and nullity; divorce; defences to divorce; jurisdiction; procedure for a matrimonial order; the Civil Partnership Act 2004; dissolution of a civil partnership; financial orders following divorce or dissolution; financial orders; pre-marital agreements; procedure for financial orders; variation, collection, and enforcement of financial orders; protecting assets and the family home in financial order proceedings; separation and maintenance agreements; child support; pensions in financial proceedings; and taxation in family law.
Book chapters on the topic "Art collection maintenance"
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Burns, Maureen, and Andreas Knab. "Instant Architecture: Hosted Access to the Archivision Research Library with Built-In Image Management & Presentation Tools." In Proceedings e report, 150–57. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6453-707-8.38.
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The Archivision Research Library is a collection of 100,000 digital images of art and architecture professionally photographed by a trained architect. It documents the built environment--from ancient monuments to cutting-edge contemporary constructions--with extensive, standardized descriptive metadata. Archivision is accessible for research and teaching through a web-based application--a dedicated hosted instance of MDID--with vrcHost LLC delivering full services and technical support: installation, integration, and maintenance. This combination provides not only instant access to Archivision, but also to sophisticated tools for managing images using an open source media management system to discover, aggregate, study, and present digital media.
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Ryan, Matthew J., Gerard Verkleij, and Vincent Robert. "Data resources: role and services of culture collections." In Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, 83–92. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789244984.0083.
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Abstract Microbial culture collections (CC) support taxonomy through the provision and preservation of microorganisms, underpinning the integrity of research. However, cultures are essentially worthless without associated data. Details of isolation (geographical location, date of collection, date of isolation), preservation, identification, characterization, growth conditions, properties and applications, etc., make up the key microbial data set that should be associated with every culture. This chapter summarizes the current status of data curation in fungal CCs, assess the challenges of maintaining genomic and bioinformatic data and investigate how collections need to evolve to meet the challenges of data acquisition and maintenance in the future in order to underpin taxonomy.
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Zünd, Daniel, and Luís M. A. Bettencourt. "Street View Imaging for Automated Assessments of Urban Infrastructure and Services." In Urban Informatics, 29–40. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8983-6_4.
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AbstractMany forms of ambient data in cities are starting to become available that allows tracking of short-term urban operations, such as traffic management, trash collections, inspections, or non-emergency maintenance requests. However, arguably the greatest promise of urban analytics is to set up measurable objectives and track progress toward systemic development goals connected to human development and sustainability over the longer term. The challenge for such an approach is the connection between new technological capabilities, such as sensing and machine learning and local knowledge, and operations of residents and city governments. Here, we describe an emerging project for the long-term monitoring of sustainable development in fast-growing towns in the Galapagos Islands through the convergence of these methods. We demonstrate how collaborative mapping and the capture of 360-degree street views can produce a general basis for a broad set of quantitative analytics, when such actions are coupled to mapping and deep-learning characterizations of urban environments. We map and assess the precision of urban assets via automatic object classification and characterize their abundance and spatial heterogeneity. We also discuss how these methods, as they continue to improve, can provide the means to perform an ambient census of urban assets (buildings, vehicles, services) and environmental conditions.
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Marmolejo-Rebellón, Luis Fernando, Edgar Ricardo Oviedo-Ocaña, and Patricia Torres-Lozada. "Organic Waste Composting at Versalles: An Alternative That Contributes to the Economic, Social and Environmental Well-Being of Stakeholders." In Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking, 147–64. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36283-6_7.
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AbstractComposting is one of the most widely used technologies for the recovery and use of organic waste from municipal solid waste (MSW); however, its implementation in some developing countries has mostly been ineffective. This chapter documents the experience of the composting of municipal organic waste in the urban area of the municipality of Versalles, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Within the locality, composting of organic waste occurs at an MSW management plant (SWMP), after being separated at the source and selectively collected. The information presented was generated through collaborative research projects, conducted with the cooperation of Camino Verde APC (a community-based organisation providing sanitation services) and Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia). The evaluations undertaken show that (i) within the locality, high rates of separation, at the source, in conjunction with selective collection and efficient waste sorting and classification processes in the SWMP, have significantly facilitated the composting process; (ii) the incorporation of locally available amendment or bulking materials (e.g. star grass and cane bagasse) improves the physicochemical quality of the processed organic waste and favours development (i.e. a reduction in process time), leading to an improvement in product quality; (iii) the operation, maintenance and monitoring of the composting process can be carried out by previously trained local human talent; and (iv) revenues from the sale of the final product (compost) are not sufficient to cover the operating costs of the composting process. Despite this current lack of financial viability, the application of technology entails environmental benefits (e.g. a reduction in the generation of greenhouse gases) and social benefits (e.g. employment opportunities), which, given the conditions in the municipality studied, highlight the relevance of this technological option.
