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Susan L. PodzibaSusan L. Podziba
a Public policy mediator for 20 years has mediated cases in the areas of international relatinos environmental disputes land use and development education and labor policy (See http://***). Previously Podziba taught public policy negotiation and mediation at the Massachusets Institute of Technology's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Email: podziba@mit.edu.
If properly barnessed, the passions inherent in complex public policy disputes can be a driving force for reaching sustainable agreements, rather than leading to chaos. The author discusses how mediators can intervene...
If properly barnessed, the passions inherent in complex public policy disputes can be a driving force for reaching sustainable agreements, rather than leading to chaos. The author discusses how mediators can intervene to challenge existing assumptions, encourage ease among negotiators, promote uriosity and lay the groundwork for achieving actionable agreements by delving into human nature and the spectrum of differentiated human emotion
The National Research Council and the International technology Education Association have established standards for technological literacy, and several states require engineering concepts to be taught and assessed on ...
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The National Research Council and the International technology Education Association have established standards for technological literacy, and several states require engineering concepts to be taught and assessed on state tests. Each year sees the publication of more curricular materials to address these standards, but many teachers and districts lack the resources or time to determine which curriculum is most appropriate for the learning needs of their students. The primary goal of this study is to consider the usefulness of traditional science and technology curricular materials for K-8 educators who are interested in addressing engineering content standards. This paper describes an analysis of selected K-8 science and technology curricula in the context of teaching engineering. The set of curricula considered here is a convenience sample: an online database of K-8 science and technology textbooks and teacher's guides that have been reviewed by the Educator Resource Center at the Museum of Science, Boston, according to their appropriateness for teaching about engineering. Each curriculum was previously evaluated according to 20 criteria by the Educator Resource Center (ERC). These 20 evaluation parameters measure six key characteristics: coverage of national and state standards, usability by K-8 teachers, adequacy of background information and educator support, availability of different amounts of scaffolding for student activities, variety of instructional approaches to the design process, and provision of assessment tools. In this meta-analysis, evaluations of 44 different curricular modules are compiled, and summary statistics of the entire sample set and specific subsets are computed and compared. The paper concludes with recommendations for the application of ERC-reviewed science and technology curricula to K-8 engineering education. It also identifies the national and state engineering/technology standards that are currently not addressed by the ERC science
In this paper, we develop a novel multidisciplinary spacesuit model. Many models exist for individual spacesuit subsystems, for example the thermal subsystem;however, no one model yet exists that incorporates all subs...
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ISBN:
(纸本)1563478072
In this paper, we develop a novel multidisciplinary spacesuit model. Many models exist for individual spacesuit subsystems, for example the thermal subsystem;however, no one model yet exists that incorporates all subsystems simultaneously. Although a partial understanding of the operation and performance of a spacesuit at the subsystem level can be attained using existing models, the spacesuit is a highly-interdependent, human-sized spacecraft, and an integrated model is needed to aid in the understanding, design, and operation of the spacesuit as a complex engineering system. First, we describe the overall operation of the model, then go into details of the four subsystems: thermal, structures, oxygen flow, and power. Next, we validate the model against the current U.S. spacesuit, the Extra-Vehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), at the system and subsystem level. This model is used in a companion paper to conduct multi-objective optimization. These results should prove useful in the design of the next-generation spacesuit.
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Crawford, WilliamOffice of Policy
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington DC 20021 United States MIT Sloan School of Management
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Children's Hospital Informatics Program United States
This article argues that the co‐evolution of environmental and industrial policies through a realistic melding of those concerns in sustainable development policies and practices is crucial. Furthermore, the authors ...
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This article argues that the co‐evolution of environmental and industrial policies through a realistic melding of those concerns in sustainable development policies and practices is crucial. Furthermore, the authors are convinced that this requires a unified environmental technology plan for the Balkans that will be enhanced by European Union integration requirements. An initiative that can facilitate this effort—the joint United States–Greek Initiative for technology Cooperation with the Balkans (the ITCB), is described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
In this paper, we use a multidisciplinary spacesuit model developed in a companion paper and an N-Branch Tournament Genetic Algorithm to optimize spacesuit designs for a Mars environment. The spacesuit design is optim...
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ISBN:
(纸本)1563478072
In this paper, we use a multidisciplinary spacesuit model developed in a companion paper and an N-Branch Tournament Genetic Algorithm to optimize spacesuit designs for a Mars environment. The spacesuit design is optimized to minimize mass, stowage volume, and pre-breathe time prior to a spacewalk, and to maximize spacesuit mobility. These four objectives represent the primary measures of utility for a spacesuit design. This paper describes both a framework and process for spacesuit optimization, and demonstrates a new multi-objective visualization method for this four-objective design challenge. We discuss the preliminary optimization results as they relate to spacesuit design considerations. This initial investigation suggests that the power and CO2 removal technologies have little impact on the spacesuit architecture, whereas suit hardness and suit pressure have a far greater impact. Often suit pressure and hardness are determined at the beginning of the design effort and these early choices greatly influence the overall characteristics of the spacesuit. These results should be useful in the design of the next generation of spacesuits.
In this paper, we make the case for an integrated systems approach to the design and implementation of Extravehicular Activity (EVA). We define the EVA system as the set of hardware that enables EVA including the spac...
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ISBN:
(纸本)1563477270
In this paper, we make the case for an integrated systems approach to the design and implementation of Extravehicular Activity (EVA). We define the EVA system as the set of hardware that enables EVA including the spacesuit, airlock, tools and mobility aids, as well as personnel and intangibles such as training, procedures, and software. In the context of planetary EVA, the system expands to include a rover, dust mitigation devices, and scientific instruments. The EVA system is in fact a complex, system-of-systems. The traditional approach to EVA system design optimizes each individual component, and may introduce inefficiencies into the system, generate logistics and supply management problems, and create hardware legacies that are hard to change and upgrade. We propose an integrated systems approach for advanced EVA system design that seeks to optimize the overall system, rather than just the individual pieces of hardware. The integrated systems approach also designs for uncertainty by anticipating change. By considering the complete system and allowing for change, the integrated systems approach incorporates both systems-of-systems thinking and spiral development. We examine the development of the Shuttle spacesuit and illustrate the challenges designers faced in adapting the suit to changing requirements. We conclude that due to the uncertain nature of exploration-class EVA, a system designed with the integrated systems approach offers significant advantages over the traditional design approach.
With the rapid diffusion of the Internet worldwide, there has been considerable interest in the e-potentials of developing countries giving rise to a first generation of e-readiness studies. Moreover, e-readiness mean...
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