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Refurbishing occupied buildings management of risk under the CDM regulations
A significant proportion of the construction industry is currently involved with the refurbishment of occupied premises. This easy and concise reference guide aims to assist clients, planning supervisors, designers and contractors in this area to be aware of their obligations under the existing regulations. Based around the CDM regulations, it draws information from Health and Safety Executive data and case study research to develop a profile of construction activities which will enable readers to identify and prioritise significant health and safety risks during the refurbishment of occupied buildings.
Reflections on the Teaching of Programming : Methods and Implementations : Methods and Implementations
The book addressed span a wide range of problems and solutions associated with the teaching of programming such as introductory programming courses, exposition of the programming process, apprentice-based learning, functional programming first, problem-based learning, the use of on-line tutorials, object-oriented programming and Java, the BlueJ environment to introduce programming, model-driven programming as opposed to the prevailing language-driven approach, teaching software engineering, testing, extreme programming, frameworks, feedback and assessment, active learning, technology-based individual feedback, and mini project programming exams.
Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident : Toward Social-Scientific Literacy and Engineering Resilience
This book focuses on nuclear engineering education in the post-Fukushima era. It was edited by the organizers of the summer school held in August 2011 in University of California, Berkeley, as part of a collaborative program between the University of Tokyo and UC Berkeley. Motivated by the particular relevance and importance of social-scientific approaches to various crucial aspects of nuclear technology, special emphasis was placed on integrating nuclear science and engineering with social science. The book consists of the lectures given in 2011 summer school and additional chapters that cover developments in the past three years since the accident.
Reflections on slope stability engineering
Contains the detailed reflections of its author, who has practised and researched in the field for over a half-century. It is written in an informal style that makes it an interesting and thought-provoking practitioner guide to landslides and slope problems and their investigation, analysis, and remediation, considering both natural and man-made slopes and earthworks, and without the need for the usual equations and illustrations.
Refinement Techniques in Software Engineering ; 1st Pernambuco Summer School on Software Engineering, PSSE 2004, Recife, Brazil, November 23-December 5, 2004, Revised Lectures
Presents an augmented selection of the material presented at the First Pernambuco Summer School on Software Engineering, PSSE 2004, held in Receife, Brazil in November/December 2004, jointly with the Brazilian Symposium on Formal Methods (SBMF 2004). The main theme in 2004 was re?nement (or rei?cation). Re?nement describes the veri?able relationship between a speci?cation and its implementation; it also describes the process of discoveringappropriateimplementations,givena speci?cation.Thus,in oneway or another, re?nement is at the heart of the programming process, and so is the major daily activity of everyprofessionalsoftwareengineer.
Re-engineering the Uptake of ICT in Schools
Reports on a novel and comprehensive approach to the uptake of ICT in Schools. It focuses on key questions, pedagogically sound ways of introducing ICT, new technical artifacts supporting the approach, the evaluation in a large-scale validator, and future work. While many innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) have emerged over the last two decades, the uptake of these innovations has not always been very successful, particularly in schools. The transition from proof of concept to integration into learning activities has been recognized as a bottleneck for quite some time.
Re-Engineering of the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord : Evidence-Based Neurorehabilitation
This volume is the third in the series of proceedings covering the official biennial conferences of the Neurorehabilitation Committee of the WFNS in connection with two other international scientific congresses on aspects of basic research and clinical issues in neurotraumatology, namely the 5th Symposium on Experimental Spinal Cord Repair and the 1st Conference of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology (AMN ) in Brescia in March 2004.
Reduced Order Systems
This monograph presents a detailed and unified treatment of the theory of reduced order systems. Covered topics include reduced order modeling, reduced order estimation, reduced order control, and the design of reduced order compensators for stochastic systems.
