omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Rational Performance Tester. Rational Performance Tester is a tool for automated performance testing of web- and server-based applications from the Rational Software division of IBM. It allows users to create tests that mimic user transactions between an application client and server. During test execution, these transactions are replicated in parallel to simulate a large transaction load on the server. Server response time measurements are collected to identify the presence and cause of any potential application bottlenecks. It is primarily used by Software Quality Assurance teams to perform automated software performance testing.

References

External links
/Rational Performance Tester v10.0.2 Download
Rational Performance Tester Web Page
Rational Performance Product Documentation
Rational Performance Tester Technical Support
Using Rational Performance Tester v7 Redbook
Rational Performance Tester Download
Rational Tester Design Team Blog

Performance Tester
Load testing tools
EMASS. The Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) is a service-oriented computer application that supports Information Assurance (IA) program management and automates the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process.

Overview
eMASS is a service-oriented computer application that supports Information Assurance (IA) program management and automates the Risk Management Framework (RMF). The purpose of eMASS is to help the DoD to maintain IA situational awareness, manage risk, and comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA 2002) and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA 2014). eMASS is owned by the U.S. Department of Defense (i.e., the software is not proprietary). The program is sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (ASD (NII)) and is managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Program Executive Office for Mission Assurance and NetOps (PEO-MA).

As the DoD's recommended tool for information system Assessment and Authorization (A&A), eMASS automates the A&A process, manages workflow among user roles, and generates a variety of reports based on user needs (including all reports required by RMF and FISMA). The functional capabilities of eMASS have evolved in response to requirements from DoD leadership and operational user feedback.

eMASS is designed to work in concert with the RMF Knowledge Service (CAC or ECA required), and empowers the DoD IA workforce in support of the DoD 8500-series Information Assurance policy framework and implementation guidance. eMASS establishes strict process control mechanisms for obtaining authorization to connect to the DoD's Global Information Grid (GIG) networks, which helps to reduce the risk of cyber attacks and to accomplish the goals of RMF.

eMASS as a Cloud Service
eMASS also provides C&A capabilities in the DoD’s cloud computing environment, the Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE). According to DISA government officials, offering eMASS as a cloud service will help to significantly reduce the time required to certify and accredit DoD information systems.

References

External links 
 DoD Cyber Exchange 
 RMF Knowledge Service (requires DoD PKI certificate or DoD ECA)
 Defense Information Systems Agency
 DoD IA Policy Chart - Build and Operate a Trusted DoDIN

Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Program
Parnall Prawn. The Parnall Prawn was an unsuccessful experimental flying boat built in the United Kingdom in 1930. Its single engine was fitted on a tilting mounting in the nose, so that the propeller could be kept clear of the water on takeoff and landing. Only one was built.

Design
The Prawn had a single step all-metal hull and  a fabric covered parasol wing with a straight leading edge and pronounced outboard taper on the trailing edge, which was attached to the hull by a pair of lift struts either side and steel inverted V cabane struts.  There was a generous cut-out in the trailing edge centre section to improve the view from the open cockpit. powered by a 65 hp (48 kW) water-cooled Ricardo-Burt engine which has originally been designed as an auxiliary power plant for the R101 airship, driving a small four-bladed propeller with a diameter of about 4 ft 6 in (1.35 m). The engine was hinged at the rear; at take-off, it could be raised through up to 22° to clear the water.  Fuel was gravity-fed from a prominent tank on top of the wing centre section.  A bulky radiator was mounted on top of the engine cowling.  The aircraft had a conventional empennage; with an unbalanced rudder and a tailplane  mounted just above the top of the fuselage, strut braced to the fuselage below and wire braced to the fin above.  A stabilising float was mounted on N struts below each wing and braced inboard by a pair of struts.

Service career
Very little is known about the career of the Prawn.  It left Parnall's works at Yate in 1930 and went to the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment at Felixstowe bearing RAF serial S1576 for trials, but the tilted engine installation was so inefficient that it would not take off.

