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Technology On The Factory Floor Ii: Benchmarking Manufacturing Technology Use In The Usa, Paul Swamidass
Technology On The Factory Floor Ii: Benchmarking Manufacturing Technology Use In The Usa, Paul Swamidass
Paul Swamidass
This monograph is the result of the second joint effort of the Manufacturing Institute of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the author for studying the use of fifteen different manufacturing technologies in the US. Timely support by the National Science Foundation enabled this second study to be expanded to a larger number of participants. A total of 1,121 members of NAM participated in this study. Hard technologies studied were: AGV, CAD, CAM, CIM, CNC, FMS, LAN, Robotics and automated inspection, and soft technologies studied were: TQM, JIT, SQC, MRP, MRP II, and manufacturing cells.
Selected findings are: CAD, …
The "Infoharness" Information Integration Platform, Leon Shklar, Satish Thatte, Howard Marcus, Amit P. Sheth
The "Infoharness" Information Integration Platform, Leon Shklar, Satish Thatte, Howard Marcus, Amit P. Sheth
Kno.e.sis Publications
The "InfoHarness" information integration platform, tools, and services being developed at Bellcore are aimed at providing integrated and rapid access to huge amounts of heterogeneous information independent of the type, representation, and location of information. InfoHarness provides advanced search and browsing capabilities without imposing the burden of restructuring, reformatting or relocating information on information suppliers or creators. This is achieved through object-oriented encapsulation of information and the associated meta-information (e.g., type, location, access rights, owner, creation date, etc.). The meta-information extraction methods ensure rapid and largely automatic creation of information repositories. A gateway that supports access to InfoHarness repositories from …
Reporting On Risk: Who Decides What's News?, William Lanouette
Reporting On Risk: Who Decides What's News?, William Lanouette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Lanouette argues that risks alone do not command national media attention; their implications must first be framed by broader national issues.
Community Structure And Media Risk Coverage, Sharon Dunwoody
Community Structure And Media Risk Coverage, Sharon Dunwoody
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Dunwoody regards media organizations to be community creatures; their accounts to be social constructions; and answers to, "Who's right?" to be relative.
Historical Notes On German Press Coverage Of Technology, Hans Mathias Kepplinger
Historical Notes On German Press Coverage Of Technology, Hans Mathias Kepplinger
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Kepplinger accounts for increased negativism in German media coverage of technology by pointing to changes in journalists' role definitions and attitudes.
Reporting Risk: The Case Of Silicone Breast Implants, Dorothy Nelkin
Reporting Risk: The Case Of Silicone Breast Implants, Dorothy Nelkin
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Nelkin finds journalists to be, if reluctantly, subject to influence and describes their uneasy relationship with scientists in filling a difficult role.
Technical Risk In The Mass Media: Introduction, Allan Mazur
Technical Risk In The Mass Media: Introduction, Allan Mazur
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Special editor, Professor Mazur introduces and explains the origins of the symposium.
Mass Media As An Information Channel And Public Arena, Hans Peter Peters
Mass Media As An Information Channel And Public Arena, Hans Peter Peters
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Peters argues that several functions of mass media compete and that attempts to improve risk coverage must avoid optimizing one at the expense of others.
Patent & Trademark Depository Library Association Newsletter
Patent & Trademark Depository Library Association Newsletter
Journal of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association
No abstract provided.
