968 research outputs found
Development of an asset management model for effective safety equipment compliance in the Queensland electrical supply industry
No full textThe aim of this research project is to investigate and implement an effective equipment safety compliance system within the Queensland electrical entity ENERGEX and to \ud
influence Australian testing practices. The implementation of this work has facilitated the development of an Asset Management model for safety equipment and instrumentation to achieve compliance and effective management of $20M of assets.\ud
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The work involved six projects to assist in the development of department ENERGEX - RedEquip compliance system.\ud
* Development of an Asset Management System to record test results, frequency, test method.\ud
* Redevelopment of Queensland Code for safety Equipment between ENERGEX and Ergon Energy\ud
* Portable Earthing Testing requirements and techniques\ud
* HV fibreglass stick testing to IEC 60855 and specific ENERGEX and Powerlink test criteria.\ud
* EWP testing to comply to AS 1418.10 - 2004 Cranes Elevating work platforms which have dramatically changed the EWP test methods.\ud
* Pole Leakage detector requirements \ud
The work has resulted in ENERGEX -RedEquip becoming an industry leader in safety equipment compliance testing. The thesis presents many findings based on the projects undertaken. The findings have resulted in major changes to testing frequencies of equipment and proposed new test methods. The major theme to this work was Safety and Testing, to align the two and provide a system that would satisfy the Queensland Electrical Safety Act 2002. The\ud
thesis is based on the individual work undertaken by the author to support this overall theme. The Asset management and Inspection Testing document project are fundamental in establishing the systems to manage safety compliance for ENERGEX. The other projects were a selection of individual equipment issues to demonstrate the complexity of equipment testing that need to be resolved
Hall of Fame 2000-2001, Composite Photo
No full textAmy Melissa Gong, Brynna McVey Clark, David Scott Pritchett, Jessica Larkin Mitchell, Markeeva Andre\u27 Morgan, Micajah Purnell Sturdivant, Tessa Tamekia Hughes, Timothy Edward Hotard, Virginia Hart Hazard, William Hooper Joneshttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/halloffame/1070/thumbnail.jp
Evaluating Research Impact through Open Access to Scholarly Communication
No full textScientific research is a competitive business – in order to secure funding, promotion and tenure researchers must demonstrate their work has impact in their field. To maximise impact researchers undertake high priority research, aim to get results first, and publish in the highest impact journals. The Internet now presents a new opportunity to the scholarly author seeking higher impact: s/he can now make their work instantly accessible on the Web through author self-archiving. This growing body of open access literature (coupled with new publishing models that make journals available for-free to the reader) maximises research impact by maximising the number of people who can read it, and making it available sooner. Open access also provides a new opportunity for bibliometric research. This thesis describes the relatively recent phenomenon of open access to research literature, tools that were built to collect and analyse that literature, and the results of analyses of the effect of open access and its effect on author behaviour. It shows that articles self-archived by authors receive between 50-250% more citations, that rapid pre-printing on the Web has dramatically reduced the peak citation rate from over a year to virtually instant and how citation-impact – now widely used for evaluation – can be expanded to include a new web metric of download impact
1 Timothy 1:3–4 in the Memory of Irenaeus, Tertullian, Athanasius, and Chrysostom
No full textIn this article, I discuss reception history, its place within the history of historical critical methods, and social memory theory. I apply a reception historical lens buttressed by social memory theory to 1 Timothy 1:3–4. I show that the historical circumstances of this passage’s reception problematize using early understandings of it to reconstruct the referent behind “myths and endless genealogies”. I first show how the phrase “myths and endless genealogies” is ambiguous in the historical setting of the author. Then, I demonstrate that Irenaeus, Tertullian, Athanasius, and Chrysostom use this phrase against very different groups; however, all of these authors use 1 Timothy 1:4 for a (perceived) problem against their present group
Mixed-domain performance model of the piezoelectric traveling-wave motor and the development of a two-sided device
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2002.Page 226 blank.Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225).This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.In recognition of the growing consideration of piezoelectric traveling-wave motors as suitable replacements for small-scale electromagnetic motors, the present work addresses two parallel objectives: (1) to develop an advanced modeling approach for the accurate prediction of steady-state performance of piezoelectric traveling-wave motors, and (2) to improve upon the typical piezoelectric traveling-wave motor configuration by investigating the novel implementation of two-sided operation. Firstly, a performance model of the piezoelectric traveling-wave motor has been developed that accounts for loss at the material level through the integration of complex material constants. In effect, all model parameters can be attributed to physically relevant properties, and, as demonstrated by the success of several experimental correlation studies, motor performance can be predicted independently of the measured characteristics of an existing device. Other key features of the model include a dynamic rotor model, a hysteretic stick-slip friction contact model, and generalization to accommodate non-ideal traveling-wave excitation. Critical to the cohesion of the model, a mixed-domain formulation combines the ease and accuracy of deriving the nonlinear contact forces in the time domain and the efficiency of equilibrating the modal forces in the frequency domain.(cont.) Secondly, a two-sided motor configuration has been developed that is theoretically capable of doubling the torque and power output of the typical configuration with little or no increase in size or mass. Controlled experimental testing has been performed concurrently on essentially identical one-sided and two-sided prototypes, and the results verify a dramatic performance improvement due to the implementation of two-sided operation.by Timothy Scott Glenn.Ph.D
Was Entick v Carrington a landmark?
