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The article discusses how the paper and forestry industries in South Africa are becoming a successful example of the circular economy and representing a sustainable approach to paper-product manufacturing. Topics include the views of Edith Leeuta, Chief executive officer of Fibre Circle, on the contribution of the pulp and paper sector to the economy; and how the paper products need to be kept separate from wet waste and moisture to retain the fibre integrity for efficient recycling.

The article focuses on the Defence White Paper 2016 released by Australian Defence Force (ADF). Topics discussed include maritime assets of ADF like ships, warfare destroyers and submarines, the views of Peter Jennings, Executive Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, on the nation's defence capability, and rise of the defense projection capabilities of the People's Republic of China mentioned in the paper.

The article presents an overview of the first white paper of China about its defense and military strategy. The topics discussed include the reasons for creating the white paper, the reorganization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and the changes imposed by the Chinese government on its national security.

The article discusses issues related to 2013 Defence White Paper which has committed to the Offshore Combatant Vessels (OCV) project in Australia with procurement of an existing Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). Topics discussed include comparison between the 2013 with that of the 2009 Defence White Paper, which had plans to introduce a class of 20 Offshore Combatant Vessels (OCV) under Project SEA 1180 for ship classes performing patrol duties and oceanographic survey.

Integro Technologies is a turnkey machine vision system integrator that leverages evolving technologies to develop specialized quality inspection solutions using vision, robotics, and control systems. The company offers solutions for a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, automotive, pharmaceutical and medical, and consumer products. Recently, Integro worked with a customer who needed a cost‐effective and error‐free solution to inspect large rolls of shrink‐wrapped paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the decision of the British Exeter Crown Court in which DS Smith Paper Ltd. was found guilty and fined to a breach of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 following the death of the firm's employee John Stoddart.

The article discusses the development of chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with microstrip patch resonators to achieve higher coding capacity. The tags can be printed directly on products like credit cards, paper and textiles. Other topics include the effects of mutual coupling on the tags, and the categories of chipless RFID tags, including time domain reflectometry based chipless RFID.

The article reports that Vishram Pandit of technology company Intel Corporation has won the Engineer of the Year Award at the DesignCon 2019 and for the Best Paper Award Finalist.

The article focuses on the necessity of developing a comprehensive roadmap for new commercially available spectrum to ensure the successful deployment of future mobile networks, as highlighted in a white paper by 5G Americas titled "The Evolution of 5G Spectrum."

The article focuses on the transformative potential of 3GPP's advancements, particularly in Release 17, toward shaping a future where connectivity is seamlessly integrated into daily life, as highlighted in a white paper by 5G Americas titled "3GPP Technology Trends."

The article reports that the government of New Zealand has committed to deliver a new Defence White Paper (DWP) by the end of 2015 for which public consultations will start from May 5 to June 22, 2015.

The article discusses the publication and distribution of the 5 generation (5G) executive version white paper from Frankfurt, Germany-based mobile telecommunications association Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance.

Axle bearings are considered as critical train components. Axle bearing condition monitoring is capable of getting the health condition information of axle bearings under real operating conditions. Such a capability makes it possible to realize Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) for axle bearings. This paper presents application examples of axle bearing condition monitoring in CBM, including onboard vibration monitoring and trackside acoustic monitoring. Through these examples, the potentials of axle bearing condition monitoring are demonstrated. Furthermore, its future potential in Predictive Maintenance (PdM) is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An editorial on the release of 2016 White Paper on February 25, 2016 is presented which provides coherent framework for a substantial increase in military spending to boost numbers of ADF and acquire more hardware. Topics discussed include issues related to spending 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on military expenses, negative reaction of China to increase in Defence spending by Australia, and developing and building of high technology military equipment in Australia.

Thickness determination of transparent objects or thick transparent layers can be carried out rather simpy using a chromatic confocal sensor. One obtains the thickness as the difference between two distance peaks multiplied with the refractive index of the object's material. A more detailed analysis however reveals that this result should be corrected by a factor that considers the refraction in detail. In this paper we derive and discuss this correction factor and give tabulated values for different refractive indices and aperture angles of the chromatic probe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maintaining image quality when receiving analog and digital video over extended distances has proved to be challenging. Various technology solutions and hardware have been explored and developed to address latency, resolution, and cost issues. This paper will look at these options, and which solutions best address these challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents several invited papers regarding radiofrequency (RF) and microwave electronic design automation (EDA) that support internet of things (IoT) design. Invited papers presented include from software companies including ANSYS, Computer Simulation Technology (CST), and FEKO (Altair Development). Topics of the papers include the use of over-the-air and mobile/base station antennas from baseband to RF, simulation of wearable antennas, and 5G antenna designs for mobile phones.

