Traditional three-dimensional gait analyses require the skilled palpation of anatomical landmarks to identify joint parameters and produce reliable joint kinematics. Functional methods have been developed to help improve the reliability and validity of identifying joint kinematic parameters. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a functional method could improve the between-day r...

. Graduate Assistant, Ph.D candidate 2 . Corresponding Author, Professor, Dept. of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University Abstract The flip chip packaging structure design and the fabrication process parameters will influence the packaging reliability and the performance of chip heat dissipation. The reliability of a flip chip package depends on the packaging structure desi...

This article is a continuation of the previous module on designing questionnaires and clinical record form in which we have discussed some basic points about designing the questionnaire and clinical record forms. In this section, we will discuss the reliability and validity of questionnaires. The different types of validity are face validity, content validity, criterion validity, and construct ...

Microgrids offer several reliability benefits, such as the improvement of load-point reliability and the opportunity for reliability-differentiated services. The primary goal of this work is to investigate the impacts of operating condition on the reliability index for microgrid system. It relies on a component failure rate model which quantifies the relationship between component failure rate ...

An approach for thermal simulation and reliability evaluation of MCM film resistors is described. Result can be used to reach an optimal solution based on available data, technology, topology and material parameters. To achieve a high reliability level and performance of the resistors, the board must be designed taking into account the thermal consideration for each component. Result of thermal...

This paper introduces a moving average reliability growth model to describe the evolution of component-based software. In this model, the reliability of a system is a function of the reliabilities of its constituent components. The moving average provides a trend indicator to depict reliability growth movement within the evolution of a series of component enhancements. The moving average can re...

Reliability demonstration testing for software products is performed for the purpose of examining whether the specified reliability is realized in the software after the development process is completed. This study proposes a model of reliability demonstration testing for continuous-type software such as that for controlling production lines and operating systems of computers. Testing time and ...

This paper analyzes some of the reliability features of the transport layers of the signaling system no. 7 (SS7) and compares them to the reliability and performance achievable with the protocol stack for signaling transport over IP currently being defined in the SIGTRAN working group of the IETF. It identifies parameters which have to be adjusted and restrictions to available addressing option...

This paper considers the reliability of an M/G/1 queue with multiple adaptive vacations in which the arriving customers enter the system with probability p (0<p≤1) during vacations. Through appropriate assumptions, the model is studied by the total probability decomposition technique and the tool of Laplace transform. Some reliability indices are studied. Moreover, we give some numerical exampl...