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Mastering the Requirements Process (2nd Edition)

"If the purpose is to create one of the best books on requirements yet written, the authors have succeeded. "-Capers JonesIt is widely recognized that incorrect requirements account for up to 60 percent of errors in software products, and yet the majority of software development organizations do not have a formal requirements process. Many organizations appear willing to spend huge amounts on fixing and altering poorly specified software, but seem unwilling to invest a much smaller amount to get the requirements right in the first place.Mastering the Requirements Process, Second Edition, sets out an industry-proven process for gathering and verifying requirements with an eye toward today's agile development environments. In this total update of the bestselling guide, the authors show how to discover precisely what the customer wants and needs while doing the minimum requirements work according to the project's level of agility.Features include The Volere requirements process-completely specified, and revised for compatibility with agile environments A specification template that can be used as the basis for your own requirements specifications New agility ratings that help you funnel your efforts into only the requirements work needed for your particular development environment and project How to make requirements testable using fit criteria Iterative requirements gathering leading to faster delivery to the client Checklists to help identify stakeholders, users, nonfunctional requirements, and more Details on gathering and implementing requirements for iterative releases An expanded project sociology section for help with identifying and communicating with stakeholders Strategies for exploiting use cases to determine the best product to build Methods for reusing requirements and requirements patterns Examples showing how the techniques and templates are applied in real-world situations
Waste Hydrogen Pipelines Monitoring in Modern Power Plant

Many production processes in chemical industry generates hydrogen as a by-product. Part of this is reused in the other production process, however significant amount that is wasted can be used for energy production in stationary application. The goal of the project was development of the technology for safe exploitation of by-product hydrogen in chosen chemical plant. During the pilot project a small power plant with electrical capacity of 1 MW was designed and constructed. Two energetic technologies were applied. First use hydrogen and hydrocarbons as a fuel for combustion generators (leading technology), and the second one use purified hydrogen for fuel cells (complementary technology). A big attention was put on safety aspects and structural health monitoring of the most critical elements. An innovative technology based on distributed optical fiber based sensors for hydrogen pipeline integrity and leakage detection was applied. A temperature distribution along each of four supply gas pipelines (one with pure hydrogen to the fuel cell and three others with waste hydrogen to power generators) is permanently monitored.
ITIL V3 Foundation Complete Certification Kit - Study Guide Book and Online Course

As the industry standard in terms of Process, Service and Lifecycle Management for IT, the ITIL Foundation exam is the most popular entry-level certification, particularly for individuals switching from another career to IT. This kit prepares you for the certification exam by offering valuable information on the ITIL Framework, ITIL Certification and IT Service Management. This Kit contains the book and online course access that provides everything you need to prepare for the ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Exam, including in-depth coverage of all exam objectives, scenarios to easily demonstrate the processes in action, and practice exam questions for that last minute test preparation. ITIL V3 Foundation Complete Certification Kit This Study Guide and Online Course access provides complete, in-depth coverage of all exam objectives for the ITIL V3 Foundation exam in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you're getting the instruction you need. Real-world scenarios put what you've learned in the context of service solutions . Thought provoking questions to challenge your thinking and understanding . Exam Essentials in each chapter helps you zero in on what you need to know . Includes practice exam questions A Real World Guide to ITIL V3 Skills. Key information and real world examples organized around the actual day-to-day tasks and challenges you'll face in the field of IT Service Management. Practice what you've learned with challenging ITIL Foundation exam style questions . Based on specific exam objectives - use this as a lab manual for certification preparation.
Cisapride

A substituted piperidinyl benzamide prokinetic agent. Cisapride facilitates release of acetylcholine from the myenteric plexus, resulting in increased gastrointestinal motility. In addition, cisapride has been found to act as a serotonin agonist, stimulating type 4 receptors, and a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist.
Mass Production Without the Factory: Craft Producers, Guns and Small Firm Innovation, 1790-1815

