AgriculturalStabilization and ConservationService ASCS was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture . It administered programs concerning farm products and agricultural wiktionary conservationconservation . It granted loans to farmers purchased farm products from farmers and processors administered land allotment and marketing quota programs shared the cost of resource conservation and environmental protection measures with farmers and ranchers and supervised civil defense activities relating to food. It also managed the inventories of the Commodity Credit Corporation . The ASCS was established in 1961. In 1994, the ASCS was merged with other Agriculture agencies to create the Farm Service Agency . References World Book encyclopedia 1988 cite web title What is the Farm Service Agency? work Farm Service Agenc url http www.fsa.usda.gov pas aboutus.htm accessdate 10 October 2005 ES Government DEFAULTSORT AgriculturalStabilization And ConservationService Category United States Department of Agriculture Category Defunct agencies of the United States government Category Government agencies established in 1961 ... more details
The AgriculturalConservation Program ACP , administered by the Farm Service Agency , is the largest and oldest conservation cost sharing program it paid farmers up to 3,500 per year as an incentive to install approved conservation practices. It was terminated in the 1996 farm bill P.L. 104 127 and replaced by a new Environmental Quality Incentives Program EQIP . References CRS article Report for Congress Agriculture A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition url http ncseonline.org nle crsreports 05jun 97 905.pdf author Jasper Womach Category United States federal agriculture legislation ... more details
File US ForeignAgriculturalService Logo.svg right 160px The FAS Logo The Foreign AgriculturalService ... to create an agricultural attach service with diplomatic status. Though this legislation passed ... of Nils Olsen and Reminiscences of Leslie A. Wheeler ref Accordingly, the Foreign AgriculturalService ..., 1930. The law stipulated that the Foreign AgriculturalService consist of the overseas officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA also created a Foreign AgriculturalService Division ... AgriculturalService Division, and thus began the FAS s role in formulation and implementation ... AgriculturalService Division was upgraded, made directly subordinate to the Secretary, and renamed simply the Foreign AgriculturalService. On July 1, 1939, however, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ... title5a 5a 4 2 5 .html Reorganization Plan No. II ref The Foreign AgriculturalService was abolished ... control. ref Memorandum by Fred J. Rossiter, Assistant Administrator, Foreign AgriculturalService ... Ezra Taft Benson abolished OFAR and reconstituted the Foreign AgriculturalService. ref Secretary ... Employees of the Foreign AgriculturalService from acting Administrator Clayton E. Whipple, November ... farm support programs. ref Commodity StabilizationService Notice General No. 305, June 28, 1955 Secretary ... Archives, Record Group 166, Records of the Foreign AgriculturalService, Policy Correspondence 1951 ... Administrator for Export Credits, Foreign AgriculturalService ref In 1981 the Ronald Reagan Administration ... of 1980 . Agricultural attach s were offered the choice of remaining United States civil service civil ..., have been Foreign Service Officers. Since 1939, 11 former agricultural attach s have been confirmed ... robbery Great Grain Robbery , led to creation in the Foreign AgriculturalService of a satellite imagery ..., Foreign AgriculturalService ref FAS return to international development and national security ... liaison. ref Interview with Hal G. Wynne, former budget director, Foreign AgriculturalService ... more details
the Agricultural Statistics Board was another landmark in the development of a nationwide statistical service for agriculture. A USDA reorganization in 1961 led to the creation of the Statistical Reporting Service , known today as National Agricultural Statistics Service NASS http www.nass.usda.gov ...File US NationalAgriculturalStatisticsService Logo Tagline.svg thumb right National Agricultural Statistics Service Logo The National Agricultural Statistics Service or NASS is the statistics statistical branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture http www.usda.gov . NASS has 46 field offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and a headquarters unit in Washington, D.C. . NASS conducts hundreds of Statistical survey survey s and issues nearly 500 national reports each year on issues including agriculture agricultural production, economics , demographics and the environment biophysical environment . NASS also conducts the Census of Agriculture every five years. History During the Civil War, USDA collected and distributed crop and livestock statistics