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Journal articles on the topic "General and technological tracks":
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Fleischer, Robert L. "Technological Applications of Ion Tracks in Insulators." MRS Bulletin 20, no. 12 (December 1995): 35–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/s0883769400045887.
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Natural nuclear tracks in solids have existed since close to the beginning of the solar system, billions of years ago. Only during the last few decades have we learned how to employ tracks practically. Uses now range from radiation dosimetry to microchemical analysis, virus counting, oil and uranium exploration, and aiding earthquake prediction. The key to these applications is track etching, which in insulators allows tracks to be revealed simply and then enlarged. Etching also makes it possible to produce minute holes with clean, geometric shapes.
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Vildanov, Artur, Konstantin Babkin, Ruslan Mendagaliyev, Andrey Arkhipov, and Gleb Turichin. "Using a Trial Sample on Stainless Steel 316L in a Direct Laser Deposition Process." Metals 11, no. 10 (September 28, 2021): 1550. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/met11101550.
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Direct laser deposition technology is used for the manufacture of large-size products with complex geometries. As a rule, trial samples with small dimensions are made to determine the deposition parameters. In order for the resulting products to have the required performance characteristics, it is necessary to minimize the number of internal macrodefects. Non-fusion between the tracks are defects that depend on the technological mode (power, speed, track width, etc.). In this work, studies have been carried out to determine the power level at which non-fusion is formed, dwell time between the tracks on the model samples. This paper considers the issue of transferring the technological parameters of direct laser deposition from model samples to a large-sized part, and describes the procedure for making model samples.
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ARAVIND SURYA K, RHAMANAN M, MUKESH C, PARAMESHWARAN A, and ARUNKUMAR S. "Prototype Model for Waste Management in Running Trains ofIndia." international journal of engineering technology and management sciences 6, no. 6 (November 28, 2022): 614–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.46647/ijetms.2022.v06i06.103.
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Indian Railways is the largest public sector undertaking in India but suffers from a major problem of inefficient waste management system. This is a problem of dry and wet waste generated inside the running train and around the railway tracks resulting in unhygienic trains and unclean railway tracks. Everyday nearly 23 million people travel in 7000 passengers trains inIndia. The area around the railway track in India is about 16000 kms which has never been cleaned. It is estimated that approximately 6289 tons of plastic finds its way into India’s railway tracks every day. This enormous generation of waste is leading to undesirable health issues besides environmental pollution. In this backdrop, in this project a prototype technological modelis being developed which can help to solve this problem. A smart dustbin is placed in each compartment of all the bogies in a train wherein both the dry and wet waste are collected, segregated and crushed. With the help of the belt conveyor, this crushed dry and wet waste is carried from all the compartments and bogies to the centralized bin of the train. This technological prototype model facilitates to manage the enormous dry and wet waste generated inside the running train effectively and efficiently. This will benefit the recycling industries to generate the revenue besides helping to keep the trains and railway tracks clean.
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Akulinin, Sergey, Vladimir Vorob'ev, and Vitaliy Ul'yanov. "Prospective Technologies for Strengthening the Main Trackbed with a Sub-Ballast Protective Layer Using High-Performance Complexes of Russian Production." Bulletin of scientific research results 2023, no. 2 (June 26, 2023): 161–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.20295/2223-9987-2023-2-161-170.
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Purpose: To examine the necessity of conducting measures to strengthen the main trackbed of railway tracks in order to reduce the impact of track repairs on infrastructure, ensure and enhance the carrying capacity of railway lines. To demonstrate the need to increase the output of high-quality leading machines using closed-loop technology, as well as to propose additional measures aimed at optimizing the number of machines and personnel involved in the production process. Methods: A comparison is made between the currently employed technologies for strengthening the main trackbed with sub-ballast protective layers using automotive and tractor equipment and railway construction machinery, as well as track complexes of foreign production, with the proposed technology and the utilization of high-efficiency domestic track machinery. Analysis of productivity indicators and the selection of the optimal option. Results: The necessity of prioritizing domestic technologies and track machinery for conducting major track repairs is indicated as the most effective means of increasing the load-bearing capacity of the track superstructure. Current requirements for technological processes and track machinery to ensure the sustainable operation of railway tracks under growing freight traffic intensity are examined. Technical specifications of the new track machine for ballast excavation, compaction, and the creation of sub-ballast protective layers are presented. Details regarding the design features of the track machine are provided. Practical significance: The need for implementing high-tech equipment and innovative technologies with higher productivity compared to foreign counterparts is demonstrated, along with the potential economic benefits of adopting the proposed technologies. The suggested technology will increase the lifespan of railway tracks and reduce operating costs.
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Levterov, Andrii, Hanna Pliekhova, Maryna Kostikova, and Anton Okun. "GEOMETRIC MODELING: TRACKS AND FLOWS." Bulletin of National Technical University "KhPI". Series: System Analysis, Control and Information Technologies, no. 1 (9) (July 15, 2023): 60–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.20998/2079-0023.2023.01.09.
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Mathematical models to solve optimization connection problems in nonsimply connected regions under typical technological restrictions on geometric and topological parameters of routes, first of all, on curvature and the number of bends, have been investigated and developed. The models are linked with the extant and prospective topogeodesic models of the territory polygonal images. The solution of connection problems involves search for optimum trajectories of routes and nets within unrestricted geometric shape areas. It needs the development of a plethora of general models as fields where connections are carried out. The connections can be of various types such as bendy, Manhattan, even, solid as well as routes of other types. Smeliakov and Pliekhova observe that the global and local regulation of geometric connections to solve connection problems can be presented as the general optimization connection problem that is defined as the problem of the choice of с, where W is a set of alternatives, R is a principle of optimality. In so doing, the set W can be presented as the totality of the phase space f and the restrictions Q that are applied to the parameters of the phase space f. In turn, it is expedient to imagine that the phase space f is the Cartesian product f = X*Y*Z*U of the output data X, disturbances Y, control parameters U and results Z. The analysis of problem indicates that first and foremost the effectiveness of the modelling of the phase space f is linked with the description of the output data X on the area F and space L of possible highways in F. This research is devoted to the solution of the problem to develop a model for connection tasks within the framework of geometric design.
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Bulgakov, Volodymyr, Volodymyr Kuvachov, Olena Solona, and Mykola Boris. "EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF MICRORELIEF SOIL SURFACES OF PERMANENT TECHNOLOGICAL TRACK." ENGINEERING, ENERGY, TRANSPORT AIC, no. 3(114) (September 28, 2021): 16–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.37128/2520-6168-2021-3-2.
