scholarly journals BIOETHICS: NEW PARADIGMS IN A CHANGING WORLD

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.V. Mishatkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Intervention ◽  
Global Bioethics ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
And Control ◽  
Changing World

The concept of global bioethics, which, according to its founder V.R. Potter, all-encompassing, all-embracing, total, universal character, orients scientists towards solving global problems facing humanity, towards that the norms and principles of bioethics should be extended to the entire biosphere in order to regulate and control human intervention in the area of ​​various manifestations of life.

The Problem of Energy

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Urry
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Social Thought ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global Growth

Energy forms and their extensive scale are remarkably significant for the ways that societies are organized. This article shows the importance of how societies are ‘energized’ and especially the global growth of ‘fossil fuel societies’. Much social thought remains oblivious to the energy revolution realized over the past two to three centuries which set the ‘West’ onto a distinct trajectory. Energy is troubling for social thought because different energy systems with their ‘lock-ins’ are not subject to simple human intervention and control. Analyses are provided here of different fossil fuel societies, of coal and oil, with the latter enabling the liquid, mobilized 20th century. Consideration is paid to the possibilities of reducing fossil fuel dependence but it is shown how unlikely such a ‘powering down’ will be. The author demonstrates how energy is a massive problem for social theory and for 21st-century societies. Developing post-carbon theory and especially practice is far away but is especially urgent.

Madingley, Madding, Mad scenarios: an exercise in futurology

2000 ◽  
Vol 89 (03) ◽  
pp. 146-149
Author(s):  
D Eskinazi
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
The Future ◽  
Medical Approach ◽  
And Control ◽  
Changing World

AbstractThe Madingley scenarios were created to suggest potential contrasting futures (around year 2020) that could develop from the same driving forces. Those contrasting futures are named ‘Trust their Guidance’ and ‘Find my Way’, respectively. Trust their Guidance depicts a world where institutions have succeeded in adapting to the changing world and have strengthened their power and control on nations. Find my Way depicts a world where empowered individuals have taken responsibility for optimising their own lives. The discussion of these scenarios raised a number of questions including the purpose and role of governments, differences between societies, fundamental vs superficial change and, applied to the area of homeopathy, the role and responsibility of the homeopathic community in shaping the future of this medical approach.

scholarly journals The Automation of Standard People Operations in the Energy Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 203-213
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Human Labour ◽  
The Future ◽  
Automation Tools ◽  
And Control

The automation of business processes and operations is a global trend. Automation is software or mechanical self-fulfilling process without or with a minimal human intervention and control. In specific processes and parts of the energy transport the automation is already happening. It can replace significant part of human labour or just to take and reduce the routine physical or repeating mental efforts of the jobs. Automation tools and systems in the energy transport are strongly dominated by open-source software automation tools. Therefore, a part of professional skills required before automation will not be useful in the future, but to handle automation trend, many new skills and knowledge will be needed by the human jobs of the future.

scholarly journals Modeling analysis reveals the transmission trend of COVID-19 and control efficiency of human intervention

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoyuan Cheng ◽  
Xinru Wan ◽  
Zhibin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Logistic Growth ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
Control Efficiency ◽  
Transmission Parameters ◽  
Increase Rate ◽  
And Control

Abstract Background A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused huge damage to public health around the world. Revealing the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 and control efficiency is important for containing the spread of the virus. Methods By using a logistic growth model, we estimated the transmission parameters of COVID-19 in China and six other countries (Republic of Korea, Iran, Italy, Spain, France and Germany). The transmission parameters represent the maximum daily increase rate in the early stages of the epidemic and the control efficiency under human intervention. The control efficiency was determined by the significant decrease of the daily increase rate in time and cumulative cases. Results We found the daily increase rate of cumulative cases of COVID-19 decreased significantly in both time and cumulative cases in all countries, but the decreasing trend was not further reduced in other countries except for China and Republic of Korea. The response of the daily increase rate to control measures was much earlier than the number of new cases. Conclusions Our results suggested that lockdown at the epicenter and social distancing effectively reduced the spread of COVID-19 in the early stage, but identification and isolation of patients, suspected cases and people with close contact at a community level is essential in further reduction of the daily increase rate of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Guidance scheme for paths without temporary restrictions using the Krick Felix model boat under the influence of sea currents

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (46) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Leidys Miranda Jiménez ◽  
Yunier Yunier Valeriano-Medina ◽  
Ángel Camero Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Guidance System ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
Autonomous Surface Vehicles ◽  
Navigation And Control ◽  
Sea Currents ◽  
Guidance Algorithm ◽  
And Control

The autonomous surface vehicles are composed of a guidance, navigation, and control systems where the first one plays an important role in missions without human intervention. This article presents the design of a guidance system made of an I-LOS controller, where its purpose is to achieve the convergence and the precise following of straight paths, regardless of the sea currents presence. The controller gains adjustment is performed according to the vehicle features and the geometry of the path to follow. The proposed guidance algorithm is assessed through simulation, obtaining favorable results.

scholarly journals Real-Time Implementation of a Fully Automated Industrial System Based on IR 4.0 Concept

Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Bashir Salah
Keyword(s):  
Production Line ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
And Control

With the advent of modern communication and control strategies, existing industrial enterprises are now being transformed as per Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 standards to maximize production rates and monetary gains. To cope with the pace of the modern technological revolution, the Government of Saudi Arabia has launched “Vision 2030”. This research article presents the full automation process of an existing production line at the College of Engineering, King Saud University, as per “Vision 2030” guidelines. Initially, a production line was designed to produce flavored yogurt bottles from a user-defined flavor and plain yogurt mixture. The research project was completed in two phases. During phase I, smart sensing, control, and automation equipment were used to minimize human intervention, the so-called semi-automated mode of operation. A bottle-feeding mechanism and robotic arms were later integrated to eliminate human intervention during the second phase. Moreover, during phase II, Node-RED, Telegram Bots, and a Raspberry Pi 4 controller were used to achieve IoT-based monitoring and control as per Industry 4.0 requirements. A comparative performance analysis was conducted between semi-automated and fully automated modes of operation to demonstrate the benefits of the fully automated operational mode. The performance of the fully automated system was found to be superior in comparison with the semi-automated system.

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