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Fenderson, Jonathan. "Coda Maintenance, Reconstruction, and Demolition." In Building the Black Arts Movement, 171–82. University of Illinois Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252042430.003.0007.
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The coda gives a snapshot of three critical institutional arrangements that offer a framework for understanding the end of the Black Arts movement. Each of these three institutions--Howard University’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities; the seminar on the Reconstruction of African-American Literature, co-sponsored by the Modern Language Association and National Endowment for the Humanities; and the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (and larger surveillance state)--were tied to Fuller’s life and the closing window of opportunity he faced at the end of the movement. More importantly, the coda contends that the presence (or absence) of these institutions in our collective memory help to shape our broader understanding of the Black Arts movement. It not only offers a three-pronged conclusion to the narrative arch of the book, but it also argues that cultural politics played a tremendous role in shaping African American intellectuals’ access to institutional resources.
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Udochukwu, Delight Promise, and Chidimma Oraekwe. "Digital Archiving." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 79–91. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6618-3.ch005.
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Digital technologies are currently defining the 21st century age. Digital collections are core information and research materials for individuals and organizations. These core resources created for information use are fragile and require maintenance and preservation for future availability and accessibility. The preservation and management of these materials are dependent on the format and media, and digital collections are now been integrated to perform a single purpose of identifying, processing, and retaining the enduring value of digital materials. This chapter focuses on the concept of digital archiving, importance and challenges regarding preservation, accessibility of digital collections, and solutions to the expected challenges of digital archiving to strengthen the roles of information collecting and archiving institutions through the practical solutions provided.
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Gelfert, Axel. "Fake News, False Beliefs, and the Fallible Art of Knowledge Maintenance." In The Epistemology of Fake News, 310–33. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863977.003.0015.
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The term ‘fake news’, it is argued in this chapter, captures a novel kind of social-epistemic dysfunction that arises from systemic distortions of established processes of creating, disseminating, and consuming news-like content. Navigating informational environments populated by fake news requires the cultivation of epistemic routines that reduce our exposure to misleading and deceptive information, while at the same time continuing to allow us to partake in the collective growth of knowledge. Shifting the focus to epistemic routines steers a middle path between two frequently encountered dichotomous responses to the problem of fake news: viz., between emphasizing the individual’s responsibility to ‘think critically and check one’s sources’ and advocating technological tweaks (such as automated fact-checking). While epistemic agents ought to be held responsible for the epistemic routines they commit themselves to, there is also a collective need for making the predictable effects of such choices transparent to individuals, wherever technologically possible.
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Windhouwer, Menzo, and Martin Kersten. "Digital Media Warehouses." In Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications, 191–94. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-560-3.ch032.
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Due to global trends, like the rise of the Internet, the cheapness of storage space and the ease of digital media acquisition, vast collections of digital media, are becoming ubiquitous. Futuristic usage scenarios, like ambient technologies, strive to open up these collections for the consumer market. However, this requires high-level semantic knowledge of the items in the collections. Experiences in the development and usage of multimedia retrieval systems have shown that within a specific, but still limited domain, semantic knowledge can be automatically extracted and exploited. However, when the domain is unspecified and unrestricted, that is, the collection becomes a warehouse, semantic knowledge quickly boils down to generics. The research on Digital Media Warehouses (dmws) focuses on improving this situation by providing additional support for annotation extraction and maintenance to build semantically rich knowledge bases. The following sections will introduce these dmw topics for closely related topics like multimedia storage, the usage/indexing of the extracted annotations for multimedia retrieval, and so forth, the reader is directed to the wide variety of literature on multimedia databases (for example, Subrahmaniam, 1997).
