omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Len Edmondson. Leonard Firby Edmondson (16 December 1912 – 20 November 2006) was a British trade unionist.

Born in Gateshead, Edmondson was educated at Gateshead Central School, leaving at the age of fifteen. After two years of unemployment and short-term work, he completed an apprenticeship as a fitter with the Concrete Liner Company. He joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) and worked for a large number of businesses around the Tyne, generally acting as a shop steward. He was considered a highly skilled negotiator, who persuaded companies to introduce apprenticeships for machinists, and limit overtime.

In 1934, Edmondson joined the National Unemployed Workers Movement and, through this, joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP), remaining a member until the late 1940s, and identifying as being on the left-wing of the trade union movement for the rest of his life. He campaigned in support of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and for maintenance of working conditions during World War II. In 1943, he was elected to the union's Tyneside District Committee, and in 1953 he became the full-time district secretary.

In 1966, Edmondson was elected to the executive committees of both the AEU and the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU); he was president of the CSEU in 1976/77. He was also elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, in 1970, serving for eight years. In addition, he served on the Shipbuilding Industry Training Board, the council of Acas, the Royal Commission on Legal Services, Council on Tribunals, Gypsy Council, and Committee of Inquiry into Prison Services.

Edmondson retired from his union work in 1977, and from his remaining roles by 1984, spending his retirement breeding and showing Shetland Sheepdogs, and enjoyed attending the Appleby Horse Fair.

References

1912 births
2006 deaths
Trade unionists from Tyne and Wear
Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress
People from Gateshead
KFRlib. KFRlib is an open-source cross-platform C++ DSP framework written in C++.
It is covered by a dual GPL/commercial license.

Official support

Supported platforms
KFR is supported on the following platforms.
 Mac OS X
 Linux
 Microsoft Windows
 iOS
 Android

Supported compilers
 Xcode 6.3 and later
 Clang 3.6 and later
 Visual Studio 2015 using LLVM-vs2014 toolkit

Features
 Optimized for ARM NEON, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 instruction sets
 Fast Fourier transform
 Convolution
 Finite impulse response filters
 Infinite impulse response filters
 Digital biquad filter
 Sample rate conversion
 Window function
 Goertzel algorithm
 Digital delay line
 Pseudorandom number generator
 SIMD versions of many C mathematical functions

References

External links 
 Official website
 

C++
C++ libraries
Multimedia software
Markku Leskelä. Markku Leskelä (born 1950) is a Finnish chemist and professor emeritus at University of Helsinki, known for his leading research in atomic layer deposition (ALD).

Markku Leskelä was the leader of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in ALD (2012-2017) by the University of Helsinki and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Markku Leskelä started ALD research (then called atomic layer epitaxy) in the early 1980s at Helsinki University of Technology (nowadays Aalto University) with Prof. Lauri Niinistö. In 2012, he received the ALD Innovation Prize at the international ALD conference.

References

1950 births
Living people
Finnish chemists
Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
Avantika University. Avantika University is a private, cross-disciplinary university based in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. It has been described as India's first design-centered university. The university is supported by Maharashtra Institute of Technology's Institute of Design and will begin offering bachelor's and master's courses in design in 2017.

Programs

Avantika University offers UG, PG and PhD Courses in Design, Engineering, Management and Law Programs such as BDes MDes in Product Design, Graphics Design, UX Design, also BTech Computer Science Engineering in Full Stack Development, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, UX Engineering, also BBA, MBA in Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, International Business.

Campus

The campus spreads over 1300,000 sq. ft, with academic, administrative, residential, sports and convention space. It also holds contemporary design studios, labs, and lecture theaters. High-speed digital connectivity, online libraries, interactive classrooms, and data centers are also available on campus.

References

External links

Universities in Madhya Pradesh
Universities and colleges established in 2015
2015 establishments in Madhya Pradesh
Design schools in India
Buildings and structures in Ujjain
Education in Ujjain
Chelsea College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering. The Chelsea College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering was an independent and private educational organisation established in 1924 by its principal, S C H Roberts as the Automobile Engineering College. It was formally expanded to include aeronautical engineering in 1931 in association with Brooklands School of Flying.

A separate institution named The College of Aeronautical Engineering was established while the Automobile Engineering College was evacuated to Wimbledon Park after the destruction of the Chelsea premises by enemy action. In 1946 the institutions were united as The College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering. They returned to new premises at 102 Sydney Street SW3 in 1952.

When Stanley Coryton Hugh Roberts (known as "C H") died in September 1957 there were more than 400 students  training at his institution in Chelsea. C H also founded the British School of Motoring.

In the 1980s it amalgamated with West Sussex College of Design and Worthing Technical College to form Northbrook College retaining its premises at Shoreham Airport, in Shoreham-by-Sea.

