A spatial linkage is defined by a workpiece supported by several serial chains. The task of the linkage is defined by specifying rigid positions for the workpiece that approximate a desired workspace. Spatial serial chains can be synthesized and combined to form more complicated linkages. Because there are many serial chains available for this design process, we have developed a Java-based arch...

Sequence mining is an important data mining task. In order to retrieve interesting sequences from a large database, a minimum support threshold is needed to be specified. Unfortunately, specification of the appropriated support threshold is very difficult for users who are novice to mining queries and task specific data. To avoid this difficulty of specification of the appropriated support thre...

Quality attribute models are proposed as the linkage between a specification of a quality attribute requirement and a design fragment that is focused on achieving that requirement. Each quality attribute model has a collection of parameters that must be specified in order to determine from the model whether a requirement will be met. These parameters can be bound through design decisions, throu...

This article explores processes of place-making and space-making around the erection Aung San statue in Kayah state Myanmar draws out competing visions peace that are articulated through them. The raising unleashed widespread public protest, which was largely met by repression authorities. Drawing on interviews, focus groups, documentary sources, we argue constitutes an attempt to establish a p...

Research enriches pediatric nursing practice through the translation of the best evidence for practice – making this connection is essential for improving the quality of pediatric nursing. GENERATING AND DISCOVERING new knowledge is critical for the development of evidence to improve pediatric nursing practice. The power of research is that it provides the evidence to develop best practices to ...

Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD) of surfaces sometimes presents problems that were not envisioned in classical differential geometry. This paper presents mathematical results that pertain to the design of curvature continuous blending surfaces. Curvature continuity across normal continuous surface patches requires that normal curvatures agree along all tangent directions at all points of ...