In recent years, with the widespread application of ERP System, it creates an appropriate environment for implementing ABCM. Many enterprises produce the strong demands on the integration between ERP System and ABCM which is process-focused. As a result, the integration of ERP System and ABCM is regarded as an important strategic choice of fastening the step of information level by many enterpr...

The use of the Snapshot Isolation (SI) level in Transactional Memory (TM) eliminates the need of tracking memory read accesses, reducing the run-time overhead and fastening the commit phase. By detecting only write-write conflicts, SI allows many memory transactions to succeed that would otherwise abort if serialized. This higher commit rate comes at the expense of introducing anomalous behavio...

Adhesive joints are continuously emerging as candidate to replace traditional fastening systems, such as riveting or welding, in primary structural applications. A wide class of components belonging to electronic, automotive and aerospace industries contains adhesive joints, however, the reliability during service constitutes a major technical problem as these contain flaws. Therefore, their us...

Evolving software’s design requires that the members of the team acquire a deep and complete knowledge of the domain, the architectural components, and their integration. Such information is scarcely addressed within the design documentation and it is not trivial to derive it. A strategy for enforcing the consciousness of such hidden aspects of software’s design is needed. One of the expected b...

This paper presents a new adaptive mutation approach for fastening the convergence of immune algorithms (IAs). This method is adopted to realize the twin goals of maintaining diversity in the population and sustaining the convergence capacity of the IA. In this method, the mutation rate (pm) is adaptively varied depending on the fitness values of the solutions. Solutions of high fitness are pro...

Disassembly is a fundamental process needed for component reuse and material recycling in all assembled products. Integral attachments, also known as “snap” fits, are favored fastening means in design for assembly (DFA) methodologies, but not necessarily a favored choice for design for disassembly. In this paper, several protorype designs of a new class of integral attachments are presented, wh...

At the time that Melville wrote Moby Dick, the basic technology of whaling had remained essentially unchanged for centuries. Whaling ships plied their trade under sail, and the small boats that they lowered to pursue whales were also powered by wind, or by the brute strength of their crew’s arms at the oars. The killing of whales required men to bring their frail craft alongside the huge quarry...

Chronic venous ulcers are one of the most common medical problems today. The treatment has always been challenging and over the years many conservative and surgical alternatives have been proposed. During the past three decades, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been introduced in several medical specialties. According to the clinical findings, the ESWT appears to significantly impro...