techniques and methods for implant surface characterization

... value of the information should dictate CSM form and function for each organization It is critically important to be clear on both the information needs and how results will be used for improvement ... both for mail surveys (Dillman, 1978) and electronic survey methods Electronic surveys are probably the easiest to administer and also the lowest in total cost (even when making additional efforts ... bias is less a concern than it is for mail or electronic surveys (ASQ Quality Management Division, 1999) Like in-person methods, quality for both quantitative and qualitative data (comments) is...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 12:15

... present and discuss the state-of-the-art in each one of the above categories We compare and analyze different methods based on technical publications and on commercial product and patent information ... while Part II discusses the methods and techniques that use these sensors The report is organized in chapters Part I: Sensors for Mobile Robot Positioning Page Sensors for Dead-reckoning Heading ... Active Beacons Sensors for Map-based Positioning Part II: Systems and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning Reduction of Dead-reckoning Errors Active Beacon Navigation Systems Landmark Navigation...

Ngày tải lên: 12/12/2013, 21:16

... present and discuss the state-of-the-art in each one of the above categories We compare and analyze different methods based on technical publications and on commercial product and patent information ... while Part II discusses the methods and techniques that use these sensors The report is organized in chapters Part I: Sensors for Mobile Robot Positioning Page Sensors for Dead-reckoning Heading ... Active Beacons Sensors for Map-based Positioning Part II: Systems and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning Reduction of Dead-reckoning Errors Active Beacon Navigation Systems Landmark Navigation...

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2013, 14:15

... The Andrew Autogyro Model 3ARG (Courtesy of [Andrew Corp].) 44 Part I Sensors for Mobile Robot Positioning Table 2.1: Selected specifications for the Andrew Autogyro Navigator (Courtesy of [Andrew ... suitable for mobile robot applications In this section we introduce two such systems 2.3.6.1 The Andrew “Autogyro" Andrew Corp [ANDREW] offers the low-cost Autogyro, shown in Figure 2.11, for terrestrial ... closed-loop path The constructive and destructive interference patterns formed by splitting off and mixing parts of the two beams can be used to determine the rate and direction of rotation of the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2013, 20:16

... 7KH8QLYHUVLW\RI0LFKLJDQ Where am I? Sensors and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning by J Borenstein , H R Everett2, and L Feng3 Contributing authors: S W Lee and R H Byrne Edited and compiled by J Borenstein ... Hamel, D&D Technical Coordinator, and Dr Clyde Ward, Landfill Operations Technical Coordinator for their technical and financial support of the research, which forms the basis of this work The ... Vehicle Detection and Driver Alert System 125 4.3.2 Safety First Systems Vehicular Obstacle Detection and Warning System 127 PART II SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE ROBOT...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2013, 20:16

... present and discuss the state-of-the-art in each one of the above categories We compare and analyze different methods based on technical publications and on commercial product and patent information ... while Part II discusses the methods and techniques that use these sensors The report is organized in chapters Part I: Sensors for Mobile Robot Positioning Page Sensors for Dead-reckoning Heading ... Active Beacons Sensors for Map-based Positioning Part II: Systems and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning Reduction of Dead-reckoning Errors Active Beacon Navigation Systems Landmark Navigation...

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2014, 19:20

... 7KH8QLYHUVLW\RI0LFKLJDQ Where am I? Sensors and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning by J Borenstein , H R Everett2, and L Feng3 Contributing authors: S W Lee and R H Byrne Edited and compiled by J Borenstein ... Hamel, D&D Technical Coordinator, and Dr Clyde Ward, Landfill Operations Technical Coordinator for their technical and financial support of the research, which forms the basis of this work The ... Vehicle Detection and Driver Alert System 125 4.3.2 Safety First Systems Vehicular Obstacle Detection and Warning System 127 PART II SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE ROBOT...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 09:20

... 7KH8QLYHUVLW\RI0LFKLJDQ Where am I? Sensors and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning by J Borenstein , H R Everett2, and L Feng3 Contributing authors: S W Lee and R H Byrne Edited and compiled by J Borenstein ... Hamel, D&D Technical Coordinator, and Dr Clyde Ward, Landfill Operations Technical Coordinator for their technical and financial support of the research, which forms the basis of this work The ... Vehicle Detection and Driver Alert System 125 4.3.2 Safety First Systems Vehicular Obstacle Detection and Warning System 127 PART II SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE ROBOT...

