Workers in hazardous environments such as mining are constantly exposed to the health and safety hazards of dynamic and unpredictable conditions. One approach to enable them to manage these hazards is to provide them with situational awareness: real-time data (environmental, physiological, and physical location data) obtained from wireless, wearable, smart sensor technologies deployed at the work area. The scope of this approach is limited to managing the hazards of the immediate work area for prevention purposes; it does not include technologies needed after a disaster. Three critical technologies emerge and converge to support this technical approach: smart-wearable sensors, wireless sensor networks, and low-power embedded computing. The major focus of this report is on smart sensors and wireless sensor networks. Wireless networks form the infrastructure to support the realization of situational awareness; therefore, there is a significant focus on wireless networks. Lastly, the “Fut… More >>

A Technology Review of Smart Sensors with Wireless Networks for Applications in Hazardous Work Environments

To balance the competing goals of reduced infrastructure and enhanced information technology (IT) skills, the Army must manage all its workforces in the IT field. Using Fort Bragg as a test case, this report shows how a linear programming framework helps gauge the impact of decisions that change the IT workforce. With a determination of who can do what in the IT field, the authors conclude that with linear programming the effects of policy changes can be quantified and better understood, various policies can be studied, and the approach can be extended beyond the installation level.To balance the competing goals of reduced infrastructure and enhanced information technology (IT) skills, the Army must manage all its workforces in the IT field. Using Fort Bragg as a test case, this report shows how a linear programming framework helps gauge the impact of decisions that change the IT workforce. With a determination of who can do what in the IT field, the authors conclude that with linear p… More >>

An Optimization Approach to Workforce Planning for the Information Technology Field

The Army1s Spring 1998 Technology Seminar Game was designed to advance theArmy After Next (AAN) process by bringing together military operators andcivilian scientists and technologists to examine future force developmentissues. It used 15 mini-scenarios extracted from previous AAN games. Foreach scenario, an overall mission and required force capabilities requiredto achieve that mission were identified beforehand. A set of System Cards,used in the game as a means of achieving the required capabilities, was alsopreselected. The cards included information about the specifications of aparticular system and the technologies that could be used to build thosesystems. System Cards were thus the fundamental component of the game,linking systems and technologies to the required force capabilities. Theplayers1 involvement included examining the preselected cards, revisingand/or adding new cards, and then cross-evaluating them with the intentionof identifying the most important critical technolog… More >>

Issues and Insights from the Army Technology Seminar Game

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This book constitutes the joint refereed post-conference proceedings of 18 workshops held in conjunction with the 12th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, ECOOP’98, held in Brussels, Belgium, in July 1998. Also included are revised demos and posters presented at the conference.
The volume presents around 250 revised contributions, including surveys by the respective workshop organizers and abstracts of the individual contributions. The wealth of up-to-date information provided spans the whole spectrum of object technologies, from theoretical and foundational issues to applications in a variety of domains.This book constitutes the joint refereed post-conference proceedings of 18 workshops held in conjunction with the 12th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, ECOOP’98, held in Brussels, Belgium, in July 1998. Also included are revised demos and posters presented at the conference.
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Object-Oriented Technology. ECOOP ‘98 Workshop Reader: ECOOP’98 Workshop, Demos, and Posters Brussels, Belgium, July 20-24, 1998 Proceedings

The present explosion of our culture cannot continue indefinitely and must be followed by a season of collapse. The changes make our present environment unsuited to our, and our children’s, genes. The cause lies in our evolutionary history. To handle the situation correctly requires a radical change in perspective.

Driven by the ever-greater advances in technology, human life is changing at an increasing pace; this, like all acceleration, is unsustainable and must lead to a crisis in the near future.

We are ill-adapted to our sophisticated world because we have the genes of our ancestors the hunter-gatherers, whose way of life humans have followed for 99% of the period of their existence. We suffer from living in an environment ever less like theirs. It causes physical and mental disease, disrupts traditional family life, and to a large extenet deprives children of the care and love they need to become happy and well-adjusted adults.

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Evolution and the Spiral of Technology

The 18th ESACT meeting was celebrated in Granada (Spain) in May 2003, and was entitled “Animal Cell Technology Meets Genomics”, in order to reflect that the emerging technologies in the area of genomics, proteomics and other “-omics”-type disciplines will provide key technological assets to increase knowledge and open new horizons in animal cell technology. During the meeting a variety of top-class emerging technologies were presented together with the lastest advances in more mature industrial areas. The meeting was opened by a first session devoted to the understanding of basic cellular mechanisms, and four sessions focused on applied aspects of animal cell technology: Cell-based therapies and gene-based therapies, target discovery and biopharmaceuticals. The Granada Meeting has also seen a special focus on forefront industrial case studies. The spirit and scientific excellence of the 18th ESACT meeting is now reflected in different chapters of the book. The book presents, in form of… More >>

Animal Cell Technology Meets Genomics: Proceedings of the 18th ESACT Meeting. Granada, Spain, May 11-14, 2003

“New Trends and Technologies in Computer-Aided Learning for Computer-Aided Design” contains the proceedings from the EduTech Workshop, an IFIP TC-10 Working Conference held in Perth, Australia. The workshop aimed to explore the interrelationship between computer-aided technology and computer-aided learning.

Computation and communication technologies underpin work and development in many different areas. Among them, Computer-Aided Design of electronic systems and E-Learning technologies are two areas which are different but share many concerns. The design of CAD and E-Learning systems already touches on a number of parallels, such as system interoperability, user interfaces, standardization, EML-based formats, reusability aspects (of content or designs), and intellectual property rights. Furthermore, the teaching of Design Automation tools and methods is particularly amenable to a distant or blended learning setting, and implies the interconnection of typical CAD tools, such… More >>

New Trends and Technologies in Computer-Aided Learning for Computer-Aided Design: IFIP International Working Conference: EduTech 2005, Perth, Australia, … in Information and Communication Technology)

Exam Success: 2357 NVQ Diploma in Electrotechnical Technology is a vital new tool for candidates preparing to sit the City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Electrotechnical Technology (2357) Units 301, 305 and 309. Published by City & Guilds, the UK’s largest awarding body, it maps closely to the assessment standards and has been moderated by the City and Guilds assessment team. This vital revision resource equips learners with a focused exam preparation tool, familiarising them with exam style questions, whilst enabling them to identify weak knowledge areas for improvement in advance of the exam.

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Like previous volumes in the “Educational Innovation in Economics and Business” series, this one is genuinely international in terms of its coverage. It reflects the worldwide interest in, and commitment to, innovation in business education with a view to enhancing the learning experience of both undergraduates and postgraduates. It should prove of value to anyone engaged directly in business education. Like previous volumes in the “Educational Innovation in Economics and Business” series, this one is genuinely international in terms of its coverage. It reflects the worldwide interest in, and commitment to, innovation in business education with a view to enhancing the learning experience of both undergraduates and postgraduates. It should prove of value to anyone engaged directly in business education. … More >>

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