• Direct abrasion provides a cost effective way to deposit tungsten disulphide (WS2) on paper substrates. The deposited film electrical resistance strongly depends the applied mechanical strain. gauge factor can reach values up ~70, one order of magnitude larger than similar devices with graphite sensing layer. Paper-supported strain gauges be used monitor deformations in resonators and measure...

The present study attempts to introduce a method of statistical downscaling with a synoptic view. The precipitation data of Golestan Province has been used for the years 1971 to 2010. Employing multivariable regression, this study models the precipitation gauges in the station scale, by making use of 26 predicting components of model HadCM3, on the basis of two A2 and B2 scenarios. However, the...

1. Using gauges and instruments, lean, six sigma opportunities 2. Sampling issues further explored 3. Quality characteristics, important features and certification 4. Evaluating gauges, measurement error 5. Gauge R & R, traceability and the broader quality system 6. Traditional versus new approaches--supervisors, operators and others 7. 100% inspection and sampling influences on quality charact...

We present a general approach to the analysis of gauge stability of 3+1 formulations of General Relativity (GR). Evolution of coordinate perturbations and the corresponding perturbations of lapse and shift can be described by a system of eight quasi-linear partial differential equations. Stability with respect to gauge perturbations depends on a choice of gauge and a background metric, but it d...

Near-global and continuous measurements from satellite altimetry have provided accurate estimates of global mean sea level in the past two decades. Extending these estimates further into the past is a challenge using the historical tide gauge records. Not only is sampling nonuniform in both space and time, but tide gauges are also affected by vertical land motion (VLM) that creates a relative s...

We used a capacitive technique to determine the radial clearance between the piston and cylinder of a gas piston gauge. This method determines the effective area of a piston gauge pressure standard, independent of calibration against another piston gauge or manometer, as long as the diameter of the piston is dimensionally measured. It also allows an independent determination of piston gauge dis...

New manifestly gauge-invariant forms of two-dimensional generalized dispersive long wave and NizhnikVeselov-Novikov systems of integrable nonlinear equations are presented. It is shown how in different gauges from such forms famous two-dimensional generalization of dispersive long wave system of equations, Nizhnik-Veselov-Novikov and modified Nizhnik-Veselov-Novikov equations and other known an...