Surveys are an effective way of collecting customer feedback. Open-ended survey questions capture important dimensions of the respondent’s experience. The purpose of this study was to compare the critical incident technique ...

Osteoarthritis is a common type of arthritis that breaks down the joint tissue, known as cartilage. This causes the bones to rub against each other, causing pain and loss of movement especially in weight-bearing joints ...

EDM is widely accepted in tool and die industries for its versatility in machining hardened steels. Its ability to machine heat treated hardened steels eliminates the conventional method of heat treatment after machining ...

Privacy plays an indispensable role over internet transactions. There are existing methods in place which enhance the level of privacy over WorldWide Web (WWW). Anonymity intends to hide the identity of the user during ...

Sensor networks consist of a set of wireless sensor nodes which sense the environment and route the sensed information to a sink node. Data gathering is one of the important applications in sensor networks. In this thesis, ...

Though all CFRP materials are manufactured to their near net shape, they require a secondary machining operation for their final assemblage. In doing so, the main problem encountered is damage that results from delamination. ...

The transverse compressive behavior of honeycomb cores has been widely exploited for energy absorption applications in the automotive and aerospace industry. The energy absorption in honeycomb cores with thin reinforced ...

An analysis of the three types of turbulent boundary layer (TBL) models for acoustic analysis is presented because current preferred models over-predict TBL contributions to aircraft interior noise predictions. The mean ...

As an alternative to the numerous distinct controller design algorithms in continuous-time and discrete-time classical control textbooks, a simple, unified design approach is presented for all standard continuous-time and ...

In today's competitive world, companies focus on eliminating wastes to increase their profit, growth and ensure customer satisfaction. Among the known wastes, environmental wastes are typically the least considered. ...