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A promising direction for further development of agriculture not only in Ukraine but also in the world is the introduction of innovative technologies, to which we should include the track system of agriculture. The movement of transport and energy vehicles on the aligned compacted trace of the constant technological track causes undesirable and uncharacteristic vibrations for agricultural machinery. The latter are due to the influence of the microprofile of the constant technological track, which has a significant negative impact on the degree of comfort and efficiency of the operator, operational and technological indicators, reliability and smoothness of machines. The method and results of experimental automated estimation of the microprofile of irregularities of traces of the constant technological track are presented in the article. Experimental studies of the microprofile of irregularities of the traces of the constant technological track have shown that the standard deviation of the irregularities of the profile is ± 0.84 According to their internal structure, the inequalities of the profile of traces of the constant technological track are characterized by a function that contains, along with random components, the harmonic ones, which are expressed by attenuating periodic oscillations of the normalized correlation function. The main share of variances of oscillations of the irregularities of the profile of the traces of the technological track is concentrated in the frequency range from 0… 0.3 cm − 1. The generator of formation of irregularities of a longitudinal profile of soil traces of a constant technological track are parameters of ground hooks of tires of wheels of the cars moving on it.This is confirmed by the fact that the length of the correlation of the ordinates of the irregularities of the profile of the traces of a constant technological track in the conditions of tests of the bridge agricultural tool of the new design is about 0.18 m, which corresponds to the pitch of its tires.
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Md Abul Kalam Azad. "Padma Bridge Rail Link Project with Special Emphasis on Padma Multipurpose Bridge, its Technological Uniqueness." MIST INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10, no. 2 (November 30, 2022): 79–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.47981/j.mijst.10(02)2022.388(79-84).
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The South and Southwestern part of the country is devoid of direct communication with the central part of Bangladesh due to the presence of the most important tributaries of Lower Ganges i.e. Padma River. To establish direct communication with those areas Government of Bangladesh Constructed Padma Multipurpose Bridge with the provision of road and rail traffic at the upper and lower deck of the bridge respectively. The Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) is the main passage connecting the East and the West of Bangladesh and is also a part of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor. This line is a single-track passenger-freight railway with a total length of 168.6 km. For the first time in Bangladesh, State of the Art technology ballast less tracks in Padma Bridge, its approach to viaducts and other viaducts are being adopted for providing a smooth operation for both freight and passenger traffic. Precast and prestressed long sleeper embedded in cast in-situ track slab ensures a maintenance-free track system for the railway. PBRLP, once completed will restore the missing link with the Trans-Asian railway and will provide a platform for connecting with the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) of India in future. It will also contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country by 1.0%.
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Dobretsov, R. Yu, V. A. Sokolova, I. A. Teterina, S. V. Malyukov, A. A. Aksenov, and N. V. Smertin. "Interaction feature of caterpillar tracks with soil under significant axial displacements of pressure center." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 839, no. 5 (September 1, 2021): 052023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/839/5/052023.
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Abstract A calculation method is proposed for assessing the values of normal pressures and transverse reactions under the track of a transport-technological or transport vehicle. The technique is based on a deterministic approach to modeling the interaction of caterpillar tracks with soil. The geometric, power and other characteristics of the chassis and the main characteristics of the soil are taken into account. When modeling normal soil deformation, the Bernstein-Letoshnev relationship was used. Calculated dependencies are proposed, allowing to estimate the value of normal reactions on the supporting surface of the machine and the value of the coefficient of the moment of resistance to turning the chassis. An example of calculations for a tracked chassis weighing eight tons when predicting the track depth is given. The advantage of deterministic methods over stochastic ones in solving problems related to the operational assessment of changes made to the design of the undercarriage of a tracked vehicle has been substantiated.
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LISTVIN, ALEXANDER A., and MARINA A. GARTH. "SUBJECT AREA “TECHNOLOGY” AND FORMATION OF REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES." Cherepovets State University Bulletin 6, no. 105 (2021): 129–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.23859/1994-0637-2021-6-105-11.
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The article considers the role of the subject area “Technology” as the integration basis for the content of general education in the technological training of schoolchildren in the conditions of infrastructure modernization. The authors reveal the relationship between technosphere transformations and secondary vocational education infrastructure, higher education and content tracks in the subject area “Technology”, its role in regional educational systems that ensure the quality of training personnel taking into account the priorities of regional development.
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Bushuyev, Sergiy, Natalia Bushuyeva, Denis Bushuiev, and Boris Kozyr. "DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS COMPETENCY ON DIGITAL FOOTPRINT MODEL." Management of Development of Complex Systems, no. 48 (December 20, 2021): 6–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.32347/2412-9933.2021.48.6-16.
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The paper considers the problem of the establishment of an effective model of the formation of digital tracks (footprint) of projects and the development of educational programs in the minds of digitalization. The life cycle of projects, knowledge, that technology of management of the sutta will speed up and the processes of digitalization will shape up to the end of their digital traces and so on. Technological and technological complexity of development projects to improve their performance in innovation. The trend is to form the main challenges in the development of project management systems and programs in the minds of the digitalization of the suspension. The model of the formulation of the digital track of projects has been propagated, allowing the internalization of the project in the inter-singularity. A model of using the methodology for the formation of a digital track to the development of educational programs has been introduced. The project and the design power are realized in the minds of the formulation of that dynamic change in the digital track, the reality of the structure of such a ball is designated in the given prediction. Analyse the type of elements in the digital track of the project, allowing for the classification of these elements. The link was assigned to the digital track of the project and this information lack of value, the main options of positive and negative in the flow of the digital track on a successful project were established through the reduction of information lack of value. The dynamics of the digital track of the project was analysed and the relationship between the life cycle of the lighting project and the triviality of the digital track was established. Concentric model of methodology, the formulation of the digital track of the project allows the structure of all the explicit information in the format of the subordinate spiral. This form is structured, allowing a compact package of all data on the project, process, organization and development. Encouraging the digital step of the project to allow the formulation of new models and methods for managing the development of competence in educational projects.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "General and technological tracks":
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Siccard, Anne. "L'orientation scolaire de jeunes ruraux, une construction conjointe entre élèves, familles et personnels : le cas de quatre collèges du département de Manche." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Normandie, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023NORMC036.
