omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Chen Mingde. Chen Mingde (Traditional Chinese: 陳明德, Simplified Chinese: 陈明德), born 1940, is a Chinese politician. He is former general secretary and vice-president of the China Democratic National Construction Association (CNDCA).

Career
Chen was born in June 1940 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University in 1962.

Chen served in the Institute of Electrotechnics, Chinese Academy of Science for a long time. He was a technician, researcher and the chairman of the employee committee at the institute. From 1981 to 1983, he studied and worked in United States (State University of New York Institute of Technology) as a visiting scholar.

In June 1986 Chen became a member of the China Democratic National Construction Association (CNDCA), and was elected as central member in February 1987. That May, he was pointed to be the deputy secretary-general of CNDCA Beijing. In 1988, he was promoted to be the chairperson of the CNDCA Beijing, and became a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Beijing Branch. In 1993, Chen became the general secretary and vice-chairperson of CNDCA Beijing. From May 1994 - December 1997, Chen also served in the Beijing government and was in charge of economy (industry) and development. In November 1997, he became the general secretary of CNDCA and started directing its daily work. In 1998, he was elected to be the deputy secretary-general and standing member of CPPCC. Since 2002, he is the vice-president of CNDCA.

References

External links
 Chen's biography
 China National Democratic Construction Assiciation

Politicians from Ningbo
1940 births
Zhejiang University alumni
Living people
People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang
Chinese electrical engineers
Engineers from Zhejiang
Caliper (disambiguation). Calipers are an instrument used to measure the dimensions of an object.

Caliper(s) or calliper(s) may also refer to:

 Brace (orthopaedic), especially a leg brace
 Calipers, components of a disc brake
 Caliper brakes, a type of bicycle brake
 Caliper, the measured thickness of paper, in paper and ink testing

See also
 Caliber (disambiguation)
 Rotating calipers, an algorithm an algorithm design technique in computational geometry
 Compass (drawing tool)
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (often abbreviated IEEE CG&A) is a bimonthly magazine on computer graphics published by the IEEE Computer Society since 1981. The editor-in-chief is André Stork (Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research).

Content
The magazine features shorter and less technical content than would appear in an academic journal and is meant for both experts and non-experts and often tutorial in nature. It connects the theory of computer graphics to its practice, providing coverage on topics including modeling, rendering, animation, (data) visualization, HCI/user interfaces, novel applications, hardware architectures, haptics, virtual and augmented reality systems, and medical imaging.

One of its publishing innovations was the first animated hologram to appear on a magazine cover. The hologram, on its July 1988 cover, featured the baby from the 1988 Pixar short film Tin Toy, opening and closing its mouth.

Perhaps because of its familiarity to visualization researchers, publications in the magazine have been used as a test set for works studying the visualization of citation networks. One such analysis, for an 18-year range of publications, details the most frequently cited journals, works, and authors from articles published in the magazine, and relates a factor analysis of the articles to their subtopics.

Editors-in-chief
The following people have been editor-in-chief:

Abstracting and indexing
The magazine is indexed and abstracted in the following bibliographic databases:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the magazine has a 2022 impact factor of 1.8.

References

External links

Magazines established in 1981
Computer magazines published in the United States
Bi-monthly magazines
IEEE magazines
English-language magazines
J. Robert Welsh Power Plant. J. Robert Welsh Power Plant is a 1-gigawatt (1,056 MW), coal power plant located east of Pittsburg, Texas in Titus County, Texas. It is operated by SWEPCO, a subsidiary of AEP. The plant is named after J. Robert Welsh, a former President and Board Chairman of SWEPCO.

History
Welsh Power Plant had three units constructed: Unit 1 began operations in 1977, Unit 2 began operations in 1980, and Unit 3 began operations in 1982. All three units were installed with boilers from Babcock & Wilcox and turbines from Westinghouse. Combined, the three units had an operating capacity of 1,674 MW.

In 2012, AEP announced they were reducing output at Unit 2 to coincide with the commencement of commercial operations at John W. Turk Jr. Coal Plant in Arkansas. Unit 2 was officially decommissioned in April 2016 as a part of a major retrofitting project to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for Units 1 and 3. It is currently scheduled to stop burning coal in 2028.

The remaining two units use sub-bituminous coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via rail.

Close to it, there is Welsh HVDC Converter Station, a back-to-back HVDC station.

See also

 List of power stations in Texas

References

Energy infrastructure completed in 1977
Energy infrastructure completed in 1980
Energy infrastructure completed in 1982
Buildings and structures in Titus County, Texas
Coal-fired power stations in Texas
1977 establishments in Texas
DFW Mars. 

