The document discusses the role of the product owner using analogies from Dr. Seuss books. It describes different "types" of product owners based on characters from books like "Red Fish Blue Fish" and "Green Eggs and Ham". It also provides tips for product owners on visioning, backlog refinement, collaboration with the team, and developing minimum viable products. The overall message is that product owners play a key role in guiding development through an understanding of the market and close collaboration with their scrum team.
This document outlines Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing for energy efficient projects in North Little Rock. PACE financing provides property owners access to capital for energy improvements through a voluntary special assessment on their property tax bill. The assessment has priority over other liens and is inherited by new owners if the property is sold. The city would create a PACE district but not be financially obligated. Property owners would pay costs to implement the program and finance improvements through assessments or loans.
Smooth-and-Dive Accelerator: A Pre-MILP Primal Heuristic applied to SchedulingAlkis Vazacopoulos
This article describes an effective and simple primal heuristic to greedily encourage a reduction in the number of binary or 0-1 logic variables before an implicit enumerative-type search heuristic is deployed to find integer-feasible solutions to “hard” production scheduling problems. The basis of the technique is to employ well-known smoothing functions used to solve complementarity problems to the local optimization problem of minimizing the weighted sum over all binary variables the product of themselves multiplied by their complement. The basic algorithm of the “smooth-and-dive accelerator” (SDA) is to solve successive linear programming (LP) relaxations with the smoothing functions added to the existing problem’s objective function and to use, if required, a sequence of binary variable fixings known as “diving”. If the smoothing function term is not driven to zero as part of the recursion then a branch-and-bound or branch-and-cut search heuristic is called to close the procedure finding at least integer-feasible primal infeasible solutions. The heuristic’s effectiveness is illustrated by its application to an oil-refinery’s crude-oil blendshop scheduling problem, which has commonality to many other production scheduling problems in the continuous and semi-continuous (CSC) process domains.
The IML file is our user readable import or input file to the IMPL modeling and solving platform. IMPL is an acronym for Industrial Modeling and Programming Language provided by Industrial Algorithms LLC. The IML file allows the user to configure the necessary data to model and solve large-scale and complex industrial optimization problems (IOP's) such as planning, scheduling, control and data reconciliation and regression in either off or on-line environments.
Please see our IML “(Basic) Reference Manual for Quantities” for a complete introduction on the basics of IML. This manual describes the configuration data necessary to model and solve IOP’s with logic and logistics (quantity and logic) variables and constraints i.e., setups, startups, shutdowns, switchovers, sequence-dependent switchovers, etc.
The symbol "&" denotes an address, index, pointer or key, the "@" denotes an attribute, property, characteristic or value and the prefix "s" stands for string of which there are two other prefixes "r" and "i" for reals (double precision) and integers respectively. String addresses and attributes are case sensitive and do not require any quotes where essentially any character is allowed including spaces except for ",". Each address string field may have no more than 64 characters for it to be considered as unique and each attribute string field may have no more than 512 characters.
TOP30 Twitter Influencers (eMarketing) You Follow to Leapfrog your InfluenceNeeraj Kumar
This list of 30 @Twitter influencers | Follow them, interact with them and let yourself be seen by larger community.
You may find a mix of twitter personality. There is no criteria other than they are BIG on Twitter.
Many Indian names which have left their marks I intentionally added, because they are also BIG and have a lot of Influence.
30 is a small number, we can count them infinitely...
This document contains a chapter on force and motion that includes 23 multiple choice questions. Some key points:
- It covers topics like linear motion, motion graphs, momentum, impulsive force, gravitational force, and equilibrium of forces.
- The questions test understanding of concepts like acceleration, velocity, displacement, momentum, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and the relationship between forces and motion.
- Diagrams and calculations are provided as part of some questions to analyze forces, motion, energy, and other physical quantities.
The document discusses Karolinska Instituet's use of MOOCs and other digital learning tools. KI offers MOOCs on the edX platform to promote the university, find collaborators, develop educational materials, and educate society. Their MOOCs include fully online courses as well as smaller private courses. Effective MOOC design incorporates video, text, exercises, and discussion forums. An example MOOC on R Statistics had 41,000 participants from 197 countries, with 2,726 completing certificates. KI aims to identify areas of interest, develop shared materials, and enhance collaboration through open educational resources and learning activities.
