Ernest P. Manly, W7LHL PO Box 1307 Graham, WA 98338-1307 [email protected] The selection of propagation modes for amateur microwave stations is often progressive. Most of us start with simple equipment and the contacts are usually by line-of-sight propagation. Longer distances are then accomplished by going to high locations. As equipment gets better, the use of various objects for reflection...

Ernest P. Manly, W7LHL PO Box 1307 Graham, WA 98338-1307 [email protected] The selection of propagation modes for amateur microwave stations is often progressive. Most of us start with simple equipment and the contacts are usually by line-of-sight propagation. Longer distances are then accomplished by going to high locations. As equipment gets better, the use of various objects for reflection...

Generally, ostomy is a purposeful connection of the lumen of the intestine with abdominal integuments by surgery. The study presents practical solutions related to care for the colostomy patient, i.e. an ostomy on the large intestine. The following issues will be discussed: regulating the defecation cycle, risk connected with improper selection of ostomy equipment, instruction on colostomy irri...

Locked-in Syndrome is a severe pontine stroke causing quadriplegia, lower cranial nerve paralysis, and mutism with preservation of only vertical gaze and upper eyelid movement in a conscious patient. We present a case of a Locked-in Syndrome patient who received communication training with augmentative and alternative communication equipment by using eye blinks. After 3 weeks of training, the p...

Since decisions concerning technology appraisal are of strategic importance to organizations, issues involved are complex and the nature of the decision is difficult to be captured and reused for future decisions in the changing technology selection environment. The proposed knowledge management framework addresses the technology selection and appraisal problem through an ontology-based approac...

Throughout the LHC project fieldbuses will be required to connect and control equipment and devices of various types. It will be necessary to integrate both industrial equipment and custom designed devices. In order to increase efficiency of resources a CERN working group recommends restricting the choice of fieldbuses, to be used in the years to come at CERN and by the various institutes colla...

This paper purports to provide answers to the following questions with regard to multi-crane building construction sites: (1) Do such construction sites differ from smaller sites only in magnitude, or are there unique characteristics that stem from the size of the site and the multitude of cranes? (2) Is equipment planning for such projects similar to that of projects serviced by a small number...

Supplier selection has significant impact on life cycle cost of complex product system (CoPS). In this paper, a new variant of supplier selection problem named life cycle supplier selection of CoPS (LSS&CoPS) problem is addressed. There are three kinds of choices for a manufacturer to complete a CoPS: self-made, purchasing the finished component and outsourcing. Different selection not only res...

Abstract Maintenance policy selection for vessel equipment is a multiple criteria decision making. To ensure security, reliability and efficiency of vessel equipment, a maintenance decision model based on risk, availability and cost was proposed according to the characteristics of vessel equipment maintenance. For modeling, analytic network process (ANP) has been employed. And the maintenance p...