Chemicals, including inorganic chemicals (nanoparticles, heavy metals, and other chemicals) and organic chemicals (pesticides, POPS, PBDEs, and other organic chemicals), are widely used in the world in recent 30 years to support the rapid development of industrialization and agriculture. The extensive use and discharge of these chemicals in these processes will produce wastewater containing a v...

The goals of seismic impact assessment can be achieved by seismic monitoring systems and seismic impact simulator. Seismic monitoring system, for the purpose of hazard analysis, local site effects analysis, vulnerability analysis, and estimation of loss, is one application of SHM in earthquake engineering. A prototype, conceptual seismic impact simulator integrating SHM, FEM, GIS, and Virtual R...

Environmental monitoring and assessment includes a wide spectrum of study that overlaps many disciplines, all of which are independent. This paper illustrates several broad subjects related to environmental constraints including water pollution, effects of atmospheric contamination, strip mining, and natural disasters. Remote sensing can provide complementary information to existing ground-base...

has taken the challenging task to define an ambitious yet realistic vision of an improved integrated intelligent system for 2010 and beyond. One of SAMCO's main missions is to elaborate a strategic research agenda defining priorities and roadmaps with the ambition that it will serve as a reference for the definition of future research plans. SAMCO in combination with I-SAMCO has brought around ...

In this paper we present an overview of current status of control performance monitoring using minimum variance principles. Extensions to PID-achievable performance assessment, trade-oo between performance and robustness, and trade-oo between de-terministic and stochastic performance objectives are discussed. Future directions are pointed out for research and practice with regard to root-cause ...

Preso atto delle difficoltà che si incontrano nell'applicare i metodi di valutazione tradizionale a processi di tipo DULP, s i mostra come uno spostamento di attenzione verso le tracce d i processo possa condurrre a un monitoraggio significativo e multidimensionale delle attività svolte dalla community, nel suo insieme e da ogni suo singolo membro. Prendendo come "studio di caso" il processo "d...

Sedation for endoscopic procedures is done to increase patient comfort and endoscopic performance. Drugs used for sedation suppress respiratory and cardiovascular function, and while the degree of suppression may vary, it may be fatal in certain patients. The aim of this article is to provide an overview and brief summary of presedation risk assessment and monitoring during and after sedation i...