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Francis Thomas Ford. Francis Thomas Ford (1877–1946) was an English engineer and inventor who established a successful welding and engineering firm in Cardiff, Wales.

Early life
Frances Thomas Ford was born in Stapleton, Bristol on 4 March 1877. In the 1901 UK census  he was living in Norwich and working as a cycle mechanic. Later he moved to Cardiff and he established a welding and engineering enterprise, the Ford Welding and Engineering Company locally.  It was through these later endeavours that he received a certain amount of recognition and local acclaim.

Working life
Once in Cardiff he set up the Ford Welding & Engineering Co. Ltd, located in the Tunnel Works where the Glamorganshire canal emerged from the tunnel under Queen Street.  The works later moved to Forwell Works at 149 North Road Cardiff next to the weighbridge on Parkfield Place about 1950.

Over a period of 20 years Francis patented a number of inventions under The Forwell trade mark.  He also worked as an Instructor in Oxy-Acetylene Welding at Cardiff Technical College and was also a keen Photographer.

Patents
A number of patents are associated with Francis Ford, including:
 "Peak o Power" piston rings Jan 1931 GB341798 and Jan 1932 GB318783.
 The Secura Gudgeon pin retainers Jun 1934 GB412227
 "Forwell Jig" for remetalling white metal Conrods and liners Dec 1938 GB496702 and GB496805
 Improvements relating to lathes Dec 1940 GB531162
 Improvements to bins and racks for storage Aug 1943 GB555616

Photography
He took photographs of all the machines and equipment he purchased for the Ford Welding and Engineering Company and kept records of purchase prices. He was a keen member of the Cardiff Photographic Club and took part in many competitions. One of his favourite photos which he entered into a competition was called 'The Elusive Tiddler' and showed a group of children trying to catch a fish on the bank of the Glamorganshire Canal in 1936.

References

1877 births
1946 deaths
Engineers from Bristol
English mechanical engineers
Kozo Sugiyama. was a Japanese computer scientist and graph drawing researcher.

Biography
Sugiyama was born on September 17, 1945, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
He did both his undergraduate and graduate studies at Nagoya University, earning a doctorate in 1974. He then worked for Fujitsu until 1997, when he became a professor at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. At JAIST, he became a center director in 1998, dean in 2000, and vice president in 2008. He died on June 10, 2011.

In the 1990s, Sugiyama also served as one of the directors of the Information Processing Society of Japan.

Research
Sugiyama is best known for his work with Tagawa and Toda introducing layered graph drawing, now also known as Sugiyama-style graph drawing. Sugiyama also wrote highly cited papers on other topics in graph drawing including maintenance of the "mental map" when a drawing is modified, drawings that simultaneously display both the adjacencies between vertices in a graph and a hierarchical structure on the same vertices, and the control of edge orientations in force-based algorithms.

Books
Sugiyama was the author of several books on graph drawing and knowledge engineering. His book Graph drawing and applications for software and knowledge engineers (World Scientific, Series on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 11, 2002, ) is a translation into English of a 1992 Japanese book that was the first book in any language on the subject of graph drawing. His book Knowledge Science (with Atsushi Shimojima and Akiya Nagata) was also translated into Korean (BADA Publishing, 2005).

References

1945 births
2011 deaths
People from Gifu Prefecture
Japanese computer scientists
Graph drawing people
Nagoya University alumni
Semex. Semex, full name Sharp Electrónica Mexico S.A. de C.V., is the semi-independent Mexican division of Japanese Sharp electronics corporation. It is responsible for the manufacture of all Sharp printed circuitboards, LED, LCD and plasma panels, modules and televisions in North and South America and is the sole representative and distributor of Sharp products in Mexico.

The venture was formed in 1997 when a group of Mexican investors, the Mexican federal government and Sharp Electronics Japan signed a mutual agreement to open a factory in Baja California for the manufacture of Sharp CRT televisions and Sharp electronics components which would also begin to manufacture LCD televisions in 2001. By 1998 the factory had begun manufacturing home appliances and printed circuit boards with Kyoshas Mexican branch as well. In 2006 Sharp and Semex introduced a second plant in Baja California for the production of LCD panels, modules and televisions to address an increasing demand for flatscreen televisions in the US and Mexican markets. Currently, Sharp builds its full range of 19, 26, 32, 40, 42, 46, 52, 60, 70 and 80 inch LCD and LED televisions including 3D models, printed circuitboards, white goods, LCD & LED panels and LCD modules at Semex's facilities. The average weekly salary for a worker is US$150, which is 20% above average industrial salary in Mexico.

