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Interoperability between ERP System and Project Planning System

SAP in an ERP system which is a digital system used in Aker Subsea to store, organize and manage information related to the company that all employees in the different functions use daily. Primavera is the time planning tool in Aker Subsea. Today information is copied manually from SAP over to Primavera by the planners to analyze and create schedules. There exists an application that copies information between SAP and Primavera called Inspire. Aker Subsea is interested in implementing this so that the planners will have more time to analyze and forecast potential pitfalls of the future. As the planning department in Aker Subsea has spent several years on building up their procedures, structure and manpower the time has come to implement the integration software. As ERP systems are modular then the integration can be seen as installing a new time planning module to the ERP system and for this there is done a lot of research into. There is a clear need for four specific things in an integration like this to be successful: “Top Management Support”, “ERP Teamwork and Composition”, “Project Management” and “Change Management Culture and Program”. BIM is a similar system to ERP, but with different functions. Research on this can be valuable to ERP implementations. As more research is done to BIM it becomes clear that interoperability between software is needed on many levels and between several disciplines. As time and progress is registered in the ERP system it is highly relevant to have that information in the planning tool.
Life Cycle Assessment of Fuel Cell Vehicles - Dealing with Uncertainties

Author(s): Contadini, Jose F. | Abstract: Subjectivity and uncertainty surround life cycle assessment (LCA) in transportation terms, particularly when new technologies are evaluated amid future scenarios. The Fuel Upstream Energy and Emission Model (FUEEM) was developed to incorporate and propagate uncertainty within an LCA analysis. The model uses probabilistic curves generated by experts as inputs and then employs Monte Carlo simulation techniques to propagate these uncertainties throughout the full chain of fuel production and use. The FUEEM process also explicitly involves interested parties in the entire analysis process, not only in the final review phase. The FUEEM process is demonstrated within an analysis for the use of three different fuel cell vehicle technologies—direct hydrogen, indirect methanol, and indirect hydrocarbon—in 2010 within the South Coast Air Basin of California.
An Analysis of The Biomedical Sectors in Australia andCanada in a National Innovation Systems Context

The previous paper provided a comparison of the biomedical sectors in Australia and Canada based heavily on an analysis of biomedical alliances as well as a broader range of indicators. The analysis suggested that the industry in Canada is much larger and more substantially integrated into the global biomedical industry than is simply explained by the relative size of the two countries. While there were significant issues of data definition in comparing the size of the industries in the two countries, the differences across the range of indicators are sufficient to suggest that the industry in Canada is 3 to 4 times the size of its Australian counterpart. This was supported by the data on alliances, which indicated that the degree of global integration of Canadian companies is substantially greater than is reflected in the differences of size between the two national industries. It showed significant differences in alliance patterns between the two countries. In particular Canadian biotechs had much greater success in forming high value later stage alliances with large pharma than Australian biotechs. In discussing a framework to explore the reasons for these differences it was agreed that a national innovation systems approach might be helpful. It would provide a framework within which to compare the essential features of the sectors in the two countries and identify the role of policy in these differences. While the framework provided by national innovation systems has been used to research a range of industries, it is of particular relevance to RD Nelson 1988; Bartholomew 1997). This paper will firstly provide an outline of the major theoretical concepts discussed in the literature on national innovation systems, secondly review related empirical work on biomedical sector and finally begin to develop some explanations for the differences between Australia and Canada.
Giant Lipoma in the Thenar Eminence: Report of 2 Cases and Literature Overview

In this manuscript we report the diagnostic and therapeutic approach of two patients with superficial giant lipomas over the thenar eminence. Both tumors developed following the typical pattern described by literature: slowly growing, mobile, soft, and painless masses, exceeding 5 centimeters in diameter. Each example corresponds to each of the possible locations of deep lipomas of the hand over the thenar eminence: on the synovial sheath of the flexor apparatus -epivaginal-, or under it endovaginal-. Their size was sufficient to cause functional impairment and constant pain, so surgical excisions were performed preserving local neurovascular structures. During the follow-up period only one patient suffered neurological sequela. 2. CASE#1
Foot development in childhood and adolescence

Abstract: Knowledge about the development of children's feet is important for those who design and construct children's shoes. In contrast to adult feet, children's feet are still maturing with regard to their size and shape. Ill-fitting shoes can cause problems in the maturing foot. Therefore structural maturation as well as functional aspects are discussed based on current literature. Additionally, changes of foot shape are comprehensively analyzed by means of cluster analyses which also consider influences of gender and body composition. All discussed aspects should be seen as principles for shoe construction and extend common knowledge on footwear design.
AN AHS CONCEPT BASED ON MAXIMUM ADAPTABILITY

