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Photo Album of Bridges by G. W. Philips
No full text{"value":"Through personal acknowledgement, it appears this collection is of engineering construction inspected by G. W. Philips. The Pennsylvania bridges appear to be located along a route outward from Harrisburg toward Erie or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The bridges named: Hyner Bridge, Irvine Memorial Bridge (Tidioute Bridge), Kettle Creek Bridge, Parade Street Bridge (Erie, PA), Queen\u27s Run Bridge, Ritchey Run Bridge. Some of these bridges are located along what is known as the Bucktail Trail (U.S. Route 120) through Clinton County which was named for the Bucktail Rangers, a Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil War. Originally the Bucktail Trail was known as the Old Sinnemahoning Trail which the Native Americans used to travel between the western branch of the Susquehanna River and the Allegheny River. G. W. Philips is pictured in some of the photographs inspecting construction. Some of the photographs show railroad track realignment (Glen Union) as well as bridge construction. Ten pages of photographs of Pennsylvania bridge construction is of the Hyner Bridge which carried Route 120/105 across the Susquehanna River near Renovo, Pennsylvania, at one time a major railroad town. The Hyner Bridge, a multi-arched concrete bridge, reputed in 1929 to offer a short cut highway route between Philadelphia and Erie was perhaps Mr. Philips largest project possibly performed for the Pennsylvania Department of Highways/Transportation. A chromolithographic postcard of the Hyner Bridge was sent to G. H. Philips in 1930 by "Daddie" (G.W. Philips to his son, "Ham") encouraging a trip to see the bridge. A gelatin postcard to "Friend Philips" of the closing of the arch of the Hell Gate Bridge from Walter J. Parsons in 1915? seems to explain the inclusion of eight pages of construction photographs of the Hell Gate Bridge across the East River in New York City. Mr. Parsons appears to have worked on constructing the Hell Gate Bridge. The Pennsylvania Railroad built the Hell Gate Bridge to facilitate railroad travel to New England. The Hell Gate arch bridge was designed by Gustav Lindenthal as a steel arch 1,017 feet long arch. The whole length of the structure including concrete arch abutments from Long Island to the Bronx is 17,000 feet long. The top of the arch is 280 feet above water. The bridge carried four railroad tracks. It was opened for use in 1917. Henry Kern Photographer of Long Island City took some of the Hell Gate photographs as so acknowledged on the backs of some of the photos. Hell\u27s Gate separates Astoria, Queens from Randalls\u27 (Ward) Island In the East River, New York City.","attr0":"description"
DESIGN AS A FUNCTIONAL LEADER: A case study of Philips to investigate the potential of design as a leading functional discipline
No full textThis research investigates the role of design as a functional leader in multinational industries, to drive innovation successfully at a strategic level. It involved a detailed case study of the innovation process, and practices within Philips Design based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where design is a key decision making function within the company but not yet recognised as a leading discipline at strategic level. Philips Design wanted to use design research to build an integrated map of its actual practices and correlate these with other corporate innovation practices, to help establish strategic recognition for their value. The doctoral challenge was to explicate the process and determine whether the findings have generic capacity to support the role of design as a functional leading discipline.
The investigation integrates an iterative loop of; abductive reasoning of design thinking and inductive reasoning of management thinking in an action research cycle. The case study was part of an empirical enquiry, where the researcher became a participatory observer at Philips Design, conducting one-on-one interviews for data collection and refining their analysis using a Delphi Technique. Three other multinational organisations were explored to take into account how each perceives the contribution of design and the different roles it plays in their organisation. Data triangulation was also used to validate findings with a third party expert.
