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From the understanding of virtual reality as a virtual place of work -where the user can carry out all steps of development - interactive planning seems feasible within this environment. Prerequisite to this scenario is a real time simulation environment for the simulation of technological systems, particularly for distributed networks. One part of simulation model is based on a vertical flow of information, whereas another part of the model is based on the material flow (Figure 6). 

Communication with the simulation tool should be done by bit or word oriented shared memory areas. Complex technological systems for real operations consist of several physical components, controllers, sensors and actuators, which define their behaviour. Information runs between these parts via links with bar systems. Different types of sensors, actuators and other micro machines are available on the market - corresponding to real sensors like light bars, distance accelerators and other instruments. The positioning can be done graphically or textually (Figure 7). 

Validation of computer systems—The role of QA is of particular importance with respect to complying with Part 11, related to electronic records and computer validation. Clinical QA must ensure that any computerized system associated with a study is adequately validated and that the documentation for that validation is concise, complete, and available for audit. Clinical QA must provide the appropriate guidance to both the validation and information technology groups to ensure that clinical studies are not invalidated because of inadequately validated software or hardware. 

Since PV electrolysis plants are modular in design, it is possible to couple the expansion of PV electrolysis plants to growth in the FCV market. The creation of a H2 production and distribution system is contingent on the development of a working partnership between PV, electrolyser, automobile, pipeline, metal mining and retail fuel companies. The capital investments required for the construction of a PV electrolytic H2 production and distribution system is comparable to the capital investments in the construction of the cable and satellite infrastructure for the information technology industries in the latter part of the 20th century. 

IS091 ISO/IEC 9594-8 Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Specification — The Directory — Part 8 Authentication framework ISO International Standard, First edition 15.12.1990, with Technical Corrigendum 1,15.12.1991. 

In large proteomics projects, the information on samples used is often recorded as part of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) and constitute the other components of proteomics. A more comprehensive list of technologies used in proteomics is given in chapter 9 by K.K. Jain. 

Product models support the modular set-up of services. Services that are offered with a wide range of variants are difficult to handle, particulmly if the service depends heavily on information technology. A potential solution is the division of a service in septuate modules that can be bundled according to the customer s needs. This tilso greatly supports the development of new products or variants because they (and the corresponding software systems) only have to be assembled from existing parts. 

Systems which are poorly designed or sub-optimally implemented can add unnecessary complexity to the clinical environment. It is these ideas that lead Weiner and his colleagues [42] to coin the term e-iatrogenesis. They define this simply as patient harm caused at least in part by the application of health information technology . In this way two key challenges are presented by HIT one of security (who has access to which information ) and one of safety (can we trust the information we use for critical decisions ) [43]. It is the latter which is of primary focus in this book. 

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