...restricted to or dependent upon a distinct habitat or spatial arrangement. Examples of presence-absence methods include: analyzing tracks or imprints, tracking tubes, anecdotal reports, and consulting historical records or museum samples. Abundance estimates provide researchers with the number of individuals of a species within an area. Techniques to quantify abundance include: cameras, transects, point counts, road-kill surveys, numerous trapping methods, and several tracking devices. Presence-absence data collection tends to be considerably less expensive than abundance data collection; however, abundance data provides more information. Tracks refer to the imprints left behind by an animal after it walks over a substrate. While tracks do not provide a reliable estimate of density, they do, however, indicate that a species is present in a particular area. A drawback of utilizing tracks to determine presence-absence is that they are not preserved for long periods of time. Depending on the environment, tracks can be damaged or destroyed if say a climatic event like a...
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...complex. The current method of keeping track of this information is outdated and difficult to use. A new database would create a more accurate and user friendly method of keeping track of important business aspects. * Scope: The Wild Wood Apartments tracking database will track necessary business aspects involved in running the apartment complex. The database will track basic information such as apartment complex addresses, revenues, tenants, salaries paid to employees, total revenues and expenses as well as apartment occupancies and vacancies. It will track the leases on file, including when they begin and end, the lease contract number, names of the tenants, the amount of deposits paid and the monthly rent amounts. The database will also track monthly rent payments, including the amount that was paid, the date it was paid, whether or not the tenant was late making payment along with the tenants lease contract number and apartment number. Finally the database will track maintenance reports including which apartment required maintenance, what type of issue occurred, how it was resolved, the date it was resolved and any expense involved in repairs. * Constraints: The report sent to headquarters does not show any tracking of the free rent or stipends given to the managers. This appears to be something that it is not being closely tracked or monitored. *...
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...diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, tumors, infections, inflammations, and other brain disorders. By examining the tissue sample under a microscope, the biopsy sample provides doctors with the information necessary to guidefor diagnosis and treatment. Biopsy surgeries are categorized based on the technique and the...
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...pulse Radar cannot measure Doppler and thus only the distance and not the speed of a target can be determined. Figure 1: Simple, non-coherent Radar. Coherent Pulse Radar/Pulse Doppler radar Coherent pulse Radar is in the position to deliver information regarding the range as well as Doppler information, i.e. the velocity and/or speed of an object. Here a coherent oscillator (COHO) is introduced on the transmission side, which also delivers the phase reference for the receiving signal. The transmitting oscillator (LO for Local Oscillator) is added on the transmitting end and is again taken out at the receiving end. In comparison to the Doppler frequency, which can be measured, both oscillators must be sufficiently stable for the entire time. In Figure 2, an example of coherent pulse Radar, a quadrature modulator is employed to additionally determine the direction of the target movement. Figure 2: Coherent pulse Radar. Two various fundamental methods of Doppler analysis are known and will be subsequently and shortly introduced. The transmitting signal for pulse Radar is: Us=Assinω0t The reference signal: Uref=Arefsinω0t+φref φref= constant, φref=0. The receiving signal from a target at range R becomes: UE=AEsinω0+ωdt-2ω0Rc After combining one obtains:...
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...T.C. BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY VISION BASED TARGET TRACKING CONTROLLED SENTRY Capstone Project Fikret Taygun Duvan İSTANBUL, 2011 T.C. BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF MECATRONICS ENGINEERING VISION BASED TARGET TRACKING CONTROLLED SENTRY Capstone Project Fikret Taygun Duvan Advisor: Dr. Khalid Abidi İSTANBUL, 2010 T.C. BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF MECATRONICS ENGINEERING Name of the project: Vision Based Target Tracking Controlled Sentry Name/Last Name of the Student: Fikret Taygun Duvan Date of Thesis Defense: 23/01/2011 I hereby state that the graduation project prepared by Your Name (Title Format) has been completed under my supervision. I accept this work as a “Graduation Project”. Dr. Khalid ABIDI I hereby state that I have examined this graduation project by Your Name (Title Format) which is accepted by his supervisor. This work is acceptable as a graduation project and the student is eligible to take the graduation project examination. Asst. Prof. Yalçın Çekiç Head of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering We hereby state that we have held the graduation examination of Your Name and agree that the student has satisfied all requirements. THE EXAMINATION COMMITTEE Committee Member 1. Khalid ABIDI 2. ………………………….. 3. ………………………….. Signature ……………………….. ……………………….. ……………………….. ACADEMIC HONESTY PLEDGE In keeping with Bahçeşehir University Student Code of...