to help farmers assess the value of the goods they produced. At that time, commodity buyers usually had more current and detailed market information than did farmers, a circumstance that often prevented farmers from getting a fair price for their goods. Producers in today s marketplace would be similarly handicapped were it not for the information ... and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wage s, farm income and finances, and agricultural .... Agricultural data are indispensable for planning and administering related federal and state programs in such areas as consumer protection , Conservation ethic conservation and environmental quality ... grain to plant, how much livestock to raise and when to buy or sell agricultural commodities . NASS ..., agribusinesses and policymakers. See also Agricultural Resource Management Survey Census of Agriculture World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates External links http www.nass.usda.gov ... more details
Image US AgriculturalResearchService Logo.svg thumb right Agency logo The Agricultural Research Service ... Agricultural Resource Management Survey Germplasm Resources Information Network National Clonal Germplasm Repository National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory References cite web title Agricultural Research Service url http ars.usda.gov accessdate 7 October 2005 cite web title Image gallery work Agricultural Research Service url http ars.usda.gov is graphics photos accessdate 7 October 2005 An online catalog from the Agricultural Research Service Information ... accessdate 1 September 2009 cite web title National Agricultural Library url http www.nal.usda.gov accessdate 19 November 2008 External links commonscat USDA Agricultural Research Service http www.ars.usda.gov ... es Servicio de Investigaci n Agr cola fr Agricultural Research Service ... with extending the nation s scientific knowledge and solving agricultural problems through its four ... resources and sustainable agricultural systems and crop production and protection. ARS research ..., Louisiana the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research NCAUR in Peoria, Illinois and the Eastern ... Agricultural Research Center BARC in Beltsville, Maryland , is the world s largest agricultural ... in its mission, which is to conduct research to develop and transfer solutions to agricultural ... quality, safe food and other agricultural products, assess the nutritional needs of Americans, sustain a competitive agricultural economy, enhance the natural resource base and the environment, and provide ... complements the work of state colleges and universities, agricultural experiment stations, other federal ... publications, Agricultural Research magazine, and other forums. Information is also distributed through ARS s National Agricultural Library NAL . ARS has more than 150 librarians and other information ... cite web title National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research url http www.ars.usda.gov main ... more details
Infobox Defunct Company company name Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service company logo Image Landbrukstilsynet logo.png centre fate Merger successor Norwegian Food Safety Authority foundation 1984 defunct January 1, 2004 location Oslo , Norway industry Food safety key people products num employees parent Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food subsid Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service lang no Landbrukstilsynet is a defunct Norway Norwegian etat government agency that was responsible for inspection of farm s and agricultural facilities in the country. As of January 1, 2004 it merged with a number of other agencies to create the Norwegian Food Safety Authority . History The agency was created in 1984 when a number of previous independent agencies were merged to create the inspection service. Prior to this each agency had a specialized field for control, including independent agencies for inspection of seed s, plant breeding , plant inspection, toxins , agricultural chemicals , vegetable conservations, margarine and dairy product s. None of these had any inter agency coordination, creating chaos. External links http landbrukstilsynet.mattilsynet.no Web site Category Former Norwegian government agencies Category Agriculture in Norway Category 1984 establishments in Norway Category 2004 disestablishments ... more details
by other agencies for AMS, and statistical and mathematical Consultant consulting Service economics ... conducts a program to collect and analyze data about pesticide residue levels in agricultural commodities ... will be put into a data base to help analyze agricultural pesticide use. ref http www.usda.gov wps ... pgas dept of agric pgas agricultural marketing service.xml ref ref http www.farmnetservices.com directory Category Agricultural Marketing Services ref References Reflist External links cite web title Agricultural Marketing Service url http www.ams.usda.gov accessdate 7 October 2005 http thefederalregister.com b.p agency Agricultural Marketing ServiceAgricultural Marketing Service Meeting Notices and Rule Changes from The Federal Register http thefederalregister.com rss agency Agricultural Marketing Service RSS Feed ES Government USDA agencies Category United States Department of Agriculture ... more details
