A digital imaging instrument manufactured by Foster + Freeman that employs combinations of light sources and filters to examine document evidence under various wavelengths of radiation ranging from ultraviolet to the infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
VSC is a preferred tool as it supports non destructive examination of documents. VSC uses multiple parameters like IR, UV, and White light providing accurate results.
VSC VIDEO SPECTRAL COMPARATAOR FORENSIC APPLICATIONS BY SHAILESH CHAUBEY STUDENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE & CRIMINOLOGY FROM BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY JHANSI UTTAR PRADESH INDIA . THIS PPT SHOWS ABOUT THE FEATURES, APPLICATIONS , CASE LAWS & NEED OF VSC IN FORENSIC ASPECTS FOR DOCUMENT EXAMINATION & HANDWRITING . THIS PRESENTATION WILL HELP TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VSC BY VARIOUS SLIDES.
Fingerprint - Everything You Need To Know About FingerprintsSwaroopSonone
A detailed fingerprint presentation. Fingerprint is one of the most important criminal investigation tools due to their two significant features- uniqueness and persistence. The unique features of friction ridge skin persist from before birth, i.e. during fetal development to the decomposition after death...
VSC VIDEO SPECTRAL COMPARATAOR FORENSIC APPLICATIONS BY SHAILESH CHAUBEY STUDENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE & CRIMINOLOGY FROM BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY JHANSI UTTAR PRADESH INDIA . THIS PPT SHOWS ABOUT THE FEATURES, APPLICATIONS , CASE LAWS & NEED OF VSC IN FORENSIC ASPECTS FOR DOCUMENT EXAMINATION & HANDWRITING . THIS PRESENTATION WILL HELP TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VSC BY VARIOUS SLIDES.
Fingerprint - Everything You Need To Know About FingerprintsSwaroopSonone
A detailed fingerprint presentation. Fingerprint is one of the most important criminal investigation tools due to their two significant features- uniqueness and persistence. The unique features of friction ridge skin persist from before birth, i.e. during fetal development to the decomposition after death...
Tool marks are often found on scene of crime.. this presentation enlights very basic processing of how these marks are being examined by forensic scientists
what things are visible which instruments are used, what are the major functions of the instrument used and which is the best technique used by the scientific officer to compare whether two soil samples are from same area or different area.
Video Spectral Comparator(VSC 6000/HS) For Questioned Documents ExaminationShruti Pawar
Introduction: A Video Spectral Comparator (VSC) is a forensic tool used in document examination to analyze and compare various features of questioned documents. It is particularly valuable in examining documents that may have alterations, erasures, or other forms of document tampering.
Key features of a Video Spectral Comparator may include:
Multispectral Imaging: The ability to capture images under different wavelengths of light, such as UV and IR, to reveal hidden details.
Magnification: High magnification capabilities to scrutinize fine details on a document.
Video Recording: The ability to record and document the examination process, which can be crucial for forensic documentation.
Comparison Tools: Software tools that allow forensic examiners to compare different documents or portions of a document.
Image Enhancement: Image processing capabilities to enhance and clarify details for better analysis.
Contents:
Introduction
Construction
Principle
Equipment Specification
Advanced models
Merits and Demerits
Applications
References
VSC-6000/HS
The Video Spectral Comparator 6000 (VSC) is a machine by Foster + Freeman.
The machine utilizes many functions and different light sources to examine documents, and is usually used as a forensic tool to check the validity of valuable documents. Machine is a comparator, and it is also used to compare one set of images or spectra up against another.
The VSC has also had a variety of uses in the cultural heritage sector, like analyzing ink and looking for deterioration in documents. As the name suggests the VSC is a comparator, and works by enhancing a document from different angles and in different light as well as taking spectral measurements.
CONSTRUCTION
principle
Video spectral comparator works on basic principle of light. When light is directed towards an object any one of these 5 things usually occurs:
Reflection
Absorption
Reflection and Absorption
Transmission
Luminescence
EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION:
The VSC Suite can be operated in two modes:
Normal
Standalone.
Normal – Using the software with the VSC unit.