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...management system Steps in a strategic management system: 1. Clarify and translate vision and strategy 2. Communicate and link strategic objectives and measures 3. Plan, set targets, and align strategic initiatives 4. Enhance strategic feedback and learning 4 Where Did the BSC Come From? A long time ago in a far away galaxy… Then (pre 1970s) Now (post 1970s) Industrial Revolution Financial Measures Tangible Assets Lagging Indicators (aka: outcome measures, historic measures) Information Age Financial plus non-financial Measures Non-tangible assets (invisible assets) Leading Indicators (aka: performance drivers, predictive measures) 5 The Balanced Scorecard Framework 6 The BSC reflects the balance between: Short and long term objectives Financial and non-financial measures Lagging and leading indicators (i.e., outcome measures vs performance drivers) External and internal performance perspectives 7 Some Generic BSC Measures Perspective Financial Customer Internal Business Learning and Growth Measure Return on investment and economic value-added Satisfaction, retention, market, and account share Quality, response time, cost, and new product introductions Employee satisfaction and information systems availability BALANCED SCORECARD PERSPECTIVES AND OBJECTIVES CUSTOMER - Customer Satisfaction - Effective Service/Partnership 8 FINANCIAL - Optimum Cost Efficiency of Purchasing Operations MISSION VISION STRATEGY ...
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...BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS PROJECT ON GALLUP INTRODUCTION Gallup, Inc. is a research-based, global performance-management consulting company. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became famous for its public opinion polls, which were conducted in the United States and other countries. Gallup works with major businesses and organizations around the world. In 1988, four years after George Gallup died, Selection Research (SRI) purchased the company from its heirs. SRI wanted the Gallup name to use on its polls, which gave them more credibility and higher response rates. Today the poll is used to gain visibility. Some of Gallup's key practice areas are employee engagement, customer engagement, talent management, and well-being. Gallup has nearly 40 offices in more than 20 countries. World headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Operational headquarters are in Omaha, Nebraska. Gallup's current Chairman and CEO is Jim Clifton. Gallup delivers forward-thinking research, analytics, and advice to help leaders solve their most pressing problems. Combining more than 75 years of experience with its global reach, Gallup knows more about the attitudes and behaviors of the world's constituents, employees, and customers than any other organization. Gallup consultants help private and public sector organizations boost organic growth through measurement tools, strategic...
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...Solution | | Table of Contents Introduction2 Hypothesis and Methodology 3 Analysis of Problems4 Variables5 Primary and Secondary Sources6 Resources6 Sample………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 Test Statistics……………………………………………………………………………………………….8 Final Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………………….9 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………...10 Appendices………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Survey……………………………………………………………………………………………………..12 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………13 Introduction Every time you pick up a newspaper and read the business section, you hear about a major company having some sort of financial problems. These problems are most likely a result of accounting errors and in some instances because of these errors, companies have had major financial issues they could not recover from. Over the years General Motors has been one of those companies. General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American Multinational Corporation, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. GM designs, manufactures, markets and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts and as well as sells financial services. General Motors produces vehicles in 120 countries under ten different name brands (General Motors Corp.). Recently, management at General Motors has decided to start tracking the number of errors in the accounting department. The number of errors will be tracked per accountant and yearly appraisals will reflect the error rates (Wikipedia...
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...Yes Users Yes Software-tracking Database Yes Staff computers Yes Student machines Yes Draft Statement: Scope: A database will be used to monitor the use of the software installed in the building. This database will allow seeing where it’s being used, the location, the users, and the version currently installed on the machines. Objectives: • Track faculty and staff computers and software • Track all software, versions, and license agreements • Track software requests from users to determine if a copy of the software is available and if is it is something that should be purchased. Preliminary Timeline: 1. Gathering Data – This task will consist of gathering all the information needed to complete the task. Time allotted: 3 weeks Deliverable: A list of the locations of the computers needing to have the software installed to track the software. 2. Analyzing Data – The data gathered will be used to analyze to determine the business rules and needs. Time allotted: 2 weeks Deliverable: List of business rules 3. Normalization – The data model will be completed with computers that need the software. Time allotted: 1 week Deliverable: Entity relation diagram for review 4. Building the physical database – The data model will be translated. Tables containing columns with the computers and machines that need the tracking software. Time allotted: 3 days Deliverable: The schema of the database for review. 5. Testing and Security – Do a sample data and each of the computers...
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...overall IT strategy, project management, key software integration, network security and data integrity. With over 3 billion people all over the world watching, no single project could better illustrate our commitment to delivery 3 Turning Client Vision into Results Atos Origin & RFID February 2005 The Integrated IT architecture of the Real Time Enterprise 5 Turning Client Vision into Results The Integrated IT architecture of the Real Time Enterprise Strategic Enterprise Management Data Warehouse SCM WMS ERP MES CRM SCE Equipment E-Monitoring Chained into reality with RFID…. 6 Turning Client Vision into Results RFID Markets & Applications RFID-EPC enabled systems offer significant benefits in a wide variety of supply chain oriented applications Retail Lower Labor Costs Out-of-Stock Triggers Reducing Shrinkage Reducing Inventories Locating Products Real-time supply/demand data Smart Shelves Reverse Logistics Customer Convenience Healthcare/Pharma Tracking Hospital Equipment Patient ID and Tracking Preventing Medication Errors Tracking Samples, Vials etc. Environmental Monitoring (e.g. Blood...
