omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Scout (autonomous boat). Scout is an autonomous robotic boat designed to complete the first autonomous transatlantic crossing. The project was started by Tiverton students Dylan Rodriguez and Max Kramers in 2010 with the goal of creating an autonomous craft to make the journey from Rhode Island to Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain. After several iterations, Scout's first transatlantic attempt was launched from Sakonnet Point on June 29, 2013, but unfavourable weather conditions forced the team to recover the craft the same day. A second launch was made July 4, 2013 but after two days a technical failure forced another recovery effort and a redesign of parts of the vessel. The third attempt was launched during the early morning of August 24, 2013 and is currently in progress but has already earned the record for distance of an unmanned Atlantic naval voyage.

Technical specifications
Scout is based on a custom carbon fiber hull with a Divinycell foam core and measures 12.8 feet long, and 25 inches wide and weighs 160 pounds. The vessel design incorporates a bulb keel to right the craft in heavy seas, and propulsion is provided by an electric trolling motor powered by a bank of solar-charged lithium iron phosphate batteries. On-board control and navigation is provided by two Arduino microcontrollers and a GPS receiver, and telemetry data is sent back to the team using the Iridium satellite constellation and provided live on the World Wide Web.

References

External links
Scout Transatlantic
Live Tracking

Unmanned surface vehicles of the United States
Robotics
Lamson Air Tractor. The Lamson Air Tractor was a prototype American single-engined biplane agricultural aircraft of the 1950s. Two examples were built, with the first flying in December 1953, but the type did not enter into production.

Design and development
In 1953 Central Aircraft, a crop-spraying company based at Yakima, Washington, went into collaboration with the Lamson Aircraft Company, whose President and designer, Robert L. Lamson was a former test pilot for Boeing, setting up a joint venture, the Central-Lamson Corporation, to design and build a specialized agricultural aircraft, the Air Tractor, one of the first purpose-built aircraft for this role. The first prototype Air Tractor, registration N-31237, made its maiden flight on December 10, 1953. It was a single-engined, single-seat biplane of mixed wood and metal construction, with a gulled upper wing to give improved visibility for the pilot, who sat in an open cockpit aft of the trailing edge of the wings. The fuselage was of steel-tube construction, with the structure aft of the pilot's cockpit left uncovered for ease of maintenance. The wings were of fabric-covered wood structure, with all four main wing panels interchangeable, and with fuel tanks installed in the upper wing roots. Large endplates were fitted to the wingtips to give greater lift and better distribution of chemicals. The aircraft was fitted with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage, and was powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior radial engine.

The second Air Tractor, to production standards, flew on December 18, 1954. It had a number of differences from the first prototype, with the rear fuselage fully enclosed and the fuel tanks moved from the wing roots to inside the fuselage, while the engine was enclosed by a cowling. Four more Air Tractors were under construction work but the project was stopped late in 1955. However the design was purchased by Grumman and was later developed into the successful Grumman Ag-Cat.

Specifications (First prototype)

Notes

References

Biplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
1950s United States agricultural aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1953
Heritage Polytechnic. Heritage Polytechnic, Eket, Akwa Ibom state, is a privately owned polytechnic institute located in Ikot Udota, Eket local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

Background 
The institution founded by Emmanuel J. Ekott who is a Chemical Engineer took off in 1996 as Christian Continuing Education Centre. By 1999, it metamorphosed to Christian Institute of Continuing Education. In 2000, the institution became known as Heritage College and it was licensed by the National Board for Technical Education as a Polytechnic in 2010.

Courses 
The institution has four Faculties and runs their programmes under these departments;

Faculty of Engineering

 Department of Computer Engineering
 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Faculty of Environmental Studies

 Department of Estate Management
 Department of Quantity Surveying
 Department of Building Technology

Faculty of Management Sciences

 Department of Mass Communication
 Department of Business Administration and Management
 Department of Accountancy
 Department of Marketing
 Department of Public Administration
 Department of Theology

Faculty of Science and Technology

 Department of Computer Science
 Department of Science Laboratory Technology
 Department of Statistics
 Department of Biochemistry
 Department of Environmental Biology
 Department of Microbiology
 Department of Physics and Electronics

See also 
List of Polytechnics in Nigeria

References 

Education in Akwa Ibom State
Polytechnics in Nigeria
British Hydrological Society. The British Hydrological Society (BHS) was formed in 1983 to advance interest and scholarship in scientific and applied aspects of hydrology and encourage member involvement in relevant national and international professional activities, drawing its membership from academic (universities and research institutes) and operational sectors.  It is a learned 'Associated Society' of the Institution of Civil Engineers, based in London, and a registered charity.

