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Journal articles on the topic "Cluster Resource Centre"
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Hadikusuma, Ridwan Satrio, Lukas Lukas, and Karel Octavianus Bachri. "Survey Paper: Optimization and Monitoring of Kubernetes Cluster using Various Approaches." Sinkron 8, no. 3 (2023): 1357–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.33395/sinkron.v8i3.12424.
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This research compares different methods for optimizing and monitoring Kubernetes clusters. Three referenced journals are analyzed: "Kubernetes cluster optimization using hybrid shared-state scheduling framework" by Oana-Mihaela Ungureanu, Călin Vlădeanu, Robert Kooij; "Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters Using Prometheus and Grafana" by Salma Rachman Dira, Muhammad Arif Fadhly Ridha; and "Cluster Frameworks for Efficient Scheduling and Resource Allocation in Data Center Networks: A Survey" by Kun Wang, Qihua Zhou, Song Guo, and Jiangtao Luo. These journals explore various approaches to optimizing and monitoring Kubernetes clusters. This review concludes that selecting appropriate technologies for optimizing and monitoring Kubernetes clusters can enhance performance and resource management efficiency in data centre networks. The research addresses the problem of improving Kubernetes cluster performance through optimization and efficient monitoring. The required methods include utilizing hybrid state-sharing scheduling frameworks, implementing Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, and employing efficient cluster frameworks. The study's findings demonstrate that adopting a hybrid shared-state scheduling framework can improve Kubernetes cluster performance. Additionally, leveraging Prometheus and Grafana as monitoring tools offer valuable insights into cluster health and performance. The survey also reveals various cluster frameworks that enable efficient scheduling and resource allocation in data centre networks. In conclusion, this research emphasizes the significance of employing suitable technologies to optimize and monitor Kubernetes clusters, leading to enhanced performance and efficient resource management in data centre networks. By leveraging appropriate scheduling frameworks and monitoring tools, organizations can optimize their utilization of Kubernetes clusters and ensure efficient resource allocation
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Lokesh, Prasad Dash. "Strengthening Cluster Resource Centre (CRC) As a Forum for Continuous Teacher Development: My Experience in Mayurbhanj District, Odisha, India." International Journal of Research and Review 6, no. 4 (2019): 147–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3989088.
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To bring about qualitative improvement in education, Cluster Resource Centres (CRCs) were established in each block of every district under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to conduct in-service teacher training and to provide academic support to teachers and schools on a regular basis as well as to help in community mobilization activities. According to the previous researches, it was found that the functioning of these centres were far away from the reality due to lack of physical resources and overloaded administrative responsibilities of the Cluster Resource Centre Coordinators (CRCCs). The situation of these Cluster Resource Centres in Odisha and especially in Mayurbhanj district was also not encouraging. There was hardly any scope for Monthly Sharing Meetings (MSMs) at the clusters. The deteriorating situation of these Cluster Resource Centres and absence of scope for continuous capacity building of teachers prompted CARE India (an International Development Organisation) to intervene in the district. It tested an innovation to revive the Cluster Resource Centres and to convert them in to a continuous teacher development forum. This in turn enhanced the reading skill of the children in the intervened schools. The results mentioned here are clearly reflected in the end-line assessment report conducted by a Delhi based research agency named “KAARAK”.
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Yan, Kuo Qin, Shu Ching Wang, Chin Shan Peng, and Shun Sheng Wang. "A Centre Clustering Mechanism of Wireless Sensor Network." Applied Mechanics and Materials 479-480 (December 2013): 763–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.479-480.763.
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A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of spatially distributed autonomous devices which use sensor nodes (SNs) to monitor physical or environmental conditions cooperatively. However, the SN is limited by the energy resource, the memory, the computation, the communication capability, etc. Therefore, the hierarchical clustering topology has been proposed to prolong the lifetime of WSNs by decreasing the energy consumption of SNs. Unfortunately, the network topology is still unstable due to the workload of the cluster managers is overloading. However, in this study, a Centre Clustering Mechanism (CCM) underlying the center-based WSN is proposed to improve the stability of network topology, assists SN within the working area, and takes advantage of message exchange.
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Bührer, Felix, Anton Gamel, Benoit Roland, Ulrike Schnoor, and Markus Schumacher. "Integration of a heterogeneous compute resource in the ATLAS workflow." EPJ Web of Conferences 214 (2019): 07014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921407014.
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With the ever-growing amount of data collected with the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the need for computing resources that can handle the analysis of this data is also rapidly increasing. This increase will even be amplified after upgrading to the High Luminosity LHC [1]. High-Performance Computing (HPC) and other cluster computing resources provided by universities can be useful supplements to the resources dedicated to the experiment as part of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) for data analysis and production of simulated event samples. Freiburg is operating a combined Tier2/Tier3, the ATLAS-BFG [2]. The shared HPC cluster "NEMO" at the University of Freiburg has been made available to local ATLAS [3] users through the provisioning of virtual machines incorporating the ATLAS software environment analogously to the bare metal system of the local ATLAS Tier2/Tier3 centre. In addition to the provisioning of the virtual environment, the on-demand integration of these resources into the Tier3 scheduler in a dynamic way is described. In order to provide the external NEMO resources to the user in a transparent way, an intermediate layer connecting the two batch systems is put into place. This resource scheduler monitors requirements on the user-facing system and requests resources on the backend-system.
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Er., Rajdeep Kaur* Ms. Amanpreet Kaur. "CLUSTER-BASED DECENTRALIZED JOB DISPATCHING FOR THE LARGE-SCALE CLOUD." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY 5, no. 7 (2016): 1264–74. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.58554.
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Cloud computing is characteristically distinct as a kind of computing that relies on distribution computing resources relatively than having restricted server or private device to switch applications. Cloud technology allows for the routine stipulation and denial of resource as and when it is essential, thus ensuring that the intensity of resource accessible is as strongly matched to current demand as possible. The research work of title “A Framework for implementing Load Balancing and Cluster-Based Decentralized dispatching policy across Virtual Machines in Cloud federations” is based on simulation. This research proposed a frame work on behalf of which a workload is distributed among virtual machines available at various User Bases residing at different Data Centers. The workload is dispersed depending on different policies such as Round Robin, Equally Spread Execution Load and Throttled. The work distribution can takes place depending on single policy at a time. The entire globe is divided into six regions i.e. R0, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5. The single Data Center and User Base can belong to single region only. After placing the Data Center and User Base to a particular region, its configuration is figured out. User grouping in User Bases and Request grouping in Data centers are the two key features added in this work. Simultaneous users from a single user base forms a user grouping and simultaneous requests that a single server can support at a particular time forms a request grouping in data centers. On behalf of all the parameters response time and processing time is calculated in terms of MAX, MIN and AVG. The same is calculated on region basis also. On behalf of type and extent of hardware, its cost is also calculated in term of VM cost and data transfer cost. At last when simulation is over, overall response is generated and documentation can be achieved.
