The Process Cycle Efficiency (PCE), an important Lean Production metric, is the ratio of value-added time to total time required for producers to deliver goods or services to the customers and explains how quickly systems can respond to customer demands. The larger the PCE value, the leaner the system because the system has less nonvalue-added time. However, calculating the PCE of a non-physica...

In the era of Big Data and Internet-of-Things (IoT), all real-world environments are gradually becoming cyber-physical (e.g., emergency management, healthcare, smart manufacturing, etc.), with the presence of connected devices and embedded ICT systems (e.g., smartphones, sensors, actuators) producing huge amounts of data and events that influence the enactment of the Cyber Physical Processes (C...

In metallurgy the quality of the liquid metal has the biggest influence on the quality of the final products. The amount of metallic and non-metallic impurities has great impact on the consecutive stages of technological processes such as: casting, plastic working, heat treatment, etc. That is why the refining process is considered to be one of the most important parts of the basic technologica...

This paper describes the use of the Virtual Address Descriptor (VAD) tree structure in Windows memory dumps to help guide forensic analysis of Windows memory. We describe how to locate and parse the structure, and show its value in breaking up physical memory into more manageable and semantically meaningful units than can be obtained by simply walking the page directory for the process. Several...

Coagulation of cement particles is an inevitable phenomenon of fresh cement-based materials undergoing solidification. Coagulation can be classified into two types, reversible flocculation and irreversible coagulation, wherein microstructural change affects the rheological properties, including shear thinning and thixotropy, and the hydration process. This paper attempts to measure the mechanic...

In this work we investigate the matter of “secure control” – a novel research direction capturing security objectives specific to Industrial Control Systems (ICS). We provide an empirical analysis of the well known Tennessee Eastman process control challenge problem to gain insights into the behavior of a physical process when confronted with cyber-physical attacks. In particular, we investigat...

The purpose was to examine adapted physical education (APE) specialists' perceptions about consultation as a delivery model for individuals with disabilities. Six APE specialists (4 female, 2 male) from California participated in this phenomenological study. Data came from in-depth individual interviews, field observations, researcher notes, and focus group interactions. Analysis revealed disti...

Basic approaches of mobile cyber-physical systems (CPS) such like cars, trains, aeroplanes or spaceships are parts of our daily life. Mobile CPSs are embedded into a physical environment which is usually harsh and uncertain. Monitoring mobile CPSs is essential to ensure reliability and to avoid damage. Monitoring mobile CPSs presupposes knowledge about the CPS, the physical environment and the ...

Process evaluation is an assessment of the implementation of an intervention. A process evaluation component was embedded in the HEALTHY study, a primary prevention trial for Type 2 diabetes implemented over 3 years in 21 middle schools across the United States. The HEALTHY physical education (PE) intervention aimed at maximizing student engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity thro...