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Entire first series of the popular TV show. In 'Encounter at
Farpoint', a double length story, the Enterprise encounters a
planet that is being threatened by an alien creature - and to make
matters worse, Picard is called before the super-being Q to answer
questions on behalf of humanity. 'The Naked Now' has the cew
infected by a deadly virus which manifests itself in such symptoms
as intoxication and promiscuity. 'Code of Honour' sees Tasha
kidnapped by an alien who wants her as his mate. 'The Last Outpost'
finds the Enterprise coming face-to-face with the Ferengi for the
first time. In 'Where No One Has Gone Before', a warp experiment
goes wrong and flings the Enterprise into a strange galaxy billions
of light-years from its starting point. 'Lonely Among Us' has
Picard's body becomes the host for an alien entity. 'Justice' sees
the unfortunate Wes Crusher sentenced to death for violating a
local custom on an alien world. 'The Battle' finds Picard taking on
DaiMan Bok, who wants revenge for the death of his son. 'Hide and
Q' has the crew of the Enterprise D plagued once more by the cosmic
trickster Q. 'Haven' sees Riker's heart set to break when Deanna is
forced into an arranged marriage. In 'The Big Goodbye', Picard
indulges his love of film noir detective stories on the holodeck,
only to end up trapped when the system malfunctions. 'Datalore' has
the crew of the Enterprise discover the component parts of Lore,
Data's twin brother, on a devastated planet. 'Angel One' sees Riker
caught up in the politics of a planet ruled entirely by women.
'11001001' finds the Enterprise hijacked by an alien race called
the Bynars, who upgrade the ship's computer to their own ends. 'Too
Short a Season' has the Enterprise accompany the ageing Admiral
Mark Jameson to Mordan IV, where his mission is to secure the
release of Federation hostages. 'When the Bough Breaks' sees Wesley
and various other children from the Enterprise kidnapped by the
technologically advanced but sterile civilisation on the planet
Aldea. In 'Home Soil', it transpires that the Enterprise is under
attack from Microbain, a microscopic life-form, after Data is
attacked by a laser drill. 'Coming of Age' finds Wesley preparing
to sit an Academy exam, while Picard is investigated by the
unpopular Lt Commander Dexter. 'Heart of Glory' has the Enterprise
play host to two Klingons who claim to have been attacked by
Ferengi. 'The Arsenal of Freedom' sees Picard lead a team to the
lifeless planet Minos to search for the USS Drake. 'Symbiosis'
finds Picard caught in the middle of a war between the
narcotics-addicted Ornarans and their enemies the Brekkans, who
possess a possible cure. In 'Skin of Evil', an Enterprise
shuttlecraft crash lands on Vagra II and is captured by the evil
Armus. 'We'll Always Have Paris' sees the man married to Picard's
first love create a hole in the universe. 'Conspiracy' has Picard's
best friend suffer from an acute paranoia which leads to the
destruction of his starship being destroyed. Finally, in 'The
Neutral Zone', the crew encounter an enemy stronger than any they
have come across before.
This book examines the relationship between inequalities and
identities in the context of an unprecedented state advocacy of
human rights with a distinct emphasis on (ethnic) group rights in
post-civil war Ethiopia. The analysis is set against the background
of a dramatic state remaking by a rebellion movement (the Ethiopian
People's Revolutionary Democratic Front - EPRDF) that seized
control of the Ethiopian state in 1991, after a decisive
battlefield victory over an unpopular regime. The new government of
former rebels pledged to institute a new system of ethnic
self-government that celebrated ethnic diversity with a firm pledge
to guarantee basic human rights. After nearly three decades in
office, however, the Ethiopian government is challenged by the
resilience of identity-based inequalities it ostensibly sought to
end, and by protests against its own policies and practices that
intensified inequality. The events in Ethiopia, reverberating
throughout the Horn of Africa, have inspired heated and often
polarized debates between academics, policy experts, political
activists, and the media. Data D. Barata contributes to this debate
through a nuanced ethnographic analysis of why identities with
distinct notions of inequality persist, even after relentless
interventions and ideological repudiations. The contestations and
struggles over political representation, local governance, cultural
identities, land and religion that the book examines are shaped,
one way or another, by the global human rights discourse that has
inspired millions of Africans to confront entrenched structures of
power. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in
the fields of anthropology, African studies, political science,
sociology and cultural studies.
