The article deals with the problem of reliability assessment of complex mechanisms and machines, it is specifically focused on the analysis of the current situation in the field of item reliability prediction. The techniques of the item reliability prediction using the most credible methods (MILHDBK-217F, PRISM) and reliability databases (EPRD-97, NPRD-95) are presented in the article. Also the...

The oceanic tidal angular momentum (OTAM) has been demonstrated to be the primary cause for the diurnal and semidiurnal variations in the Earth's rotational rate, or AUT1. Three ocean tide models derived from the Topex/Poseidon altimetry mission are employed to yield predictions of AUT1 for eight major diurnal/semidiurnal fides. The predictions are compared with geodetic determinations ofAUT1 f...

Community informatics projects are instituted to achieve global equity in the distribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and attendant socioeconomic benefits. Technology disciplines and financial disciplines, specifically management and cost accounting, have no history of goal congruence, and many ICTbased community informatics projects fail, because of a lack of knowledg...

Programme de l’année 2021-2022 : I. La province d’Asie sous les Antonins et Sévères approche numismatique. L’Ionie (3). — II. Le thème la fides sur monnayages romains (2). III. Actualité recherche.

At the present time, when the whole subject of malignant disease is being reviewed in the light of recent knowledge and research, it may not be out of place to consider the value of the microscope, which has for many years been regarded as an essential and indispensable adjunct to diagnosis. In making the following criticisms, I wish it to be distinctly understood that it is the judgment, not t...