Kosten, Gewicht, Baugröße, Wirkungsgrad, Instandhaltbarkeit und Zuverlässigkeit sind wichtige Kriterien für die Entwicklung von Traktionsmotoren. Permanentmagnet-Maschinentechnologie adressiert insbesondere die Forderung nach höherer Energieeffizienz und höherer Drehmoment- und Leistungsdichte. Siemens startete vor zirka 20 Jahren erste Projekte, um Erfahrung mit der Permanentmagnet-Maschinentechnologie zu sammeln. Zuletzt wurde ein Permanentmagnetmotor-Antriebssystem für den Hochgeschwindigkeitszug Velaro entwickelt und im Fahrgastbetrieb erprobt. Nach einer Darstellung der zugrundeliegenden Maschinenentwicklung konzentriert sich der Artikel auf das Entwicklungsprojekt des Velaro-Permanentmagnetmotors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In urban rail-bound systems, operation of trains is influenced not only by the disturbances in the rail-bound system itself, but also by other modes of transport like road traffic in various urban mixed traffic zones. In this paper, two simulation-based approaches for modeling road traffic influences on urban railbound transport, modeling approach and distribution approach, are presented as a resulting integrated model including influences of road traffic and calibration of disturbances based on a suitable probability distribution with significant disturbance parameters respectively. The explanation of the approaches in the first part of the article is followed by aspects of applicability in the second part. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

He told me that he was contacting his vision benefit company so that he could get his benefit back and go somewhere else. He opted for single vision computer glasses on an as-needed basis. The patient looked easy on paper: late 40s, getting hard to see up close, distance vision 20/15 in each eye uncorrected. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) International Microwave Symposium for microwave technologists, technical paper presentations, workshops and commercial exhibitions featuring equipment’s from Analog Devices, MathWorks and National Instruments.

The article discusses on the transformation of measuring electromagnetic interference (EMI) through digital EMI receivers. Topics mentioned include the compliance on Comité International Spécial des Perturbations Radioélectriques (CISPR) specifications to achieve the minimum performance speed levels, the white paper of measurement equipment maker Rohde & Schwarz that explains the benefits, and the insight of engineer Mark Terrien on fast fourier transform (FFT) analysis.

The article looks at examples of surface combatant ships deployed to the East and South China Seas in the context of tensions around contested sovereignty claims over groups of islands. Topics include the Air Warfare Destroyer and the SEA 5000 Future Frigate programmes for the Royal Australian Navy, six key drivers identified by the Defence White Paper 2016 that shapes the security environment of Australia, and the increase in number of platforms operated by the People's Liberation Army Navy.

The article offers updates on the future of Main Battle Tanks of the Australian Army as of October 2016. Topics mentioned include the Army's plan to raise a third squadron for the 7th Brigade in Brisbane, the Blitzkrieg campaigns of World War II, and plans announced by the 2016 Defence White Paper to upgrade the Army's mounted combat forces.

The article discusses the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) published a paper which explores how Wi-Fi's latest features are ideal for meeting the demanding requirements for a wide variety of existing and emerging IIoT applications.

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has been working on development towards realizing the next-generation commuter train. The series E235 prototype was introduced to Tokyo metropolitan area by JR East in winter 2015. The series E235 has a new train information management system, INTEROS (INtegrated Train communication networks for Evolvable Railway Operation System). INTEROS greatly expands the functions of the existing TIMS (Hain Information Management System). In addition, the most distinctive feature of the series E235 passenger compartment is digital signage above the windows and in car end areas, instead of above-window paper advertisements. In the future, we plan to replace all trains on the Yamanote Line, which is the most important and busiest line in the Tokyo metropolitan area, into series E235 before the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Gaines in 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Axle bearings are considered as important maintenance components in a railway vehicle. The maintenance actions can be defined in advance based on an assessment of the real condition of the axle bearing. This type of maintenance strategy belongs to condition-based maintenance (CBM). It is believed that CBM may help to achieve higher safety indirectly, higher reliability and lower maintenance cost. The CBM is managed by condition monitoring programs. This paper presents the current product development on axle bearing condition monitoring in Bogies in Bombardier Transportation. These products include the permanent on-board monitoring system, the mobile onboard monitoring system, and the trackside monitoring system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article updates previous papers discussing significant developments, trends and breakthroughs in radar, phased arrays and the underlying technologies that enable them.1-8 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Trenitalia's ETR1000 is the 1st very high speed train, which is certified according to the TSI. The design of its running gear was derived from the BOMBARDIER ZEFIRO 380'*. Some of the essential challenges during homologation of the bogies are described. The major topics have been the proceeding of the calculations, tests and proofs, and this especially for the wheelsets and the structural parts. Moreover, the running dynamics and, closely linked to this, the mechatronic subsystems in the bogie provided a wide working field. The complexity of cooperation with authorities, assessors, test institutes, subsuppliers etc. can only briefly be mentioned. A selection of results may illustrate some of the aspects mentioned before. The successful finalization of all acceptance activities allows the start of commercial operation in June 2015. Due to the size, this paper will be published in two separate parts. Part 1 was mainly dedicated to the homologation procedure and structural mechanics, and part 2 is focused on vehicle dynamics, mechatronics and further topics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the challenges of low-level signals measurement subject to thermally induced voltage errors or Seebeck effect as applied to low-level switching applications. Topics mentioned include the reed relay products from VTI instruments, Littlefuse general purpose HE3600 500-ma/200VDC reed relay and the National Instruments technical paper instructions to reduce thermal error voltages.