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L’orientation des collégiens en milieu rural est généralement perçue sous le régime de la contrainte. Il est vrai que ces adolescents choisissent, davantage que les jeunes urbains, des formations courtes via les voies professionnelles, ce que la littérature attribue à un ensemble de causes : un modèle d’orientation prévalent dans les familles populaires, des exemples de possibles moins diversifiés, des possibilités de formation plus rares et plus éloignées, nécessitant une mobilité à laquelle toutes les familles ne peuvent consentir.Considérant d'emblée une pluralité d'espaces ruraux plus qu'un milieu homogène ou résiduel, ce travail tente de mesurer, outre ces différents facteurs, le pas à pas de la construction des choix opérés sans perdre de vue le poids des collèges eux-mêmes, par une approche essentiellement qualitative associée à des données statistiques. Si le milieu social des jeunes, surtout le diplôme de la mère, induit les demandes d’orientation des adolescents, le caractère socialement situé de ces demandes peut être accentué par les pratiques en cours dans les établissements en matière d’éducation à l’orientation et d’orientation proprement dite, différentes d’un collège à l’autre. Mais il peut également être modulé par les loisirs et les sociabilités amicales et familiales des adolescents, qui y découvrent des pratiques ainsi que des exemples de possibles de formations et de professionsRural Secondary School children’s “Further Education” choices and career plans are generally seen as being an almost forced decision. It would not be wrong to say that Secondary School leavers from rural areas tend to choose shorter, professionally based courses which experts put down to several specific reasons. First, families from a working-class background have a mindset tending towards the idea that the options available are more limited and that the possible “Further Education” courses are therefore rarer and further away from the family environment. Some families are not prepared to accept this imposed, educational mobility. The starting point for the following analysis takes into account the obvious notions that there is not a homogenous rural community but rather a variety of rural areas and working-class families. Considering these elements, this thesis tries to measure the step-by-step processes which lead to the decisions made for post-Secondary Education. The influence of Secondary Schools must also be considered in the essentially qualitative approach which includes the input given by statistical evidence. If the Social Class origins, especially the mother’s educational achievement level, can explain, for a large part, the choices made by students at the end of Secondary School ; this analysis must also take note of the professional and social level of the schools’ catchment area. Thes factors can be accentuated both by the Careers’ Advice available and the actual results of post Secondary School decisions, prevalent in each Secondary School. These influencing factors and the differences subsisting between each School are also important in each Educational Community’s way of apprehending Careers Advice and the decisions made by their pupils. Other reasons are also to be included, such as leisure time activities as well as peer pressure and influence of each family environment. These sociability factors can also contribute to the discovery of new Careers and Further Education possibilities
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Омельяненко, Віталій Анатолійович, Виталий Анатольевич Омельяненко, and Vitalii Anatoliiovych Omelianenko. "Basics of general approach for technological systems analysis." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/46970.
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The article deals with the problem of analysis of technological system as a special kind of socio & economic & technological systems. General approach for technology concept is considered. Structure of technological system that allows its analyzing and developing proposed.
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Barker, Tom Paul. "Disclosure and inscription : Heidegger, Derrida, and the technological difference." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2326/.
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The relationship of Jacques Derrida and Martin Heidegger has always been complex, encompassing an entanglement of two already immense networks and suspended between proximities and distances from infinitesimal to radical. Its peculiarity is evident in the way in which Derrida strategically inscribes his own text at the margin of Heidegger's thought via a double or cl6tural gesture which articulates the paradox that Derrida writes with Heidegger against Heidegger. One of the most decisive aspects of this gesture is Derrida's deconstruction of Heidegger's claims regarding the relation between technology and philosophy. In "The Question Concerning Technology" and accompanying essays Heidegger opens up a way of reflecting upon the essence of technology moves against its metaphysical determination specifying, moreover, the sense of modern technology as a mode of disclosure. These reflections are, however, ambiguous. Heidegger is one of the first thinkers to confront technology in philosophical terms, and yet he wishes to purify thinking of originary technicity. Technology remains a question, and as a question asked by thinking, thinking is not technical. In other words, thinking for Heidegger, is constituted in its very difference from technology. This is the move that must be deconstructed. In simultaneously repeating and displacing the Heideggerian scheme, Derrida elaborates an infinitesimal and decisive différance between the thinking of Being and his own notion of "writing" (Vecriture) or generalized inscription. What is crucial is that as against Heidegger's Being, the general text is not an essence of technics nor is it a proper thinking opposed to technology. On the contrary, Derrida's main point, among other things, against Heidegger, is that technology has always already begun, that it is originary with respect to the history of Being and thinking. In this study I examine the stakes and implications of Derrida's move along with a possible Heideggerian response. To begin with, I develop a reading of Heidegger's text that shows the import of technology to his work as a whole and its centrality to the thinking of Being as difference. I then take up the question of Derrida's deconstruction of Heidegger's analysis of the history of Being and its technological completion as this is played out in The Post Card and related texts. Following this I revert back to Derrida's now "classic" writings of the late 1960s and early 1970s and explore the arguments that relate contemporary developments in technology, science, and the media to the problematic of writing and to the closure of logocentric metaphysics. The preceding chapters lay the groundwork for me to then offer a critical reading of Derrida's text that locates in the articulations and assumptions of deconstruction certain indications of its belonging, within the horizon of Heidegger's thinking of technology. Finally, I offer a reading of some of Derrida's later texts with the aim of showing that and how deconstruction emerges as an affirmative technology.
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Arpaci, Ibrahim. "Technological Innovation Model For Public Sector." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610628/index.pdf.
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Innovations in the public services have become mandatory to provide more efficient and secured services to the citizens. In today's fast changing technological environment, the sustained management of innovation is the most vital executive task for the organizations. Identification of the technological innovation process is required in order to manage innovation in the public organizations. This thesis study aims to build a technological innovation model for public organizations in Turkey identifying technological innovation process, stakeholders of the process, sources of innovation, obstacles of innovation and driving forces of innovation. In this research study, strategically important organizations, including all ministries and the pioneer public organizations that perform technological innovation projects are analyzed. In the research study, case study is used as a research strategy and interviews are used as data collection methods. Using collected data
data sets are produced and presented in tables. Data analysis results enable to identify technological innovation process, stakeholders of the process, sources of innovation, barriers of innovation, and driving forces of innovation. Consequently, in accordance with the findings of the study, a new technological innovation model that may pave the way for technological innovation projects and enable successful management of innovation process is constructed. The proposed model lights the way of managers for their innovation projects by means of determining unclear innovation process and identifying the inputs and outputs of the process. Moreover, this study is a guide for managers in public organizations identifying possible obstacles and offering solutions, identifying driving forces to accelerate the innovation process, emphasizing the importance of interaction between the stakeholders.
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Oliva, Daniela Andrea. "Technological mediation| The implications of technology on the human experience." California State University, Long Beach, 2013.
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Hansen, Zeynep. "Contractual arrangements under technological uncertainty: Analysis of pharmaceutical and biotechnology collaborations." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280007.
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This dissertation investigates the conditions that shape the governance structure of contractual agreements and how different contract types address the potential problems that can arise in R&D partnerships under technological uncertainty. The motivation for this study arises from the emergence of new forms of R&D organization to cope with challenges as well as opportunities created by rapid technological change. This dissertation demonstrates the significance of technological uncertainty in determining the observed variety of contractual arrangements in the biotechnology industry. It also shows that the returns from collaborative arrangements as measured by the number of successful patents differ among various contract types. The first part of this research focuses on biotechnology alliances with pharmaceutical companies involving drug discovery research. It demonstrates how advances in technology affect the structure of R&D contracts. Using contractual data over time, it is shown that newer technologies associated with higher uncertainty result in the choice of more equity participation by the pharmaceutical partner and more hierarchical contractual arrangements. This result supports the transaction cost arguments that as contractual difficulties arise, allying firms are more likely to choose a more hierarchical governance form over simpler arrangements. The second part of the dissertation investigates the significance of external R&D investments by large pharmaceutical companies to their overall innovation process. The performance of collaborations on the overall R&D productivity are evaluated in terms of their impact on successful patent production. This study measures the innovative returns to R&D collaborations separate from in-house R&D resources and possible knowledge spillovers. Using a panel data set of large pharmaceutical companies, a knowledge production function is estimated. The results indicate that the implied long-run elasticity of successful patent output with respect to all active R&D alliances is lower than the elasticity estimate with respect to in-house R&D investments. In addition, marginal returns to R&D collaborations differ among various contractual types, in terms of their contribution to patent production process. It is also shown that knowledge spillovers by competitors contribute to patent production, but scientific publications hinder it.