that apply the ontologies. Agriculture Ontology Service Motivation In the agricultural sector ... de Agricultural Ontology Service es Servicio de Ontolog a Agr cola fr Service d ontologie agricole ko it Agricultural Ontology Service ... s AGROVOC Thesaurus, the CAB Thesaurus, and the National Agricultural Library Thesaurus in the United ... is the first step towards an Ontology Service . The Concept Server shall function as a tool to help structure and standardise agricultural terminology to be used in a wide range of systems in the agricultural ... agricultural terminology. The Concept Server will provide a core ontology in the domain of agriculture ... agricultural terminology. Selected maintainers will have access to the system for management, maintenance ... agricultural resources are described and associated together increase functionality and relevance ... and relations within the agricultural community. See also Controlled vocabulary Knowledge representation ... OWL References reflist Related links Agricultural Information Management Standards Agricultural Information Management Standards Website AgMES Agricultural Metadata Element Set AGROVOC http www.fao.org documents advanced s result.asp?FORM C AND&SERIES 339 Agricultural Information and Knowledge Management ...&lang en&sites 1 RSS feed of news and events External links http www.fao.org aims Agricultural Information ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Natural Resources ConservationService logo US NaturalResourcesConservationService ... The Natural Resources ConservationService NRCS , formerly known as the Soil ConservationService SCS , is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture USDA that provides technical ... U.S. Natural Resources ConservationService NRCS . Washington, DC. http www.nrcs.usda.gov programs ... standards nhcp.html National Conservation Practice Standards. National Handbook of Conservation Practices. Accessed 2009 06 05. ref One example is the Conservation Effects Assessment Project CEAP , set up to quantify the benefits of agriculturalconservation efforts promoted and supported by programs ... to form the Soil ConservationService by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935. ref Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, P.L. 74 46, USStat 49 163 , USC 16 590 e , April ... 114.html title Records of the Natural Resources ConservationService publisher NARA accessdate 2008 ... 20, 1994, the agency was renamed to the Natural Resources ConservationService as part of the Federal ... ConservationService Official site ES Government USDA agencies Category Irrigation in the United States ... Service headquarters Washington, D.C. employees 11,478 2006 budget chief1 name Dave White chief1 .... While its primary focus has been agriculture agricultural lands, it has made many technical contributions ... , a soil conservation pioneer who had worked for the United States Department of Agriculture Department ... the Father of Soil Conservation url http www.soil.ncsu.edu about century hugh.html work Department ... ref On September 13, 1933, the Soil Erosion Service was formed in the United States Department of the Interior Department of the Interior , with Bennett as chief. The service was transferred to the Department ... web last Cook first Maurice title Hugh Hammond Bennett the Father of Soil Conservation url http www.soil.ncsu.edu ... materials.nrcs.usda.gov nvpmc work USDA NRCS accessdate 22 October 2010 ref See also Conservation ... more details
The Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service HCRS was an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which subsumed its functions from the National Park Service and Bureau of Outdoor Recreation . ref name NPS cite web url http www.nps.gov hfc products library npshist.htm title National Park Service History Collection RG 37 author National Park Service accessdate September 2, 2008 ref It was created by the Carter administration in 1977. Under the Reagan administration the National Park Service absorbed the HCRS in 1981. ref name NPS During its brief tenure, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service was consistently short of money and other resources and was never granted a leading role that its proponents advocated. During this agency s existence, however, a remarkable number of publications and research on historic preservation issues were completed. To date When date February 2011 , this level of productivity has not been matched by the National Park