Recent attempts to redefine the role of small firms as dynamic initiators of change in production processes run counter to the conventional narratives on the growth of the factory. These narratives can be properly located within a mid-nineteenth century debate on social and political structures, in which the workshop was equated with craft restriction, low quality of output and moral laxity on the part of the workforce. The force of the contemporary discourse has obscured the capacity to innovate that was evident in the small firm in the early stages of industrialisation. This can be explored through a case study of the Birmingham gun trade. In the 1850s the low level of mechanisation used in the production of the Birmingham gun was 'exposed' as being in sharp contrast to the factory production of guns with interchangeable parts in the United States. Craft control in Birmingham was identified at the time as the significant factor, though Habbakuk has subsequently drawn attention to differences in the labour supply in the two countries. In fact, low levels of technical application in the case of Birmingham are better explained by reference to the procurement policies of successive British governments. These debates, amongst contemporaries and historians, have served to obscure the very flexible way in which custom was 're-negotiated' in the small firms making gun components, to achieve dramatic increases in productivity during the French Wars.
Avionics Navigation Systems, Second Edition

Chapter I: Introduction 1 Myron Kayton 1.1 Definitions 1 1.2 Guidance versus navigation 1 1.3 Categories of navigation 2 1.4 The vehicle 3 1.4. 1 Civil aircraft 3 1.4. 2 Military aircraft 5 1.5 Phases of flight 7 1.5. 1 Takeoff 7 1.5. 2 Terminal area 7 1.5. 3 En route 7 1.5. 4 Approach 8 1.5. 5 Landing 8 1.5. 6 Missed approach 9 1.5. 7 Surface 9 1.5. 8 Weather 9 1.6 Design trade-offs 9 1.7 Evolution of air navigation 11 1.8 Integrated avionics 15 1.8. 1 All aircraft 15 1.8. 2 Military avionics 16 1.8. 3 Architecture 17 1.9 Human navigator 19
Estimation of Submarine Near-Bottom Hydrodynamic Loads and Squat

Abstract : This memorandum outlines a method for estimating the near-bottom loads on a submarine submerged in deep water and for the related problem of predicting submarine squat in deep or shallow water. The method is fully three-dimensional, but has some limitations associated with potential flow and linearization of the free surface. The chief difficulty for this study was the dearth of suitable data available for validation. Nevertheless, the results are encouraging. Overall, it appears that the sinkage component of squat is predicted with greater accuracy than is trim. Further work should include the acquisition of more, reliable, model data and the investigation of scale effects.
Earthquake protection of masonry shear walls using fibre reinforced polymer strengthening

xiv test results. The bond-slip curves for monotonic and cyclic loading cases were approximately similar. Two major experimental investigations were carried out in this project to investigate the effectiveness of retrofitting/strengthening of URM walls panels with NSM CFRP strips using previously damaged and newly constructed undamaged wall panels. The effectiveness of NSM CFRP strip retrofitting applied to damaged URM walls was investigated using sixteen previously damaged wall panels with two different damage levels (lightly and highly) subjected to vertical precompression combined with increasing reversing cycles of in-plane lateral displacement. The damaged walls were partially repaired, retrofitted with NSM FRP strips and retested. The study assessed the effect on strength, displacement capacity, energy dissipation and ductility achieved by FRP retrofitting compared to the undamaged URM panels under different pre-compression levels. The retrofitted walls displayed higher displacement capacities compared with URM walls. The ultimate loads were not enhanced due to retrofitting under higher pre-compression levels. However the presence of the reinforcement restored the ultimate loads to those observed for the original undamaged URM state. The improvements in the behaviour of the URM walls due to retrofitting were generally similar irrespective of the amount of pre-existing damage in the URM walls. A new test setup representing realistic boundary conditions to simulate the earthquake behaviour of shear walls in actual buildings was designed and built for the series of experiments with newly constructed wall panels. It was designed to impose zero in-plane rotation (fixed-fixed) boundary conditions at the top and bottom of the masonry wall specimens. A representative finite element (FE) model was used to obtain the actual dimensions of the test setup. The design parameters for the experimental series, including test specimen dimensions and pre-compression loads to achieve diagonal cracking failure modes, were obtained using the same FE model. A total of twenty three wall
POINT PREVALENCE OF SIGNIFICANT NUTRITIONAL RISK AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN CROATIA – RESEARCH STUDY OF THE SECTION OF YOUNG ONCOLOGISTS, CROATIAN SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL ON-COLOGY OF CROATIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