References

Electronics companies of Mexico
Manufacturing companies based in Mexico City
Sharp Corporation divisions and subsidiaries
1997 establishments in Mexico
Marko Čalasan. Marko Čalasan (; ; born 2000) is a Macedonian computer systems prodigy. He was the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator at the age of eight and the youngest certified computer systems engineer at the age of nine.

Work and education
Marko Čalasan was born in 2000 and is from Skopje, North Macedonia. Čalasan displayed excellent cognitive abilities at a very early age and was able to read and write by the age of two. When he was aged seven, Professor Elena Achkovska-Leshkovska from the Institute of Psychology tested him. She found that his brain operated identically as a child over the age of twelve. High levels of emotional and social skills were also found. He first made headlines in the United States in May 2010 when CNN's i-List did a story on him. Čalasan earned twelve Microsoft certificates and one Cisco certificate. He received his first certificate at the age of six. He is the youngest person to ever receive the MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) certificate, which he received at the age of eight. Čalasan then went on to study for the MCSE exam and was also the youngest person to receive the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Certificate as well. He taught computer basics to children eight to eleven in his former elementary school. The Macedonian government gave him an IT lab to advance his learning. Nikola Gruevski, the former prime minister of Macedonia, personally provided him with fifteen computers. His first gig as a system administrator was to remotely manage a network of computers for a nonprofit that works with people with disabilities. The Macedonian government in 2010 published his first 312-page book regarding the pre-installation, installation and post-installation process of Windows 7. In 2013, he was included in the list World's 50 Smartest Teenagers.

Personal life
In addition to being skilled with computers, Čalasan is fluent in three languages, including English. Čalasan and his parents, who were also system engineers, opened an IT school for children in Skopje. His parents later separated, and he went on to live with his mother Radica. His mother died from cancer in 2016. After her death, the Macedonian news media appealed for his financial support as he had no other support.

Microsoft and Cisco certificates
 MCP – Microsoft Certified Professional
 MCDST- Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician
 MCSA – Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
 MCSE – Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Server 2003
 MCTS - Windows 7, Configuring - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Server 2008 Active Directory
 MCS Associate Windows Server 2008
 MCITP - Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008
 MCITP - Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008
 MCTS - Technology Specialist Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
 MCTS - Technology Specialist Windows Server 2008 Application Infrastructure Configuration
 MCTS - Technology Specialist Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
 MCTS - Technology Specialist Windows7 Configuration
 CCENT - Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician

References

2000 births
Living people
Scientists from Skopje
Stazione Sperimentale per l'Industria delle Pelli e delle Materie Concianti. The Stazione Sperimentale per l'Industria delle Pelli e delle Materie Concianti (SSIP) (Leather and Tanning Materials Experimental Station) is a special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce in Naples.
It is an Institute for applied research, established in Naples in 1885, and operating on a national scale with the specific aim of promoting the technical and technological progress in the leather, tanning materials and derived products industry. In 1999 SSIP was transformed into a public economic institution with important legal, operational and administrative modifications which, however, have left its mission and functions unchanged.

References

Other Experimental Stations
 Stazione Sperimentale per le Industrie degli Oli e dei Grassi
 Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta

External links
 Homepage of the SSIP

Experimental Stations for Industry in Italy
Economy of Naples
Organisations based in Naples
Comparison of T-carrier and E-carrier systems. The DS designations are used in connection with the North American hierarchy only. Strictly speaking, a DS1 is the data carried on a T1 circuit, and likewise for a DS3 and a T3, but in practice the terms are used interchangeably.

There are other data rates in use, e.g., military systems that operate at six and eight times the DS1 rate. At least one manufacturer has a commercial system that operates at 90 Mbit/s, twice the DS3 rate. New systems, which take advantage of the high data rates offered by optical communications links, are also deployed or are under development. Higher data rates are now often achieved by using synchronous optical networking (SONET) or synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH).

A DS3 is delivered native on a copper trunk. DS3 may be converted to an optical fiber run when needing longer distances between termination points. When a DS3 is delivered over fiber it is still an analog type trunk connection at the termination points. When delivering data over an OC3 or greater SONET is used. A DS3 transported over SONET is encapsulated in a STS-1 SONET channel. An OC-3 SONET link contains three STS-1s, and therefore may carry three DS3s. Likewise, OC-12, OC-48, and OC-192 may carry 12, 48, and 192 DS3s respectively.