Specifications

Bibliography

Citations

Cited sources

1930s British experimental aircraft
Prawn
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Parasol-wing aircraft
 Flying boats
 Unflown aircraft
Component Developer Magazine. Component Developer Magazine or CoDe (registered as CODE Magazine) is a computer magazine edited and produced by the publishing and software company EPS Software.  CODE is published bi-monthly, and it is available in printed and digital format. The magazine focuses on providing information about Computer programming in using today's development topics including .NET Framework, Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint.

History
CoDe Magazine was started in 1999, by Rick Strahl and EPS Software’s President Markus Egger. The first three issues of the magazine were written in German, and originally published in Austria (then called Software Developer Magazine). Shortly after the original three issues were published, .NET technologies became a primary focus for the magazine as Microsoft was beginning to phase out Visual FoxPro. In 1999, CoDe Magazine’s parent company, EPS Software, moved its headquarters to Houston, where it is still located.

EPS Software and CODE participate in community developer events and frequently support Code Camps, or code and development camps put on by the community to help promote software development.

See also
List of computer magazines

References
 CoDe magazine at WorldCat.org

External links
 CODE magazine official website.

1999 establishments in Austria
Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Computer magazines published in the United States
German-language magazines
Magazines established in 1999
Magazines published in Texas
Mass media in Houston
Paludification. Paludification is the most common process by which peatlands in the boreal zone are formed.

Formation 

The process is characterized by peat initialization on previously drier and vegetated habitats over inorganic soils, with no fully aquatic phase. Thus the paludification process includes a shift from forests, grassland or long exposed bare land to peatland. The initiation of this accumulation of organic matter (i.e. peat), can be controlled by both allogenic (i.e. external to the ecosystem) and autogenic (i.e. internal to the ecosystem) factors. The hydrological balance is critical for the initiation of peat. The hydrological balance can simply be defined as the difference between the incoming and outgoing amount of water (e.g. precipitation minus evapotranspiration and minus runoff). Usually it is considered that factors such as climate, geomorphology, geology and soils control this balance. However, paludification may also be just a result of the local accumulation of peat (i.e. autogenic factor).

Climatic factors 

The climate factor has a great influence on the paludification process. The development of a paludified soil requires a positive hydrological balance during the growing season. Therefore, there needs to be a shift in local hydrological conditions. Such a shift could be caused by an increase in water inputs or a decrease in outputs. Human activity such as tree removal, natural or human induced forest fires, increase in precipitation, and podsolization, etc. are processes which could change those in- and outputs.

Geomorphology 

The factor geomorphology (and also topography) creates spatial diversity in the hydrological characteristics of the landscape. The flat topography (and thus low slopes) in the two major peatlands in the world, located in the West Siberian Plain and in the Hudson/James Bay Lowlands of Canada respectively, illustrate the significance of this factor.

Impact of soils 

Geology and soils (i.e. bedrock and texture) play also an important role. When the mineral soil is composed of heavy clay, the soil will act as an impermeable substrate that facilitates water accumulation. 

Simply an increase in surface water from melting permafrost can cause increased paludification in boreal ecosystems.

In the context of forest management, paludification has been studied intensively during the last decade. Especially because of the negative effects paludification has for the boreal forests. In this way that paludification may lead to:

 Reduction in soil temperature, soil aeration, nutrient availability, decomposition rates
 Formation of permafrost in certain areas
 Increase of the water table level
 Decrease in tree productivity.

See also 

 Bog
 List of bogs
 Differences between bogs and other wetlands
 Kettle bog
 Muskeg

References 

Soil
Wetlands
Bogs
Limnology
ACE Cougar. The ACE Cougar was a type of midibus built by Alternative Chassis Engineering (ACE) in England in the early 1990s. It did not prove successful and only two were built.

Details
The ACE Cougar was designed to use Leyland National components wherever this was possible. The chassis was powered by a 6-cylinder rear in-line mounted Perkins Phaser turbo engine coupled to an Allison automatic transmission and air suspension. Both models built were 10.5m long and 2.3m wide.

