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Goulet, Dennis A., Joseph McMorrow, G. Edward Roberts, and Robert Lynch. "VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A Test Technology Development and Demonstration Project." International Foundation for Telemetering, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607390.
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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 27-30, 1997 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, NevadaThe Vessel Traffic Management System is a cooperative effort of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, funded by the OSD's Test Technology Development and Demonstration Program. The project is establishing the capability to acquire ship tracking information from numerous sources (GPS and radar target extractors), and combine them into a comprehensive, integrated view of the range safety target area. The consolidated tracking information will be transmitted to range safety vessel personnel and presented on portable display systems to aid in clearing the surveillance area of unauthorized vessels. The communications module is media independent in that positional and image data can be routed via RF modem, cellular phone, Intranet or Internet, singly or in any combination. The software systems for data acquisition, display and control are also platform independent, with the system under development operating under WindowsNT and Windows95. Additionally, the use of Java and VRML tools permits a user to display data (including three dimensional presentations of the data) without requiring the applications software. This system has numerous applications including range safety, commercial vessel traffic management, port authority and services monitoring, and oceanographic data gathering.
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Gallegos, David X. "A GIS-Centric Approach for Modeling Vessel Management Behavior System Data to Determine Oyster Vessel Behavior on Public Oyster Grounds in Louisiana." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1918.
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The satellite communications system called the Vessel Management System was used to provide geospatial data on oyster fishing over the nearly 1.7 million acres of the public water bottoms in Louisiana. An algorithm to analyze the data was developed in order to model vessel behaviors including docked, gearing, fishing and traveling. Vessel speeds were calculated via the Haversine formula at small and large intervals and compared to derive a measure of linearity. The algorithm was implemented into software using Python and inserted into a PostgreSQL database supporting geospatial information. Queries were developed to obtain reports on vessel activities and daily effort expended per behavior. ArcGIS was used to display and interpret the patterns produced by the vessel activity, yielding information about fishing activity clusters and effort which implied the location and productiveness of oyster reefs.
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Mueller-Fischler, Falco. "Assessing the impact of new Individual Vessel Quota legislation on the sustainability of the Peruvian anchoveta fishery." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92528.
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The Peruvian anchoveta fishery was for nearly 60 years characterized by the unsustainable dynamics of open access resource pools. This thesis investigates whether the 2009 Peruvian Legislative Decree 1084 on Individual Vessel Quotas (IVQ's) is an effective response to the industrial overcapacity and race-to-fish problems that threatened the environment before its implementation. It employs Common-Pool Resource theory to assess the impact of the new IVQ scheme on collective dynamics, and Ribot and Peluso's access theory (2009) to elucidate evolving power relations in the fishery. In this framework, DL1084 is evaluated as a regulatory instrument, as a lens on fisheries governance in Peru, and as a source of insight into how environmental impact serves in developing regulations of natural resource exploitation. A triangulated mixed-method design is employed: (1) a two-stream literature review of fisheries management and of the fishery's political ecology; (2) a quantitative analysis of daily state-published landings reports; and (3) seven in-depth intensive interviews with key actors in the fishery, conducted in Peru over two field-trips of approximately 2 months in total. Results indicate that although IVQ's supported existing trends towards large-scale economic efficiency and altered extreme competitive strategies previously associated with open access, fishing companies have built larger ships, favour bigger catches and still concentrate fishing effort around a given annual peak. Meanwhile, capacity has again increased in the unregulated artisanal fishery sector. DL1084 appears to reflect a broader process of growing private sector involvement in managing the fishery, made official by its institutionalization of market self-regulation. Ultimately, it evidences deep structure and capacity limitations in the state's ability to govern marine resources. The law was nevertheless seen as a landmark for the environmental legal process in Peru and an opportunity for reform. This thesis suggests that studying such legislations can provide insight into state identity and the evolving relationship between a nation and its geography.Durante casi 60 años, la pesquería peruana de anchoveta estaba caracterizada por las dinámicas insostenibles de la explotación de recursos de propiedad común en situación de acceso abierto. Esta tesis investiga si el Decreto Legislativo Peruano 1084 (DL1084) sobre Límites Máximos de Captura por Embarcación (LMCE) es una respuesta efectiva a los problemas de sobrecapacidad industrial y de carrera por el recurso que amenazaban el ambiente antes de su aplicación en 2009. Se basa en la teoría de los Recursos de Propiedad Común (Common-Pool Resource theory) para evaluar el impacto del nuevo modelo de gestión por LMCE sobre las dinámicas colectivas, y en la teoría del Acceso de Ribot y Peluso (2009) para trazar la evolución de las relaciones de poder en la pesquería. En este marco, el DL1084 es evaluado como herramienta regulatoria, como lente sobre la gobernanza pesquera en el Perú y como reflejo del proceso por el cual el impacto ambiental sirve como base para el desarrollo de regulaciones sobre el acceso a recursos naturales. Sigue un diseño triangulado de métodos combinados: (1) una revisión de literatura en dos ramas de la gestión de pesquería como campo general y de la ecología política de la pesquería de anchoveta; (2) un análisis cuantitativo de los informes diarios de desembarques publicados por el estado (IMARPE); y (3) siete entrevistas intensivas de fondo con actores claves en la pesquería, realizadas en Perú durante dos visitas de aproximadamente dos meses en total. Los resultados indican que a pesar de que los LMCE soportaron una tendencia existente hacia una eficiencia económica de mayor escala y alteraron las estrategias competitivas extremas asociadas con el acceso abierto, las empresas pesqueras han construido embarcaciones más grandes, favorecen capturas de mayor tamaño y todavía concentran su esfuerzo pesquero alrededor de un pico anual de abundancia. En paralelo, ha aumentado la capacidad de captura en el sector artesanal, el cual no cuenta con límites de captura. El DL1084 aparece como parte de un proceso más general de creciente involucramiento del sector privado en el manejo de la pesquería, haciéndolo oficial por su misma institucionalización de la autorregulación del mercado. Por último, pone en evidencia profundas limitaciones de estructura y de capacidad en el estado en cuanto a cómo gobierna los recursos marinos. La ley ha sin embargo sido vista como un precedente importante para el proceso legislativo ambiental en el Perú así como una oportunidad para impulsar otras reformas. Esta tesis sugiere que el estudio de tales legislaciones puede ofrecer una mirada sobre los procesos de formación de la identidad de un estado y sobre la evolución de la relación entre una nación y su geografía.
