We consider the Brezis–Nirenberg problem for the Laplacian with a singular drift for a (geodesic) ball in both R and S, 3 ≤ n ≤ 5. The singular drift we consider derives from a potential which is symmetric around the center of the (geodesic) ball. Here the potential is given by a parameter (δ say) times the logarithm of the distance to the center of the ball. In both cases we determine the exac...

A novel procedure for the estimating the response sensitivity to input parameters of a complex FE model is presented. The method is specifically directed toward problems involving high-dimensional input parameter spaces, as they are encountered during uncertainty analysis with complex, refined FEmodels. In these cases one is commonly faced with thousands of uncertain parameters and traditional ...

Purpose – This paper applies organizational development (OD) process-cultural and structural change strategies to synthesize Etzioni’s three approaches to power and compliance: normative, coercive and remunerative to study the management control systems of teams in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses library-archives research. Findings – OD’s process and structural diffe...

Conclusions: These results suggest that partially preserved semantic processing could be observed in noncommunicative brain-damaged patients, notably for the detection of salient stimuli, such as the subject’s own name. This function seems delayed in MCS and (if present) in VS patients. More important, a P3 response does not necessarily reflect conscious perception and cannot be used to differe...

Landsat TM images of the Pearl River Delta taken in 1988, 1998 and 2006 are used to explore the site factors that influence the construction land expansion in this study. Several site factors, including landscape types and the distances to roads, coastlines, or city centers, had significant impacts on the expansion of construction land, influencing the direction, scale and intensity of the expa...

The origin of the multiple horizontal charge layers observed in the trailing stratiform region of mesoscale convective systems is explained for the first time on the basis of energy considerations and stability calculations. The latter indicate the presence of a cloud-instability with respect to formation of horizontal polarization layers and associated space charge layers. The author's polariz...

We have developed a new primer design method based on the QuickChange site-directed mutagenesis protocol, which significantly improves the PCR amplification efficiency. This design method minimizes primer dimerization and ensures the priority of primer-template annealing over primer self-pairing during the PCR. Several different multiple mutations (up to 7 bases) were successfully performed wit...

s In accordance with innovations of construction methods and robotizations at the site, construction engineers need more relevant management tools for planning and scheduling the construction process. It has become essential to apply system simulation techniques to planning and scheduling. The author has developed an simulation methodology for the construction process at building sites. The sim...

This paper reports a construction site intervention that is part of a research program devoted to the topic of production control in multi-story building construction. An early work by the authors introduced a preplanning method using the line of balance technique. This present work aggregates some tools previously used such as the Last Planner and Lookahead planning in order to develop a produ...