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Oladejo, A. S., A. O. Bolaji, I. O. Obisesan, and O. G. Omitogun. "SDS-Page characterization of some elite cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) varieties." Nigerian Journal of Biotechnology 36, no. 2 (2020): 45–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njb.v36i2.6.
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The shortcomings of genotype x environment interaction necessitated the use of molecular methods in characterizing many plant species and in determining their phylogenetic relationships. In this study, some selected cowpea lines (27 varieties) from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Samaru, Kaduna and Genetic Resource Centre, IITA, Ibadan were characterized using sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) profiling. The protein banding profiles of the 27 cowpea varieties were scored and subjected to cluster analysis using Ward's minimum-variance method (WMVM) for dendrogram grouping. The dendrogram generated from the SDS-PAGE profiles grouped the varieties into seven clusters at 52% similarity coefficient. Hence, the biochemical characterization revealed more precise discrimination among the 27 cowpea varieties studied.
 Keywords: Cowpea, electrophoretic banding profiles, dendrogram grouping, total proteins
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Кирьянова, Лилия, Liliya Kiryanova, Олег Ким, Oleg Kim, Константин Юматов, and Konstantin Yumatov. "Organization of the tourist information centre in the region on the basis of the University: the specificity and objectives." Servis Plus 10, no. 2 (2016): 26–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/19455.
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The article is devoted to the creation of one of the main elements of the tourist destination marketing– tourist information center (TIC). In countries with high tourism development the TICs are integral to the promotion of each destination, in Russia at the moment there are only a few dozens. The authors point out main problems of creation and development of the TIC in Russia: harmonization of interests of founders, funding, functions. They are solved differently, depending on how they create the InfoCenter, which can be state or municipal institution, private profit organization, a public non-profit corporate structure or instrument of the Association of tourism enterprises. However, in specific domestic situations with limited development of the tourism market may the University may become the initiator and main driving force of TIC. The article discusses the unique successful experience of authors on creation of the particles on the basis of the University – the Tourist information centre of Kemerovo region on the basis of Kemerovo State University. It was created as a result of the interaction between structures of education, government, business, and business in the framework of the projects «Tempus» «Network of regional centers for tourism». The participants of the project (Kemerovo State University, Department of youth policy and sports of administration of the Kemerovo region and the Kuzbass Association of tourism industry) fonded the Regional resource centre of the tourism industry on the base of University. The resource center created and developed two important interrelated projects: «Tourist information centre of Kemerovo region» and «Strategy of development of tourist-recreational cluster of Kuzbass for the period up to 2025».
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singh, Harvinder, and Rakesh Chandra Gangwar. "Efficient Approach for Load Balancing in Virtual Cloud Computing Environment." COMPUSOFT: An International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology 03, no. 10 (2014): 1204–10. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14759383.
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Cloud computing technology is changing the focus of IT world and it is becoming famous because of its great characteristics. Load balancing is one of the main challenges in cloud computing for distributing workloads across multiple computers or a computer cluster, network links, central processing units, disk drives, or other resources. Successful load balancing optimizes resource use, maximizes throughput, minimizes response time, and avoids overload. The objective of this paper to propose an approach for scheduling algorithms that can maintain the load balancing and provides better improved strategies through efficient job scheduling and modified resource allocation techniques. The results discussed in this paper, based on existing round robin, least connection, throttled load balance, fastest response time and a new proposed algorithm fastest with least connection scheduling algorithms. This new algorithm identifies the overall response time and data centre processing time is improved as well as cost is reduced in comparison to the existing scheduling parameters.
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Michaels, Cathryn P., Jesús Arjona Martínez, Romain Debroux, et al. "Multidimensional cluster states using a single spin-photon interface coupled strongly to an intrinsic nuclear register." Quantum 5 (October 19, 2021): 565. http://dx.doi.org/10.22331/q-2021-10-19-565.
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Photonic cluster states are a powerful resource for measurement-based quantum computing and loss-tolerant quantum communication. Proposals to generate multi-dimensional lattice cluster states have identified coupled spin-photon interfaces, spin-ancilla systems, and optical feedback mechanisms as potential schemes. Following these, we propose the generation of multi-dimensional lattice cluster states using a single, efficient spin-photon interface coupled strongly to a nuclear register. Our scheme makes use of the contact hyperfine interaction to enable universal quantum gates between the interface spin and a local nuclear register and funnels the resulting entanglement to photons via the spin-photon interface. Among several quantum emitters, we identify the silicon-29 vacancy centre in diamond, coupled to a nanophotonic structure, as possessing the right combination of optical quality and spin coherence for this scheme. We show numerically that using this system a 2×5-sized cluster state with a lower-bound fidelity of 0.5 and repetition rate of 65 kHz is achievable under currently realised experimental performances and with feasible technical overhead. Realistic gate improvements put 100-photon cluster states within experimental reach.