Production and operations

The Cougar was built in ACE's factory in Huddersfield being launched in October 1990. The first Cougar was bodied by Wadham Stringer and sold to People's Provincial in 1990. Provincial director James Freeman saw the vehicle as a possible replacement for the company's large fleet of Leyland Nationals, but in the event only one was delivered. It was the only full-size bus bought new by Provincial as an independent company following privatisation in 1987. Provincial was taken over by First Hampshire & Dorset in 1995, the Cougar remaining in service until 2004. It has been preserved.

The second carried Willowbrook Warrior bodywork (a body rarely applied to new vehicles). It was completed in 1991 and was initially painted in a demonstrator livery, but was sold to West Midlands independent Caves Bus Services later in the year. Caves closed down in June 1999 and the Cougar was sold to a private owner on Valentia Island.

Intended developments
Both Cougars built were technically described as ACE Cougar V models. This was to differentiate them from the Cougar VI, a 12m variant which Alternative Chassis Engineering intended to build for sale to London Regional Transport. The company also intended to create 30 manufacturing jobs producing the vehicles. However, ACE went out of business in late 1991, having produced no further vehicles of any sort.

References

External links
Provincial Society: restoring the first ACE Cougar

Buses of the United Kingdom
Midibuses
Step-entrance buses
Vehicles introduced in 1990
Steel fibre-reinforced shotcrete. Steel fibre-reinforced shotcrete (SFRS) is shotcrete (spray concrete) with steel fibres added. It has higher tensile strength than unreinforced shotcrete and is quicker to apply than weldmesh reinforcement. It has often been used for tunnels.

Advantages 
The primary advantages of fibre-reinforced shotcrete are:
 Addition of steel fibers into the concrete improves the crack resistance (or ductility) capacity of the concrete. Traditional rebars are generally used to improve the tensile strength of the concrete in a particular direction, whereas steel fibers are useful for multidirectional reinforcement. This is one of the reasons why steel fiber reinforced (shotcrete form) concrete successfully replaced weldmesh in lining tunnels.
 Less labour is required.
 Less construction time is required.

Applications and types 
SFRS has various types, which are applicable to differing situations. Primary uses are:
 Tunnels – uses short steel fibers
 Industrial floorings – uses long steel fibers

See also 
 Fibre reinforced concrete

References 

Building materials
Concrete
Fibre-reinforced cementitious materials
Spectrum SA-550. The Basler Turbo 37/Spectrum SA-550 is a twin-boom single engined aircraft converted from a Reims/Cessna FTB337G Skymaster by Basler Turbo Conversions and Spectrum Aircraft Corporation. The aircraft first flew on 1 February 1983.

Design and development
The Skymaster rear engine was replaced with a flat-rated  Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 and front engine was removed and the cockpit was stretched forward.  The aircraft is capable of taking off in less than  fully loaded. Basler had a deal with the government of Thailand to convert their O-2 Skymaster to SA-550 and to convert civilian Skymaster in Thailand as well.  These plans appear to have never happened.

The aircraft is currently owned by Basler Turbo Conversions of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Specifications (SA-550)

References

External links
Basler Turbo 37 returns to the market
Janes article abstract

Basler aircraft
Twin-boom aircraft
1980s United States civil utility aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Single-engined turboprop aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1983
Twin-tail aircraft
Aircraft with fixed tricycle landing gear
PTC Alliance. PTC Steel is an international corporation specializing in steel products. It is a leading worldwide manufacturer of Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) and Drawn Over Mandrel (DOM) mechanical steel tube. They also create shaped tube, chrome rod, and fabricated steel components. The corporation can trace its roots to the formation of Pittsburgh Tube in 1924.  It is headquartered in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wexford, PA. PTC Steel has 13 manufacturing facilities in the U.S.A. PTC Steel has sales offices in the USA and the UK.

U.S. Manufacturing locations: 
PTC Steel is controlled by Black Diamond Capital Management, a private equity firm.