1 Klinika za tumore, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb 2 Klinika za onkologiju i nuklearnu medicinu, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb 3 Klinika za ženske bolesti i porode, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, KBC Zagreb 4 Klinika za onkologiju i radioterapiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, KBC Split 5 Klinika za onkologiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, KBC Zagreb 6 Klinika za radioterapiju i onkologiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, KBC Rijeka 7 Služba internističkih djelatnosti, ŽB Čakovec 8 Služba za interne bolesti, OB Varaždin 9 Služba za internu medicinu, OB Karlovac 10 Služba za plućne bolesti i TBC Klenovnik, OB Varaždin 11 Služba za interne bolesti, OB „Dr. Ivo Pedišić“, Sisak 12 Služba internističkih djelatnosti, OB Bjelovar 13 Psihijatrijska bolnica „Sveti Ivan“, Zagreb 14 Klinika za onkologiju, KBC Zagreb Izvorni rad | Original article
Clinical important of E-Cadherin, CA15-3 and CEA in Diagnostic and Flow Up for Breast Cancer Patients

Background: The normal prevailing cancer in the women is Breast cancer, other than nonmelanoma skin cancer. E-cadherin performs an essential role in epithelial cell adhesion and the decline of its role is the main donor to cancer rise because the majority of solid tumors are carcinomas that occur from epithelial tissue. A segment of the mucin-1 (MUC-1) is the cancer antigen 15-3 (CA15-3) order of glycoproteins, is classified as a serviceable tumor marker inspired by revised glycosylation of itself. The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels is raise in the blood, as a sort of cell adhesion molecule are associated with tumor metastasis. Methods A cross-sectional study held implemented on100 specimens, 50 patient with breast cancer ere and subsequent chemotherapy therapy with 50 healthy individuals (healthy patients). Results The result reveals significant disparities patient group the same patient as a novel cause, following initial chemotherapy procedure and matched with the control group in some tumors markers such as (CA15-3, CEA) exact (E-cadherin) shows non-significant. Conclusions Our cross-sectional study designates that the E-Cadherin was non-significant for breast cancer patients including Tumors markers (CA15-3, CEA) bestows significance with breast cancer patients.
Digit Speech Recognition using Hidden Markov Model Toolkit

Digit speech recognition refers to the task of identifying the English digit spoken in a particular utterance by an unknown speaker. The conventional methods used for the recognition of digits in speech are based on robust pattern recognition techniques which deal with the statistical parameters of speech. HMM, GMM and dynamic programming techniques are some of the methods. This paper presents recognition of digits using HTK Toolkit which is based on Hidden Markov Model using MFCC. The digit speech database of this work was collected in real time from both male and female speakers and the transcription of the total collected data was done using Wavesurfer.
Feed Conversion, Ileal Digestibility and Intestinal Morphology of Broilers Fed Two Feed Forms