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Craig, Stewart. "Hard, soft, control : the 'technological triumvirate' of university-industry alliances." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3777/.
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In the past few decades the university has increasingly exploited the commercial potential of select experimental data generated in its molecular biology research laboratories. The university protects such data with intellectual property (IP) rights, and licenses the use of this IP, or sells it outright, to the pharmaceutical industry. Such IP often details the discovery of a novel drug candidate that has potential to treat or cure human disease. Through my eyes as a university lab educator, I argue in this dissertation that the contemporary cultural trend of the university’s sale of its research data to industry was catalyzed by two key concurrent events of late 20th century: a knowledge economy and neoliberalism. Utilizing technology as an analytical lens, I show that key hard and soft technologies gave rise to a knowledge economy; this provided the university with the prime technological platform for the heightened exposure, and conveyance, of its research data to industry. I argue that the contemporary political doctrine of neoliberalism is a control technology because it molds the public sector – including the university – into the competitive free market tendencies of the private sector; this provided the university with the prime economic platform for the sale of its research data to industry. Moreover, I demonstrate that the university’s sale of its select research data to industry has resulted in stronger alliances between the university and industry. Crucially, such alliances, I argue, have a profound impact on American higher education, on two levels: 1) the evolution of the university from a historic to a postmodern institution; and 2) fundamental changes in the nature of learning in the university research lab associated with the rise of the postmodern university. The dissertation concludes by considering various measures that may be used by the lab educator to mitigate these changes in learning in the postmodern university research lab.
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Lucas, D. Pulane. "Disruptive Transformations in Health Care: Technological Innovation and the Acute Care General Hospital." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2996.
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Advances in medical technology have altered the need for certain types of surgery to be performed in traditional inpatient hospital settings. Less invasive surgical procedures allow a growing number of medical treatments to take place on an outpatient basis. Hospitals face growing competition from ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The competitive threats posed by ASCs are important, given that inpatient surgery has been the cornerstone of hospital services for over a century. Additional research is needed to understand how surgical volume shifts between and within acute care general hospitals (ACGHs) and ASCs. This study investigates how medical technology within the hospital industry is changing medical services delivery. The main purposes of this study are to (1) test Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation in health care, and (2) examine the effects of disruptive innovation on appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and bariatric surgery (ACBS) utilization. Disruptive innovation theory contends that advanced technology combined with innovative business models—located outside of traditional product markets or delivery systems—will produce simplified, quality products and services at lower costs with broader accessibility. Consequently, new markets will emerge, and conventional industry leaders will experience a loss of market share to “non-traditional” new entrants into the marketplace. The underlying assumption of this work is that ASCs (innovative business models) have adopted laparoscopy (innovative technology) and their unification has initiated disruptive innovation within the hospital industry. The disruptive effects have spawned shifts in surgical volumes from open to laparoscopic procedures, from inpatient to ambulatory settings, and from hospitals to ASCs. The research hypothesizes that: (1) there will be larger increases in the percentage of laparoscopic ACBS performed than open ACBS procedures; (2) ambulatory ACBS will experience larger percent increases than inpatient ACBS procedures; and (3) ASCs will experience larger percent increases than ACGHs. The study tracks the utilization of open, laparoscopic, inpatient and ambulatory ACBS. The research questions that guide the inquiry are: 1. How has ACBS utilization changed over this time? 2. Do ACGHs and ASCs differ in the utilization of ACBS? 3. How do states differ in the utilization of ACBS? 4. Do study findings support disruptive innovation theory in the hospital industry? The quantitative study employs a panel design using hospital discharge data from 2004 and 2009. The unit of analysis is the facility. The sampling frame is comprised of ACGHs and ASCs in Florida and Wisconsin. The study employs exploratory and confirmatory data analysis. This work finds that disruptive innovation theory is an effective model for assessing the hospital industry. The model provides a useful framework for analyzing the interplay between ACGHs and ASCs. While study findings did not support the stated hypotheses, the impact of government interventions into the competitive marketplace supports the claims of disruptive innovation theory. Regulations that intervened in the hospital industry facilitated interactions between ASCs and ACGHs, reducing the number of ASCs performing ACBS and altering the trajectory of ACBS volume by shifting surgeries from ASCs to ACGHs.
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MacFarlane, James Michael. "The techno-centred imagination : a multi-sited ethnographic study of Technological Human Enhancement Advocacy (THEA)." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2018. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/113597/.
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This thesis explores the social construction and performance of Technological Human Enhancement Advocacy through multi-sited ethnographically inspired participant observation across a range of sites. It argues that advocacy efforts surrounding the ideal of technological human enhancement share the ideational feature of Techno-centrism - an object-level belief embedded in the material present while simultaneously future-oriented and thus principally immaterial. This purposive neo-dualism blurs 'real' and 'imagined' futures to satiate the materialist ontological grounding associated with the scientific worldview, while granting extended licence to more indulgent, compelling visions for technology as an enabler of affirmative, forward-facing action - including revivifying pursuit of humanist ideals associated with the modernisation project. The thesis makes contributions to three areas. Firstly, in substantive terms, it contributes towards sociological knowledge by detailing the intersubjective values, semiotic framing mechanisms and narrative tropes evoked to both justify and promote the notion of Technological Human Enhancement Advocacy (THEA), an area which remains under-researched. Secondly, the thesis makes a theoretical contribution through its modelling of a non- spatially determined constant which recurs across sites associated with THEA: The Techno-centred Imagination (TCI). Finally, the thesis offers a methodological contribution through its novel and creative application of multi-sited research strategy for the study of non-spatially determined cultures of extreme support for science and technology. A 24-month programme of fieldwork was undertaken, comprising multi-locational participant-observation, interviews and surveys. The thesis concludes that far from being new, the emerging social forms associated with THEA capture ambivalences which have long cast a shadow over late-modern society and culture. Although TCI appears most pronounced in the practice of transhumanism - where it is acted out in extreme, almost hyperbolic ways - the phenomena mirrors broader concerns around the future of science, technology and human self-identity in the new millennium. As such, it is deserving of further study.
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Adams, Marc Robert. "Understanding regional agri-food systems and their supply chains : a socio-technological systems approach." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/71478/.