References

Further education colleges in Sussex
Vocational education in the United Kingdom
HeiQ Materials AG. HeiQ (German pronunciation:  [ˈhaɪkju]) is HeiQ Group. The mother company of the group is a Swiss specialty chemistry company, HeiQ Materials AG, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded in 2005 as a spin-off of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).

HeiQ produces and sells textile finishing and other auxiliaries. But its core business activity is to conduct co-joint research and development projects with consumer textile products brands such as those that produce and market apparels (e.g. Patagonia, Mammut, Hanes) and home furnishings (e.g. Bekeart, IKEA) or textile producers for textile finishing to achieve effects that are currently not in market or not optimized to certain products.

For the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, HeiQ, TWE Group and Beyond Surface Technologies jointly developed an oil-absorbing, water-repelling, nonwoven fabric, in the name Oilguard  for oil relief efforts. The product was intended for beach protection against oil spills and was applied to the shoreline. This allows for the fabric to absorb crude oil while repelling the seawater. This innovation was rewarded the Swiss Technology Award (2010) and the Swiss Award (2013). The water-repelling property of Oilguard is achieved with a textile finishing that creates the Lotus Effect on the surface of the non-woven fabric. The non-fluorinated finishing makes the fabric only water repellent but not oil repellent, therefore the fabric absorbs oil crudes but not the seawater.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HeiQ announced the launch of an "antiviral and antimicrobial textile treatment that was tested effective against coronavirus".

The HeiQ Group consists of HeiQ Materials AG and its subsidiaries in North Carolina (HeiQ ChemTex), Shanghai, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Portugal and Australia.

References 

Nanotechnology
The Attack (video game). The Attack is a multidirectional shooter video game created, designed, and implemented by Jim Pettingell for the TI-99/4A home computer and published by Texas Instruments in 1981. The game was  developed at Milton Bradley as Alien Attack, inspired by the movies Alien (1979) and Barbarella (1968). After being sold to TI, the name was changed to The Attack.

Gameplay
The player flies a spaceship in four directions around a single screen, shooting "spores", which connect together to form new aliens, and already formed aliens before they eat the player. Incubators, shown as square boxes, release more spores or, in later levels, aliens.

There are four skill levels: Novice, Intermediate, Master, and Pro.

Reception

See also
Alien (Atari 2600)

References

External links
 The Attack at TI-99/4A-Pedia
 Gameplay video at YouTube

1981 video games
Multidirectional shooters
Texas Instruments games
TI-99/4A games
Video games about extraterrestrial life
Video games developed in the United States
Milton Bradley Company video games
TI-99/4A-only games
ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences. The Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences is an American Chemical Society (ACS) award sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, it was instituted in 1993 with the intention of recognizing "significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering." It is awarded by the American Chemical Society as part of their national awards program. Recipients receive $5,000, a certificate, up to $1,500 for travel expenses, and a grant of $10,000 to their designee of choice. The first recipient was Henry C. McBay.

Recipients

See also

 List of chemistry awards

References

Awards of the American Chemical Society
Awards established in 1993
Chemistry education
Lucia V. Streng. Lucia V. Streng (November 6, 1909 – April 28, 1995) was a Russian-born American chemist. She spent much of her career studying the noble gases and their properties, successfully synthesizing krypton difluoride. She and her husband, Alex G. Streng, both held positions at Temple University.

Personal life and education

Streng was among the first women to receive a degree in mining engineering from Donetsk Mining Institute. She was born in the Russian Empire. During World War II she fled the Soviet Union with her husband and son. The family settled in West Germany for several years, then emigrated to the United States in 1950. Lucia Streng earned money painting china lamps until she and her husband found positions at Temple University.

Career

Lucia Streng became a research associate at the Temple University Research Institute several years after her husband, Alex G. Streng, was hired as a research chemist. She performed analytical work for the federal Bureau of Mines as well as private companies. In 1963, Streng reported the successful photochemical synthesis of krypton difluoride, a result that no one else was able to produce until 1975.

Streng published a number of papers, often relating to experimental work with the noble gases krypton and xenon. Her contributions were sometimes noted in a manner less formal than shared authorship: in the acknowledgements of one of Alex Streng's papers, he thanked Lucia and another frequent collaborator, Abraham D. Kirshenbaum, for "their contributions in the experimental work."

Lucia Streng retired from the Research Institute in 1975.

References

1909 births
1995 deaths
Inorganic chemists
Soviet chemists
Temple University faculty
Soviet emigrants to Germany
Emigrants from West Germany to the United States
Algorithmic paradigm. An algorithmic paradigm or algorithm design paradigm is a generic model or framework which underlies the design of a class of algorithms. An algorithmic paradigm is an abstraction higher than the notion of an algorithm, just as an algorithm is an abstraction higher than a computer program.

