IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Engineering & Technology

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Authors: Roberto Carlos Valdés Hernández , José Luis Arcos Vega & Félix Fernando González Navarro

The knowledge society, where innovation, science, and technology play an important role, faces challenges, since universities not only are academic institutions but also generate innovation and technology in the new University-Industry-State liaison model, thus, these three main concepts play an important role in the new economy. Thus, this study has a purpose to present an experience where the education and software areas are linked, analyzing this liaison between industry and education areas, as well as the software product quality in Pymes in this area in the state of Baja California, considering the support provided by government institutions in order to integrate quality methodologies or rules in the development process of a small or medium company (PYME). The results obtained correspond to 52 Pymes dedicated to producing software in the state of Baja California, which allowed to identify the relationship between the education and software industry areas, and how the influence and contribute the continuous improvement of this industry through process innovation, being these the core of this area.

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Authors: Mohamed Ahmed Said Elwakeel & Ahmed Mohamed Elnoury

During the end of the last century, marine accidents triggered the maritime community to apply and develop the international regulations for safety and environmental protection. Consequently, Port State Control (PSC) regulations were introduced as a new mechanism to enforce the implementation of such regulations. The main target for PSC is to exclude the substandard ships from the seaborne fleet, ensure ships safety and reliability in clean seas. The PSC programmes have been regarded as the main measure to improve maritime safety level, and the methods for selecting ships for inspection are a necessary part of the PSC programmes due to their effectiveness. This research assesses the methods adopted by the USCG, the Paris MOU, and the Med MOU as three representatives of the different regional memorandums. Data on the PSC inspection records (annually, from 2007-2017) were collected and analyzed. Quantitative analyses will be concerned with the collection and analysis of data in numeric form and are intended to emphasize the relatively large scale and representative sets of data. On the other hand, qualitative analyses will be concerned with collecting and analyzing information in as many forms.