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Pacha, Vicente Esteban. "Propuesta de designación de la Zona Marina Especialmente Sensible del Estrecho de Gibraltar y Golfo de Cádiz : Una estrategia para mejorar la protección de las aguas marinas frente a los riesgos que se derivan del transporte marítimo = Proposal for the designation of the Particularly Sensitive Sea Area of the Strait of Gibraltar and Gulf of Cadiz : a strategy to protect the marine environment from risks rising as a consequence of maritime transportation." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/277379.
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In recent years, society has begun to take a new view of its relations with the surrounding environment, and in particular has become aware of the need to ensure the sustainability of the oceans and their biodiversity. This concerns have also moved the scientific community to include aspects of environmental science and engineering in their curricula.
This thesis links both the causes and effects of maritime transport with the necessary protection of marine resources aiming to justify a specific proposal that would allow the right balance between the needs of maritime transportation and the desired environmental protection of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cadiz.
Recent studies show that the model of human activity in this area is hardly sustainable in the terms in which has occurred to date and conclude that continuing with the current rate of growth of these activities would result in environmental problems leading to decreased levels of quality of life and a weakness of the productive sectors. It has also been demonstrated that the effects of chronic discharges in areas adjacent to the Strait of Gibraltar are more damaging than large spills even though limited in time, as occurred in the aftermath of the Prestige accident.
Shipping is one of those human activities that have an ongoing impact on the marine environment and is capable of generating acute risks of serious environmental and economic consequences to the region. For these reasons, other Spanish waters enjoy some degree of protection against threats arising from shipping: the Mediterranean Sea is a Special Area under MARPOL Convention; the Cantabrian Sea and the north-western Atlantic waters are part of the Western European PSSA; and the Canary Islands were also designated as PSSA were several protective measures have been implemented.
The designation of a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) represents a major advance in environmental protection that complements other existing conservation strategies. It is striking to note that despite the fact that the area subject to study supports one of the largest maritime traffic intensities of the planet and includes important spaces of environmental conservation - including UNESCO's Biosphere Reserves-, lacks an adequate level of protection to minimize the risks of marine pollution.
In summary, this thesis studies the characteristics of the maritime area of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cadiz, as well as the levels of protection against the risks arising from shipping. A thorough analysis of the different options offered by international regulations to improve the aforementioned levels of protection leads to the conclusion that it would be appropriate to formally designate the area as a PSSA. Consequently, the dissertation postulates a detailed and definitive proposal for the designation of the PSSA STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR AND GULF OF CADIZ including various associated protective measures that could be implemented to improve safety of navigation, thus reducing the impact that maritime activities pose on the marine environment.
The proposals put forward may also constitute a case study on how to combine science and engineering to achieve an environmental objective. In particular, Chapter 5 forms the basis for an eventual formulation of the proposed PSSA to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Finally, the thesis provides lines of future research on further protection of the proposed PSSA. As a result, in addition to its value in the academic context, the work undertaken could materialize into concrete proposals that would contribute to the transfer of knowledge to the advantage of economic and social development through implementation of the academic research. This indeed contributes to the achievement of the UPC's own driven general strategies, as well as the enacted goals of the Campus of International Excellence of the Sea in the territorial context of the area covered by this thesis.Esta tesis estudia las características del litoral y de las aguas marítimas de la zona del Estrecho de Gibraltar y Golfo de Cádiz, así como los niveles de protección frente a los riesgos derivados de la navegación y otras actividades marítimas en esa zona. Tras analizar detalladamente las diferentes opciones que ofrece la normativa internacional para mejorar los referidos niveles de protección, se concluye que resultaría adecuada la designación por parte de la Organización Marítima Internacional de esas aguas como Zona Marina Especialmente Sensible (ZMES) de acuerdo con las disposiciones del Convenio MARPOL. Consecuentemente, el trabajo personal de planteamiento de la tesis aporta una propuesta concreta para la designación de la ZMES del ESTRECHO DE GIBRALTAR Y GOLFO DE CÁDIZ que constituye el objeto principal de la tesis. Finalmente, a través de metodologías de selección de criterios, se diseña un sistema de ordenación de tráfico marítimo para la zona designada, que incluye distintas Medidas de Protección Asociadas que podrían implantarse para mejorar la eficiencia y los niveles de seguridad de la navegación reduciendo por tanto el impacto de las actividades marítimas sobre el medio marino
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Radan, Damir. "Integrated Control of Marine Electrical Power Systems." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-1984.
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This doctoral thesis presents new ideas and research results on control of marine electric power system.
The main motivation for this work is the development of a control system, power management system (PMS) capable to improve the system robustness to blackout, handle major power system faults, minimize the operational cost and keep the power system machinery components under minimal stress in all operational conditions.
Today, the electric marine power system tends to have more system functionality implemented in integrated automation systems. The present state of the art type of tools and methods for analyzing marine power systems do only to a limited extent utilize the increased knowledge available within each of the mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines.
As the propulsion system is typically consisted of the largest consumers on the vessel, important interactions exists between the PMS and vessel propulsion system. These are interacted through the dynamic positioning (DP) controller, thrust allocation algorithm, local thruster controllers, generators' local frequency and voltage controllers. The PMS interacts with the propulsion system through the following main functions: available power static load control, load rate limiting control and blackout prevention control (i.e. fast load reduction). These functions serve to prevent the blackout and to ensure that the vessel will always have enough power.
The PMS interacts with other control systems in order to prevent a blackout and to minimize operational costs. The possibilities to maximize the performance of the vessel, increase the robustness to faults and decrease a component wear-out rate are mainly addressed locally for the individual control systems. The solutions are mainly implicative (for e.g. local thruster control, or DP thrust allocation), and attention has not been given on the interaction between these systems, the power system and PMS. Some of the questions that may arise regarding the system interactions, are as follows: how the PMS functionality may affect a local thruster control, how the local thruster control may affect the power system performance, how some consumers may affect the power system performance in normal operations and thus affect other consumers, how the power system operation may affect the susceptibility to faults and blackout, how various operating and weather conditions may affect the power system performance and thus propulsion performance though the PMS power limiting control, how propulsion performance may affect the overall vessel performance, which kind of faults can be avoided if the control system is re-structured, how to minimize the operational costs and to deal with the conflicting goals. This PhD thesis aims to provide answers to such questions.
The main contributions of this PhD thesis are:
− A new observer-based fast load reduction system for the blackout prevention control has been proposed. When compared to the existing fast load reduction systems, the proposed controller gives much faster blackout detection rate, high reliability in the detection and faster and more precise load reduction (within 150 miliseconds).