This book examines the relationship between inequalities and
identities in the context of an unprecedented state advocacy of
human rights with a distinct emphasis on (ethnic) group rights in
post-civil war Ethiopia. The analysis is set against the background
of a dramatic state remaking by a rebellion movement (the Ethiopian
People's Revolutionary Democratic Front - EPRDF) that seized
control of the Ethiopian state in 1991, after a decisive
battlefield victory over an unpopular regime. The new government of
former rebels pledged to institute a new system of ethnic
self-government that celebrated ethnic diversity with a firm pledge
to guarantee basic human rights. After nearly three decades in
office, however, the Ethiopian government is challenged by the
resilience of identity-based inequalities it ostensibly sought to
end, and by protests against its own policies and practices that
intensified inequality. The events in Ethiopia, reverberating
throughout the Horn of Africa, have inspired heated and often
polarized debates between academics, policy experts, political
activists, and the media. Data D. Barata contributes to this debate
through a nuanced ethnographic analysis of why identities with
distinct notions of inequality persist, even after relentless
interventions and ideological repudiations. The contestations and
struggles over political representation, local governance, cultural
identities, land and religion that the book examines are shaped,
one way or another, by the global human rights discourse that has
inspired millions of Africans to confront entrenched structures of
power. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in
the fields of anthropology, African studies, political science,
sociology and cultural studies.
Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage, Transfer and
Conversion presents a comprehensive analysis of thermal energy
storage systems operating at beyond 800 DegreesC. Editor Dr.
Alejandro Datas and his team of expert contributors from a variety
of regions summarize the main technological options and the most
relevant materials and characterization considerations to enable
the reader to make the most effective and efficient decisions. This
book helps the reader to solve the very specific challenges
associated with working within an ultra-high temperature energy
storage setting. It condenses and summarizes the latest knowledge,
covering fundamentals, device design, materials selection and
applications, as well as thermodynamic cycles and solid-state
devices for ultra-high temperature energy conversion. This book
provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary guide to engineers
and researchers in a variety of fields including energy conversion,
storage, cogeneration, thermodynamics, numerical methods, CSP, and
materials engineering. It firstly provides a review of fundamental
concepts before exploring numerical methods for fluid-dynamics and
phase change materials, before presenting more complex elements
such as heat transfer fluids, thermal insulation, thermodynamic
cycles, and a variety of energy conversation methods including
thermophotovoltaic, thermionic, and combined heat and power.
Reliable collections of science-based environmental information are
vital for many groups of users and for a number of purposes. For
example, electric utility companies predict demand during heat
waves, structural engineers design buildings to withstand
hurricanes and earthquakes, water managers monitor each winter's
snow pack, and farmers plant and harvest crops based on daily
weather predictions. Understanding the impact of human activities
on climate, water, ecosystems, and species diversity, and assessing
how natural systems may respond in the future are becoming
increasingly important for public policy decisions. Environmental
information systems gather factual information, transform it into
information products, and distribute the products to users. Typical
uses of the information require long-term consistency; hence the
operation of the information system requires a long-term commitment
from an institution, agency, or corporation. The need to keep costs
down provides a strong motivation for creating multipurpose
information systems that satisfy scientific, commercial and
operational requirements, rather than systems that address narrow
objectives. Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of
Environmental Data focuses on such shared systems.
The AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to affect all
facets of life throughout the subcontinent. Deaths related to AIDS
have driven down the life expectancy rate of residents in Zambia,
Kenya, and Uganda with far-reaching implications. This book details
the current state of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and what is known
about the behaviors that contribute to the transmission of the HIV
infection. It lays out what research is needed and what is
necessary to design more effective prevention programs.