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This thesis investigates the development of regional agri-food systems and their supply chains to understand how they affect the sustainability of rural regions. It argues that the existing dichotomies of alternative-local and conventional-global do not provide a sufficiently nuanced understanding of the dynamic transitions and interactions that occur in regional agri-food systems. Deploying and extending socio-technological systems theory, the thesis explores the interaction between nested levels of sectoral and general agri-food regimes and reconstructs the emerging logics of interaction. Against this background, it analyses how alternative agri-food supply chain innovations evolve and assesses their various degrees of success. The meat, dairy and horticultural sectors in SW Wales are investigated as case studies, using a mixed methodological approach combining secondary data analysis and interviews with key stakeholders and supply chain actors. The research finds three sub-sectoral systems with highly differentiated socio-technological configurations and equally diversely configured niches. Using the socio- technological systems framework the: socio-technological configuration, degree of system stability and the future transitional pathways of the each sub-sectoral system is examined. This framework also creates the basis for an assessment of how likely their innovations are to be adopted or absorbed by the conventional agri-food system in SW Wales. The thesis finds that meaningful interactions occur not only within each sub-sector and betweentheir niches but also between sub-sectoral systems. The thesis ultimately provides a nuanced analysis of SW Wales’ agri-food systems that shows the complexity of regional food systems and critiques possible sustainable responses from public policy. It demonstrates that a socio-technical regime perspective can uncover the manifold relations between local and regional agri-food innovations and the dominant, multi-layered agri-food system. This constitutes a major empirical and conceptual contribution to the debates on sustainable food and rural development.
Books on the topic "General and technological tracks":
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Erdrich, Louise. Tracks. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall, 1989.
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Erdrich, Louise. Tracks. London: Pan, 1989.
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Erdrich, Louise. Tracks. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall, 1989.
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Cannell, Stephen J. The devil's workshop: A novel. New York: William Morrow, 1999.
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DeRosso, H. A. Tracks in the sand. Rollinsford, N.H: Sagebrush Westerns, 2004.
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Rosenfeld, Arthur. Dark tracks. New York: Avon Books, 1992.
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Oswald, Nancy. Trouble on the tracks. Palmer Lake, Colo: Filter Press, LLC, 2014.
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Erdrich, Louise. Tracks: A novel. New York: Perennial, 2001.
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Erdrich, Louise. Tracks: A novel. [New York]: HarperFlamingo, 1998.
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Erdrich, Louise. Tracks: A novel. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
Book chapters on the topic "General and technological tracks":
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Jindra, Björn. "General Theoretical Framework." In Internationalisation Theory and Technological Accumulation, 16–32. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230360037_2.
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Jéquier, Nicolas, and Yao-Su Hu. "General Conclusions." In Banking and the Promotion of Technological Development, 173–98. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10436-9_8.
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Nour, Samia Mohamed. "General Introduction." In Technological Change and Skill Development in Sudan, 3–14. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32811-4_1.
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Kuenne, Robert E. "The Technological Superiority of Present Goods." In General Equilibrium Economics, 394–402. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12752-8_17.
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Kuenne, Robert E. "The Stationary State and the Technological Superiority of Present Goods." In General Equilibrium Economics, 388–93. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12752-8_16.
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Vagaská, Alena, Miroslav Gombár, and Anton Panda. "Optimization Methods in General." In Optimization Methods in Mathematical Modeling of Technological Processes, 29–52. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35339-0_3.
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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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Eliasson, Gunnar. "General Purpose Technologies, Industrial Competence and Economic Growth." In Technological Systems and Industrial Dynamics, 201–53. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6133-0_8.
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Ledoux, Lysianna, Gilles Berillon, Nathalie Fourment, and Jacques Jaubert. "Reproduce to Understand: Experimental Approach Based on Footprints in Cussac Cave (Southwestern France)." In Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks, 67–89. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60406-6_4.
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AbstractThe morphology of a track depends on many factors that must be considered when interpreting it. An experimental approach is often required to understand the influence of each of these factors, both at the time of the track formation and after its formation. These aspects, which are fairly well documented for tracks found in open-air settings, are much more limited for those found in karst settings. Although caves are stable environments enabling the preservation of archaeological remains, many taphonomical processes can alter the grounds and the walls. Based on the observations made on footprints found in Cussac Cave (Dordogne region of southwestern France), this study focuses on one of these natural phenomena and tests the impact of flooding episodes and the resulting clay deposits on the track’s morphology and topography. Our experiments show that although the general morphology of footprints and some details such as digits are preserved, their topography is altered by successive flooding episodes and clay deposits. The loss of definition of the footprints due to flooding episodes can also lead to misinterpretation. This work sheds new light on the Cussac footprints, while the further development of such experiments will allow us to improve our results and apply them to other settings and sites.
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Hagen, Monika E., William M. Tauxe, and Philippe Morel. "Robotic Applications in Advancing General Surgery." In Technological Advances in Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care, 377–90. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2671-8_31.
Conference papers on the topic "General and technological tracks":
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Pucillo, Giovanni Pio. "Thermal Buckling in CWR Tracks: Critical Aspects of Experimental Techniques for Lateral Track Resistance Evaluation." In 2020 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2020-8079.
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Abstract After the introduction of continuous welded rail, thermal track buckling has been recognized to be one of the unsolved problem caused by this technological railroad improvement. In general, both weak ballast strength in the lateral direction and large alignment defects are the principal causes of such phenomenon. In the UIC 720 Leaflet, which is the reference standard for the realization and maintenance of continuous welded rail tracks, two safety criteria against thermal track buckling are described: one is based on the maximum (ΔTmax) and minimum (ΔTmin) buckling temperatures, the other only on the minimum buckling temperature. In the literature, it is found that a correlation exists between ΔTmax and the maximum (or peak, FP) lateral resistance value of the tie-ballast system, and, analogously, between ΔTmin and the minimum (or limit, FL) lateral resistance. For this reason, railway technicians had to paid special attention in the assessment of FP and FL. Because FP concerns lateral displacements equal to 5÷10 mm, and FL occurs for lateral displacements greater than 80÷100 mm, some researchers have proposed to measure FP with a quasi-non-destructive experimental technique, the Single Tie Push Test (STPT), and, successively, to evaluate FL as a function of FP by empirical formulas, in place of the experimental evaluation of the full lateral resistance curve of the tie-ballast system. Based on these considerations, a concerning issue arises whether it is sufficient, and above all safe, to use the simpler, less destructive, and less expensive STPT technique, which requires that only one tie is detached from the rails, or if it is necessary to perform lateral resistance tests on track panels composed by 4 to 6 ties, as in the case of the Discrete Cut Panel Pull Test (DCPPT). For this purpose, in this paper the experimental results obtained in situ in full scale conditions with the two testing techniques are reported, and the differences obtained by performing tests with one, two, and four ties are analyzed with the aim of ensuring a safe evaluation of the main input parameters required for buckling temperatures calculation. It is found that the limit lateral resistance depends neither on the chosen experimental technique, nor on the compaction level of the ballast bed, whereas the peak lateral resistance appears to be dramatically altered if it is evaluated by mean of the STPT, with serious risks of an unsafe evaluation of the buckling temperatures.
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Purucker, Christian, Fabian Rüger, Norbert Schneider, Alexandra Neukum, and Berthold Färber. "Comparing the Perception of Critical Longitudinal Distances between Dynamic Driving Simulation, Test Track and Vehicle in the Loop." In Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference. AHFE International, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe100645.