The DFW Mars was an early German military utility aircraft built in 1913, the first original design manufactured by Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke (DFW). The aircraft was produced in both monoplane and biplane versions, which shared a common fuselage and empennage. The monoplane version featured wings that were wire-braced to a kingpost on the forward fuselage, and was powered by a 71 kW (90 hp) NAG engine. Some of the monoplane used as dedicated trainer aircraft also incorporated a reinforcing truss beneath the wings. The biplane had conventional three-bay wings of unequal span and was powered by a 75 kW (100 hp) Mercedes engine. The wings of both the monoplane and biplane versions featured prominent sweepback.

Mars aircraft were distinguished in pre-war passenger-carrying feats and reliability trials. They were purchased by both the German military and the British Admiralty, which bought an example for the Royal Naval Air Service. Turkish Mars aircraft were flown in the First and Second Balkan Wars in 1912–1913. This type is believed to be the first German-built aircraft utilized for active military service.

Specifications (biplane)

References

Bibliography

External links

 "The D.F.W. Monoplane" Flight 8 November 1913, pp 1216–18
 "The D.F.W. Biplane at Brooklands" Flight 13 December 1913, 1374
 "The D.F.W. Biplane" Flight 10 January 1914, pp 34–38

1910s German military utility aircraft
Mars
Single-engined tractor aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1913
Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke. Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke, usually known as DFW, was a German aircraft manufacturer of the early twentieth century. It was established by Bernhard Meyer and Erich Thiele at Lindenthal in 1910, and initially produced Farman designs under licence, later moving on to the Etrich Taube and eventually to its own designs. One of these, the DFW C.V reconnaissance aircraft, was produced to the extent of several thousand machines, including license production by other firms. When Bernhard Meyer died in April 1917, his son-in-law Kurt Herrmann became general director of DFW.

After the end of the First World War, under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the DFW had to cease operations by 18 December 1919. Plans to develop civil aircraft after the war proved fruitless. On Herrmann's initiative, the company was bought by  on 16 June 1919.

Aircraft
 DFW Mars
 DFW B.I
 DFW C.I
 DFW C.III
 DFW C.V
 DFW D.I
 DFW D.II
 DFW R.I
 DFW R.II
 DFW R.III
 DFW T.28 Floh

References

 

Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) was established under the Gujarat Industrial Development Act of 1962, with a goal of accelerating industrialization in the state of Gujarat, India.

History
Main role of the GIDC is to identify locations suitable for industrial development and create industrial estates with infrastructure such as roads, drainage, electricity, water supply, street lights, and ready-to-occupy factory sheds. The infrastructure of certain estates has been built for specific industries;  there is an electronics estate at Gandhinagar, ceramics and manufacturing estates in Bhavnagar, chemical estates at Vapi, Ankleshwar, Panoli, Nandesari, Naroda.

Some GIDC estates also have low-cost housing for workers and executives of tenant businesses, and many of the larger estates include amenities and commercial facilities such as banks, shopping complexes, schools, dispensaries, telecommunications centers, police stations, and community halls.

As of February 2008, there are 257 such estates throughout Gujarat, and economies of scale allow the GIDC to offer these plots for substantially less than the cost of creating a similar standalone factory. GIDC has acquired maximum land for the development of Industries in the State of Gujarat, under their possession after Indian Railways.

Famous industrialists like Dhirubhai Ambani of Reliance and Karsanbhai Patel of (Nirma) have their industrial units in GIDC.

Corporation has established 182 industrial estates, ranging from mini to mega sizes, in 25 of the 25 districts of the state. It has also developed 7 Special Economic Zones.

Major SIRs and SEZs

Special Investment Regions
GIDC is now establishing Special Investment Regions, PCPIR, Industrial areas and large /sector-specific estates in tune with the changing economic and industrial scenario.

Notified Areas 
The places that are recognized by the government as Notified Areas are given below:

References

External links
 

Economy of Gujarat
State agencies of Gujarat
State industrial development corporations of India
1962 establishments in Gujarat
Government agencies established in 1962
Mindigale. Mindigale () is a town in the Sanaag region .

Overview

Since the city was growing considerably after civil war, as the native people were coming back from the capital, the education sector was also experiencing significant development, the first primary school was built in 1990s

Recent History

Around 2000, Horn Relief built a rock dam (temporary dam made of piled up small rocks) in Mindigale and other areas to improve irrigation channels, and education on the technology.

In July 2017, the El Dahir road construction committee met with Puntland President Abdiweli Gaas in Garowe to report that road construction between El Dahir and Erigavo is currently underway near Mindigale.

In September 2018, Puntland President Abdiweli Gaas and Puntland House of Representatives Speaker visited Mindigale and other villages.

In December 2019, new Puntland Parliament Speaker Cabdirashiid Yuusuf Jibriil was fired upon by opponents of the removal of former Speaker Cabdixakiin Dhooba in Mindigale on his way to Badhan. Although the new chairman was welcomed in Bahan, protests were held nearside Mindigale.