Biomedical research data sets are becoming larger and more complex,
and computing capabilities are expanding to enable transformative
scientific results. The National Institutes of Health's (NIH's)
National Library of Medicine (NLM) has the unique role of ensuring
that biomedical research data are findable, accessible,
interoperable, and reusable in an ethical manner. Tools that
forecast the costs of long-term data preservation could be useful
as the cost to curate and manage these data in meaningful ways
continues to increase, as could stewardship to assess and maintain
data that have future value. The National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on July 11-12, 2019
to gather insight and information in order to develop and
demonstrate a framework for forecasting long-term costs for
preserving, archiving, and accessing biomedical data. Presenters
and attendees discussed tools and practices that NLM could use to
help researchers and funders better integrate risk management
practices and considerations into data preservation, archiving, and
accessing decisions; methods to encourage NIH-funded researchers to
consider, update, and track lifetime data; and burdens on the
academic researchers and industry staff to implement these tools,
methods, and practices. This publication summarizes the
presentations and discussion of the workshop. Table of Contents
Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Data Sharing and Data Preservation 3
Data Risks and Costs 4 Tools and Practices for Risk Management,
Data Preservation, and Accessing Decisions 5 Lifetime Data Costs 6
Reflections and Next Steps References Appendixes Appendix A:
Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee
Appendix C: Registered In-Person Workshop Participants
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The Astrophysical Journal (Hardcover)
American Astronomical Society; Created by University of Chicago, Nasa Astrophysics Data System Abstract
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Discovery Miles 8 690
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The Astrophysical Journal (Paperback)
American Astronomical Society; Created by University of Chicago, Nasa Astrophysics Data System Abstract
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Discovery Miles 5 260
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The needs and demands placed on science to address a range of
urgent problems are growing. The world is faced with complex,
interrelated challenges in which the way forward lies hidden or
dispersed across disciplines and organizations. For centuries,
scientific research has progressed through iteration of a workflow
built on experimentation or observation and analysis of the
resulting data. While computers and automation technologies have
played a central role in research workflows for decades to acquire,
process, and analyze data, these same computing and automation
technologies can now also control the acquisition of data, for
example, through the design of new experiments or decision making
about new observations. The term automated research workflow (ARW)
describes scientific research processes that are emerging across a
variety of disciplines and fields. ARWs integrate computation,
laboratory automation, and tools from artificial intelligence in
the performance of tasks that make up the research process, such as
designing experiments, observations, and simulations; collecting
and analyzing data; and learning from the results to inform further
experiments, observations, and simulations. The common goal of
researchers implementing ARWs is to accelerate scientific knowledge
generation, potentially by orders of magnitude, while achieving
greater control and reproducibility in the scientific process.
Automated Research Workflows for Accelerated Discovery: Closing the
Knowledge Discovery Loop examines current efforts to develop
advanced and automated workflows to accelerate research progress,
including wider use of artificial intelligence. This report
identifies research needs and priorities in the use of advanced and
automated workflows for scientific research. Automated Research
Workflows for Accelerated Discovery is intended to create
awareness, momentum, and synergies to realize the potential of ARWs
in scholarly discovery. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1
Introduction 2 Context for Automated Research Workflows 3 Automated
Research Workflows in Action 4 Automatic Research Workflows and
Implications for Advancing Research Integrity, Reproducibility, and
Dissemination 5 Overcoming Barriers to Wider Use of Automated
Research Workflows 6 Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A: Workshop
Agenda Appendix B: Committee Biosketches
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Leveraging Commercial Space for Earth and Ocean Remote Sensing (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Intelligence Community Studies Board, Committee for the Assessment of Partnership Options for a Small Satellite System for Collecting Scientific Quality Oceanic and Coastal Data
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Discovery Miles 7 110
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Within the past decade an ever-growing number of New Space
organizations have emerged that are unencumbered by legacy
practices and constraints. By reimagining, creating, and
continuously improving SmallSat space technology a new and growing
space ecosystem is now in place that is capable of serving a broad
stakeholder community of both traditional users and new or
nontraditional users. Current commercial practices are expanding
with capabilities including technology and business-driven
applications that open the door to a broad and vibrant ecosystem
offering a wide range of solutions capable of supporting a growing
range of stakeholders. In parallel to traditional approaches, space
infrastructure related to manufacturing, such as customized
spacecraft buses, instruments, and sensors?including
high-resolution imaging and radar systems rivaling the performance
of traditional systems?are emerging in both growing volume and with
constantly improving capability. On the operational commercial
ground stations are now routinely available, as are data management