To use the software in the normal mode, first switch on the VSC.
Standalone – Using the software on its own with the VSC unit switched off. This mode allows the user to access stored/saved images and data without having to switch on the VSC.
After opening the VSC Suite software (in either modes), you will be presented with
the ‘Log-in’ screen.
Default Folder
Use Last Folder
DISPLAY MODES
VSC Main Screen Overview
1) Main Image
2) Notepad
3) Spectrometer Preview
4) Display Modes
5) Camera Controls
6) Magnification / zoom controls
7) Image Modes Panel
8) Filters Panel
9) Illumination Panel
Different Light Sources Used In VSC:
Incandescent filament lamps: These have a range from 400 nm to 1000 nm and encompass visible and IR light.
LED lamps: Wavelength from 400 nm to 700 nm are used in VSC.
Vapour discharge tubes: The VSC offers three ranges of UV light. This is with 365 nm (UV-A)
Tool marks are often found on scene of crime.. this presentation enlights very basic processing of how these marks are being examined by forensic scientists
what things are visible which instruments are used, what are the major functions of the instrument used and which is the best technique used by the scientific officer to compare whether two soil samples are from same area or different area.
Video Spectral Comparator(VSC 6000/HS) For Questioned Documents ExaminationShruti Pawar
Introduction: A Video Spectral Comparator (VSC) is a forensic tool used in document examination to analyze and compare various features of questioned documents. It is particularly valuable in examining documents that may have alterations, erasures, or other forms of document tampering.
Key features of a Video Spectral Comparator may include:
Multispectral Imaging: The ability to capture images under different wavelengths of light, such as UV and IR, to reveal hidden details.
Magnification: High magnification capabilities to scrutinize fine details on a document.
Video Recording: The ability to record and document the examination process, which can be crucial for forensic documentation.
Comparison Tools: Software tools that allow forensic examiners to compare different documents or portions of a document.
Image Enhancement: Image processing capabilities to enhance and clarify details for better analysis.
Contents:
Introduction
Construction
Principle
Equipment Specification
Advanced models
Merits and Demerits
Applications
References
VSC-6000/HS
The Video Spectral Comparator 6000 (VSC) is a machine by Foster + Freeman.
The machine utilizes many functions and different light sources to examine documents, and is usually used as a forensic tool to check the validity of valuable documents. Machine is a comparator, and it is also used to compare one set of images or spectra up against another.
The VSC has also had a variety of uses in the cultural heritage sector, like analyzing ink and looking for deterioration in documents. As the name suggests the VSC is a comparator, and works by enhancing a document from different angles and in different light as well as taking spectral measurements.
CONSTRUCTION
principle
Video spectral comparator works on basic principle of light. When light is directed towards an object any one of these 5 things usually occurs:
Reflection
Absorption
Reflection and Absorption
Transmission
Luminescence
EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION:
The VSC Suite can be operated in two modes:
Normal
Standalone.
Normal – Using the software with the VSC unit.
To use the software in the normal mode, first switch on the VSC.
Standalone – Using the software on its own with the VSC unit switched off. This mode allows the user to access stored/saved images and data without having to switch on the VSC.
After opening the VSC Suite software (in either modes), you will be presented with
the ‘Log-in’ screen.
Default Folder
Use Last Folder
DISPLAY MODES
VSC Main Screen Overview
1) Main Image
2) Notepad
3) Spectrometer Preview
4) Display Modes
5) Camera Controls
6) Magnification / zoom controls
7) Image Modes Panel
8) Filters Panel
9) Illumination Panel
Different Light Sources Used In VSC:
Incandescent filament lamps: These have a range from 400 nm to 1000 nm and encompass visible and IR light.
LED lamps: Wavelength from 400 nm to 700 nm are used in VSC.
Vapour discharge tubes: The VSC offers three ranges of UV light. This is with 365 nm (UV-A)
Ultrasonic Testing stands at the forefront of NDT methodologies, playing a pivotal role in ensuring the structural integrity of the material. Read More!
