Interruptions in the supply of electricity cause numerous losses to consumers, whether residential or industrial and may result fines being imposed on regulatory agency’s concessionaire. In Brazil, electrical transmission distribution systems cover a large territorial area, because they are usually outdoors, exposed environmental variations. this context, periodic inspections carried out networ...

Bumblebees have been the focus of a broad range of scientific research due to their behavior, social life, and a number of other intriguing traits. Current methods for examining their nest structure, such as natal cells and contents of storage cells, are destructive in nature because the cells need to be opened for physical inspections. This research describes how the internal structures of the...

Possible non-target effect of transgenic cry1Ie maize exerts on natural enemy community biodiversity in the field is unresolved. In the present study, a 2-yr comparison of transgenic cry1Ie maize (Event IE09S034, Bt maize) and its near isoline (Zong 31, non-Bt maize) on natural enemy community biodiversity were compared with whole plant inspections, pitfall traps and suction sampler. Natural en...

Abstract Nuclear pipes require regular inspection to prevent critical damage and extend their safe working lifetime. Ultrasonic using phased array transducers is a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) method used monitor the condition of pipes, providing internal integrity information multiple small transducer elements. This grants controllable ultrasonic beam that provides more detail than convention...

Software inspections are a software engineering “best practice” for defect detection and rework reduction. In this paper, we describe an empirical evaluation with using a tool aiming to provide Internet groupware support for distributed software inspections. The tool is based on a restructured inspection process where inspection meetings have the only goal of removing false positives rather tha...

Software inspections have proved to be an effective means to find faults in different software artifacts, and the application of software inspections on requirements specifications is believed to give a high return on investment as problems are caught early. However, despite the existing evidence of positive effects requirements inspections are not a common practice in industry. The reason is b...

Abstract Contact inspections are commonly performed in industry to check for defects and degradation, such as corrosion or cracks. Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) probes being deployed with increasing frequency using autonomous robots, especially harsh environments areas where access is restricted difficult. Together the NDE measurement, it important capture 3D position of probe so that locati...

Non-destructive testing is a set of techniques for defect detection in materials. While the imaging are manifold, ultrasonic one used most. The analysis mainly performed by human inspectors manually analyzing recorded images. low number defects real inspections and legal issues considering data from such make it difficult to obtain proper results automatic image (B-scan) analysis. In this paper...

Possibilities of predicting eggshell ultrastructure from direct non-destructive and destructive measurements were examined using 120 Fayoumi eggs collected from the flock at 45 weeks of age. The non-destructive measurements included weight, length and width of the egg. The destructive measurements were breaking strength and shell thickness. The eggshell ultrastructure traits involved the total ...