Food Security Through Increasing Technical Efficiency

Food security: increasing yield and improving resource use efficiency.

Food production and security will be a major issue for supplying an increasing world population. The problem will almost certainly be exacerbated by climate change. There is a projected need to double food production by 2050. In recent times, the trend has been for incremental modest yield increases for most crops. There is an urgent need to develop integrated and sustainable approaches that wi...

Improving food security through increasing the precision of agricultural development

Increasing Efficiency in Airport Security Screening

The prominence of aviation security has increased dramatically in recent years. As a reaction to the new threat situation large investments into modern security technology have been made. State-of-the-art X-ray screening equipment provides high resolution images, many image enhancement features and even automatic explosive detection. However, the most expensive equipment is of limited value if ...

Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market Efficiency through Improved Software

The California ISO has taken several measures to incorporate the uncertainty due to Wind and Solar variability into the unit commitment and dispatch algorithms used in market operations. A hybrid approach that recognizes the need to incorporate uncertainties in operation of Day-ahead and real-time markets is presented. The hybrid approach is based on leveraging different forecasting techniques ...

Increasing operating room efficiency through parallel processing.

OBJECTIVE Because of rising costs and shrinking reimbursements, hospitals must continually find ways to improve efficiency and productivity. This study attempts to increase caseloads in ambulatory surgery operating rooms while maintaining patient satisfaction and safety. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA In most hospitals, patients move through their operative day in a linear fashion, starting at regis...