Canadian Geotechnical Research Site No. 1 at Gloucester

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 1134-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
G C McRostie ◽  
C B Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Soil Property ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Scientific Cooperation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Site ◽  
Sensitive Clay ◽  
Unusual Amount ◽  
Tools And Techniques

A parcel of land just south of Ottawa at Gloucester has been the site of an unusual amount of geotechnical research over the past 45 years. The parcel was recently to have been placed on the open real estate market but has been saved for scientific purposes and is now designated as "Canadian Geotechnical Research Site No. 1 at Gloucester". This paper presents an outline of the research that has been conducted at the site, in four general divisions, namely compressibility, strength, deformation, and soil property improvement. It is hoped that the site will stimulate the development and evaluation of new tools and techniques, foster scientific cooperation and information exchange, and allow the results of research involving the site to improve the state of practice, education, and research.Key words: sensitive clay, compressibility research, strength research, deformation research, soil improvement research.

The "Angel Dust" States: Phencyclidine Toxicity

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Sidney Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Dosage Forms ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Drug Of Abuse ◽  
Polydrug Abuse ◽  
Intravenous Anesthetic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Drug ◽  
Unusual Amount ◽  
Own Name

Phencyclidine (1-[1-phenylcyclohexyl]piperidine, PCP, hog, sheets, angel dust, Sernylan, and many other common names) is a primate anesthetic that has emerged as a common drug of abuse and as a medical emergency problem during the past few years. Phencyclidine abuse is primarily a youthful activity. It is associated with multiple clinical states, an unusual amount of aggressive behavior, and a variety of problems in management.1 Thirty years ago phencyclidine was developed as an intravenous anesthetic for humans, but the frequency and intensity of emergence deliriums made it unsuitable. It is currently used as a veterinary anesthetic. Because of the availability of its precursors, its ease of manufacture, and its relative inexpensiveness, it became a common street drug during the late 1960s. At that time it was sold when mescaline, psilocybin, or tetrahydrocannabinol was requested, and it served as a virtually universal adulterant for hallucinogens. Not highly regarded among users of psychedelics, it was only infrequently purchased under its own name. During the past few years the picture has changed. Now it is a preferred substance, the most widely available and used hallucinogen. It usually is consumed as part of a polydrug abuse pattern along with alcohol, sedatives, and marihuana. PREVALENCE The extent of its usage is not easily assessed, the wide variety of names and of dosage forms make surveys imprecise.

Big Data, Knowledge, and Business Intelligence

2018 ◽  
pp. 943-950
Author(s):  
G. Scott Erickson ◽  
Helen N. Rothberg
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Tools And Techniques

Knowledge management (KM), intellectual capital (IC), and competitive intelligence are distinct yet related fields that have endured and grown over the past two decades. KM and IC have always differentiated between the terms and concepts of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom/intelligence, suggesting value only comes from the more developed end of the range (knowledge and intelligence). But the advent of big data/business analytics has created new interest in the potential of data and information, by themselves, to create competitive advantage. This new attention provides opportunities for some exchange with more established theory. Big data gives direction for reinvigorating the more mature fields, providing new sources of inputs and new potential for analysis and use. Alternatively, big data/business analytics applications will undoubtedly run into common questions from KM/IC on appropriate tools and techniques for different environments, the best methods for handling the people issues of system adoption and use, and data/intelligence security.

Lighting the Lean Spark in Silver Spark

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 299-323
Author(s):  
Pooja Gupta ◽  
Anand Deshpande
Keyword(s):  
Lead Times ◽  
Production Facility ◽  
Production Flow ◽  
The Past ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Lean Tools ◽  
Quick Assessment ◽  
Tools And Techniques

Silver Spark Apparel Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of Raymonds Ltd. and produces some of the best-known apparel brands in India. The company owns and runs three apparel plants in Bengaluru. The head of the “SILVER SPARK” plant, Ashish Grover, feels that despite all the successes achieved in the past, the plant needs improvement. The production lead times were longer than required and the factory seemed to lack a smooth production flow. At this time, he met Andy Dey, a LEAN specialist. Ashish invited Andy to his factory and asked him for his opinion on improving the process using LEAN tools and techniques. After listening to the quick assessment, Ashish engaged Andy as a LEAN consultant and requested a detailed assessment of each department. Based on the assessment, Ashish plans to implement the LEAN process in the production facility.

