Organizational maintenance repair parts and special tools list for loader-transporter, guided missile, M688A1 1450-01-133-4439 handling unit, guided missile equipment M39 1450-01-132-7715 hoisting unit, tripod M38 1450-00-937-0893 sling, beam type M22 1450-00-937-0894, Lance Field Artillery Missile System.

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Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools for loader-transporter, guided missile, M688A1, 1450-01-133-4439, handling unit, guided missile equipment, M39, 1450-01-132-7715, hoisting unit, tripod, M38, 1450-00-937-0893, sling, beam type, M22, 1450-00-937-0894, Lance Field Artillery Missile System.

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Exposure to microbial volatile organic compounds in a waste-handling unit

The production of MVOC by fungi has been taken into account especially from the viewpoint of indoor pollution with microorganisms but the relevance of fungal metabolites in working environments has not been sufficiently studied. The purpose of this study was to assess exposure to MVOCs in a waste-handling unit. It was used Multirae equipment (RAE Systems) to measured MVOCs concentration with a 10.6 eV lamps. The measurements were done near workers nose and during the normal activities. All measurements were done continuously and had the duration of 5 minutes at least. It was consider the higher value obtained in each measurement. In addition, for knowing fungi contamination, five air samples of 50 litres were collected through impaction method at 140 L/minute, at one meter tall, on to malt extract agar with the antibiotic chloramphenicol (MEA). MVOCs results range between 4.7 ppm and 8.9 ppm in the 6 locations consider. These results are eight times higher than normally obtained in indoor settings. Considering fungi results, two species were identified in air, being the genera Penicillium found in all the samples in uncountable colonies and Rhizopus only in one sample (40 UFC/m3). These fungi are known as MVOCs producers, namely terpenoids, ketones, alcohols and others. Until now, there has been no evidence that MVOCs are toxicologically relevant, but further epidemiological research is necessary to elucidate their role on human’s health, particularly in occupational settings where microbiological contamination is common. Additionally, further research should concentrate on quantitative analyses of specific MVOCs.

À l’intérieur des murs : comprendre la violence en milieu carcéral à partir du point de vue d’hommes incarcérés à l’Unité spéciale de détention

L’étude qui nous concerne vise à mieux comprendre la violence en milieu carcéral. C’est à l’aide d’entrevues menées auprès de treize hommes incarcérés à l’Unité spéciale de détention, une unité canadienne spécifiquement conçue pour loger des personnes qui ont fait usage de violence intra murale ou sont soupçonné de l’avoir fait, que nous avons tenté d’atteindre l’objectif principal de ce projet. Plus spécifiquement, le point de vue des participants a été recueilli sur l’incarcération, sur les moyens utilisés afin de s’accoutumer aux défis de l’enfermement ainsi que la manière dont les individus justifient l’usage de violence dans ce contexte. Les résultats de nos analyses suggèrent que le milieu carcéral est un monde hostile et imprévisible où les individus se perçoivent constamment vulnérables à de multiples formes d’agression. Placés en hyper vigilance et orientés vers la survie, les détenus font usage de diverses stratégies d’adaptation afin de répondre aux situations difficiles qu’ils rencontrent en contexte de perte de liberté. La violence représente donc un des moyens dont disposent les individus pour survivre à l’intérieur des murs. Les diverses formes d’adaptation violente rencontrées en milieu carcéral peuvent ainsi informer sur les enjeux de survie présents dans un milieu et donc, du risque de violence ou de victimisation dans ce milieu, que cette violence soit interpersonnelle, collective, auto dirigée, axée sur la fuite ou contre les biens. Puisque l’usage de violence par une personne engendre une possibilité accrue de choisir la violence pour une autre, et ce, avec les conséquences qui s’en suivent pour les détenus et les membres du personnel, nous avons tenté d’identifier et de comprendre les diverses logiques d’action qui motivent le choix d’avoir recours à la violence dans les institutions carcérales. Or, il appert que certaines caractéristiques des individus tendent à faire augmenter le risque pour une personne d’avoir recours à la violence carcérale. De même, il semble que certaines institutions sont davantage propices à l’usage de violence que d’autres. De surcroît, des éléments appartenant aux individus et au milieu en interrelation semblent favoriser la possibilité qu’un condamné fasse usage de violence intra murale. Ainsi, le recours à la violence est davantage probable si elle est légitimée par les individus et le milieu, si le niveau d’adhésion aux valeurs des sous-cultures délinquantes des individus est élevé et si la philosophie du milieu en favorise le maintien, si des groupes influents en quête de contrôle et de pouvoir sont présents dans le milieu et qu’un individu désire y être affilié, s’il y a présence de marchés illicites comme réponse à la privation et qu’un individu y participe ou encore, si le milieu et l’individu sont pris dans l’engrenage d’un climat de survie. Par conséquent, une réflexion concernant le sentiment de sécurité préoccupant les reclus, sentiment qui est un besoin fondamental chez tous les êtres humains, un retour sur les divers modèles théoriques en fonction des données que nous avons obtenues ainsi qu’une réflexion portant sur les moyens dont disposent les individus et le milieu afin de diminuer les possibilités que la violence soit utilisée, ont été amorcées en conclusion.