The research contributes to knowledge by confirming the conditions for design to act as a leading functional discipline. It shows that design cannot be the only functional lead for a multinational organisation. It identifies the major reason for this as the difference between thinkers trying to find viable options for the future and practitioners trying to defend the core business in their organisation, resulting in a gap between strategy and operation. The research further elaborates on the reasons for the gap to exist through qualitative conceptual relationships between designer behaviour and organisational culture in the different innovation cycles that exist in the organisation
Pocapharaptinus acanthos Akotsen and Philips, new species
No full textPocapharaptinus acanthos Akotsen and Philips, new species Figs. 23, 24, 32 & 39 Type material. Holotype: S. Afr., S. W. Cape, Klippe Rugt farm 34.42 S- 20.12 E / 28.8.1983; E-Y: 1993, groundtraps, 60 days, leg. Endrödy-Younga and Penrith. Groundtraps with banana bait. Paratypes: same as Holotype (2); faeces bait (8); meat bait (1). S. Africa S. W. Cape Pro., Haweqwas mt. 1350m; 33.40 S- 19.05 E / 4.12. 1978 E-Y: 1520, groundtraps 92 days. Leg. Endrödy-Younga / groundtraps with banana (1); meat bait (2). Haweqwas, 33.34 S- 19.08 E / 5.11.1973; E-Y: 200, sifted humus, leg. Endrödy-Younga (1). S. Afr., S. W. Cape Arniston, inland, 34.39 S- 20.13 E / 29.8.1983; E-Y: 1995, groundtraps 59 days, leg. Endrödy, Penrith / groundtrap with faeces bait (3). S. Afr., S. W. Cape, Struisbaai, 34.46 S- 20.03 E / 28.8.1983; E-Y: 1989, groundtraps, 60 days, leg. Endrödy-Younga, Penrith / groundtraps with meat bait (1). Diagnosis. This species can be characterized by the presence of elongate fine thin setae on the elytra (Figs 23 & 24). Description. Color reddish brown to brown; body slightly oval, convex. Length 2.0– 2.6 mm. Head dorsally mainly smooth but with scattered setose tubercles in a band between eyes, tubercles slightly pronounced; setae dense, short, recumbent and erect, setal tufts on either side of midline between eyes present; carina posterior to antennal fossae present. Pronotum with visible surface not extending posteriorly between setal tufts, smoothly rounded posteriorly; base of setal tufts arising from slightly above anterior cuticle surface on curved carinae, carinae angled ~ 20 º from surface, anterior margin distinctly swollen; lateral spines distinct but blending into tufts, distinctly thicker than erect elytral setae. Elytra moderately convex, apex rounded, not projecting; erect setae yellow, relatively long both posteriorly and anteriorly, very fine, not straight; six large elongate patches of similarly thin recumbent white setae located anteriorly within puncture rows 5–8 and posteriorly approximately within rows 4–5 and 8–9. Male genitalia with parameres thinnest near apical 1 / 3, strongly curved inwards near apex, apices distinctly expanded; median lobe at middle with sides gradually converging towards apex, total length 94 % of that of parameres measured from base (Fig. 39). Etymology. The specific epithet derived from the Greek ' acanthos ', meaning “thorn", in reference to the distinct spine-like setae on the pronotum.Published as part of Akotsen-Mensah, Clement & Philips, Keith, 2009, Description of a new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Africa, pp. 51-67 in Zootaxa 2160 on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18894
Automatización de informes mensuales para clientes en el área de servicios de Philips mediante Power Bi
No full textEste proyecto, presentado como opción de grado en Ingeniería Biomédica, tiene como objetivo automatizar la generación y visualización de informes mensuales para los clientes del área de Customer Service en Philips Colombiana, utilizando Power BI. El proceso anterior era manual y propenso a errores, consumía mucho tiempo y dificultaba la personalización de la información.
La solución propuesta centraliza y automatiza los datos provenientes de macros en Excel, integrándolos en un modelo de datos dentro de Power BI. Esto permite crear dashboards interactivos con indicadores clave de rendimiento (KPIs), cronogramas de mantenimiento, resumen financiero y filtros personalizables por cliente, sede, fecha y tipo de equipo.This project, presented as a graduation requirement for the Biomedical Engineering program, aims to automate the generation and visualization of monthly reports for clients in the Customer Service area at Philips Colombia using Power BI. The previous reporting process was manual, time-consuming, error-prone, and lacked flexibility for customization.