Measuring shear wave velocity, Vs, of a hidden layer: an application to soil improvement under roads

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 721-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Mulargia ◽  
Silvia Castellaro ◽  
Gianluca Vinco
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Source ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Rigid Surface ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
The Past ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Hidden Layer ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Soft Interface

In a number of practical cases, a typical one being the investigation of the subsoil properties below roads or foundations, one faces the problem of measuring the elastic properties of a geological layer (here called “hidden layer”) underlying a more compact and rigid surface layer. In such cases, the effectiveness of common surface seismic methods is poor for different reasons, but mostly linked to the reflection–transmission properties of the waves at a stiff-to-soft interface. Borehole methods are more efficient, but expensive and only provide vertical information at certain points. Attempts carried out in the past to characterize the hidden layer properties through surface seismic techniques consisted in placing the seismic source on the surface alongside, but off the stiff artificial layer (road or foundation). An alternative approach is presented based on placing the seismic source just below the stiff artificial layer. In cases where soil improvement–compaction are carried out through injection of expanding resins, then the hidden layer can be easily reached via the injecting tools and in some cases (e.g., urban settings characterized by laterally continuous artificial layers or roads constructed on embankments) this can be the only viable option. The results obtained from this approach using a number of practical cases where roads affected by differential sinking have later been compacted will be presented. The average soil improvement that can be achieved with the specific kind of expanding resin used in this study is then quantified.

Recent Issues and Concerns about Pharmaceutical Industry Promotional Efforts

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Bleidt
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
The Past ◽  
News Releases ◽  
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers ◽  
Promotional Efforts ◽  
Realistic View ◽  
Sales Forces ◽  
Regulatory Actions

Promotional efforts put forth by pharmaceutical manufacturers have accomplished their intended purposes — greatly expanding demand. The strategies and tactics employed are ethical, in most circumstances; however, questions are frequently raised about the possible unscrupulous nature of some methods. Inquiries have been made recently about just how moral some of these activities are and regulatory actions taken against those found to be unacceptable. The drug industry uses many unique promotional techniques that have been evolving over the past several decades. Discussed in this article are such powerful tools as video news releases, “pseudo-scientific” sessions, information exchange programs, using multiple sales forces, and self-competition, among others. The resulting furor over these operations has brought about changes in order to counter the abuses that have occurred. In the realistic view, though, due to the high stakes involved, promotional evolution will continue and new approaches developed, raising different, yet similar, questions. The answer lies within the target markets, prescribers and other practitioners through questioning and maintaining the normal adversarial nature expected in a fiduciary relationship.

A real estate ‘market’ in Classical Greece? The example of town housing

2000 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 329-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Nevett
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Classical Greece ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Range Of Values

In the past it has often been assumed that, although rental of real estate in Classical Greece was relatively common, sales of such property were not. This article challenges that assumption by looking in detail at a small group of inscriptions from Olynthos in the Chalkidiki, which date to the first half of the fourth century and record transactions involving houses in the city. By analysing these documents in conjunction with their archaeological contexts, it becomes evident that there was a systematic set of criteria by which such properties were valued, and that a premium was placed upon larger houses and those located close to the agora, at the centre of the social and political life of the city. This adds a new dimension to the emerging picture of the increasing use of the house as a symbol of personal prestige during the fourth century. The limited evidence available from Athens and the Attic deme centres suggests that Attic town houses had a comparable range of values and that a similar shared concept of value may therefore have been operating. It thus seems that in the case of town houses, at least, sufficient properties were changing hands for potential purchasers to have a shared concept of their value, and this may indicate that families moved between different areas of a settlement, or between different settlements.

scholarly journals Logic of Appropriateness or Logic of Consequence?  Competing Explanations for the OECD Campaign against  Tax Havens

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Melinda Wood
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Alternative Explanation ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Tax Havens ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Tax Information Exchange

<p>This thesis provides an alternative explanation to existing constructivist accounts of the OECD campaign against tax havens. It reinterprets the OECD project through a neoliberal institutionalist lens and offers a different take on each major historical development. It brings the narrative up to date, describing the events of the past two years and explaining the underlying causes in a manner consistent with the neoliberal reinterpretation. It finishes by considering what this account might predict for the future of tax information exchange. The thesis finds that transformative change happens in accordance with state interests rather than with identities and norms. International institutions fundamentally exist to advance the interests of their memberstates and will adapt their goals to reflect changing collective interests. States that are coerced to change their behaviour can be expected to comply only to the extent required to avoid sanctions.</p>

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF RISK CULTURE

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Iwona Gorzeń-Mitka
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Management Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
Great Progress ◽  
Risk Culture ◽  
Tools And Techniques

In recent years (especially in the context of the financial sector) we can find many debates (public and academic) which emphasise the need to change mindsets in management (Gorzeń-Mitka, 2012). This discussion is a result of the dynamically changing external and internal conditions of the functioning of organizations. At the same time, we observe great progress over the past decade in developing effective tools and techniques for managing (also risk and complexity) within organizations. But management is carried out by people. Their awareness of threats and opportunities determines the effectiveness of the whole management process within the organization. One of the themes of this discussion is to indicate the need for changes in the area of organizational culture by creating the so-called risk culture.

scholarly journals The Evolution of Scheduling Applications and Tools

AI Magazine ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-108
Author(s):  
Mark Boddy
Keyword(s):  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The available tools and support for building planning and scheduling systems and applications have been steadily improving for decades. At the same time, the scope, scale, and complexity of the problems to be addressed has been increasing. In this column, I discuss several different scheduling applications developed over the past 25 years, and then describe the tools and techniques used in addressing these problems, showing how improved tools simplified (and in some cases enabled) the solution of problems of increasing difficulty.

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