Using Tickets To Enforce The Serializability Of Multidatabase Transactions, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Marek Rusinkiewicz, Amit P. Sheth
Using Tickets To Enforce The Serializability Of Multidatabase Transactions, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Marek Rusinkiewicz, Amit P. Sheth
Kno.e.sis Publications
To enforce global serializability in a multidatabase environment the multidatabase transaction manager must take into account the indirect (transitive) conflicts between multidatabase transactions caused by local transactions. Such conflicts are difficult to resolve because the behavior or even the existence of local transactions is not known to the multidatabase system. To overcome these difficulties, we propose to incorporate additional data manipulation operations in the subtransactions of each multidatabase transaction. We show that if these operations create direct conflicts between subtransactions at each participating local database system, indirect conflicts can be resolved even if the multidatabase system is not aware of …
Table Of Contents (V.6, 1994)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews And End Matter
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Neuwirth: Perlen aus Gablonz: Historismus, Jugendstil/Beads from Gablonz: Historicism, Art Nouveau reviewed by Karlis Karklins
Morris and Preston-Whyte: Speaking with Beads: Zulu Arts from Southern Africa reviewed by Marilee Wood
Liu: Collectible Beads: A Universal Aesthetic reviewed by Karlis Karklins
Delaroziere: Perles d' Afrique reviewed by Marie-José Opper
Oregon Archaeological Society: Indian Trade Goods reviewed by Cloyd Sørensen, Jr.
Kock and Sode: Glass, Glass Beads and Glassmakers in Northern India reviewed by Peter Francis, Jr.
Captions And Color Plates (V.6, 1994)
Captions And Color Plates (V.6, 1994)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
A Possible Beadmaker's Kit From North America's Lake Superior Copper District, Susan R. Martin
A Possible Beadmaker's Kit From North America's Lake Superior Copper District, Susan R. Martin
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Beads of copper are amongst the oldest and most widespread ornament forms known in North America. Native copper was an important material to prehistoric Americans, and certainly the most important metal. It was collected, transported and traded over wide areas from as early as seven thousand years before present, and its for ornaments persisted until it was gradually replaced by European metals over the many years of the contact period. A recently discovered cache of copper beads, bead preforms, awls, a crescent knife and scraps of raw copper at site 20KE20 in northern Michigan offers insight into the process of …
Toward A Social History Of Beadmakers, Peter Francis Jr.
Toward A Social History Of Beadmakers, Peter Francis Jr.
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
An understanding of beads requires an understanding of the people involved with them. This paper examines three historical aspects of people engaged in beadmaking, especially the production of glass beads. The history of their social relations is considered in regards to the record of their physical movements, the manner in which they organize themselves and pass on their traditions, and their status within society. Information concerning each of these is arranged geographically and chronologically in an attempt to discern the patterns of the social history of beadmakers.
Beads From The African Burial Ground, New York City: A Preliminary Assessment, Cheryl J. Laroche
Beads From The African Burial Ground, New York City: A Preliminary Assessment, Cheryl J. Laroche
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Excavation of the African Burial Ground in New York City yielded the skeletal remains of more than 400 individuals. This paper is a preliminary discussion of beads associated with seven of the burials. The in situ bead configurations of three of the interments are distinctive and appear to be indicative of cultural practices of Africans in 18th-century New York. The configurations include necklaces and possibly wristlets, as well as waistbeads. The latter represent the first recorded instance of such use by Africans or African descendants in North America. These objects provide insight into the religious or ritual behavior of the …
European Beads From Spanish-Colonial Lamanai And Tipu, Belize, Marvin T. Smith, Elizabeth Graham, David M. Pendergast
European Beads From Spanish-Colonial Lamanai And Tipu, Belize, Marvin T. Smith, Elizabeth Graham, David M. Pendergast
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Excavation of the contact-period components of the Maya sites of Lamanai and Tipu, in northern and west-central Belize, respectively, have yielded moderate collections of European glass and other beads. The archaeological data are augmented by ethnohistorical documentation regarding the length of Maya/Spanish interaction. Contexts do not provide unequivocal stratigraphic evidence of sequential bead importation, but known dates of bead varieties assist in refining both site chronology and the understanding of bead use. As the first Central American collections to be analyzed, the two assemblages offer an initial glimpse of one aspect of European impact on native material and non-material culture.
