Case Study 1

2010 ◽  
pp. 250-267
Author(s):  
Bhuvan Unhelkar ◽  
Abbass Ghanbary ◽  
Houman Younessi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Security ◽  
Practical Utilization ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Public Meetings ◽  
Primary Focus

This chapter describes a case study that is carried out in an organization that provides physical security services in Australia. The case study has been carried out with the aim of applying the CBPE model to some parts of this medium-sized organization that is called upon by event organizers such as those managing large public meetings, conventions and exhibitions, and so on. The primary focus of this chapter is to present how the CBPE framework helps in introducing newly-engineered processes for the organization. These new processes, mainly internal in this case, are able to make practical utilization of the concept of collaboration in order to reduce their time and cost.

Sugar factory audits, debottlenecking and efficiency improvement

2020 ◽  
pp. 607-612
Author(s):  
Bernard Coûteaux
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Predictive Modelling ◽  
Cane Sugar ◽  
Sugar Factory ◽  
Low Energy Consumption ◽  
Process Simulations ◽  
Capital Efficiency ◽  
Potential Improvement ◽  
Primary Focus

This paper elaborates on the key solutions offered by De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) to optimize the efficiency of cane sugar producing and processing facilities. In order to meet customer needs, DSEC offers proprietary predictive models built using the latest versions of specialized software. These models allow factory managers to envision the whole picture of increased operational and capital efficiency before it becomes reality. An integrated energy model and the CAPEX/OPEX evaluation method are discussed as ways to estimate and optimize costs, both for new greenfield projects and revamping of existing factories. The models demonstrate that factory capacities can be successfully increased using equipment that is already available. Special attention is paid to crystallization and centrifugation process simulations and the potential improvement of the global energy balance. One case study shows the transformation of a beet sugar factory into a refinery to process raw cane sugar after beet crop season and the second case shows the integration of a refinery into a cane sugar factory. The primary focus of the article is optimization of the technological process through predictive modelling. DSEC’s suggested solutions, which lead to great improvements in a plant’s efficiency and its ability to obtain very low energy consumption, are discussed.

Habemus Corpora: Reapproaching Philological Problems in the Age of ‘Big’ Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-127
Author(s):  
Mark Faulkner
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Old English ◽  
English Language ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
British Library ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Major Task ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Primary Focus

Abstract This paper demonstrates the potential of new methodologies for using existing corpora of medieval English to better contextualise linguistic variants, a major task of philology and a key underpinning of our ability to answer major literary-historical questions, such as when, where and to what purpose medieval texts and manuscripts were produced. The primary focus of the article is the assistance these methods can offer in dating the composition of texts, which it illustrates with a case study of the “Old” English Life of St Neot, uniquely preserved in the mid-twelfth-century South-Eastern homiliary, London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian D.xiv, fols. 4–169. While the Life has recently been dated around 1100, examining its orthography, lexis, syntax and style alongside that of all other English-language texts surviving from before 1150 using new techniques for searching the Dictionary of Old English Corpus suggests it is very unlikely to be this late. The article closes with some reflections on what book-historical research should prioritise as it further evolves into the digital age.

Verdict Pending: Understanding Leadership Role Identity for North Carolina Judges and Lawyers

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-279
Author(s):  
Willow S. Jacobson ◽  
Sharon R. Paynter
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Motivational Orientation ◽  
System Level ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
State Case

This article examines precursors to leadership practice, specifically through the lens of role identity. The assumption explored is that people are unlikely to engage in the hard work of leadership if they do not see that challenge as part of who they are and what they do, especially collaborative or system-level leadership. Role identity is, then, a critical building block in developing a deeper understanding of leadership intentions and actions especially in collaborative settings. Multiple judicial players, termed here “public service lawyers,” are investigated in this single-state case study that examines individuals’ view of their role and primary focus. Factors are examined that contribute to the construction of role perception. Results reveal that leadership training, the position one holds, and motivational orientation all influence the extent to which public service lawyers develop a view of their role that includes a broader system or collaborative orientation.

A Case Study Analysis of the Use of Online vs. Proctored Final Exams in Online Classes

2012 ◽  
pp. 207-217
Author(s):  
Stuart S. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Online Examination ◽  
Final Exams ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Examination Process

This case study examines the results of an effort by a large regionally accredited institution to assure the integrity of its online final examination process. The question of whether the student outcomes achieved when administering an entirely online final exam are comparable to the outcomes achieved when administering proctored final exams for online (e-learning) university classes is the primary focus of this study. The results of an analysis of over 100 online courses and 1800 students indicate that it is possible to establish processes and procedures that allow the results achieved by students on their final exam to be comparable irrespective of whether the final exam is proctored or is a fully online examination.

Developing Proactive Security Dimensions for SOA

2011 ◽  
pp. 254-276
Author(s):  
Hany F. EL Yamany ◽  
David S. Allison ◽  
Miriam A.M. Capretz
Keyword(s):  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Security Service ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Service Consumer ◽  
Web Services Security ◽  
Soa Security ◽  
Security Standards

Security is one of the largest challenges facing the development of a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). This is due to the fact that SOA security is the responsibility of both the service consumer and service provider. In recent years, many solutions have been implemented, such as the Web Services Security Standards, including WS-Security and WS-SecurityPolicy. However, those standards are insufficient for the promising new generations of Web 2.0 applications. In this research, we describe an Intelligent SOA Security (ISOAS) framework and introduce four of its services: Authentication and Security Service (NSS), the Authorization Service (AS), the Privacy Service (PS) and the Service of Quality of Security Service (SQoSS). Furthermore, a case study is presented to examine the behavior of the described security services inside a market SOA environment.