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Kozak, Thomas M., and Andrea Kozak Miller. "Effective Billing and Collecting." In Handbook of Private Practice, 250–64. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780190272166.003.0021.
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This chapter examines billing for psychological services through an ethical and procedural lens. Types of billing are reviewed, including fee-for-service and various types of insurance. The usual and customary rate for billing as compared to the amount paid by various types of insurance companies is explored, as is the insurance coverage related to psychological testing. Patient-centered medical homes are discussed, including their relationship to managed care and health maintenance organizations. Capitated systems are reviewed, including how to plan for services and ethical concerns in this model. Other types of billing, including Medicare and Medicaid, are discussed as is the use of a sliding fee scale and collection agencies. This chapter offers a general overview of billing and collecting for psychological services while exploring ethical and real-world considerations.
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Eckert, Kai, Robert Meusel, and Heiner Stuckenschmidt. "User-Centered Maintenance of Concept Hierarchies." In Ontology Learning and Knowledge Discovery Using the Web, 105–28. IGI Global, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-625-1.ch006.
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Taxonomies are hierarchical concept representations that have numerous important applications from improved indexing of document collections to faceted browsing and semantic search applications. The maintenance of taxonomies includes the dynamic extension, analysis, and visualization of these representations. Instead of focusing on the construction of taxonomies from scratch, however, the authors describe several successful approaches to the semi-automatic maintenance of taxonomies. These approaches have in common that they incorporate the human expert as a central part of the system.
Conference papers on the topic "Art collection maintenance"
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Baig, Farooq Anwar, Ali Alhasawi, and Marco Aburto Perez. "The Art of Short Radius Drilling – Best Practices to Consistently Deliver Wells." In SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/202166-ms.
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Abstract Short radius wells typically incorporate build rates between 35deg per 100ft and 70deg per 100ft. These wells are typically drilled to minimize exposure of a problematic zone above the target or to reduce geological uncertainty. This paper will discuss best practices and equipment developed specifically for delivering these wells in the Middle East. Case histories will illustrate the close collaboration with the operator resulting in performance step change for short radius drilling. The approach is based on a rigorous Drilling Engineering process. Such process is divided in four major steps; design, execute, evaluate and optimize. One of the first key steps is to perform a diligent risk assessment ensuring the customer objectives are achieved. This resulted in the development and implementation of technological innovations on downhole motors and Measurements While Drilling (MWD) tools to achieve the required high build rates safely and consistently. Proper communication was crucial for flawless execution, and meticulous documentation enabled proper evaluation and optimization of the art of short radius drilling. For over 10 years, multiple short radius wells have been consistently delivered meeting their objectives; from successful sidetracking operations, accurate curve landing, optimum geo-steering, valuable Logging While Drilling (LWD) data collection, to extending the life of the wells by maximizing their production. The last two steps of the Drilling Engineering cycle (evaluate and optimize) have been the foundation of the continuous improvement process; targeting adequate equipment maintenance, Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) design and operational practices to ensure consistent results. The paper will recap the drilling engineering cycle for wells drilled recently. The discussed best practices have enabled master the art of short radius drilling. Such distinctive knowledge should be shared with the entire oil and gas industry. The paper captures the engineering approach to tackle the traditional challenges of drilling short radius wells. It also discusses the reliable solution for drilling short radius wells in Middle East which are planned to access new reserves from an existing infrastructure, while minimizing drilling and geological risks.
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Maciel, Teresa Maria De Medeiros, Luciano Do Rêgo Galvão, and Silvio Meira. "Application of Lean Metrics for Analysis and Improvement in Software Maintenance Processes." In XIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2014.15259.
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This paper presents an experience about software processes performance analysis, from the perspective of Lean experience through an analysis developed on maintenance projects of an software company. To develop this analysis, a study and selection of Lean metrics was conducted. These metrics will serve as guidance for carrying out the data collection and its analysis. This paper reports this experience presenting the adopted metrics, collecting and structuring data, calculation and representation of each metric, as well as analysis considering the information provided by the metrics. Opportunities for improvement are identified and recommendations are explained.