Service. Citation needed date September 2008 Or date February 2011 Opinion date February 2011 Within the HCRS was a Policy on Disposition of Human Remains that was a standard for other federal agencies that were also interested in studying the bones. The policy was an early attempt at relieving tensions between Native Americans in the United States Native Americans and the U.S. government. The HCRS called for the reburial of all remains that were in deliberate burial s whose direct relation to modern relatives could be proven. Before the reburial, however, the U.S. government was permitted to study and document the remains. References references Timothy Pauketat Pauketat, Timothy R. North American Archaeology 2005. Blackwell Publishing DEFAULTSORT Heritage Conservation And Recreation Service Category 1977 establishments Category 1981 disestablishments Category Cultural heritage Category Defunct agencies of the United States government Category Historic preservation Category Outdoor recreation Category ... more details
Infobox law enforcement agency agencyname British Columbia Conservation Officer Service nativename commonname Conservation Officer abbreviation BCCOS patch imagesize 200 patchcaption logo logocaption badge BCCOS.jpg badgecaption Armorial Bearings of BC COS flag flagcaption motto Integrity, Service and Protection mottotranslated mission formed 1980 ref http www.env.gov.bc.ca cos 100years 1980 index.html Conservation Officer Service 100 Years of Service 1980 ref preceding1 preceding2 employees volunteers budget country Canada federal divtype Province divname British Columbia map mapcaption sizearea ... today. ref http www.env.gov.bc.ca cos 100years 1905 beginning.html Conservation Officer Service 100 Years of Service 1905 ref From 1918 1929, Game Wardens were abolished and the British Columbia Provincial ... 1980 index.html Conservation Officer Service 100 Years of Service 1980 ref Between the years ... Conservation Officer parentagency child1agency unittype unitname officetype officename stationtype stations lockuptype lockups vehicle1type vehicles1 website http www.env.gov.bc.ca cos Conservation Officer Service Homepage footnotes British Columbia Conservation Officer Service BCCOS is responsible for protecting the environment and natural resources in British Columbia . Conservation Officers ... www.env.gov.bc.ca cos enfhome co field ops.pdf Conservation Officer, Field Operations Job Descriptions ref History Hightlights ref http www.env.gov.bc.ca cos 100years Conservation Officer Service 100 Years of Service ref On July 1, 1905, British Columbia established the Department for the Protection ... were officially renamed to Conservation Officer. In 1980, Conservation Officer Services became a distinct part of the Ministry. In 1983, Conservation Officers are appointed as Special Constable Canada ... to conduct surveillance , seize property and to arrest and detain. In 2002, the Chief Conservation ... to become conservation officers, auxiliary conservation officers or special conservation officers ... more details
Context date October 2009 Unreferenced date May 2007 The National Association of Service and Conservation Corps NASCC , now known as The Corps Network , is an association of Service and Conservation Corps in the United States . It took shape in 1985, when the nation s first 24 Corps directors banded together to secure an advocate at the Federal level and a central clearinghouse of information on how to start and run best practice based corps. Early support from the Ford Foundation Ford , William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Hewlett and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Mott Foundations was critical to launching the Association. The Corps Network has grown to encompass 143 Corps programs, both urban and rural, and has assisted in the birth of virtually all of these Corps. The Corps Network is governed by a board of directors composed of Corps program directors and nationally known individuals who bring expertise in national service, evaluation, youth development, education, conservation and employment and training. Currently operating in 44 states and Washington, D.C. , Corps annually enroll more than 29,000 young men and women who annually mobilize approximately 227,000 community volunteers who in conjunction with Corpsmembers generate 21.3 million hours of service every year. Service and Conservation Corps are a direct descendant of the Civilian Conservation Corps CCC that built parks and other public facilities still in use today. Like the legendary CCC of the 1930s, today s Corps are a proven strategy for giving young men and women the chance to change their communities, their own lives and those of their families. Service and Conservation Corps provide a wealth of valuable conservation, infrastructure improvement and human service projects. Some Corps tutor and some fight forest fires. Others complete a wide range of projects on public lands. Still others improve the quality ... based in the United States Category Conservation in the United States ... more details
