ARRS stands for Acute Ready Reckoner Syndrome, which refers to insurance agents who solely rely on ready reckoners to quickly quote premiums without assessing customers' needs or financial situations. This can lead agents to propose inadequate policies that do not sufficiently protect customers' families. It can also cause agents to lose customers and potential sales. ARRS can be cured through training agents on need-based selling, allocating time in meetings to discuss successful strategies, and demonstrating proper sales techniques. Agents must focus on pre-sales activities like prospecting and tailoring quotes to individual customers.
RKB – A Semantic Knowledge Base For RNA (RNA ontology consortium meeting)Michel Dumontier
Increasingly sophisticated knowledge about RNA structure and function requires an inclusive knowledge representation that facilitates the integration of independently-generated information arising from such efforts as genome sequencing projects, microarray analyses, structure determination and RNA SELEX experiments. While RNAML, an XML-based representation, has been proposed as an exchange format for a select subset of information, it lacks machine-understandable semantics that make it arbitrarily user-extensible, as is the case for formal logic based languages. Here, we describe an RNA knowledge base (RKB) for structure-based knowledge using RDF/OWL Semantic Web technologies. RKB contains basic terminology for nucleic acid composi-tion along with context/model-specific representation of structural features such as sugar conformations, base pairings and base stackings. RKB is populated with RNA PDB entries and MC-Annotate structural annotation. The use of semantic web technologies addresses the reality of diverse interests of the RNA Ontology Consortium and supports knowledge discovery over independently-published RNA knowledge.
The document describes the Seagate Hadoop Workflow Accelerator, which enables organizations to optimize Hadoop workflows and centralize data storage. It accelerates Hadoop applications by leveraging ClusterStor's high-performance Lustre parallel file system and bypassing the HDFS software layer. This provides improved Hadoop performance, flexibility to scale compute and storage independently, and reduced total cost of ownership.
Path to Commercialization, Nastas Presentation to Winner of Grant CompetitionThomas Nastas
The presentation discusses the path to commercializing technologies through stages of basic research, prototype development, company formation, and product growth. It notes that government innovation funds and angel investors can provide financing during the proof of concept and prototype development stages. The presentation emphasizes that failure during commercialization attempts should not be seen as fraud but rather as an accepted part of the process of achieving innovation goals.
This document discusses 4 trends in youth subcultures observed in youth marketing in 2009. It analyzes conversations with distinct youth groups around their actions, interests, and behaviors. The 4 trends summarized are:
1) "The Weasel" - A risk-taking group interested in fast bikes and pushing boundaries.
2) "The Out of the Closet Indian" - A more open group comfortable discussing relationships and sexuality.
3) "Application 2.desi" - A group engaged with social media like Facebook interested in online fame.
4) "The Couch Tomato" - A group that spends time avoiding responsibility and being entertained by media and pop culture events.
ARRS stands for Acute Ready Reckoner Syndrome, which refers to insurance agents who solely rely on ready reckoners to quickly quote premiums without assessing customers' needs or financial situations. This can lead agents to propose inadequate policies that do not sufficiently protect customers' families. It can also cause agents to lose customers and potential sales. ARRS can be cured through training agents on need-based selling, allocating time in meetings to discuss successful strategies, and demonstrating proper sales techniques. Agents must focus on pre-sales activities like prospecting and tailoring quotes to individual customers.
RKB – A Semantic Knowledge Base For RNA (RNA ontology consortium meeting)Michel Dumontier
Increasingly sophisticated knowledge about RNA structure and function requires an inclusive knowledge representation that facilitates the integration of independently-generated information arising from such efforts as genome sequencing projects, microarray analyses, structure determination and RNA SELEX experiments. While RNAML, an XML-based representation, has been proposed as an exchange format for a select subset of information, it lacks machine-understandable semantics that make it arbitrarily user-extensible, as is the case for formal logic based languages. Here, we describe an RNA knowledge base (RKB) for structure-based knowledge using RDF/OWL Semantic Web technologies. RKB contains basic terminology for nucleic acid composi-tion along with context/model-specific representation of structural features such as sugar conformations, base pairings and base stackings. RKB is populated with RNA PDB entries and MC-Annotate structural annotation. The use of semantic web technologies addresses the reality of diverse interests of the RNA Ontology Consortium and supports knowledge discovery over independently-published RNA knowledge.