In-Depth Understanding of Fiber Optic Sensing NetworkSun Telecom
Fiber optic sensing network is a tendency for many applications. It supports a large number of sensors in a single optical fiber with high-speed, high security, and low attenuation. This article provides some information about fiber optic sensing networks.
An Efficient Approach for Ultrasonic Characterization of Biomaterials using N...inventionjournals
The methodology for characterization of biomaterial is the source of signal, Biomaterial and the response detector. The high frequency ultrasonic signal generator generates signals of high frequency suitable for biomaterial characterization. In this system, Ultrasonic signals are made to fall on the biomaterial to be characterized. While passing through the biomaterial, the ultrasonic signals are absorbed, reflected and scattered along different directions. The transmitted and reflected received signals are sense and detect by receiving transducer. The sensor produces proportional current in microamperes. This current will be applied to sensing circuit, which converts current into proportional amplified voltage with the help of Op-Amp. An Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) converts analog signal into digital signal. This digital signal provides data to a computer. Data acquisition circuit interconnects the PC and driver software to which the data is input. Driver software makes NI LabVIEW to interact with hardware. The PC with LabVIEW platform is used to study characteristics of the biomaterials.
Fischer X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) measuring devices are continuously optimized to achieve higher precision in shorter
measurement times. That is why we have developed our new digital pulse processor DPP+ completely in-house.
The DPP+ is one of the central elements of an X-ray fluorescence spectromete.
Disaster:-
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology defines disaster as "sudden or great calamity". A disaster can be defined as “an unexpected natural or manmade event that may result in personal injury, mass fatalities, property and infrastructural damage. These events can be a result of natural events such as earthquakes and typhoons, accidents (aircraft, rail, maritime, industrial), terrorist activities and conflicts.”
Types of Disaster:-
All disasters can be broadly divided into two categories -Natural and Manrnade disasters. Natural Disasters are not controllable as, indeed, nature is not controllable -such events are often termed as 'acts of God'. The Man-made disasters on the other hand are a rapidly increasing phenomenon in the present day Technological Society and occur as a result of human failure or error or malfunction of some structure or system designed by man. Similarly, while there is sometimes an element of warning in natural disaster. There is generally none in man-made disaster and this lack of warning makes avoidance difficult.
Both types of disasters can cause visible damage to a familiar environment, but some technological disasters do not have this effect like nuclear pollution from an accident like that at Chernobyl may be catastrophic, yet cause no visible damage.
Whilst Natural Disaster is often predictable to some degree, technological disaster is not. Technological catastrophes are never supposed to happen and hence predictability is not an issue. The King's Cross Underground fire in November 1987 killing 31 persons and causing horrendous injuries could not have been foreseen as escalators are not supposed to erupt into flames.
Following are the different types of disasters under the above mentioned categories:-
1. Natural Disasters:- can be of the following types.
a) Famines
b) Floods
c) Storms
d) Droughts, and
e) Epidemics
2. Man-made Disasters:-
a) Air, Rail and Sea disasters
b) Fires
c) Explosions
d) Building collapse disasters
e) Industrial accidents
f) Football Tragedies
g) Holocausts in Civilian Violence, Terrorism and Mass shootings.
h) Mass suicides, e.g. Jonestown suicides.
2. Disaster Victim Identification
Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) refers to a respectful, systematic and orderly process undertaken in response to a multiple fatality incident with the aim of scientifically identifying the deceased casualties of the incident so that they can be returned to their relatives. The process involves matching post-mortem information from a deceased individual with ante‐mortem information of a missing person and through this identifying the deceased individual.
DVI is a multi‐disciplinary activity that relies on a range of comparative scientific and non‐scientific methods to identify human remains.
A DVI operation is typically part of the ‘response phase’ to a multiple fatality event and usually becomes fully operational at the conclusion of the rescue and evacuation part of the operation.
Alexander Pichushkin : “THE CHESSBOARD KILLER” OR “THE BITSA PARK MANIAC”Palash Mehar
Alexander is a process-focused serial killer, which means he killed the victims slowly and received enjoyment from the torture and the slow death of the victims.
Alexander Pichushkin was arrested on June 16, 2006, and sentenced on October 24, 2007, of 49 murders and 3 attempted murders.