The document discusses the role of the product owner using analogies from Dr. Seuss books. It describes different "types" of product owners based on characters from books like "Red Fish Blue Fish" and "Green Eggs and Ham". It also provides tips for product owners on visioning, backlog refinement, collaboration with the team, and developing minimum viable products. The overall message is that product owners play a key role in guiding development through an understanding of the market and close collaboration with their scrum team.
This document outlines Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing for energy efficient projects in North Little Rock. PACE financing provides property owners access to capital for energy improvements through a voluntary special assessment on their property tax bill. The assessment has priority over other liens and is inherited by new owners if the property is sold. The city would create a PACE district but not be financially obligated. Property owners would pay costs to implement the program and finance improvements through assessments or loans.
Smooth-and-Dive Accelerator: A Pre-MILP Primal Heuristic applied to SchedulingAlkis Vazacopoulos
This article describes an effective and simple primal heuristic to greedily encourage a reduction in the number of binary or 0-1 logic variables before an implicit enumerative-type search heuristic is deployed to find integer-feasible solutions to “hard” production scheduling problems. The basis of the technique is to employ well-known smoothing functions used to solve complementarity problems to the local optimization problem of minimizing the weighted sum over all binary variables the product of themselves multiplied by their complement. The basic algorithm of the “smooth-and-dive accelerator” (SDA) is to solve successive linear programming (LP) relaxations with the smoothing functions added to the existing problem’s objective function and to use, if required, a sequence of binary variable fixings known as “diving”. If the smoothing function term is not driven to zero as part of the recursion then a branch-and-bound or branch-and-cut search heuristic is called to close the procedure finding at least integer-feasible primal infeasible solutions. The heuristic’s effectiveness is illustrated by its application to an oil-refinery’s crude-oil blendshop scheduling problem, which has commonality to many other production scheduling problems in the continuous and semi-continuous (CSC) process domains.
The IML file is our user readable import or input file to the IMPL modeling and solving platform. IMPL is an acronym for Industrial Modeling and Programming Language provided by Industrial Algorithms LLC. The IML file allows the user to configure the necessary data to model and solve large-scale and complex industrial optimization problems (IOP's) such as planning, scheduling, control and data reconciliation and regression in either off or on-line environments.
Please see our IML “(Basic) Reference Manual for Quantities” for a complete introduction on the basics of IML. This manual describes the configuration data necessary to model and solve IOP’s with logic and logistics (quantity and logic) variables and constraints i.e., setups, startups, shutdowns, switchovers, sequence-dependent switchovers, etc.
The symbol "&" denotes an address, index, pointer or key, the "@" denotes an attribute, property, characteristic or value and the prefix "s" stands for string of which there are two other prefixes "r" and "i" for reals (double precision) and integers respectively. String addresses and attributes are case sensitive and do not require any quotes where essentially any character is allowed including spaces except for ",". Each address string field may have no more than 64 characters for it to be considered as unique and each attribute string field may have no more than 512 characters.
TOP30 Twitter Influencers (eMarketing) You Follow to Leapfrog your InfluenceNeeraj Kumar
This list of 30 @Twitter influencers | Follow them, interact with them and let yourself be seen by larger community.
You may find a mix of twitter personality. There is no criteria other than they are BIG on Twitter.
Many Indian names which have left their marks I intentionally added, because they are also BIG and have a lot of Influence.
30 is a small number, we can count them infinitely...
This document contains a chapter on force and motion that includes 23 multiple choice questions. Some key points:
- It covers topics like linear motion, motion graphs, momentum, impulsive force, gravitational force, and equilibrium of forces.
- The questions test understanding of concepts like acceleration, velocity, displacement, momentum, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and the relationship between forces and motion.
- Diagrams and calculations are provided as part of some questions to analyze forces, motion, energy, and other physical quantities.
The document discusses Karolinska Instituet's use of MOOCs and other digital learning tools. KI offers MOOCs on the edX platform to promote the university, find collaborators, develop educational materials, and educate society. Their MOOCs include fully online courses as well as smaller private courses. Effective MOOC design incorporates video, text, exercises, and discussion forums. An example MOOC on R Statistics had 41,000 participants from 197 countries, with 2,726 completing certificates. KI aims to identify areas of interest, develop shared materials, and enhance collaboration through open educational resources and learning activities.