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Darbha, Swaroop, and Prabhakar R. Pagilla. "Limitations of Employing Undirected Information Flow Graphs for the Maintenance of Rigid Vehicular Formations." In ASME 2009 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dscc2009-2767.
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In this paper, we consider the problem of decentralized control of a collection of homogeneous vehicles trying to maintain a rigid formation. Each vehicle attempts to maintain a specified constant safe distance from its adjacent vehicles in the collection. We consider an identical structure for each decentralized controller so that it is simpler from an implementation viewpoint as it does not depend on collection size or vehicle indices. We call a vehicle B adjacent to vehicle A if the relative position of vehicle B is known to vehicle A either by communication or by sensing. In this paper, we only consider undirected information flow graphs, i.e., graphs where vehicle A is adjacent to vehicle B if and only if vehicle B is adjacent to vehicle A. We consider a point mass model for each vehicle and assume the actuation transfer function, which relates the control input to the force supplied to the vehicle, to be a strictly proper rational transfer function. It is known that spacing errors due to disturbances amplify if the reference vehicle information is not available to Ω(n) vehicles, n being the size of the collection [1]. In this paper, we generalize this result to show the following: If there are two or more vehicles in the collection that are adjacent to Ω(n) vehicles, then there is a critical size N* so that the motion of the collection will be unstable if the size of the collection exceeds N*. Practical issues of fault tolerance indicate that there be at least two vehicles that are adjacent to Ω(n) vehicles in the collection. We also further show that the use of a kinematic vehicle model for analysis of disturbance propagation yields results which may not agree with what is observed in practice and hence are inappropriate.
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Brundage, Michael P., K. C. Morris, Thurston Sexton, Sascha Moccozet, and Michael Hoffman. "Developing Maintenance Key Performance Indicators From Maintenance Work Order Data." In ASME 2018 13th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/msec2018-6492.
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Maintenance management for manufacturing is a crucial activity for improving productivity within a facility. Within this process, maintenance work orders (MWOs) are used when tracking and solving any maintenance–related issue. The MWOs often capture the problem, the solution, at what machine the problem occurred, who solved the problem, when the problem occurred, and other information. These MWOs are manually written by maintenance technicians, entered into a database, or recorded directly into maintenance management software. Technicians often describe or record information informally — or do not record it at all — leading to inconsistencies and/or inaccuracies in the data. This paper outlines maintenance key performance indicators (KPIs), developed using MWOs, that show why consistent and accurate data collection is important for maintenance decision making. The maintenance data, or “elements,” and their corresponding KPIs are derived from MWOs from real manufacturers (large manufacturers and small and medium enterprises). While all elements or KPIs are not recorded by every manufacturer, the guideline provided here outlines the elements necessary to calculate specific KPIs. These examples are developed to aid in common maintenance decisions.
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Carlucci, Domenic P., Robert Conachey, and John B. Hagan. "Data-centric Maintenance and Operational Knowledge and Its Impact on Classification." In SNAME 5th World Maritime Technology Conference. SNAME, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/wmtc-2015-067.
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The monitoring of machinery condition, performance, and maintenance activities continues to be vital to the effective management of marine assets. Identifying key data, developing a data collection protocol, and analyzing the data are key to effective management. Planning for these activities should rely on risk and reliability techniques. Integrating data collection with the vessel’s or asset’s control and monitoring systems can reduce crew burden and simplify an often complex puzzle of qualifying and analyzing condition and performance data into a standardized process for maintenance planning and decision making related to asset operations. The information gathered from these processes can create a knowledge loop that, when implemented in an enterprise asset management (EAM) strategy, can improve current operational execution and influence the next generation of marine asset designs. Classification societies can apply this information for effective surveys and Rules improvement.
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Memon, Saud, and Paul Fromme. "Use of Rail Boot and Collection Mat to Control the Electrolysis of Rail and Utilities in DC Powered Transit Agencies." In 2014 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2014-3803.
