conceptual measurement and methodological issues

... available and the products are homogenous Examples of such studies are Worrell et al (1997) and Ozawa et al (2002) for iron and steel, Farla et al (1997) for pulp and paper, and Reddy and Ray (2011) ... Studies on relevant methodological issues regarding these extensions, however, seem to be inadequate This thesis thus aims to study these issues and propose possible improvements and extensions of ... Capture and Storage CI Composite Index CHP Combined Heat and Power CO2 Carbon dioxide EECA Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (New Zealand) EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:13

... studies of specific situations and areas, and equity issues Maladaptation may be encouraged by insurance and disaster-relief measures The establishment and enforcement of standards (e.g., building codes), ... Wheaton and MacIver (1999) identify the critical need to understand and develop adaptation options and to reduce the social and economic vulnerabilities induced by climate variability and change ... Monitoring and Assessment, in press MacIver, D.C and Klein, R.J.T (eds): 1999, IPCC Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change: Methodological Issues, Special Issue of Mitigation and Adaptation...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2016, 17:53

... both CO and SV (correlation index 0.79, P < 0.01 and 0.95, P < 0.01, respectively), and a BlandAltman analysis demonstrated a bias of 0.23 ± 1.01 L/min for the CO measurements Chand and colleagues ... surgery and compared SV measurements obtained with the USCOM® and the PAC [27] The SV measurements demonstrated a bias of 1.0 ml (limits of agreement -1.5 ml to 3.5 ml) for aortic measurements and ... evaluated for accuracy and reliability Knobloch and col- leagues studied 36 patients undergoing coronary revascularization with 180 paired CO and SV measurements using the USCOM® and a pulmonary artery...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... production, storage and electrical energy generation system, control and measurements He is the author of more than 70 publications and has patents Pr Agbossou is also a PES-IEEE member and former Chair ... Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada E-mail address: Florent.Breque@mdacorporation.com Julien Ramousse received the B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in energetics and ... of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 1, Issue 1, 2010, pp.1-20 the proton transport from the anode to the cathode, and which acts in addition to the usual convection and diffusion And fourth,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58

... 2, …, m} and {ρ11, t1ij, for i = 1, 2, …, n, j = 1, 2, …, m, and i < n when j = 1} This section discusses the relationship between the q variables and the string and rod vectors tαβγ and rβij ... the integration of structure and control design appears in Skelton1,2 and Grigoriadis et al.3 Bendsoe and others4-7 optimize structures by beginning with a solid brick and deleting finite elements ... now contains both ˆ closure rules for the base and the top of the structure In the following synthesis we use f111 and ˆ ˆ from (18.E.1) and f and f from (18.E.4) At the right, where (i = 1,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 09:15

... Complete Flow and Level Measurement Handbook and Encyclopedia®, OMEGA Press, 1995 OMEGA Volume 29 Handbook & Encyclopedia, Purchasing Agents Edition, OMEGA Press, 1995 “Choices Abound in Flow Measurement , ... polypropylene, PVDF, TFE and PFA, brass, aluminum, and stainless steel T References & Further Reading • OMEGA • • • • • • • • Complete Flow and Level Measurement Handbook and Encyclopedia®, OMEGA ... “Differential Flow Measurement of Meter-Conditioned Flow,” Stephen A Ifft and Andrew J Zacharias, Measurements & Control, September, 1993 Dry Solids Flow Update, Auburn International Inc Flow Measurement...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 01:15

... upperarm and the forearm, representing a kind of direct drive On the other hand, if a DC motor is used, it is usually displaced from the elbow and located on the robot base This concept understands ... problems, increased reliability and improved thermal capacity are achieved On the other hand, brushless motors require more complex and expensive control systems Sensors and switching circuitry are ... advantages, we also mention high stiffness and efficiency (0.75 to 0.85) The main drawbacks are heaviness and high price Toothed rack -and- pinion transmission allows R/T and T/R transformation of motion...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 13:15

... octave-band analyzer is the most common analyzer for industrial noise measurements It separates complex sounds into frequency bands one octave in width, and measures the level in each of the bands ... machine octave-band sound pressure levels and background octave-band sound pressure levels is less than dB, the accuracy of the adjusted sound pressure levels will be decreased Valid measurements ... 24.12 MEASUREMENT OF MACHINE NOISE The noise produced by a machine may be evaluated in various ways, depending on the purpose of the measurement and the environmental conditions at the machine Measurements...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 13:15

... computing the modified command position based on the target impedance model and using the nominal position and force measurements, and a controller involving a PD regulator and robust control part ... force limits and contact with the environment, and indicate when the desired force is achieved In conjunction with the standard robot programming language commands, exception handling, and motion ... between the nominal and actual positions of the end effector according to the target impedance law Impedance control is based on position control and requires position commands and measurements to...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 20:15

... is A11 and … and Xn is A1n, then Y = B11 and … and Ym = B1m R 2: if X1 is A21 and … and Xn is A2n, then Y = B21 and … Ym = B2m M R r: if X1 is Ar1 and … and Xn is Arn, then Y1 = Br1 and … and Ym ... not and connectives or and and Modifiers that modify the basic concept to which they are applied (e.g., very, extremely, etc.) Markers, such as parentheses Negation not and connectives or and and ... Procyk and Mamdani.37 24.4.3.4 Inference Mechanism Consider the rule base: R1: if X1 is A11 and K and Xn is A1n, then Y = B1 R2: if X1 is A21 and K and Xn is A2n, then Y = B2 M Rr: if X1 is Ar1 and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 20:15

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20

... ultrasonic-based range-finder mounted on a pan -and- tilt unit This unit is located on the front end of the chassis and constantly rotates left -and- right and up -and- down independently of the speed of the ... line segment exists between the initial and final point, A and B; and (b) a path consists of a set of straight segments tangential to augmented obstacles, and arcs along the obstacle boundaries ... generalized coordinates: x and y coordinates of the central point C; an angle φ between the longitudinal axis of the chassis (xb) and the x-axis of the reference frame; and θL and θR, the angular displacements...