The document discusses the progression of skills from the author's preliminary task to their full product. For the preliminary task, planning, skills, and attention to details like lighting, camera angles, sound, and titles were lacking compared to the full product. This resulted in the preliminary task looking less professional. For the full product, more planning and practice improved skills in areas like mise-en-scene, editing, and sound design, resulting in a final product that looked more polished and coherent. The author learned that planning and attention to small details are important for a professional final product.
In 2014 besloot Provincie Noord-Holland de catering, officeservices, de schoonmaak,
de levering van sanitaire artikelen en de beveiliging geïntegreerd aan te
besteden. Daarbij werd gebruikgemaakt van de Best Value-aanpak.
In dit artikel aandacht voor het doorlopen proces en de ervaringen.
This document provides techniques for logo design, including refinement using basic geometric lines with a visual twist inspired by 1970s trends, droplets combining two elements into a natural spiral shape, and pop designs that embody the business values. The document recommends considering these techniques when creating a logo and visiting the provided link for more information.
- Large optimization models are increasingly challenging to solve optimally due to super-linear growth in solving effort as model size increases. Parallel heuristic methods provide good quality solutions within practical time limits by solving smaller submodels simultaneously on multiple processor threads.
- Testing on scheduling, supply chain, and telecommunications models found parallel heuristics found high quality solutions for most models in hours, while optimal solutions were impossible within days for some larger models. However, using too many threads showed diminishing returns and even degradation in solution quality due to memory bus bandwidth limitations.
Retargeting strategies have evolved significantly since first being used about 7 years ago. Initially, retargeting involved plain ads used to track lost customers across the web. Now ads can be created and displayed within seconds. Effective retargeting in 2014 requires segmentation of visitors by factors like sales cycle stage and product interest. Real-time bidding allows marketers to bid on impressions in real-time auctions through ad exchanges. Creative optimization uses additional filters to tailor ads closely to individual interests. Facebook retargeting through the Facebook Exchange provides a highly targeted way to reconnect with visitors through ads in the Facebook Newsfeed.
The endocrine system consists of glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. Two suffixes related to the endocrine system are dipsia and uria. Dipsia refers to thirst, with polydipsia meaning excessive thirst which can be caused by conditions like diabetes or diarrhea. Uria refers to urine, with polyuria meaning excessive urination which is often caused by uncontrolled diabetes, and glycosuria referring to the presence of sugar in the urine due to issues like diabetes or pregnancy.
This document contains biographical information on 5 individuals:
- Johnny Depp, born in 1963 in Kentucky, appeared in Nightmare on Elm Street and is friends with a famous fantasy director. He met Vanessa Paradis in 1998.
- Luke Evans, born in 1971 in Wales, starred in Spartacus: Blood and Sand in 2010. He is married with two children.
- David Carradine, born in 1936 in California, appeared in Kill Bill and Epic Movie. He was found dead in a hotel room in Thailand in 2009.
- Will Smith, born in 1967 in Pennsylvania, was important in Independence Day and starred in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He recently directed a film about leaving
The document discusses change agency in higher education. It outlines some common reasons why change initiatives fail, such as a lack of alignment between decision making processes and core activities. It also discusses different types of changes that occur, from small bottom-up initiatives to larger institutional reforms. The presentation introduces four discourses of change agency and argues for developing an organization's capacity for continuous change rather than focusing only on isolated initiatives. It proposes a strategy for change involving framing the initiative, participation, pacing, and routinizing new elements. The conclusion emphasizes that training alone is not sufficient and that development must be contextual and serve a purpose.
This document provides a half-time summary of a doctoral candidate's research exploring educational change in a medical education institution. The research aims to explore how change is enacted at different organizational levels, specifically examining how departmental leaders bring about educational change. Five studies have been conducted so far, finding that stakeholders have different understandings of changes and expectations, change agents lack systematic approaches, and faculty benefit from structured guidance and case studies when implementing changes. The summary outlines the background, theoretical framework, research questions, methodology, results and implications of the studies to date, and plans for a final study on how change agents conceptualize and apply change theory over time.
