Unlocking The Lower Skies

Author : Aiga Stokenberga,Maria Catalina Ochoa
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464816963

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Unlocking the Lower Skies by Aiga Stokenberga,Maria Catalina Ochoa Pdf

This book explores the economic and broader societal rationale for using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or “drone†? technologies as a complement to the current transport and logistics systems in several use cases in East Africa. The specific use cases examined include medical goods deliveries, food aid delivery, land mapping and risk assessment, agriculture, and transport and energy infrastructure inspection. Across these applications, the case for using UAVs is examined within the context of logistics objectives—total operating costs, speed, availability, and flexibility—as well as human, or societal, objectives. In the public health use case, as more low- and middle-income countries explore opportunities to improve efficiency and performance in their health supply chains and diagnostics networks, they face myriad choices about how best to use UAVs to improve product availability and public health outcomes and to reach the last mile. The high-level findings from this analysis are that, if examining commodity categories individually and looking exclusively at costs, delivery with UAVs in general is still more expensive for most categories. Although the cost is still higher, the most cost-effective use case examples include the transport of laboratory samples to selected destinations and delivery of life-saving items and blood. However, “layering†? several use cases can provide efficiencies and cost savings by allocating fixed costs across a greater number of flights and maximizing capacity and time utilization. From the perspective of public decision-makers, the cost effectiveness of UAVs cannot be analyzed without looking at the public health benefits, which may be substantial. Drone application in the other use cases examined in this book, such as mapping, risk assessment, and agriculture, is relatively more common than cargo drone operations, and the existing pilot initiatives in East Africa have delivered impressive results for speed and quality (precision). Food aid delivery by drones is still mostly at a planning, rather than implementation, stage. Drone applications are rapidly evolving, and several use cases could gain impact and scale over the coming years.

Author : Marian Burchardt,Dirk Laak
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111191904

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Making Spaces through Infrastructure by Marian Burchardt,Dirk Laak Pdf

Infrastructures are fundamental means through which societies create spaces, but little is known about the precise ways in which this occurs. How have infrastructures animated certain understandings of space? How do infrastructures stabilize, or undermine, the spatial formats in which we live, which shape our everyday practices and which regulate access to services and resources? And, conversely, how do spaces frame the ways infrastructural provision is organized? How do existing spaces shape infrastructural development and the scope and forms of access to vital services such as transport and water? In this volume, historians and sociologists draw on a range of fascinating case studies and provide compelling answers to these questions. Exploring, among others, the provision of irrigation water in nineteenth-century Los Angeles, the invention of airport transit zones, and the infrastructural practices of homeless people in Berlin, the book demonstrates how the making of spaces through infrastructure is deeply political. Intent on revealing uneven geographies of provision and hierarchies of access, the contributors highlight how infrastructures are products of global entanglements.

Author : Ed Teja
Publisher : Float Street Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Under Low Skies by Ed Teja Pdf

Martin’s brother is in jail in Venezuela—charged with murder. Proving his innocence means dealing with the police, a mysterious and gorgeous woman lawyer, a vicious gringo, a seemingly affable drug lord, and a guy named Raul. And every one of them would much rather Martin just turned around and went home. It’s a good thing Ugly Bill is on his way. You’ll want to follow Martin’s fast-paced adventures. Get a copy now!

Author : Zachary Tumin,Madeleine Want
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780231553704

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Precisely by Zachary Tumin,Madeleine Want Pdf

Bronze Medal Winner, 2024 Axiom Business Book Award, Emerging Trends / AI If you want to win an election, improve the health of a city, or thrill your customers, you’re going to need precision systems—the highly engineered working arrangements of teams, processes, and technologies that put data and AI to work creating the change that leaders want, exactly how they want it. Big Tech firms like Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook have mastered their own precision systems, building trillion-dollar businesses using data-driven tools from mass-market “nudges” to industrial-grade recommendation systems. Precisely is the playbook for the rest of us. Zachary Tumin and Madeleine Want show how leaders in every domain are taking real-time precision systems into the marketplace, the political race, and the fight for health—from New York-Presbyterian Hospital to the New York Times, the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens to BNSF Railroad, the Biden-Harris campaign to the NYPD—to reveal elusive patterns, perform a repetitive task, run a play, or tailor a message, one at a time or by the millions. Precisely provides insight that will help leaders choose the system that’s right for them, decide which problem to tackle first, sell the importance of precision to stakeholders, power-up the people and the technology, and accomplish change that delivers precisely what’s needed every time—and do it all responsibly.