The document describes the Seagate Hadoop Workflow Accelerator, which enables organizations to optimize Hadoop workflows and centralize data storage. It accelerates Hadoop applications by leveraging ClusterStor's high-performance Lustre parallel file system and bypassing the HDFS software layer. This provides improved Hadoop performance, flexibility to scale compute and storage independently, and reduced total cost of ownership.
Path to Commercialization, Nastas Presentation to Winner of Grant CompetitionThomas Nastas
The presentation discusses the path to commercializing technologies through stages of basic research, prototype development, company formation, and product growth. It notes that government innovation funds and angel investors can provide financing during the proof of concept and prototype development stages. The presentation emphasizes that failure during commercialization attempts should not be seen as fraud but rather as an accepted part of the process of achieving innovation goals.
This document discusses 4 trends in youth subcultures observed in youth marketing in 2009. It analyzes conversations with distinct youth groups around their actions, interests, and behaviors. The 4 trends summarized are:
1) "The Weasel" - A risk-taking group interested in fast bikes and pushing boundaries.
2) "The Out of the Closet Indian" - A more open group comfortable discussing relationships and sexuality.
3) "Application 2.desi" - A group engaged with social media like Facebook interested in online fame.
4) "The Couch Tomato" - A group that spends time avoiding responsibility and being entertained by media and pop culture events.
The story is about a rolling object that is missing a piece and is sad. It sets off to find its missing piece, singing a song along the way. It encounters various challenges like heat, rain, snow but continues searching. It finds many pieces but none are the right fit. Eventually it meets a piece that fits perfectly and is happy, but then realizes there is a reason for its imperfection. It decides to continue without a piece and sings a different song.
This presentation shows how Risk Based Decision Making was performed on a real project (which won an international call for bids), using Riskope's CDA/ESM project evaluation methodology.
The document describes an experiment that measured the temperature change of water in a calorimeter over 90 minutes when wrapped in towels containing different amounts of absorbed water. The experiment used calorimeters wrapped in towels soaked in 50ml, 100ml, 150ml and 200ml of water, with controls that were not wrapped. Graphs of the temperature change over time were produced for each condition and compared to analyze how the amount of absorbed water in the towel affected temperature change.
This document summarizes a study that examined how English language learners performed on tasks analyzing the design of an English language tourism website from Belize. Sixteen students analyzed the website and responded to open-ended questions about its content, design, navigation and usability. Their responses were then coded by three additional coders who were also non-native English speakers. The study found that students performed better on questions about overall website organization compared to more inference-based questions, and that one coder showed more variation in scores than the other two coders. The document discusses using website analysis as a tool to develop critical thinking and language skills for English language learners.
Powering Scientific Discovery with the Semantic Web (VanBUG 2014)Michel Dumontier
The document discusses how the semantic web can help power scientific discovery. It proposes building a massive network of interconnected data and software using web standards to 1) generate and test hypotheses by discovering associations in the data, 2) gather evidence to support or dispute hypotheses, and 3) contribute new knowledge back to the global network. This network, called the semantic web, treats data as a web of facts that can be shared and queried using semantic web standards. The document provides examples of how linked open data in the life sciences is being created and used via semantic web technologies to integrate data from multiple sources and answer complex queries.
The document provides guidelines for improving the visual design, usability, and engagement of an online course. It recommends using lighter colors to create a friendly feel, limiting colors to avoid clutter, and ensuring text is readable for those with visual impairments. Layout should guide users' eyes through the content in a logical flow. Interactions and activities should be consistent in format to provide clarity, while incorporating a variety of visual content like images and videos can boost engagement. Clear navigation aids comprehension by maintaining consistent design elements.
Line Upgrade Deferral Scenarios for Distributed Renewable Energy ResourcesIain Sanders
This project examined the economic viability of using distributed renewable resources to defer costly electricity distribution network upgrades in rural areas using information provided by three independent electricity distribution networks.
