The Geographical Information System of the Brazilian Coastal Management Program
The paper discusses the coastal management program presents; and two modules which are intimately associated and integrated with the system of geoenvironment information: the Zoning and...
Hydrobiological Characterization of Guanabara Bay
Guanabara Bay forms an ecological unity with serious environmental problems derived from an accelerated and unorganized process of urbanization without the necessary support. The UFRJ/Institute...
Vertical Distribution of Barnacles of the Intertidal Rocky Shores of Guanabara Bay, RJ, Brazil
This paper aims to give a quantitative analysis, using the belt-transect method, to describe the Balanomorpha species vertical zonation models of the intertidal in the rocky beaches of...
Management of Fisheries in the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
To improve the interdisciplinary knowledge and to subdivide the problem in bio-ecological sectors, international committees recommend the development of integrated evaluation groups. On...
Tourism Versus Conservation in Fernando De Noronha Island, Brazil
Conscious of the problems created by tourism expansion and searching for a definition of the uses compatible to the restoration and the maintenance of ecological equilibrium, the previous...
Impact on a Primitive Fishing Community in Maric? County, Caused by Urbanization
The fishing communities studied in this paper, although influenced by the more important urban growth movement of the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, have reacted in a different manner to...
Heavy Metals Pollution Monitoring Through the Critical Pathways Analysis: The Sepetiba Bay Case
The methodology of the critical pathway analysis has been widely employed to monitor the environmental impact of nuclear power plants in the aquatic environment. This methodology has been...
Environmental Evaluation of the Coastal Area of Marci? District: A Methodological Essay
This paper is part of an integrated study of the coastal environment of the county of Marica, Rio de Janeiro, where the environmental alterations of the urban expansion phenomenon were...
Recent Erosion in the Stable Ipanema-Leblon Beach in Rio De Janeiro
This paper presents the findings of a diagnostic study contracted by the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro, concerning beach erosion problems. It first reviews the problem and existing data....
Facilities Management With CADD
Tyson led a project that began in 1985 to develop an integrated alphanumeric and graphic database for facilities management at Stanford University. Many large institutions could benefit...
Microcomputers: Investing in the Future
There is more to a successful computer system than simply going to the nearest supplier and buying the most up-to-date equipment. Engineering firms, while not being reluctant about installing...
GIS:Technology for Transportation
Geographic Information Systems show promise as important tools for transportation engineers. As computer hardware continues to become less expensive and more powerful, and as the software...
Automated Design of Wastewater Plants
Computers have been used for individual steps in design of wastewater treatment plants, and now these steps have been tied together, linked by an aggregate computer program the designers...
A Survey of CASE Tools
This paper will trace the history of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE), describe CASE tools at each stage of the software engineering evolution, and discuss the future and trend...
MATRIX.BYU
MATRIX.BYU is a general purpose Fortran program for personal computers which provides a flexible and user friendly platform for the input and output of matrix data, the execution of standard...
Developing the Manufacturing Systems Option in the Industrial Engineering Program at the University of New Haven
The department of Industrial Engineering and Computer Science at the University of New Haven (UNH) is currently developing the manufacturing systems option in its Industrial Engineering...
Project HAWK?Freshmen on PC-Based Case Studies
The paper discusses an attempt to develop a course introducing freshmen to engineering with special emphasis on engineering faculty interaction. Personal computer use, engineering cases,...
An Intelligent Computer Aided Engineering System
This paper presents two aspects of an intelligent computer aided engineering/intelligent building system (ICAE/IBS) research project, being conducted by the Departments of Electrical &...
Computer Aided Design of Monolithic Integrated Circuits
An algorithm has been developed to relocate the sites of electrical components and integrated circuits. The process simulates site location changes in order that path lengths of conductors...
Real-Time and Off-Line Aids for Teaching Digital Control
This is a report of unique computer tools developed for teaching of the design of digital control systems at the University of Wyoming. The real-time components of the laboratory involve...
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