Ostmark

2021 ◽  
pp. 268-287
Author(s):  
Helen Roche
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
World War ◽  
Terrorist Activity ◽  
Religious Buildings ◽  
Security Services ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Third Reich

Following Austria’s annexation by the Third Reich, the NPEA authorities were eager to pursue every opportunity to found new Napolas in the freshly acquired territories of the ‘Ostmark’. In the first instance, the Inspectorate took over the existing state boarding schools (Bundeserziehungsanstalten/Staatserziehungsanstalten) at Wien-Breitensee, Wien-Boerhavegasse, Traiskirchen, and the Theresianum. Secondly, beyond Vienna, numerous Napolas were also founded in the buildings of monastic foundations which had been requisitioned and expropriated by the Nazi security services. These included the abbey complexes at Göttweig, Lambach, Seckau, Vorau, and St. Paul (Spanheim), as well as the Catholic seminary at St. Veit (present-day Ljubljana-Šentvid, Slovenia). This chapter begins by charting the chequered history of the former imperial and royal (k.u.k.) cadet schools in Vienna, which were refashioned into civilian Bundeserziehungsanstalten by the Austrian socialist educational reformer Otto Glöckel immediately after World War I. During the reign of Dollfuß and Schuschnigg’s Austrofascist state, the schools were threatened from within by the terrorist activity of illegal Hitler Youth cells, and the Anschluss was ultimately welcomed by many pupils, staff, and administrators. August Heißmeyer and Otto Calliebe’s subsequent efforts to reform the schools into Napolas led to their being incorporated into the NPEA system on 13 March 1939. The chapter then treats the Inspectorate’s foundation of further Napolas in expropriated religious buildings, focusing on NPEA St. Veit as a case study. In conclusion, it outlines the ways in which both of these forms of Napolisation conformed to broader patterns of Nazification policy in Austria after the Anschluss.

Everyone's Watching

2011 ◽  
pp. 173-191
Author(s):  
W. L. Kuechler
Keyword(s):  
Systems Development ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Organizational Restructuring ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Conventional Systems

The case study describes the first four years of the radical reorganization of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. The primary focus is on the development of the IT system on which organizational restructuring depended. The case investigates several apparent contradictions of conventional systems development wisdom.

Augmenting UML to Support the Design and Evolution of User Interfaces

2011 ◽  
pp. 275-285
Author(s):  
Chris Scogings ◽  
Chris Phillips
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Interface Modeling ◽  
Dialogue Structure ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
User Tasks ◽  
High Level

The primary focus in UML has been on support for the design and implementation of the software comprising the underlying system. Very little support is provided for the design or evolution of the user interface. This chapter commences with a brief review of UML and its support for user interface modeling. Lean Cuisine+, a notation capable of modeling both dialogue structure and high-level user tasks, is described. It is shown through a case study that Lean Cuisine+ can be used to augment UML and provide the user interface support that is currently lacking.

A framework for assessing regional biodiversity condition under changing environments of the arid Australian rangelands

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Smyth ◽  
R. Brandle ◽  
V. Chewings ◽  
J. Read ◽  
A. Brook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Human Disturbances ◽  
Critical Thought ◽  
Climate Regulation ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Condition Assessments ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
Future Management

Rangelands support many ecosystem services important to humans, including climate regulation. They also have a significant role to play in the mitigation of greenhouse gases. However, the capacity of any rangeland to do this depends foremost upon the condition of biodiversity, and the functioning of its ecosystems. Considerable research has been undertaken on rangeland condition but it has not yet included the assessment of biodiversity (plants, animals and microbes) as a primary focus. Rangeland managers have struggled to assess biodiversity condition because it is rarely defined, is everywhere (so what do you assess?), is always changing in response to natural and human disturbances (so how do you know when it has changed?) and what amount signals management action. Here we present a framework that addresses these issues, and apply it to select surrogates and indicators that are scientifically defensible in biological and planning terms for assessing biodiversity. An arid Australian rangeland region is used as a case study to develop and apply our approach. We were not able to illustrate interpretation of condition because of the absence of long-term monitoring data in Australian rangelands, but we do provide guiding principles about sampling design and analytical methods for interpretation that use raw data rather than multimetrics. We discovered that different management outcomes expected to be informed from assessing biodiversity condition affected surrogate and indicator choice, and that a number indicators were not robust when assessed on conceptual relevance, measurement qualities, feasibility of implementation and policy and management relevance for four different management outcomes. Our work highlights the importance of stating the expected outcomes of biodiversity condition assessments up front, so that indicators relevant to future management are chosen. It also shows that critical thought on the robustness of indicators is warranted, especially as condition assessments under climate change will require information on the functional traits of species. We conclude by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of our framework in relation to environmental planning.

An Application of Digital Human Modeling and Ergonomics Analysis in Workplace Design

Materials ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Maiteh
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Digital Human Modeling ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Human Element ◽  
Human Modeling ◽  
Challenging Environment ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Digital Human ◽  
Motion Capturing

In today’s challenging environment, companies gain a competitive advantage by reducing time-to-market of their products. This effort requires an integration of various technologies and effective utilization of simulation tools. As an integral part of any manufacturing environment, operator health and safety is a primary focus of the companies. Digital human modeling and virtual reality tools provide an excellent solution to factor human element early in the design phase and to make proactive choices in workplace and equipment design decisions. In this paper, the process of ergonomics analysis within digital environment is discussed, and an application is summarized. The case study gives details of the integration of digital human modeling, motion capturing, and ergonomics analysis in an automobile part sub-assembly process.

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