New Technology and Opening Up ANWR - The Keys to Resolving the US Oil Supply-Demand Imbalance?

This chapter offers a critical examination of the “collaborative development model” (UNESCO, 2005) or the Knowledge Societies discourse. By comparing international indicators and flagship publications of the Knowledge Economy and the Knowledge Society, the author uncovers a paradox: How can an idea centered on knowledge, sharing, and openness further cement global and local inequalities? By employing Southern/decolonizing theory, the author suggests a response from the Global South that allows for a more complex, symphonic, and inclusive development paradigm, compared to the Western ideas of linear stages of development. Three core aspects of Knowledge Societies are highlighted: The value of sharing, financing of education, and knowledge-on-knowledge. The author contends that fully embracing the concept of Knowledge Societies entails much more than country level indexing and benchmarking; it means opening up the world in terms of trade, mobility, and data, employing new technology in cross border collaborations and acknowledging our humanity's interconnectedness or ubuntu.

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Cascading Workflow of Healthcare Services

International Journal of Extreme Automation and Connectivity in Healthcare ◽

10.4018/ijeach.2019010108 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 79-95

Author(s):

Phillip Osial ◽

Arnold Kim ◽

Kalle Kauranen

Keyword(s):

Natural Language Processing ◽

Natural Language ◽

Language Processing ◽

New Technology ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Discharge Summary ◽

Healthcare Industry ◽

Clinical Workflow ◽

The Us ◽

Processing Techniques

Despite rapid advancements in technology, the healthcare industry is known to lag behind when it comes to adopting new changes. Most often, when a new technology such as CPOE or EHR systems presents themselves in the healthcare industry, clinicians are left struggling to keep up with their workloads while learning to adjust a new workflow. Instead of disrupting the clinician's clinical workflow, the authors propose a system for transforming clinical narratives presented in the form of discharge summaries from the i2b2 Natural Language Processing dataset into a standardized order set. The proposed system uses natural language processing techniques based on Scala, which extracts discharge summary information about a patient and is proven to be highly scalable. The goal of this system is to increase interoperability between CPOE systems by performing further transformations on the extracted data. The authors adhere to HL7's FHIR standards and use JSON as the primary medical messaging format, which is used both in the US and international healthcare industry organizations and companies.

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Time-Varying Effects of Oil Supply Shocks on the US Economy

American Economic Journal Macroeconomics ◽

10.1257/mac.5.4.1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 1-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 123

Author(s):

Christiane Baumeister ◽

Gert Peersman

Keyword(s):

Oil Price ◽

Time Varying ◽

Oil Supply ◽

Us Economy ◽

Supply Shocks ◽

The Us ◽

Short Run ◽

Oil Demand ◽

Substantial Decline ◽

Oil Supply Shocks

Using time-varying BVARs, we find a substantial decline in the short-run price elasticity of oil demand since the mid-1980s. This finding helps explain why an oil production shortfall of the same magnitude is associated with a stronger response of oil prices and more severe macroeconomic consequences over time, while a similar oil price increase is associated with smaller output effects. Oil supply shocks also account for a smaller fraction of real oil price variability in more recent periods, in contrast to oil demand shocks. The overall effects of oil supply disruptions on the US economy have, however, been modest. (JEL E31, E32, Q41, Q43)

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Inline Inspection of Dents and Corrosion Using “High Quality” Multi-Purpose Smart-Pig Inspection Data

Volume 2: Integrity Management; Poster Session; Student Paper Competition ◽

10.1115/ipc2006-10157 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Steffen Paeper ◽

Bryce Brown ◽

Thomas Beuker

Keyword(s):

New Technology ◽

Operational Performance ◽

Sensor Technology ◽

High Quality ◽

Operational Conditions ◽

The Us ◽

Integrity Management ◽

Inspection Tasks ◽

Inspection Data ◽

New Generation

A new generation of geometry sensor for ILI tools has been developed. This sensor provides highly accurate geometry data of the internal pipe contour. The technology uses the benefits of a touchless distance measurement in combination with the advantages of a mechanical caliper arm. The complementary interaction allow the measurement of accurate data under demanding operational conditions. The geometry sensor technology can be combined with a navigation unit and the high resolution MFL inspection technology on so called multi-purpose ILI-tools. The merging of different inspection tasks on a single tool is an economic solution to create and add to an ILI-database for integrity management. Field experience with this new technology will be discussed, based on more than 500 miles inspected pipeline. Most inspections were performed in the US and Canada. The operational performance of the sensors justified the new design.

