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FPI - Fundamental Power Index
FPI may refer to: Government and politics * Federal Prison Industries, a US government corporation which employs prison labor * Foreign Policy Initiative, an American think tank * Foreign Policy Institute, a Turkish think tank * The Foreign Policy Institute, a research institute at Johns Hopkins University * Islam Defenders Front (Indonesian: '), an Indonesian political organization * Ivorian Popular Front (French: ') * The Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, a service of the European Commission Science, engineering and mathematics * Fabry–Pérot interferometer * Fast probability integration, a method used in reliability engineering * Fixed-point iteration * Fluorescent penetrant inspection * Formal Public Identifier * Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar, a psychological personality test Other uses * Family and Parenting Institute * Faridpur Polytechnic Institute * Football Power Index * Force Protection Inc, an American military vehicle manufacturer * For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Prison Industries
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), doing business as UNICOR (stylized as unicor) since 1977, is a corporation wholly owned by the United States government. It was created in 1934 as a prison labor program within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Under US federal law, all physically abled inmates who are not a security risk or have a health exception are required to work, either for UNICOR or at some other prison job.Title XXIX, §2905 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-647) required that all offenders in federal prisons must work (the act permitted limitations to this rule on security and health-related grounds). As of 2021, inmates earned between $0.23 to $1.15 per hour. As a "mandatory source" for federal departments (having priority over all other sources, including JWOD sources from blind or severely disabled persons), FPI receives priority in any purchases of its products. UNICOR is entirely self-sustaining and has no cost to US taxpayers. History A statute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection
Fluorescent penetrant inspection (FPI) is a type of dye penetrant inspection in which a fluorescent dye is applied to the surface of a non-porous material in order to detect defects that may compromise the integrity or quality of the part in question. FPI is noted for its low cost and simple process, and is used widely in a variety of industries. Materials There are many types of dye used in penetrant inspections. FPI operations use a dye much more sensitive to smaller flaws than penetrants used in other DPI procedures. This is because of the nature of the fluorescent penetrant that is applied. With its brilliant yellow glow caused by its reaction with ultraviolet radiation, FPI dye sharply contrasts with the dark background. A vivid reference to even minute flaws is easily observed by a skilled inspector. Because of its sensitivity to such small defects, FPI is ideal for most metals which tend to have small, tight pores and smooth surfaces. Defects can vary but are typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Portfolio Investment
A foreign portfolio investment is a grouping of assets such as stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents. Portfolio investments are held directly by an investor or managed by financial professionals. In economics, foreign portfolio investment is the entry of funds into a country where foreigners deposit money in a country's bank or make purchases in the country's stock and bond markets, sometimes for speculation. Synopsis Most foreign portfolio investments consist of securities and other foreign financial assets that are passively held by the foreign investor. This does not provide the foreign investor with direct ownership of the financial assets and can be relatively liquid depending on the volatility of the market that the investment takes place in. Foreign portfolio investments can be made by individuals, companies, or even governments in international countries. This type of investment is a way for investors to diversify their portfolio with an international advantage. Foreign por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Force Protection Inc
Force Protection, Inc. was a manufacturer of ballistic- and blast-protected vehicles from the United States which have been used in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other hot spots around the world. The company was acquired by General Dynamics in 2011. Company The company traces its roots to Sonic Jet Performance, Inc., a California speed boat company founded in 1997. When the boat business hit tough times after the September 11 attacks, a new investor, Frank Kavanaugh, stepped in and looked to alter the direction of the business. Kavanaugh financed and secured the rights to a new line of products in support of the company's Mission to Protect and Save Lives. Around that time, the team identified an insolvent company in South Carolina called Technical Solutions, building a prototype of a mine-resistant vehicle the 'Buffalo' and attempting to build a smaller vehicle the Cougar/Tempest MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected). Technical Solutions was struggling and required a new stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Power Index
Football Power Index (abbreviated as FPI) is a predictive rating system developed by ESPN that measures team strength and uses it to forecast game and season results in American football. Each team's FPI rating is composed of predictive offensive, defensive, and special teams value, as measured by a function of expected points added (EPA). That rating is the basis for FPI's game-level and season-level projections. Characteristics Like most game predictions, FPI accounts for team strength, opponent strength, and home-field advantage. There are a number of unique inputs into each game prediction, such as the following: * On-field performance in previous games: measured by adjusted expected points added by unit * Rest: Extra days of rest has shown to make a difference, particularly when facing a team coming off short rest. * Distance traveled: Extreme cases of long travel (e.g. Seattle to Miami) is worth about a half point per game, with all other factors equal. These factors are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faridpur Polytechnic Institute