Ngày tải lên: 03/03/2014, 23:09

... incidence rates for Hispanic children and Asian/Pacific Islander children were intermediate to those for whites and blacks The rates for Asian/ Pacific Islanders were similar to whites for leukemia ... was malignant tumors of the central nervous system for younger than and 5-9 years of age, and lymphoma for 10-14 and leukemia for 1519 year olds (Table 1) ICCC Group Leukemia - I Lymphoma - II ... was used for racial/ethnic comparisons because it was the only time period except for the decennial census years (1980 and 1990) for which the Census Bureau provided population estimates for racial...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 01:20

... Problem Theory and Methods for Model Parameter Estimation OT89 Tarantola FM2.qxp 11/18/2004 3:50 PM Page OT89 Tarantola FM2.qxp 11/18/2004 3:50 PM Page Inverse Problem Theory and Methods for Model ... Using the characterization (at right in equation (1.40)) for the conjunction of probability distributions, it is quite easy to find an expression for (P ∧ MB ) For the given B ⊆ X , and for any ... equations of this book to formulate the inverse problem 23 For some general information on geostatistics, see Journel and Huijbregts, 1978, Goovaerts, 1997, and Deutsch and Journel, 1998 ✐ ✐ ✐...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 15:24

... soils; surface water and groundwater hydrology (water quality and quantity); air quality; habitat and species; threatened and endangered species; wetlands; socioeconomics, tribal lands; and archaeological ... government and corporate planners and managers with a detailed process for identifying threats and evaluating potential consequences and alternatives for implementing an emergency response and recovery ... approach using a NEPA (or a NEPA-like) process for identifying threats and evaluating potential consequences and alternatives, in an effort to prepare for and mitigate the effects of potential terrorist...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... detailed public participation and formal public scoping process for identifying actions impacts, and alternatives, and for eliminating nonsignificant issues CEQ guidance and Executive Orders direct ... responsibility for performing reviews and for monitoring facility and operational compliance (sixth block, Figure 2.6) An ECO (or equivalent) could be assigned responsibility for preparing and transmitting ... approaches for ensuring adequate public involvement; and • developing adequate performance thresholds or measures for assessing progress and impacts and ensuring the integrity of the NEPA process A standard...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... scoping (§ 1501.7), tiering (§ 1502.20), and other methods listed at § 1500.4 and § 1500.5 to relate broad and narrow actions and to avoid duplication and delay Timing of EIS (§ 1502.5) … as close ... concurrently with and integrated with environmental impact analysis and related surveys and studies required by the Fish and Wild Coordination Act … and other environmental review laws and executive ... concurrently with and integrated with environmental impact analysis and related surveys and studies required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act … and other environmental review laws and executive...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... (FLPMA) of 1976 established for the first time a single and comprehensive statutory mandate for retaining public lands under federal ownership and for managing those lands for the public Under the ... (such as dams and levees), conversion of wetlands to uplands for farming and forestry, and fills for development projects such as housing, highways, and airports Section 404(f) exempts some activities ... compatible with state and local government and private programs and policies to protect farmland The terms “prime” and “unique” farmland are defined subsequently 4.4.14.1 Prime Farmland Land that has...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... participation and environmental review under NEPA for many oil and gas drilling activities Sections 1808 and 2014 of H.R would allow oil and gas companies to perform their own NEPA analyses and would ... NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners • B3.1 (a) Geological, geophysical (such as gravity, magnetic, electrical, seismic, and radar), geochemical, and ... to proceed with site characterization at Yucca Mountain and nowhere else, site characterization must go forward … Congress directed the characterization of Yucca Mountain, and the Secretary no...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... new information regarding • a wetland in Mexico and its value as habitat for an endangered species; • socioeconomic impacts in Mexicali, Mexico, and across the border in the United States; and ... PM 158 NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners TABLE 6.5 Intensity Factors for Evaluating Significance Impacts that may be both beneficial and adverse; ... nonfederal project is ‘federalized’ for the purposes of NEPA.19 For example, the Pueblo Indians leased restricted Indian lands to a development company, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... to facilitate rescue and relief efforts in an effort to minimize further death and adverse health conditions and restore communications and power.” • The existing conditions and projected future ... 1/31/2008 4:37:52 PM 178 NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners TABLE 7.3 Documentation Requirements for an EA Need for the proposal Alternatives ... justification for performing a full and complicated CIA that requires an indepth evaluation of all past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future impacts The Cilix method can therefore provide...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... 198 NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners TABLE 8.3 Methods for Notifying Parties Where Effects Are Primarily of Local Interest • State and area ... has authorization to develop and enforce environmental standards • Appropriate state and local agencies that are authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards • Indian tribes, when ... 4:41:03 PM 224 NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners TABLE 8.8 Criteria for Determining the Scope and Level of Detail Appropriate for a P-EIS Can the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... PM 242 NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners in the analysis of indirect effects frequently needs to be expanded beyond the bounds used for the analysis ... 233 1/31/2008 4:43:52 PM 234 NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners Regulations require connected, cumulative, and similar actions to be considered ... resources and on which future agency actions will be based For example, the adoption of a plan for managing a national forest (§ 1508.18[b][2]) 9.4.4.3 Programs An EIS may be prepared and is sometimes...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... resources, parklands, prime farmlands, wetlands, wild and scenic rivers, or ecologically critical areas A catastrophic event can affect historic and cultural sites, particularly landmarks and national ... 266 NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners 10.2.2.1 DOE Litigation In a recent case involving a challenge to the DOE, EA for construction and operation ... threats) and evaluate potentially significant impacts on the environment, human health, and safety 10.6.1.1 Accident Analyses The approach used for performing a standard accident analysis in NEPA and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20