− New advanced energy management control strategies for reductions in the operational costs and improved fuel economy of the vessel.
− Load limiting controllers for the reduction of thruster wear-out rate. These controllers are based on the probability of torque loss, real-time torque loss and the thruster shaft
accelerations. The controllers provide means of redistributing thrust from load fluctuating thrusters to less load fluctuating ones, and may operate independently of the thrust allocation system. Another solution is also proposed where the load limiting controller based on thrust losses is an integrated part of DP thrust allocation algorithm.
− A new concept of totally integrated thrust allocation system, local thruster control and power system. These systems are integrated through PMS functionality which is contained within each thruster PLC, thereby distributed among individual controllers, and independent of the communications and dedicated controllers.
− Observer-based inertial controller and direct torque-loss controller (soft anti-spin controller) with particular attention to the control of machine wear-out rate. These controller contribute to general shaft speed control of electrical thrusters, generators and main propulsion prime movers.
The proposed controllers, estimators and concepts are demonstrated through time-domain simulations performed in MATLAB/SIMULINK. The selected data are typical for the required applications and may differ slightly for the presented cases.
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Hu, Rui. "Applications of non-invasive vascular imaging techniques in cardiovascular risk assessment and management." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36923242.
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Hu, Rui, and 胡瑞. "Applications of non-invasive vascular imaging techniques in cardiovascular risk assessment and management." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36923242.
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Pacha, Vicente Esteban. "Propuesta de designación de la Zona Marina Especialmente Sensible del Estrecho de Gibraltar y Golfo de Cádiz." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/277379.
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In recent years, society has begun to take a new view of its relations with the surrounding environment, and in particular has become aware of the need to ensure the sustainability of the oceans and their biodiversity. This concerns have also moved the scientific community to include aspects of environmental science and engineering in their curricula.
This thesis links both the causes and effects of maritime transport with the necessary protection of marine resources aiming to justify a specific proposal that would allow the right balance between the needs of maritime transportation and the desired environmental protection of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cadiz.
Recent studies show that the model of human activity in this area is hardly sustainable in the terms in which has occurred to date and conclude that continuing with the current rate of growth of these activities would result in environmental problems leading to decreased levels of quality of life and a weakness of the productive sectors. It has also been demonstrated that the effects of chronic discharges in areas adjacent to the Strait of Gibraltar are more damaging than large spills even though limited in time, as occurred in the aftermath of the Prestige accident.
Shipping is one of those human activities that have an ongoing impact on the marine environment and is capable of generating acute risks of serious environmental and economic consequences to the region. For these reasons, other Spanish waters enjoy some degree of protection against threats arising from shipping: the Mediterranean Sea is a Special Area under MARPOL Convention; the Cantabrian Sea and the north-western Atlantic waters are part of the Western European PSSA; and the Canary Islands were also designated as PSSA were several protective measures have been implemented.
The designation of a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) represents a major advance in environmental protection that complements other existing conservation strategies. It is striking to note that despite the fact that the area subject to study supports one of the largest maritime traffic intensities of the planet and includes important spaces of environmental conservation - including UNESCO's Biosphere Reserves-, lacks an adequate level of protection to minimize the risks of marine pollution.
In summary, this thesis studies the characteristics of the maritime area of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cadiz, as well as the levels of protection against the risks arising from shipping. A thorough analysis of the different options offered by international regulations to improve the aforementioned levels of protection leads to the conclusion that it would be appropriate to formally designate the area as a PSSA. Consequently, the dissertation postulates a detailed and definitive proposal for the designation of the PSSA STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR AND GULF OF CADIZ including various associated protective measures that could be implemented to improve safety of navigation, thus reducing the impact that maritime activities pose on the marine environment.
The proposals put forward may also constitute a case study on how to combine science and engineering to achieve an environmental objective. In particular, Chapter 5 forms the basis for an eventual formulation of the proposed PSSA to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Finally, the thesis provides lines of future research on further protection of the proposed PSSA. As a result, in addition to its value in the academic context, the work undertaken could materialize into concrete proposals that would contribute to the transfer of knowledge to the advantage of economic and social development through implementation of the academic research. This indeed contributes to the achievement of the UPC's own driven general strategies, as well as the enacted goals of the Campus of International Excellence of the Sea in the territorial context of the area covered by this thesis.Esta tesis estudia las características del litoral y de las aguas marítimas de la zona del Estrecho de Gibraltar y Golfo de Cádiz, así como los niveles de protección frente a los riesgos derivados de la navegación y otras actividades marítimas en esa zona. Tras analizar detalladamente las diferentes opciones que ofrece la normativa internacional para mejorar los referidos niveles de protección, se concluye que resultaría adecuada la designación por parte de la Organización Marítima Internacional de esas aguas como Zona Marina Especialmente Sensible (ZMES) de acuerdo con las disposiciones del Convenio MARPOL. Consecuentemente, el trabajo personal de planteamiento de la tesis aporta una propuesta concreta para la designación de la ZMES del ESTRECHO DE GIBRALTAR Y GOLFO DE CÁDIZ que constituye el objeto principal de la tesis. Finalmente, a través de metodologías de selección de criterios, se diseña un sistema de ordenación de tráfico marítimo para la zona designada, que incluye distintas Medidas de Protección Asociadas que podrían implantarse para mejorar la eficiencia y los niveles de seguridad de la navegación reduciendo por tanto el impacto de las actividades marítimas sobre el medio marino
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Tsongas, George Chris. "Design and implementation of a database management system to support administrative activities onboard Hellenic Navy vessels." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26454.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThe Hellenic Navy ships have a challenging mission which encompasses tactical, operational and administrative tasks. This mission is carried out by the personnel serving onboard. In order to more effectively manage the personnel, an automated database management system is required. This system would contain all personnel records and other pertinent information. Furthermore, the system would produce periodic reports required by other commands concerning crewmembers, as well as a variety of other reports designed by the user to support the daily activities onboard. This thesis designs and implements an automated database system that can be used on the Hellenic navy ships. The methodology followed is the standard systems' development life cycle (SDLC). The requirements for the system are obtained, and the database and application are designed and implemented. Paradox is used for the database management system software. Special issues like training, security, conversion and maintenance are taken into consideration. The result of this thesis is a functional application named SPAS (Shipboard Personnel Administration System) that will fulfill the users' requirements, keep track of the administrative activities of the ships, and help in performing the desired tasks accurately
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Reddy, K. Hari. "Analysis of vested third party influences on new venture organizational and architectural norms in the commercialization of disruptive technologies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91727.
