omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
MMIST CQ-10 SnowGoose. The MMIST CQ-10A SnowGoose is a cargo delivery unmanned aerial vehicle that has reached IOC (Initial Operational Capability) with the United States Armed Forces with the delivery of 15 vehicles. The SnowGoose UAV is produced by the Canadian company Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology (MMIST). The SnowGoose UAV is an application of MMIST's Sherpa autonomous GPS-guided parafoil delivery system and is intended for pin-point delivery of small cargo items (ammunition, supplies) to special forces. A fully loaded Snowgoose can carry a total of . The SnowGoose was originally designed for leaflet dispensing for psychological warfare, but can support a variety of missions with its six modular cargo bays, each of which can carry pods for fuel, supplies, electronics (sensor or broadcasting) packages, and provide aerial surveillance and communications relay.

The CQ-10A uses a parafoil for lift; the CQ-10B uses an autogyro rotor for lift. The "B" version has twice the range of the "A" version. According to the manufacturer, the CQ-10B can carry 1088 kg (2400 lb) up to 150 km (93 mi) from a central base per day (24 h), placing the loads within 30 m (100 ft) of a predesignated point then performing near-vertical take-offs.

It is able to be launched from HMMWVs (or Humvees), but can also be launched from Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, and Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs. Its first flight was in April 2001 and it achieved initial operating capability in April 2005.

Variants

 CQ-10A Parafoil lift.
 CQ-10B Autogyro rotor lift with increased range, V/STOL.

Operators
 
 Canadian Forces - testing 2007
 
 United States Special Operations Command

Specifications (CQ-10A)

See also

References

External links
 DefenseLink - SnowGoose: UAVs Enter the Airlift Business
 MMIST CQ-10 SnowGoose - Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles

CQ-10
Autogyros
Parafoils
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles of Canada
Aircraft first flown in 2001
2000s Canadian military transport aircraft
Aircraft with skid landing gear
Single-engined piston aircraft
UF Training Reactor. The University of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR), commissioned in 1959, is a 100 kW modified Argonaut-type reactor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. It is a light water and graphite moderated, graphite reflected, light water cooled reactor designed and used primarily for training and nuclear research related activities. The reactor is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is the only research reactor in Florida.

The UFTR is integral to the Nuclear Engineering Program (NEP) at the University of Florida and it offers the ability for students to learn the fundamentals of nuclear operation, neutron detection, and reactor physics. The UFTR also offers unique training opportunities for students enrolled at other educational institutions as well as future reactor operators or technical experts at commercial nuclear plants since it enables the ability to perform and analyze reactor manipulations not often performed at commercial facilities. Courses offered using the UFTR include a Radiation Detection Lab, Neutronics Lab, Reactor Experiments Lab, and Reactor Operations Lab.

History
The UFTR resumed operations in April, 2015 after a multi-year facility refurbishment to upgrade the physical infrastructure, including new low enrichment uranium (LEU) fuel, replacement of the HVAC systems, upgraded security systems, and various instrumentation and control (I&C) system upgrades. The reactor's power level is regulated by cadmium blades that act as mechanical shim (analogous to control rods in a pressurized water reactor). Nominal maximum thermal flux density for the UFTR is 1.8E12 neutrons/cm2·s.

Services
Services offered to the UF community and external academic, government and corporate users include: 
 Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA)
 Neutron Irradiation
 Radiation Effects Testing on Materials
 Research Partnerships
 Training

The University of Florida NEP has seven primary faculty, five affiliated faculty, 100 enrolled undergraduate majors, and 40 masters and doctoral students. The departmental facilities include, in addition to the UFTR, a uranium metal-fueled sub-critical facility, a high-output fusion neutron generator irradiation laboratory, 1 and 10 curie Plutonium-Beryllium (Pu-Be) neutron sources, a radiochemistry laboratory with hot-cell and decontamination capabilities, a neutron activation analysis laboratory, and multi-user nuclear instrumentation laboratory work stations.

References

External links
Nuclear Engineering Program Website
UF Neutronics Lab

University of Florida
1959 establishments in Florida
Argonaut class reactor
Nuclear research reactors
Strain scanning. In physics, strain scanning is the general name for various techniques that aim to measure the strain in a crystalline material through its effect on the  diffraction of X-rays and neutrons. In these methods the material itself is used as a form of strain gauge.

The various methods are derived from powder diffraction but look for the small shifts in the diffraction spectrum that indicate a change in a lattice parameter instead of trying to derive unknown structural information. By comparing the lattice parameter to a known reference value it is possible to determine the. If sufficient measurements are made in different directions it is possible to derive the strain tensor.  If the elastic properties of the material are known, one can then compute the stress tensor.