A stabilization fund generally refers to a mechanism set up by a government or central bank to insulate the domestic economy from large influxes of revenue, as from commodities such as oil. A primary motivation is maintaining a steady level of government revenue in the face of major commodity price fluctuations hence the term stabilization , as well as the avoidance of inflation and associated atrophy of other domestic sectors Dutch disease . This generally involves the purchase of foreign denominated debt, especially if the goal is to prevent overheating economics overheating in the domestic economy. May overlap with sovereign wealth fund . Several such funds Stabilization Fund of the Russian Federation Petroleum Fund of Norway SPF Chile s Copper Stabilization Fund CSF Oman s State General Reserve Fund SGRF Kuwait s Reserve Fund for Future Generations RFFG Papua New Guinea s Mineral Resources Stabilization Fund MRSF Venezuela s Macroeconomic Stabilization Fund MSF UAE Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Central Bank of Iran Iran s Oil Stabilization Fund Funds not revolving around large commodity revenue European Financial Stability Facility Exchange Stabilization Fund more IMF registered stabilization funds http www.imf.org external pubs nft op 205 index.htm See also Dutch disease Sovereign wealth fund disambig ... more details
Orphan date September 2010 Notability date March 2009 A stabilization clause is a risk management device used in investment contracts. ref http www.ifc.org ifcext enviro.nsf AttachmentsByTitle p StabilizationClausesandHumanRights FILE Stabilization Paper.pdf ref References Reflist Category Investment Business term stub ... more details
In Canada, Stabilization payments are budgetary payments made to compensate Canadian farmers for falling farm prices and or incomes. Stabilization programs include insurance or safety nets or underwriting schemes intended to compensate farmers for decreases in price, income or cash flow due to disturbances to yields from drought, for example or instability of input and commodity markets. References CRS article Report for Congress Agriculture A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition url http ncseonline.org nle crsreports 05jun 97 905.pdf author Jasper Womach Category Agriculture in Canada ... more details
A stabilization policy is a package or set of measures introduced to stabilize a financial system or Economics economy . The term can refer to policies in two distinct sets of circumstances business cycle stabilization and crisis stabilization. Business cycle stabilizationStabilization can refer to correcting the normal behavior of the business cycle . In this case the term generally refers to demand management by monetary policy monetary and fiscal policy to reduce normal fluctuations and output, sometimes referred to as keeping the economy on an even keel. The policy changes in these circumstances are usually countercyclical , compensating for the predicted changes in employment and output, to increase short run and medium run welfare. Crisis stabilization The term can also refer to measures taken to resolve a specific economic crisis, for instance an exchange rate crisis or stock market crash, in order to prevent the economy developing recession or inflation . The package is usually initiated either by a government or central bank, or by either or both of these institutions acting in concert with international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund IMF or the World Bank . Depending on the goals to be achieved, it involves some combination of restrictive fiscal measures to reduce government borrowing and monetary tightening to support the currency . Recent examples ... Argentine economic crisis 1999 2002 The recovery Timeline of Brazilian economic stabilization plans Economic Stabilization Plan Israel 1985 Economy of South Korea 1990s and the Asian Financial ... Asset Relief Program Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Office of Economic Stabilization Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 This type of stabilization can be painful, in the short term ... stabilization policy, these changes will often be pro cyclical , reinforcing existing trends. While ..., and lead to the need for stabilization policies and, e.g., IMF interventions. Proposed measures ... more details