The Automated Highway System (AHS) is a future component of the National Highway System that will allow vehicles to drive under on-board automated control. The Adaptable Concept is one of five proposed designs for the AHS which are currently under evaluation by the National Automated Highway System Consortium (NAHSC). The Adaptable Concept is designed to maximize flexibility and options both in the vehicle and the infrastructure, while maintaining compatibility. This recognizes that what stakeholders (future users, builders, and maintainers of AHS) in different parts of the country want from AHS varies greatly with where they live. The Adaptable Concept allows communities and vehicle owners to choose (and pay for), from a menu of options, only those features which they need. The common AHS infrastructure and vehicle designs ensure compatibility across the country, and the ability to inexpensively add more capability later. One of Adaptable's key distinguishing characteristics is its infrastructure coordination (I/C) capability. This gives the Adaptable infrastructure the ability to command individual vehicles, which supports managing traffic flow at incidents and the formation of more efficient platoons. In addition, the Adaptable concept maximizes safety and throughput available during degraded operations by providing underlying layers which can stand alone during hardware and software failures or external events such as earthquakes or electrical storms, and provide safety and throughput comparable to an early phase AHS system. The Adaptable Concept is a toolkit that affords a great variety of applications from four basic modules or layers. The innermost, or Autonomous layer is located in the vehicle, and contains functions essential to the autonomous operation of the vehicle as part of an AHS system. The Infrastructure Supported (I/S) layer is distributed between roadside processors responsible for segment control, entry, and merging, and the Traffic Operations Center for the region. The I/S layer contains functions which allow the infrastructure to check vehicles in and out of AHS and to broadcast to groups of vehicles, and which allow the vehicles to report state information back to the infrastructure. The Cooperative layer is located in the vehicle. It contains functions which support vehicle-to-vehicle communications. The Infrastructure Coordinated (I/C) layer is distributed between roadside processors and the Traffic Operations Center. It contains functions which allow the infrastructure to communicate with individual vehicles, and to order changes in their speed, spacing, routing, and lane use. An Adaptable implementation includes the Autonomous layer, and any combination of the other layers, selected to best meet local needs and budget.
An information requirements collection and analysis model for business intelligence

Incorrect and incomplete information requirements are the amongst the main reasons of business intelligence development project failure. Current methods for information requirements eliciting fail to gather complete sets of requirements with sufficient quality. Amongst the reasons for this failure are a lack of end-user involvement, communication problems and insufficient validation and iteration of requirements. In this thesis, a new model has been designed by using a set of argu- ments and requirements that was derived from current methods and models. This model uses both a structured, goal driven, and unstructured, demand driven, method to elicit information requirements. The requirements meth- ods that are incorporated into the model complement each other. Extensive prototyping and iteration is included in the model to validate the set of re- quirements. The process that is supported by the model is focussed on communication, transparency and stakeholder involvement. The proposed model was validated by performing a case study at De Bi- jenkorf e-commerce department. The case study confirms the need for user involvement, communication and validation in the early phase of the busi- ness intelligence development lifecycle. The model has shown the ability to support stakeholders in the collection and analysis of a correct set of requirements of sufficient quality. The model can be further developed by adding project management and documentation to get more transparency and to reduce complexity with regard to the process.
City Information Modeling: State of the Art

The concept of city information modeling (CIM) has become increasingly popular in recent years. A literature review of previous CIM studies is presented in this paper. First, a bibliometric analysis of the current global CIM research is described, revealing that CIM has become a significant research hotspot. Next, three main research areas of the current CIM technique, namely data collection, integration, and visualization, are summarized to describe the characteristics of CIM research. Furthermore, some widely used CIM platforms are compared, and typical application cases of the CIM technique at different stages of the city life cycle are summarized. Finally, the current issues in CIM research are discussed, and future development directions are proposed. The findings of this study are expected to help researchers understand the current state of CIM and identify future development directions, thereby promoting CIM research development.
Sensor fault-tolerant observer applied in satellite attitude control

