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Influence of the thermophysical properties of pavement materials on the evolution of temperature depth profiles in different climatic regions (2011)
Journal Article

The paper summarizes the relative influence of different pavement thermo-physical properties on the thermal response of pavement cross-sections, and how their relative behaviour changes in different climatic regions. A simplified one-dimensional heat... Read More about Influence of the thermophysical properties of pavement materials on the evolution of temperature depth profiles in different climatic regions.

Discrete-time model predictive contouring control for biaxial feed drive systems and experimental verification (2011)
Journal Article

In this paper we present a novel algorithm to model predictive contouring control for biaxial feed drive systems. model predictive control (MPC) refers to a class of model-based controllers that uses an explicit process model and tracking error dynam... Read More about Discrete-time model predictive contouring control for biaxial feed drive systems and experimental verification.

The role of the user within the medical device design and development process: medical device manufacturers' perspectives (2011)
Journal Article

Background Academic literature and international standards bodies suggest that user involvement, via the incorporation of human factors engineering methods within the medical device design and development (MDDD) process, offer many benefits that e... Read More about The role of the user within the medical device design and development process: medical device manufacturers' perspectives.

Contouring controller design based on iterative contour error estimation for three-dimensional machining (2011)
Journal Article

Recently, there has been a growth of interest in high precision machining in multi-axis feed drive systems, subjected to problems such as friction, cutting force and incompatibility of individual driving axis dynamics. To guarantee high precision mac... Read More about Contouring controller design based on iterative contour error estimation for three-dimensional machining.

Relationships between phenology, radiation and precipitation in the Amazon region (2011)
Journal Article

In tropical areas, Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) still have deficiencies in simulating the timing of vegetation phenology. To start addressing this problem, standard Fourier-based methods are applied to aerosol screened monthly remotely se... Read More about Relationships between phenology, radiation and precipitation in the Amazon region.

Discrimination power of long-term heart rate variability measures for Chronic Heart Failure detection (2011)
Journal Article

The aim of this study was to investigate the discrimination power of standard long-term Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measures for the diagnosis of Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). We performed a retrospective analysis on 4 public Holter databases, analy... Read More about Discrimination power of long-term heart rate variability measures for Chronic Heart Failure detection.

Discrimination power of short-term heart rate variability measures for CHF assessment (2011)
Journal Article

In this study, we investigated the discrimination power of short-term Heart Rate Variability (HRV) for discriminating normal subjects versus Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) patients. We analyzed 1,914.40 hours of ECG of 83 patients of which 54 are normal... Read More about Discrimination power of short-term heart rate variability measures for CHF assessment.

Heat affected zones and oxidation marks in fiber laser-oxygen cutting of mild steel (2011)
Journal Article

The effect of cutting speed and sheet thickness on surface oxidation and heat affected zones (HAZs) has been investigated for laser-oxygen cutting of mild steel sheet with a fiber laser. Optical and scanning electron micrographs were used to determin... Read More about Heat affected zones and oxidation marks in fiber laser-oxygen cutting of mild steel.

Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people (2011)
Journal Article

Background: a gap exists between evidence-based medicine and clinical-practice. Every day, healthcare professionals (HCPs) combine empirical evidence and subjective experience in order to maximise the effectiveness of interventions. Consequently, it... Read More about Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people.

Remote Health Monitoring of heart failure with data mining via CART method on HRV features (2011)
Journal Article

Disease Management Programs (DMPs), which use no advanced ICT, are as effective as telemedicine but more efficient because less costly. We proposed a platform to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of home monitoring using data mining for early dete... Read More about Remote Health Monitoring of heart failure with data mining via CART method on HRV features.

Fibre laser cutting of thin section mild steel: an explanation of the 'striation free' effect (2011)
Journal Article

This paper presents the results of an experimental and theoretical investigation into the phenomenon of 'striation free cutting', which is a feature of fibre laser/oxygen cutting of thin section mild steel. The paper concludes that the creation of ve... Read More about Fibre laser cutting of thin section mild steel: an explanation of the 'striation free' effect.

Mechanical properties and microstructure of VPS and HVOF CoNiCrAlY coatings (2011)
Journal Article

HVOF and VPS coatings were sprayed using a Praxair (CO-210-24) CoNiCrAlY powder. Free standing coatings underwent vacuum annealing at different temperatures for times of up to 840h. Feedstock powder, as-sprayed and annealed coatings were characterise... Read More about Mechanical properties and microstructure of VPS and HVOF CoNiCrAlY coatings.

Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (2010)
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Falls occur frequently among older people and represent the most common cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality in later life. Preventing falls is an important way to reduce injuries, hospitalizations, and injury-related morbidity and mortali... Read More about Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.

Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system (2010)
Journal Article

GNSS has become one of the most wide- spread measurement technologies, allowing cm-level positioning accuracy using RTK or Network RTK. Unfortunately, the system’s major drawbacks are the requirement for a clear view of the sky and accu- racy depende... Read More about Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system.

Integrating airborne multispectral imagery and airborne LiDAR data for enhanced lithological mapping in vegetated terrain (2010)
Journal Article

Practical and financial constraints associated with traditional field-based lithological mapping are often responsible for the generation of maps with insufficient detail and inaccurately located contacts. In arid areas with well exposed rocks and so... Read More about Integrating airborne multispectral imagery and airborne LiDAR data for enhanced lithological mapping in vegetated terrain.

Evaluation of short-term effectiveness of the disease management program “Di.Pro.Di.” on continuity of care of patients with congestive heart failure (2010)
Journal Article

This paper aimed to assess the early effectiveness of a disease management program (DMP), called “Dimissione Protetta Difficile” (Di.Pro.Di) conducted by personnel from the intensive care unit (ICU) of Public Hospital S. Paolo, Naples, Italy. Di.Pro... Read More about Evaluation of short-term effectiveness of the disease management program “Di.Pro.Di.” on continuity of care of patients with congestive heart failure.

Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings (2010)
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The seismic vulnerability of old multi?storey reinforced concrete (R.C.) buildings reinforced with substandard details is assessed as a function of interstorey drift demand imposed by the design earthquake while considering brittle termination of ela... Read More about Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings.

The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments (2010)
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The partitioning of steroid estrogens in wastewater treatment and receiving waters is likely to influence their discharge to, and persistence in, the environment. This study investigated the partitioning behaviour of steroid estrogens in both laborat... Read More about The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments.

Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid (2010)
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Theoretical analyses and laboratory experiments have been performed on the stability of a flow generated by the differential cyclonic corotation of a flat, rigid disk in a uniformly rotating, linearly stratified fluid contained within a cylindrical t... Read More about Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid.

Design and assessment spectra for retrofitting of RC buildings (2010)
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This article presents a novel approach for deriving Retrofit Design Spectra (RDS) that are intended for use in preliminary development and assessment of seismic upgrading scenarios of existing structures. The new spectral representation relates the c... Read More about Design and assessment spectra for retrofitting of RC buildings.