The need for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) technologies for maintenance of complex welded structures such as pressure vessels, load bearing structural members and power plants has long been recognized. This paper presents an application of data mining approach for weld data extracted from reported radiographic images. Data mining is the extraction of implicit, previously unknown and potentia...

BACKGROUND People who have come close to death may report an unusual experience known as a near-death experience (NDE). This study aims to investigate NDEs and their aftereffects in dialysis patients. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS 710 dialysis patients at 7 centers in Taipei, Taiwan. PREDICTOR Demographic characteristics, life-threatening experience, depressio...

The growing demand towards life cycle sustainability has created a tremendous interest in non-destructive evaluation (NDE) to minimize manufacturing defects and waste, improve maintenance extend service life. Applications of Magnetic Sensors (MSs) NDE civil Construction Materials detect damage deficiencies have become great recent years. This is due their low cost, non-contact data collection, ...

Composite materials are steadily replacing traditional materials in many industries. For many carbon composite materials, particularly in aerospace applications, durability is a critical design parameter which must be accurately characterized. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Boeing Commercial Airplane Group have established a cooperative research and development agreement (CRA...

The nature of near-death-experiences (NDEs) is largely unknown but recent evidence suggests the intriguing possibility that NDEs may refer to actually "perceived," and stored, experiences (although not necessarily in relation to the external physical world). We adopted an integrated approach involving a hypnosis-based clinical protocol to improve recall and decrease memory inaccuracy together w...