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Abushaikha, Ismail. "The influence of logistics clustering on distribution capabilities: a qualitative study." International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 46, no. 6 (2018): 577–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-01-2018-0018.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore why and how firms with logistics-intensive operations such as fast-moving consumer good (FMCG) distributors benefit from residing in logistics clusters. In particular, this study seeks to fill a gap in the understanding of how logistics clustering may influence FMCG firms’ distribution capabilities.Design/methodology/approachThree case studies of FMCG distributors geographically agglomerated within Q Logistics Cluster in Jordan serve to elaborate the existing theory of clustering. Data were collected from 24 interviews as well as observational evidence of the FMCG distributors’ outbound logistics operations. The unit of analysis was the interaction between FMCG distributors and other agents in the logistics cluster.FindingsFMCG distributors tend to gravitate to clusters where logistics service providers and other FMCG firms co-locate. FMCG distributors interact intensively and benefit greatly from building ties with non-competitor distributors in a cluster. Informal personal relations, collaborative activities and knowledge sharing, learning opportunities and resource availability were found to act as mechanisms for generating distribution capabilities within a logistics cluster.Practical implicationsThis study provides practical implications for FMCG logistics and distribution managers who make distribution centre (DC) location decisions. The study provides such managers and their firms with a deeper understanding of the importance of co-locating DCs in logistics clusters, and may help them in designing their supply networks.Originality/valueThis is the first scholarly work to uncover the various ways in which FMCG distributors benefit from logistics clustering and explain why they may differ in performance, building on observations of their capabilities. The study provides insight from an emerging market and encourages future researchers to conduct further studies on logistics clustering in order to bring relevant theory forward.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Cluster Resource Centre"
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Ekeh, Peter Nnamdi. "Survey on nail discoloration and association with CD4 count among untreated HIV patients at Apin Centre, Nigeria." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4320_1362393499.
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<p>Eligibility for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected patients is defined either by a cluster of differentiation antigen 4 (CD4) count of less than 200cells/mm3 or clinical diagnosis of WHO stage III and IV. Therefore, the decision to start ART becomes difficult when CD4 cell count is not available. With limited laboratory infrastructure, the decision to start ART is usually made based on clinical symptoms leading to late commencement of ART. This calls for alternative criteria to see if nail discoloration (ND) correlates with low CD4 count among untreated HIV infected patients. This will serve as a complementary screening tool for identifying asymptomatic ARV naive HIV patients with a CD4 cell count of less than 200cells/mm3 which signifies <br>severe immunosuppression. Study Design and Setting: This was a quantitative cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study involving adult ART naï<br>ve HIV infected patients in WHO stage I and II. Systematic sampling was used to select the participants from all adult ART naï<br>ve HIV infected patients attending APIN clinic, located at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos, Nigeria. Data Collection: Face-to-face interviews, physical examination and relevant laboratory investigations with selected participants were conducted using a questionnaire guide. Questions on socio-demographic characteristics, clinical data, general physical examinations including finger nail examination and photographing with subsequent laboratory investigations including CD4 count and western blot were employed. Data Analysis: Variables were categorized and data analyzed using descriptive statistics including the frequency, percentage frequency<br>mean and standard deviation of continuous variables. Association between CD4 count of &le<br>200cells/mm3 and ND was tested using the chisquare test with an alpha level of 0.05. Prevalence of ND, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive and negative predictive values and accuracy of the screening test of ND was calculated. Results: 394 patients had their fingernails photographed and assessed. It was shown that distal banded and grey nails were the common types of ND seen with a prevalence of 38%. There was an association between CD4 count &le<br>200cells/mm3 and ND (p<<br>0.0001). CD4 count &le<br>200cells/mm3 was a risk factor for developing ND (RR=2.3[1.8-3.6]). The association has a sensitivity of 78%, specificity of 55%, positive predictive value of 50%, and negative predictive value of 80% and accuracy of test 63%. Conclusion: With a significant association (p<<br>0.0001) and a sensitivity of 78%, ND can be a useful clinical indicator of immune dysfunction mediated by HIV among patients in WHO stage I or II. ND can either be a clinical sign or a symptom in HIV patients with a CD4 of &le<br>200cells/mm3 as seen in the study as the specificity and sensitivity of ND compared favourably with other WHO stage III diagnosis. Recommendations: Nail discoloration should complement CD4 count as an additional staging sign to help identify patients likely to benefit from ART especially in resource-limited settings. Finally, all patients with grey or distal banded should be on co-trimoxaxole prophylaxis in line with WHO /national guideline on the use of co-trimoxaxole for all HIV positive patients with a CD4 cell count of &le<br>350cells/mm3.</p>
Books on the topic "Cluster Resource Centre"
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Giordano, Elizabeth A. School clusters and teacher resource centres. UNESCO, International Institute for Educational Planning, 2008.
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Carayannis, Elias G., and David Campbell, eds. Knowledge Creation, Diffusion, and Use in Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400675959.
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In the 21st century, intangible resources such as knowledge and social capital have become as necessary to the modern economy as coal, diamonds, and oil were to the past. This shift from product-focused to service-focused economies necessitates a drastic re-thinking of the ways in which we support the mission and business of economic development on a global, regional, and national scale. In order to effect and sustain a positive change, innovation and knowledge networks need to be connected to every aspect of life, from the private and domestic, to the corporate and the global. This book integrates a wide variety of perspectives and treatises on mutually adaptive and complementary processes of knowledge generation, diffusion, and transfer within organizations and industry, addressing both the what and how to questions of knowledge management in a conceptual as well as an applied manner. It should be of strong interest to science and technology policy makers, research and development managers, business decision makers, and students of innovation and knowledge dynamics alike.
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Coyne, Imelda, Freda Neill, and Fiona Timmins, eds. Clinical Skills in Children's Nursing. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199559039.001.0001.
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Children's Nurses require excellent clinical skills to provide high quality care to children and young people across a range of different ages. After the first year of their training, children's nursing students must master skills of increasing complexity whilst developing clinical judgement and confidence. Therefore, it is vital that links are made to children's biology and development, family needs, legal issues and problem solving but until now, it has been hard to find all this in one place. Clinical Skills for Children's Nursing is designed for children's and general nursing students in second year onwards to facilitate the transition from closely supervised beginners, to qualified professionals. By clearly explaining essential principles, evidence and special considerations, this text helps students to build up their confidence, not just in performing skills, but also in decision-making in readiness for registration and beyond. Step-by-step guides to performing core and advanced procedures are presented in tables for easy comprehension and revision, illustrated by photographs and drawings. Each skill draws on the available evidence base, which is updated regularly on the accompanying Online Resource Centre. Uniquely, this text develops students' critical thinking skills and ability to deliver child centred care by providing clear links to anatomical, physiological and child development milestones as well as regular nursing alerts which help prevent readers from making common mistakes. Clearly reflecting the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Essential Skills Clusters for registration and beyond, Clinical Skills for Children's Nursing is designed to support student nurses develop into competent practitioners. Supported by a dedicated Online Resource Centre with up-to-date evidence, realistic scenarios, and a wealth of other tools. On the Online Resource Centre: For registered lecturers and mentors: - Figures from the book, ready to download and use in teaching material For students: - Evidence, guidelines and protocols, reviewed and updated every 6 months - Over 40 interactive scenarios - Active web links provide a gateway to the articles cited in the book - Flashcard glossary to help learn key terms
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McGahan, Anita, and Janice Gross Stein. Innovation Highways and the Geography of Inclusive Growth. Edited by Gordon L. Clark, Maryann P. Feldman, Meric S. Gertler, and Dariusz Wójcik. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198755609.013.20.