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 6 (Complete)
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 6 (Complete)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
The Interpretation Of Laser Sensing Measurements For Blast Furnace Operations And Control, Peter C. Wall, R J Turner, Mark Hughes, Peter Huk, Ross J. Haywood, M J Mccarthy, Paul Zulli
The Interpretation Of Laser Sensing Measurements For Blast Furnace Operations And Control, Peter C. Wall, R J Turner, Mark Hughes, Peter Huk, Ross J. Haywood, M J Mccarthy, Paul Zulli
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Several laser-based sensors for use on blast furnaces have been developed and implemented, including a raceway sensor, burden level sensor (single point) and burden surface profiler. These sensors are based on the time-of-flight technique and give high levels of accuracy in all applications. The data obtained from the sensors during normal furnace operations are examined in light of the process models utilised by operators and for the interpretation of pulverised coal injection performance. Raceway sensory data obtained during a furnace blow-in are also discussed.
Low Temperature Synthesis Of Al-Aln Composites From A Nanostructure Made By Controlled Magneto-Ball Milling Of Al In Ammonia, Andrzej Calka, J I. Nikolov, G H. J Wantenaar
Low Temperature Synthesis Of Al-Aln Composites From A Nanostructure Made By Controlled Magneto-Ball Milling Of Al In Ammonia, Andrzej Calka, J I. Nikolov, G H. J Wantenaar
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The formation of an AlN compound in ball milled Al powder in ammonia was studied. In this work a magneto‐ball milling device with controlled ball movement was used. The end milling product was an Al based nanostructure. This product can be transformed into an AlN‐Al nanocomposite upon heating below the melting point of Al. It was found that the level of unreacted Al is dependent on milling time. The maximum amount of AlN was 88.28 wt %. The structure of as‐milled and annealed samples was investigated using x‐ray diffractometry and transmission electron microscopy. Differential thermal analysis was performed on as‐milled …
New Solutions For The Propagation Of Long Water Waves Over Variable Depth, Yinglong Zhang, Song-Ping Zhu
New Solutions For The Propagation Of Long Water Waves Over Variable Depth, Yinglong Zhang, Song-Ping Zhu
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Based on the linearized long-wave equation, two new analytical solutions are obtained respectively for the propagation of long surface gravity waves around a conical island and over a paraboloidal shoal. Having been intensively studied during the last two decades, these two problems have practical significance and are physically revealing for wave propagation over variable water depth. The newly derived analytical solutions are compared with several previously obtained numerical solutions and the accuracy of those numerical solutions is discussed. The analytical method has the potential to be used to find solutions for wave propagation over more natural bottom topographies.
A Three-Dimensional Numerical Model Of The Response Of The Australian North West Shelf To Tropical Cyclones, Song-Ping Zhu, Jorg Imberger
A Three-Dimensional Numerical Model Of The Response Of The Australian North West Shelf To Tropical Cyclones, Song-Ping Zhu, Jorg Imberger
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
A three-dimensional barotropic and baroclinic model is developed to simulate currents and temperature changes induced by tropical cyclones traversing the continental shelf and slope region of the Australian North West Shelf. The model is based on a layered, explicit, finite difference formulation using the nonlinear primitive equations with an embedded entrainment scheme; a mixed-surface-layer interface is defined, which is allowed to shift from one interface to another, depending on the strength of a storm. The model has been tested by simulating the currents and temperature changes induced by tropical cyclones Orson and Ian. The modelled currents and temperatures agreed well …
The Strong Relevance Logics, Martin W. Bunder
The Strong Relevance Logics, Martin W. Bunder
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The tautology p - q - p is not a theorem of the various relevance logics (see Anderson and Belnap [1]) because q is not considered to be relevant in the derivation of final p. We can take this lack of relevance to mean simply that p-q-p could have been proved without q and its -, i.e., p-p. By the same criterion we could say that in ((p-p) -q) -q p-p is not relevant. In general we will say that any theorem A of an implicational logic is strongly relevant if there is no subpart B ! which can be …
