Engineering posts from Last Month
- February 26, 2010
- 05:11 AM
- 74 views
Certain death: Not risky. Uncertain death: risky.
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
If you know for sure that things will go wrong, there really is no risk. If you don’t know for sure that things will go wrong, then there is a risk. That’s the basic assumption in a paper I just read. It may sound like a bold statement, but technically speaking, it is a true [ ... ]... Read more »
AVEN, T. (2009) Identification of safety and security critical systems and activities. Reliability Engineering , 94(2), 404-411. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.04.001
- February 20, 2010
- 11:32 AM
- 49 views
Risk Analysis of Critical Infrastructures
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
The vulnerability of critical infrastructures is a recurring theme on this blog, and today’s article has been on my mind for a while. What I like about Critical infrastructures at risk: A need for a new conceptual approach and extended analytical tool by Wolfgang Kröger is how it couples critical infrastructures, showing how one is [ ... ]... Read more »
KROGER, W. (2008) Critical infrastructures at risk: A need for a new conceptual approach and extended analytical tools☆. Reliability Engineering , 93(12), 1781-1787. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.03.005
- February 18, 2010
- 07:00 AM
- 91 views
Chromatic aberration of the eye: to correct or not to correct?
by Pablo Artal in Optics confidential
The human eye suffers of a very large chromatic aberration. This means that when a red object is in focus, a blue one at the same distance will be clearly out of focus. Why we are not yet routinely correcting this defect to improve vision? You will find here some new experiments, results and explanations...... Read more »
Artal, P., Manzanera, S., Piers, P., & Weeber, H. (2010) Visual effect of the combined correction of spherical and longitudinal chromatic aberrations. Optics Express, 18(2), 1637. DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001637
- February 9, 2010
- 02:40 PM
- 95 views
Mobile Phones' Impact on Health
by amiya in Physiology physics woven fine
Mobile phones have drastically transformed our lives. Also known as cellular phones or cell phones, these gadgets not only incorporate a phone, as the name suggests, but also a lot of other technologically advanced features. They include a camera, a sound recorder cum music system, a Bluetooth device and many more depending on the model and the maker of the phone. They are called mobile phones since they can be used while on the move.A mobile phone maintains a two way (transmit and receive) comm........ Read more »
Gary W. Arendash, Juan Sanchez-Ramos, Takashi Mori, Malgorzata Mamcar, Xiaoyang Lin, Melissa Runfeldt, Li Wang, Guixin Zhang, Vasyl Sava, Jun Tan.... (2010) Electromagnetic Field Treatment Protects Against and Reverses Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease Mice . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 191-210. info:/
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