Work in safety management often involves classification of events using coding schemes or taxonomies . Such schemes contain separate categories, and users have to reliably choose which codes apply to the events in question. The usefulness of any system is limited by the reliability with which it can be employed, that is the consensus that can be reached on application of codes. This technical n...

BACKGROUND Dissection of the superficial temporal artery (STA) is often required in preparation for a bypass procedure. Traditionally, dissection of the STA involves a direct cutdown on the artery after marking the course of the artery on the skin with the help of a Doppler ultrasound probe. OBJECTIVE We describe a method that takes advantage of the position of the STA superficial to the temp...

This technical note addresses robust stability of uncertain systems with rational dependence on unknown time-varying parameters constrained in a polytope. First, the technical note proves that a sufficient linear matrix inequality (LMI) condition that we previously proposed, based on homogeneous polynomial Lyapunov functions (HPLFs) and on the introduction of an extended version of Polya’s theo...

The present study focusses on the damping force control of shear mode magnetorheological (MR) damper for seismic mitigations. Therefore, the semi-active MR damper which can control the vibration is analyzed both experimentally and numerically. Carbonyl iron is used as the magnetic particle and Castrol Magnetec oil as carrier fluid throughout the study. MR damper is designed and fabricated, and ...

For efficient use of water, accurate measurement of flow in (field/laboratory) channels is required for many water resource projects. The present work is aimed to study the flow characteristics of a twin plate weir (two sharp-crested plates are placed one behind the other at some distance) under free and submerged flow conditions. Experiments are performed with four spacing of the twin plate we...