He requested that a Russian court add an extra 11 victim to his body count, bringing his guaranteed death toll to 60, and 3 surviving victims.
During his trial, as with Andrei Chikatilo, Pichushkin was housed in a glass cage for his own protection.
Rapid DNA Technology: A Boon to Forensic DNA Typing
The FBI defines Rapid DNA as
“the fully automated (hands free) process of developing a CODIS Core Loci STR profile from a reference sample swab. The swab in - profile out process consists of automated extraction, amplification, separation, detection, and allele calling without human intervention”.
Modified Rapid DNA analysis describes the automated (hands-free) process of developing a CODIS Core STR profile from a known reference sample. This “swab in – profile out” process consists of automated extraction, amplification, separation, and detection without human intervention but requires human interpretation and technical review.
Approval by : Formal approval not required if validated in accordance with the FBI Director’s Quality Assurance Standards
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a systematic and integrative process for considering possible impacts prior to a decision being taken on whether or not a proposal should be given approval to proceed. (Wood 2003)
Nanotechnology Powder
Nanotechnology is the field of science that deals with the study of materials in the nanometer scale. Additionally, the domain can also be defined as the synthesis of matter on an atomic level, with sizes ranging from 1 to 100 nm.
Nanoparticles are much smaller than most of the particles currently used in fingerprint detection, which are in the order of 1–10 mm in size.
Nanoparticles are distinct, non-aggregated particles with nanometre-size diameters, although nano-structured particles, which may be up to microns in diameter, often exist as aggregates of nano-sized particles
The use of nano-particles has recently shown a great potential in producing the next generation of fingerprint development techniques known as nano-fingerprints.
Ninhydrin
The synthesis of ninhydrin (originally described as 1,2,3-triketohydrindene, but also referred to as 1,2,3-indanetrione)
First reported by Professor Siegfried Ruhemann, of the University Chemical Laboratories at Cambridge University, England, in 1910.
The marks developed by ninhydrin can vary in colour from reddish purple to deep purple, being influenced by the composition of the mark and the substrate it is deposited on.
Ninhydrin Analogs
An analog is a chemical compound that has a similar structure and similar chemical properties to those of another compound, but differs from it by a single element or a group.
The dual goals of producing such an analog are to produce a compound that has intense, visible colored development (as good as or superior to ninhydrin) as well as a superior room temperature fluorescence.
Cyanoacrylate Dye Stains:- MRM 10 (Fluorescent Dye)
MRM 10 is a fluorescent dye used to enhance cyanoacrylate developed latent prints on various coloured nonporous surfaces.
A laser or alternate light source is used in conjunction with this process.
PCR
PCR is a method widely used in Molecular biology to make many copies of a specific DNA segment.
Using PCR it is possible to generate thousand millions of copies of a particular section of DNA from very small amount of DNA.
PCR was originally developed in 1983 by the American Biochemists Kary Mullis. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his pioneering work.
Forensic Biology Case Study :- The Colin Pitchfork CasePalash Mehar
On November 21, 1983 and July 31, 1986 Colin Pitchfork raped and murdered two girls in Narborough, Leicestershire. Lynda Mann, who was 15 years old left her home one evening to visit her friend’s house and did not return. The next morning she was found on a deserted footpath known locally as the black pad raped and murdered. Taken from the crime scene, semen found was later tested which shown the person had type A blood.
On July 31, 1986 Dawn Ashworth, 15 years old took a shortcut instead of taking her normal route home, two days later was found in a wooded area near a footpath called ten pound lane raped and murdered. In the same position as Lynda Mann, a semen sample was taken from Dawn and tested. The modus operandi matched that of the first attack, and semen samples revealed the same blood type.
The first criminal caught using DNA fingerprinting (England), using the DNA profiling method published in 1985 by Sir Alec Jeffrey’s.
Richard Buckland became the first person in the world to be exonerated of murder through the use of DNA profiling.
Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM)-
It is an Internet standard adopted by IAB
(Internet architecture Board) for secure
electronic mail communications over Internet.