Author : Edward Wright
Publisher : Orion
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409124573

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Red Sky Lament by Edward Wright Pdf

Los Angeles, late 1940s: all over Hollywood, the U.S. government is ordering people to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee as part of the crusade to uncover Communist influence in the movies. John Ray Horn has little use for politics, but as a former B-movie cowboy star who fell into prison and disgrace, he knows a few things about outsiders. He agrees to help Owen Bruder, a brilliantly talented but notoriously difficult screenwriter accused of having belonged to the Communist Party. If Horn can discover Bruder's secret accuser, they might have a chance to clear his name. But no one is willing to talk. People are scared, in a Hollywood run by fear and suspicion, where a whisper is all it takes to smear an innocent man. As Horn's search leads him to powerful figures in Hollywood, his investigation takes a sudden and deadly turn. And he finds that more people will die before all the secrets are laid bare.

Author : Tom Deitz
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015042819667

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Above the Lower Sky by Tom Deitz Pdf

A murder tale involving two Native American diplomats in Mexico: Thunderbird O'Conner of the Cherokee embassy and Stormcloud Nez of the Navaho embassy. It is the 21st Century and Indians have their own diplomatic posts, the tribes having seceded from the U.S. By the author of Windmaster's Bane.

Author : Clay Sherrod
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781365718335

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The Constellations - Sky Tours for Computerized Telescopes Vol. Two by Clay Sherrod Pdf

Computerized GO TO telescopes - affordable, portable and efficient - now provide an escape for all stargazers from the harsh day-to-day environment, stress and light pollution, by allowing urban users to take their portable, computerized instrument into the darkness of night and away from the cities. Technology today allows these affordable telescopes to automatically Ð with the touch of a button Ð GO TO any object in the sky, centering it up in the telescope for immediate viewing and satisfaction. But the user must know where to look - finding very faint objects, and knowing which ones are appropriate for each particular telescope is a difficult undertaking. The Constellations provides a two-volume hands-on tour of most of the most prominent constellations, their stars and the mysterious celestial objects within the boundaries. Explore history, science, and mythology of the Night Sky like you never thought possible with this simple guide and your choice of computerized telescope.

Author : Kenneth I. Kellermann,Ellen N. Bouton,Sierra S. Brandt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 9783030323455

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Open Skies by Kenneth I. Kellermann,Ellen N. Bouton,Sierra S. Brandt Pdf

This open access book on the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory covers the scientific discoveries and technical innovations of late 20th century radio astronomy with particular attention to the people and institutions involved. The authors have made extensive use of the NRAO Archives, which contain an unparalleled collection of documents pertaining to the history of radio astronomy, including the institutional records of NRAO as well as the personal papers of many of the pioneers of U.S. radio astronomy. Technical details and extensive citations to original sources are given in notes for the more technical readers, but are not required for an understanding of the body of the book. This book is intended for an audience ranging from interested lay readers to professional researchers studying the scientific, technical, political, and cultural development of a new science, and how it changed the course of 20th century astronomy.

Author : Judy Kundert
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781631525247

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Sky Queen by Judy Kundert Pdf

It's 1967, and Katherine Roebling is a Chicago-based stewardess caught between the hold of highflying travel and the call of her Native American ancestors just as the women’s movement is taking the US by storm. As she vacillates between an ever-present mystical ancestral feather and her alluring stewardess life of excitement and travel, she embarks on a journey from one adventure to the next—each episode bringing her closer to her predestined calling. A chance meeting with a college student from Athens, Greece at a Chicago Playboy Mansion Press Party and her visit to the Oracle of Delphi intertwine with Katherine's discovery of the treasure inside herself. Ultimately, she gains wings that allow her to glide over society’s barriers; she abandons the so-called glamorous life she’s been living, creates her own path, and embarks upon a new career at the Smithsonian in DC—one that will take her on a miraculous experience of personal growth and uncharted paths.

