Abstract This work analytically calculates mixed-mode I/II stress intensity factors for an inclined central frictional crack in a Brazilian disc partially compressed with uniform pressure. Wide-range controlling parameters are invoked. The analyzed include the pressure angle, relative length, inclination, and friction coefficient between two surfaces. For discs, there exists critical angle at w...

Straight-through-processing (STP) is an emerging IT-based innovation for financial services that redefines the way organizations can exchange business-critical information without manual intervention during the transaction lifecycle. While some progress has been made in understanding STP phenomena, few empirical studies have examined how STP innovation is adopted and diffused across organizatio...

background: ninety percent of all people sometimes during their lives experience low back pain, and 30-40% develops radicular leg pain with the sciatica characteristics. although for clinical diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation (ldh) straight leg raising (slr) test in 85-90% of cases indicates ldh, but in our practice with ldh patients this test is frequently negative despite radicular leg pain...

Existing empirical research on the business value of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) has only measured the extent of SOA adoption – but not maturity – to determine whether typical goals, like increased business agility or IT cost reduction, could be achieved. However, a widely implemented SOA might be less mature than an SOA adopted only in particular areas of the organization, which in tu...

Die Praxis der Informatisierung – Drei Schlaglichter Virtuelle Produktentwicklung in der Automobilindustrie 37 Reiner Anderl Informatisierung in der Finanzdienstleistungsbranche 53 Von der Hollerith-Maschine zum Straight Through Processing Antje Stobbe Informatisierung und die Zukunft der Arbeit im Bauwesen 68 Dietmar Wiegand

This paper describes a method and system for quantifying the variances in the semantics and syntax of electronic transactions exchanged between business counterparties. ContextMetrics enables (a) dynamic transformations of outbound and inbound transactions needed to effect ‘straight-throughprocessing’ (STP); (b) unbiased assessments of counterparty systems’ capabilities to support STP; and (c)...

Reference data lies at the heart of the world’s financial systems, be it customer and counterparty data, securities master data or transaction data. Few organizations know the real cost of poor data and inefficient data management. Without a high degree of reference data standardization, the securities industry could not process the ever-growing number of trades nor meet the demanding client se...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the anterior odontoid screw fixation (AOSF) with a guide tube or with a straight probe. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA AOSF associates with several complications, including malpositioning, fixation loss, and screw breakage. Screw pull-out from the C2 body is the most common complication. METHODS All cons...