Described in four specification documents
which are RFC no. 1421 to 1424.
Security features provided by PEM
Working of PEM:-
Broad steps in PEM are –
1. Canonical conversion
2. Digital signature
3. Encryption
4. Base - 64 - encoding
Case Study:- Jesssica Lal Murder Case (Manu Sharma Vs State(NCT of Delhi)Palash Mehar
Case Study:-
Jesssica Lal Murder Case
(Manu Sharma Vs State(NCT of Delhi)
Introduction:-
Jessica Lal (5 January 1965 – 30 April 1999) was a model in New Delhi who was working as a celebrity barmaid at a crowded socialite party when she was shot dead at around 2 am on 30 April 1999. Dozens of witnesses pointed to Siddharth Vashisht, also known as Manu Sharma, the son of Venod Sharma, a wealthy and influential Congress-nominated Member of Parliament from Haryana, as the murderer.
In the ensuing trial, Manu Sharma and a number of others were acquitted on 21 February 2006.
Following intense media and public pressure, the prosecution appealed and the Delhi High Court conducted proceedings on a fast track with daily hearings conducted over 25 days. The trial court judgment was overturned, and Manu Sharma was found guilty of having murdered Lal. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 20 Decesmber 2006.
Rehabilitation : Principle and its types Palash Mehar
Rehabilitation-
According to WHO “Rehabilitation or rehab is the combined and coordinated use of the medical, social, educational, and vocational measures for training and re-training the individual to the highest possible level of functional ability”.
Principles of Rehabilitation
Aspects of Rehabilitation
Types of Rehabilitation :-
There are too many types rehab to list here but some common types of therapy include,
Physical therapy
Occupational therapy
Speech/swallow therapy
Cognitive rehabilitation therapy
Vocational rehabilitation
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using Adobe AcrobatPalash Mehar
Digital Signature-
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using Adobe Acrobat
Digital Signature Certificate:-A digital certificate or a digital signature certificate(DSC) is a digital record of credentials of an individual or an organization. It verifies the ingenuity of an entity involved in an online transaction.
*Digital Signature Standard:-Digital Signature Standard (DSS) is the digital signature algorithm (DSA) developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to generate a digital signature for the authentication of electronic documents. DSS was put forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1994, and has become the United States government standard for authentication of electronic documents. DSS is specified in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS).
*Creation of digital signature using Adobe Acrobat
*Verification of digital signature using Adobe Acrobat
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using DigisignerPalash Mehar
Digital Singatute-
Basics of Digital Signature
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using Digisigner
Steps of creation of digital signature using Digisigner
Steps of Validation of Digital signature using Digisigner
Working of Digital Signatgure
Attributes of Digital Signature
Digital signature ensures the confidentiality via. The following three attributes,
1 Authentication
2 Integrity
3 Non-repudiation
Controller of Certifying Authority(CCA)
Sections related to digital signature
Digisigner 4.0
Email Recovery
Email Recovery is needed when user gets their email files corrupt, deleted and in un used form.
Every email client application when found some of their email files corrupt then they shows the corruption error to user so that they can start to repair them using any recovery solution and access it again after recovery.
About Email recovery software :-
Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express store email , contacts, notes, journals, tasks and calendar.
Sometimes email messages get deleted and that is panic too much. To retrieve this deleted emails, Email Recovery software is used.
Intelligence test used in the forensic psychology.
There are different tests are used to measure the intelligence or IQ of a person. Such as,
Ravens Progressive Matrices
Bhatia Battery of Intelligence
Culture Fair test
Wechsler scale
Alexander Pass a long test
etc.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
2. A digital imaging instrument manufactured by Foster + Freeman that employs combinations
of light sources and filters to examine document evidence under various wavelengths of
radiation ranging from ultraviolet to the infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Video Spectral Comparator
(VSC)
VSC is a preferred tool as it supports non destructive examination of
documents. VSC uses multiple parameters like IR, UV, and White
light providing accurate results.
VSC8000 is the new version of VSC which is available for use
for the forensic and general purposes.
4. Construction
The main unit is a square box with 3 flaps.