List of well-known paradigms

General 

Backtracking
Branch and bound
Brute-force search
Divide and conquer
Dynamic programming
Greedy algorithm
Recursion
Prune and search

Parameterized complexity 

 Kernelization
 Iterative compression

Computational geometry 

 Sweep line algorithms
 Rotating calipers
 Randomized incremental construction

References 

Algorithms
Philippe Henry. Philippe Henry (born 23 April 1971) is a Belgian politician.

Biography 
Henry was born in Charleroi. He attended University of Liège, becoming the president of the student council, served as student delegate from the University of Liège and the head of Federation of Francophone students in 1994–1995.

In 1995, he graduated with a degree in civil engineering. He finished a master's degree in management in 1997. He worked as a researcher from 1995 to 1999.

He joined the Ecolo party in 1999 and was elected a regional and community member of parliament in 1999 and stayed until 2004.

He served as town councilor in Sprimont and Political Director of Ecolo.

On 16 July 2009, he became the Walloon Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning, mobility, transportation, and brownfield sites within the Walloon Government under the second term of Minister-President Rudy Demotte. Since 2014, Henry also serves as a Senator.

References 

Living people
1971 births
21st-century Belgian politicians
20th-century Belgian politicians
Government ministers of Wallonia
Members of the Parliament of Wallonia
University of Liège alumni
Waterford Bridge. The Waterford Bridge, formerly designated Bridge L0327 and now Bridge L3275, is a historic steel truss bridge over the Cannon River in Waterford Township, Minnesota, United States.  It was constructed in 1909 and is one of the state's earliest surviving bridges to use rigid rather than pinned connections.  Moreover, it is Minnesota's only known road bridge in which some of the rigid connections are fastened with bolts rather than rivets.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 for having state-level significance in the theme of engineering.  It was nominated for being a rare surviving example of Minnesota's once-common camelback through truss bridges, and for its early and uniquely transitional rigid connections.

Description
The Waterford bridge is a single-span, eight-panel, camelback through truss.  It measures  long with a  deck.  The setting is rural, despite being just  northeast of Northfield, Minnesota.

The Waterford Bridge is one of the few remaining camelback through trusses in Minnesota.  The others that are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the Gateway Trail Iron Bridge, the Dodd Ford Bridge, and the Long Meadow Bridge.

History
The Waterford Bridge was constructed in 1909.  It replaced a previous bridge of unknown date which had been there since at least 1879.  The new bridge was designed by Dakota County engineer Charles A. Forbes and built by the Hennepin Bridge Company for $5,000.  At the time most truss bridges were still being constructed with the structural members held together by pins.  The builders of the Waterford Bridge opted for stronger rigid connections, even though this was not yet legally required except for state-funded projects.  Unusually, though, many of these connections were made with bolts, a unique intermediate choice proceeding the transition to fully riveted bridges.

In the early 1980s the bridge was threatened by erosion and local citizens raised $40,000 to effect repairs.  However, in 1991 the bridge was sufficiently deteriorated that it was closed to vehicular traffic and the road rerouted over a new bridge built nearby.  In 2014 the southeast abutment was rebuilt again with a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  As of January 2014 the historic bridge carries a trail used by pedestrians, ATVs, and snowmobiles.

See also
 List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Dakota County, Minnesota

References

External links
 Waterford Bridge (Bridge L3275)

1909 establishments in Minnesota
Bridges completed in 1909
Buildings and structures in Dakota County, Minnesota
Former road bridges in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Dakota County, Minnesota
Pedestrian bridges in Minnesota
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Transportation in Dakota County, Minnesota
Truss bridges in the United States
Steel bridges in the United States
Gold in cosmetics. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used by cosmetic companies to create creams and lotions. Gold nanoparticles have been used in the past for pharmaceutical and medical uses, but only recently have cosmetic brands sought patents for gold nanoparticles to use them for cosmetic formulation.

Research conducted by Tatsiana Mironava, PhD, from Stony Brook University concluded that the size, concentration and frequency of application plays a major part in determining if the material is toxic. Research studies are being conducted to find out the benefits of using gold nanoparticles in cosmetic products and creams. Some of the products that claim to use gold in their formulations include the L'Oreal L'Core Paris 24k Collection. Recent studies have concluded that gold is inert and safe for internal medicine, but there is still ongoing research as to the effects of gold when applied for other purposes in the body.

Gold in skin care products

Gold is now used as an ingredient in skin care products. It is now flaked, liquified and added in moisturizers, sunscreens, eye creams and lip balms. Spa centers also use gold facials, and these are priced around $100 to $1,000. Cosmetic makers cite the use of gold in medicine, it is given to patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The cancer researcher Professor Debabrata Mukhopadhya at the Mayo Clinic said in 2010 that while gold nano particles showed promise for skin care, they were still toxic when injected in high doses in mice.