References

External links
 PTC Corporate Web Site

Tubing (material)
Companies based in Pittsburgh
École Nationale des Sciences Appliquées d'Oujda. The École nationale des sciences appliquées d'Oujda or ENSA d'Oujda is a Moroccan Grande École d'Ingénieurs, is a part of the network of ENSA, a group of higher education Moroccan public schools.

History
ENSAO was founded in 1999 to train highly qualified engineers. It is located in Oujda.

Academics
The training lasts 5 years. ENSAO and is divided into two cycles:

Preparatory cycle (2 years)
During this cycle, emphasis is on the basic engineering sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics and software) and then gradually, the curriculum is open to more specialized areas in science and technology. This cycle allows general preparatory student engineers (ENSAistes) to acquire a solid background in terms of skills and competencies, thereby facilitating a career change regardless of their initial specialization.

The first cycle is the most selective training. During the first two years, the exams are very difficult to test whether the student is actually able to continue his engineering studies.

Engineering cycle (3 years)
At the end of the second year of study, engineering students choose a specialty among the six offered by the school, the award of specialty choices is ranked by students' merits

Admissions
Admission to ENSA Oujda is done through a selective competitive exams- written and oral interview- during the year of the bac:

A preselection of candidates on the basis of the average obtained  in their baccalaureat degree.
A contest are invited shortlisted candidates.

It is possible to enter the school's engineering cycle via bac +2 level, through competitive exam and interviews based on knowledge and motivation. The training lasts for 3 years the after 2 years post-BAC. This type of admission is open to students from preparatory classes, universities, or scientific undergraduate degree courses.

Programmes offered

Software engineering
Electrical engineering
Industrial engineering
Telecommunications and Networks
Electronics and Industrial Computing and
Cyber Security Engineering

Forum ENSAO-Enterprise

Since its first edition in 2005, The Forum "ENSAO-ENTREPRISE" imposed its value and is marked with an undeniable national reputation . It offers both engineering students, businesses, and multinationals a valuable opportunity to meet and to ensure a fluid opening on topics concerning engineering in its socio-economic context. In fact, the National School of Applied Sciences Oujda place in a region that encourages ambitious investment and today has known major projects such as the "Technopole" of Oujda, the thermal power plant of Ain Bni Mathar and tourism in Saïdia, projects that graduates of this great school surely participate.

References

External links
 ENSA Oujda

Engineering universities and colleges
Universities in Morocco
Educational institutions established in 1999
1999 establishments in Morocco
20th-century architecture in Morocco
OpenGear Terminal Equipment Platform. The openGear Terminal Equipment Platform is a modular platform for terminal equipment used for video, audio and data signal processing and distribution in the broadcast and production industries.  Ross Video is the creator of the openGear platform and licenses it to other companies who then make openGear compliant signal processing cards. The development and sale of openGear compliant cards is royalty-free.

The openGear frame physical, electrical and protocol standards and specifications are described in “openGear Platform Specifications”, a document that is maintained and updated by Ross Video.

DashBoard is the openGear control and monitoring system which provides unified control over multi-vendor cards within an openGear system.  DashBoard is free to download from the openGear.tv website.

22 companies are indicated on the openGear website as openGear partners.

References

External links 
openGear.tv
Ross Video

Film and video technology
IGEPv2. The IGEPv2 board is a low-power, fanless single-board computer based on the OMAP 3 series (also known as Cortex-A8) of ARM-compatible processors. It is developed and produced by Spanish corporation ISEE and is the second IGEP platform in the series.  The IGEPv2 is open hardware, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 3.0 unported license.