Recycled Ceramics in Sustainable Concrete: Properties and Performance
Explores the use of novel waste materials in the construction industry as sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional cement production technologies. It specifically focuses on using waste ceramics as a binder and aggregate replacement for concrete. Includes a lifecycle assessment ; Describes recycling of ceramic tile waste as fine and coarse aggregate replacement ; Discusses microstructure performance of sustainable concrete ; Evaluates performance of sustainable concrete exposed to elevated temperatures and corrosives
Recycled Aggregate Concrete : Technology and Properties
Presents principles of RAC, including theories and experiments ; Describes advanced behavior and properties ; Covers specifications and codes ; Highlights best practices ; Summarizes the use of RAC in sustainable concrete construction ; Features scientific findings, citations of reliable sources, conclusions, and recommendations that ensure the book is accessible to various levels of expertise
Reconstruction Designs of Lost Ancient Chinese Machinery
Ancient China was outstanding in mechanical technology before the 15th century. Numerous ingenious machines were invented. However, due to incomplete documentation and loss of finished objects, most of the original machines cannot be verified and many of the inventions did not pass down to later generations. This book, based on the author’s research and teaching experiences over the last 20 years, is devoted to presenting an innovative methodology in the area of mechanical historiography for the systematic reconstruction design of ancient Chinese machines that have been lost to time. Its purpose is to generate all possible design concepts of lost machines. If the defined and/or concluded design specifications, topological characteristics, and - sign requirements and constraints are feasible, one of the resulting rec- struction designs should be the original design.
Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage 2021
Presents contributions on various aspects of the study, protection and restoration of architectural monuments and on the reconstruction of major historical urban development sites. Moreover, complex and problematic aspects of engineering reconstruction of monuments are discussed.
Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage
includes contributions on the protection, and restoration of architectural monuments and the reconstruction of major historical urban development sites, as well as various complex issues and aspects of engineering reconstruction of monuments and preservation of historical heritage. topics: Historical, architectural and urban planning research and restoration of monuments / Urban and regional planning / Engineering reconstruction, performance of repair and reconstruction works on monuments / Training of architects and restorers
Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Transformable Factories
In this book the problems of theory and practice of development in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Transformable Factories for various machine-building branches and above all automotive industry are discussed. Problems are studied concerning the development of a new class of production systems which in comparison to the Flexible Manufacturing systems are composed of a far less quantity of machine-tools. In comparison to the conventional automated lines they make it possible to rapidly transform the equipment for new products manufacturing.
Reconfigurable Distributed Control
Reconfigurable Distributed Control helps meet the challenge of applying distributed control to dynamical systems, integrating different approaches to the problem. It presents an holistic view based on the appropriate use of stochastic, formal and robust control paradigms.
Reconfigurable computing : Accelerating computation with field-programmable gate arrays
By mapping algorithms directly into programmable logic, FPGA accelerators offer and deliver 10X-100X performance increases over microprocessors for a large range of application domains. Reconfigurable computing is found in virtually every computing milieu, from satellites to supercomputers. This work survey various aspects of the field.
Recognition and Perception of Images : Fundamentals and Applications
This book is dedicated to the unique interdisciplinary research of imagery processing, recognition and perception. The contents of this book are based on the concepts of mathematical processing, compositional analysis applied in the art and design, and psychological factors of the information perception process.
Recent Progress in Robotics : Viable Robotic Service to Human : An ed. of the Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference on Advanced Robotics
This volume is an edition of the papers selected from the 13 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2007, held in Korea, 2007, with the theme: “Viable Robotics Service to Human. ” It is intended to deliver readers the most recent technical progress in robotics, in particular, toward the advancement of robotic service to human. organized the 28 contributions into three chapters. Chapter 1 covers Novel Mechanisms, Chapter 2 deals with perception guided navigation and manipulation, and Chapter 3 addresses human-robot interaction and intelligence.
Recent Developments of Electrical Drives ; Best papers from the International Conference on Electrical Machines ICEM'04
The book, stating the recent developments of electrical drives, can be useful for engineers and researchers investigating and designing electrical and electronic devices as well as for students and young researchers dealing with electrical and electronic engineering, computer sciences (advanced computer modelling, sophisticated control systems with artificial intelligence tools applied, optimal design bye use of classical and genetic algorithms employed), applied mathematics and all the topics where electromagnetic, thermal, mechanical phenomena occur.
Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design
Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design presents the latest theories and methods of reliability and quality, with emphasis on reliability and quality in design and modeling. Each chapter is written by active researchers and professionals with international reputations, providing material which bridges the gap between theory and practice to trigger new practices and research challenges.