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Cockrell, Marcy Lynn. "Spatial Dynamics and Productivity of a Gulf of Mexico Commercial Reef Fish Fishery Following Large Scale Disturbance and Management Change." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7611.
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The Gulf of Mexico commercial reef fish fishery has experienced significant management changes and disturbance in recent years, including transitioning two major fisheries from a traditional open access system into a limited entry individual fishing quota (IFQ) system in 2007 and 2010. Also in 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DWH) released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf (~206 million U.S. gallons), and is still the largest U.S. environmental disaster to date. Emergency fishing closures initiated shortly after the oil spill began were successful in keeping tainted seafood from reaching markets. However, effects of DWH closures on fisher decision making, fishery productivity, and distribution of fishing effort all remain poorly understood. Understanding the range and magnitude of fishers’ responses to perturbations — including regulatory change and human-induced environmental disasters — is critical for designing effective management and disaster response policies that can meet biological, ecological, economic, social, and sustainability objectives.
This work characterized the spatial and temporal patterns of productivity and fishing effort for the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) commercial reef fish fishery. Patterns of productivity and effort distribution were used to examine the response of fishers to management change and large-scale disturbance, namely the DWH fishing closures. Fisheries-dependent logbook trip reports were used to quantify revenue and catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) patterns from 2000-2014. Novel to fisheries work in the GoM, complementary vessel monitoring systems (VMS) satellite tracking data were used to quantify high-resolution spatial distribution patterns over time, relative to the DWH fishing closures. A general linear modeling (GLM) approach was also used to examine which variables may have contributed to resilience of fishers after DWH closures.
Results suggested that this fishery was largely resilient to the DWH fishing closures in 2010, although exact outcomes varied by region. Overall fleet-level productivity steadily increased over time, but regional patterns were based on major species in catch. Productivity in the western GoM was consistently highest over time, and trips in the west and central GoM were dominated by Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) and Vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens). Trips in the east were dominated by Red grouper (Epinephelus morio) and Gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis). Shifts in spatial distribution to new productive fishing grounds or reduced competition via fewer vessels or trips may explain the increases in productivity observed over the study period.
Consolidation in the fleet was apparent, with fewer individual vessels and fewer total trips over time. However, the rate of vessel drop out after DWH (5%) was far below the annual background attrition rate of ~14-20%. Relative productivity patterns inside vs. outside the boundaries of fishing closures did not change over time, and there were even some increases in productivity observed during and after DWH in the eastern GoM. Yet, vessels that dropped out after DWH were concentrated in the north-central and eastern GoM. Distribution of fishing grounds before and after DWH were highly similar, and there were increases in effort along the outer West Florida Shelf. Variability in revenue and CPUE, CPUE magnitude, and magnitude of grouper landings were significant predictors of dropping out of the fishery in the GLMs. Synergies with the Red snapper or Grouper-Tilefish IFQs may have “primed” the fishery for resilience by eliminating inconsistent or marginal fishers before the oil spill, and may further explain some of the spatially varying patterns of productivity and attrition after 2010. Resilience was likely also enhanced by the more than $2 billion in emergency compensation payments made to captains, crew, and vessel owners for lost fishing income and assistance with oil remediation efforts.
This work stands to make a significant contribution to our understanding of how the DWH oil spill impacted fisheries and communities in the GoM. The results add to a growing body of literature suggesting that the acute population- and ecosystem-level impacts of the DWH oil spill were not as strong or severe as initially anticipated. This work also stands to make contributions to the broader understanding of how this fishery has performed in the wake of recent management change and major environmental disturbance.
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Karlsson, Sundqvist Therese, and Karin Källmar. "Integration of Environmental Aspects in Product Development Process and Ship Design : a LEAP towards environmental awareness at Kockums AB." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell Produktion, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-80969.
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The Swedish company Kockums AB, at the forefront within maritime and naval technology, is in need of a tool, document, and/or method to include environmental aspects in their product development process. This is mainly because of additional requirements put on Kockums AB from their main customer. Ship recycling is the major issue that has to be addressed and included in Kockums AB’sworking procedures. Moreover, ship recycling is a pressing issue to handle due to horrible conditions in South Asian countries, where most ship dismantling is taking place. For these reasons, the objective of this M.Sc. thesis was to integrate environmental aspects in the product development process at Kockums AB by designing and proposing a way of implementing a tool, document, and/or method. Environmental product requirements that Kockums AB is demanded to fulfill mainly derives from customers, classification societies, laws and legislations, and themselves. The Hong Kong Convention has been adapted, in 2009, but is yet to enter into force. Ship recycling is covered by the convention,and an ‘Inventory of Hazardous Materials’ has to be provided from the ship builder, and hence this is the main aspect for Kockums AB to consider. Naval ships are, however, excluded from the Hong Kong Convention. Kockums AB does not have a routine on how to handle environmental requirements nor are environmental aspects included in their product development process. Consequently, Kockums AB’senvironmental ambition should not be put too high and rather aim at follow laws. In an empiricalstudy, regarding environmental aspects at Kockums AB, difficulties were identified. Lack of environmental knowledge, communication problems, and misunderstandings regarding the ambiguous term environment showed to be most notable. The three most prominent success factors for asuccessful integration of ecodesign, from the conducted literature review and empirical findings, are education for employees, existence of an environmental champion, and top management support. A Long-term Environmental Action Plan (LEAP), which took the success factors into account and contains 18 Actions, was developed for Kockums AB, and is the ultimate result of this research. The LEAP was developed in accordance with ISO 14006, a new standard for incorporation of ecodesign in Environmental Management Systems, with the aim of reducing adverse environmental impactsthroughout a product’s lifecycle. Moreover, the proposed way of implementing the LEAP was based on a ”Plan, Do, Check, Act” methodology from Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS). POEMS focus on a product’s environmental efficiency throughout its lifecycle, by a systematic integration of ecodesign in the company’s strategies and practices, and hence continual improvements. This way of implementation should be familiar to Kockums AB because the company is certified according to ISO 14001, where continual improvement of environmental performance is a key factor. The proposed LEAP includes tools, documents, and methods that are to be used in daily work and product development at Kockums AB. It is a step towards environmentally conscious design and enhanced environmental knowledge at Kockums AB. Additionally, as a result of the LEAP, the expectation is that environmental conscious mindsets of employees arise.