The main unit has;
1) a high resolution CCD firewire colour camera with sensitivity
from 360 nm to 1100 nm,
2) different light sources (incandescent filament lamps, LED,
vapour discharge tube, flash tube etc),
3) optical filters as well as a translight panel.
The panel is situated in the centre of the document platen.
Underneath the panel are light sources which can illuminate the
document from below. The document platen in itself is 650 mm *
650 mm while the translight panel is 235 mm * 175 mm.
In the VSC there is also a high resolution grating spectrometer.
This can analyze light from a small region in the document.
As part of the VSC machinery is a 30” screen and a PC system
which is Windows based.Image : Inside the VSC main unit.
Source : Laboratory Instruments Manual
5. Video Spectral Comparator works in the basic principle of light.
When light directed towards an object any of the one of five things
usually occurs depending on the emitted wavelengths and the
composition of the object –
1. Reflection
2. Absorption
3. Reflection and Absorption
4. Transmission
5. Luminescence
Principle
6. Different Light Sources Used In VSC
1) Incandescent filament lamps
These have a range from 400 nm to 1000 nm and encompass visible and IR light.
2) LED lamps
Wavelength from 400 nm to 700 nm are used with coaxial lighting and diffracted
lighting.
3) Vapour discharge tubes
The VSC offers three ranges of UV light. This is with 365 nm (UV-A), 312 (UV-
B), 254 (UV-C) peak wavelength.
4) Flash tube
This lamp has a range of 850 nm to 1100 nm and it is used for the Anti-stokes
flash function.
7. VSC Equipment
•For close to 40-years, the Foster+Freeman Video Spectral
Comparator (VSC) has been an essential tool in the field of
Questioned Document Examination (QDE).
•Used by QDE professionals in some of the busiest and most
highly regarded forensic science facilities worldwide, each new
generation of VSC workstation has further increased our ability
to authenticate genuine items and to identify counterfeits and
falsified documents of an increasingly high quality.
Source:
https://fosterfreeman.clickmeeting.com/599836551/?r=AQtlZmL1ZQu8sRABJH5TIFOnHyIB
EKk8L255ozM1raW1ozINqUchqaxhpTW6sUjlZwNlAGDjBD
11. Advantages of Video Spectral Comparator
1) This method is a convenient and comprehensive method for the non-destructive
analysis of inks and papers.
2) It can help detect differences between inks in terms of chemical formulation
and it reveals writing that has been added using a different ink.
3) The method also reveals writing that has been altered or removed using the
variations in the way different inks respond to different wavelengths of light.
4) It visualises the security features printed into papers and allow quick
examination of the questioned document.
5) Foster and Freeman (nd) noted that non-destructive VSC examination makes it
possible to establish the authenticity of an item, detect changes that have been
made and to see beneath the surface of an artefact revealing its history.
12. Disadvantages of Video Spectral Comparator
1) The results obtained by using the VSC are only indicative and not
definite because the machine only compares one set of data to another.
Furthermore, when using the VSC for examination, comparison can only
be done only when the specimen comparison is available.
2) This technique has been used only for differentiating purposes and not
for identification purposes.
3) The instrument is very costly.
4) It is not possible to carry the machine at the crime scene
13. Applications
Banks:
With VSC each security feature of bank notes can be observed like ink, images,
paper gradient and security thread. It can be used to examine suspected fake cheques.
Government Offices: Examination of fake official documents
Fraudsters create fake certificates, notarized documents, license agreements, degree
certificates, birth certificates, etc. VSC can be very useful to examine such
documents and establish authenticity of it.
It can detect alterations made to original documents.
Airport:
Examination of passport and visa documents.
Examination of documents under high magnification can quickly reveal evidence of
tampering.
14. Applications
Forensic Examination:
VSC is one the most used tool in questioned document analysis.
Objects such as currency, stamps, certificates, legal documents, artwork, and
identification cards can be examined with the help of Video Spectral Comparator.
Enhancement of handwritings on charred documents.
Establishing the chronological order of intersecting printed strokes
and writing pen strokes.
VSC as a non-destructive technique for identification of blood.
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