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The choice of an appropriate research environment is a fundamental issue for research on advanced driver assistance system controllability which precedes questions regarding the criticality of test scenarios and the deduction of pass-fail-criteria. The methodological trade-off between research on test tracks and driving simulation cannot be resolved easily. While test track research allows for the analysis of human interaction with real vehicle dynamics, the investigation of safety-critical situations requires considerable technological efforts and is sometimes not feasible. E.g., the complexity of real-life urban scenarios cannot be readily replicated on a test track. These restrictions do not apply to driving simulations, but limitations concerning visual and vestibular feedback raise the question of external validity. To the best of our knowledge, the perception of critical longitudinal car following distances, as measured by time headway, has been investigated on a limited scope and not under highly standardized conditions. We aim to extend the knowledge in this domain. In our study, three test environments were compared: a dynamic driving simulator, a test track vehicle, and the novel Vehicle-In-the-Loop (VIL), which is a hybrid between a test track vehicle and a driving simulator. As a result, relative validity for the perception of distance measures was established between the test environments. However, time headways were generally judged to be more critical in both simulator environments compared to the test track – a finding that should be considered when conducting future research.
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Nevoso, C., F. Cavallini, G. Massari, M. Urio, T. Watanabe, M. Masiero, J. Junior, D. Russo Juliano, A. Britto, and L. Nardy. "Riser Inspection Via Subsea Drone: Addressing the Technological Challenges to Unlock Sustainable IMR Campaigns." In Offshore Technology Conference Brasil. OTC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/32891-ms.
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Abstract The incumbent need of sustainable and cost-effective solutions for subsea inspections of live assets installed on the seabed along with the increasing complexity of next generation subsea processing (e.g., boosting, separation, water treatment, desulfation), are some of the drivers pushing the development of subsea robotics solutions. Several technological challenges have to be faced to achieve this goal, with one of the most demanding requirements being the capability to switch autonomously from a flowline horizontal inspection to a vertical riser. In general, the navigation capabilities must be able to seamlessly move from a 2D target to a 3D body with no human intervention in the loop. Many subsea drones currently being launched to the market are able to automatically track a pipeline, a flowline or a cable/umbilical (either exposed or partially buried), but a true challenge is represented by the vertical transition, i.e. when these assets turn into risers to connect the seafloor with the topside facilities. The required capability to manage this transition in pipeline configuration applies to simple catenaries as well as to lazy-wave catenary patterns. A subsea drone with comprehensive capabilities should then be able to track the riser throughout the water column following pre-set inspection shapes namely a one-side (180° domain) or a two-sides (360° domain) GVI or CVI mission. Data coming from stereo-cameras and laser scanners are digitalized, merged and processed by the navigation algorithms supported by AI based computing tools in order to ensure the pre-determined inspection pattern is complied with. Transition from a DVL based tracking to a pure video-referenced navigation has been one of the most demanding features to be dealt with. Ultimately, the drone should be able to hold the position automatically when the algorithms indicate the detection of anomalies like corrosion, torn parts, scratching and the like thus increasing the resolution of data acquisition relevant to the identified anomaly. High-resolution image sets are taken during the inspection and exported into a Survey Report for Client's record and use within its own Life-of-Field master plan. The riser tracking features and, in particular, the management of the transition from the seabed flowline to the riser linking the production system to topside is extremely challenging since it implies a smooth change in how the subsea drone navigation system guides the vehicle itself. This paper presents how information coming from different sources is managed and processed by the subsea drone AI to safely guide it while performing an autonomous subsea riser inspection. Results obtained from a deepwater pilot project offshore Brazil by Saipem with its FlatFish, developed in a JIP with Shell Brasil, PETROBRAS following ANP Levy regulations, in partnership with SENAI CIMATEC, are presented too.
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Chwa, S. O., A. Ohmori, H. Yang, and Z. Zhou. "Surface Modification of Plasma Sprayed Coating by Using YAG Laser Equipped With a Kaleidoscope." In ITSC2001, edited by Christopher C. Berndt, Khiam A. Khor, and Erich F. Lugscheider. ASM International, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.itsc2001p0575.
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Abstract Thermal spraying technique has been widely applied for the production of ceramic protection layer on metals that used in various hostile environments. However, all sprayed coatings have defects such as connected pores and unmelted particles, which deteriorate coating properties. To improve the properties of sprayed coatings, a lot of approaches have been undertaken such as laser irradiation, seal sintering with liquid alloys and sol-gel infiltration technique. Lasers are promising technological tools due to its speedy treatment and simplicity of process control. Moreover, laser treatment technology enables not only the post-treatment but also the pre and simultaneous treatment by combining with spraying process. Generally, wide beams of as uniform as possible are preferred for use in laser surface treatment to obtain a uniform depth of melting, alloying or cladding and to cover a large area by partially overlapping of tracks. However, it is not easy to produce a uniformly treated coating by conventional laser treatment method as desired. To obtain a near-uniform beam intensity for practical laser irradiation, a kaleidoscope was installed in a conventional YAG laser. In this research, laser beam properties of YAG laser equipped with a kaleidoscope and its effect on surface modification of plasma sprayed zirconia coatings and WC-Co system coatings prepared by HVOF spraying was investigated.
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Ceriolo, L. "Why and How to Introduce the Teaching of History in the Cursum Studiorum of Structural Disciplines in Engineering Faculties." In IABSE Symposium, Wroclaw 2020: Synergy of Culture and Civil Engineering – History and Challenges. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/wroclaw.2020.0229.
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<p>Historia magistra vitae is not only a saying, but a true sentence. We cannot do our best without the knowledge derived from the past. We must learn from the past to act in the best way today. In fact, errors, faults and failures in structures and architecture could be avoided with knowledge and experience.</p><p>Social progress is connected to technological developments, and vice versa. Just consider two examples. First, the developments of the research about Fracture Mechanics were driven by the necessity to increase the basins of some damaged dams during the energy crisis in the 1970s. Secondly, the cracked experienced by some cast iron bridges drove the production of iron and steel as pure as metals. To study this phenomenon a new branch of science was born: fracture mechanics [1]. Several eminent engineers and historians traced the history of civil engineering and our task is now to translate their teaching to students of engineering together with the study of technical topics and BIM tools. It is important that future professors in science universities should have a general preparation and insight sufficient to teach successfully.</p>
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Madani, Vahid, and Larry Solicito. "Technological advancements in grid revitalization present and future." In Energy Society General Meeting. IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pes.2008.4596942.
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Rudiuk, M. Iu, I. A. Kruchinin, and V. V. Shagalin. "Economic and technological aspects of rural security tractor machinery." In General question of world science. "Наука России", 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/gq-30-03-2019-18.
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Edris, Abdel-Aty. "Addressing Transmission Grid Complexity using Advanced Technological Concepts." In 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pes.2007.386035.
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Nieto-Isidro, Susana, and Higinio Ramos. "General versus specific recipients for online training courses." In TEEM'19: Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3362789.3362892.
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Chu, Yueying, Zihui Yuan, and Peng Liu. "Privacy Concern and Acceptability of Driver Monitoring System." In AHFE 2023 Hawaii Edition. AHFE International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004419.