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Important advances regarding the geography of innovation focus on the competitiveness of cities, nations, and regions through the establishment of innovation clusters and national systems of innovation. In this chapter, this logic is linked with emerging scholarship on innovation for inclusive growth, which focuses on entrepreneurialism in resource-limited settings. By connecting the two streams, the chapter conceptualizes relationships between communities as ‘innovation highways’. It is argued that economic and public policy seeking to advance both prosperity and inclusiveness would benefit from deeper and more extensive consideration of collaboration between communities. The chapter argues that future research on the geography of innovation will take innovation highways between communities as central to prosperity, and consider the governance of these highways as a central mechanism of inclusiveness.
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McDonnell, Erin Metz. Patchwork Leviathan. Princeton University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691197364.001.0001.
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Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinctly more effective and public oriented than the rest. Why? This book explains how a few spectacularly effective state organizations manage to thrive amid general institutional weakness and succeed against impressive odds. Drawing on the Hobbesian image of the state as Leviathan, the book argues that many seemingly weak states actually have a wide range of administrative capacities. Such states are in fact patchworks sewn loosely together from scarce resources into the semblance of unity. The book demonstrates that when the human, cognitive, and material resources of bureaucracy are rare, it is critically important how they are distributed. Too often, scarce bureaucratic resources are scattered throughout the state, yielding little effect. The book reveals how a sufficient concentration of resources clustered within particular pockets of a state can be transformative, enabling distinctively effective organizations to emerge from a sea of ineffectiveness. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of successful statecraft in institutionally challenging environments, drawing on cases from contemporary Ghana and Nigeria, mid-twentieth-century Kenya and Brazil, and China in the early twentieth century. The book explains how these highly effective pockets differ from the Western bureaucracies on which so much state and organizational theory is based, providing a fresh answer to why well-funded global capacity-building reforms fail—and how they can do better.
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Montenegro Velandia, Wilson, Jhon Jaime Arango Benjumea, Jhon Fredy Acevedo Restrepo, et al. Competitividad turística como motor de desarrollo regional. Edited by Wilson Montenegro Velandia. Ediciones Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.16925/9789587601589.
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Tourism growth is a trend in the 21st century. And more for Colombia, which in recent years has undergone a process of social and political transformation, which has strengthened security indicators, so the country has become a very popular international tourist destination. This book presents a competitive development model for the tourism sector in the research and implementation phases. To do this, we expose the case of the southwest of Antioquia. We begin with the analysis of the relevant strategies to achieve the competitiveness of the tourism cluster in this subregion as a development engine. From there, we present conclusions and recommendations that contribute to choosing more efficient strategies to standardize services in productive units that want to act as a network of companies. Also, we show some forms of organization that can make the management of a tourism product, resources, and competitiveness of the subregion more efficient; as well as the aspects that should continue to be strengthened for the construction of a product in this field. The southwest of Antioquia has great potential for its natural and cultural wealth. But it is essential to clearly articulate the different services to create an experience that impacts tourists and makes the territory a truly competitive space.
Book chapters on the topic "Cluster Resource Centre"
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Liang, Yi, and Chaohui Zhang. "Resource Scheduling Strategy for Spark in Co-allocated Data Centers." In Proceeding of 2021 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Applications. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2456-9_13.
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AbstractThe co-allocated data centers are to deploy online services and offline workloads in the same cluster to improve the utilization of resources. Spark application is a typical offline batch workload. At present, the resource scheduling strategy for co-allocated data centers mainly focuses on online services. Spark applications still use the original resource scheduling, which can’t solve the data dependency and deadline problems between spark applications and online services. This paper proposes a data-aware resource-scheduling model to meet the deadline requirement of Spark application and optimize the throughput of data processing on the premise of ensuring the quality of service of online services.
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Stam, Roelof, Coby van der Linde, and Pier Stapersma. "Hydrogen Policy in the Netherlands: Laying the Foundations for a Scalable Hydrogen Value Chain." In Studies in Energy, Resource and Environmental Economics. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59515-8_9.
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AbstractThis chapter delves into the Dutch hydrogen strategy, examining the Netherlands’ starting position, its national hydrogen strategy, policy initiatives and the international approach adopted by the Dutch government in the low-carbon hydrogen economy. The Dutch Climate Agreement of 2019 identified low-carbon hydrogen as a key part of the carbon reduction strategy, especially in hard-to-abate sectors. The Netherlands is well-placed to make a substantial contribution to Europe’s low-carbon hydrogen market leveraging its current role as a European energy hub, substantial chemical cluster, strategic North Sea location, offshore wind potential, and existing gas and oil infrastructure. To bolster investment security and scale up the low-carbon hydrogen market by 2030, the Dutch government has opted for a blend of obligations and subsidies. The Dutch government favours hydrogen production through electrolysis from renewable energy, while concurrently allowing for the utilization of hydrogen produced from natural gas with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology where applicable. Internationally, the Netherlands aims to position itself as the central hub for hydrogen in Northwest Europe. This involves linking Dutch domestic production at the North Sea and international exporters with users in industrial clusters across Northwest Europe.
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Mazandarani, Mohammad Reza, and Marcelo Royo-Vela. "Unveiling the Collaborative Dynamics of Clusters in Enhancing Cooperation for Green Marketing Initiatives: A Conceptual Model." In Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70488-8_7.