The observing failure and feedback instability might happen when the partial sensors of a satellite attitude control system (SACS) go wrong. A fault diagnosis and isolation (FDI) method based on a fault observer is introduced to detect and isolate the fault sensor at first. Based on the FDI result, the object system state-space equation is transformed and divided into a corresponsive triangular canonical form to decouple the normal subsystem from the fault subsystem. And then the KX fault-tolerant observers of the system in different modes are designed and embedded into online monitoring. The outputs of all KX fault-tolerant observers are selected by the control switch process. That can make sense that the SACS is part-observed and in stable when the partial sensors break down. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method.
Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty: A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making

This title confidently puts forward a practical, new approach to decision making in an uncertain business world. Many variables are accounted for and the authors are innovative in integrating previous types of decision-making approaches with a more fluid, and therefore realistic model that can be applied across a wide range of contexts and decisions. A new title on a important topic that not only stands well on its own, but also complements Chapman and Ward's previous title Project Risk Management. This book is practical and rigorous yet written in an engaging way. It is perfect for courses, or to be used by practitioners.
AMA Manual of Style

The AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition, is a must-have guide for those seeking to publish research findings and anyone involved in medical, health, or scientific writing and publishing. The manual offers guidance on nuts-and-bolts topics including punctuation, capitalization, and grammar. It also provides recommendations on how to navigate the dilemmas that authors, researchers and their institutions, medical editors and publishers, writers, and members of the news media who cover scientific research confront on a daily basis. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this 11th edition thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues, authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, and intellectual property, in addition to preparation of articles for publication, style, terminology, measurement, and quantification.
An Evaluation of Blood Cholinesterase Testing Methods for Military Health

Abstract : Blood cholinesterase (ChE) testing is done to evaluate potential human exposure to chemicals that act as ChE-inhibitors, most often organophosphate and carbamates pesticides. The Model 400 Test-mate ChE kit (EQM Research, Inc.) is used for field blood ChE analysis within the Department of Defense. Suggested modifications to the Model 400 kit include displaying and recording acetyl-ChE activity uncorrected for temperature and using analytical standards for calibration or quality assurance purposes. The recent advent of a wide array of point of care devices may provide an opportunity for developing improved hand-held instruments field ChE analysis. If a hand-held device for field blood ChE analysis is developed for military health surveillance, a concept of operations for the device should be prepared as a first step. Some key performance areas for a field ChE device development are identified.
Démocratie Locale

La série des Guides introductifs à l’élaboration d’une constitution d’IDEA International vise à assister l’élaboration ou la révision des constitutions, en aidant les citoyens, les partis politiques, les organisations de la société civile, les représentants et les membres des assemblées constituantes à prendre des décisions avisées dans ce domaine. Ces Guides introductifs donnent également des conseils au personnel des organisations internationales ainsi qu’aux autres acteurs extérieurs qui cherchent à fournir aux décideurs locaux un soutien technique adapté au contexte et étayé par des informations fiables. Chacun d’entre eux est conçu comme une introduction à l’intention de lecteurs non spécialistes, et constitue un aide-mémoire pratique pour les personnes disposant de connaissances ou d’une expérience préalable en matière d’élaboration d’une constitution. Les Guides introductifs, organisés par thématique en fonction des choix concrets que doivent faire les personnes responsables de l’élaboration ou de la révision d’une constitution, visent à expliquer des enjeux constitutionnels complexes de manière simple et brève.
Assessing the Entrepreneurial Management amongst Bahrain SMEs

Entrepreneurship is widely regarded the catalyst of business prosperity and economies development. Accordingly, a high level of entrepreneurial management practices should lead to a high level of success, and vice versa. The entrepreneurial management construct (EM), conceptualized by Stevenson (1983) and operationalized by Brown et al. (2001), is centered on the business opportunity and meant to measure both the individuals’ and firms -level entrepreneurial behavior with regards to dealing with business opportunity in six dimensions; namely: growth orientation (GO), strategic orientation (SO), resource orientation (RO), management structure (MS), reward philosophy (RP), and entrepreneurial culture (EC). This study aims to verify the level of entrepreneurial management embraced by the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the kingdom of Bahrain. Based on the descriptive statistical analysis of 360 self-administered questionnaires, this study suggests that the vast majority of SMEs in Bahrain could be viewed as entrepreneurial. The dimensional investigations reveal that the SMEs propensity towards entrepreneurial management is at its most in the GO, followed by MS, then EC and RP, while it is slightly lesser in the SO and RO dimensions. This study contributes to the literature, empirically, by proving that the EM practices are applicable to any firm, regardless of its age, size, business activity, or ownership structure.
Effect of Brain-Stimulating Games and Physical Activity on Cognitive Functions in Dementia in Calabar, Nigeria

