scholarly journals Preliminary analyses of scenarios for potential human interference for repositories in three salt formations

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Human Interference

Understanding and Undermining the Growth Paradigm

Dialogue ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-593
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER NOWLIN
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Hannah Arendt ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Natural Growth ◽  
Growth Processes ◽  
Human Interference

For three centuries the primary aspiration of Western governments has been constant economic growth but with the Industrial Revolution this objective became troublesome. In the 20thcentury unprecedented levels of industrial production and social consumption caused palpable harm to humans and the environment. Hannah Arendt and John Kenneth Galbraith turned their pens to such concerns and Bill Mollison and David Holmgren advocated a permaculture approach to growth, one that strives to limit human interference in natural growth processes. Today’s precarious economic and ecological imbalances could be stabilized by a shift in applied growth paradigms, from capitalist to permaculturist.

scholarly journals Nonstationary desertification dynamics of desert oasis under climate change and human interference

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guohe Huang ◽  
Xiaosheng Qin ◽  
Li He ◽  
Hua Zhang ◽  
Yongping Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Interference ◽  
Desert Oasis

scholarly journals Working Model of Rocker Bogie Mechanism (Earth Rover)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 3713-3721
Author(s):  
Shivam Sanjay Chikurdekar
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Harsh Environments ◽  
Rough Terrain ◽  
Thermal Variation ◽  
Human Interference ◽  
Mechanical Feature ◽  
Acceptable Range ◽  
Operational Capabilities ◽  
Paper Work ◽  
Natural Terrain

The Paper work "Rocker Bogie mechanism Geo-survey Rover" deals with attempt of improving the rover from its previous designs. The Geo-survey rover has got to operate rough and harsh environments that it had been designed but several factors restrict its operational capabilities, therefore the focus of our research is to overcome restrictions or to decrease it to within an acceptable range for its smooth performance.. The rover has been completely made from PVC to increase its capability to withstand shocks, vibrations and mechanical failures caused by the tough environment where it's operated on. NASA made and developed this mechanism to use it on Space missions. Whereas these bogies are also preferred by many earthly situations where human interference is needs to be neglected. Usual mobility designs are complicate, using many wheels or legs. It is a multi-wheeled rover capable of travel through rough terrain using an effective higher degree of mobility. Drive train simplicity is the effective mechanical feature of the rocker bogie design, which is accomplished by using only six motors for mobility. All motors are located inside the body where thermal variation is kept to a minimum which increases reliability and efficiency. Six wheels are used because there are few obstacles on natural terrain that need both front wheels of the rover to climb simultaneously. A series of mobility experiments within the agriculture land, rough roads, inclined, stairs and obstacles surfaces concluded that rocker bogie can achieve a long way traverses on field.

scholarly journals Interactions Between an Apex Predator and Mesopredators Across a Landscape with Human Interference

2022 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan I. Zanón Martínez ◽  
Javier Seoane ◽  
Marcella J. Kelly ◽  
José Hernán Sarasola ◽  
Alejandro Travaini
Keyword(s):  
Apex Predator ◽  
Human Interference

AEROPONICS AND FITOPYRАMIDA AND MODERN RESOURCE - SAVING MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLE CROPS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.K. Farawn ◽  
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V.I. Leunov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
Human Interference ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
Plant Cultivation ◽  
The World ◽  
Significant Attention ◽  
Modern Technologies

The article discusses the features of two methods of soilless technology in the context of solving the problems of resource and energy conservation in the production of vegetables. In recent years, Fitopyramida techniques have achieved significant attention in agriculture. It is applied in agriculture to plan the several activities and missions properly by utilising limited resources with minor human interference. Currently, plant cultivation, using new agriculture methods is very popular among the growers. The aeroponics and Fitopyramida are methods of modern agriculture which is commonly practiced around the world.

Applications of AI in Financial System

2017 ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Santosh Kumar ◽  
Roopali Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
Human Interference ◽  
Applications Of Ai

Role of computers are widely accepted and well known in the domain of Finance. Artificial Intelligence(AI) methods are extensively used in field of computer science for providing solution of unpredictable event in a frequent changing environment with utilization of neural network. Professionals are using AI framework into every field for reducing human interference to get better result from few decades. The main objective of the chapter is to point out the techniques of AI utilized in field of finance in broader perspective. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the background of AI in finance and its role in Finance Market mainly as investment decision analysis tool.

scholarly journals Stationary Forestry with Human Interference

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petri Kärenlampi
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Small Volume ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Stand Development ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Human Interference ◽  
Return Rates ◽  
Appreciation Rate ◽  
Capital Return

Here, we present stationarity criteria for forest stands and establish ecological embodiments using an empirical stand development model. We introduced human interference in terms of diameter-limit cutting. Financial sustainability was investigated as a function of the cutting limit diameter. It was found that nonoperative capitalization along with its appreciation rate dictates the sustainability of management practices. In the absence of nonoperative capitalization, stationary forestry produces high capital return rates at a rather small volume of growing trees. In the case of large but constant nonoperative capitalization, a large operative capitalization resulting in a large harvesting yield provides the best capital returns. A high nonoperative appreciation rate requires a small volume of growing trees.

Applying ICTs in Juridicial Decision Making by Government Agencies

2011 ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Groothuis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Human Interference ◽  
Government Organizations

Electronic government is developing throughout Europe. Increasingly, central, regional, and local governments use ICT applications to perform their tasks. In the 1970s and 1980s, computers were mainly used to perform administrative tasks (including word processing). In the 1990s, juridical expert systems were introduced within government organizations: software programs which can solve juridical problems, either without any human interference or with limited human interference, by means of a reasoning mechanism and a “knowledge database” (Groothuis, 2004). Furthermore, government agencies started to use new ICT applications such as the Internet and e-mail to communicate electronically with citizens. This article examines the juridical aspects of automatic decision making and electronic communication by government agencies in The Netherlands and addresses the following questions: 1. What is the legal framework for automatic decision-making by government agencies in The Netherlands? 2. What is the juridical quality of decisions made by expert systems in practice? 3. What is the legal framework for electronic communication between government agencies and citizens in The Netherlands? 4. To what extent does electronic government exist in The Netherlands and what are its prospects for the period 2005-2007?

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