The article offers information about a research paper Antenna Design Challenges for New-Generation Nano Satellites. Topics discussed include the challenges faced during the standardization of satellites infrastructure and communication capabilities, impact of size of satellite as well as size and weight restrictions of launch vehicle on the development of antennas and impact of external factors on the performance of antennas. It further discusses importance of shape of the deployed antennas.

The article offers updates on the Pacific Maritime Security Programme, which is a follow-up to the Pacific Patrol Boat programme that sees the replacement of patrol boats from 2018. Topics mentioned include the rights of small Pacific Island Countries over their Exclusive Economic Zones, the Australia-New Zealand Cooperative agreement of 1944, and the 2016 Defence White Paper of the Australian Department of Defence released on February 25, 2016.

The article discusses Australia's increased focus on cyber security, based on the 2016 Defence White Paper (DWP). Topics discussed include the impact to the defense industry of cyber threats, major cyber threats in the country which include ransomware, malicious electronic mails (e-mails) and virus or worm infection, and the role of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) in enhancing the country's cyber defenses.

The article discusses publication of a new white paper entitled Mobile Communications Towards 2030 by 5G Americas, which details how the industry will continue to build and evolve wireless communications networks for consumers and enterprises.

The article reports that the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health have submitted three position papers to address the future key challenges for occupational safety and health.

The article focuses on fifth generation (5G) networks having just finished their second year in existence, wireless industry leaders are exploring the path to future wireless networks beyond 5G. Topics include the 5G Americas has announced the publication of a white paper Mobile Communications Beyond 2020 The Evolution of 5G Toward Next G, and the global work from several academic and industry presents potential use cases and technologies integral to the evolution of 5G toward the "Next G."

The article summarizes four research papers on the fidelity and integrity of high-speed signal within a device or on a printed circuit board (PCB). The first paper examined the relationship between a pair of traces carrying a differential signal and two vias carrying a different differential signal. Another paper studied the signal imbalance that ground-return has on nearby differential pairs of vias. A third paper investigated shared anti-pads and higher order modes of current propagation.

The article focuses on successful deployment of fifth generation (5G) of mobile network operators need transport technologies that can meet stringent throughput, latency and reliability requirements over increasingly has densified. Topics icnlude the wireless industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, and the published a white paper highlighting new innovative backhaul, midhaul and fronthaul transport technologies for 5G network.

The article offers information on the Australian Defence Force (ADF) helicopter. Topics discussed include information on the Australia's Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) which aims at providing rotary wing training capability for the Australian Army and Navy; involvement of Joint Helicopter School (JHS) at Nowra, New South Wales in HATS; and Integrated Investment Plan (IIP) released by Australian Defence White Paper (DWP).

The article offers news briefs related to the defence industry of Tasman, New Zealand as of July 2016. Prime Minister John Key and Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has released the 2016 Defence White Paper on 8 June, 2016. The Defence Force has received new operating funding as part of Budget 2016 to support its capabilities and operations. The Battle Training Facility (BTF) of the New Zealand Defence Force will be preparing SAS personnel for operating in complex situations.

The article discusses whether scientists have developed a full-scale production memristor, a chip which is supposed to change its resistance according to its past electrical history and to work like a human brain's neurons. It focuses on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's efforts to develop prototypes of memristor. It also refers to white papers from startup Knowm, founded by Alex Nugent, which claims to develop memristors with bidirectional incremental learning capability.

The article discusses the partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health (PEROSH) and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work to address the future key challenges for occupational safety and health in three position papers including leadership enabling.

The article reports that the New Zealand's Ministry of Defence has released its Defence Assessment which describes the expected national strategic environment out to 2040 and will offers information to those developing the Defence White Paper 2015.

The article reports on the paper "LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation Deployments: Peak Speeds," by Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) which confirms that 20 operators launched 300 Mpbs Category 6 Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Adavanced services in 15 countries including Austria, Spain and Russia.

The article reports on the guidelines for health and safety offences released by the Sentencing Council in England that require corporate defendants to provide sufficient financial information so that the courts can assess what they can afford to pay in fine and costs. Topics discussed include information on R & S Recycling that receive large quantities of paper, plastic, and card, showing the management accounts to show the up-to-date position, and information on net profit and loss.