Dementia Special Care Units in Residential Care Communities: United States, 2010

Assisted living and similar residential care communities provide an alternative to nursing homes for individuals with dementia who can no longer live independently .Individuals with dementia can live in residential care communities that have dementia special care units, or in a more traditional setting where these residents are integrated with residents without dementia. This report compares residential care communities with and without dementia special care units. Read more.

High-performance payload data handling system for Gaia

Gaia is the most ambitious space astrometry mission currently envisaged and is a technological challenge in all its aspects. We describe a proposal for the payload data handling system of Gaia, as an example of a high-performance, real-time, concurrent, and pipelined data system. This proposal includes the front-end systems for the instrumentation, the data acquisition and management modules, the star data processing modules, and the payload data handling unit. We also review other payload and service module elements and we illustrate a data flux proposal.

High-performance payload data handling system for Gaia

Gaia is the most ambitious space astrometry mission currently envisaged and is a technological challenge in all its aspects. We describe a proposal for the payload data handling system of Gaia, as an example of a high-performance, real-time, concurrent, and pipelined data system. This proposal includes the front-end systems for the instrumentation, the data acquisition and management modules, the star data processing modules, and the payload data handling unit. We also review other payload and service module elements and we illustrate a data flux proposal.

La transformation des enquêtes policières due à l’influence des technologies : perspective d’une unité policière spécialisée en analyse judiciaire informatique

La popularité des technologies de l’information et des communications entraîne l’augmentation de la preuve retrouvée sous forme numérique lors d’enquêtes policières. Les organisations policières doivent innover afin d’analyser, gérer et tirer profit de cette preuve numérique. En réponse, elles ont constitué des unités spécialisées en criminalité technologique et en analyse judiciaire informatique. La présente étude utilise les théories de l’innovation afin de déterminer comment l’évolution des technologies et des tendances en matière de criminalité technologique influencent les enquêtes et les organisations policières. Cette recherche vise à augmenter les connaissances sur ces unités spécialisées en quantifiant et en qualifiant leur travail quotidien. Avec la collaboration d’une unité policière canadienne spécialisée en analyse judiciaire informatique, une analyse détaillée des demandes d’expertise adressées à leur service a été effectuée. Les résultats indiquent une augmentation de la preuve numérique avec la prévalence de certaines formes de criminalité et de certains appareils électroniques. Les facteurs influençant le délai de traitement sont soulignés ainsi que les stratégies mises de l’avant afin de gérer efficacement l’accroissement des demandes de service. Finalement, des entrevues ont été menées avec certains membres de l’équipe afin de mettre en lumière les défis et les enjeux relatifs à l’implantation et au fonctionnement d’une telle unité. Les principaux enjeux soulevés concernent les environnements technologiques et juridiques, la formation du personnel, la gestion des ressources et les priorités organisationnelles.

The counteractive effect of the sensor housing on the unit sensitivity across a series of dynamic temperature profiles.

The advantages of wireless sensing implemented on the cold chain of fresh products are well known. These sensor systems consist of a combination of delicate internal electronic circuitry enclosed in a special housing unit. Manufacturers however are presented with the challenge that the housing required to withstand the harsh environment in which the sensors are being used all too often take from the functionality of the sensor. Therefore the target of this study is to determine the dynamic behavior and the counteractive effects of the sensor housing on temperature recording accuracy in the wireless nodes of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) semi-passive tags. Two kind of semi-passive Turbo Tags were used (T700 and T702-B), which consisted of sensors with and without a cover, and two kind of WSN nodes, IRIS (sensors Intersema and Sensirion soldered in the motherboard) and NLAZA (Sensirion in a cable and soldered to the motherboard). To recreate the temperature profiles the devices were rotated between a cold room(5 ºC) through a ambient room(23 ºC) to a heated environment (35ºC) and vice versa. Analysis revealed the differences between housing and no housing are 308.22s to 21.99s respectively in the step from 5 to 35 ºC. As is demonstrated in these experiments the influence of the housing significantly hinders sensor accuracy.