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Stray current leakage and the corrosion caused by direct current (DC) traction power systems have been an ongoing issue especially in slab/embedded tracks. These tracks typically run through urban traffic areas, city centers, tunnels, and between the utility lines that require the rail to be continuously isolated to provide adequate track-to-earth resistance. Ballasted and direct fixation tracks provide much better track-to-earth resistance when equipped with isolation pads under the rail and exhibit higher stray current protection. Various isolation techniques have been implemented by the DC powered rail transit agencies for the control of track-to-earth resistance in embedded tracks including the use of rail boot. In the last two decades, the practice of rail boot usage has seen a significant increase by transit agencies in the United States for controlling the leakage of current in embedded track sections. However, experience has shown that the rail boot alone cannot always control the stray current leakage and that it is important to supplement the rail boot with additional stray current collection and mitigation techniques. These methods thereby reduce the stray current corrosion by using various combinations of mitigation and collection techniques including, but not limited to, the use of elastomeric grout, insulated rail fasteners, embedding rail in troughs, providing current collection mats, and collector cables. This paper presents and reviews different isolation and/or current collection methods that are presently in use to supplement the rail boot. These current isolation and/or collection methods when implemented together with the rail boot have significantly reduced stray current related problems, including: signal failures, controlling rail-to-earth voltages, minimizing recurring cost of repairs, and the damage to the public infrastructure. Additionally this paper provides general recommendations on the maintenance of the embedded tracks to avoid associated system problems.
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Peters, Daniel J., and Aquelius A. Young. "An Integrated Design Strategy for Dust Collection and Slurry Transport Systems and Implementation in a Steel Plant." In ASME 2012 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference collocated with the 40th North American Manufacturing Research Conference and in participation with the International Conference on Tribology Materials and Processing. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/msec2012-7390.
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Dust collection and slurry transportation systems are essential for effective collection and removal of metallic and dust fines. These are mainly used to eliminate pollution, recover water that is reused in the core steel process, and to capture solids which can be used in the raw material processes of making reduced iron. However, maintenance of slurry transportation systems is not only complex but also expensive, if not designed properly. This paper presents an integrated slurry transportation design strategy for greater performance, less maintenance and increased reliability thus resulting in effective asset management. This design has been implemented and successfully tested in an existing Steel plant. Experience suggests that the asset management is not merely a maintenance activity however methodical it may be. Although periodical maintenance cannot be totally eliminated, specifically in cases with slurry transport systems, the suggested approach in this paper uses a thoughtful design strategy with emphasis on safeguarding the environment, simplified routine maintenance and efficient system operation.
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Lugo, David, and Juan Ortega. "Mobile Data Collection." In ASME 2015 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2015-42230.
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A key process in the oil industry to make decisions is data collection. To improve productivity it is important data and information analysis. For many organizations is not profitable data automation, which has an impact in the way organizations, collect data. Data collection is taken by manual processes that create uncertainty for analysis because it is not reliable. As consequence, making a decision has not the planned results. After working for many years in the oil industry was identified: 1. People collecting data in a manual process normally by using a piece of paper which could be lost or damage. 2. After taking data at the well, data are brought to the office. Then, data are downloaded by another worker in computer software. It can be modified intentionally or not. 3. Accuracy of data collection activity is carried out. How do we know if the staff really went to work area? 4. Training to new staff, lack of experience? 5. There are “risks zones” due vandalism, facilities are damaged by people who stole devices which causes great money losses to companies. All these mentioned factors affect decision making which has a big impact in the production process. This application helps the whole process from collection data until data are registered in databases. This application considered several observations, suggestions and comments from people involve in the oil industry, especially at the production area. As a result, it is a tool that support data collection, standardize information in databases, improve data quality (it doesn’t matter localization), shows time and photographic position in a mobile device. Information is generated digitally taking advantage of easy handling. To summarize advantages of the whole system: • Reduce time of the data re-collection process • Improve data quality • Reduce amount of people working on data registration • Data reliability • Support decisions making • Minimize the use of paper in order to help ambient environment • Improve vehicle logistics • Minimize use of gasoline which helps to reduce costs • Help to optimize routes for vehicles on the field • Productivity, Maintenance, etc., reports can be generated • Vandalism is not a problem
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Theodossiou, S., and N. Singh Rainu. "Digital Initiatives, Infrastructures and Data Ecosystems in the Maritime Sector." In International Conference on Marine Engineering and Technology Oman. London: IMarEST, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24868/icmet.oman.2019.017.