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Driver monitoring systems (DMS) are designed to track drivers’ attention status, accumulate real-time data, and intervene when symptoms of fatigue or distraction are observed, thereby enhancing driving safety [1]. In vehicles equipped with partial driving automation [2], the driver’s role necessitates constant attention to road conditions and monitoring of dynamic driving task (DDT). These vehicles usually feature an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS), but due to limited understanding of ADAS functionalities, drivers might develop an overreliance on these systems. This could potentially lead to misuse or distractions [3]. Consequently, DMS assists in preventing traffic accidents by supporting drivers in their responsibilities, which includes providing responses in instances of driver negligence.The effectiveness of a DMS is directly related to the user’s willingness to share data such as facial images and vehicle behavior. Moreover, it’s often seen that privacy concerns inversely affect the readiness of users to disclose personal information [4]. Unlike technological domain, users’ perspective regarding DMS utilization has been under-explored. This study aims to gather insights into Chinese drivers’ attitudes towards DMS privacy issues and their willingness to adopt this technology. These findings will help evaluate the future prospects of DMS implementation. To facilitate this goal, the existing DMS systems are categorized into four types based on their primary features: facial image-based DMS, electroencephalogram signals-based DMS, electrocardiogram signals-based DMS, and vehicle behavior-based DMS.A one-way between-subjects design was conducted to investigate the influence of various DMS types on psychological perception and behavioral intention using an online survey (N = 486). Each participant was randomly assigned to one of four DMS type conditions. The questionnaire commenced with a succinct introduction to the relevant DMS type, including its name, functions, and methods of data collection. Subsequently, participants were asked to express their agreement or disagreement with 19 items across seven dimensions (data sensitivity, collection concern, secondary use, perceived insecurity, perceived usefulness, trust, and behavioral intention) about the involved DMS on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (totally disagree) to 7 (totally agree). The questionnaire ended up with demographic questions.All demographic variables did not differ significantly among different DMS type conditions. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the 19 items, revealing that three factors emerged, named “privacy concern,” “general acceptance,” and “data sensitivity.” Privacy concern is composed of the predetermined factor collection concern, secondary use, and perceived insecurity; general acceptance is composed of perceived usefulness, trust, and behavioral intention. Subsequently, we examined if DMS types influenced participants’ ratings on privacy concern, general acceptance, and data sensitivity. These analyses yielded no significant effects for DMS types on privacy concern and data sensitivity. Regarding general acceptance, participants displayed a positive attitude and significantly preferred vehicle behavior-based DMS. Further, we investigated the effect of DMS types on predetermined factors. The results showed that there was no significant effect for DMS types on collection concern, secondary use, and perceived insecurity. Participants believed that vehicle behavior-based DMS was more useful and trustworthy. Regression analysis indicated that data sensitivity was a positive explanatory variable for general acceptance, however, the privacy concern was a negative one. This study examined data sensitivity, privacy concern, and general acceptance of various DMS among drivers, and explored the factors influencing general acceptance. It was observed that Chinese drivers, in general, hold a favorable view of DMS and express a degree of willingness to use them. They are less worried about privacy and data insecurity. Further exploration is necessary to ascertain the readiness to use DMS in real-world scenarios.References:1. Dong, Y., Hu, Z., Uchimura, K., Murayama, N.: Driver inattention monitoring system for intelligent vehicles: A review. IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst. 12(2), 596–614 (2011)2. SAE International: Taxonomy and definitions for terms related to driving automation systems for on-road motor vehicles. Society of Automotive Engineering, USA (2021)3. de Winter, J. C. F., Petermeijer, S. M., Abbink, D. A.: Shared control versus traded control in driving: A debate around automation pitfalls. Ergonomics (in press) 1–43 (2022)4. Hoffman, D., Novak, T. P., & Peralta, M.: Building consumer trust online. Commun. ACM. 42(4), 80–85 (1999)
Reports on the topic "General and technological tracks":
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McAllister, Patrick H., John C. Stone, and George B. Dantzig. Analyzing the Effects of Technological Change: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, September 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada201849.
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Wing, Ian Sue. Final Technical Report: "Representing Endogenous Technological Change in Climate Policy Models: General Equilibrium Approaches". Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), April 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/881261.
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Gehlhaus, Diana, James Ryseff, and Jack Corrigan. The Race for U.S. Technical Talent. Center for Security and Emerging Technology, August 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.51593/20210074.
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Technical talent is vital to innovation and economic growth, and attracting these highly mobile workers is critical to staying on the cutting-edge of the technological frontier. Conventional wisdom holds that the defense community generally struggles to access this talent pool. This policy brief uses LinkedIn data to track the movement of tech workers between industries and metro areas, with a particular focus on the U.S. Department of Defense, the defense industrial base, and the so-called “Big Tech” companies.
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Nguyen, Kim, and Jonathan Hambur. Adoption of Emerging Digital General-purpose Technologies: Determinants and Effects. Reserve Bank of Australia, December 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47688/rdp2023-10.
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This paper examines the factors associated with the adoption of cloud computing and artificial intelligence/machine learning, two emerging digital general-purpose technologies (GPT), as well as firms' post-adoption outcomes. To do so we identify adoption of GPT based on references to these technologies in listed company reports, and merge this with data on their Board of Directors, their hiring activities and their financial performance. We find that firms that have directors with relevant technological backgrounds, or female representation on their Board, are more likely to profitably adopt GPT, with the former being particularly important. Worker skills also appear important, with firms that adopt GPT, particularly those that do so profitably, being more likely to hire skilled staff following adoption. Finally, while early adopters of GPT experience a dip in profitability following adoption, this is not evident for more recent adopters. This suggests that GPT may have become easier to adopt over time, potentially due to changes in the technologies or the availability of relevant skills, which is encouraging in terms of future productivity outcomes.
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Soroko, Nataliia V., Lorena A. Mykhailenko, Olena G. Rokoman, and Vladimir I. Zaselskiy. Educational electronic platforms for STEAM-oriented learning environment at general education school. [б. в.], July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/3884.
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The article is devoted to the problem of the use of educational electronic platform for the organization of a STEAM-oriented environment of the general school. The purpose of the article is to analyze the use of educational electronic platforms for organizing the STEAM-oriented school learning environment and to identify the basic requirements for supporting the implementation and development of STEAM education in Ukraine. One of the main trends of education modernization is the STEAM education, which involves the integration between the natural sciences, the technological sciences, engineering, mathematics and art in the learning process of educational institutions, in particular, general school. The main components of electronic platform for education of the organization STEAM-oriented educational environment should be open e-learning and educational resources that include resources for students and resources for teachers; information and communication technologies that provide communication and collaboration among students; between teachers; between students and teachers; between specialists, employers, students, and teachers; information and communication technologies that promote the development of STEAM education and its implementation in the educational process of the school; online assessment and self-assessment of skills and competences in STEAM education and information and communication technologies fields; STEAM education labs that may include simulators, games, imitation models, etc.; STEAM-oriented educational environment profiles that reflect unconfirmed participants’ data, their contributions to projects and STEAM education, plans, ideas, personal forums, and more. Prospects for further research are the design of an educational electronic platform for the organization of the STEAM-oriented learning environment in accordance with the requirements specified in the paper.
