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Design implications of the new harmonised probabilistic damage stability regulations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In anticipation of the forthcoming new harmonised regulations for damage stability, SOLAS Chapter II-1, proposed in IMO MSC 80 and due for enforcement in 2009, a number of ship owners and consequentially yards and classification societies are venturing ...
Jasionowski, Andrzej   +4 more
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S-100 Overlays: A Brave New World? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Marine Information Overlay (MIO) is a generic term used to describe chart and navigation related information that supplement the content that is already contained in an ENC.
Alexander, Lee, McLeay, C.
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Assessing ballast treatment standards for effect on rate of establishment using a stochastic model of the green crab [PDF]

open access: yesComputational Ecology and Software, 2012
This paper describes a stochastic model used to characterize the probability/risk of NIS establishment from ships' ballast water discharges. Establishment is defined as the existence of a sufficient number of individuals of a species to provide for a ...
Cynthia Cooper   +2 more
doaj  

Port State Performance Putting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing on the Radar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is notorious for undermining efforts to manage fisheries sustainably and has detrimental environmental, social and economic consequences.

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In the Same Boat? A Comparative Analysis of the Approaches of Russia and Canada in the Negotiation of the IMO’s Mandatory Polar Code [PDF]

open access: yesOcean Development & International Law, 2019
In the field of Arctic shipping, Canada and the Russian Federation have enacted extensive unilateral national regulations cognizant of Article 234, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
openaire   +2 more sources

ECDIS Development Laboratory and Navigation Technology Demonstration Center [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The U.S. Navy is undergoing a major transition from traditional, paper chart navigation to computer-based electronic charting. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) has mandated that all Navy ships will navigate strictly through electronic means by FY07 ...
Alexander, Lee   +2 more
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Technical Efficiency of Pig Farmers in Imo State Nigeria: A Translog Stochastic Frontier Production Function Approach

open access: yesNigeria Agricultural Journal, 2013
This study was carried out in Imo State, Nigeria. It was necessitated by the need to estimate the technical efficiency of pig farmers in the area, since pig farming activities is rising recently in the state. The study used a multi stage stratified random sampling technique to select 60 pig farmers in the state.
Ewuziem, JE, Onyenobi, VO, Ironkwe, AG
openaire   +1 more source

Deaf in Nigeria: A Preliminary Survey of Isolated Deaf Communities

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2018
Deaf stigmatization in Nigeria begins from the families to the kindred and communities and is more intense in the early days of the deaf child. Using a multidisciplinary approach aimed at collecting different forms of data in Nigerian deaf communities ...
Emmanuel Ihechi Asonye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling Heading and Path Perception from Optic Flow in the Case of Independently Moving Objects

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2013
Humans are usually accurate when estimating heading or path from optic flow, even in the presence of independently moving objects (IMO) in an otherwise rigid scene.
Florian eRaudies   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

IMO-PSO FO-PID controller based insulin infusion system for type 1 diabetes patients during post-operation condition

open access: yesMeasurement: Sensors
Blood Glucose level controls of type 1 diabetic patients (T1D) in post operative conditions are extremely important. This work proposes controllers for management and control of insulin injections to T1D in post operative care. Proposed work investigated
K. Saravanakumar, J. Samson Isaac
doaj   +1 more source

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