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Efficiency, performance and monitoring of vessels becomes of paramount importance around the globe. Assets security, vessels efficiency, new directives and legislation with regard to emissions quality and many others, urge the global maritime industry to take the right initiatives and make the appropriate investments to develop data ecosystems, that over time, if used intelligently, coherently and consistently, will allow owners and managers to reap tangible benefits such as, among others, significant cost savings, better vessel management and longer vessel life span. As of today, most shipowners and related stakeholders face huge challenges when it comes to data collection, processing, streaming, sharing and storage. Relevant data, if any, is isolated in distinct silos, in spurious and inconsistent formats with little or non-existent interconnectivity between such silos or storage mechanisms. In effect, to face the new challenging landscape, a fresh mindset and an open-minded approach is required. The paper uses data and relevant building blocks, related to vessel performance, assets tracking, route planning, engine monitoring, fuel consumptions, emissions quality, vessels tracking, performance alarms and notifications; that is a wide variety of data modules and reporting tools, that eventually serve pure reporting, real-time monitoring and visualization objectives; but also some additional, more powerful modules being used for analytics and strategic decision making. Such modules can leverage on historical data being captured over prolonged time periods, in the various interrelated data sources and by the relevant data collectors and, if deployed effectively, to construct supervised, unsupervised or even semi-supervised machine learning models. Eventually, such models will enable the various stakeholders in this domain, to achieve successful assignments related to predictions, regressions, classification and clustering. In effect, apart from pure vessel geolocation tracking capabilities, the above modules and tools will allow any shipowner to log-in and see how, a specific vessel under consideration does, in terms of performance and efficiency, in specific weather, geological and regional conditions. In addition to that, more advanced modules, for instance, might warn ship owners about the benefits of a potential hull maintenance or cleaning, give insights on engine efficiency and recommend actions or even provide indications or predictions of future likely delays in reaching at the port of destination. Among other things, this data collection and storage, in such a digitalization platform (will) allows the ongoing building-up of insights, knowledge and technical expertise associated to (optimized) vessels performance and all related functionalities as stated elsewhere. As the variety, veracity, volume and quality of the collected data, across the board, will be gradually enriched, enhanced and improved over time, allowing relevant stakeholders to gain real benefits, such as potentially reduced costs triggered by better and proactive vessels management, from such initiatives that might look and sound meaningless at the very beginning. The Paper builds upon the empirical evidence and relevant data associated to Tototheo Maritime’s, Digital Control Room and its associated Maritime Digitalization Platform that do provide, not only a state-of-the-art platform that facilitates visualization and snap-shot reporting functionalities but also modules upon which machine
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Diver, Richard B., and Timothy A. Moss. "Test Results and Status of the TOP Alignment System for Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors." In ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2010-90092.
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Parabolic trough solar power plants produce the lowest cost solar electricity, yet unsubsidized electricity from parabolic trough power plants costs about twice that from conventional sources. To make parabolic trough electricity more competitive, we are developing an innovative approach for rapidly and effectively evaluating the alignment of mirrors in parabolic trough power plants and prescribing corrective actions as needed. The Theoretical Overlay Photographic Collector Alignment Technique (TOPCAT) system could be used during construction, to improve the performance of existing power plants, or for routine maintenance. It is also an enabling technology for higher concentration ratio and lower cost trough solar collector designs needed to make solar electricity more competitive with conventional sources. In this paper a truck-mounted TOPCAT field characterization system is described. Test results from mirror alignment of an LS-3 loop in a commercial parabolic trough power plant in southern California are also presented. The performance improvements were measured using a comparative calorimetric technique which inherently accounts for variations in insolation levels, sun incident angle, and mirror and heat collection element (HCE) glass envelope cleanliness. Measurements indicate a 3.5% increase in thermal performance of an LS-3 loop aligned with the TOPCAT system. Benchmarking results of labor hours and materials show that the TOPCAT system is an extremely cost effective tool for improving the performance of existing parabolic trough power plants.