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Contreras Salamanca, Luz Briyid, and Yon Garzón Ávila. Generational Lagging of Dignitaries, Main Cause of Technological Gaps in Community Leaders. Analysis of Generation X and Boomers from the Technology Acceptance Model. Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22490/ecacen.4709.
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Community and neighborhood organizations are in the process of renewing the organizational culture, considering technological environments in the way of training, and advancing communally, being competitive in adaptation and learning, creating new solutions, promoting change, and altering the status quo, based on the advancement of technology over the last few years, currently applied in most organizations. The decisive factor is the ability of true leaders to appropriate the Technological Acceptance Model –TAM– principles, participating in programs and projects, adopting new technologies from the different actors involved, contributing to the welfare of each community. There is, however, a relative resistance to the use of technology as support in community management, due to the generational differences in leaders and dignitaries, according to collected reports in this study, in relation to the age range of dignitaries –Generation X and Baby Boomers predominate–. They present a challenge to digital inclusion with difficulties related to age, cognitive, sensory, difficulty in developing skills, and abilities required in Digital Technologies, necessary to face new scenarios post-pandemic and, in general, the need to use technological facilities.
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Zahler, Andrés, Roberto Alvarez, and Claudio Bravo Ortega. Innovation and Productivity in Services: Evidence from Chile. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006945.
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This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean services sector. Consistent with recent evidence on developed countries, we find that services firms are as innovative as firms in the manufacturing industry. In the basic model, we also find that both industries have similar determinants of the investment in innovation and the probability of introducing innovations (products or process), such as size and export status. In several extensions we find similar roles for technological and non-technological innovation in labor productivity and for determinants such as skill intensity and financial restrictions. In general, our evidence suggests that that innovation input and output is associated with improvements in productivity in both sectors. Since we do not find clear-cut differences, it might be the case that even larger efforts need to be done to have better measures of innovation and productivity in the services industries.
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Liu, Zhanjiang John, Rex Dunham, and Boaz Moav. Developmental and Evaluation of Advanced Expression Vectors with Both Enhanced Integration and Stable Expression for Transgenic Farmed Fish. United States Department of Agriculture, December 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2001.7585196.bard.
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The objectives of the project were to develop expression vectors using the Sleeping Beauty transposon technology and the genetic border elements to provide both enhanced integration rate and stable transgene expression, and to evaluate the application of such vectors in farmed fish such as catfish and carp. The panel recommended adding the objective of evaluating the endogenous transposable elements, particularly in catfish, in order to evaluate the applicability of the expression vectors while reduc1ng efforts in real production of transgenic fish considering the focus of the project was to develop the vector and evaluation of its applicability, not producing transgenic fish. Efficient production of transgenic farmed fish is hindered by two major problems: mosaicism due to delayed integration after single-cell stage, and silencing of transgene expression. In this project, we proposed to combat these problems by coupling the Sleeping Beauty transposon technology that can enhance integration rate and the border elements that can insulate transgene from position effect. Our major objective was to develop a new generation of expression vector that contains both of these elements. We have developed expression vectors containing both the Sleeping Beauty transposon signals, inverted repeats and direct repeats (IR and DR, respectively), and the border elements, scs and scs'. Growth hormone minigene has been cloned into this vector for applications of such vectors in growth enhancement. Luc reporter gene has been also cloned into this vector cascades for relative easy evaluation of transgene expression. Transgenic fish have been produced using these expression vectors in both catfish (US) and carp (Israel). Much effort was also devoted to evaluation of the endogenous transposable elements in catfish as recommended by the BARD grant panel. Multiple families of Tcl-like transposons were identified from catfish. Surprisingly, many Tc I-related transcripts were identified. Among these transcripts, both the sense and antisense transcripts were present. Some of the transcripts may be useful for development of novel transposase-based technology for aquaculture applications in the future. This project has both scientific and aquaculture implications. First, to develop expression vectors containing both IR/DR and scs/scs' repeated elements have been reported being extremely technically difficult due to excision of the repeated sequences by the E. coli host during cloning processes. We have successfully constructed this advanced vector that contained very complex cascades for both gene integration and gene regulation. We have produced transgenic fish using such vectors. This advanced expression vector should be useful for production of transgenic fish. By simply replacing the growth hormone gene, any gene of interest can be readily inserted in this vector. Thus this vector should provide technological possibility for early integration and stable expression of any economically important genes in aquaculture. We have also evaluated the applications of the Sleeping Beauty-based vectors in terms of the impact of gene size and found that the size of trans gene drastically affects transposition. The system will be only useful for transferring genes smaller than 5.6 kb. We have also identified novel transposase-related transcripts that may be useful for the development of novel transposase-based technologies for general scientific research and for aquaculture applications.
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Biegelbauer, Peter, Christian Hartmann, Wolfgang Polt, Anna Wang, and Matthias Weber. Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies in Austria – a case study for the OECD. JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, August 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22163/fteval.2020.493.
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In recent years, mission-oriented approaches have received growing interest in science, technology and innovation (STI) policies against the background of two developments. First, while so-called “horizontal” or “generic” approaches to research, technology and innovation policies have largely been successful in improving the general innovation performance or the rate of innovation, there are perceived limitations in terms of insufficiently addressing the direction of technological change and innovation. Second, “grand societal challenges” emerged on policy agendas, such as climate change, security, food and energy supply or ageing populations, which call for thematic orientation and the targeting of research and innovation efforts. In addition, the apparent success of some mission-oriented initiatives in countries like China, South Korea, and the United States in boosting technological development for purposes of strengthening competitiveness contributed to boosting the interest in targeted and directional government interventions in STI. Against the backdrop of this renewed interest in mission-oriented STI policy, the OECD has addressed the growing importance of this topic and launched a project looking into current experiences with Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy (MOIP). The present study on MOIP in Austria was commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Energy, Mobility, Environment, Innovation and Technologiy (BMK) and comprises the Austrian contributions to this OECD project. The study aims at contributing Austrian experiences to the international debate and to stimulate a national debate on MOIP.
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Desk, Front. Report on Technology-Enabled Learning Competency Framework for Teachers in Zambia. Commonwealth of Learning (COL), October 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/11599/5458.
Abstract:
The Report on Technology-Enabled Learning Competency Framework for Teachers in Zambia addresses the imperative of adapting to 21st-century education demands. Amidst the rise of technology-driven learning environments, this framework emerges as a response to evolving pedagogical landscapes. Acknowledging ICT's transformative potential in education, Zambia's Ministry of General Education seeks innovation through technology-enabled learning. Yet, teacher competencies in this realm remain uneven. The Teaching Council of Zambia intervenes to uplift teachers' continuous professional development through technology. Thus, this framework outlines vital knowledge, skills and attitudes, nurturing digital literacy and technological adeptness. Aligned with an international model designed by UNESCO and Zambia's context, the framework standardises competencies, offers guidance, fosters teacher professional growth and bridges digital disparities, ultimately enhancing education quality.