earthquake
RSS earthquakeSecurity in Wireless Sensor Networks
White Paper Wireless sensor networks are in use for a wide variety of applications: ocean and wildlife monitoring, earthquake monitoring, manufacturing, building safety monitoring, and many military applications. [30 Jul 2008]
Earthquake Program
White Paper Washington State is earthquake country. Due to the increase in population, infrastructure, and construction, the next great earthquake is expected to have significant impact in terms of loss of life and to the state's economy. [03 Jul 2008]
POLARIS: An In-depth Look at Canada’s Subcontinental Mantle and Earthquake Hazards
White Paper This proposal brings together universities, governments, and the private sector from across Canada in an innovative research project dedicated to interdisciplinary studies of subcontinental mantle architecture, earthquake hazards and related... [03 Jul 2008]
Mitigation, Analysis and Plans
White Paper The section also administers annual funding for hazard-specific projects, such as earthquake, flood, tsunami, volcano; and hazard mitigation planning, in addition to coordinating and maintaining the State's Hazard Mitigation Strategy. [03 Jul 2008]
Are We Really Prepared for a Crisis?: Are Public and Private Sectors Coordinating?
White Paper The experiences during events such as the Northridge Earthquake, Hurricane Andrew, and Hurricane Floyd have taught the public and private sectors many lessons - one of the most important is that close relationships between the sectors is good... [03 Jul 2008]
Disaster Recovery is Really Necessary for Computers
White Paper The insurance industry constantly advises its clients on the need to plan ahead and be ready for any disaster that might befall them such as bushfire, flood, cyclone or earthquake. However, basic procedures to protect people personally from job... [03 Jul 2008]
DON'T USE: Guide to Disaster Recovery Preparedness for Hurricane and Tornado Season
White Paper This is true whether the threat is from an earthquake, oncoming tornado or hurricane, or from downtime caused due to human error. The 2005 hurricane season went down as the worst on record, with damages estimated at over $100 billion. [03 Jul 2008]
Sonoma County Plots Its Future with IBM Information Management Solutions
White Paper Using IBM DB2 Universal Database and IBM DB2 Spatial Extender, SCGIS developed a geospatial information management system that integrates diverse data--from property tax rates and addresses to the location of earthquake faults or underground... [03 Jul 2008]
Ensuring Network Integrity and Equipment Compatibility
White Paper Terms like Seismic, Bellcore, Earthquake Zone 4, Telcordia, and Level 3 are becoming common vernacular in the telecommunications industry today. NEBS - What is it and what does it mean to you? But, what do these idioms really mean, and how do they... [03 Jul 2008]
Protecting Your Business from Earthquakes - Anchor Large Equipment Properly
White Paper Isolators are designed to absorb the vibrations created by the normal operation of the equipment but not the excessive movement that can occur during an earthquake. Earthquake forces, coupled with the weight of the equipment, can stretch the... [03 Jul 2008]
Multimedia Content Analysis Using Audio and Visual Information
White Paper For example, live coverage on TVabout an earthquake conveys information that is far beyond what we hear from the reporter. We can see and feel the effects of the earthquake, while hearing the reporter talking about the statistics. [03 Jul 2008]
COSMOS Strong-Motion Virtual Data Center
White Paper The COSMOS Strong-Motion Virtual Data Center (VDC) is an unrestricted web-based search engine for access to worldwide earthquake strong-motion ASCII data files (http://db.cosmos-eq.org). It provides an interactive resource for research and... [11 Apr 2008]
Sarbanes-Oxley: Disclosure and Confidentiality
White Paper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act already has altered profoundly - like the effect of a 7.0 earthquake on the Richter scale - the landscape of corporate governance and investor protection in the U.S.and elsewhere. [10 Apr 2008]
Swing Hacks: Earthquake Dialog
White Paper One of the funny ways that Mac OS X uses animation in its UI is when the user logs in. If she enters an incorrect login and/or password, the whole login dialog shakes violently for a second, like a road sign thwacked with a bat, or a cartoon... [17 Oct 2007]
Chinwag Live: PPC Earthquake - 27th March 2007
White Paper Google still leads the search world. But two spanners are flying towards its works: Yahoo's new "Panama" platform and Microsoft's AdCenter. The third Chinwag Live event debated how UK advertisers and pay per click marketers can navigate and benefit... [30 Jul 2007]