Reports on the topic "Art collection maintenance"
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Zamenian, Hamed, and Dulcy M. Abraham. Installation and Maintenance of Raised Pavement Markers at State Transportation Agencies: Synthesis of Current Practices. Purdue University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317135.
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Although raised pavement markers (RPMs) have been widely applied by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), there have been multiple cases where snowplowing activities have damaged pavements as well as the raised pavement markers on INDOT’s roadway assets. Dislodged raised pavement markers could reduce the design life of pavements because they leave openings for water and debris to infiltrate through pavement section. Interviews with INDOT personnel indicated that the proper installation of the markers and careful attention to the tooling of the center line of the concrete pavements could alleviate this problem. To explore issues related to the proper installation of RPMs, this study (INDOT/JTRP SPR 4318) was launched by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)/Joint Transportation Program (JTRP) to develop a synthesis of current practices on installation and maintenance of raised pavement markers at State Transportation Agencies (STAs) in the U.S. The study was conducted using a qualitative exploratory approach focusing on the review of current practices in installation and maintenance of raised pavement markers among STAs. Survey analysis and focused interviews with personnel from STAs, along with reviews of documents provided by STAs were the avenues used for data collection in this project.
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Li, Howell, Enrique Saldivar-Carranza, Jijo K. Mathew, Woosung Kim, Jairaj Desai, Timothy Wells, and Darcy M. Bullock. Extraction of Vehicle CAN Bus Data for Roadway Condition Monitoring. Purdue University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317212.
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Obtaining timely information across the state roadway network is important for monitoring the condition of the roads and operating characteristics of traffic. One of the most significant challenges in winter roadway maintenance is identifying emerging or deteriorating conditions before significant crashes occur. For instance, almost all modern vehicles have accelerometers, anti-lock brake (ABS) and traction control systems. This data can be read from the Controller Area Network (CAN) of the vehicle, and combined with GPS coordinates and cellular connectivity, can provide valuable on-the-ground sampling of vehicle dynamics at the onset of a storm. We are rapidly entering an era where this vehicle data can provide an agency with opportunities to more effectively manage their systems than traditional procedures that rely on fixed infrastructure sensors and telephone reports. This data could also reduce the density of roadway weather information systems (RWIS), similar to how probe vehicle data has reduced the need for micro loop or side fire sensors for collecting traffic speeds.
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Chiavassa, Nathalie, and Raphael Dewez. Technical Note on Road Safety in Haiti. Inter-American Development Bank, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003250.
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The IDB has been a predominant partner supporting Haiti development efforts for many years. Nowadays, the IDB is the main source of investment for the country. Considering the vital weight of road transport sector in the socio-economy of the country, the IDB has concentrated a large part of investment efforts in rehabilitating and improving national road infrastructures. In the same time, a rapid increase of motorization and relatively higher speeds have contributed to increasing the number of traffic fatalities and injuries. In 2017, road injuries were the fifth cause of mortality in Haiti. The Road Safety situation of the country is preoccupying with many Vulnerable Road Users involved, in particular pedestrians and motorcyclists. The country is facing multi-sector challenges to address this Road Safety situation. Despite recent efforts, high political will has not been continuous in promoting a multi-sector coordination and the success of technical efforts remained mitigated over the last years. Road user awareness is still weak in the country. Risk factors include dangerous driving, bad safety conditions of vehicles, together with limited law enforcement and poor maintenance of safety devices on the roads. In this context, the Road Safety situation of the country may be getting worse in the coming years if no action is taken. However, the new Decade provides with a unique opportunity to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including significant progress in reducing the burden of traffic crashes. The IDB has already initiated vital investments in modernizing crash data collection, promoting institutional dialogue and supporting capacity building in the area of Road Safety. Future actions to address Road Safety challenges in Haiti in the framework of the five UN five pillars would require a range of investments in the area of political commitment, institutional coordination and technical efforts. A change of political paradigm from making roads for travelling faster to making roads safer for all users is highly needed at national level. This technical note on Road Safety in Haiti present the current situation of the country and provides with recommendations for future actions on Road Safety.