No full textEntick v Carrington (1765) 2 Wils KB 275 was a landmark not only in the development of the law of the constitution, but also in the development of a distinctively English mixture of judicial restraint and judicial creativity. Lord Camden’s decision was a model of the common law method of devising new ways of controlling public powers, while disclaiming any power to legislate and, in fact, claiming to abide by the ‘ancient venerable edifice’ of the constitution. The result was a practical reform that protected civil liberties, on the basis of a very conservative understanding of the constitution, according to which public authorities are limited by law, but have powers that are not specified by law. I defend that understanding against the twenty-first-century idea that public authorities may do nothing except what the law expressly or impliedly authorises
Use of Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Transportation Infrastructure Condition Surveys
No full textThis thesis provides an assessment of the effectiveness of micro unmanned aerial vehicles (MUAVs) as a tool for collecting condition data for transportation infrastructure based on multiple field experiments. The primary experiment entails performing a level of service (LOS) condition assessment on multiple roadside sample units at various locations across the state of Texas. A secondary field experiment entails performing a pavement condition index (PCI) survey on airfield pavements. The condition of these sample units were assessed twice: onsite (i.e., ground truth) and by observing digital images (still and video) collected via a MUAV. The results of these surveys are then analyzed to determine if there are statistically significant differences in the standard deviation and mean values of the condition ratings. This study shows that in favorable site conditions, the MUAV demonstrates promise for improving current roadway inspection methods. However, limitations of the MUAVs field performance show that there is need for improvement in this technology before it can be implemented
Motion and mobility in the realist novels of Philip K Dick
No full textThis essay explores the ways that ideas of motion and mobility support readings of Philip K Dick's early novels that take full account of the changing geographical context. They are set during a period of rapid suburban expansion, the building of the interstate and the spread of automobility through car ownership, and their characters frequently exist in a state between continuity through conformity and the potential for change. The open ended forms of the novels reflect a world around Dick that was still under construction, and where alternative realities can be glimpsed between incomplete materialities
Contracts as Reference Points
No full textWe argue that a contract provides a reference point for a trading relationship: more precisely, for parties’ feelings of entitlement. A party’s ex post performance depends on whether he gets what he is entitled to relative to outcomes permitted by the contract. A party who is shortchanged shades on performance. A flexible contract allows parties to adjust their outcome to uncertainty, but causes inefficient shading. Our analysis provides a basis for long-term contracts in the absence of noncontractible investments, and elucidates why “employment” contracts, which fix wage in advance and allow the employer to choose the task, can be optimal.
Reformed Worship (RW) 45 - Advent / Christmas (September 1997)
No full textEditorial: Introducing HomeLink by Emily R. Brink....2
Editorial: Linking Lone Voices by Robert De Moor....3
Service Planning: When Advent Doesn\u27t Feel Like Christmas by Scott Hoezee....4
Top Ten Ways to Keep Advent Preaching Fresh by Timothy Brown....13
Your Worship Could Use a Little Bach by Carl L. Stam....16
Weeping in Bethlehem by Edward Hart Schreur and Tamera Veenstra Schreur....19
A Time to Weep—During Advent by John D. Witvliet....22
Body Building by Marva J. Dawn....26
Songs for the Season by Emily R. Brink....30
Christmas Around the World by Peter M. Jonker....36
View from the Pew: A Staged Testimony by James C. Schaap....40
What Child Is This?....42
Q & A....44
Reviews....45
Letters....47
Conferences....4
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