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Chen, Kuang-Chih, and 陳光治. "A Study of Designing and Planning vessel Management Information System." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46251054559351705709.
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The safety of navigation and the management of vessels have always been two subjects that the shipping industry highly concerns. With the successive establishment of navigational protocols, the responsibilities and workload of ship’s crew have been becoming heavier gradually. Work such as daily checkup, routine maintenance, on-duty jobs and paperwork often busy the crew. Once the job contents become more complicated, there may be more mistakes made due to crew’s carelessness. As a result, more problems of vessel management would occur. Therefore, this research aims at creating an efficient vessel management and monitoring system with which the occurrence of above-mentioned problems could be prevented. This study firstly collected information and researched on vessel management and information management systems currently developed and used by marine transport corporations worldwide. Secondly, further analyses of communication facilities on board as well as the ways they are operated, and the most frequent-used computer software in the market was conducted. Finally, with the integration between the databases on board and on land through the ship-shore network, this study attempted to find out a workable solution for a marine transport corporation to monitor vessels and manage their fleet efficiently and effectively.
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Kou, HeiNon, and 郭惠農. "Criterion for Technoligy and Responsibility of Vessel Traffic Management System." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54082217906609481601.
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Liao, Jiao-Ming, and 廖健銘. "The analysis of reliability and efficacy of VMS(Vessel Management System)." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52938852231022036565.
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碩士國立臺灣海洋大學
導航與通訊系
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This paper describes the VMS (Vessel Management System) network infrastructure development, which is recently implemented for Taiwan Fisheries Administration (FA), Council of Agriculture Executive Yuan of Republic of China. The primary objective is to provide innovative solutions for FA monitoring the real-time fishing vessel’s position and efficient management of fisheries resource control. The concept of location diversity has been adopted for the VMS network design to enhance the radio link quality. The system network is configured to Internet gateway for in-land data transmission. In addition, we tested the operation frequency 4.16MHz of VMS system and then compared with by using the operation frequency 8.264MHz.We figure out the result of operation frequency 8.264MHz is better than the operation frequency 4.16MHz.
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Kuo, Yong-Shin, and 郭永信. "Implementation of Environmental Management System for Vessel Operation within a Port Area." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21761775114345706143.
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碩士國立臺北大學
自然資源與環境管理研究所在職專班
100
In order to enhance the competitiveness and the business performances, international ports devote to improving software and hardware facilities in recent years. However, the environmental loads of ports aggravate as the vessel traffic and the port capacity increase. Since the authorities of port management in Taiwan adapt administrative control but lack of a complete management system, this thesis collects various operation activities in the port and then identifies possible environmental issues induced by the activities. Besides, the research proposes a port management system incorporating the ISO14001 as a reference for port management authorities. The system can reduce the penalties by administration due to port pollutions or accidental violations of ships. One expects that the research is helpful for improving the environmental qualities. In literature, the most port pollution comes from the inbound and outbound operations of ships, where the business ships produce the most pollutants. After classifying the pollution types, the first severe type is air pollutions, and the second severe type is ballast water pollutions. To reduce the pollutions, the proposed countermeasure is summarized as follows. For the pollutions of oils, toxic substances, sewage, and wastes, ports corporations should provide enough accepting energy, which can avoid arbitrary emissions of ships in the ports. Besides, ports corporations can supervise ships according to international covenants and national laws. For the air pollution during ship voyage and berthing, the air pollutions in the port are first studied through emission inventory of air pollutants and monitoring systems, and then the air qualities in the port can be gradually improved by reducing ship inbound speeds, by applying low sulfur fuel oils, and by connecting with port electric power systems. For the environmental irreversible effect due to ballast water pollutions in the ocean and port, the pollutions can be improved by sea water exchange outside the port and management facilities of ships. The only concern is the enhancement of execution and management.
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Ying, Hsu Che, and 許哲英. "The System Design Of Vessel Collision Avoidance And Harbor Management Using AIS." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05290893809860759315.
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碩士國立高雄海洋科技大學
海事資訊科技研究所
101
Due to the rapid developments of business and economics, the demands of shipping transport were increasing day by day. In the wake of creation of many large-tonnage vessels, the traffic safety of shipping transport kept getting worse, so the ship collision prevention had become an important research issue. Kaohsiung Harbor was one of the major four international harbors in Taiwan and it also was the main marine center and a vital gateway for exporting and importing. Besides, harbor’s management of was also a hot issue that was researched by many scholars, because the usage of seaport was gradually increasing along with a large amount of daily vessels for exporting and importing. By the above description, the key was that how to help the Kaohsiung Harbor to create the maximal economies and the best answer was management and planning methods. In recent years, the Automatic Identification System (AIS) was widely used in ships at sea. AIS system could monitor the dynamics of ships around the maritime space, and do not need to install radar and ARPA, and it could get the traffic information at sea by VTS (Vessel Traffic Service, VTS). Based on above two points, the AIS system with ship collision prevention had become the topics of this theme. The method of the theme was the data AIS system returned was as the target data and do analysis and judgment of distance several times for vessels within coastal marine space. Finally, the theme will achieve the goals of collision prevention and great management of vessels.
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Ching-Tang, Yang, and 楊慶堂. "Study on the Management System for Employing Fishing Vessel Personnel from Mainland China in Taiwan." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45994355356089677457.
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碩士國立海洋大學
漁業科學學系
90
Abstract The objectives of the study were to analyze mechanism of employing fishing workers and fish boat crews from mainland China. Results of the study were described as following: (1) To compensate labor capacity of marine fishery, Taiwan significantly depends on fishing workers from mainland China. The trends on capacity of labor reach seventy thousand every year. (2) The policy to hire fish boat crews from other country in 1976, and crews cannot reach 1/4 proportions of the total crews. The marine fishery hired fish crews from mainland China in August, 1991. The inshore fishery hired fish crews from mainland China in 1994. Recently, we study management regulations of fish boat crews from mainland China. (3) The key point of negotiation between Taiwan and mainland China on fishing workers is employing contract and wages. (4) To continue developing fishery in Taiwan, we have to hire fishing workers from different countries. (5) To compare labor laws and wage regulations, we found enough protection on right and obligation of the labor and management sides on both countries. (6) Ministry of Economic Affairs manage fishing workers in mainland China and the fishing workers regulation department was funded in July, 2000. (7) The future trend of employing fishing worker from mainland China is to fund different regulation departments to manage employment channel. (8) The analysis of fish boat crews in mainland China found that management plans of crews fit international policy. Suggestion of the study is to get prove on fishing worker from fishery department in the government.