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AbstractIn the current business landscape, where prioritizing sustainability has become imperative, cooperation in developing green marketing takes center stage. Companies are urged to adopt innovative approaches, transcending individual interests in favor of a collective commitment to the greater good. In this transformative journey, cluster organizations emerge as facilitators, leveraging their inherent advantages to propel and support such innovative endeavors. However, despite the growing scholarly attention toward green marketing and the diminishing significance of geographical proximity in communication, there remains a need for further investigation into the effectiveness of clusters for green marketing initiatives. Accordingly, this paper aims to conceptualize how clusters, leveraging their non-spatial proximity advantages, can foster cooperation for green marketing initiatives.Clusters are influenced by firm relationships such as affiliation, coordination, collaboration, and strategic networks. These relationships influence the degree of non-spatial proximities such as social, cognitive, institutional, and organizational dimensions. Moreover, each facet of non-spatial proximity serves as a foundation for distinct forms of cooperation in green marketing. This framework posits that social proximity fosters research collaboration and knowledge sharing, cognitive proximity facilitates the exchange of resources and expertise, institutional proximity supports advocacy for policy initiatives, and at the apex of cooperative endeavors, organizational proximity drives joint marketing initiatives and innovation. This conceptual model offers practical guidance and paves the way for more in-depth examinations in subsequent studies.
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Steinert, Fritjof, and Benno Stabernack. "FPGA-Based Network-Attached Accelerators – An Environmental Life Cycle Perspective." In Architecture of Computing Systems. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42785-5_17.
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AbstractHomogeneous computing systems are reaching their limits with the growing demands of current applications. Accelerating compute-intensive applications ensures manageable computing times and boosts energy efficiency, which is an important lever as part of ongoing efforts to tackle global climate change. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) accelerators are well-known for increasing throughput and, in particular, energy efficiency for many applications. FPGA accelerators connected directly to the data center high-speed network are ideal for integration into a heterogeneous data center, avoiding the energy and resource overhead of a carrier system. The standalone Network-attached Accelerators (NAAs) further benefits from low latency and predictable line-rate network throughput, as well as an interoperable communications interface. For selected use cases, we compare a heterogeneous computing cluster extended by NAAs with a homogeneous CPU-based cluster not only in terms of computing performance and energy efficiency, but also considering resource efficiency. For this purpose, we perform a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for both systems based on the Key Performance Indicators for Data Center Efficiency (KPI4DCE) indicator set, which takes into account the manufacturing phase in addition to the usage phase. The KPI4DCE tool has been extended to include modeling of NAAs. This allows us to show that NAAs are not only more energy-efficient, but also more resource-efficient for the selected applications, leading to a strong improvement of the environmental impact of the manufacturing phase.
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Wang, Yufeng, Huaimin Wang, Dianxi Shi, and Bixin Liu. "COROB: A Controlled Resource Borrowing Framework for Overload Handling in Cluster-Based Service Hosting Center." In Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11575771_48.
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Formato, Enrico. "New Urbanization Phenomena and Potential Landscapes: Rhizomatic Grids and Asymmetrical Clusters." In Regenerative Territories. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78536-9_8.
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AbstractMore and more nowadays, the Circular Economy is at the heart of European public policies. As a result of the “Next Generation EU” Recovery Plans, a huge amount of financial resources will be available in the coming years to give shape the concept of “ecological transition". For that purpose, radical vision and operational concreteness are needed.In order to strengthen the territorial dimension of public policies aimed at ecological transition, the paper points to consider the status quo of the European territory, looking for recurring elements and differences. In this perspective, a return of “hard” urban studies, focusing on the issues of land ownership, land parcelling, infrastructural and urbanization procedures (and their relationships with the environment and the landscape) should be conducted at the European scale.A central role for the future of contemporary territories is recognized in the so-called “fringe area”, the part of the urban region where patterns of building development and unbuilt space interwave: its intermediary character, as a place between the compact city and the suburban countryside, makes this zone favourable to the collaboration between the two worlds. In addition, its easy accessibility from both the denser contexts and the outer areas makes it the perfect place to locate the equipment required to create short supply chains, so relevant for the circular economy and the ecological transition.These transition areas need to be rethought as new collective spaces of the contemporary city, areas for the proliferation of biodiversity, inhibited from settlement increase and subject to restrictions on car traffic. In them, the circular dimension of the new green economy could give shape to certain spatial conditions and new landscapes.Two main spatial models can describe this sustainable reform of the peri-urban territories. The first one assumes the figure of the “cluster”: a territorially and functionally defined region with one or more reference centres and an edge marking the discontinuity from other clusters. The second model is based on the figure of the “grid”: an unlimited mesh, which gives measure and organizes space according to a replicable and open system. This spatiality is built on a redundant and weak infrastructure, devoid of hierarchy, which can give rise to a sponge rich in pores, with neither internal nor external boundaries.The concept of the materiality also deals with the physical status of each context where the clusters of shortening flows would define local metabolisms, self-sufficient, marked by the use and recycling of what can be produced or “extracted” in the cluster itself. The closing of short supply chains for the use and recycling of materials, also with reference to the construction cycle and CDW recycling, would have direct consequences on the architectural character of the new arrangements: a kind of hyper-contextualism in which the landscape takes on grains, colours, materiality, closely linked to the local condition.Finally, a reflection on the rationales of the project is outlined. What is proposed, in fact, requires going beyond the traditional way in which the project has been conceived. In fact, these urban reconfiguration processes, structurally open to uncertainty, would take advantage of a programmatic choice of spatial incompleteness: a condition of “unfinished”, open to the accumulation over time of functions, forms, aggregations and densifications.
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Lan, Shizhan, and Jing Huang. "Brief Analysis for Network Security Issues in Mega-Projects Approved for Data Clusters." In Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8285-9_3.
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AbstractNetwork security is an important guarantee for Mega-projects approved for data clusters. It is necessary to comprehensively improve the network security awareness, monitoring, early warning, disposal and evaluation capabilities of Mega-projects approved for data clusters. It makes a comprehensive analysis on the network security issues in Mega-projects approved for data clusters from dimensions of computing facility security, network facility security, combination and scheduling security, network operation service security, data security, network situation awareness, etc. It is set up gradually evolving atomic power security capabilities for building a ubiquitous security network computing brain. It identifies data assets in an active and passive ways, sorts out data assets through in-depth scanning and information completion, supports the formation of preset templates according to AI (artificial intelligence) models, regular matching, keywords, combination rules, etc., classifies and grades data according to data sensitivity, and visually displays them in the form of charts. It forms a multi-layer architecture system that includes the collaborative scheduling of computing networks on the control side, the perception of network convergence on the data side, management and the scheduling of computing resources on the service side, realizes the interaction and supervision of the whole process, all elements and the whole industry chain of computing scheduling, has functions of security perception, monitoring, early warning, disposal and evaluation, and improves the security perception and linkage monitoring capability of cross data center and clusters. Gradually, it builds a coordinated threat handling capability.