Introduction: Dementia prevalence has increased in Nigeria in the last two decades, and its challenges have become more visible. Dementia is poorly understood in the population, so older individuals with symptoms of cognitive impairment are commonly branded ‘insane’ or ‘possessed by evil spirits. ’ This has resulted in stigmatization, rejection, neglect, and abandonment of the affected. Emerging non-pharmacological treatment options like music, dance, brain games, and physical exercises are evidential for improving cognitive functions in older people with dementia. However, studies on such alternative procedures in dementia are scarce in Nigeria. This study determined the short-term effects of brain-stimulating games and physical activities on five cognitive functions in people with mild dementia in, Calabar, Nigeria. Methods: Mixed method design was used to collect data from 21 participants (13 older people with mild dementia and 8 caregivers). Participants with dementia were engaged in both brain-stimulating games and supervised physical activities for 12 weeks. Quantitative data were collected (preand post-intervention) using a validated 32-items tool which assessed 5 cognitive functions, and were analyzed on IBM-SPSS 20.0. Qualitative data were collected from caregivers through structured openended interviews, and thematic content analysis was done using NVivo 10. Results: Scores on all assessed cognitive functions showed that mentally stimulating games and physical activity interventions positively and significantly influenced cognitive functions in patients with mild dementia (p<0.05). Three themes emerged from qualitative data, and caregivers reported significant changes in mood, memory and attention span of the participants with dementia. Conclusion: A combination of mentally stimulating games and exercises improved cognitive functions in older people with mild dementia. Findings have both local and global implications for enhancing social engagement, self-esteem and wellbeing of people with dementia. Further studies should determine the effect of these interventions on people with severe dementia; and the effect of individual interventions (physical activity, or brain-stimulating games) on cognitive functions. Citation: John ME, John EE, Archibong UE, Nandi FA John SE (2021) Effect of Brain-Stimulating Games and Physical Activity on Cognitive Functions in Dementia in Calabar, Nigeria. Int J Nurs Health Care Res 4: 1256. DOI: 10.29011/2688-9501.101256
Motion Compensation/Autofocus in Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar: A Review

Air- and spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can provide a large number of high-resolution images for microwave remote sensing applications, such as geoscience and climate change research, environmental Earth system monitoring, and precision agriculture. Unlike spaceborne SAR, the flight trajectory of airborne SAR may deviate from its ideal straight course due to the influence of atmospheric turbulence, resulting in significant motion errors in radar raw data. If a standard imaging algorithm is directly used to process the data, the image focusing quality will be significantly degraded. Therefore, to improve image focusing quality, one typically needs to integrate standard imaging algorithms with an effective motion compensation (MoCo)/autofocus technique. In this article, we present a comprehensive overview of MoCo/autofocus methods for airborne SAR to articulate related research and promote further development.
Could Vibration Training Be an Alternative to Resistance Training in Reversing Sarcopenia

Age dependent loss of strength and muscle mass, termed sarcopenia, worsens normal functioning of the elderly, increases the risk of fall and finally leads to the loss of their independence. Sarcopenia is also closely linked to age-related losses in bone mineral density, basal metabolic rate and increased bod y fat content. Resistance training may reverse sarcopenia at any age. It may also re-duce associated abnormalities. However, a safe and effective resistance exercise program requires complex exercises and close supervision, and quite a lot of time before any significant effect can be seen. A novel form of exercise based upon the application of sinusoidal vibra-tions to the whole body (WBV), can enhance force generating capacity in humans. Recently it has been demonstrated that vibration training can in-duce skeletal muscle strength increase similarly to that seen after resis-tance training, both in young and elderly persons. Conflicting results concerning the effectiveness of VT in improving muscle strength, as well as bone mineral density could be related to insufficient intensity of VT applied in some studies. Knowledge on various aspects of physiological response to effective VT is at present very scarce, therefor well-founded decision as to whether VT could be an alternative to RT in reversing sar-copenia seems currently premature.
Quantifying the impact of wind speed on wind turbine component failure rates

Previous research has shown that there is a clear relationship between wind speed and wind turbine reliability (Hahn, 1997; Tavner et al., 2013; Wilkinson et al., 2012). However, research to date has not made any efforts to make a detailed model of this relationship at a component level. This paper aims to model this relationship and then investigate the impact of seasonal wind speed on reliability. Assessments will be made on the impact of the wind speed offshore on wind turbine reliability and the potential of using this model to plan maintenance schedules and spares will be discussed.