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Opening up the US food and drink markets

World Pumps ◽

10.1016/s0262-1762(00)90175-5 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 2000 (411) ◽

pp. 10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

The Us ◽

Food And Drink ◽

Opening Up

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Keeping up with new technology: new approaches to diagnosis of Chlamydia infection

Clinical Chemistry ◽

10.1093/clinchem/42.5.809 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 42 (5) ◽

pp. 809-812 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

W D LeBar

Keyword(s):

Cell Culture ◽

Nucleic Acid ◽

Clinical Utility ◽

New Technology ◽

Nucleic Acid Amplification ◽

Chlamydia Infection ◽

Chain Reaction ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

The Us ◽

Infected Sample

Abstract Chlamydia trachomatis infections are among the most common sexually transmitted infections in the US today. One of the keys to the prevention of C. trachomatis infection rests on the ability to make this diagnosis on the basis of accurate laboratory testing. For many years the standard for diagnosis of C. trachomatis infections has been isolation in tissue culture. Numerous nonculture methods, including enzyme immunoassay, have been used as an alternative to cell culture. The performance characteristics of these tests have all been compared with a standard, cell culture, which at best will detect 90% of positive specimens. Nucleic acid amplification techniques, including PCR and ligase chain reaction, have been recently introduced. The advantage of these tests is their ability to detect 10-20% more positive specimens when compared with culture or confirmed nonculture methods performed with a single specimen. The sensitivity of amplified tests also allows us to test specimens from multiple sites (endocervix, urethra, urine), which expands our standard from an infected sample to detection of an infected patient. Tests based on amplified nucleic acid technology have greatly improved our ability to diagnose urogenital C. trachomatis infection. The use of an expanded standard will help us accurately define the true performance and clinical utility of nonculture Chlamydia diagnostic tests.

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China and the Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Between Ambiguities and Interests

European Journal of East Asian Studies ◽

10.1163/156805811x616138 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 227-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Lounnas Djallil

Keyword(s):

The United States ◽

The Other ◽

Complex Relationship ◽

Economic Interests ◽

Oil Supply ◽

Security Issues ◽

The Us ◽

Nuclear Issue ◽

The One ◽

Nuclear Crisis

AbstractThis article analyses, the complex relationship between Tehran, Beijing and Washington on the Iranian nuclear issue. Indeed, China's policy towards Iran has often been described as ambiguous, in supporting Washington, on the one hand, while protecting Tehran, on the other hand. In this article, we argue that, in fact, Beijing policy vis-a-vis Tehran depends on the state of its relationships with Washington. Indeed, a closer analysis shows that China is using Iran as a bargaining chip with the United States on, among others, two key security issues, i.e., Taiwan and the oil supply. The guarantee of a secured oil supply from the Middle-East in addition to a comprehensive policy of the US with regard to Chinese security interests in Taiwan as well as the use of smart sanctions against Tehran, which would thus take into account, to a certain extent, Beijing economic interests in Iran, are, indeed, the guarantee of Beijing's support to the US policy towards Iran.

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Network-centric emergency response: The challenges of training for a new command and control paradigm

Journal of Emergency Management ◽

10.5055/jem.2006.0023 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lt. Col. Mark Stanovich, USMCR

Keyword(s):

Emergency Response ◽

New Technology ◽

Modern Society ◽

Armed Forces ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Technological Innovations ◽

Incident Command ◽

Us Military ◽

The Us ◽

The Impact

The last two decades have seen technological innovations that have revolutionized the collection and transfer of information, permitting access to and dissemination of massive amounts of data with unprecedented speed and efficiency. These innovations have been incorporated into virtually every aspect of modern society, from personal communications, to commercial and business processes, to governmental function and military operations. The concept of network-centric warfare (NCW) grew out of these new capabilities and has been a prominent topic in strategic and operational discussions in the US military since the late 1990s.In recent years, the concepts behind NCW have been increasingly applied to emergency response, particularly as responders prepare for an increasingly complex threat spectrum in a post-9/11 world. As emergency responders adopt the technological innovations and organizational concepts that enable network-centric operations, attention should be paid to the lessons learned by the US armed forces in the application of the network-centric approach to war-fighting. Emergency operations centers (EOCs), incident command centers (ICCs), and field personnel will require extensive training and experimentation to sort out the impact of this new technology. They must develop protocols and procedures to leverage maximum advantage, while avoiding the undesirable and damaging effects of that technology improperly applied. Because most emergency response organizations lack the vast training resources of the US military, they must be innovative and adaptable in taking advantage of every opportunity to train their personnel in the assimilation of this new technology.

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Global patent system rethink is required ahead

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db205546 ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Patent Protection ◽

Low Cost ◽

New Technology ◽

Consumer Welfare ◽

Patent System ◽

Content Type ◽

Patent Pools ◽

Technology Firms ◽

Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽

The Us

Subject Outlook for the global patent system. Significance Innovation and the diffusion of new technology contribute to GDP growth and consumer welfare. Intellectual property rights such as patents are designed to promote innovation by rewarding inventors with a right of exclusion that prevents others from making, selling or using their invention for a fixed period of time, unless they pay a licence fee. Patent registration is increasing rapidly both within advanced and emerging countries, as the latter learn about its value. However, there is a conflict between rewarding innovators with monopoly rights and promoting the diffusion of knowledge at low cost. As more products and techniques are protected by patents, there is concern that the system is inhibiting rather than promoting growth. Impacts The US patent system supports innovation, while the EU system is less clearly defined with unitary patent protection. Licensing will need to be easily obtained at reasonable prices with terms conducive to both technological and business model exploration. Governments and supranational authorities will need to ensure that patent pools can operate within sympathetic but fair antitrust regimes. Regulatory authorities will need to ensure that patent pools cannot become tools for collusive activity by leading technology firms. Firms will need to monitor constantly legislation and judgments relating to their industry in countries in which they operate.

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