Multiplexing
Sri Venkateswara College (disambiguation). Sri Venkateswara College may refer to:
 Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi, a constituent college of the University of Delhi.
 Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tirupati, an engineering college in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
 Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur near Chennai
 Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruvallur
 Sri Venkateswara Junior College, Kamavarapukota, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh
 Sri Venkateswara Hindu College Of Engineering, Machilipatnam, an unaided institution in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
 Shree Venkateshwara Hi-Tech Engineering College, Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu
 Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore

See also
 Venkateshwara Institute of Technology, Meerut
Edge Tech Corp. Edge Tech Corp (ETC) is a US-based manufacturer and supplier of computer memory upgrades, including DRAM, solid-state drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, and hard disk drives. Edge Tech is headquartered in Ada, Oklahoma and maintains sales, marketing and eCommerce facilities in Addison, Texas.

History
Peripheral Outlet was formed in 1986 by 14-year-old Jeff Thompson, with $2,500 he had saved from his paper route in Ada, Oklahoma. Thompson was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 1994 by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and profiled in Fortune magazine.
Other family members were employed in the business, including brother Ryan Thompson who later founded another company.

By 1996 the company's sales had increased by 650% and was named to the Inc. magazine 500 list of the fastest growing private companies. 
Peripheral Outlet incorporated and became Peripheral Enhancements Corporation (PECO).

In 1998 PECO acquired the NewerRam division of Newer Technology and opened offices in Dallas, Texas.

In 1999 PECO obtained ISO 9001 certification.

Peripheral Enhancements Corporation became EDGE Tech Corporation in 2004. It moved to new office space in Ada in 2006. It was named one of the best places to work for small companies in Dallas in 2009.

References

External links
 
 NewerTech website

1986 establishments in Oklahoma
Ada, Oklahoma
Computer companies established in 1986
Computer hardware companies
Computer memory companies
Manufacturing companies based in Oklahoma
Privately held companies based in Oklahoma
Computer companies of the United States
Bailey-Moyes Tempest. The Bailey-Moyes Tempest,  is an Australian-American high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat, microlift glider that was designed by Bob Bailey of Florida, United States and produced by Moyes Microlights of Waverley, New South Wales, Australia.

Design and development
The Tempest is a development of the Advanced Aeromarine Sierra and was designed to be towed aloft behind an ultralight aircraft.

The aircraft's  span wing is made from aluminium tubing covered in Dacron and is supported by a single lift strut on each side, plus a jury strut. The fuselage is made from fiberglass and features a canopy that is hinged on one side for cockpit access. The cockpit is  wide. The landing gear is either a monowheel gear or, optionally, bicycle gear.

Although very light, with a standard empty weight of , the Tempest does not qualify under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles regulations as a hang glider, neither is it foot-launchable. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit, that required an estimated 200 hours to complete, or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft. In 1998 the kit was US$10,000 and the complete aircraft was US$12,500. Twelve were reported as flying by the end of 2001.

Aircraft on display
Massey Air Museum, Massey, Maryland, United States

Specifications (Tempest)

See also

References

External links
Photo of the Tempest in the Massey Air Museum

1990s Australian sailplanes
Homebuilt aircraft
Moyes Microlights aircraft
Yamaha SY22. The SY22 is a combined FM synthesis/sample-based synthesiser introduced by Yamaha in 1990, building on the vector synthesis technology developed by Sequential Circuits prior to their demise and takeover by Yamaha in 1987.

Features
The SY22 has 61 (five octaves) unweighted velocity sensitive keys with aftertouch. It can play back up to 32 voices or 16 notes. Each sound programme uses two or four voices. There are two different programme configurations, being either one AWM (Yamaha's PCM technology) and one FM element (voice) or two AWM and two FM elements. There are sixty four factory pre set sound programmes and sixteen pre set multimode programmes in ROM. The same amount of storage space can be used for user programmes. The user memory can be doubled with an optional battery buffered RAM card (MCD32). The AWM part does not have filters or other wave shaping functionality. The FM part is two operators, but since it does not contain only sine waves, but 8 waves, the FM synthesis is more complex than any other two op FM synthesis at the time. The Multi mode combines up to eight sound programmes which can be played at once.

Vector synthesis
The vector stick has two alternating functions. It can either blend between the two or four sound elements or detune them against each other. These movements can also be recorded in up to fifty steps and repeated for each note played. The vector envelope can also be programmed manually. Stick movements are sent via MIDI. The fifty steps makes it the most complex envelope of any synthesiser until today (April 2022). Each single step has a start vector and two duration parameters. The vectors' positions are defined on X- and Y-axes (-31..0..+31). The duration parameters are a time in milliseconds plus a multiplier. For the time a length between 10 and 160ms can be chosen while the multiplier can defined with up to 254 repetitions. With use of the longest step time of 160 ms, the full 254 repetitions and all fifty vector movements a complete sound progression length of up to thirty three minutes and fifty two seconds can be achieved with a single key press.

