In view of the development and the need for fault diagnosis in industries, remote diagnostics technology, based on intranet and Internet, is deemed an inevitable trend. This article presents the architecture of a multi-tier, complex remote diagnostics system by applying CORBA. Functionality for each tier of the architecture is elaborated. A remote diagnostic system is then implemented and appli...

BACKGROUND Prevention of multi-morbidities following non-communicable diseases requires a systematic registration of adverse modifiable risk factors, including low physical fitness. The aim of the study was to establish criterion validity and reliability of a smartphone app (InterWalk) delivered fitness test in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Patients with type 2 diabetes (N = 27, mean...

Fodor (1970) came up with the following puzzle: in a context where Adrian has decided what kind of jacket to buy but has no idea that the kind of jacket he wants is just like Malte’s jacket, there is a reading of Adrian wants to buy a jacket like Malte’s which neither the de re nor the de dicto reading render correctly. Based on a review of approaches to Fodor’s puzzle in the literature I argue...

The Companhia Siderúrgica Paulista – COSIPA is an integrated steel plant of the Usiminas System located in the municipality of Cubatão, in the coastal region of the São Paulo state, Brazil. This works produces 4.5 millions tons of steel per year; 1.0 million tons of this output are delivered as rolled plates, which meet a wide range of uses, such as those in agricultural implements, industrial ...

Quite often traditional specifications for temperature maintenance of sulfur piping and equipment call for the use of a steam jacket as a requirement for the proper handling of sulfur. This is usually based on historical practice which has not considered the availability of newer more economical methods such as the Thermon SnapTrace system which has also been proven to be an effective method fo...

Offshore installations are designed to withstand against potential collisions from offshore supply vessels (OSV). Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) provides an overall picture of expected collision frequencies and consequences for the design life a platform subsequently estimates damage repair cost. However, main challenge QRA study is how well various uncertainties implemented into model. Thi...

Inflatable plstic splints have been in use for some time in the United States for the emergency splinting of fracures;t are also gaining popularity in casualty departmentsand clinics in the United Kingdom. Splints of this type cost essentially of a double-walled trAhsparent plastic jacket with a slide fastener and a screw valve in the outer _wa for tion (Pig,,1). The jacket is placed on the lim...

Different control strategies of bed temperature and moisture were investigated using various inlet air temperatures and air fluxes in both the ordinary packed bed bioreactor (without cooling water in the jacket) and the bioreactor with cooling water in jacket. The experiments were carried out within a 1-L solid-state packed bed bioreactor in which Aspergillus niger was cultivated on wheat bran....

Full-scale tests were performed to study the penetration resistance of steel plates (skirts), which are common foundation elements jacket offshore wind structures. Penetration is well-studied in clays and sands, but there limited information on gravels, typically used as scour protection critical like substations. Direct extrapolation sands not possible because grain-size effect. Two plate thic...