The small punch (SP) test is a novel technique that uses a relatively small volume of material, to enable a measure of load versus deflection to determine the mechanical behaviour of the alloy. This study aims to investigate ...

Typically the grating problem is formulated for the TE and TM polarizations, respectively, by using the electric and magnetic fields aligned with the grating wall and perpendicular to the plane of incidence and this leads ...

In e-business systems, the business environment and processes not only drive the identification of system needs, but also are in turn fundamentally changed by the introduction or evolution of a system. This means that ...

Assuminga smooth trendp lus independente rrorm odel fort he environmentael ffects in the yields of a fieldp lot experiment,le ast squares smoothingm ethodsa re developed to estimate both the treatmente ffectsa nd the unknown ...

Laser micropyrolysis gaschromatograpby-mass spectrometry is used for the analysis of paint, photocopier toner, and synthetic fiber materials to test the forensiopotential of this emerging technology. It uses a laser ...

The use of Hybrid ARQ in wireless networks is to provide fast re-transmits and to lower the overall error rate. The performance of HARQ schemes is a well studied field, with many results to draw from in the literature. An ...

This paper discusses the influential factors of the knowledge-workers performance in construction design enterprises and examines the relationship between performance and its influential factors. The empirical test results ...

The international pattern of strike activity has been a source of interest to both policy makers and researchers. The worldwide decline in strike actitvity over the last decade or two has prompted researchers to explore, ...