Versions
 Yamaha TG33
A keyless synthesiser designed for the desktop. The TG33 doubles the number of voices and the number of sounds in a Multi programme. The user memory can be doubled or even tripled with an MCD64 card.
 Yamaha SY35
The SY35 has the same technical data as the SY22 with the exception of a partly different set of samples in higher sampling quality (16 bit instead of 12 bit).

Notable users
 Moby
 Skinny Puppy
 Scanner
 Wry Yelp

References

Further reading

External links
Yamaha SY22 Operating manual

SY22
Digital synthesizers
Polyphonic synthesizers
Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program. The Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program is an initiative focused on converting public and private fleet vehicles from gasoline to propane autogas in the Southeastern United States. It is the largest Clean Cities alternative fuel vehicle conversion deployment program in history. The program is partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) through the United States Department of Energy Clean Cities Coalition.

Overview

The program is converting approximately 1,100 vehicles from gasoline to propane autogas and implementing more than twenty propane autogas fueling stations. The program is administered by Virginia Clean Cities and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, and is partially funded by an $8.6 million grant from the ARRA. The Program's website states that "under this large-scale initiative, public and private fleet vehicles in Washington D.C. and nine southeast states ... will be converted to propane autogas in order to reduce vehicle emissions, displace gasoline consumption and create American jobs."

Program goals

The stated goals for the program:

 The displacement of an "estimated 15.7 million gallons of gasoline"
 Elimination of an "estimated 16,000 tons or more of airborne pollutants"
 The creation of "dozens of jobs" in the region

The program has several types of public and private fleet participants, including law enforcement, municipal, and transportation service fleets, that are converting anywhere between 5 and 300 of their fleet vehicles to propane autogas. The vehicles are equipped with the PRINS VSI system and are bi-fuel vehicles, meaning they can switch from propane autogas to gasoline. Some fleets estimate they will save more than $100,000 in fuel costs annually with propane autogas.   Additionally, autogas is a cleaner-burning transportation fuel and up to 90 percent of the U.S. supply is domestically produced.

Cost share requirement

This program, as well as other Clean Cities projects funded by ARRA grants, had a strict 50 percent cost-share requirement from the grant recipient and partners. AutoGas was selected by the program administrators to provide vehicle conversion equipment and to supply autogas fueling to fleet participants.  The cost share provided by Alliance AutoGas and other program partners is estimated to be over $11 million.

Leadership

The program was conceived under the Virginia Clean Cities leadership of Chelsea Jenkins.  It was later supported by the Peter Denbigh, Jamison Walker, Alleyn Harned, and Matt Wade.

References

Sustainable energy
Environmental organizations based in the United States
Propane
Hidden algebra. Hidden algebra provides a formal semantics for use in the field of software engineering, especially for concurrent distributed object systems. It supports correctness proofs.

Hidden algebra was studied by Joseph Goguen. It handles features of large software-based systems, including concurrency, distribution, nondeterminism, and local states. It also handled object-oriented features like classes, subclasses (inheritance), attributes, and methods. Hidden algebra generalizes process algebra and transition system approaches.

References

External links
 Hidden Algebra Tutorial

Abstract algebra
Universal algebra
Logical calculi
Concurrent computing
Distributed computing
Richard Schelp. Richard H. Schelp (April 21, 1936, Kansas City, Missouri, United States – November 29, 2010, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) was an American mathematician.

Schelp received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Central Missouri and his master's degree and doctorate in mathematics from Kansas State University. The adviser from his thesis was Richard Joseph Greechie.
He was an associate mathematician and missile scientist at Johns Hopkins University for five years. He then became an instructor of mathematics at Kansas State University for four years. Finally in 1970 he became a professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Memphis. He retired in 2001.

Schelp, an Erdős number one mathematician, was the fourth most frequent scholarly collaborator with Paul Erdős. He also collaborated on research with another top ten most frequent Erdős collaborator, Ralph Faudree, who was based at the University of Memphis as well.

See also 
 List of people by Erdős number

References

External links 
 Dr. Richard Schelp home page
 Richard H. Schelp in Microsoft Academic Search

1936 births
2010 deaths
Scientists from Kansas City, Missouri
University of Central Missouri alumni
Kansas State University alumni
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Mathematicians from Missouri
Johns Hopkins University faculty
Kansas State University faculty
University of Memphis faculty