This document summarizes a study that examined how people comprehend illustrations showing physical actions from different perspectives. The study presented participants with images of a man holding or swinging a bat from different angles and heights. Participants had to identify which overhead image matched each image. Results showed that images with canonical views (e.g. 1/3 side views) had somewhat higher accuracy than non-canonical views, but accuracy was still high for non-canonical views with more practice. The study suggests that with more time, people can perform mental rotation tasks to comprehend images from different perspectives.
This document provides a glimpse into the narrator's vision of what their classroom and teaching career may look like twenty years in the future when they are seventy-two years old. Some key details include: the narrator envisions having their own classroom next to their current one with windows overlooking mountains; their students will have high-tech devices and fast internet access to collaborate globally on projects; the classroom will have decorated walls and a jungle mural; the narrator will still be teaching and finding joy in working with students like Jewel.
This document summarizes statistics from proposals submitted to the Technology Commercialization Project (TCP) in Kazakhstan. It shows that the majority of proposals were from male-led teams (75%) and senior teams (83%). The top requested technologies were agriculture, life sciences, ICT/education, and alternative energy. The TCP aims to finance technological development and commercialization by funding the "market gap" between research and customer/investor readiness. It is a joint program between the Kazakh government and World Bank to address lack of funding for proof-of-concept and prototyping. Over 3 rounds, it received over 750 proposals totaling $745 million in requested financing and committed $30 million.
Chemical biology and drug discovery seek to uncover the relationship between chemical structure and function. In the context of the emerging life science semantic web, we have previously investigated multiple strategies for the representation and reasoning of chemical structure, functional groups and chemical attributes using RDF, OWL, SWRL and so-called Description Graphs. Here, we continue our investigation on the representation of molecular structure using class-based approach to infer molecular symmetry and specialization of atomic connectivity. This work provides new design patterns towards representing and reasoning about structured objects
This presentation was used as a base for a talk resented at RIMS Conference in Vancouver, May 2011, Metals and Mining Session. Recent world-wide events have shown
The document is a study by Mark Bethel on retail spaces like souks, sidewalks, streets, and plazas around the world. It contains over 30 photos of public spaces in locations like Tehran, Isfahan, Beijing, Hong Kong, Paris, and more. The photos show examples of storefront widths, walkway widths, natural lighting, outdoor seating, street vendors, water features, and the size and design of plazas, markets, and other outdoor retail areas.
More Edisons Needed, not Einsteins: By NastasThomas Nastas
The presentation discusses the need for more entrepreneurs and innovative jobs. The World Bank asked the speaker to present on scaling up entrepreneurship as countries want help increasing the number of start-ups and small-to-medium enterprises. The presentation argues that building experience with risk, failure, and uncertainty is needed to increase entrepreneurship. It provides solutions like selling the opportunity not just the risk, generating more business ideas, and establishing mentoring organizations. The overall message is that developing more "Edison-like" entrepreneurs focused on doing more, faster and cheaper can help economies participate in an increasingly knowledge-based world.
The story is about a rolling object that is missing a piece and is sad. It sets off to find its missing piece, singing a song along the way. It encounters various challenges like heat, rain, snow but continues searching. It finds many pieces but none are the right fit. Eventually it meets a piece that fits perfectly and is happy, but then realizes there is a reason for its imperfection. It decides to continue without a piece and sings a different song.
This presentation shows how Risk Based Decision Making was performed on a real project (which won an international call for bids), using Riskope's CDA/ESM project evaluation methodology.
The document describes an experiment that measured the temperature change of water in a calorimeter over 90 minutes when wrapped in towels containing different amounts of absorbed water. The experiment used calorimeters wrapped in towels soaked in 50ml, 100ml, 150ml and 200ml of water, with controls that were not wrapped. Graphs of the temperature change over time were produced for each condition and compared to analyze how the amount of absorbed water in the towel affected temperature change.
This document summarizes a study that examined how English language learners performed on tasks analyzing the design of an English language tourism website from Belize. Sixteen students analyzed the website and responded to open-ended questions about its content, design, navigation and usability. Their responses were then coded by three additional coders who were also non-native English speakers. The study found that students performed better on questions about overall website organization compared to more inference-based questions, and that one coder showed more variation in scores than the other two coders. The document discusses using website analysis as a tool to develop critical thinking and language skills for English language learners.
