Innovative Solution for Harvesting Energy in Marine Vessels

The article is devoted to the problems of innovative enterprise development. Since the Russian economy is in a state of financial and economic stagnation, there is a need to apply radically new innovative directions of business activities that ensure the effective use of financial potential within the framework of national projects. Practice shows that today the business sector in Russia is not able to provide a full-fledged demand for new technologies. Therefore, there is a need for substantial state support to provide centralized orders for high-tech industries. There are already examples of combining the efforts of a number of Autonomous economic entities to implement innovative reforms, new organizational forms of interaction have been formed, such as: centers for the implementation of innovative ideas; centers for engineering services; business incubators, etc. The subjects of these organizational forms of cooperation developed and proposed measures aimed at innovative solution of technological problems relevant to the regional economy, as well as for the country as a whole. Link for the efficient interaction of economic agents becomes an inherent characteristic, is the need of implementation of mechanisms of coordination with “network interaction”. It is important to note the fact that the existing relations and forms of regulation of various systems are not permanent, there are no strategic concepts aimed at long-term public and private cooperation.

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СИСТЕМЫ СТАЦИОНАРНОГО ПОДВОДНОГО ВИДЕОНАБЛЮДЕНИЯ ПРИБРЕЖНЫХ АКВАТОРИЙ

Podvodnye issledovaniia i robototehnika ◽

10.37102/24094609.2020.31.1.008 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

V.K. Fishchenko ◽

P.S. Zimin ◽

A.V. Zatserkovnyy ◽

A.E. Subote ◽

A.V. Golik ◽

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Keyword(s):

Marine Biology ◽

Surveillance Systems ◽

Underwater Video ◽

Vital Activity ◽

Geographically Dispersed ◽

Video Recordings ◽

Underwater Cameras ◽

The Pacific ◽

External Conditions ◽

Marine Vessels

В Тихоокеанском океанологическом институте (ТОИ) ДВО РАН с 2012 г. ведутся разработки и исследования возможностей технологий стационарного подводного видеонаблюдения. Развернуты три подводныхкомплекса: два в бухте Алексеева (о-в Попова) и один в бухте Витязь (зал. Посьета). К настоящему времени накоплены значительные объемы информации в виде моментальных снимков и видеозаписей подводныхсцен. Разработаны интерфейсы для предоставления этой информации пользователям по каналам сети Интернет. Разработаны технологии поддержки работы территориально разнесенных экспертов, составляющихбиологические описания видеоматериалов, подобных тем, которые разрабатываются в ведущих зарубежныхорганизациях по морской биологии. Разработаны и апробированы методики оценивания по видеоинформации параметров жизнедеятельности некоторых видов морских гидробионтов. Благодаря непрерывностинаблюдения зафиксировано нескольких редких случаев, представляющих интерес для морских биологов. Разработаны и апробированы методики оценивания гидрологических характеристик среды на основе анализавидеотрансляций с подводных камер. Эти результаты представляются важными в контексте сопровождениянаблюдений за жизнедеятельностью морской биоты данными о внешних условиях, в которых она происходит. Продемонстрирована возможность использования звукового канала камер для регистрации и анализаакустических шумов от морских судов. Продемонстрирована возможность применения подводных видеокомплексов для организации экспериментов по изучению реакции морских гидробионтов на воздействие целенаправленных физических сигналов.Since 2012, the Pacific Oceanological Institute of FarEastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science has beendeveloping and studying the capabilities of technologies ofstationary underwater video surveillance. Three of the underwatercomplexes have been deployed in different waterareas: two in the Alekseev Bay (Popova Island) and one inVityaz Bay (Posyet Gulf). At this point, complexes have accumulateda significant amount of data in the form of snapshotsand video recordings of underwater scenes, which canbe accessed through designed Internet-based interfaces. Allthe surveillance systems contain technologies as a support ofthe work of geographically dispersed experts involved in thebiological description of video materials, similar to ones developedin leading worldwide marine biology organizations.Besides, the estimation of vital parameters of some marinelife species by the video recordings can be performed usingdeveloped and tested methods. Thanks to continuous observation,the designed systems have already recorded severalrare cases of interest for marine biologists. Hydrologicalcharacteristics of surrounding media can be studied usingdeveloped and tested methods of analysis of video streamingfrom underwater cameras. These results are especially crucialfor accompanying observations of the vital activity ofmarine organisms with data on external conditions in whichthey occur. Cameras built-in audio channels can be used forrecording and analyzing noises of marine vessels. Designedunderwater video complexes provide an opportunity forconducting experiments on studying the reaction of marineorganisms to dedicated physical signals.