and analytics including cloud computing for data access and
archiving. Thus, if properly encouraged and nourished, a broadly
capable ecosystem can emerge including new business opportunities
for data fusion, analysis, and databuys, as well as ground/space
communications that can equally benefit both traditional and
nontraditional user communities. Leveraging Commercial Space for
Earth and Ocean Remote Sensing assesses the feasibility and
implications of creating and exploiting partnerships for
developing, deploying, and operating a system of satellites and
supporting infrastructure capable of sensing ocean, coastal,
atmospheric, and hydrologic data of sufficient scientific quality
to enable prediction models and to support near real time
applications of national interest. This report identifies and
describes promising options for such a system. Table of Contents
Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Current and Future Commercial
Landscape 3 Hybrid Space Architecture and the Pathway to a New
Space Ecosystem 4 Science and Applications 5 Benefits and
Challenges of New Business Models 6 Concluding Statement by the
Committee Appendixes Appendix A: the National Oceanographic
Partnership Program Challenge of Conducting a Technology
Demonstration Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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A Consumer Food Data System for 2030 and Beyond (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on Improving Consumer Data for Food and Nutrition Policy Research for the Economic Research Service
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Discovery Miles 17 940
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Patterns of food consumption and nutritional intake strongly affect
the population's health and well-being. The Food Economics Division
of USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) engages in research and
data collection to inform policy making related to the leading
federal nutrition assistance programs managed by USDA's Food and
Nutrition Service. The ERS uses the Consumer Food Data System to
understand why people choose foods, how food assistance programs
affect these choices, and the health impacts of those choices. At
the request of ERS, A Consumer Food Data System for 2030 and Beyond
provides a blueprint for ERS's Food Economics Division for its data
strategy over the next decade. This report explores the quality of
data collected, the data collection process, and the kinds of data
that may be most valuable to researchers, policy makers, and
program administrators going forward. The recommendations of A
Consumer Food Data System for 2030 and Beyond will guide ERS to
provide and sustain a multisource, interconnected, reliable data
system. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2
ERS's Current Consumer Food and Nutrition Data Infrastructure 3
Data and Knowledge Gaps 4 Strategies to Strengthen the
Infrastructure of a Consumer Food Data System References Appendix
A: Summary, First Meeting, April 16, 2018 Appendix B: Summary,
Second Meeting, June 14, 2018 Appendix C: Summary, Third Meeting,
September 21, 2018 Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Panel
Members Committee on National Statistics
The National Academies Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open
Science, established in 2019, has taken on an important role in
addressing issues with open science. The roundtable convenes
critical stakeholders to discuss the effectiveness of current
incentives for adopting open science practices, current barriers of
all types, and ways to move forward in order to align reward
structures and institutional values. The Roundtable convened a
virtual public workshop on fostering open science practices on
November 5, 2020. The broad goal of the workshop was to identify
paths to growing the nascent coalition of stakeholders committed to
reenvisioning credit/reward systems (e.g., academic hiring, tenure
and promotion, and grants)to fully incentivize open science
practices. The workshop explored the information and resource needs
of researchers, research institutions, government agencies,
philanthropies, professional societies, and other stakeholders
interested in further supporting and implementing open science
practices. This publication summarizes the presentations and
discussion of the workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1
Introduction 2 Adopting and Utilizing a Toolkit for Open Science:
Stakeholder Perspectives 3 Roundtable Priorities for Advancing Open
Science References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B:
Biographies of Speakers and Moderators Appendix C: Toolkit Elements
The population of Asia is growing both larger and older.
Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asia's
population, currently estimated to be 4.2 billion, is expected to
increase to about 5.9 billion by 2050. Rapid declines in fertility,
together with rising life expectancy, are altering the age
structure of the population so that in 2050, for the first time in
history, there will be roughly as many people in Asia over the age
of 65 as under the age of 15.
It is against this backdrop that the Division of Behavioral and
Social Research at the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) asked
the National Research Council (NRC), through the Committee on
Population, to undertake a project on advancing behavioral and
social research on aging in Asia.
Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives is a
peer-reviewed collection of papers from China, India, Indonesia,
Japan, and Thailand that were presented at two conferences
organized in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Indian National Science Academy, Indonesian Academy of Sciences,
and Science Council of Japan; the first conference was hosted by
the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, and the second
conference was hosted by the Indian National Science Academy in New
Delhi. The papers in the volume highlight the contributions from
new and emerging data initiatives in the region and cover subject
areas such as economic growth, labor markets, and consumption;
family roles and responsibilities; and labor markets and
consumption.
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