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An effective condition based maintenance regime requires a good understanding of asset criticality; failure rates modes and, effects; as well as total cost of failures. Therefore, understanding what to monitor for a given asset requires... more
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      FailureFMEACBMLCC
Failure and defeat create despair, but can also create new ways to imagine our therapeutic work with people. This essay explores one approach to understanding this idea.
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      PsychologyClinical PsychologyPsychiatryPoetry
Intake and exhaust valves are very important engine components that are used to control the flow and exchange of gases in internal combustion engines. They are used to seal the working space inside the cylinder against the manifolds; and... more
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      EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMaterials ScienceWear
Scheitern im Kunstunterricht Reflexion durch Kommunikation Der Grundgedanke, dass Scheitern keine Option ist, ist in unserer Kultur psychologisch manifestiert; in der Wirtschaft, im Sport und auch in Bildungssystemen wird das eigene... more
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      EducationArtLearning and TeachingArts Education
The aim of this paper is to apply the ideas of American philosopher Stanley Cavell to urban planning theory and practice. Cavell's thought has been applied in literary theory and film studies and to bridge the gap between deliberative and... more
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      PhilosophyUrban PlanningStanley CavellUrban And Regional Planning
Jung’s archetypes have been subject to numerous research studies. The trickster is an aspect of the shadow archetype in its negative traits, representing the shadowy sides of flexibility, fluidity, wit and ingenuity. The trickster is... more
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      LeadershipJungian psychologyArchetypesFailure
The aim of this study is to quantify the influence of amount of lime and porosity in the assessment of the Mohr-Coulomb failure envelope of lime-treated soils based on unconfined compressive strength (ó c ) and splitting tensile strength... more
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      Civil EngineeringFailureSoil stabilisationShear Strength
This paper presents findings from an exploratory study that investigated how 36 companies operating in three industry sectors in Australia define and measure Information Technology (IT) project success. Our study suggests that when... more
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      Information SystemsProject ManagementFailureSuccess
Failure of slopes and moving of soil masses influences the safety of structures such as highways, dams, roads, railways and building etc. the soil slope deformation or failure may cause life as well as properties loss. By proper... more
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      SoilFailureErosionSlope
In traditional formal learning environments, students typically have two options: succeed or fail. Though there may be real world merit to this type high-stakes system, we suggest that there is more to learning than a simple dichotomous... more
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      Educational TechnologyVideo Games and LearningVideo GamesFailure
Intake and exhaust valves are very important engine components that are used to control the flow and exchange of gases in internal combustion engines. They are used to seal the working space inside the cylinder against the manifolds; and... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringMaterials ScienceWearFatigue
The theory of durability and reliability was investigated on vehicle tie rods and it was found out that buckling is the major failure mode that hampers its longevity during braking, cornering and both compressive and tensile load acting... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringCivil EngineeringAutomobileFailure
Sleeper, after rail, is the most important component of track superstructure in conventional track. Keeping track geometry, bearing loads acted from rail and transferring to the ballast is the main duty of sleeper. Their quality... more
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      FailureRailway EngineeringConcrete sleeper
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      FailureWorld Trade Center
What does the idea of the FAKE ART exhibition consist in? The nature of art, according to Brzeziński, lies in the sign. The sign is the material means (the medium) and the object to which it refers (meaning). Digital video, though, does... more
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      New MediaArtConceptual changeBiology
This study presents the failure analysis of a Karson brand commercial chair, which failed in the lower left arm, in the area where a holding pin is located. Initially, a static analysis is performed on the part in question to determine... more
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      Static AnalysisFinite Element MethodsFinite Element Analysis (Engineering)Stress
Developments in the façade technology continue with an increasing momentum due to the requirements of multi-story buildings in mega cities. In this context, panel and stick systems find a wide application area since they bring advantages... more
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      AssessmentFailureCurtain WallDeficiency
The causes of cracks in concrete structures are summarized The procedures used to evaluate cracking in concrete and the principal techniques for the repair of cracks are presented The key methods of crack repair are discussed and guidance... more
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      Civil EngineeringMaterials ScienceStructural EngineeringEvaluation
There is a particular space-time combination in which poetry is meant to find its perfect place, its perfect happening: it’s the meridian moment, the midday spent in a locus amoenus singing and playing along with fellow-poets. It seems to... more
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      AestheticsCreativity studiesPlatoPoetics
Estimation of the axial capacity of piles driven into sand involves considerable uncertainty, and design rules are generally not consistent with the physical processes involved. This Paper reviews current understanding of the factors that... more
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      DesignFailurePilesBearing Capacity
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      Dante StudiesQueer TheoryDanteFailure
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      OntologyAestheticsVisual StudiesPerception
Abstract: Intake and exhaust valves are very important engine components that are used to control the flow and exchange of gases in internal combustion engines. They are used to seal the working space inside the cylinder against the... more
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      EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMaterials ScienceWear
Chairman of Task Group which prepared these revisions Note: Associate members Masayatsu Ohtsu, Robert L. Yuan, and Consulting Member LeRoy Lutz contribute to the revision of this document. The causes of cracks in concrete structures are... more