Faridpur Polytechnic Institute (), often abbreviated as FPI, is a government technical institute in Faridpur, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest polytechnic institutes in Bangladesh. History The institute was established in 1963 as Faridpur Technical Institute. In 1967, it was reformed as Faridpur Polytechnic Institute. Location Faridpur Polytechnic Institute is located at Baitul Aman, a neighborhood of Faridpur city in Bangladesh. It is near Baitul Aman campus of the Government Rajendra College, Faridpur. Academic programs and departments It offers diploma-level programmes for Diploma-in-Engineering in many different technological areas, each required to study for a 4-year-long curriculum. Students can participate in: * Civil engineering * Computer engineering * Refrigeration and air conditioning engineering * Electrical engineering * Mechanical engineering * Power engineering There is a department for each of the above programmes and a related subject department c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family And Parenting Institute
The Family and Parenting Institute is an independent charity in the United Kingdom supporting families and children. It works with charities, businesses, and public services to offer practical help to families. Its campaigns and research work focus on building a "family friendly" society by offering insights into current and future family life. It runs the Family Friendly scheme, which aims to help public and private organisations to better understand diverse families and meet their needs. The Family and Parenting Institute merged with the Daycare Trust in January 2013 and is now called the Family and Childcare Trust. History The Family and Parenting Institute was established by the Labour Government as the 'National Family and Parenting Institute' in 1999, in response to a recommendation made in the Supporting Families Green Paper 1998. The Institute modified its operating name and brand to 'Family and Parenting Institute' in 2006, though the registered name remains the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar
The Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar (FPI) is a psychological personality test to assess personality. The test is comparable in some aspects to MMPI and more generally to EPI or 16PF and is mainly used in German speaking countries. The FPI is primarily used in the field of clinical psychology and more generally in psychological research. History The first version was published in 1970 and was composed of four parts: FPI-G (long version), FPI-A und FPI-B (parallel half-editions) and the short version FPI-K ). Initial validation of the test used a sample of 2300 subjects. In 1983, a revised version using an expanded long form containing 138 items (up from 114 in the original FPI-A) was published and validated with a representative sample drawn from western regions of Germany. The test was re-standardized in 2001 using a sample of 3740 subjects from across post-reunification Germany; the re-standardized test controls for sex and age by placing an examinee in one of seven ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formal Public Identifier
A Formal Public Identifier (FPI) is a short piece of text with a particular structure that may be used to uniquely identify a product, specification or document. FPIs were introduced as part of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), and serve particular purposes in formats historically derived from SGML (HTML and XML). Some of their most common uses are as part of document type declarations (DOCTYPEs) and document type definitions (DTDs) in SGML, XML and historically HTML, but they are also used in the vCard and iCalendar file formats to identify the software product which generated the file. More recently, Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) and universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) are usually used to uniquely identify objects. FPIs have become a legacy system. Syntax An FPI consists of an ''owner identifier'', followed by a double slash (), followed by a ''text identifier''. For example, the identifier "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" can be broken down into two parts: the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fixed-point Iteration
In numerical analysis, fixed-point iteration is a method of computing fixed points of a function. More specifically, given a function f defined on the real numbers with real values and given a point x_0 in the domain of f, the fixed-point iteration is x_=f(x_n), \, n=0, 1, 2, \dots which gives rise to the sequence x_0, x_1, x_2, \dots of iterated function applications x_0, f(x_0), f(f(x_0)), \dots which is hoped to converge to a point x_\text. If f is continuous, then one can prove that the obtained x_\text is a fixed point of f, i.e., f(x_\text)=x_\text . More generally, the function f can be defined on any metric space with values in that same space. Examples * A first simple and useful example is the Babylonian method for computing the square root of , which consists in taking f(x) = \frac 1 2 \left(\frac a x + x\right), i.e. the mean value of and , to approach the limit x = \sqrt a (from whatever starting point x_0 \gg 0 ). This is a special case of Newton's method quo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penal Labor In The United States
Penal labor in the United States is the practice of using incarcerated individuals to perform various types of work, either for government-run or private industries. Inmates typically engage in tasks such as manufacturing goods, providing services, or working in maintenance roles within prisons. Prison labor is legal under the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Prison labor in the U.S. generates significant economic output. Incarcerated workers provide services valued at $9 billion annually and produce over $2 billion in goods. The system has undergone many transitions since the late 19th century: the Hawes-Cooper Act of 1929 imposed restrictions on the interstate trade of prison-made goods, and the establishment of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI) in 1934 helped expand prison labor during the Great Depression. In 1979, the Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Probability Integration
Fast probability integration (FPI) is a method of determining the probability of a class of events, particularly a failure event, that is faster to execute than Monte Carlo analysis. It is used where large numbers of time-variant variables contribute to the reliability of a system. The method was proposed by Wen and Chen in 1987. For a simple failure analysis with one stress variable, there will be a time-variant failure barrier, r(t), beyond which the system will fail. This simple case may have a deterministic solution, but for more complex systems, such as crack analysis of a large structure, there can be a very large number of variables, for instance, because of the large number of ways a crack can propagate. In many cases, it is infeasible to produce a deterministic solution even when the individual variables are all individually deterministic. In this case, one defines a probabilistic failure barrier surface, \mathbf R (t), over the vector space of the stress variables. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