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Chen, Kuo Ben, and 陳國本. "Studies on the Management System for Employment and lnstallation of Fishing Vessel Personnel from China." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30736782620622610399.
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碩士國立海洋大學
漁業科學系碩士在職專班
91
Abstract In light of lacking labor force in offshore and inshore fisheries of Taiwan, great employment of ship's crew from China and installation from sea upon to offshore can solve the problems of the sea safety, sanitation and humanity. This paper is about to analyze the circumstance of hiring and relevant policies about installation by using the methods of questionnaire, interview and regulatory analysis from the government, industry, and academia and finally to propose the results of the study to the government for reference. This paper’s results are: 1. The problems of insufficient ship's crew and ageing have become seriously in Taiwan. Through the international labor cooperation or hiring Chinese fishermen who have same culture and language is practically indispensable. So it is necessary to review the hiring Chinese fishermen policy. 2. Taiwan’s shipowner likes to hire Chinese fishermen than other nationalities for lowering operation coast. 3. All offshore and inshore shipwoners always hire Chinese fishermen through the manpower agency. 4. The government pushes the installing Chinese fishermen on coast that has the approval of industries. 5. Shipowner uses the residence on coastal structured by the government where “user-pays” policy can push the utilization of resource more effectively though, the government still has to properly subsidize the those who can not afford it. 6. To fact the actuality, encouraging compatriots working on board is not optimum policy after all, so the policy of cultivation of marine professional talents should be properly revised, and cultivating fishing staffs will be a principle for future marine education.
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Hung, Wen-Shiung, and 洪文雄. "Application of Marine Geographic Information System in Spatial Decision Support System --- Case of Site Selection for Keelung Harbor Vessel Traffic Management System." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63850019200336500694.
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碩士國立海洋大學
航運技術研究所
88
To improve the managerial efficiency and navigational safety of the international major harbors, many Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTMS) have been deployed in harbors by the port authorities recently. Regardless the difference of the functions of the VTMS and the quality of the operators, the site allocation of VTMS will influence directly to future efficiency and efficacy of the VTMS. Currently, although Keelung Harbor''''s VTMS is been operating, we will present our research discussing whether the VTMS is well sited or there is a better resolution. Our study focuses on the building of the Spatial Decision Support System that utilizes the powerful capability of Geographic Information System of expressing and analyzing spatial data and integrates with Multiple Criteria Decision Making for the site selection. Attributes of site allocation such as sight angle of surveillance tower, monitoring shadow of radar and other factors are been evaluated. Several predetermined sites are considered with the weighting of attributes evaluated via Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) and scores of alternatives via Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The decision of site selection from above processes will be simulated via Arc View GIS and comparison be made with existing VTMS.
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Chen, Wei-Ming, and 陳偉明. "Applying Support Vector Machines to improve the detection of suspicious dynamic target of Vessel Traffic Management Information System." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13852888712407620613.
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碩士華梵大學
資訊管理學系碩士班
95
The coastal radar of Coast Guard Administration to seize and illegally in the maritime space, obtains the main tool of the dynamic information of maritime vessel; It is unable to predict the suspicious target automatically to coastal radars in the maritime space. To the suspicious dynamic studying and judging of the radar target , if can set up intelligent analysis tool , can offer illegal vessel trends early warning information , make at sea is it have accurate ability that send to dispose to seizing rapidly, in order to give play to resource greatest benefit. The statistic learning algorithm of Support Vector Machines has already been applied to the classification question extensively. This research uses the Coast Guard Administration to seize the radar which smuggled the illegal immigration case to monitor the radar target in order to learn by Support Vector Machines in the past, and deal with to improve the sea to patrol the accuracy rate of prediction that studied and judged of radar with the materials; Shown , can improve the prediction performance of the classifying device effectively in treatment method before the materials designed in this research by the experimental result, can help duty personnel to predict the suspicious dynamic target of radar , the strong tool offering the sea area to enforce the law correctly.
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Nesdoly, Andrea. "Modelling marine vessels engaged in wildlife-viewing behaviour using Automatic Identification Systems (AIS)." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13300.
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Observation of marine animals in their environment – whale-watching – has grown greatly in recent years, bringing risk to the animals. Of particular concern are harmful impacts on marine mammals, some of which are endangered. As a result, regulations have been developed for their protection, but these conservation measures require enforcement across a broad geographic region, which is difficult due to limited monitoring resources. A ship-borne information transmission system called AIS – Automatic Identification System – can provide information-rich marine vessel movement data that can be used to passively monitor vessels engaged in viewing wildlife, aiding regulatory bodies with compliance enforcement. Few studies explore the use of AIS data to determine when vessels are engaged in wildlife-viewing, and as such little guidance exists on how to implement classification models appropriately.
The objective of this thesis is to use AIS data to evaluate the accuracy and utility of existing classification models to detect vessels engaged in observing wildlife, and determine whether information about species being observed can be extracted. Using a control set of observed cetacean encounter data, three classification models were statistically assessed. From this, a hidden Markov model was chosen for detailed analysis in the vicinity surrounding Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada. The resulting analysis concluded that a hidden Markov unsupervised classification approach was feasible for detecting vessel behaviours and differentiating species type. These findings suggest AIS can aid managers and the commercial whale-watching industry in making informed decisions regarding conservation regulations and their compliance.Graduate
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吳孟哲. "Practical Investigations on Management System of Patrol-Vessel Maintenance and Repair in ROC Coast Guard - Focus on Dispute Of The Performance." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37t8sx.
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沈啟仁. "A Study for Fleet Broadband System Promoting The Capacity of Patrolling in All Sea Areas—Taking Satellite Communication Vessel Management System of R.O.C. Coast Guard for Example." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/qd5p6y.
