Maintenance helps to extend equipment life by improving its condition and avoiding catastrophic failures. Appropriate model or mechanism is, thus, needed to quantify system availability vis-a-vis a given maintenance strategy, which will assist in decision-making for optimal utilization of maintenance resources. This paper deals with semi-Markov process (SMP) modeling for steady state availabili...

11 A literature review of all research conducted on CBM of written expression at the secondary level was completed. Findings indicate that CWS and CWS-ICWS have the best criterion-related validity for this population, and these measures can be used with accuracy for screening purposes. Results also indicate that seven minute writing samples meet reliability and validity standards, and seven min...

Depression is a global health problem requiring treatment innovation. Targeting neglected cognitive aspects may provide a useful route. We tested a cognitive-training paradigm using positive mental imagery (imagery cognitive bias modification, imagery CBM), developed via experimental psychopathology studies, in a randomized controlled trial. Training was delivered via the Internet to 150 indivi...

The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment aims at exploring the QCD phase diagram at large baryon densities in the beam kinetic energy range from 2AGeV to 11(40)AGeV (corresponding to center-of-mass energies of 2.7 < √ sNN < 4.9(8.9)GeV) at the SIS-100 (SIS-300) accelerator of FAIR/GSI. The CBM detector is designed to measure in a triggerless readout mode both bulk observables with large ...

OBJECTIVE Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a well-established transdiagnostic risk factor for anxiety and mood psychopathology including suicide. A variety of interventions using cognitive-behavioral skills as well as cognitive bias modification (CBM) suggest that AS can be quickly and effectively reduced in nonclinical and nontreatment seeking samples. However, it is unclear whether AS reduction pr...

BACKGROUND Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic fungal infection caused mainly by the melanized fungi Fonsecaea species. The chronic lesions may be predisposed to develop into cancer, the most serious complication of the disease. METHODS In this report, 7 cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) resulting from chronic CBM in patients from Maranhão in the Brazilian Amazon are described. RESU...

Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) systems have evolved as an effective fault detection mechanism in aircrafts by reducing the costs associated with unscheduled maintenance. CBM systems help maintainers to detect and manage the condition of aviation system components and take maintenance actions when there is evidence of need. In this paper we describe the application of a software prototype, wh...