This study was conducted to evaluate feed conversion, intestinal morphology and ilea nutrient digestibility of broilers fed pellet and mash feed forms. Two hundred Cobb-500 one-day-old broilers used were randomly grouped into two treatments of five replicates and 20 birds per replicate in a deep litter system. The birds in the first group were fed with 2mm and 4mm die size pelletized feed at the starter and finisher phase respectively while commercial mash feed grade was applied at the starter and finisher phase for birds in the second group. The experiment lasted 7 weeks. On the last week of the experiment, 4 birds per replicate were separated into the metabolic compartment for the ilea digestibility trial and they were offered feed treated with chromic oxide at 200mg/kg diet for five days. On the 6th day, the birds were slaughtered and the ilea contents of the gut were collected for the proximate, energy, and chromic oxide content determination. Performance traits and morphometric measurement of the internal organs and intestinal components of the birds were taken with cut samples preserved in 10% formalin solution for histological assessment. The result showed a significant difference (p<0.05) in the performance parameters measured with the birds-fed pellet having higher feed intake, body weight gained, and better feed conversion ratio. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in the length of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, including organ weights (heart and liver) between the two treatments while the gizzard weight was higher (P<0.05) in birds fed mash feed form. Ilea nutrient digestibility for ether extract was higher (p<0.05) in birds on pellet. It was deduced from the results that although mash feed form improved gizzard development, better feed conversion was observed in birds fed pellet feed form with significant positive influence on the gut morphometric and ilea nutrient digestibility.
Integrated vehicle dynamics control using State Dependent Riccati Equations

In this paper we discuss a State Dependent Riccati Equations (SDRE) solution for Integrated Vehicle Dynamics Control (IVDC). The SDRE approach is a nonlinear variant of the well known Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) and implements a quadratic cost function optimization. A modified version of this method is discussed and implemented for both active steering and braking. The cost function is derived and the vehicle model is given. Based on this model a controller is constructed and simulations are done to verify the performance of the controller. This controller is then implemented and tested on a Jaguar XF test vehicle. The results show that this approach can be successfully used to build an integrated control system to stabilize a passenger car using braking, front wheel steering and future actuator systems like active suspension and rear wheel steering.
On Prognosis of Manufacturing of A Two Stages Miller Compensated Amplifier under Influence of Missmatch Induced Stress and Porosity of Materials. Increase of Density of Elements

In the present time several actual problems of the solid state electronics (such as increasing of performance, reliability and density of elements of integrated circuits: diodes, field-effect and bipolar transistors) are intensively solving [1-6]. To increase the performance of these devices it is attracted an interest determination of materials with higher values of charge carriers mobility [7-10]. One way to decrease dimensions of elements of integrated circuits is manufacturing them in thin film heterostructures [3-5,11]. In this case it is possible to use inhomogeneity of heterostructure and necessary optimization of doping of electronic materials [12] and development of epitaxial technology to improve these materials (including analysis of mismatch induced stress) [13-15]. An alternative approaches to increase dimensions of integrated circuits are using of laser and microwave types of annealing [1618].
Prox1 gene transfer combined with voluntary exercise improves dystrophic muscle fragility in Mdx mice

Background Voluntary exercise can improve skeletal muscle fragility, i.e. higher susceptibility to contraction induced-injury, as shown by a greater force drop following lengthening contractions, in the dystrophic Mdx mice as compared to healthy mice with dystrophin. This beneficial effect is related to the activation of the calcineurin activation. Unfortunately, voluntary running only partly rescued fragility, so it would be interesting to combined the effects of exercise, for example, with those of others treatments activating the calcineurin pathway and promoting slow and more oxidative fibres. This is of particular interest because slow muscle fibres are apparently less affected and genetic or pharmacological treatments promoting slow and more oxidative fibres are been shown to be beneficial in the Mdx mice. Methods Here, we tested whether voluntary exercise (1 month of running in a wheel) combined with Prospero-related homeobox factor 1 gene ( Prox1) transfer would better improve functional dystrophic features in Mdx mice as compared to the voluntary exercise single approach. Prox1 is known to promote the promotion of slow contractile gene program in healthy muscle. Results We found that Prox1 transfer promoted slower molecular and functional contractile features in both voluntary exercised and sedentary Mdx mice. However, it improved fragility only in exercised Mdx mice. Moreover, Prox1 transfer reduced absolute maximal force production by causing reduction in muscle weight in both exercised and sedentary Mdx mice. Conclusion In conclusion, our results indicate that the beneficial effects of voluntary exercise and Prox1 transfer on fragility are additive in Mdx mice.
Darstellung und H∞-Regelung örtlich verteilter, linearer, zeitinvarianter Systeme