Board Specifications

 Package on package Memory/Processor
 Texas Instruments OMAP3530 or DM3730 multicore processor
 720 MHz (OMAP3530) or 1 GHz (DM3730) ARMv7 Cortex-A8 CPU
 NEON SIMD coprocessor
 110 MHz (OMAP3530) or 200 MHz (DM3730) Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX530 graphics core
 IVA2.2 image, video, audio accelerator sub-system
 520 MHz (OMAP3530) or 800 MHz (DM3730) TMS320C64x+ DSP core
 512MB of NAND flash memory
 512MB of LPDDR SDRAM @ 200 MHz
 Peripheral connections
 Mini AB USB 2.0 OTG host/slave port
 Type A USB 2.0 host port
 DVI-D out port using HDMI connector
 microSD slot with support for SD and SDHC cards
 Integrated WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 antenna
 Ethernet 10/100 Mb port
 3.5mm standard stereo in and out jacks
 Power
 5 V via 3.5 mm barrel DC connector (AC adapter available)
 JST connector also supported
 Other Expansions
 Two bicolor user programmable LEDs
 RS-485 with transceiver
 UART, McBSP, McSPI, I2C, GPIO
 Keyboard button matrix
 Debug
 Console RS-232 port
 JTAG interface
 Dimensions: 93x65 mm (3.6x2.5 inches)

Similar products
Beagle Board - OMAP board from Texas Instruments and Digikey
OpenPandora - handheld game console that uses Texas Instruments OMAP3530 and DM3730
Gumstix overo - a similar single-board computer package that uses the OMAP3503 and the OMAP3530
OSWALD - OMAP3530 application developed by Oregon State University students for computer science education
EBVBeagle Board - Beagle Board clone from EBV Elektronik.
Empower Technologies's EMP3503 and EMP3530 - OMAP35x based single-board computers
FOX Board - a complete Linux system in just 66 x 72 mm, not OMAP based

See also
Texas Instruments TMS320
OmapZoom
OpenEmbedded

External links
 IGEPv2 Board product page
 ISEE Official Website
 ISEE Online Store
 IGEPv2 Hardware Reference Manual
 Texas Instruments OMAP3530 Applications Processor product page
 Texas Instruments DM3730 Digital Media Processor product page

References

Single-board computers
Korea University College of Engineering. The College of Engineering is a leading private school for engineering and architecture at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea.

Departments
 Materials Science and Engineering
 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
 Industrial and Management Engineering
 Chemical and Biological Engineering
 Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
 Architecture
 Mechanical Engineering   
 Semiconductor Engineering (SK Hynix)
 Communication Engineering (Samsung Electronics)
 Convergence Energy Engineering

Korea University schools
Nitrobenzoic acid. Nitrobenzoic acids are derivatives of benzoic acid.  Two are commercially important.  They are about ten times more acidic than the parent benzoic acid.

Nitrobenzoic acid can be prepared through the oxidation of styrene in boiling nitric acid. 

The salts and esters of nitrobenzoic acids are known as nitrobenzoates.

Isomers
The three isomers of nitrobenzoic acid are:
2-Nitrobenzoic acid is prepared by oxidation of 2-nitrotoluene.
3-Nitrobenzoic acid is a precursor to 3-aminobenzoic acid, which in turn is used to prepare some dyes.  It can be prepared by nitration of benzoic acid. It also can be prepared by treating benzaldehyde under nitration conditions, a process that initially converts the aldehyde to the acid.
4-Nitrobenzoic acid is a precursor to 4-aminobenzoic acid, which is in turn used to prepare the anesthetic procaine. 4-Nitrobenzoic acid is prepared by oxidation of 4-nitrotoluene.

References

Benzoic acids
Nitrobenzene derivatives
GEMIX. The GEMIX is a report commissioned by the Belgian Minister of Climate and Energy, Paul Magnette. The full title in French is Quel mix énergétique idéal pour la Belgique aux horizons 2020 et 2030?. It was completed on 30 September 2009 and published on 9 October 2009. The report received a lot of publicity, due mainly to its recommendations on nuclear power.

It was written by Dominique Woitrin, Marie Pierre Fauconnier, Danielle Devogelaer, Jacques Percebois, Luigi De Paoli, Jacques De Ruyck and Wolfgang Eichhammer. Luc Dufresne was president of the workgroup.

See also 

Energy in Belgium

References

External links 
Quel mix énergétique idéal pour la Belgique aux horizons 2020 et 2030?

Energy in Belgium