Dr. Judith Hellman, a dermatologist in New York City, said about gold in skin care: "At best, they do nothing, and at worst, they can give you irritation of the skin".

Gold nanoparticles are also used in other cosmetic products including deodorant.

Brands using nanocosmetics

A 2012 study found that almost all the major cosmetic manufacturers are already using nanotechnology in cosmetics. Cosmetics Estee Lauder and L'Core Paris have entered the Nanomarket, with a range of products that make use of "Nanoparticles".

Nano silver and Nanogold are harnessed for their antibacterial and antifungal properties and used in cosmetic products. Manufacturers are producing underarm deodorants with claim that they provide 24-Hour antibacterial protection. Nanosized gold, like nanosilver, is said to be effective in disinfecting bacteria in the mouth and is added in toothpaste.

References

Cosmetics
Cosmetics
Kazakhstan Engineering. Kazakhstan Engineering (, Qazaqstandyq injiniring) is a defense industry complex established by the Kazakhstan government to unite Kazakhstan's state owned defence industry companies. The headquarters of this group is in Astana.

JSC National Company Kazakhstan Engineering (Kazakhstan Engineering) was established in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 13, 2003 No. 244 “On Certain Issues of the Military-Industrial Complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan” in order to improve the management system of the country's defense-industrial complex, by incorporating defense industry enterprises and military factories of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan into the Company.

In October 2006, the state block of shares of the Company (100%) was transferred in payment of the authorized capital of Samruk Holding JSC.

In September 2009, a stake in the Company was transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan for trust.

In June 2010, in order to improve the management system of the defense industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the stake in the Company was transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan for trust.

In December 2016, a stake in the Company was transferred to the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan for trust management.

In accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 3, 2018 No. 405 “On Certain Issues of the Joint Stock Company“ National Company Kazakhstan Engineering ”, the block of shares of the Company was transferred to state ownership, the tenure of which was vested in the Ministry of Digital Development , defense and aerospace industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 12, 2019 No. 501 “On measures to implement the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 17, 2019 No. 24“ On measures to further improve the public administration system of the Republic of Kazakhstan ”, the right to own and use the state block of shares of the Company transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Strategic planning is organized taking into account the tasks that the state sets for the military-industrial complex, as well as taking into account documents of state planning of a higher level, in particular, the Development Strategy of Kazakhstan, the National Development Plan of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other important documents. The main directions of the Company's strategic development are set out in the Company's Development Plan for 2020-2029, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 25, 2019 No. 969.

References

External links
 

Manufacturing companies of Kazakhstan
Military of Kazakhstan
Government-owned companies of Kazakhstan
Defence companies of Kazakhstan
Manufacturing companies established in 2003
2003 establishments in Kazakhstan
Companies based in Astana
Octobot (robot). Octobot is a proof of concept soft-bodied autonomous robot. The project team included Harvard University faculty members Robert Wood and Jennifer A. Lewis, along with researchers with backgrounds in mechanical engineering, 3D printing, microfluidics, and robotics. Octobot was described in the journal Nature in 2016.

Overview 
Octobot is a 3D printed soft-bodied autonomous robot that shaped like a small octopus, and its soft body is made of 3D printed silicone gel. It uses hydrogen peroxide as its main power source and also contains a microfluidic logic circuit. Octobot is said to be able to move on its own without any aid by a battery or an electrical power source. The hydrogen peroxide flows around a network of 3D printed hollows (or freckles) within the body of the robot. Hydrogen peroxide moves over platinum pieces, which causes a chemical reaction. This chemical reaction causes a gas to form creating the main power source for the robot. This phenomenon produces a reaction that inflates and moves the arms, to propel the robot through water.

Design influences 
The 3D printed silicone gel body of Octobot is designed to mimic the body of an octopus, and neither one has an internal skeleton. This material is flexible and sturdy, all while being able to move with ease. The Octobot is designed to mimic the movements of an octopus.

The Octobot itself has also inspired new possibilities for technologies. Some scientists think that this new technology could pave the way for advancements in the medical field. The discussion of possibly changing the material that these soft-bodied autonomous robots are made from has also surfaced. The Octobot could be made from biodegradable material instead of 3D printed silicone gel, leading to many advancements in environmental awareness. These soft-bodied autonomous robots also have the possibility to be used in search and rescue missions, leveraging their ability to be very flexible and possibly squeeze through spaces that humans or current robots may not.

References

Further reading

 

Robotic animals
Robots of the United States
2010s in robotics