In this work, characteristics of various ball bearing parameters are studied under different loads and rotational speeds. By using Dimensional Analysis (DA), dimensionless parameters are computed which provides solution for a group of parameters. This analysis can be accomplished by using the Buckingham π-theorem. DA leads to reduction of the number of independent parameters involved in a probl...

Calculations of sensitivities of future experiments are a necessary ingredient in experimental high energy physics. Especially in the context of measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters extensive studies are performed to arrive at the optimal configuration. In this note we clarify the definition of sensitivity as often applied in these studies. In addition we examine two of the most ...

Immune suppression with rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) is a well-established therapeutic concept for preventing host rejection of transplanted organs and graft versus host disease. Increasing the efficiency of rATG production by reducing the number of animals would be highly beneficial to lower cost and to improve quality standards. We have developed transgenic (Tg) mice and rabbits that...

The demand for energy and resource efficiency combined with cost efficiency calls for the application of optimization strategies in building design. These environmental and economic objectives require the integration of information from all involved disciplines and the consideration of the respective interdependencies. The technique of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) as developed in...

Estimation of the qualities of overlay links is useful for optimizing overlay networks on the Internet. Existing estimation methods requires sending large quantities of probe packets between two nodes, and the software for measurements have to be executed at both of the end nodes. Accurate measurements require many probe packets to be sent, and other communication can be disrupted by significan...

Over the past few years, various novel approaches have been applied to the evaluation of interactive systems. Particularly, the importance of two categories of concepts has been emphasized: non-instrumental qualities and emotions. In this paper we present an application of an integrative approach to the experimental study of instrumental and non-instrumental quality perceptions as well as emoti...

The representation for measures of information which are symmetric, expansible, and have the branching property in the form of a sum is provided. This class of measures includes, in particular, Shannon's entropy, entropies of degree fi, Kullback's directed divergence, and Kerridge's inaccuracy. Rdnyi's entropy and information gain of order fl are, however, excluded from this class. The proof is...