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Piccoli, Renzo O., Diego J. Trucco, Demian J. Presser, and Diego C. Cafaro. "Optimal Design of Pipeline Networks for Inter-plant Water and Energy Integration." In Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77429-4_51.
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AbstractThe concentration of specific industries in relatively small areas exists in many countries. This characteristic incentivizes cooperation and facilitates the optimal use of common resources. That is the case of the cluster of crop and chemical manufacturing industries in the center of Argentina, next to the Parana River. All of these plants are closely linked to the use of water streams in associated processes. The objective of this work is to minimize the overall costs of water and energy consumption through the optimal design of an inter-plant pipeline network. This is achieved by considering the daily availability and demand of hot water at each node over time, while ensuring that all pipelines are capable of reversing flows, if needed, at the expense of specific equipment and operating costs. The optimization model developed in this work can be categorized as a MILP formulation that considers fluid dynamics variables, temperatures, energy and flow in order to properly determine the pipeline diameters. The construction and operation of water pipelines in concentrated industrial regions can leverage positive impacts on the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast to previous contributions, explicit consideration of flow reversals offers benefits that can significantly reduce investment costs.
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Šťastná, Milada, and Antonín Vaishar. "Golden Rules for Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development: Findings of the EU SPOT Project." In Advances in Cultural Tourism Research. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65537-1_9.
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AbstractAmongst the objectives of the H2020 SPOT project (Social and Innovative Platform On cultural Tourism and its potential towards deepening Europeanisation), there was the intention to explore the use of cultural tourism as a vehicle for improving the social and economic fabric of disadvantaged rural areas. Through 15 Case Studies (including a small number of over-touristed areas for comparison), partners ‘clustered’ examples to establish common themes around which to describe the good practice. The detailed analysis demonstrated that each cultural tourism target is unique. It may be that there is an attraction of cultural tourism despite there isn’t a ‘brand’ but each site has its own special features. Following extensive dialogue with stakeholders and the collation of relevant statistical data in each area, being inspired by the work on Regional Development carried out by the European Research Centre in its work on Smart Specialisation Strategies, SPOT teams described the key factors which need to be addressed in progressing Cultural Tourism in new locations or in capitalising on existing examples of Cultural Tourism. The factors are explored in detail and the relationship between them is identified by the local stakeholder’s observations; examples of successful interventions are quoted from our extensive database of Case Study findings. The importance of stakeholder engagement is described and the support which can be given by the academic communities is highlighted. The framework of European, national, regional and local policy approaches is analysed in general terms and observations are made on the organisational structures which support (or impede!) cultural tourism activity. Whilst SPOT argues that each example of Cultural Tourism is unique, it is still able to draw conclusions regarding priorities at each level (EU/national/regional/local) which need to be addressed. The approach is holistic—single-issue intervention is not considered effective. The overall approach encourages sustainability; sustainability in economic terms, sustainability in social and community relationships, sustainability in resources, environmental point of view and finally in the use of cultural tourism activity to promote community empowerment, reduce conflicts and provide a dynamic future for disadvantaged areas.
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Rusko, Rauno. "Supply Chain Management in the Context of Economic Area." In Digital Economy Innovations and Impacts on Society. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1556-4.ch002.
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This study introduces geographical viewpoints for supply chain management (SCM) focusing on the branch of information communication technology (ICT) in the case of city and region of Oulu. The City of Oulu is a remarkable planning and administration centre of ICT branch in Finland. In this study we - instead of using commonly used cluster or resource dependence theories - utilize SCM framework to describe the development and path-dependence of knowledge-intensive geographical area, which is specialized in high tech or actually ICT business. In the context of geographical analysis, or of geographical economics, SCM is less-used viewpoint. This case study shows that SCM, and especially strategic level SC endowment viewpoint (introduced initially in Rusko, Kylänen & Saari, 2009), is valuable and useful tool in analysing the geo-economic development and path-dependence of a high tech centre. As a result, we notice that the development of Oulu is based on the development of SC endowment connected with amounts of talents and also multi-dimensional coopetition. One essential result is the observed erosion in the SC endowment of high tech Oulu, which sets remarkable challenges for city planning.
Conference papers on the topic "Cluster Resource Centre"
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Chen, Hui, Meina Song, Junde Song, Ada Gavrilovska, and Karsten Schwan. "HEaRS: A Hierarchical Energy-Aware Resource Scheduler for Virtualized Data Centers." In 2011 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cluster.2011.60.
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Thonglek, Kundjanasith, Kohei Ichikawa, Keichi Takahashi, Hajimu Iida, and Chawanat Nakasan. "Improving Resource Utilization in Data Centers using an LSTM-based Prediction Model." In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cluster.2019.8891022.
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Villebonnet, Violaine, Georges Da Costa, Laurent Lefevre, Jean-Marc Pierson, and Patricia Stolf. "Dynamically Building Energy Proportional Data Centers with Heterogeneous Computing Resources." In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cluster.2016.34.
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Izadi, Hossein, Morteza Roostaei, Mohammad Soroush, et al. "An Intelligent System for Multi-Label Classification Based on Particle Size and Shape Features using a Cascade Approach." In SPE Trinidad and Tobago Section Energy Resources Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/200949-ms.
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Abstract Intelligent systems are becoming more and more popular in the petroleum industry. Particle Size Distribution (PSD) based on sieve size is a key signature of the unconsolidated/weakly consolidated sandstone formations and is commonly the main parameter in the sand control design. With available extensive PSD measurement techniques and a large number of measurements, especially for horizontal wells, it is necessary to classify the PSDs prior to further analysis for the sand control design. On the other hand, PSD analysis is not enough for sand control design, and particle shapes need to be taken into account as well. A successful clustering algorithm for the mentioned purposes needs to be a cascade, multi-label, unsupervised and self-adaptive approach since the particles can be assigned to more than one group and there is no prior idea on how many clusters should be formed after the clustering process. Besides, due to the differences between sieve size and shape features, they should be used separately for clustering the particles. In the current study, a cascade approach is used for clustering the particles. In the first level of the cascade, an unsupervised and self-adaptive algorithm is introduced based on the sieve size features. The algorithm optimizes the number of clusters through a self-adaptive and incremental approach. The proposed clustering method uses a minimum similarity threshold (δ) as the only input parameter to start the clustering and tries to minimize the number of clusters during the clustering. In the second level of the cascade, the similarity between all particles in each cluster with their corresponding cluster-center is measured, and those particles that do not respect the δ in terms of the shape similarity, are moved out of the cluster. The novelty of the proposed method is in three folds. The first one is to provide a particle clustering algorithm, which works based on the whole range of the sizes and shape descriptors rather than focusing on certain points in the size graph (D-values). The second one is the dynamic nature of the clustering, which tends to optimize the number of clusters during the clustering process. The third one is that we have used a cascade approach for involving both size and shape parameters for the clustering. Our proposed method can be applied in field application for downhole monitoring and sand screen design.