Stabilization pond technology sometimes also called facultative lagoon facultative pond technology is a natural method for wastewater treatment . Technology Stabilization ponds ref http stabilizationponds.sdsu.edu Design and Performance of Waste Stabilization Ponds, Hamzeh H. Ramadan & Victor M. Ponce ref consist of shallow man made basins comprising a single or several series of anaerobic, facultative or maturation ponds. The primary treatment takes place in the anaerobic pond , which is mainly designed for removing suspended solids , and some of the soluble element of organic matter Biochemical ... nitrogen . Application and suitability Stabilization ponds are particularly well suited for tropical ... of the removal processes. ref http www.irc.nl page 8237 IRC Waste stabilization ponds ... ref Stabilization ponds, as described here, use no aerators. High performance lagoon technology ... Centre, stabilization pond technology is the most cost effective wastewater treatment technology for the removal of pathogenic micro organisms. ref http www.irc.nl page 8237 IRC Waste stabilization ... carried out in Sana a, Yemen, in 1983 makes a detailed economic comparison of waste stabilization ponds, aerated lagoon s, oxidation ditch es and trickling filter s. According to this study, stabilization ... stabilization ponds in warm climates of developing countries. Technical paper No 7. Washington D.C ... availability. If land is available, stabilization ponds have the advantage of very low operating costs ... not generate sufficient revenue to pay the electricity bill for the plant. Use Stabilization ponds ... M. Waste stabilization pond use in Central America The experiences of El Salvador, Guatemala ... cities larger stabilization ponds have been replaced in the early 2000s by activated sludge waste ... of pathogens A study of ten stabilization ponds in Honduras has shown that they were effective in removing ... The Need for Wastewater Treatment in Latin America A Case Study of the Use of Wastewater Stabilization ... more details
Image stabilization IS is a family of techniques used to reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera ... in still photography In photography, image stabilization can often permit the use of shutter speeds ... of a second. However, image stabilization does not prevent motion blur caused by the movement of the subject or by extreme movements of the camera. Image stabilization is only designed for and capable ... mode , both described in greater detail below under Optical image stabilization optical image stabilization . Image stabilization features can also be a benefit in astrophotography , when the camera ... accessory for position data. In effect, the stabilization compensates for the Earth s rotation Earth ... types of implementation lens based, or body based stabilization. These refer to where the stabilizing ... photography digital image stabilization.html title Image Stabilization Lens vs. Body publisher Bobatkins.com date accessdate 2009 12 11 ref Techniques of image stabilization Optical image stabilization ... with and without optical image stabilization. An optical image stabilizer , often abbreviated OIS ... the sensor as the final element in the optical path. The key element of all optical stabilization ... Image Stabilization IS Canon company Canon , the first to produce an OIS lens , Vibration ... Leica , Super Steady Shot SSS Sony , Optical Stabilization OS Sigma Corporation Sigma , Vibration ... movement. ref http www.dpreview.com learn ? Glossary Optical Image Stabilization 01.htm Glossary Optical Image Stabilization , Vincent Bockaert, Digital Photography Review ref As a result, this kind .... Many modern image stabilization lenses notably Canon s more recent IS lenses are able to auto detect ... lens based image stabilization is the higher price tag that comes with it image stabilisation has to be paid ... www.bokehtests.com Site Stabilization and Bokeh.html Image Stabilization and Bokeh ref However, this could be considered and compensated during the design stage of the lens. Lens based stabilization ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 This article refers to the medical term. For other uses, see stabilizer . Stabilization is a process to help prevent Shock circulatory shock in sick or injured people. Stabilization is often performed by the Certified first responder first person to arrive on scene, Emergency medical technician EMT s or nurse s before or just after arrival in hospital. It includes controlling bleeding, arranging for proper patient evacuation evacuation , keeping patients warm with blankets, and calming them by providing personal attention and concern for their well being. It is particularly important in Trauma medicine trauma cases where vertebral column spinal injury is suspected to immobilize the cervical spine, or back. Failure to do so can cause permanent paralysis or death. In the field, spinal stabilization involves moving the person s back as a single unit with as many as 5 rescuers assisting, then applying a cervical collar which can be improvised from duct tape and cardboard , and securing victims to a solid backed stretcher, long spine board , or a vacuum mattress . Search and rescue Search and Rescue Technician aka SARTech. trained in wilderness first aid have a protocol for verifying that the spine has not been hurt clearing the cervical spine when the victim is several hours or more from the hospital and evacuation may not be indicated. Without this technique it may be necessary to carry a suspected trauma victim out only to discover that he had no injury worthy of the effort and expense. DEFAULTSORT Stabilization Medicine Category Intensive care medicine Category Emergency medical services io Stabiligo medicino ... more details
