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Retirement Systems of Alabama Has $46,850,000 Position in Eli Lilly and Co
2016-02-29 20:31:26| Agriculture - Topix.net
Retirement Systems of Alabama cut its position in shares of Eli Lilly and Co by 3.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . The fund owned 556,019 shares of the company's stock after selling 19,028 shares during the period.
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AOCS and Pointing Systems Engineer
2016-02-29 19:07:33| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Directorate of Technical and Quality Management The European Space Agency is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women POST AOCS and Pointing Systems Engineer in the AOCS and Pointing Systems Section, Control Systems Division, Electrical Engineering Department, Directorate of Technical and Quality Management. This post is classified in the A2A4 grade band of the Coordinated Organisations salary scale. LOCATION ESTEC, Noordwijk Netherlands. DUTIES The postholder will report to the Head of the AOCS and Pointing Systems Section of the Control Systems Division. The Section provides functional support to ESA projects and carries out technological research in competitive, innovative and highaccuracy control systems and attitude sensors. Within the above technical areas, and with emphasis on assessment methodologies for aerothermodynamics phenomena and the development and validation of numerical tools, the main tasks and responsibilities will include the following providing support to projects, programmes and general studies in the field of AOCS and pointing systems, contributing to conceptual design studies for future missions and monitoring the activities of industrial contractors during all phases of satellite procurement, from preliminary definition to launch participating in project reviews and evaluations of procurement proposals identifying critical development problems and assisting with their resolution contributing to the definition of technology development requirements for the Agencys technology programmes defining, initiating and managing RD activities covering both long and shortterm needs and addressing both AOCSenabling concepts and hardware technology star trackers, sun and earth sensors, gyroscopes and accelerometers, magnetometers, magnetic torquers, etc. fostering new application areas for multidisciplinary activities, placing emphasis on innovative concepts, cuttingedge technologies and system architectures participating in laboratory work for the evaluation and prototyping of new AOCS, pointing systems and attitude sensors designs monitoring applicable scientific and technological trends and maintaining stateoftheart expertise contributing to the dissemination of the results of activities performed and the transfer of knowledge across the Agency. QUALIFICATIONS Applicants for this post should have a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in control and aerospace engineering, with at least five years experience in the development of satellite AOCS, preferably with exposure to the full development cycle from design to launch. Demonstrated experience in control design, analysis and simulation, as well as existing and future sensor and actuator technologies, is required. Preference will be given to those with expertise in one or more of the following areas related to AOCS failure detection, isolation and recovery FDIR software implementation testing and verification inorbit operations. Applicants should have good interpersonal and communication skills. They should be able to work effectively, autonomously and cooperatively in a diverse and international team environment, defining and implementing solutions in line with team and individual objectives, as well as project deadlines. Candidates should also have good analytical, organisational and reporting skills, a proactive attitude to problemsolving and an interest in innovative technologies. For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these two languages is required together with a working knowledge of the other language. Knowledge of another member state language is an asset. CLOSING DATE The closing date for applications is 15 March 2016. Applications from external candidates for this position should preferably be made online at the ESA Web Site www.esa.intcareers. Those unable to apply online should submit their CV to the Head of the Human Resources Division, ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk ZH The Netherlands. The Agency may require applicants to undergo selection tests. Under ESA Regulations, the age limit for recruitment is 55. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada. Priority will be first given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from underrepresented member states. In accordance with the European Space Agencys security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment.
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Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (AAP) Shares Sold by Retirement Systems of Alabama
2016-02-29 14:32:22| Auto Parts - Topix.net
Retirement Systems of Alabama reduced its stake in shares of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. by 16.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 118,999 shares of the company's stock after selling 22,725 shares during the period.
Tackle Hidden Hunger by Improving Food Systems
2016-02-29 12:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Nutrition is complex and multi-dimensional. Micronutrient deficiencies or "hidden hunger' are much more widespread than chronic undernourishment or hunger, understood as inadequate dietary energy. Micronutrient deficiencies refer to the lack of essential vitamins, minerals and other substances required over the human life cycle by the body in small amounts. Micronutrient undernutrition has long-term effects on health, learning ability and productivity, leading to high social and public costs, reduced...
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Using VNA's As A Tool For Signal Integrity In High Speed Digital Systems
2016-02-29 10:09:20| rfglobalnet Downloads
Anritsu’s new paper describes the difference in how VNA's and time domain based instruments generate S-parameters and includes the examination of VNA time domain transformations and how they are effected by VNA bandwidth, frequency step size and low frequency S-Parameter quality; s-parameter quality metrics, including indications of measurement issues; channel characterization and measurement frequencies as it applies to bit rates and encoding; andVNA de-embedding and network extraction tools as a way to simplify measurements.
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