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Xu, Lei, Wenzhi Chen, Zonghui Wang, and Shuangquan Yang. "Smart-DRS: A Strategy of Dynamic Resource Scheduling in Cloud Data Center." In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing Workshops and Posters (CLUSTER WORKSHOPS). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/clusterw.2012.14.
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Wang, Shiyu, Yinbo Sun, Xiaoming Shi, et al. "Full Scaling Automation for Sustainable Development of Green Data Centers." In Thirty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-23}. International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2023/695.
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The rapid rise in cloud computing has resulted in an alarming increase in data centers' carbon emissions, which now accounts for >3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, necessitating immediate steps to combat their mounting strain on the global climate. An important focus of this effort is to improve resource utilization in order to save electricity usage. Our proposed Full Scaling Automation (FSA) mechanism is an effective method of dynamically adapting resources to accommodate changing workloads in large-scale cloud computing clusters, enabling the clusters in data centers to maintain their desired CPU utilization target and thus improve energy efficiency. FSA harnesses the power of deep representation learning to accurately predict the future workload of each service and automatically stabilize the corresponding target CPU usage level, unlike the previous autoscaling methods, such as Autopilot or FIRM, that need to adjust computing resources with statistical models and expert knowledge. Our approach achieves significant performance improvement compared to the existing work in real-world datasets. We also deployed FSA on large-scale cloud computing clusters in industrial data centers, and according to the certification of the China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC), a reduction of 947 tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to a saving of 1538,000 kWh of electricity, was achieved during the Double 11 shopping festival of 2022, marking a critical step for our company’s strategic goal towards carbon neutrality by 2030.
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Agarwala, Sandip, and Ramani Routray. "Cluster aware storage resource provisioning in a data center." In 2010 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium - NOMS 2010. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/noms.2010.5488424.
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Song, Ying, Hui Wang, Yaqiong Li, Binquan Feng, and Yuzhong Sun. "Multi-Tiered On-Demand Resource Scheduling for VM-Based Data Center." In 2009 9th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid. IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ccgrid.2009.11.
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Hamadi, Y. "Continuous resources allocation in Internet data centers." In CCGrid 2005. IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2005. IEEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ccgrid.2005.1558604.
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Beloglazov, Anton, and Rajkumar Buyya. "Energy Efficient Resource Management in Virtualized Cloud Data Centers." In 2010 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ccgrid.2010.46.
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Michelmore, Richard, Eviatar Nevo, Abraham Korol, and Tzion Fahima. Genetic Diversity at Resistance Gene Clusters in Wild Populations of Lactuca. United States Department of Agriculture, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2000.7573075.bard.
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Genetic resistance is often the least expensive, most effective, and ecologically-sound method of disease control. It is becoming apparent that plant genomes contain large numbers of disease resistance genes. However, the numbers of different resistance specificities within a genepool and the genetic mechanisms generating diversity are poorly understood. Our objectives were to characterize diversity in clusters of resistance genes in wild progenitors of cultivated lettuce in Israel and California in comparison to diversity within cultivated lettuce, and to determine the extent of gene flow, recombination, and genetic instability in generating variation within clusters of resistance genes. Genetic diversity of resistance genes was analyzed in wild and cultivated germplasm using molecular markers derived from lettuce resistance gene sequences of the NBS-LRR type that mapped to the major cluster if resistance genes in lettuce (Sicard et al. 1999). Three molecular markers, one microsatellite marker and two SCAR markers that amplified LRR- encoding regions, were developed from sequences of resistance gene homologs at the Dm3 cluster (RGC2s) in lettuce. Variation for these markers was assessed in germplasm including 74 genotypes of cultivated lettuce, L. saliva and 71 accessions of the three wild Lactuca spp., L. serriola, L. saligna and L. virosa that represent the major species in the sexually accessible genepool for lettuce. Diversity was also studied within and between natural populations of L. serriola from Israel and California. Large numbers of haplotypes were detected indicating the presence of numerous resistance genes in wild species. We documented a variety of genetic events occurring at clusters of resistance genes for the second objective (Sicard et al., 1999; Woo el al., in prep; Kuang et al., in prepb). The diversity of resistance genes in haplotypes provided evidence for gene duplication and unequal crossing over during the evolution of this cluster of resistance genes. Comparison of nine resistance genes in cv. Diana identified 22 gene conversion and five intergenic recombinations. We cloned and sequenced a 700 bp region from the middle of RGC2 genes from six genotypes, two each from L. saliva, L. serriola, and L. saligna . We have identified over 60 unique RGC2 sequences. Phylogenetic analysis surprisingly demonstrated much greater similarity between than within genotypes. This led to the realization that resistance genes are evolving much slower than had previously been assumed and to a new model as to how resistance genes are evolving (Michelmore and Meyers, 1998). The genetic structure of L. serriola was studied using 319 AFLP markers (Kuang et al., in prepa). Forty-one populations from Turkey, Armenia, Israel, and California as well as seven European countries were examined. AFLP marker data showed that the Turkish and Armenian populations were the most polymorphic populations and the European populations were the least. The Davis, CA population, a recent post-Columbian colonization, showed medium genetic diversity and was genetically close to the Turkish populations. Our results suggest that Turkey - Armenia may be the center of origin and diversity of L. serriola and may therefore have the greatest diversity of resistance genes. Our characterization of the diversity of resistance genes and the genetic mechanisms generating it will allow informed exploration, in situ and ex situ conservation, and utilization of germplasm resources for disease control. The results of this project provide the basis for our future research work, which will lead to a detailed understanding of the evolution of resistance genes in plants.