In September 2020, a delegation led by the manager of the Puntland Water Development Agency and consisting of members from South West State of Somalia, Galmudug and Somalia federal government visited Mindigale.

In March 2021, a member of the Puntland Parliament who was traveling to Badhan by car was killed in a traffic accident near Mindigale.

In May 2024, overbuilding of wells in Mindigale caused the wells to run dry, resulting in significant agricultural damage. The Puntland Water Development Agency announced plans to increase the water supply.

Mayor
Cawad Cali Jaamac - 2017

See also
Badhan
Hingalol

References

Populated places in Sanaag
DFW C.I. 

The DFW C.I was a German reconnaissance aircraft produced during World War I. Derived from the company's B.I design of 1914, the C.I kept the same basic fuselage design, but dispensed with the B.I's distinctive crescent-shaped wings, replacing them with wings with conventional straight leading edges. Engine power was also increased from 90-112 kW (120-150 hp).

The C.II was almost identical, except that it reversed the seating arrangements for the pilot and observer, placing the observer in the rear cockpit and providing him with a Parabellum MG14 machine gun on a ring mount.

Specifications (C.II)

References

1910s German military reconnaissance aircraft
C.I
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1915
High Speed Freight Vehicle. The High Speed Freight Vehicle was a generic term for a number of prototype four-wheeled rail vehicles which were fitted with various experimental suspensions developed by the British Rail Research Division in the late 1960s. The development was part of the investigation into the riding of vehicles and the interaction between wheel and rail. 

HSFV1 was intended for fundamental empirical research into wheel-rail interaction and suspension dynamics to be better understood, following from work on wheel tread profiles. It was regularly run at speeds of up to  on the Vehicles Laboratory's roller rig. It also performed at  whilst under test on the main line. Its suspension had two vertical coil springs and two vertical and one lateral hydraulic damper at each corner of the vehicle. This was at a time when few freight trains travelled at more than  and most passenger trains averaged about . It supported theories of vehicle design which led to most later designs of train. 

A similar converted UIC long-wheelbase four-wheeled ferry van (HSFV4) was utilised for high-speed trials. HSFV4 had two coil springs with two 45-degree-inclined hydraulic dampers and a traction rod at each corner.

Although they were excellent riding vehicles in the railway of the day they were viewed as experimental only and far too expensive for widespread adoption. It was also thought that the sophisticated suspension would not stand up to the daily rigours to which freight vehicles were subjected.

However in the early 1970s these experiments resulted in ten covered air-braked vans (COV-AB) being fitted with Taperlite suspension consisting of a long double leaf spring and having  hydraulic dampers inclined at 45 degrees to effect both vertical and lateral movement. On test these vehicles were capable of  but in service were limited to  due to their running with other UIC long-link suspension vans. Ultimately they were converted to standard after a few years, except two examples. One of these was used by the R&DD on the Tribometer train and one by the DM&EE on their own test trains. 

HSFV1 survived until recently in Serco stock at the RTC, but in May 2010 was moved out on its way to preservation. It was intended that it would eventually be displayed at the Electric Railway Museum in Coventry, but that museum is now closed. HSFV1 was donated to the APT-E preservation Group by Serco after the National Railway Museum chose not to preserve it, but NRM have recently relented and it is now displayed at Shildon alongside the restored APT-E, which after all benefitted from the fundamental research carried out into wheel/rail interaction with HSFV1.
HSFV4 is also still extant at the Eden Valley Railway where it is undergoing restoration.

A number of vehicles were produced, including HSFV1 and HSFV4, with various tests being carried out between 1975 and 1979. A variant of HSFV1 formed the basis for the suspension of the Class 140 Pacer railbus.

References

British Rail rolling stock
British Rail research and development
Algorithmic mechanism design. Algorithmic mechanism design (AMD) lies at the intersection of economic game theory, optimization, and computer science. The prototypical problem in mechanism design is to design a system for multiple self-interested participants, such that the participants' self-interested actions at equilibrium lead to good system performance. Typical objectives studied include revenue maximization and social welfare maximization. Algorithmic mechanism design differs from classical economic mechanism design in several respects. It typically employs the analytic tools of theoretical computer science, such as worst case analysis and approximation ratios, in contrast to classical mechanism design in economics which often makes distributional assumptions about the agents. It also considers computational constraints to be of central importance: mechanisms that cannot be efficiently implemented in polynomial time are not considered to be viable solutions to a mechanism design problem. This often, for example, rules out the classic economic mechanism, the Vickrey–Clarke–Groves auction.

History

Noam Nisan and Amir Ronen first coined "Algorithmic mechanism design" in a research paper published in 1999.

See also
Algorithmic game theory
Computational social choice
Metagame
Incentive compatible
Vickrey–Clarke–Groves mechanism

References and notes

Further reading

.