Powering Scientific Discovery with the Semantic Web (VanBUG 2014)Michel Dumontier
The document discusses how the semantic web can help power scientific discovery. It proposes building a massive network of interconnected data and software using web standards to 1) generate and test hypotheses by discovering associations in the data, 2) gather evidence to support or dispute hypotheses, and 3) contribute new knowledge back to the global network. This network, called the semantic web, treats data as a web of facts that can be shared and queried using semantic web standards. The document provides examples of how linked open data in the life sciences is being created and used via semantic web technologies to integrate data from multiple sources and answer complex queries.
The document provides guidelines for improving the visual design, usability, and engagement of an online course. It recommends using lighter colors to create a friendly feel, limiting colors to avoid clutter, and ensuring text is readable for those with visual impairments. Layout should guide users' eyes through the content in a logical flow. Interactions and activities should be consistent in format to provide clarity, while incorporating a variety of visual content like images and videos can boost engagement. Clear navigation aids comprehension by maintaining consistent design elements.
Line Upgrade Deferral Scenarios for Distributed Renewable Energy ResourcesIain Sanders
This project examined the economic viability of using distributed renewable resources to defer costly electricity distribution network upgrades in rural areas using information provided by three independent electricity distribution networks.
This document summarizes a study that examined how people comprehend illustrations showing physical actions from different perspectives. The study presented participants with images of a man holding or swinging a bat from different angles and heights. Participants had to identify which overhead image matched each image. Results showed that images with canonical views (e.g. 1/3 side views) had somewhat higher accuracy than non-canonical views, but accuracy was still high for non-canonical views with more practice. The study suggests that with more time, people can perform mental rotation tasks to comprehend images from different perspectives.
This document provides a glimpse into the narrator's vision of what their classroom and teaching career may look like twenty years in the future when they are seventy-two years old. Some key details include: the narrator envisions having their own classroom next to their current one with windows overlooking mountains; their students will have high-tech devices and fast internet access to collaborate globally on projects; the classroom will have decorated walls and a jungle mural; the narrator will still be teaching and finding joy in working with students like Jewel.
This document summarizes statistics from proposals submitted to the Technology Commercialization Project (TCP) in Kazakhstan. It shows that the majority of proposals were from male-led teams (75%) and senior teams (83%). The top requested technologies were agriculture, life sciences, ICT/education, and alternative energy. The TCP aims to finance technological development and commercialization by funding the "market gap" between research and customer/investor readiness. It is a joint program between the Kazakh government and World Bank to address lack of funding for proof-of-concept and prototyping. Over 3 rounds, it received over 750 proposals totaling $745 million in requested financing and committed $30 million.
Chemical biology and drug discovery seek to uncover the relationship between chemical structure and function. In the context of the emerging life science semantic web, we have previously investigated multiple strategies for the representation and reasoning of chemical structure, functional groups and chemical attributes using RDF, OWL, SWRL and so-called Description Graphs. Here, we continue our investigation on the representation of molecular structure using class-based approach to infer molecular symmetry and specialization of atomic connectivity. This work provides new design patterns towards representing and reasoning about structured objects
This presentation was used as a base for a talk resented at RIMS Conference in Vancouver, May 2011, Metals and Mining Session. Recent world-wide events have shown
The document is a study by Mark Bethel on retail spaces like souks, sidewalks, streets, and plazas around the world. It contains over 30 photos of public spaces in locations like Tehran, Isfahan, Beijing, Hong Kong, Paris, and more. The photos show examples of storefront widths, walkway widths, natural lighting, outdoor seating, street vendors, water features, and the size and design of plazas, markets, and other outdoor retail areas.
More Edisons Needed, not Einsteins: By NastasThomas Nastas
The presentation discusses the need for more entrepreneurs and innovative jobs. The World Bank asked the speaker to present on scaling up entrepreneurship as countries want help increasing the number of start-ups and small-to-medium enterprises. The presentation argues that building experience with risk, failure, and uncertainty is needed to increase entrepreneurship. It provides solutions like selling the opportunity not just the risk, generating more business ideas, and establishing mentoring organizations. The overall message is that developing more "Edison-like" entrepreneurs focused on doing more, faster and cheaper can help economies participate in an increasingly knowledge-based world.