The document discusses the progression of skills from the author's preliminary task to their full product. For the preliminary task, planning, skills, and attention to details like lighting, camera angles, sound, and titles were lacking compared to the full product. This resulted in the preliminary task looking less professional. For the full product, more planning and practice improved skills in areas like mise-en-scene, editing, and sound design, resulting in a final product that looked more polished and coherent. The author learned that planning and attention to small details are important for a professional final product.
In 2014 besloot Provincie Noord-Holland de catering, officeservices, de schoonmaak,
de levering van sanitaire artikelen en de beveiliging geïntegreerd aan te
besteden. Daarbij werd gebruikgemaakt van de Best Value-aanpak.
In dit artikel aandacht voor het doorlopen proces en de ervaringen.
This document provides techniques for logo design, including refinement using basic geometric lines with a visual twist inspired by 1970s trends, droplets combining two elements into a natural spiral shape, and pop designs that embody the business values. The document recommends considering these techniques when creating a logo and visiting the provided link for more information.
- Large optimization models are increasingly challenging to solve optimally due to super-linear growth in solving effort as model size increases. Parallel heuristic methods provide good quality solutions within practical time limits by solving smaller submodels simultaneously on multiple processor threads.
- Testing on scheduling, supply chain, and telecommunications models found parallel heuristics found high quality solutions for most models in hours, while optimal solutions were impossible within days for some larger models. However, using too many threads showed diminishing returns and even degradation in solution quality due to memory bus bandwidth limitations.
Retargeting strategies have evolved significantly since first being used about 7 years ago. Initially, retargeting involved plain ads used to track lost customers across the web. Now ads can be created and displayed within seconds. Effective retargeting in 2014 requires segmentation of visitors by factors like sales cycle stage and product interest. Real-time bidding allows marketers to bid on impressions in real-time auctions through ad exchanges. Creative optimization uses additional filters to tailor ads closely to individual interests. Facebook retargeting through the Facebook Exchange provides a highly targeted way to reconnect with visitors through ads in the Facebook Newsfeed.
The endocrine system consists of glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. Two suffixes related to the endocrine system are dipsia and uria. Dipsia refers to thirst, with polydipsia meaning excessive thirst which can be caused by conditions like diabetes or diarrhea. Uria refers to urine, with polyuria meaning excessive urination which is often caused by uncontrolled diabetes, and glycosuria referring to the presence of sugar in the urine due to issues like diabetes or pregnancy.
This document contains biographical information on 5 individuals:
- Johnny Depp, born in 1963 in Kentucky, appeared in Nightmare on Elm Street and is friends with a famous fantasy director. He met Vanessa Paradis in 1998.
- Luke Evans, born in 1971 in Wales, starred in Spartacus: Blood and Sand in 2010. He is married with two children.
- David Carradine, born in 1936 in California, appeared in Kill Bill and Epic Movie. He was found dead in a hotel room in Thailand in 2009.
- Will Smith, born in 1967 in Pennsylvania, was important in Independence Day and starred in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He recently directed a film about leaving
The document discusses change agency in higher education. It outlines some common reasons why change initiatives fail, such as a lack of alignment between decision making processes and core activities. It also discusses different types of changes that occur, from small bottom-up initiatives to larger institutional reforms. The presentation introduces four discourses of change agency and argues for developing an organization's capacity for continuous change rather than focusing only on isolated initiatives. It proposes a strategy for change involving framing the initiative, participation, pacing, and routinizing new elements. The conclusion emphasizes that training alone is not sufficient and that development must be contextual and serve a purpose.
This document provides a half-time summary of a doctoral candidate's research exploring educational change in a medical education institution. The research aims to explore how change is enacted at different organizational levels, specifically examining how departmental leaders bring about educational change. Five studies have been conducted so far, finding that stakeholders have different understandings of changes and expectations, change agents lack systematic approaches, and faculty benefit from structured guidance and case studies when implementing changes. The summary outlines the background, theoretical framework, research questions, methodology, results and implications of the studies to date, and plans for a final study on how change agents conceptualize and apply change theory over time.