Principles
At its most basic level strain scanning uses shifts in Bragg diffraction peaks to determine the strain. Strain is defined as the change in length (shift in lattice parameter, d) divided by the original length (unstrained lattice parameter, d0). In diffraction based strain scanning this becomes the change in peak position divided by the original position. The precise equation is presented in terms of diffraction angle, energy, or - for relatively slow moving neutrons - time of flight:

Methods
The details of the technique are heavily influenced by the type of radiation used since lab X-rays, synchrotron X-rays and neutrons have very different properties. Nevertheless, there is considerable overlap between the various methods.

References

Diffraction
Deformation (mechanics)
Mind Transfer (novel). Mind Transfer is a science fiction novel by Janet Asimov (as Janet Jeppson Asimov), published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc. in 1988. The novel journeys through the birth, life, death, and second life of a man whose family pioneers human-to-android mind transfer. It also explores the ethical and moral issues of transferring consciousness into an android at the moment of death, and examines the idea of prematurely activating an android which has not yet accepted a human brain scan.

Plot

The story begins as mind transferring has just been banned on Earth by right-wing biofundamentalists. Referred to as “bioeffers,” these terrorists oppose the work of Jonathan Durant, who comes from a dynasty of scientists working to perfect transferring human minds to robot bodies. As bioeffers storm the Durant facilities, Jonathan's wife, Bess, gives birth to a son she names Adam with the help of the family’s domestic robot. As the new family flees, Jonathan is murdered by a police officer. Bess, her son, and the robot manage to find safe passage to the orbital space colony of Centauria in an adjacent solar system. 

On Centauria, the robot assistant reveals that Jonathan is alive within him as the first successful mind transfer. The family members raise Adam and work with other scientists on Centauria to improve both robot and mind transfer technology. As their work develops they create an even more intelligent robot named Jonwon. 

Adam matures, falls in love, and goes to medical school to study the psychiatry of mind transfers. Some scientists attempt to return to Earth to share the knowledge of mind transfer. Nevertheless, tensions continue between Earth and Centauria and culminate in a terrorist attack that damages Centauria’s communications. The scientists on Earth believe Centauria has been destroyed until the robots and scientists on Centauri develop a new faster-than-light ship to send news of their safety back to Earth. 

Ultimately, Jonwon grows increasingly disaffected with the state of human-robot relations and steals the faster-than-light ship to travel to the planet of Far. The original cast of characters by now has transferred their minds to robots and pursue Jonwon to discover that Far contains a planetary ocean which emits mind-altering waves. As the protagonists navigate the dangers of the ocean they discover another race of intelligent beings that have also been creating robots of their own.

Reception
The book’s reception was lukewarm, receiving praise for its exploration and complication of the original Laws of Robotics. Kirkus Reviews found the book filled with too much dialogue and poorly paced.

See also

 Mind uploading in philosophy and science
 Mind uploading in fiction

References

1988 American novels
American science fiction novels
Savannah River National Laboratory. The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program national laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management. SRNL is located at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Jackson, South Carolina. It was founded in 1951, as the Savannah River Laboratory as a research, development and manufacturing center for tritium production from lithium. The intended end use of the tritium was in nuclear fusion weapons (such as hydrogen bomb), as well as in thermonuclear fusion reactors for civilian use. Plutonium production and research was a second main activity in the lab at that time.

Since the end of the Cold War, the laboratory expanded its civilian research. Savannah River Laboratory was certified as a national laboratory on May 7, 2004.

SRNL research topics include environmental remediation, technologies for the hydrogen economy, handling of hazardous materials and technologies for prevention of nuclear proliferation, vitrification of nuclear waste and in  hydrogen storage.  SRNL is a founding member of the South Carolina Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Alliance (SCHFCA).

Budget and staff
SRNL employs 1400 people and has an annual programmatic budget of 400 million U.S. Dollars (2023).

Operations
SRNL was operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy from 2008 to 2021. The LLC is a partnership between Fluor Corporation, Newport News Nuclear, Inc. (a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) and Honeywell International.

In 2020, the Department of Energy approved a split in the SRS Maintenance and Operations contract. The agency awarded the SRNL M&O contract to Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA), retaining Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for the maintenance and operations of the Savannah River Site. BSRA is wholly owned by Battelle Memorial Institute and partners with five regional universities. Contract transition was completed in 2021.

See also
Savannah River Site
United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy National Laboratories
Top 100 US Federal Contractors
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

References

External links

Official website for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS)
Official website for the Savannah River Site (SRS)

Buildings and structures in Aiken County, South Carolina
United States Department of Energy national laboratories
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
Savannah River Site
Research institutes in South Carolina
Streamer (software). Streamer is a radiative transfer code (Key and Schweiger, 1988) to calculate radiances (intensities) or irradiances in the atmosphere.

