In the building operation phase, Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) equipment are main contributors to excessive energy consumption unless proper design maintenance is carried out. Moreover, HVAC problems might have an impact on occupants’ discomfort in thermal comfort. Hence, identification of root cause imperative for facility managers plan preventive corrective actions. Howeve...

Aurora Vizcaíno , Jesús Favela, Mario Piattini Grupo Alarcos,Escuela Superior de Informática, Ciudad Real (Spain) Cicese, Ensenada (México)

This report describes the implementation of a pilot patient navigation (PN) program created to address cervical cancer disparities in a predominantly Hispanic agricultural community. Since November 2009, a patient navigator has provided services to patients of Catholic Mobile Medical Services (CMMS). The PN program has resulted in the need for additional clinic sessions to accommodate the deman...

The Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) are widely used for the three-dimensional measurements of workpieces. For solving the limits and the drawbacks of the traditional CMMs, we have started developing nano-CMM that measures three dimensional parts in nanometer resolution. In this article, we evaluate the repeatability and the straightness of stages of nano-CMM.

Carpel margin meristems (CMMs), a pair of meristematic tissues present along the margins of two fused carpel primordia of Arabidopsis thaliana, are essential for the formation of ovules and the septum, two major internal structures of the gynoecium. Although a number of regulatory factors involved in shoot meristem activity are known to be required for the formation of these gynoecial structure...

This paper describes the principles of dynamic referencing for optical CMMs and demonstrates the advantages of this new functionality in terms of measurement accuracy in shop floor conditions. Recent optical triangulation–based CMMs are now able to simultaneously measure multiple 3D points. With the help of markers placed on the part being measured, it is now possible to continuously monitor an...

In this paper, an investigation of the characteristics of computerised maintenance management systems (CMMSs) is carried out to highlight the need for them in industry and identify their current deficiencies. A proposed model provides a decision analysis capability that is often missing in existing CMMSs. The proposed model employs a hybrid of intelligent approaches. This hybrid system is analo...