To reduce the possibility of midair collisions, the Federal Aviation Administration has developed the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS. This airborne system senses the presence of nearby aircraft by interrogating the transponders carried by these aircraft. When TCAS senses that a nearby aircraft is a possible collision threat, TCAS issues a traffic advisory to the pilot, in...

Extension and advisory services are integral to the AIS, where now more than ever they play a brokering role, linking key actors such as producer organizations, research services, and higher education. This module looks at the history and current status of extension and advisory services and examines important topics such as pluralism, new roles for extension, new kinds of service providers, IC...

Acknowledgments The Minnesota Medical Association wishes to thank the members of the Chronic Care Task Force for their commitment of time and expertise. Although this report accurately refl ects the discussions and recommendations of the task force, it is a product of the Minnesota Medical Association and, as such, may not represent the views of all task force members.

Note to the reader The Background Paper provides a preliminary overview of existing knowledge and scopes out the questions addressed by this Task Force. The analysis, conclusions and recommendations contained herein should be considered as very preliminary as they are likely to evolve as the Task Force works toward its final report at the end of 2004. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Pleas...

At the operator level a new, PC-based SCADA system was introduced at the electrical substation of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. An AI-based, intelligent advisory system was developed and connected to the SCADA system as knowledge server. The paper describes some of the advisory functions and their realizations in rules and procedures. Besides increasing reliability and safety of energy supply t...