Interactive Learning: The Casewriting Method As An Entire Semester Course For Higher Education Teacher's Manual, Brent D. Bowen, Rebecca K. Lutte, Uno Aviation Institute
Interactive Learning: The Casewriting Method As An Entire Semester Course For Higher Education Teacher's Manual, Brent D. Bowen, Rebecca K. Lutte, Uno Aviation Institute
Faculty Books and Monographs
UNOAI Report 94-2
This guide explains the reasons for employing the case method as a tool in the academic discipline of aviation. It promotes the use of case writing as a unique opportunity to derive even further benefits from case analysis. The benefits to students of using case writing as a learning strategy include a focus on the strategy of a real situation; development of an ownership interest; and development of reasoning, decision making, judgment, group dynamics, formal written and oral communication ability, and organizational skills. This is a teacher's guide that includes the course syllabus, schedule and practical tips …
Interactive Learning: The Casewriting Method As An Entire Semester Course For Higher Education, Brent D. Bowen, Uno Aviation Institute
Interactive Learning: The Casewriting Method As An Entire Semester Course For Higher Education, Brent D. Bowen, Uno Aviation Institute
Faculty Books and Monographs
UNOAI Report 94-1
This guide explains for reasons for employing the case method as a tool in the academic discipline of aviation. It promotes the use of case writing as a unique opportunity to derive even further benefits from case analysis. The benefits to students of using case writing as a learning strategy include a focus on the strategy of a real situation; development of an ownership interest; and development of reasoning, decision making, judgement, group dynamic, formal written and oral communication ability, and organizational skills. Issues related to computerization, research, and internalization are also addressed. Among the topics covered …
Acceptable Risk: A Conceptual Proposal, Baruch Fischhoff
Acceptable Risk: A Conceptual Proposal, Baruch Fischhoff
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Challenging the "de minimis risk" concept, Dr. Fischhoff argues that risks ought not to be considered apart from a particular technology's benefits. He argues, too, that the acceptability of particular kinds of risks should not be determined without considering the views of all persons who may be exposed. Finally, building upon the "reasonable person" construct, he suggests ways those goals might be achieved.
Classical Versions Of Bci, Bck And Bciw Logics, Martin W. Bunder, John K. Slaney
Classical Versions Of Bci, Bck And Bciw Logics, Martin W. Bunder, John K. Slaney
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The question is, is there a formula X, independent of B,C,K1, I and W that creates distinct subclassical logics BCIX,BCKX and BCIWX, while BCKWX is the full classical implicational logic TV?
Crossed Products By Semigroups Of Endomorphisms And The Toeplitz Algebras Of Ordered Groups, Sriwulan Adji, Marcelo Laca, May Nilsen, Iain Raeburn
Crossed Products By Semigroups Of Endomorphisms And The Toeplitz Algebras Of Ordered Groups, Sriwulan Adji, Marcelo Laca, May Nilsen, Iain Raeburn
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
No abstract provided.
Occurrence Of Shiga-Like Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli In Retail Fresh Seafood, Beef, Lamb, Pork, And Poultry From Grocery Stores In Seattle, Washington, Mansour Samadpour, Jerry Ongerth, J. Liston, Nhiem Tran, Dong Nguyen, Thomas S. Whittam, Richard Wilson, Phillip I. Tarr
Occurrence Of Shiga-Like Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli In Retail Fresh Seafood, Beef, Lamb, Pork, And Poultry From Grocery Stores In Seattle, Washington, Mansour Samadpour, Jerry Ongerth, J. Liston, Nhiem Tran, Dong Nguyen, Thomas S. Whittam, Richard Wilson, Phillip I. Tarr
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Fresh meat, poultry, and seafood purchased from Seattle area grocery stores were investigated for the presence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli by using DNA probes for Shiga-like toxin (SLT) genes I and II. Of the 294 food samples tested, 17% had colonies with sequence homology to SLT I and/or SLT II genes.