Activities
The BHS publishes a newsletter (Circulation) and has adopted an international peer-reviewed publication as its journal (Hydrology Research, first published in 1970, is published in partnership by the BHS and the Nordic Association for Hydrology, and is also the official journal of the German and Italian hydrological societies). In the UK the BHS is organised into five regional groups and holds regular local and national meetings, including the National Hydrological Symposium.

Its expertise on issues such as flooding and water supplies is sometimes quoted by journalists - for example, its Chronology of British Hydrological Events (hosted by the University of Dundee), going back to 1800, was cited by the BBC in relation to the Cockermouth floods of November 2009.

References

External links
BHS Official Website

Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
1983 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1983
Hydrology organizations
Skyrider Sonic. The Skyrider Sonic is a German ultralight trike, designed and produced by Skyrider Flugschule. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The Sonic was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of . It features a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft is made from square welded stainless steel tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its  span Hazard 12 wing is supported by struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a four stroke turbocharged  Smart Car automotive conversion engine or, optionally, a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition  Rotax 582 aircraft engine.

With the Smart car engine the Sonic has an empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload is .

The Sonic's trike structure is also incorporated in the Ramphos Trident amphibious trike.

Specifications (Sonic)

References

External links

Photo of the Skyrider Sonic

2000s German sport aircraft
2000s German ultralight aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Ultralight trikes
Skyrider Stingray. The Skyrider Stingray is a German ultralight trike, designed and produced by Skyrider Flugschule. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The Stingray was intended as a budget aircraft model and was introduced in 2007. It was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of . It features a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. A fibreglass cockpit fairing and wheel pants are optional.

The aircraft is made from square welded stainless steel tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its  span Bautek Pico wing is supported by struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a four stroke air and liquid-cooled, dual-ignition,  Rotax 912UL aircraft engine or optionally a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition  Rotax 582 powerplant.

With the Rotax 912 engine the Stingray has an empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload is .

Specifications (Stingray)

References

External links

Photo of the Skyrider Stingray

2000s German sport aircraft
2000s German ultralight aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Ultralight trikes
Profile Systems and Software. Profile Systems and Software S.A. (frequently referred to as Profile Software) is a Greece-based international information technology company founded in 1990 that specialises in the development of financial services software. Its main activity is the provision of integrated business software particularly for financial institutions.

History
The company was founded in 1990 by Babis P. Stasinopoulos. Being an investor at Athens Exchange in the late 1980s, Stasinopoulos felt the need of software applications for automating workflow and helping with the investment decisions. Therefore, his idea was to fill this market niche.

For the first four years, his company operated as a private enterprise. In 1995 it was converted into a public limited company (societe anonyme) with an initial capital of  million. In 1999 its share capital was increased to  billion, while its turnover reached  billion. In the decade that followed, Profile Software was already the leading financial software company and one of the 10 largest IT companies in Greece. Its number of employees exceeded 150.

In August 2003, the company was listed on the Athens Exchange. In the following year it completed mergers through acquisition with BeCom and Analysis, as well as acquired a 70% stake in Globalsoft.

In 2007, the company began incorporating development of two large software products: the Financial Management System (FMS) and Universal Ticketing Solution (UTS).

By 2010, Profile had contracted such companies and organizations as National Bank of Greece, EFG Eurobank, ING, ABN AMRO, and public sector institutions.

Profile Systems and Software opened four new offices in major financial centers: Geneva, London, Dubai, and Singapore. It also expanded its promotional and marketing activities through a network of partners in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

In 2013, the company introduced the P2P Lending Software implemented in UK-based crowdfunding firms.

References

External links

Information technology companies of Greece
Financial software companies
Business software companies
Companies listed on the Athens Exchange
Software companies established in 1990
1990 establishments in Greece
Companies based in Attica
Nea Smyrni
Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 100 metres. The men's 100 metres at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held on October 11–12.