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Central Alaska Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2293381.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability and preservation. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) that form a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies (rock types), bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. Mappable geologic units may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2021). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section or exposure area of the unit is designated as the stratotype (see “Definitions” below). The type section is an important reference exposure for a named geologic unit that presents a relatively complete and representative example for this unit. Geologic stratotypes are important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future. The inventory of all geologic stratotypes throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS is centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project (Henderson et al. 2020). Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic stratotypes within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this report for the Arctic Inventory & Monitoring Network (ARCN). The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections that occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers and to promote the preservation and protection of these important geologic landmarks and geologic heritage resources. The review of stratotype occurrences for the ARCN shows there are currently no designated stratotypes for Cape Krusenstern National Monument (CAKR) and Kobuk Valley National Park (KOVA)...
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Banner, Katharine, Eliot Liucci, Kelly McCaffrey, and Bradley Strickland. Statistical evaluation of potential redundancies in Everglades National Park's network of marsh hydro-stations. National Park Service, 2025. https://doi.org/10.36967/2308015.
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This report presents a purely statistical clustering approach to assess redundancies within the network of marsh hydro-stations based on their observed stage (water elevation) data recorded between January 1, 2000 (beginning of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, CERP) and December 31, 2020. Using only a statistical analysis to determine whether two marsh hydro-stations might be considered redundant or not is dependent on the various choices made during the analysis, which we thoroughly explain in Section 4. We summarize general patterns of similarities among regional cluster-results and all-region results in Subsection 1.1 and similarities within each region’s results in Subsection 1.2. The ultimate decision for whether stations should no longer be maintained should be based on best professional judgement and domain knowledge provided by the Data Sciences Branch and others at South Florida Natural Resources Center (SFNRC).
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Mojave Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2289952.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities that may threaten or influence their stability and preservation. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) that represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. Mappable geologic units may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section or exposure area of the unit is designated as the type section or other category of stratotype (see “Definitions” below). The type section is an important reference exposure for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative example for this unit. Geologic stratotypes are important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future.. The inventory of all geologic stratotypes throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (e.g., geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (e.g., flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network-level activities such as inventory, monitoring, research, and data management. Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory & Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic stratotypes within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this report for the Mojave Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network (MOJN). The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections that occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers and to promote the preservation and protection of these important geologic landmarks and geologic heritage resources. The review of stratotype occurrences for the MOJN shows there are currently no designated stratotypes for Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR) or Manzanar National Historic Site (MANZ); Death Valley...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincet Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: North Coast and Cascades Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2293013.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability and preservation. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) that form a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies (rock types), bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. Mappable geologic units may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2021). In most instances, when a new geologic unit (such as a formation) is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section or exposure area of the unit is designated as the stratotype (see “Definitions” below). The type section is an important reference exposure for a named geologic unit that presents a relatively complete and representative example for this unit. Geologic stratotypes are important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future. The inventory of all geologic stratotypes throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring (I&M) networks established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network-level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, and data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic stratotypes within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this report for the North Coast and Cascades Inventory & Monitoring Network (NCCN). The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections that occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers and to promote the preservation and protection of these important geologic landmarks and geologic heritage resources. The review of stratotype occurrences for the NCCN shows there are currently no designated stratotypes for Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA), Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (LEWI), or San Juan...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucciq, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: San Francisco Bay Area Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2293533.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that the resources of the National Park System are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities that may threaten or influence their stability and preservation. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) that form a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies (rock types), bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. Mappable geologic units may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2021). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section or exposure area of the unit is designated as the stratotype (see “Definitions” below). The type section is an important reference exposure for a named geologic unit that presents a relatively complete and representative example for this unit. Geologic stratotypes are important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future. The inventory of all geologic stratotypes throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS is centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network-level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory & Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project (Henderson et al. 2020). Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic stratotypes within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this report for the San Francisco Bay Area Inventory & Monitoring Network (SFAN). The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections that occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers and to promote the preservation and protection of these important geologic landmarks and geologic heritage resources. The review of stratotype occurrences for the SFAN shows there are currently no designated stratotypes for Fort Point National Historic Site (FOPO) and Muir Woods National Monument (MUWO)...
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Henderson, Tim, Mincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285306.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile for this unit. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be recorded such that other researchers may evaluate it in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN, methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285337.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286915.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be protected and conserved for researchers to study and evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers...
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MORELLI, D. Long-distance transport of live animals: WOAH’s standards and best practices including societal perception and communication aspects. O.I.E (World Organisation for Animal Health), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20506/tt.3334.
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During the 88th General Session held virtually in May 2021, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH: founded as OIE) Regional Commission for Europe agreed “Long-distance transport of live animals: WOAH’s standards and best practices including societal perception and communication aspects” as the Technical Item I to be presented during the 30th Conference of the Regional Commission in Catania (Italy), from 3 to 7 October 2022. An online questionnaire was designed and distributed to WOAH Members of the Regional Commission for Europe from 21 June to 8 July 2022 (with minor finalisations by 2 August 2022). The persons responsible for completing the questionnaire (of 47 Members in total) were mainly WOAH Delegates, National Focal Points for animal welfare or National Contact Points for long-distance transportation. The qualitative analysis of the information provided was carried out by grouping similar answers and, when proper, the United Nations geoscheme was applied to highlight any spatial clustering of the results. The wide majority of the Members (46 out of 47) declared to have in place specific legislation on animal welfare during transport, and most of them stated to be “generally aligned” with WOAH standards, there are still many countries in the Region where certain crucial requirements are not mandatory. Journey and contingency plans are commonly part of the specific legislation on animal welfare during transport, as well as monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the legal requirements concerning animal transport by the Competent Authority or other certification bodies. The presence of major gaps in budget and/or available resources and trained personnel was declared by almost half of the responding Members (21 out of 47). Concerning the awareness of the civil society regarding animal welfare issues during transport, 11 Members reported a “low” level of awareness, and they were mostly included in the areas of Southern Europe, Western and Central Asia. The greatest part of Members responding “high awareness” clustered in the Northern and Western Europe geographical areas. Members were also asked to indicate possible WOAH initiatives that could improve the implementation of the standards, and most of them suggested to develop training activities and provide additional guidance through revised and/or new standards in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code and/or through other WOAH documents.