Evaluation of special consumer-homemaking programs in Illinois high schools /

"Prepared for and funded by the Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation, Division of Vocational and Technical Education, Special Programs Unit, Springfield, Illinois."

Manutenção proactiva de sistemas AVAC com recurso aos sistemas inteligentes multiagente

Nos tempos actuais os equipamentos para Aquecimento Ventilação e Ar Condicionado (AVAC) ocupam um lugar de grande importância na concepção, desenvolvimento e manutenção de qualquer edifício por mais pequeno que este seja. Assim, surge a necessidade premente de racionalizar os consumos energéticos optimizando-os. A alta fiabilidade desejada nestes sistemas obriga-nos cada vez mais a descobrir formas de tornar a sua manutenção mais eficiente, pelo que é necessário prevenir de uma forma proactiva todas as falhas que possam prejudicar o bom desempenho destas instalações. Como tal, torna-se necessário detectar estas falhas/anomalias, sendo imprescíndivel que nos antecipemos a estes eventos prevendo o seu acontecimento num horizonte temporal pré-definido, permitindo actuar o mais cedo possível. É neste domínio que a presente dissertação tenta encontrar soluções para que a manutenção destes equipamentos aconteça de uma forma proactiva e o mais eficazmente possível. A ideia estruturante é a de tentar intervir ainda numa fase incipiente do problema, alterando o comportamento dos equipamentos monitorizados, de uma forma automática, com recursos a agentes inteligentes de diagnóstico de falhas. No caso em estudo tenta-se adaptar de forma automática o funcionamento de uma Unidade de Tratamento de Ar (UTA) aos desvios/anomalias detectadas, promovendo a paragem integral do sistema apenas como último recurso. A arquitectura aplicada baseia-se na utilização de técnicas de inteligência artificial, nomeadamente dos sistemas multiagente. O algoritmo utilizado e testado foi construído em Labview®, utilizando um kit de ferramentas de controlo inteligente para Labview®. O sistema proposto é validado através de um simulador com o qual se conseguem reproduzir as condições reais de funcionamento de uma UTA.

Qualidade dos contextos educativos: multideficiência e inclusão

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa para obtenção de grau de mestre em Ciências da Educação- Especialidade Educação Especial

Projeto de AVAC e classificação energética de uma cafetaria

Trabalho Final de mestrado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil

Optimização energética de um sistema de climatização industrial

O desenvolvimento deste trabalho teve como objectivo a optimização de um sistema de climatização industrial, constituído por quatro centrais de climatização adiabáticas, que apresentam limitações de capacidade de arrefecimento, controlo e eficiência. Inicialmente foi necessária a pesquisa bibliográfica e recolha de informação relativa à indústria têxtil e ao processo de arrefecimento evaporativo. Numa fase posterior foram recolhidos e analisados os diversos dados essenciais à compreensão do binómio edifício/sistema de climatização, para a obtenção de possíveis hipóteses de optimização. Da fase de recolha de informações e dados, destaca-se, também, a realização de análises à qualidade do ar interior (QAI). As optimizações seleccionadas como passíveis de implementação, foram estudadas e analisadas com o auxílio do software de simulação energética dinâmica DesignBuilder e os resultados obtidos foram devidamente trabalhados e ajustados de modo a permitir uma assimilação amigável e de fácil interpretação das suas vantagens e desvantagens, tendo ainda sido objecto de estudo de viabilidade económica. A optimização proposta reflecte uma melhoria substancial das condições interiores ao nível da temperatura e humidade relativa, resultando, ainda assim, numa redução de consumos energéticos na ordem dos 23 % (490.337 kWh), isto é, uma poupança anual de 42.169 € aos custos de exploração e com um período de retorno de 1 ano e 11 meses.

Análise das condições de utilização de permutadores de calor de modo a serem economicamente rentáveis

Trabalho Final de Mestrado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica Perfil Energia, Refrigeração e Climatização