The code uses N-stream approximation to the radiative transfer equations (Stamnes et al. 1988) and allows for flexible choice of bands. The code can be used both for satellite radiance applications and estimates of heating rates in both cloudy and non-cloudy atmosphere. One can specify surface reflectivity.  Streamer is written in FORTRAN.

FluxNet
FluxNet, the neural network version of Streamer, calculates upwelling and downwelling surface flux in either shortwave or longwave.  It is less flexible than Streamer but is two to four times faster.

See also
 List of atmospheric radiative transfer codes
 Atmospheric radiative transfer codes
 DISORT

References

 Key, J. and A.J. Schweiger, 1998, Tools for atmospheric radiative transfer: Streamer and FluxNet, Computers & Geosciences, 24(5), 443-451.
 Stamnes, K., S. Tsay, W. Wiscombe and K. Jayaweera, 1988: Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media. Appl. Opt., 27, 2502-2509.

External links
 Streamer home page
 FluxNet home page

Atmospheric radiative transfer codes
San'yō Expressway. The  (Asian Highway Network ) is an expressway in Japan, running from Kobe through Hiroshima along the Inland Sea and terminating in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The entire length of the expressway was opened in 1997. The main line has a total length of 405.6 kilometers.

List of interchanges and features 

 IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate, BR - bridge
 Bus stops labeled "○" are currently in use; those marked "◆" are closed.

Main Route

Kimi Branch

Hayashima Branch

Ube-Shimonoseki Route

See also 
West Nippon Expressway Company

AH1
Expressways in Japan
Infrastructure completed in 1982
1982 establishments in Japan
Earl R. Dean. Earl R. Dean (March 19, 1890 – January 8, 1972) designed the famous contour Coca-Cola bottle.

In 1914, Harold Hirsch, a lawyer for the Coca-Cola Company, came up with a plan to launch a national competition in which bottle manufactures across the country would be asked to design a distinctive bottle – a bottle which a person could recognize even if they felt it in the dark, and so shaped that, even if broken, a person could tell at a glance what it was.

The bottle manufacturer that won this competition was the Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana. Inspired by a picture of a cocoa pod which was found in an encyclopedia at the Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library, Earl R. Dean made a pencil sketch of the pod. From this sketch,  Dean designed the contour bottle prototype. The prototype never made it to production since its middle diameter was larger than its base. According to Dean, this would make it unstable on the conveyor belts. Dean then equalized the middle and bottom diameters and the Contour Coca-Cola Bottle was born.

References

Further reading

External links

ContourBottle.com A tribute to Earl R. Dean - Facts about the creation of Coca-Cola's Contour bottle.

American industrial designers
Coca-Cola people
1890 births
1972 deaths
Product designers
Pacific Audio Visual Institute. Pacific Audio Visual Institute (PAVI) was a private educational institution that specializes in music production and music management located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. PAVI offers one-year diploma programs in Audio Engineering & Production and Music Business Management. PAVI differs from other institutions in that classes are taught within an operating, full-service, professional studio complex. Pacific Audio Visual Institute is accredited by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency of British Columbia. PAVI has recently been Awarded British Columbia’s Education Quality Assurance Designation. The EQA helps identify which provincial post-secondary institutions have met government assurance standards and offer consumer protection. Each year PAVI awards more than $100,000 in scholarships. Students have the opportunity to gain practical experience in their industry through PAVI's internship placement program. The school offers assistance and resources for International Students.  
with Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Programs

Audio Engineering & Production
The Audio Engineering & Production (AEP) program offers provides hands-on training in music production and sound engineering. Students learn in a commercial recording studio with professional audio engineers and instructors who have active careers in the industry. Courses include Recording, Overdubbing, Mixing, Record Production, Electronic Music, Digital Audio Workstation, Audio for Video, Live Sound, Studio Design, Digital Signal Processing and Career Management.

Music Business Management
Music Business Management (MBM) program provides the education necessary for a business career in the entertainment industry. Students learn hands-on with industry professionals. Courses include Marketing & Promotion, Independent Label, Artist Development and Management, Industry Contracts, Record Production, Music Publishing, Social Media Management.  This program also offers a Music Video course and students have full access to the school's film gear for their own projects.

References

External links
Pacific Audio Visual Institute home page
PAVI Grads Speak Out
PAVI Campus News
Facebook page
Twitter page
School Reviews
PAVI Grads Get Jobs!
Post-Graduation Work Permit Program in British Columbia

Schools in Vancouver
Audio engineering schools
Aichi E16A. The Aichi E16A Zuiun (瑞雲 "Auspicious Cloud", Allied reporting name Paul) was a two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Design and development
The Aichi E16A originated from a 1939 specification for a replacement for the Aichi E13A, which, at that time, had yet to be accepted by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS). Disagreements about the requirements in the 14-Shi specification prevented most manufacturers from submitting designs, but, in 1941, a new 16-Shi specification was drafted by the IJNAS around the Aichi AM-22 design, which had already been made by Aichi engineers Kishiro Matsuo and Yasuhiro Ozawa.