Ngày tải lên: 09/11/2013, 05:15

... SCHWARZ - SOUND and TV BROADCASTING – CCIR and FFC tv standards – Printed in the federal republic of Germany 18 3GPP2 C.S0011-C, version 2.0 – Recommended Minimum Performance Standards for cdma2000 ... Compatibility: Principles, Measurements and Technologies -1996 IEEE Press 16 Walter Ciciora, James Farmer, David Large, Michael Adams – Modern Cable Television Technology: Video, Voice and Data communications ... channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering and other broadband satellite applications (DVB – S2) 14 Tim Williams – EMC for Product Designers – Newnes...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 20:44

... What Is Chemistry? • Observation: is sand different than water • Test the similarities and differences between sand and water Composition Types & number of atoms, structure, ... Chemistry • Curiosity and your imagination are your allies Explore and investigate • Quantify and calculate Even small differences can be important! • Commitment Work regularly and carefully Chemistry, ... and practice processes  Systematic names and formulas  Dimensional analysis • Do the questions and exercises in the chapter to test your understanding and help you learn the patterns? Chemistry,...

Ngày tải lên: 27/11/2013, 21:11

... Handbook of Formulas and Tables for Signal Processing, Alexander D Poularikas The Industrial Electronics Handbook, J David Irwin The Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, John G Webster ... Technology Management Handbook, Richard C Dorf The Transforms and Applications Handbook, 2nd Edition, Alexander D Poularikas The VLSI Handbook, Wai-Kai Chen The Mechatronics Handbook, Robert H Bishop ... Bronzino The Circuits and Filters Handbook, Wai-Kai Chen The Communications Handbook, Jerry D Gibson The Control Handbook, William S Levine The Digital Signal Processing Handbook, Vijay K Madisetti...

Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 13:15

... interconnected set of links and powered joints that support or move a wrist, a hand or an end effector • Wrist: a set of joints between the arm and the hand that allows the hand to be oriented to the ... will give an overview of the state of the art and current trends in robot design and application Industrial and service robots will be considered and typical examples of their system design will ... control, and communication Rarely have so many technologies and scientific disciplines focused on the functionality and performance of a system as they have done in the fields of robot development and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 13:15

... transports meals, pharmaceuticals, and documents along normal corridors Clear and simple user interfaces, robust robot navigation, and ability to open doors and operate elevators by remote control ... 28.3.3.2 Systems Design Planning and design of service robot systems involves systematic design of mechatronic products (Schraft and Hägele,18 Kim and Koshla,94 and Schraft et al.20) followed by ... characterize an object and contribute to its definition of functionality The works of Cutkosky4 and Iberall8 address the importance of understanding functionality when robots manipulate and interact with...

Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 13:15

... Springer–Verlag, New York, 1997 Arbib, M.A and Liaw, J.S., Sensori-motor transformations in the world of frogs and robots, Artif Intelligence, 72, 53, 1995 Bogoni, L and Bajcsy, R., Functionality investigation ... using a discrete event system approach, Robotics and Autonomous Syst., 13, 173, 1994 Cutkosky, M.R., On grasp choice, grasp models, and the design of hands for manufacturing tasks, IEEE Trans Robotics ... Tokyo, 1993 Leondes, C.T (Ed.), Mechatronic System Techniques and Applications, Transportation and Vehicular Systems, Vol 2, Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam, 2000 Hirose, S., A code of conduct for...

Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 13:15

... credits and lines of credit (including credit cards and overdrafts), personal term loans and leases (e.g instalment loans, auto loans and leases, student and educational loans, personal finance) and ... The Standardised Approach Advanced Measurement Approaches (AMA) (i) General standards (ii) Qualitative standards (iii) Quantitative standards ... methodology used by Standard & Poor's and by Moody’s Investors Service The A-1 rating of Standard & Poor's includes both A-1+ and A-1- 33 This category includes all non-prime and B or C ratings...

Ngày tải lên: 15/01/2014, 16:56

... deformation of the machine elements, and structural vibration of the machine tool and wear, failure, and thermal deformations of the tool (Rangwala and Dornfeld, 1990; Li and Elbestawi, 1996) Currently, ... (CNC), and (3) knowledge epochs (Mehrabi and Ulsoy, 1997; Mehrabi, Ulsoy, and Koren, 1998) In the pre-CNC epochs (before the 1970s), the emphasis was on increased production rate; little demand ... machine tools and tooling, and auxiliary equipment (e.g., material handling, control, communications) that operate in a coordinated manner to produce parts at the required volumes and quality A...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2014, 06:20