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Publication date: 1 April 1973

Current issues of Publishers' Weekly are reporting serious shortages of paper, binders board, cloth, and other essential book manufacturing materials. Let us assure you these…

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Current issues of Publishers' Weekly are reporting serious shortages of paper, binders board, cloth, and other essential book manufacturing materials. Let us assure you these shortages are very real and quite severe.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 1 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Megaproject Risk Analysis and Simulation
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78635-830-1

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Megaproject Risk Analysis and Simulation
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78635-830-1

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Publication date: 1 April 1994

D. Wilkin and R. Baggott

While the tendency for clay to shrink in dry weather and to damagebuildings has been known for more than a century, the post‐war work ofthe Building Research Establishment and…

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While the tendency for clay to shrink in dry weather and to damage buildings has been known for more than a century, the post‐war work of the Building Research Establishment and recent availability of insurance funds to pay for rectification of subsidence damage have led to a focus on this aspect of building failure, where millions of pounds are spent annually. At some point in each case a decision is made as to whether underpinning is required or not. Reports results of a survey of the technical factors which engineers consider when making a decision of whether to recommend underpinning. Analysis of the data indicated that only one factor, the quantity of damage, significantly influenced the under‐pinning decision.

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Structural Survey, vol. 12 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-080X

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Publication date: 6 February 2024

Luwei Zhao, Qing’e Wang, Bon-Gang Hwang and Alice Yan Chang-Richards

The purpose of this study is to develop a new hybrid method that combines interpretative structural modeling (ISM) and matrix cross-impact multiplication applied to classification…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to develop a new hybrid method that combines interpretative structural modeling (ISM) and matrix cross-impact multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) to investigate the influencing factors of sustainable infrastructure vulnerability (SIV).

Design/methodology/approach

(1) Literature review and case study were used to identify the possible influencing factors; (2) a semi-structured interview was conducted to identify representative factors and the interrelationships among influencing factors; (3) ISM was adopted to identify the hierarchical structure of factors; (4) MICMAC was used to analyze the driving power (DRP) and dependence power (DEP) of each factor and (5) Semi-structured interview was used to propose strategies for overcoming SIV.

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Results indicate that (1) 18 representative factors related to SIV were identified; (2) the relationship between these factors was divided into a five-layer hierarchical structure. The 18 representative factors were divided into driving factors, dependent factors, linkage factors and independent factors and (3) 12 strategies were presented to address the negative effects of these factors.

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The findings illustrate the factors influencing SIV and their hierarchical structures, which can benefit the stakeholders and practitioners of an infrastructure project by encouraging them to take effective countermeasures to deal with related SIVs.

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Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-9988

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Publication date: 1 May 1991

Doug Harber, Fern Marriott and Nirwan Idrus

The outcome of the implementation of a Total Quality Control (TQC) programme in a large manufacturing enterprise in Australia is described. Emphasis is given to the effects of TQC…

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The outcome of the implementation of a Total Quality Control (TQC) programme in a large manufacturing enterprise in Australia is described. Emphasis is given to the effects of TQC on employees′ perceived participation in the programme and concomitant employees′ job satisfaction. An extensive discussion of the relationships between these variables and TQC is contained in the preceding article. The results obtained from this study show that job satisfaction is related to employee participation, but to varying degrees at different job levels. Surprisingly, it was also found that there was a low increase in perceived employee participation following the implementation of TQC. The need for further research in the area is clearly shown. Future research should be based on more comprehensive research designs that incorporate longitudinal studies and investigate the differential effects of TQC at various job levels within an organisation. This approach will facilitate a better understanding of the complex dynamics within organisations when such programmes are implemented.

