Moral disengagement plays an important role in the routinization of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) as a key mediator. What remains unclear are factors that could attenuate power moral this process. Building on social-cognitive theory, we hypothesize moderating self-efficacy and suggest importance two different dimensions: self-reflective behavioral self-efficacies. While former should bu...

An impact fatigue study has been made for the first time on 63⋅5% glass fibre reinforced vinylester resin notched composites. The study was conducted in a pendulum type repeated impact apparatus especially designed and fabricated for determining single and repeated impact strengths. A well-defined impact fatigue (S–N) behaviour, having a progressive endurance below the threshold single cycle im...

Nanocrystalline materials offer very high strength but are typically limited in their strain to failure, and efforts to improve deformability in these materials are usually found to be at the expense of strength. Using a combination of quantitative in situ compression in a transmission electron microscope and finite-element analysis, we show that the mechanical properties of nanoparticles can b...

In industry, thin films proved invaluable for protection of tools withstanding high frictions and elevated temperatures, but also found successful applications as sensors, solar cells, bioactive coatings implants, photocatalysis in lithography [...]

Security of an encryption system is formally established through the properties of an abstract game played between a challenger and an adversary. During the game, the adversary will be provided with all information that he could obtain in an attack model so that the adversary is fully empowered to carry out the break. The information will be provided to the adversary through the answers of appr...

The commercial exploitation of guinea fowl (Numidia meleagris) is a viable alternative for small rural properties in arid and semi-arid regions, as they are rustic birds capable withstanding the climatic adversities these regions. objective this study was to evaluate pupillary temperature, smaller diameter, larger diameter pupil area housed controlled environment, under two air temperatures: 26...

SUMMARY The free piston compreeslon shock tube provIdea a simple means of obtaining shock Mach numbers of the order of 30. This paper concerns the design and development at Cranfteld of such a shock tube. The problem6 encountered in evolving a pwton capable of withstanding heavy impacts at the completion of 50s stroke are outlined, and some preliminary shock tube perfonnanoe data given.

The progression of Internet services and a variety of storage technologies made video piracy as a rising difficulty principally with the promulgation of media distribution through the internet. Essentially digital watermarking entails in inserting secret signs recognized as watermarks inside video data which can be utilized later for copyright recognition as well as authentication confirmation ...

Numerous studies have examined the switching properties of semi- or ion-conductors and isolators; however, most of these have focused on the ohmic resistance characteristics. Here, we report a new type of polarity-dependent switching phenomenon obtained for electrical devices with the configuration: metal working electrode│Si0.97Al0.03H0.03P2O7-polytetrafluoroethylene composite electrolyte│Pt/C...