State of the Art: Functional Performance of Pavement

2022 ◽  
pp. 37-63
Author(s):  
Ali Aryo Bawono
Keyword(s):  
Functional Performance ◽  
State Of The Art

scholarly journals Towards a Functional Performance Validation Standard for Industrial Low-Back Exoskeletons: State of the Art Review

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 808
Author(s):  
Mattia Pesenti ◽  
Alberto Antonietti ◽  
Marta Gandolla ◽  
Alessandra Pedrocchi
Keyword(s):  
Functional Performance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Productivity Loss ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
The State ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Absence From Work

While the research interest for exoskeletons has been rising in the last decades, missing standards for their rigorous evaluation are potentially limiting their adoption in the industrial field. In this context, exoskeletons for worker support have the aim to reduce the physical effort required by humans, with dramatic social and economic impact. Indeed, exoskeletons can reduce the occurrence and the entity of work-related musculoskeletal disorders that often cause absence from work, resulting in an eventual productivity loss. This very urgent and multifaceted issue is starting to be acknowledged by researchers. This article provides a systematic review of the state of the art for functional performance evaluation of low-back exoskeletons for industrial workers. We report the state-of-the-art evaluation criteria and metrics used for such a purpose, highlighting the lack of a standard for this practice. Very few studies carried out a rigorous evaluation of the assistance provided by the device. To address also this topic, the article ends with a proposed framework for the functional validation of low-back exoskeletons for the industry, with the aim to pave the way for the definition of rigorous industrial standards.

Applications of Thermoregulation Adaptive Technique of form in Nature into Architecture: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amatalraof Abdullah ◽  
Ismail Bin Said ◽  
Dilshan Remaz Ossen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Experimental Models ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Indoor Thermal Comfort ◽  
Adaptive Technique ◽  
Innovative Solutions

In the last 20 years, biology has obviously been the source of countless, innovative solutions from nature in many discipline. Biomimetic is an interesting philosophy which hybrids multi-disciplinary sciences with biology.  Biomimetic design is currently one of the promising fields ranging from accessing to adaptive, sustainable and energy saving solutions for the architectural and environmental challenges. This paper underlines and reviews the recent state of the art biomimetic applications to architecture, in particular, thermoregulation strategies. The review design was based on project’s status that varies from executed projects, experimental models and design concepts.  The study shows that biomimicking thermoregulation strategies of the nature leads to a significant energy saving and indoor thermal comfort. It is also observed that some of the architectural researches in this regard do not exceed the stage of theoretical study due to the lack of sponsorship and funding. Although there is a number of levels in respect to mimicking adaptive notions from nature such as behavioral, physiological, and morphological, architects’ works are mostly confined to mimicking the functional performance of organism through its morphological configuration; physiological and morphological adaptation. The review shows that architects turn noticeably to nature’s solutions as the source of zero-waste system, saving energy and controlling thermal environment.  

Afton Generating Station, Including Unique Hybrid Cooling

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Groves ◽  
Todd Krankkala ◽  
Greg Nugent
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Evolutionary Path ◽  
Hybrid Cooling ◽  
Generation Plant ◽  
Commercial Operation

The paper describes the evolution of a successful new combined cycle utility generation plant over nearly two decades in response to external and internal requirements for commercial, environmental and functional performance. The Afton Project followed an evolutionary path from initial development as a peaking unit into its full realization as an innovative combined cycle station utilizing a hybrid cooling system to realize its owner’s objectives for water conservation and the ability to respond to load demands in the arid Southwest. Afton, a state-of-the-art 225 MW combined cycle facility, entered commercial operation in October of 2007, delivering critically needed capacity with NOx at 3.5 ppm or less.

Practical Picture Processing

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 338-339
Author(s):  
T. A. Welton
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Coherence Length ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Coherent Radiation ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Spread ◽  
Electron Micrograph ◽  
Picture Processing ◽  
Molecular Skeleton

Various authors have emphasized the spatial information resident in an electron micrograph taken with adequately coherent radiation. In view of the completion of at least one such instrument, this opportunity is taken to summarize the state of the art of processing such micrographs. We use the usual symbols for the aberration coefficients, and supplement these with £ and 6 for the transverse coherence length and the fractional energy spread respectively. He also assume a weak, biologically interesting sample, with principal interest lying in the molecular skeleton remaining after obvious hydrogen loss and other radiation damage has occurred.

A Macintosh Interface for the Cameca Camebax-Micro Electron Microprobe

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 438-439
Author(s):  
Carl E. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microprobe ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Computer Control ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Disk Storage ◽  
The Past ◽  
User Facility ◽  
Instrument Control

Over the past few years it has become apparent in our multi-user facility that the computer system and software supplied in 1985 with our CAMECA CAMEBAX-MICRO electron microprobe analyzer has the greatest potential for improvement and updating of any component of the instrument. While the standard CAMECA software running on a DEC PDP-11/23+ computer under the RSX-11M operating system can perform almost any task required of the instrument, the commands are not always intuitive and can be difficult to remember for the casual user (of which our laboratory has many). Given the widespread and growing use of other microcomputers (such as PC’s and Macintoshes) by users of the microprobe, the PDP has become the “oddball” and has also fallen behind the state-of-the-art in terms of processing speed and disk storage capabilities. Upgrade paths within products available from DEC are considered to be too expensive for the benefits received. After using a Macintosh for other tasks in the laboratory, such as instrument use and billing records, word processing, and graphics display, its unique and “friendly” user interface suggested an easier-to-use system for computer control of the electron microprobe automation. Specifically a Macintosh IIx was chosen for its capacity for third-party add-on cards used in instrument control.

Current Issues: Advanced Digital Technology for Supervising Graduate Clinicians

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Tellis ◽  
Lori Cimino ◽  
Jennifer Alberti
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Video Capture ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Clinical Supervisors ◽  
Training And Supervision

Abstract The purpose of this article is to provide clinical supervisors with information pertaining to state-of-the-art clinic observation technology. We use a novel video-capture technology, the Landro Play Analyzer, to supervise clinical sessions as well as to train students to improve their clinical skills. We can observe four clinical sessions simultaneously from a central observation center. In addition, speech samples can be analyzed in real-time; saved on a CD, DVD, or flash/jump drive; viewed in slow motion; paused; and analyzed with Microsoft Excel. Procedures for applying the technology for clinical training and supervision will be discussed.

Behavioral Genetics: Concepts for Research and Practice in Language Development and Disorders

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 1126-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey W. Gilger
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Behavioral Genetics ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Behavioral Genetic ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Current State ◽  
Research Designs

This paper is an introduction to behavioral genetics for researchers and practioners in language development and disorders. The specific aims are to illustrate some essential concepts and to show how behavioral genetic research can be applied to the language sciences. Past genetic research on language-related traits has tended to focus on simple etiology (i.e., the heritability or familiality of language skills). The current state of the art, however, suggests that great promise lies in addressing more complex questions through behavioral genetic paradigms. In terms of future goals it is suggested that: (a) more behavioral genetic work of all types should be done—including replications and expansions of preliminary studies already in print; (b) work should focus on fine-grained, theory-based phenotypes with research designs that can address complex questions in language development; and (c) work in this area should utilize a variety of samples and methods (e.g., twin and family samples, heritability and segregation analyses, linkage and association tests, etc.).

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