About the architectural term other uses Stabilizer disambiguation Stabilizer Stabilization is the retrofitting of platforms or foundations as constructed for the purpose of improving the bearing capacity and levelness of the supported building. Soil failure can occur on a slope, a slope failure or landslide, or in a flat area due to liquefaction of water saturated sand and or mud. Generally, deep pilings or Foundation architecture foundations must be driven into solid soil typically hard mud or sand or to underlying bedrock . See also Landslide mitigation Foundation architecture Category Construction ... more details
Cleanup date November 2009 Self stabilization is a concept of fault tolerance in distributed computing ... of execution steps. At first glance, the guarantee of self stabilization may seem less promising than ... system from reaching an incorrect state. Indeed, some forms of self stabilization are incorporated ... of self stabilization, prompting further research in this area. ref Citation last1 Dijkstra first1 .... The property of self stabilization enables a distributed algorithm to recover from a transient ..., which introduces the concept of self stabilization, presents an example in the context of a token ... Paradigm and Its Application to Self Stabilization. Theor. Comput. Sci. 186 1 2 199 229 1997 . ref ... s original self stabilization algorithms do not have this property. A useful property of self ... dependencies. The stabilization time of the composition is then bounded by the sum of the individual stabilization times of each layer. Time complexity The time Computational complexity theory complexity ... executed list of commands. It is also interesting to measure the output stabilization time ... correct indefinitely, unless additional faults occur. The output stabilization time is the time the number ... authorlink3 George Varghese contribution Self stabilization by local checking and correction title ... math k math . ref Citation last Dolev first Shlomi authorlink Shlomi Dolev title Self Stabilization publisher MIT Press year 2000 isbn 0 262 04178 2 . ref Design of self stabilization in the above ... neighboring processes. This suggests that self stabilization of a distributed system is a sort of group ... self stabilization as defined above, other types of stabilization were devised. For instance, weak stabilization is the property that a distributed system has a possibility to reach its legitimate behavior ... The Triumph and Tribulation of System Stabilization publisher Proceedings of the 9th international ... 11 whole.pdf . ref Weak stabilization is easier to design as it just guarantees a possibility ... more details
Cliff stabilization is a coastal management erosion control technique. This is most suitable for softer or less stable cliffs. Generally speaking, the cliffs are stabilised through dewatering drainage of excess rainwater to reduce water logging or anchoring the use of terracing, planting, or wiring to hold cliffs in place . External links http www.canterbury.gov.uk cgi bin buildpage.pl?mysql 704 Management of Coastal Erosion Canterbury City Council http www.can sa.com CAN Rope access works Protection from natural and industrial hazards civil engineering stub coastal management Category Geotechnical engineering Category Coastal engineering Category Coastal erosion ... more details
wiktionary Conservation may refer to Conservation movement , to protect animals, fungi, plants and their habitats Conservation biology , the science of the protection and management of biodiversity Conservation genetics an interdisciplinary science that aims to apply genetic methods to the conservation and restoration of biodiversity. Conservation ethic , an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection, especially of the natural environment Conservation organization typically an environmental organization Conservationist , a person who advocates for conservation of animals, fungi, plants and their habitats Energy conservation , the reduction of non renewable energy consumption Habitat conservation ... animals, fungi and plants Water conservation , reducing the use of water to protect the environment Wetland conservation , protecting wetlands to conserve their ecological processes Wildlife management , multidisciplinary practices, including conservation of species and their habitats Conservation authority Canada Marine conservation , the protection and preservation of ecosystems in oceans and seas Soil conservation , management strategies