This paper introduces Europe’s largest Canal Bridge found in Magdeburg, Germany. The uncommon nature of the bridge is established through its history and its function. Various relative checks are then applied on critical aspects under its Ultimate Limit State. A structural analysis of critical members, according to BS5400, is also undertaken.

We prove the asymptotic optimality of particular binary labeling rules for M -PAM and MQAM constellations in the wideband regime in terms of the so-called parallel-decoding capacity aka. bit-interleaved coded modulation capacity. Shannon’s ultimate limit of −1.59 dB can be achieved with bit-interleaved coded modulation. January 13, 2009 DRAFT

The influence of nuclear polarization on the bound-electron g factor in heavy hydrogenlike ions is investigated. Numerical calculations are performed for the K- and L-shell electrons taking into account the dominant virtual nuclear excitations. This determines the ultimate limit for tests of QED utilizing measurements of the bound-electron g factor in highly charged ions.

One of the supreme perplexing problems of cloud service provisioning is to motivate users to believe and to trust the security of cloud service and upstream their sensitive data. Even though cloud service providers can say that their services are heavily protected by extravagant encryption methodologies, modern cloud systems still cannot convince the users that even if the cloud servers are exp...

The assessment of the load-bearing capacity and fatigue strength existing railway bridges has been playing an increasingly important role in infrastructure management operators for several years now. Currently, many bridge structures have operation longer than it was foreseen during their planning construction. In addition, axle loads on lines, as well demands reliability verification results, ...

Everyone starts life with some feelings of inferiority. Subsequent success or failure is determined by the ability to adjust the inferiority feeling to the demands of life. Normal development requires the recognition of one’s limitations and capacities in order to achieve a profitable balance in emotional maturity. The inferiority complex is different from the inferior feeling of which the form...