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      Civil EngineeringMaterials ScienceStructural EngineeringEvaluation
Negative forms of leadership have recently become a popular topic of study, yet most of the attention has focused on intentionally committed behaviors. To address other forms of negative leadership, the present review will discuss the... more
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      Handling ErrorLeadershipLeadership DevelopmentFailure
The Old, the Ugly and the Queer: thinking old age in relation to queer theory Abstract This article seeks to use queer theory as a social theory and a critical challenge to normalcy all together to theorise old age in gender studies.... more
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      Gender StudiesQueer TheoryEmbodimentPerformativity
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      EngineeringPolymer EngineeringMechanical EngineeringArchitectural Engineering
Workflow simulation is one of the most popular evaluation methods in scientific workflow studies. However, existing workflow simulators fail to provide a framework taking into consideration heterogeneous system overheads and failures.... more
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      WorkflowFailureCloud ComputingSimulation
For every success, there are many, many failures. Often, the two are interlinked. This CV of Failures is an attempt to balance the record of my successes, as catalogued in my traditional vitae, and to provide some perspective on the... more
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Power transformers are expensive and important component in power system. Insulation behavior, loads tap changer performance, temperature and load condition is the knowledge of actual status of the transformer. This is necessary in order... more
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      AgingFailureMonitoringFault
Lakes of hydro-agricultural dams are technical innovations developed by the Ivorian State in the countryside of the north of the country in the 1970s. The presence of these water reservoirs has helped to boost agricultural production and... more
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      FailureIvory CoastFish FarmingAgricultural Activities
The petroleum industry has changed significantly over the past decades. For example, in Brazil, oil extraction under very deep sea water is growing very quickly. As a consequence, materials and components used for such applications must... more
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      High PressureScanning Electron MicroscopyFailureFailure Analysis
As in the case of implants, the increase of the life expectancy and of the risk of accidents, thus causing a higher incidence of surgeries, has led to an increased use of surgical instruments. The reliability of these instruments, used in... more
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      Social AnthropologyMobility/MobilitiesMigration mobilitiesSocial and Cultural Anthropology
‘Is there a renunciation when truth seizes me? Certainly not, since this seizure manifests itself by unequalled intensities of existence. We can name them: in love, there is happiness; in science, there is joy (in Spinoza’s sense:... more
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      ReligionPhilosophyPhilosophy Of ReligionPlato
In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the impact resistance of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC), subjected to drop weight test in accordance with the procedure suggested by ACI committee 544. For this, four samples were... more
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      Civil EngineeringFailureFiberReliability
The unexpected failures, the down time associated with such failures, the loss of production and, the higher maintenance costs are major problems in any power plant. Riskbased maintenance (RBM) approach helps in designing an alternative... more
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      Project ManagementFailureMaintenancePreventive Maintenance
In this paper, damage mechanisms in the composite bounded skin/stiffener constructions under monotonic tension loading are investigated. The approach uses experiments to detect the failure mechanisms, two and three-dimensional stress... more
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      EngineeringCivil EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMaterials Science
This article presents a case study of corrosion of a ship hull that began after continuous failure of the impressed current cathodic protection system. The purpose of this article is not to question or criticise the design, installation,... more
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      Civil EngineeringPhysical ChemistryFailureCorrosion
An effective condition based maintenance regime requires a good understanding of asset criticality; failure rates modes and, effects; as well as total cost of failures. Therefore, understanding what to monitor for a given asset requires... more
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      BusinessFailureFMEACBM
Under customer service agreements (CSA), engine operational data are collected and stored for monitoring and analysis. Other data sources provide damage assessments that are either provided post-maintenance or analytically assessed. This... more
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      FailureFuzzyDamage AssessmentCustomer Service
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      Crisis ManagementFailureForeign Instituional investorsProspects
Plymouth College of Art and the University of Leeds (PhD candidate)
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      EmployabilityDrawingFailureEntrepreneur
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      Utopian StudiesUtopian LiteratureFailureAsian Literature
Collection edited by Laura Micciche and Allison Carr
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      Composition and RhetoricQueer TheoryPedagogyFailure
According to most of the Algerian teachers who took part in a survey conducted from October 1988 to May 2006, the state of the teaching/learning of the French language in Algeria does not induce any optimistic perspective. While all of... more
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      FailureBilingualismAnalysisAcquisition
Zizek’s synthetic ontology is nothing less than an attempt to understand the real as the failed attempt. Failure penetrates the entirety of the text and is reminiscent of Doc Hammer’s take on The Venture Brothers, “It’s about the beauty... more
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      OntologyPolitical TheorySlavoj ŽižekFailure
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      Latin American StudiesLatin American Literature (Literature)ColombiaLatin American literature
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      EngineeringMathematicsLocalizationFailure
This work seeks to present matters relating to the importance of failures in art as a strategic resource towards innovation and the promotion of diversity. As creative feedstock, we make the distinction of failure as deviation from the... more
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      Art TheoryNormativityCultural DiversityFailure