for prevention of soil being eroded from the earth s surface or becoming chemically altered Conservation restoration , the profession devoted to the preservation of cultural resources Art conservation , protecting works of art Photograph conservation Architectural conservationConservation law s, a set of laws in physics Conservation of energy Other ... acid sequences, protein sequences, protein structures or polymeric carbohydrates. Conservation psychology ... conservandum , a scientific name with specific nomenclatural protection. See also Category Conservation for topics related to conservation of natural resources Conservation easement Conservation communities Environmentalism Historic preservation List of conservation topics Sustainability Land ethic ... fr Conservation ko it Conservazione nl Conservering pt Conserva o tr Konservasyon vi B o ... more details
Californians for Population Stabilization CAPS is a non profit California organization founded in 1986 which works to preserve California s future through the stabilization of our state s human population. CAPS was the former branch of the Zero Population Growth ZPG organization. It supports replacement level immigration, and does so without regard to race, ethnicity, or national origin. ref Coates A. Peter. American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species Strangers on the Land , Univ. of Calif. Press 2006 p. 237 ref Overview Its aim is to help advance state policies and programs designed to stabilize the population at a level which they feel will preserve a good quality of life for all Californians. ref name CAPS CAPS website http www.capsweb.org ref It asserts that the current growth of population is sustainability unsustainable , and contributes to a growing strain on the environment and infrastructure. CAPS is listed in the annual Conservation Directory , published by the National Wildlife Federation , as among the numerous organizations supporting conservation and preserving the natural environment in California. ref 2002 Conservation Directory The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations , National Wildlife Federation, Island Press 2002 ref The high unemployment rate in California is one of CAPS s key worries. Marilyn DeYoung, Chairman of the Board of CAPS, has ... to Population Growth , Think Population Press, published by Californians for Population Stabilization ... of appeal 1389802.html litigants Californians for Population Stabilization v. Hewlett Packard Company ... air pollution , an overextended health care system , over development of agricultural land, water crisis water depletion, reduced energy conservation , and school and prison overcrowding. ref name CAPS Notes reflist External links http www.capsweb.org Californians for Population Stabilization website http books.google.com books?id 7PI3vbwUDGMC&pg PA50&dq 22Californians for Population Stabilization ... more details
The Air Transportation Stabilization Board ATSB is an office of United States Department of the Treasury created to assist United States US airline s in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks . The Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, signed into law September 22, 2001, authorizes the board to issue up to 10 billion in federal loan guarantees to air carriers for which credit is not otherwise available and where such agreement is a necessary part of maintaining a safe, efficient and viable commercial aviation system in the United States. ref ATSB Loan Guarantees, wayback url http www.treas.gov offices domestic finance atsb loan guarantees.shtml ref Legal services to the Board were provided by contract by New York based law firm Curtis, Mallet Prevost, Colt & Mosle . Loan guarantees Between 2001 and 2003, the ATSB approved applications for loan guarantees from seven carriers America West Airlines , US Airways , American Trans Air , Aloha Airlines , Frontier Airlines , Evergreen International Airlines , and World Airways . These carriers accepted loan guarantees worth 1.179 billion. The ATSB denied applications from nine carriers Ozark Airlines dba Great Plains Airlines , MEDjet International , Corporate Airlines , Gemini Air Cargo , Frontier Flying Service , Spirit Airlines , National Airlines N7 National Airlines , and both initial and revised applications from United Airlines and Vanguard Airlines . References references External links U.S. Treasury Air Transportation Stabilization Board wayback url http www.treas.gov offices domestic finance atsb http www.gao.gov cghome iac1128.htm GAO State Of the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry and Possible Issues for Congressional Consideration Category United States Department of the Treasury Category Aviation in the United States Category 2001 establishments in the United States Category Aftermath of the September 11 attacks US gov stub ... more details
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