The first AM-22, which first got the experimental designation Navy Experimental 16-Shi Reconnaissance Seaplane and later the short designation E16A1, was completed by May 1942 and was a conventional, low-wing monoplane equipped with two floats. It had the unusual (for a seaplane) feature of being equipped with dive brakes, located in the front legs of the float struts, to allow it to operate in a secondary role as a dive bomber.

Variants

E16A1 Experimental Type 16 reconnaissance seaplane (16試水上偵察機, 16-Shi Suijō Teisatsuki)
Initial named Experimental Type 14 two-seat reconnaissance seaplane (14試2座水上偵察機, 14-Shi 2-Za Suijō Teisatsuki). 3 prototypes produced. Mounted  Mitsubishi MK8A Kinsei 51 engine, 2 × forward-firing 7.7 mm (.303in) Type 97 machine guns, 1 × rearward-firing 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun.
E16A1 Zuiun Model 11 (瑞雲11型, Zuiun 11-gata)
General production model. Mounted  Mitsubishi MK8N Kinsei 54 engine, 2 × forward-firing 20 mm Type 99-2 cannons, 1 × rearward-firing 13 mm Type 2 machine gun.
E16A2 Provisional name Zuiun Model 12 (仮称瑞雲12型, Kashō Zuiun 12-gata)
Initial named Zuiun Model 22. Single prototype with a  Mitsubishi MK8P Kinsei 62 radial engine. One plane converted from E16A1, incomplete.

Operators

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Naval vessel
Battleship Ise, supplied from 634th Kōkūtai.
Battleship Hyūga, supplied from 634th Kōkūtai.
Air unit
Kitaura Kōkutai
Yokosuka Kōkutai
634th Kōkutai
801st Kōkutai
301st Reconnaissance Hikōtai
302nd Reconnaissance Hikōtai

Specifications (E16A1 Zuiun Model 11)

See also

References
Notes

Bibliography

 Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. .
 Green, William. "Aichi E16A1 Zui-un (Paul)" War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes. London: Macdonald & Co.(Publishers) Ltd., 1962, pp. 116–118.
 Taylor, Michael J.H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 43.

 Bunrindō (Japan)
 Kōku-Fan Illustrated Special, Japanese Military Aircraft Illustrated Vol. 3 "Recinnaissance/Flying-boat/Trainer/Transport", January 1983
 Famous Airplanes of the World No. 47 "Imperial Japanese Navy Reconnaissance Seaplane", July 1994

External links

E16A
1940s Japanese military reconnaissance aircraft
Floatplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1942
Ardex GmbH. ARDEX GmbH is a manufacturer of special materials for the building trade with its global headquarters based in Witten, Germany. The company is operated as an independent family-owned business by Mark Eslamlooy, CEO ARDEX Group and CEO of ARDEX Germany. In 2018, the ARDEX Group, represented by 18 successful brands, made a turnover of €850 million with 3,300 staff.

The company belongs to the market leaders in the field of chemistry-based construction materials, and is represented in more than 100 countries through 55 subsidiaries and 44 production facilities.
Founded in 1949, under the name Norwag-Werke GmbH Chemische Fabrik, Witten, the company initially manufactured metal-working oils, window putty and waxes. At the beginning of the 1950, the company was renamed Ardex Chemie GmbH.

The company managed to reduce the drying periods of sub-floor smoothing compounds. This invention enabled the company to manufacture "quick-setting" screeds, which become fully usable after 24 hours, i.e. installation of the finish top cover is possible after 24 hours. For conventional screeds, the drying period required is about 28 days even today. Using the "quick-setting smoothing compounds", top floor cover can be laid as soon as after one hour.

In the course of the years, the product range was extended and today comprises all relevant ranges of chemistry-based construction products: building products for concrete finishing and repair, bitumen-based products for waterproofing of building structures, quick-setting cements, screeds, sub-floor preparation agents, sub-floor smoothing compounds, epoxy-based industrial floor coverings for floor areas in private and industrial premises, sealing compounds to be applied beneath tiles, adhesives for tiles, natural stones and insulating materials, joint mortar for tiles and marble, sealing compounds for the building trade, wall smoothing compounds for smoothing wall surfaces, floor covering and parquetry adhesives for carpets and parquetry etc.

External links

 Company website

References
 "TOP100 -- ausgezeichnete Innovatoren im deutschen Mittelstand". Publisher: Lothar Späth. Redline Wirtschaft, 2005. 

Chemical companies of Germany
Construction chemicals companies
German companies established in 1949
Manufacturing companies established in 1949
companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia
Witten