The purpose of this study is to present a new construct perceived maintenance load (PML) – which captures the users’ perceptions of maintenance load associated with using a High Maintenance Information Systems (HMIS). HMIS is a class of information systems that requires an ongoing maintenance effort to maintain the system in order to continuously derive its benefits. To develop the PML construc...

Many renewable sources of energy can harness greater uptime and power output when located in remote and potentially hostile locations. One example of this is wind power, wherein turbines positioned at offshore locations can experience higher and more sustained windspeeds than their onshore counterparts. However, these traits also lead to increased load and degradation upon components, which in ...

The concept of advanced maintenance management technique in the field of heavy duty mining machinery/equipment has recently been developed in India. This maintenance concept has the significance of creating a support system for mining equipment functioning. Functional maintenance is one of the most frequently used methods in maintenance management for mining industries. Management of a custom b...

Since its first discovery in the prefrontal cortex, persistent activity during the interval between a transient sensory stimulus and a subsequent behavioral response has been identified in many cortical and subcortical areas. Such persistent activity is thought to reflect the maintenance of working memory representations that bridge past events with future contingent plans. Indeed, the term per...

BACKGROUND State employee health plans sometimes provide worksite wellness programs to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases among their members, but few offer the comprehensive range of interventions recommended by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. COMMUNITY CONTEXT North Carolina's State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees provides health coverage for approximate...

A tsunami warning center must be able to process and analyze seismic and sea level data to detect the occurrence of a tsunami and forecast its impact (Figure 5-1). National Tsunami Warning Centers (NTWC) and Regional Tsunami Watch Providers (RTWP) require a variety of hardware, software, computer applications and programs, and communication capabilities to support and maintain tsunami detection...

A well-functioning process for reporting, analysing and resolving software problems is an important vehicle for establishing and retaining control over the development and maintenance of software products. In this paper, we present such a process, its state of practice and its role within corrective software maintenance. This process is utilised at ABB Robotics AB, and is called System Progress...

Propositional plans of all forms often display a certain level of concurrency which can be exploited by scheduling the plan. This reveals the earliest times at which each action can be applied whilst still achieving the goal and shortening the plan duration. However, the output of this scheduling process is simply a set of timestamped actions, losing implicit information present in the original...

To improve traffic safety and mobility in work zone areas, the Dynamic Lane Merge (DLM) systems, intelligent work zone traffic control systems, have been explored by several states of the U.S.A. The DLM can take two forms; dynamic early merge and dynamic late merge. The DLM systems were designed to advise drivers on definite merging locations. Up to date, there are no studies that contrast both...

literature review indicates that systemic agricultural human resource development (hrd) interventions are rarely carried out in developing countries, and limited knowledge exists about how successful they have been. a comparative study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of three multi-project hrd interventions including extension plans, adaptation plans and diffusion-push plans in...