Medalists

Results

Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: 0.0 m/s, Heat 7: +0.3 m/s

Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind:Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s

Final
Wind: +0.6 m/s

References
Results
Results

100
2003
Desulfuromonas michiganensis. Desulfuromonas michiganensis is a species of tetrachloroethene-reducing, acetate-oxidizing anaerobic bacteria.

References

Further reading

Lee, Patrick Kwan Hon. Molecular and Stable Isotope Analysis of Dehalococcoides Bacteria in Chlorinated Ethene Degrading Communities. ProQuest, 2007.
Stroo, Hans F., Andrea Leeson, and C. Herb Ward, eds. Bioaugmentation for groundwater remediation. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
Zhou, Jing. The development of molecular tools for the evaluation of the bioremediation of chlorinated solvents. ProQuest, 2008.

External links
 LPSN
Type strain of Desulfuromonas michiganensis at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Desulfuromonadales
Bacteria described in 2009
GadgetTrak. Until 2019, GadgetTrak was a company based in Portland, Oregon, that developed theft recovery and data protection software. The company was founded in February 2007 by Ken Westin with the launch of the first theft recovery product for USB mass storage devices, tracking stolen devices including iPods, flash drives, digital cameras and other devices when connected to a computer. The company was issued a patent for the technology on February 24, 2009. GadgetTrak's technology was featured during a special segment by Dateline on iPod theft where they tracked stolen iPods and confronted the thieves. A customized version of the technology was embedded in FLIR thermal imaging cameras as part of an exclusive licensing agreement under the name ThermaTrak utilized for both theft recovery as well as export controls.

Mobile software
In October 2008, the company launched its GadgetTrak Mobile Security app for Blackberry and Windows mobile devices.

On November 4, 2008, the company launched its first mobile security software app for iOS devices.

At CES 2012, the company launched a version of GadgetTrak Mobile Security for Android devices. Along with the Android release, other upgrades were added, including a web-based control panel to activate tracking, remotely wipe data from the device, encrypt and backup data as well as an enterprise group management console. 

Just after launch, the application was put to test by a chain of Sprint stores that installed the software on their demo units. One store in Tigard, Oregon had several devices stolen. Fortunately, they were able to recover the devices and apprehend the thieves using their Mobile Security app.

Laptop software
On November 12, 2008, the company launched the Mac laptop version of its software that utilizes the web camera to capture a photo of a thief, as well as the utilization of Wi-Fi positioning to provide location within 10–20 meters. Shortly after the product launch, several stolen laptop recoveries were using the software, the first being in Brooklyn, New York where a stolen iMac was tracked to a tattoo parlor where police recovered the stolen computer along with other stolen property.

In April 2009, the company launched a Windows version of their laptop software further expanding their product offering.

References

Companies based in Portland, Oregon
Computer security software companies
Security software
Aalborg Charter. The Charter of European Sustainable Cities and Towns Towards Sustainability otherwise known as the Aalborg Charter (1994) is an urban environment sustainability initiative approved by the participants at the first European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns in Aalborg, Denmark. It is inspired by the Rio Earth Summit’s Local Agenda 21 plan, and was developed to contribute to the European Union’s Environmental Action Programme, ‘Towards Sustainability’.

The Charter is based on the consensus of individuals, municipalities, NGOs, national and international organisations, and scientific bodies.

Approximately 2700 local authorities from more than 40 countries have signed the Charter. This has resulted in the largest European movement of its type.

There are three related parts to the Charter. Part 1 is a consensus declaration of European sustainable cities and towns towards sustainability. Part 2 relates to the creation of the European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign. Part 3 is declaration of intent that local governments will seek to engage in Local Agenda 21 processes.

The Aalborg Commitments

Ten years after the release of the Aalborg Charter, the 4th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns was again held in Aalborg (2004).

The purpose of the event was to develop a common understanding of sustainability, and as a consequence to develop a framework to be used at the local level that would better articulate how to embed sustainability across municipality sectors. By consensus of participants, including organisations such as Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling (ACRR); Climate Alliance -Klima-Bündnis -Alianza del Climae.V; Council of European Municipalities & Regions (CEMR);  Energie Cités;  EUROCITIES; ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability;  Medcities; Union of Baltic Cities (UBC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) - Healthy Cities, the Aalborg Commitments were agreed on and have so far been signed by more than 700 mayors from across Europe.

