scholarly journals Complementary Courses: The Public Works Management For Civil Engineers And The Entrepreneurship For Engineers, At The University Of Florida

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazil Najafi
Keyword(s):  
Public Works ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
Civil Engineers

Roadside Safety Analysis Program: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Procedure

1998 ◽  
Vol 1647 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
King K. Mak ◽  
Dean L. Sicking ◽  
Karl Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Safety Analysis ◽  
Cost Effectiveness Analysis ◽  
Analysis Program ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Roadside Safety ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effectiveness Analysis ◽  
The University ◽  
User Friendly

Brief descriptions are provided of a new cost-effectiveness analysis program, known as the Roadside Safety Analysis Program (RSAP), which was developed under NCHRP Project 22-9. RSAP is an improvement over existing cost-effectiveness analysis procedures for evaluation of roadside safety improvements, such as the procedures in the 1977 AASHTO barrier guide and the ROADSIDE program. RSAP improves on many of the algorithms in the procedures and provides a user-friendly interface to facilitate use. The program has undergone extensive testing and validation, including evaluation by an independent reviewer. It is anticipated that RSAP will be available to the public through the McTrans Center at the University of Florida.

scholarly journals Canadian Civil Engineers Pre-1850: Professionals Before Professionalization

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 73-95
Author(s):  
Richard White
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Public Works ◽  
The Other ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Civil Engineers

Abstract This article argues for a thorough re-thinking of the origins of the civil engineering profession in Canada. Working from a variety of sources, the richest being the public works papers in the National Archives of Canada, the author has assembled a list of forty-three men who practised as civil engineers in Canada before the railway boom of the 1850s and for whom biographical details are known. They are overwhelmingly men of the upper middle class who received good academic educations before their professional apprenticeships in engineering. Almost none were tradesmen. The civil engineering profession thus appears of much higher status, and much closer to the other traditional gentlemanly professions of the early nineteenth century, than others have recognized. The author goes on to explore to what extent this first generation of civil engineers might be considered true professionals, and what their existence suggests about the society in which they lived and practised.

scholarly journals Cuba, Pearl of the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez ◽  
Ivette Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
The Public ◽  
Intellectual Content ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The University

The George A. Smathers Libraries Graduate Internship Program Exploring the Work and Times of Cuban Intellectuals in the Nineteenth Century has published the digital resource Cuba, Pearl of the Caribbean (http://cubanthinkers.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/) to promote the rich and enlightening intellectual content of the Cuban Thinkers online collection of the University of Florida Digital Collections as well as to introduce and develop the skills of a UF graduate student in fundamental tools in Digital Humanities, including TimelineJS, Zotero, and the popular Content Management System WordPress. Through the bilingual website, the public can learn about the historical context of key Cuban thinkers of the nineteenth century and be encouraged to explore the extensive and freely accessible Cuban patrimony material of the Celebrating Cuba! Collaborative Digital Collections of Cuban Patrimony project.

scholarly journals Silent science: a mixed-methods analysis of faculty engagement in science communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
pp. A09
Author(s):  
Taylor T. Ruth ◽  
Joy N. Rumble ◽  
Lisa K. Lundy ◽  
Sebastian Galindo ◽  
Hannah S. Carter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effective Science ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence ◽  
The University

To address science literacy issues, university faculty have to engage in effective science communication. However, social pressures from peers, administration, or the public may silence their efforts. The purpose of this study was to understand the effect of the spiral of silence on faculty's engagement with science communication. A survey was distributed to a census of tenure-track faculty at the University of Florida [UF], and the findings did not support the spiral of silence was occurring. However, follow-up interviews revealed faculty did not perceive their peers to value science communication and were more concerned about how the public felt about their research and communication.

A Local Area Network for Medical Research; Planning, Realization and Experience

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Schosser ◽  
C. Weiss ◽  
K. Messmer
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Local Area Network ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Test Installation ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
On Line ◽  
The University

This report focusses on the planning and realization of an interdisciplinary local area network (LAN) for medical research at the University of Heidelberg. After a detailed requirements analysis, several networks were evaluated by means of a test installation, and a cost-performance analysis was carried out. At present, the LAN connects 45 (IBM-compatible) PCs, several heterogeneous mainframes (IBM, DEC and Siemens) and provides access to the public X.25 network and to wide-area networks for research (EARN, BITNET). The network supports application software that is frequently needed in medical research (word processing, statistics, graphics, literature databases and services, etc.). Compliance with existing “official” (e.g., IEEE 802.3) and “de facto” standards (e.g., PostScript) was considered to be extremely important for the selection of both hardware and software. Customized programs were developed to improve access control, user interface and on-line help. Wide acceptance of the LAN was achieved through extensive education and maintenance facilities, e.g., teaching courses, customized manuals and a hotline service. Since requirements of clinical routine differ substantially from medical research needs, two separate networks (with a gateway in between) are proposed as a solution to optimally satisfy the users’ demands.

FloRunTM ‘331’ Peanut Variety

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry L. Tillman
Keyword(s):  
Seed Size ◽  
Growth Habit ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
High Yield ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
High Oleic ◽  
Central Stem ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University ◽  
High Yield Potential

FloRunTM ‘331’ peanut variety was developed by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center near Marianna, Florida.  It was released in 2016 because it combines high yield potential with excellent disease tolerance. FloRunTM ‘331’ has a typical runner growth habit with a semi-prominent central stem and medium green foliage.  It has medium runner seed size with high oleic oil chemistry.

2011 BEEF FORAGE SURVEY RESULTS

EDIS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja C. Crawford ◽  
Christa L. Kirby ◽  
Tycee Prevatt ◽  
Brent A. Sellers ◽  
Maria L. Silveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
South Florida ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Development Unit ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
County Extension ◽  
Ranch Management ◽  
The University

The University of Florida / IFAS South Florida Beef Forage Program (SFBFP) is composed of county Extension faculty and state specialists.  The members, in conjunction with the UF/IFAS Program Evaluation and Organizational Development unit, created a survey in 1982, which is used to evaluate ranch management practices.  The survey is updated and distributed every 5 years to ranchers in 14 South Florida counties: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Okeechobee, Polk, and Sarasota.  The responses are anonymous.  

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