Author : G. GILLEADE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021365339

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Allworth Abbey; or, Christianity triumphant over tyranny and despotism, etc by G. GILLEADE Pdf

Author : John Harvey
Publisher : On-site Creative
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781777720001

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Broken Sky by John Harvey Pdf

Sir Isaac Newton predicted the world would end before 2090. He was right. Jack Scatter is an ordinary teenager with the normal concerns that come with life in a small farming community: school, his job, and a long-distance relationship with Sarah. Sarah Rogers is smart, ambitious, and wants a role in saving her world’s endangered species. But their home towns are on Cirrus, a planet-sized space station, and Newton’s prophecy threatens both worlds. When Jack and Sarah uncover a scheme by Pieter Reynard to bring about his own version of the apocalypse, they’re launched on an adventure that spans two worlds. While Jack runs to stay ahead of Pieter’s thugs, Sarah uncovers more secrets and becomes a target herself. But Pieter is not the only one plotting. The Travellers—people who can "remember" their own futures—have determined that Earth’s final day is just weeks away. They see different versions of the future but agree that Jack and his friends will be at the center of events. Set in the late twenty-first century, BROKEN SKY is a YA science-fiction adventure, the first of a trilogy where magic increasingly replaces technology, and dragons have political ambitions.

Author : Jade Sky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781922785442

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Psychic by Jade Sky Pdf

Psychic/medium and bestselling author Jade-Sky shows you how to develop your hidden sixth sense and become attuned to the spirit world. Are you interested in becoming more intuitive? Do you want to open up your psychic abilities or learn more about the spiritual world? Unlock your sixth sense, connect with your intuition and navigate your way through life with a little help from your spirit guides. Psychic/medium Jade-Sky will help you meet your spirit guides, open yourself up psychically, see and feel auras and sense things intuitively. Easy-to-follow activities, exercises and information will help you discover the secrets of your psychic world.

Author : Doreen Pfost
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780803276796

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This River Beneath the Sky by Doreen Pfost Pdf

Each spring, formations of sandhill cranes crisscross the skies along Nebraska’s Platte River in one of the last great migratory spectacles on the North American continent. From across the globe, tens of thousands of visitors gather to witness a land transformed, “wild with birds.” But the central Platte River system is witness to even more than this wondrous annual event. It is also an abiding source of natural, agricultural, and economic life in three states as an icon of western history and as a place of wonder. In This River Beneath the Sky, Doreen Pfost seamlessly blends memoir and nature writing, tracking the Platte River valley for one calendar year, ushering readers through its diverse and changing landscape and the plants, animals, and humans that call the ecosystem home. From serving as a tour guide for visitors who come to see the sandhill crane migration to monitoring the population count on a bluebird trail, from exploring the human settlements surrounding the Platte River to wading the river with biologists, Pfost immerses herself in the rhythm and life of the area. Along with Pfost’s personal experiences of the river, she explores the river’s history, the land- and water-use choices that were made decades ago and their repercussions that must now be mitigated if cranes—and other species—are to survive and flourish, and the legislative and scientific efforts to preserve the diverse species and their essential habitat.

Author : Hugo Bernard
Publisher : Stephane Bergeron
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775236924

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Replika: Sky's Mission by Hugo Bernard Pdf

Described as The Matrix meets Inception... They hacked her brother’s brain. Then sent him into the simulation. Sky must now get to him first… the future of reality is at stake. "...an absolute blockbuster of a tale that not only absorbs every bit of your attention but will have you pondering about the nature of reality..."-Pikasho Deka for Readers' Favorite ✶✶✶✶✶ Earth’s ecological collapse is avoided when most of the world population agrees to permanently upload into a simulated reality called Replika. But the stability of the system is threatened when a group of neuroscientists hack their brains to interact with the simulations in unforeseen and dangerous ways. Sky devotes her life to rebuilding the real world left in the shadows of Replika. But when she learns her brother, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, is in danger, she must choose which world needs her most. All she wants is to find the brother she loves, but she will unwittingly get entangled in a ploy to redefine reality. HUGO BERNARD masterfully weaves a highly-original and fast-paced sci-fi thriller with a convincing and thought-provoking vision on how simulated reality will change our lives. "Replika is easily one of the best cyberpunk books I’ve read this year."-S.C Jensen, author of Bubbles in Space "...a complex thriller about power and hope whilst never missing a beat."-K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite

Author : Antony Cooke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781846281495

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Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies by Antony Cooke Pdf

Provide the reader with everything he needs to know about what to observe, and using some of today’s state-of-the-art technique and commercial equipment, how to get superb views of faint and distant astronomical objects. Only guide to live observation of deep space, utilizing modern image enhancement techniques (image intensifiers and CCD video monitors) Detailed information supplied on the image intensifiers and CCD video monitors Explains how to select and prepare sites for live viewing.