Potential role of acoustic emission/microseismicity investigations in the site characterization and performance monitoring of nuclear waste repositories

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 797-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Paul Young ◽  
C.D. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Site Characterization ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Waste Repositories

An Assessment of the Institutional Mechanisms for Water Negotiations in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna System

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Watershed Management ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Common ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Complete Account

AbstractThis article begins with the historical perspective of the Indo-Bangladesh negotiations over common water-related issues in the GBM system. It presents a complete account of the common waters-related issues that exist between India and Bangladesh. It critically examines the genesis and performance of the institutional mechanisms that have evolved over time, particularly the scope and limitations of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC). The role of JRC is examined in the context of the treaties and MOUs signed between India and Bangladesh for sharing the Ganges at various times. Lessons learned from these and other international negotiations are compiled to make the JRC more effective and efficient. The potential role of third party mediation in the GBM system is discussed along with the role of multi-track diplomacy. Some pertinent theoretical issues are raised regarding the narrow and ambiguous definitions of ``benefit'' and ``equity'' as mentioned in the statues of the JRC. The difficulty of setting a baseline for water sharing is discussed. Finally, it is recommended that the JRC should be expanded into the JWC (Joint Waters Commission) to allow for incorporation of other water-related issues such as watershed management, water quality and coastal ecosystem management. It is emphasized that political willingness has been the single most important factor in determining the success of bilateral negotiations in the GBM system.

‘Microbes in sport’ – The potential role of the gut microbiota in athlete health and performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 698-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Rankin ◽  
Ciara O’Donavon ◽  
Sharon M Madigan ◽  
Orla O’Sullivan ◽  
Paul D Cotter
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
And Performance

Aggression as a Potential Mediator of the Home Advantage in Professional Ice Hockey

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
E J. McGuire ◽  
Kerry S. Courneya ◽  
W. Neil Widmeyer ◽  
Albert V. Carron
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
National Hockey League ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Potential Mediator ◽  
Home Advantage ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Little research has been conducted on the role of various behaviors in contributing to the home advantage in sport competitions. The present study investigated whether player aggression mediated the relationship between game location and performance in professional ice hockey. Based on the subject-defined delineation between aggressive and nonaggressive ice hockey penalties established by Widmeyer and Birch, 13 measures were used on data collected from the official game reports and penalty records of the National Hockey League for the 1987–1988 season. Both macroanalytic and microanalytic research strategies and analyses were employed. Initial analysis revealed that home teams won 58.3% of the decided games. Further analyses showed a significant interaction between game location and performance. Home teams incurred more aggressive penalties in games they won whereas visiting teams incurred more aggressive penalties in games they lost. Implications for the potential role of aggression in contributing to the home advantage are discussed.

Person Identification at Airports During Passport Control

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Charlie Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Border Control ◽  
Person Identification ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Border Controls ◽  
Passport Control ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter provides insight into the development of internationally interoperable standards for passport and travel documents, and technological advances to facilitate fast and effective processing of passenger information for comparison against watchlists at borders and airports. The demands posed to border controls are considered and how these have changed over time, with particular emphasis on the modern-day threat of identity impostors and the development of facial recognition technology at Automated Border Control points. The continuing central role of human personnel for verifying the identity and nationality of travellers is described, with consideration of personnel selection, training, and performance monitoring.

The Transformative Role of Universities in a Knowledge Society

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Lindenstein Walshok
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Self Image ◽  
And Performance

This article is an edited version of the Bynum Tudor Lecture given by Mary L. Walshok in November 2004 during a Visiting Fellowship at Oxford University's Kellogg College. Against the background of ever-accelerating change – technological, social, economic, geopolitical and cultural – and the consequent need for constant adjustment and new responses, the author examines the potential role of the research university in the context of its current self-image and performance. She then sets out what actions are needed if the world's great universities are to broaden and deepen their engagement with the knowledge society – and thus to fulfil their central and critically important function.

scholarly journals Computational neural mechanisms of goal-directed planning and problem solving

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Zarr ◽  
Joshua W. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Dijkstra Algorithm ◽  
Goal State ◽  
Model Free ◽  
Reward Value ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Performance

AbstractThe question of how animals and humans can solve arbitrary problems and achieve arbitrary goals remains open. Model-based and model-free reinforcement learning methods have addressed these problems, but they generally lack the ability to flexibly reassign reward value to various states as the reward structure of the environment changes. Research on cognitive control has generally focused on inhibition, rule-guided behavior, and performance monitoring, with relatively less focus on goal representations. From the engineering literature, control theory suggests a solution in that an animal can be seen as trying to minimize the difference between the actual and desired states of the world, and the Dijkstra algorithm further suggests a conceptual framework for moving a system toward a goal state. He we present a purely localist neural network model that can autonomously learn the structure of an environment and then achieve any arbitrary goal state in a changing environment without re-learning reward values. The model clarifies a number of issues inherent in biological constraints on such a system, including the essential role of oscillations in learning and performance. We demonstrate that the model can efficiently learn to solve arbitrary problems, including for example the Tower of Hanoi problem.

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