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碩士中央警察大學
水上警察研究所
99
Coast Guard Administration of Excusive Yuan（abbreviated as C.G.A. below）has become a special governmental organization responsible for maritime law enforcement and maritime service since integrating all related units for coast guarding on January 1st, 2000. After that, the vessel monitoring system which was built in the era of Maritime Police Bureau has been through successive of promotions to be upgraded for controlling all of the patrolling boats and vessels belonged to C.G.A. It is called for Satellite Communication Vessel Management System （abbreviated as SCVMS below）now. This thesis collected documents of building initially and specifications of SCVMS at first. Referring to professional books in the field of communication, we proceeded with literature reviews as sifting the wheat from the chaff. Revering for which have high correlations with this system and are valuable of being discussed is the main infrastructure of the thesis. Following with the method of comparative analysis, we inquired and investigated practically to get the advantages of operation focusing on the present conditions when working and the structures of communication in related or similar systems of other governmental organizations and private enterprises. Furthermore, we used the method of depth interview to listen to the opinions of undertakers and staffs of basic level working in C.G.A. and interviewed who working in exceptive of C.G.A. are familiar to SCVMS in order to get valuable suggestions which can improve the success rate of introducing the broadband system of satellite communication. Evaluating all kinds of broadband technology of satellite communication in the present day, Fleet Broadband may be the most suitable technology for large patrolling vessels of C.G.A. which execute the duties of fishery protection in Exclusive Economic Zone and the tasks of boarding and inspection for fishing patrol in high seas. It can integrate SCVMS easily to provide communication service in diversifications. We consider the superior performances of Fleet Broadband and then induce the effective suggestions of introducing Fleet Broadband System by consulting the concepts of design to develop information systems on the purpose of surveillance and basing on the practical experiences for system management. We not only provide the information about cost analysis to practical institutions for building new systems, but also discovery the difficulties of researching and developing a new one in advance. Therefore, we can anticipate some solutions to reduce the negative impacts after SCVMS services online for trial. Satellite broadband communications will irresistibly become a new trend in the field of maritime communication in the future. Incited by the concept of founding a nation with oceans in Taiwan, the technology of spreading spectrum is able to help the patrolling boats and vessels accomplish the important missions for defending blue territory and become the foremost carrier when touching with vessels that come from neighboring nations in the air.
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Wang, Hsiang-Chuan, and 王祥全. "Study on Improving Vessel Inventory Management Systems\' Usability." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/yd3jch.
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碩士國立臺灣海洋大學
輪機工程學系
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There has been a rapid improvement of technology through the globe in the past decades. Higher standards of fleet management have also been required to be more user-friendly and to reduce possible incidents and accidents. Many shipping companies have implemented management software systems to improve the efficiency of fleet management, however, implementation of new technology will always have some impact on users. Due to the characteristics of the crew frequently changing on each vessel, end users of a ship management system will also be frequently changing. When boarding a vessel, seafarers will not only need to get familiar with the equipment on the vessel, they will also need extra time and effort to get familiar with the management system. This research uses maritime management software AMOS as a case study to evaluate and design improvements for better usability and user experience. Although users may not be familiar with the system, making the data and information accessible will reduce the time and effort user needs to familiarize with the system. AMOS uses the SFI Group System, which is a grouping, classification and numbering method of equipment and items on ships. SFI Group System allows companies to gather technical and cost information in logical groups of the ship, however, end users may not always be familiar with this grouping method. Improvement of usability and user experience is done by enhancing relation of classification and numbering systems with component types, combining alternative classification and grouping systems by component class groups and modification of user interface for searching and filtering equipment and inventory items. By helping end users save time and effort when using the management system, and reducing the gap each time crew changes onboard will lead to a more successful implementation of the management system and more effective and efficient management for the company.
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"Characterizing the Impact of Low Shear Modeled Microgravity on Population Dynamics, Biofilm Formation and Silver Susceptibility of Microbial Consortia Isolated from International Space Station Potable Water." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.55615.
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abstract: Understanding how microorganisms adapt and respond to the microgravity environment of spaceflight is important for the function and integrity of onboard life support systems, astronaut health and mission success. Microbial contamination of spacecraft Environmental Life Support Systems (ECLSS), including the potable water system, are well documented and have caused major disruption to spaceflight missions. The potable water system on the International Space Station (ISS) uses recycled wastewater purified by multiple processes so it is safe for astronaut consumption and personal hygiene. However, despite stringent antimicrobial treatments, multiple bacterial species and biofilms have been recovered from this potable water system. This finding raises concern for crew health risks, vehicle operations and ECLSS system integrity during exploration missions. These concerns are further heightened given that 1) potential pathogens have been isolated from the ISS potable water system, 2) the immune response of astronauts is blunted during spaceflight, 3) spaceflight induces unexpected alterations in microbial responses, including growth and biofilm formation, antimicrobial resistance, stress responses, and virulence, and 4) different microbial phenotypes are often observed between reductionistic pure cultures as compared to more complex multispecies co-cultures, the latter of which are more representative of natural environmental conditions. To advance the understanding of the impact of microgravity on microbial responses that could negatively impact spacecraft ECLSS systems and crew health, this study characterized a range of phenotypic profiles in both pure and co-cultures of bacterial isolates collected from the ISS potable water system between 2009 and 2014. Microbial responses profiled included population dynamics, resistance to silver, biofilm formation, and in vitro colonization of intestinal epithelial cells. Growth characteristics and antibiotic sensitivities for bacterial strains were evaluated to develop selective and/or differential media that allow for isolation of a pure culture from co-cultures, which was critical for the success of this study. Bacterial co-culture experiments were performed using dynamic Rotating Wall Vessel (RWV) bioreactors under spaceflight analogue (Low Shear Modeled Microgravity/LSMMG) and control conditions. These experiments indicated changes in fluid shear have minimal impact on strain recovery. The antimicrobial efficacy of silver on both sessile co-cultures, grown on 316L stainless steel coupons, and planktonic co-cultures showed that silver did not uniformly reduce the recovery of all strains; however, it had a stronger antimicrobial effect on biofilm cultures than planktonic cultures. The impact of silver on the ability of RWV cultured planktonic and biofilm bacterial co-cultures to colonize human intestinal epithelial cells showed that, those strains which were impacted by silver treatment, often increased adherence to the monolayer. Results from these studies provide insight into the dynamics of polymicrobial community interactions, biofilm formation and survival mechanisms of ISS potable water isolates, with potential application for future design of ECLSS systems for sustainable human space exploration.Dissertation/Thesis
Masters Thesis Molecular and Cellular Biology 2019
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Yang, chun-cheng, and 楊鈞成. "Applying Radio Frequency Identification Techniques to Vessel Management Information Systems Design." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27657295070095147505.
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碩士國立臺灣海洋大學
電機工程學系
95
There are complete systems to manage vessels and fisherman today. However, the inspection police still input the record including the departing time and arriving time by handwriting. The complex procedures for departure and arrival of vessels are inconvenience for fisherman. If there are a lot of vessels waiting for inspection, the inspection police will too bustle to inspect the details and the fisherman will waste their time on waiting. It will be the significant topic to reduce the procedures for vessels depart/arrive and to increase the efficiency of the inspection. In recently years, the applications of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) have been increased from medical treatment to agriculture. In this thesis we use the characteristic advantage of RFID that are the read range at great distance and the high read speed. The database will be combined to identify the vessels rapidly and enhance the vessels management.
