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Open AccessIncreased risk for postoperative periprosthetic fracture in hip fracture patients with the Exeter stem than the anatomic SP2 Lubinus stem
The purpose of this study was to compare the cumulative incidence of postoperative periprosthetic fracture (PPF) in a cohort of femoral neck fracture (FNF) patients treated with two commonly used cemented stem...
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Experimental Residual Stress Investigation of Weld Joints Fabricated at a Close Proximity in S420 Structural Steel
There is a lack of quantitative data regarding the determination of minimum distances between weld joints in offshore structures. Existing welding standards, codes and specifications provide recommendations fo...
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Experimental Investigation of Weld Joints Manufactured at Close Proximity in S420 Structural Steel
This manuscript presents the results from an experimental investigation performed to study the material and mechanical properties of two weld joints manufactured within close proximity. The experiment has been...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Investigation of Fatigue Strength Behaviour in Dual Weld S420 Steel Joints Fabricated at a Close Proximity
There is insufficient information available in existing welding standards, codes and specifications regarding the implications of having two or several adjacently fabricated weld joints in close proximity. Thi...
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Cloud Ten
I think there is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multi-planetary in order to safeguard the existence of humanity in the event that something catastrophic were to happen, in which case being poor...
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Invincible Cities for the Materiomic Age
Making novel buildings from novel materials equals a reenginering of the medium of architecture itself – a design optimisation of an entire creative field. The resulting schemes have less to do with high moder...
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A Framework for a Priori Evaluation of Multimodal User Interfaces Supporting Cooperation
We will present our latest research on a new framework being developed for aiding novice designers of highly interactive, cooperative, multimodal systems to make expert decisions in choice of interaction modal...
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Moon Dune – Bacillithic Cratertecture
The potential for microbial life to adapt and evolve in environments beyond its planet of origin should be assessed. Little is currently known regarding the consequences when earthly microbial life is transpor...
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Dune: Arenaceous Anti-Desertification Architecture
A single grain of sand is almost nothing: a splinter of rock, a miniscule fragment of a geological formation, the residue of a microcosmic event. Myriad grains together, however, become almost everything: mesm...
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Small local population sizes and high habitat patch fidelity in a specialised solitary bee
Andrena hattorfiana is a rare solitary bee which has declined during the last decades throughout western Europe. It is specialised to forage pollen from plants of the family Dipsacaceae. Knowledge of distribution...
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Using Architecture Analysis to Evolve Complex Industrial Systems
ABB is a large industrial company with a broad product portfolio that contains products that can be categorized as highly complex industrial systems. Software embedded in complex industrial systems must suppor...
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Thermoelectric Phenomena from Macro-Systems to Nano-Systems
The simplest thermoelectric system is a closed loop made with two different metals connected in the form of junctions at both ends. In 1822–1823 Seebeck discovered an electric current owing through the loop wh...
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Higher pollinator effectiveness by specialist than generalist flower-visitors of unspecialized Knautia arvensis (Dipsacaceae)
A critical issue in pollination ecology is the evolution of generalist pollination systems, and under which conditions floral specializations evolve from these. The gynodioecious herb Knautia arvensis (Dipsacacea...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
COTS Component-Based Embedded Systems – A Dream or Reality?
Embedded systems cover a range of computer systems from ultra small computer-based devices to large, possibly distributed, systems monitoring and controlling complex processes. COTS-based development in embedd...
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Concerning Predictability in Dependable Component-Based Systems: Classification of Quality Attributes
One of the main objectives of develo** component-based software systems is to enable efficient building of systems through the integration of components. All component models define some form of component in...
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Object-Oriented Design Frameworks: Formal Specification and Some Implementation Issues
In component-based software development, object-oriented design (OOD) frameworks are increasingly recognised as better units of reuse than objects. This is because OOD frameworks are groups of interacting obje...
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New Challenges for Configuration Management
More and more systems are developed using components. There is a move from monolithic to open and flexible systems. In such systems, components are upgraded and introduced at run-time, which affects the config...
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Neural Virtual Sensors — Estimation of Combustion Quality in SI Engines using the Spark Plug
We propose two virtual sensors which estimate the location of the pressure peak and the air-fuel ratio from measurements of the ionization current across the spark plug gap.