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International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, vol. 8 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0265-671X

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Publication date: 1 March 1995

Sudhir Madan

Presents a view of the combinations of the levels of social, political, economical, cultural and technological (SPECT) factors at different points in time pertaining to a human…

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Presents a view of the combinations of the levels of social, political, economical, cultural and technological (SPECT) factors at different points in time pertaining to a human society (or a country) to gain a perspective of the development process. In this direction, a system called SPECT has been recognized in the form of a cybernetic system which is defined by the elements of which it is composed, and by the mutual relations among them. In the broad sense, a set defines the levels of input elements of SPECT factors at a particular point in time; and another set includes the rules of operation, inter‐relationships and its relationship with the external environment. Further, considers a coupling between two SPECT systems in respect of the two societies (or countries) and the vector space properties used for their analysis.

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Kybernetes, vol. 24 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0368-492X

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Publication date: 1 August 1942

III.—TYPE FuG 16 Summary THE equipment consists of a communication transmitter and receiver operating on a frequency spectrum from 42.2 Mc/s to MS. 39c/s. Telephony is used. The…

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III.—TYPE FuG 16 Summary THE equipment consists of a communication transmitter and receiver operating on a frequency spectrum from 42.2 Mc/s to MS. 39c/s. Telephony is used. The pilot's intercommunication control box bears the designation “B.Z.B.” which is taken to be the abbreviation for “Bord zu Bord” (“Aircraft to Aircraft”). The transmitter, receiver and motor generator are located inside the fuselage on the starboard wall just aft of the D.F. receiver. The tuning controls are not accessible in flight. There is no provision for the fitting of remote tuning controls. The equipment must, therefore, be used on one channel only, pre‐set on the ground. The tuning dials of both transmitter and receiver are fitted with a “click” stop mechanism for tuning to four pre‐determined frequencies. This indicates that the equipment is also used, or may be used, in an installation which is fully accessible to the operator. The tuning dials of both transmitter and receiver have the frequency of 392 megacycles specially engraved in red. The other calibrations are in black. The pilot controls the operation of the equipment. A control lead is provided at the navigator's position, but is turned back and taped off. The wireless operator's panel carries switches “Heaters on” and “Motor Generator on” only. The installation is carried out in a permanent fashion and is well planned. There is no indication that it was introduced as an afterthought. The construction of the apparatus follows the usual German technique. In this case, however, the transmitter, receiver and associated circuits are in a single unit. Previous German apparatus has been built with transmitter and receiver in separate units. The ganged variable condensers in both transmitter and receiver are much smaller than those used in other German apparatus. The attendant economy in space probably permits the increased compactness of the unit described.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 14 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 1 January 1991

Special attention will be given in this part to the process of decline, which is to be seen as antipodal to development, and which nowadays is all too often neglected. By…

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Special attention will be given in this part to the process of decline, which is to be seen as antipodal to development, and which nowadays is all too often neglected. By “decline” we mean here the decline of a whole society. But this definition is not yet sufficient to provide us with a very clear understanding. The statement that a whole society is in decline remains void of real meaning until we possess some concrete conception of what a “whole society” and the process of “decline” are. Since the meanings of both these terms are problematical, further explanation and closer precision are called for.

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International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 18 no. 1/2/3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0306-8293

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Publication date: 1 April 1989

Peter M. Pinsky and Raja V. Jasti

A new laminated composite plate finite element is proposed that is numerically stable and accurate in displacements and stresses, including transverse shear stress. The…

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A new laminated composite plate finite element is proposed that is numerically stable and accurate in displacements and stresses, including transverse shear stress. The formulation is based on the Hellinger—Reissner principle with Mindlin kinematics. All stress components are given independent approximations and do not satisfy equilibrium conditions a priori. A novel feature of the formulation is the additive decomposition of the displacement field into two parts corresponding to nodal interpolations and independent local basis functions. The additional basis functions and their associated parameters play an important role in characterizing the accuracy of the element. These functions eliminate shear locking in the lower order elements and provide additional variational constraints on the stresses, leading to very accurate results. A 4‐node and a 9‐node version are developed and it is shown that both elements pass the patch test suggested by Zienkiewicz et al. and are stable in the sense of the Babuška—Brezzi condition. The special structure of the element flexibility matrix provides computational efficiency approaching that of displacement based formulations.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 6 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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