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Wen-Sen, Chen, and 陳文深. "Vessel Monitoring System and Fisheries Management：A Study of International Trends, Practices of States and RFMOs, and Taiwan’s Policy." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88071764387985997759.
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碩士國立海洋大學
應用經濟研究所
91
This study focuses on regulations of vessel monitoring system (VMS) and the development of VMS technology. Through the discoveries of the study, it is hoped that the local management system of VMS could have a connection to international fisheries management and develop in accordance with it. International fisheries organizations are authorized by international conventions and agreements with the rights of conservation, management and trade sanctions, and they practically enforce these rights through monitoring, control and surveillance measures. VMS is able to provide near real-time vessel position and catch information; hence, in the near future, main commercial fisheries will be required to install VMS on the vessels. International fisheries laws related have already requested flag states to develop appropriate VMS and their fishing vessels are supposed to install VMS according to the rules set by flag states. To ensure the practice of fisheries resources reservation, coastal states can also ask foreign fishing vessels operating in their Exclusive Economic Zone or territorial seas to be equipped with VMS. Moreover, if fishing vessels entering port states with VMS, it is helpful for the port states to get aboard the vessels for inspection. Therefore, it is expected that VMS will be widely used in fisheries management in the future. Our fishing vessels usually operate for a long period of time on the sea, which may extend to over one year and they use foreign ports as bases for repair. As a result, the VMS already installed is either an old version or an updated one, many of whose additional functions do not work effectively. In addition, since catch report is becoming more detailed, the software of catch report keeps changing and this causes vessel crew to spend time getting familiar with operating the software. Consequently, when planning catch report software, the government should ask experts to develop a catch report software which can be updated on-line, so as to avoid causing trouble for the crew. As to the steady catch report coming from the software of VMS, measures of procedure simplification should be taken in the future. For example, fishing vessels that report catch through VMS should be allowed not to fill out logbook, so as to encourage catch report through VMS and promote the policy of electronicalizing logbook and thereby the goals of transparent vessel operation, real-time monitoring and conservation of manpower can be reached. When it comes to the standardization of installing VMS and identification procedures, the government should set clear regulations with reference to the management of information security and confidentiality adopted by international fisheries organizations. Furthermore, speaking of the VMS frequency of vessel position report in terms of the international trend, it’s very likely to be once every 6 hour. Consequently, the fisheries industry should be informed and get themselves prepared.
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陳進益. "A Study on System Enhancement for Maintenance and Management of Patrol Vessels of the R.O.C. Coast Guard." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5sfe8t.
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碩士中央警察大學
水上警察研究所
100
Abstract The ROC Coast Guard Administration under the Executive Yuan implements various law enforcement missions at sea along the coastal line of Taiwan. The purpose of this Administration is to maintain order, safety and prosperity in the coastal patrol activities. The Ship Management Office of the Coast Guard Administration is charged with the responsibilities in building and maintaining the Administration’s patrol boats. Since the modern ships are mostly equipped with advanced electronics and automatic control, the ship structure and operation systems are usually complex. It demands adequate and continuous training to the personnel in a creditable ship maintenance program. This would require an efficient policy for planning the training programs with limited fiscal resources from the government. This thesis applies an integrated approach addressing multilevel management theories to serve as the basis for the training policy. These theories include risk-based maintenance assessment, vulnerability management, PDCA recycling, and advanced ship repair methods. To demonstrate the practical aspects of the theories, case studies using field data and data reported in the literature for analysis are presented in this thesis. It is anticipated that, by implementing a well structured workmanship training plan, a comprehensive quality assurance system could be accomplished to ensure functional performance, operational safety and cost efficiency in building and maintaining the patrol boats operated by the Coast Guard. This will lead to an ocean environment with ecological soundness, security, and prosperity, which fulfills the proclaimed foundation of an “Ocean Nation” of the Republic of China.
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Hsia, Cheng-Wei, and 夏誠威. "A Study on the Current Management System of International Commercial Ports Safety Inspection of Vessels in Taiwan." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4cp6tg.
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碩士國立臺灣海洋大學
商船學系
103
Serving as a shipping relay station of East Asian and the hub of the Pacific and Indian Ocean, there are more than 400 international vessels navigating through Taiwan waters every day. However, according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the surrounding waters of Taiwan are listed as moderate maritime risk environment. Due to convenient flag ships continued entering into the waters, coupled with and lack of safety management and supervision mechanism of each flag countries and ship owners, navigation safety in sea area under the jurisdiction of Taiwan becomes more and more worthy of consideration. Although the ROC implemented Port State Control(PSC) to ensure substandard ships not to wander in and out of the Taiwanese port and sea to reduce the probability of occurrence of the shipwreck, and to preserve the safety of navigation and tighten port securities, the competent authority, Maritime and Port Bureau, MOTC, is in fact unable to carry out comprehensive physical inspections for incoming and outgoing ships, there is indeed no substantive security check(for people, ships or cargo) at all. Therefore, this study merely explored the ship safety inspection of ROC international port management mechanism. In order to understand the substance of ship safety inspection, this study applied International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 etc. relevant international conventions as the main shaft to discuss the origins of Port State Control (PSC) and the basis of the current practice of the Asia-Pacific region. Within the scope of ship safety inspection implemented by the Coast Guard Administration, Executive Yuan at the treaty ports, this study has elaborated questionnaires to collect data from all commercial ports under the jurisdiction of each Coast Inspectors, Investigation Corps and International Harbor Inspection Management. After analysis through the IPA, the study found ship safety inspection mechanism lacked of an overall authority specialized in charge of maritime safety. As inadequate of ship's seaworthiness will lead to shipwreck accident, the improper configuration of crew members, the inadequate rescue drill, the lack of overall waters flow field database and instant hydrological measurement reporting system, this study thus put forward the following response measures thereby to enhance the security of domestic ports and the effectiveness of the safety of navigation: reform domestic maritime security system, implement loading survey of the bulk freighter after cargo loading, regularly invite the ship owner and crew for social education promotion, implement Crew List audit and inspection, provide subsidy to finance operators for buying new ship in order to eliminating the old vessels, emphasize the responsibilities of office of maritime administration for the safety management of the ships, continue integration the database of the surrounding waters and build immediate return and decision system.