Mechanism design
Algorithms
Openadaptor. Openadaptor is a lightweight open source Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) software toolkit. It provides a configurable component framework for connecting various disparate systems and middleware implementations, with little or no custom programming. 

Developed by Dresdner Kleinwort to integrate its applications with Message-oriented middleware (MOM), whilst avoiding vendor lock-in in the process, Openadaptor has since been open sourced in the first such initiative in the world by an investment bank.   

The product was completely re-written in early 2007 to eliminate certain inherent design shortfalls and accommodate standards and technologies that have emerged since its inception in 1997. Continuing to be led by Dresdner Kleinwort, the overhauled version is used in its mission-critical production systems to process high volumes of financial data.

Notes

External links 
 Openadaptor project page
 Systems Integration with Openadaptor, Java Developer's Journal

Java enterprise platform
Enterprise application integration
Message-oriented middleware
El Cajón Dam (Mexico). The El Cajón Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Río Grande de Santiago in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Construction began in 2003 and was completed in June 2007. It cost US$800 million to build. It is  long and is  high. The reservoir holds approximately  of water, and the generators are capable of producing  of electricity. The dam is operated by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, a state-owned Mexican electric company. Throughout the construction of the El Cajón Dam, the following is estimated:

 Rock fill with concrete face dam
 A cost of 800 million dollars
 An economic benefit of 2 billion pesos (160 million dollars)
 The creation of approximately 10,000 direct and indirect jobs
 The improvement of access roads that will benefit up to 20,000 inhabitants belonging to 40 communities
 An annual mean power generation of 1,228 GWh, approximately 1.5 times the annual consumption of Nayarit
 An installed capacity of 
 An approximate annual savings of two million barrels of fuel oil
 An increase in the firm power generation of the Aguamilpa Hydroelectric Station, due to the regulation of the Río Grande de Santiago and its effluents in the basin, as well as the diversification of the primary energy sources in the National Electric System.

See also 

 List of power stations in Mexico

References

External links 
 Comisión Federal de Electricidad

Dams in Mexico
Hydroelectric power stations in Mexico
Buildings and structures in Nayarit
Concrete-face rock-fill dams
Dams completed in 2007
Dams on the Río Grande de Santiago
2007 establishments in Mexico
Energy infrastructure completed in 2012
Hinari (company). Hinari Domestic Appliances or Hinari LP is a British manufacturer of domestic electrical products. Hinari was acquired by Alba plc in 1989.

The Hinari range 
'Hinari Ellipse' - Stainless steel products including jugs.
Hinari Lifestyle - Traditional white kitchen and coloured hand held appliances.
Hinari 'Body and Soul' range - A foot bath range.
Hinari 'Café Continental' - A range of coffee machine designed to prevent coffee from going cold.
Hinari 'Sunrise' TV - A TV with an alarm clock built in display and sleep timer with remote control.

Partnerships 
Hinari has recently produced an electrical product named 'Hinari Aqua-Flow made using Brita's water filteration design and Hinari's 'style'.
Hinari has also produced televisions along with Schneider.

Hinari is based at Elstree office along with Bush and Grundig UK.

See also 
Bush (company)
Alba

Home appliance manufacturers of the United Kingdom
1987 establishments in the United Kingdom
AWS Shopper. The AWS Shopper (A.W.S = Automobilwerk  Walter Schätzle) was a German Automobile manufactured in Berlin (Germany) from 1973 to 1974. The first car was shown in 1970 and a few hand-built cars were made, but series production began in 1973. 1700 were made.

History 
The AWS Shopper was designed by Walter Schätzle in 1970, an erstwhile Borgward dealer. The factory was located in West Berlin, in Rudow. The company first started to manufacture the car in 1973. While the brand's marketing was strong, the demand for this car was low during the 1970s. The company ceased manufacture in 1974.

Design 
The AWS Shopper's internal design was unique, the frame was made with square steel tubes connected by special angular brackets, and the shell of the car was made from plasticized sheet metal panels. This meant that fixing the car was simple. Goggomobil parts were also used.

Mechanical information:
Model name: Shopper or Piccolo
Years produced: 1971-1974
Number of models produced: 1400 Shopper, 300 Piccolo
Length: 
Width: 
Weight 
Number of seats: 4
Motor: Glas 2-stroke
Cylinders: 2
Displacement: 293 cc
Horsepower: 15
Gear box: 4 + rev
Electrics: 12v
Ignition: 2 x coil
Chassis: platform
Suspension (front & back): coil
Steering: rack
Brakes: hydraulic
4 Wheels: 480 x 10
Top speed:

See also 
Goggomobil

External links 
1973 AWS Shopper - 
AWS History (in German) - 

Microcars
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany
Cars introduced in 1973