This article gives a measure of life jacket (LJ) effectiveness in U.S. recreational boating. Using the U.S. Coast Guard's Boating Accident Report Database from 2008 to 2011, we find that LJ wear is one of the most important determinants influencing the number of recreational boating fatalities, together with the number of vessels involved, and the type and engine of the vessel(s). We estimate a...

This report presents the Technical Performance Measures (TPM) methodology that has been developed to enable a first point assessment of North Sea steel jacket structures to be made· ● The methodology de-emphasises the quantitative structural reliability predictions that are currently employed in the North Sea safety case regime and employs a more qualitative approach to assessing the structural...

Understanding metadata written in natural language is a premise to successful automated integration of large scale, language-rich, classifications such as the ones used in digital libraries. We analyze the natural language labels within classification by exploring their syntactic structure, we then show how this structure can be used to detect patterns of language that can be processed by a lig...

Much of the work reported in the first three DSVIS conferences has concentrated on techniques and languages for specifying and developing interactive systems. In this paper, we argue that a change of emphasis may be necessary as the field matures. We argue that real projects with specific objectives for formal methods are more likely to employ a range of diverse, lightweight modelling technique...

While classifications are heavily used to categorize web content, the evolution of the web foresees a more formal structure – ontology which can serve this purpose. Ontologies are core artifacts of the Semantic Web which enable machines to use inference rules to conduct automated reasoning on data. Lightweight ontologies bridge the gap between classifications and ontologies. A lightweight ontol...

This book takes a thorough look at the issues and ideas surrounding use of membrane materials in design lightweight, energy-saving architecture.

Due to the prevalence of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in the many mission-critical applications such as military areas, security has been considered as one of the essential parameters in Quality of Service (QoS), and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is considered as a fundamental requirement for security in these networks. This paper presents a lightweight Intrusion Detection System to prote...

In today’s globalized markets, effectivity in the way that product development information is communicated and transparently interpreted by a variety of divisions and disciplines in an enterprise has an essential impact on the key factors time, cost and quality. PLM is a concept that intends to cope with respective challenges. Aiming for a reduction of CAD-licensing costs and data preparation o...

This study paper's goal is to assess how well coats that are weatherproof perform in harsh environmental circumstances. Weather-resistant made shield wearers from inclement weather like rain, heat, and cold. In this study, we assessed the jackets' capacity fend off moisture, withstand cold, keep warmth under conditions.