The proposed solution centralizes and automates data originally processed via Excel macros, integrating them into a structured Power BI data model. This enables the creation of interactive dashboards displaying key performance indicators (KPIs), maintenance schedules, financial summaries, and customizable filters by client, site, date, and equipment type.TABLA DE CONTENIDO 1. INTRODUCCIÓN 6 2. PLANTEAMIENTO DEL PROBLEMA 7 3. FORMULACIÓN DEL PROBLEMA 8 4. JUSTIFICACIÓN 9 5. OBJETIVOS 10 5.1. General 10 5.2. Específicos 10 6. MARCO TEÓRICO 11 7. MARCO LEGAL Y TÉCNICO 12 8. METODOLOGÍA 13 9. RESULTADOS 16 10. DISCUSIÓN 18 11. RECOMENDACIONES Y TRABAJOS FUTUROS 19 12. CONCLUSIONES 20 REFERENCIAS 2
Wissensbasierte Interpretation kranialer MR-Bilder
No full textMenhardt W, Schmidt K-H. Wissensbasierte Interpretation kranialer MR-Bilder. In: Unsere Forschung in Deutschland. Vol vol. 4. Aachen ; Hamburg: Philips; 1988: 37-43
Box 4, Neg. No. 1131: W. C. Philips and His Wife
No full textThis black and white photograph features a portrait of W. C. Philips and his wife - the couple is standing next to each other; he is wearing a suit and she is wearing a long light dress. W. C. Philips ordered the photograph.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/stafford_county/1382/thumbnail.jp
Pocapharaptinus aboakyer Akotsen and Philips, new species
No full textPocapharaptinus aboakyer Akotsen and Philips, new species Figs. 21, 22 & 31 Type material. Holotype: S. Africa, W. Cape Province, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, 33.42 S- 21.57 E / 1.7.1998; E-Y: 3240, Groundtraps, leg. Tom Berry. Diagnosis. This species can be characterized by the visible pronotal surface extending posteriorly between setal tufts in a narrow triangular shape and forming an ~ 45 ˚angle posteriorly (Fig. 31); a lack of distinctive thick bristle like setae laterally on the pronotum separate from the flocculent pronotal setae (similar to P. soutpanensis); pronounced humeral and apical patches of white setae on elytra (Figs 21, 22). Description. Color reddish brown; body oval, convex. Length 2.2–2.3 mm. Head dorsally mainly smooth but with scattered setose tubercles in a band between eyes, setae small and erect; tubercles distinct; setae short, recumbent and erect; convergent setal tufts on either side of midline between eyes present; carina posterior to antennal fossae absent. Pronotum with visible surface extending posteriorly between setal tufts broadly triangular, forming an ~ 45 ° angle posteriorly; base of setal tufts arising distinctly above cuticular surface on curved carinae, carinae angled ~ 45 ° from surface, anterior margin swollen, especially at middle; lateral spines distinct from but blending into tufts, thickness similar to erect elytral setae. Elytra moderately convex, apex pointed, projecting; erect setae yellow, moderately long anteriorly and posteriorly, moderately thick and straight; four large round patches of slightly flattened recumbent white setae located anteriorly within puncture rows 5–8 and posteriorly within rows 3–5. Male genitalia not observed. FIGURES 29–32. Pronota; 29. P. soutpanensis; 30. P. lachnos; 31. P. aboakyer; 32. P. acanthos. FIGURES 33–39. Male genitalia. 33. P. müllerae; 34. P. h a r r i s o n i; 35. P. akotsenorum; 36. P. ca p e n s i s; 37. P. soutpanensis; 38. P. la ch no s; 39. P. acanthos. Etymology. Specific epithet derived from the Fanti (a tribe in Ghana) word “ aboakyer ”, meaning “to catch an animal”, and is phenetically pronounced “a-boa-che’ar.” The name was chosen because further exploratory work is needed since only one specimen is currently known.Published as part of Akotsen-Mensah, Clement & Philips, Keith, 2009, Description of a new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Africa, pp. 51-67 in Zootaxa 2160 on pages 61-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18894
Line segment based watershed segmentation
No full textIn this paper we present an overview of our novel line segment based watershed segmentation algorithm. Most of the existing watershed algorithms use the region label image as the main data structure for its ease of use. These type of watershed algorithms have a relatively large memory footprint and need unbounded memory access. For our new watershed algorithm we replaced the traditional region label image with a data structure that stores the regions in linked line segments. Consequently, the new algorithm has a much smaller memory footprint. Using the new data structure also makes it possible to create an efficient algorithm that only needs one scan over the input image and that only needs the last 3 lines and a small part of the data structure in memory
Prof. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack.
No full textProf. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack at a reception of Insel Verlag, Buchmesse Frankfurt 1966LB
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