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...SELF NAVIGATING AUTONOMOUS BOT Major-Project Report by Arjun Surendran B080001EC Deepak Venga B080027EC Nandu Raj B080585EC Priyanka G Das B080312EC Sanjay George B080270EC Under the guidance of Dr. S. M. SAMEER Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Technology In ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT Kerala, India April 2012 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE This is to certify that this report titled SELF NAVIGATING AUTONOMOUS BOT is a bona fide record of the major-project done by Arjun Surendran Deepak Venga Nandu Raj Priyanka G Das Sanjay George B080001EC B080027EC B080585EC B080312EC B080270EC In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Calicut. Dr. S. M. Sameer (Project Advisor) Assistant Professor Dr. P S Sathidevi Professor & Head April 2012 NIT Calicut i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thank Dr. S. M. Sameer, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering for his guidance and inspiration in helping us complete this project. We are also grateful to Dr. P S Sathidevi, Professor and Head, Department of Electronics and Communication...
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...and Syzygy Case Overview Mazda Motor Europe hired an observational company by the name of Syzygy to monitor the consumers that uses their website. Situation Analysis Mazda Motor Europe would like to know details about how consumers are using their website and if the website is user friendly. Questions 1. What could Mazda learn from eye-tracking software that would be difficult to learn? from other observational methods? The eye-tracking software provides Mazda with the ability to observe eye movement and track the amount of time spent looking at a particular area. 2. What are the shortcomings of this method? The shortcomings of using the eye tracking software method are: • The equipment is expensive • Some users can't work with the equipment • Calibrating the equipment takes time 3. Along with the eye-tracking research, what other research methods could help Mazda assess the usability of its website? Summarize your advice for how Mazda could use complementary methods to obtain a complete understanding of its website’s usability. Questionnaires are an effective way of quantifying data from a sample group, and testing emotions or preferences. This method is very cheap and easy, where budget is a problem, and gives an element of scale to opinion and emotion. These figures are arbitrary, but at least give a directional method of measuring intensity. Case 11.2- Texas Instruments and E-Lab Case Overview Texas Instruments hired E-Lab to conduct...
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... And also the pixels colors of current frame with previous frame are learnt with average differences. Background subtraction differentiating foreground objects from the stationary parts of the scene is one of the modules of annotation. Valuable low level cue information is obtained by the module for performing high-level tasks of motion analysis, like motion estimation, tracking, etc. In recent research, 3D scene reconstruction and geometric model matching are the basis of perception where a 3D sample point cloud are used to match with the trained features. A semantic perception method...
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...SEMINAR REPORT ON BLUE EYES TECHNOLOGY Submitted by BINYAMIN M In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of B-TECH DEGRE in COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING COCHIN UNIVERSIY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KOCHI-682022 JULY 2010 Division of Computer Engineering School of Engineering Cochin University of Science & Technology Kochi-682022 _________________________________________________________ CERTIFICATE Certified that this is a bona fide record of the Seminar work entitled BLUE EYES TECHNOLOGY Done by BINYAMIN M of VII semester Computer Science & Engineering in the year 2010 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering of Cochin University of Science & Technology Dr. David Peter S Head of the Division REVATHY .R. Seminar Guide BLUE EYES TECHNOLOGY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I express my sincere thanks to Dr. David Peter (Head of the Department, Computer Science and Engineering), Mr. Sudeep P.Elayidom (Staff incharge) and my seminar guide Miss Revathy R. for their kind co-operation for presenting the seminar. I also extend my sincere thanks to all other members of the faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Department and my friends for their cooperation and encouragement. BINYAMIN M DIVISON OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING BLUE EYES TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACT Is it possible to create a computer...
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...polished skill and their capacity to take care of client demand in two ways: * LIMS helps labs produce exact, reproducible results quicker and all the more dependably * LIMS makes information from sequencing runs simpler to store, track, and survey after some time and crosswise over investigations with the goal that labs can assess and enhance operational effectiveness The fundamental component of a LIMS is the administration of tests which comprises of registering and tracking them. After the sample container arrival and registration, the LIMS tracks it and records its area. This may include printing barcodes to recognize the sample compartments. In any case, it is likewise used to build the measure of integration with instruments and applications what is done by making documents which will lead the operations on the example; and to record and trade electronic data what should be possible through Oracle, SQL and Microsoft Access database. Information can be entered into the LIMS by uploading laboratory instrument generated files to it, or through registration of samples and creation of text and graphical documents with information or analysis results. A hand-held device can also be used to enter samples and their information onto the management system. Data can be gone into the LIMS by transferring research center instrument produced records to it, or through enlistment of tests and production of content and...
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