Earlier [I], it was shown that certain reinforced holes may be designed for elastic, isotropic plane sheets that do not alter the stress state in the cut sheet, for particular types of planar loading. In this work, this methodology is extended to symmetrically laminated composite plates which are under planar loading, and additionally pure bending moments. Since these two types of loading lead ...

With the introduction of comprehensive electronic medical records, all aspects of patient history and care can now be captured in both structured and free-text format. As part of a quality improvement (QI) project conducted at University of Washington (UW), we work on automating the abstraction of various types of data elements including smoking status by using natural language processing and m...

Jan Friso Grootel ,2 & Jos van Wamell 1. OWl P. O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2. Eindhoven University of Technology Department of Mathematics and Computing Science P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands E-mail: {jfg.jos}~cwi.n1 A general basis for the definition of a finite but unbounded number of parallel processes is the equation S(n, dt) = P(O, get(O, dt))< eq(n,...

This paper solves the problem of determining the number of cells in an invertible three neighborhood null-boundary uniform cellular automaton (CA) by using its rule vector graph (RVG). The RVG represents an efficient data structure designed to characterize CA evolution and is derived out of its rule vector (RV). The concept of a horizontal rule vector subgraph (HRVS) is introduced to formulate ...

This paper studies majority voting over the size and location of a public good when voters di¤er both in income and in their preferences for the public good location. Public good provision is …nanced either by a lump sum tax or by a proportional income tax. We analyze both the simultaneous and the sequential determinations of the public good’s size and location. We show that, while the choice o...

In this paper, a methodology for data validation and reconstruction of flow meter sensor data in water networks is presented. The raw data validation is inspired on the Spanish norm (AENOR-UNE norm 500540). The methodology consists in assigning a quality level to data. These quality levels are assigned according to the number of tests that data have passed. The methodology takes into account no...

Emanation of radon ( 222 Rn) from granite countertops was measured using continuous and integrating radon monitors, and in air collected from encapsulated pieces of the countertops. A majority of the countertops emitted a measurable amount of radon. Although the granites contained the precursors, no thoron ( 220 Rn) emanation was detected. Gamma-ray spectroscopy was used to determine amounts of...

Modern networks of workstations connected by Gigabit net works have the ability to run high performance computing applications at a reasonable performance but at a signi cantly lower cost The per formance of these applications is usually dominated by their e ciency of the underlying communication mechanisms However e cient communi cation requires that not only messages themselves are sent fast ...

This study examines the relationship between hospital structural characteristics and coding accuracy from the perspective of quality measurement. To measure coding accuracy for quality measurement, the study utilizes the "present on admission" indicator, a data element in the New York state hospital administrative database. This data element is used by hospitals across New York state to indicat...