The Commitments are:
 Governance
 Urban management
 Natural common goods
 Responsible consumption
 Planning and design
 Better mobility
 Local action for health
 Sustainable local economy
 Social equity and justice
 Local to global

References

1994 in Denmark
1994 in international relations
Charter
Law of Denmark
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS), formerly Hindustan College of Engineering, is a private deemed university headquartered in Chennai, India. It was founded in 1985 by K.C.G. Verghese and was conferred the "University Status"  status from the University Grants Commission Under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956 from the academic year 2008-09 and under the name HITS (Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science). It is a member of the Hindustan Group of Institutions which also includes the Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology, KCG College of Technology, Hindustan College of Arts and Science, Hindustan International Schools, and more.

Accreditation
HITS has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with 'A' Grade.

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it in 101-150 band among engineering colleges in 2024.

The institute was ranked in 151-200 band overall in 2024.

Notable alumni

Arav, actor, model
Washington Sundar, Cricketer
Anju kurian, actress, model

References

External links

 

Deemed universities in Tamil Nadu
Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras
1985 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Educational institutions established in 1985
List of cheminformatics toolkits. Cheminformatics toolkits are notable software development kits that allow cheminformaticians to develop custom computer applications for use in virtual screening, chemical database mining, and structure-activity studies. Toolkits are often used for experimentation with new methodologies. Their most important functions deal with the manipulation of chemical structures and comparisons between structures. Programmatic access is provided to properties of individual bonds and atoms.

Functionality 

Toolkits provide the following functionality:
 Read and save structures in various chemistry file formats.
 Determine if one structure is a substructure of another (substructure matching).
 Determine if two structures are equal (exact matching).
 Identification of substructures common to structures in a set (maximal common substructure, MCS).
 Disassemble molecules, splitting into fragments.
 Assemble molecules from elements or submolecules.
 Apply reactions on input reactant structures, resulting in output of reaction product structures.
 Generate molecular fingerprints. Fingerprints are bit-vectors where individual bits correspond to the presence or absence of structural features. The most important use of fingerprints is in indexing of chemistry databases.

List of notable cheminformatics toolkits

References

Computational chemistry
Cheminformatics
Drug discovery
Cheminformatics toolkits
Charles Severance (computer scientist). Charles Russell Severance, popularly known as Dr Chuck, is an American computer scientist and academic who currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan. He runs wa4e.com.

Severance studied at Michigan State University, gaining his BS in 1984, his MS in 1990, and his PhD in 1996, all in computer science. After graduation, he became an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Michigan State, also serving as director of the Division of Engineering Computer Services. He left this role in 1999 to become associate director for Advanced Technology at the University of Michigan's Media Union, and left the institution entirely in 2001 to serve as director of Product Development for Strategic Interactive. In August 2002, he returned to the University of Michigan as the first Chief Architect of the Sakai Project, later becoming a member of the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors, and then its first executive director.

In 2007, he resigned from his position as the executive director of the Sakai Foundation, becoming Clinical Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan. In 2012, he was hired by Blackboard Inc. to lead their initiatives involving Sakai projects. He announced his departure from this role in March 2014.

Outside of teaching and the private sector, Severance helped write the POSIX P1003 standard and has hosted several television shows, including Nothin but Net and Internet:TCI.

Severance has created a number of popular computer science and programming courses and specializations on Coursera. His courses are amongst the all time top enrolled courses on the platform.

Books

References

External links
 
 
 
 https://www.wa4e.com/

Living people
University of Michigan faculty
American computer scientists
Michigan State University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Solid Air Diamant LP. The Solid Air Diamant LP () is a German ultralight trike, designed and produced by Solid Air UL-Bau Franz of Hundheim, Rheinland-Pfalz. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The Diamant LP was designed to comply with the German  microlight category. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft fuselage is made from composites, with its double surface aluminum-framed wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its  span Bautek Pico L wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The wing has a two-point mounting system which allows the nose of the aircraft to be raised when flaring for landing. The pilot's seat is adjustable for both leg length and back angle. The landing gear features both disc brakes and fibreglass suspension. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition  Hirth F-23 engine.

The aircraft has an empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of .

Specifications (Diamant LP with Bautek Pico L wing)

References

External links

2000s German sport aircraft
2000s German ultralight aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Ultralight trikes
Solid Air aircraft