Abstract Der Beitrag befasst sich mit Regelstrecken, deren Ein- und Ausgangssignale neben der Zeit auch von örtlichen Koordinaten abhängen können. Für den modellgestützten Reglerentwurf mittels Standard-H∞-Methoden wird die Klasse endlich-dimensionaler, örtlich verteilter, linearer, zeitinvarianter Systeme (so genannter 〟FDDLTI-Systeme〞) eingeführt. Das 〟Spillover〞-Problem kann durch eine robuste Stabilitätsanalyse bzw. einen robusten Reglerentwurf vermieden werden. Mögliche Anwendungen der hier entwickelten Theorie sind z.B. Regelungen der Wärmeleitung sowie von Membran- und Plattenschwingungen, insbesondere wenn die Platzierung der Sensoren und Aktuatoren nicht vorgegeben, sondern als Teil eines optimalen Reglerentwurfs zu bestimmen ist.
THE ‘LEARNING BUREAUCRACY’: NEW UNITED MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INC

Acknowledgements: The research on which this study is based would not have been possible without the generous cooperation of managers, workers and union officials at NUMMI. Gary Robinson helped transcribe taped interviews with them and discern the key points. This article has benefitted from the comments of several NUMMI people and from the responses of many friends and colleagues: thinking has also been stimulated by the reaction of colleagues to presentations at the USC, Harvard Business School, NYU, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. My thanks to all these people, many of whom still disagree.
Course Outcomes Performance in Statistics for Engineers

The purpose of this study is to assess the level of knowledge and abilities of student based on ten course outcomes in Statistics for Engineers (MATB133). The course is a first year course in Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional. The assessment was conducted on ninety six students of semester 1, 2012/2013 through assignments, quizzes, test and final examination. The finding shows that the students achievement is quite good in CO6, CO9 and CO10. However, the performance in another seven course outcome were not as expected. Hopefully, the result of analysis will help lecturers to improve the performance of future students. The paper also provides suggestions on course outcomes that need to be focused on and more attention.
Opportunities for Machine Learning in District Heating

The district heating (DH) industry is facing an important transformation towards more efficient networks that utilise significantly lower water temperatures to distribute the heat. This change requires taking advantage of new technologies, and Machine Learning (ML) is a popular direction. In the last decade, we have witnessed an extreme growth in the number of published research papers that focus on applying ML techniques to the DH domain. However, based on our experience in the field, and an extensive review of the state-of-the-art, we perceive a mismatch between the most popular research directions, such as forecasting, and the challenges faced by the DH industry. In this work, we present our findings, explain and demonstrate the key gaps between the two communities and suggest a road-map ahead towards increasing the impact of ML research in the DH industry.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Activated Sludge

Industrial pollution is still a major concern and despite its significance, sound and systematic pollution control efforts are very poorly documented. The character and treatability of industrial wastewaters is highly variable and specific for each industrial activity. Biological treatment with activated sludge is the appropriate technology for industrial wastewaters from several major industrial sectors. Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Activated Sludge deals with the activated sludge treatment of industrial wastewaters by considering conceptual frameworks, methodologies and case studies, in a stepwise manner. The issues related to activated sludge treatment, such as biodegradability based characterization, modeling, assessment of stoichiometric and kinetic parameters and design, as well as the issues of industrial pollution control, e.g. in-plant control, effect of pretreatment, etc. are combined in a way to provide a comprehensive and information-rich view to the reader. By doing so, the book supplies an up-to-date reference for industrial wastewater experts and both graduate and undergraduate students. Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Activated Sludge provides a roadmap, describing the methodologies for the treatment of industrial wastewaters from several major sectors, based on a solid theoretical background. Up to now although valuable separate efforts both on activated sludge and industrial wastewater treatment have been presented, an integrated approach that is crucial to practice has not been available. This gap is filled by this book.