A test procedure to simulate and measure the actual behavior of solid and engineered wood products subjected to realistic cyclic moisture loading conditions was carried out at the Institute for Research in Construction (IRC), National Research Council Canada (NRC). The wetting and drying experiments on oriented strand board (OSB), showed that the rate of moisture absorption and the rate of dryi...

The J = 2 − 1 and 3 − 2 rotational lines of the rare isotopomer CS and the J = 5 − 4 and 6 − 5 transitions of SiS were detected in the carbon star IRC+10216 (CWLeo). These are the first detections of S bearing molecules in a star and the first spectroscopic detection of SiS. From a comparison of S and S bearing isotopomers, the S/S isotopic ratio is 107(±15). This value is comparable to values ...

There is a widely-accepted need to revise current forms of health-care provision, with particular interest in sensing systems in the home. Given a multiple-modality sensor platform with heterogeneous network connectivity, as is under development in the Sensor Platform for HEalthcare in Residential Environment (SPHERE) Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC), we face specific challenges r...

Aims. We present the results of a search for the negative ion C4H in various dark clouds, low mass star-forming regions and photondominated regions (PDRs). We have also searched for C6H, C2H and CN in some of the sources. Methods. The millimeter-wave observations were carried out with the IRAM-30m telescope. Results. We detect C4H, through the J = 9-8 and J = 10-9 rotational transitions, in the...

Our research intends to explore whether a social perspective on IT business alignment can help shed light on the IT value creation process by considering different facets of interpersonal linkage. In this paper, we develop a theoretical model which could be discussed at the JAIS workshop. Further, we use some empirical data from 149 US banks in order to find first empirical evidence whether our...

‘Virtual publics’ are a type of computer mediated discourse space created by using various technologies including email, the USENET, web based bulletin boards, IRC, MUDS, etc. [4]. This paper outlines on-going field research into the stress zones or boundaries to interactive virtual public discourse produced by information overload. It describes initial findings based on an examination of 2.65 ...

3. In investigating the cause of the outbreak, the IRC tapped on resource persons and experts, received reports and information from SGH and MOH, conducted site visits and interviewed staff involved. It narrowed its study to four possible hypotheses – (i) drug diversion; (ii) intentional harm; (iii) contaminated medical products; and (iv) breaches in infection control. The first three hypothese...

RÉSUMÉ. Alors que le nombre d’équipements à superviser ne cesse de croître, le passage à l’échelle de la supervision des réseaux et services est un véritable enjeu. Un tel challenge semble avoir été par le passé surmonté par les botnets connus actuellement pour être une des principales menaces sur internet car un attaquant peut contrôler des milliers de machines. D’un point de vue technique, il...

We report the first VLBI map of the v=0 J=1–0 maser line of 29 SiO in the long-period variable star IRC +10011. We have found that this maser emission is composed of multiple spots distributed in an incomplete ring, suggesting that this maser is also amplified tangentially, as already proposed in other SiO circumstellar masers. We present also VLBI maps for the 7 mm 28 SiO v=1 and 2 J=1–0 and t...

C. Panagopoulos, J. L. Tallon, B. D. Rainford, T. Xiang, J. R. Cooper, and C. A. Scott Cavendish Laboratory and IRC in Superconductivity, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom New Zealand Institute for Industrial Research, P.O. Box 31310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton S017 1BJ, United Kingdom Institute of...