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ASTATIC STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR MARINE VESSELS

10.21506/j.ponte.2017.9.30 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 73 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Maria A. Smirnova ◽

Mikhail N. Smirnov ◽

Tatyana E. Smirnova ◽

Nikolay V. Smirnov

Keyword(s):

Stabilization System ◽

Marine Vessels

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2. Using Creativity and Collaboration to Develop Innovative Programs That Embrace Diversity in Higher Education

Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching ◽

10.22329/celt.v5i0.3428 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 6 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. Helene Robinson

Keyword(s):

Teacher Educators ◽

Arts Integration ◽

College Of Education ◽

Interdisciplinary Education ◽

Diversity In Higher Education ◽

Diverse Student ◽

Innovative Solution ◽

Program Content ◽

Diverse Student Population ◽

Geographical Locations

This paper provides an example of an innovative solution to program development that addresses the diverse needs of teacher educators throughout various geographical locations in Florida, through a collaborative multi-university, muti-agency teacher training program funded by one collaborative grant. Innovation is driven out of need, and I will discuss how I identified the needs at my university and then utilized creativity and collaboration to network and obtain the grant, which then facilitated, developed, and taught in a new M.Ed. program in Arts and Academic Interdisciplinary Education. Program content and delivery were both planned around the diverse student population within the multi-university collaboration, with each university designing diverse programs to address the specific needs of their population but with the same concept of arts integration. Collaboration also occurred within each university: the College of Arts and Science and the College of Education. In addition, teachers were required to collaborate as coaches in their schools to train and support others in increasing arts integration in their schools.

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Intelligent Non-Contact Sensing for Connected Health Using Software Defined Radio Technology

Electronics ◽

10.3390/electronics10131558 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (13) ◽

pp. 1558

Author(s):

Muhammad Bilal Khan ◽

Mubashir Rehman ◽

Ali Mustafa ◽

Raza Ali Shah ◽

Xiaodong Yang

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Software Defined Radio ◽

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ◽

Additive White Gaussian Noise ◽

Vital Signs ◽

Wireless Channel ◽

Machine Learning Algorithms ◽

Breathing Patterns ◽

Connected Health ◽

Innovative Solution

The unpredictable situation from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) globally and the severity of the third wave has resulted in the entire world being quarantined from one another again. Self-quarantine is the only existing solution to stop the spread of the virus when vaccination is under trials. Due to COVID-19, individuals may have difficulties in breathing and may experience cognitive impairment, which results in physical and psychological health issues. Healthcare professionals are doing their best to treat the patients at risk to their health. It is important to develop innovative solutions to provide non-contact and remote assistance to reduce the spread of the virus and to provide better care to patients. In addition, such assistance is important for elderly and those that are already sick in order to provide timely medical assistance and to reduce false alarm/visits to the hospitals. This research aims to provide an innovative solution by remotely monitoring vital signs such as breathing and other connected health during the quarantine. We develop an innovative solution for connected health using software-defined radio (SDR) technology and artificial intelligence (AI). The channel frequency response (CFR) is used to extract the fine-grained wireless channel state information (WCSI) by using the multi-carrier orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique. The design was validated by simulated channels by analyzing CFR for ideal, additive white gaussian noise (AWGN), fading, and dispersive channels. Finally, various breathing experiments are conducted and the results are illustrated as having classification accuracy of 99.3% for four different breathing patterns using machine learning algorithms. This platform allows medical professionals and caretakers to remotely monitor individuals in a non-contact manner. The developed platform is suitable for both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 scenarios.

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Application of Blockchain in Education: GDPR-Compliant and Scalable Certification and Verification of Academic Information

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11104537 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 4537

Author(s):

Christian Delgado-von-Eitzen ◽

Luis Anido-Rifón ◽

Manuel J. Fernández-Iglesias

Keyword(s):

Data Protection ◽

Personal Data ◽

General Data Protection Regulation ◽

Certification System ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Different Types ◽

International Regulations ◽

Innovative Solution ◽

General Data ◽

Academic Information

Blockchain technologies are awakening in recent years the interest of different actors in various sectors and, among them, the education field, which is studying the application of these technologies to improve information traceability, accountability, and integrity, while guaranteeing its privacy, transparency, robustness, trustworthiness, and authenticity. Different interesting proposals and projects were launched and are currently being developed. Nevertheless, there are still issues not adequately addressed, such as scalability, privacy, and compliance with international regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe. This paper analyzes the application of blockchain technologies and related challenges to issue and verify educational data and proposes an innovative solution to tackle them. The proposed model supports the issuance, storage, and verification of different types of academic information, both formal and informal, and complies with applicable regulations, protecting the privacy of users’ personal data. This proposal also addresses the scalability challenges and paves the way for a global academic certification system.

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