River definitions in Roman technical literature

Definitions of rivers and their use by Roman land surveyors and lawyers.

Chemical German; an introduction to the study of German chemical literature, including rules of nomenclature, exercises for practice and a collection of extracts from the writings of German chemists and other scientists and a vocabulary of German chemical terms and others used in technical literature,

Mode of access: Internet.

Bibliotheca polytechnica. Directory of technical literature. A classified catalogue of all books, annuals and journals published in America, England, France and Germany including their relations to legislation, hygiene and daily life.

No more published.

The technical literature of gas turbine plants (1930 to date) exclusive of patents,

Mode of access: Internet.

Technical evolution of 3d modular construction from the nineteenth century to world war II

3D Modular construction is poorly known and scarcely published in technical literature. In spite of that there are an increasing number of manufacturers offering their products in different countries. This method has largely evolved from early examples such as the American Gold Rush prefabrication in the nineteenth century, the Sears precut homes or Voisin´s prototypes for modular homes, to the end of the first half of the twentieth century. In this period a non negligible number of attempts in 3D modular construction have been carried out, ranging from theoretical proposals to several hundred or thousand units produced. Selected examples of modular architecture will be analyses in order to illustrate its technical evolution, concerning materials, structure, transportation and on site assembly. Success and failure factors of the different systems will be discussed. Conclusions about building criteria shown in them and their applicability in current architecture will be drawn.

Report number series used by the Division of Technical Information in cataloging reports /

Published in 1948 under the title: Identification of atomic energy project research and development reports; 1970, Report number codes used by the USAEC.

Report number series used by the Division of Technical Information in cataloging reports /

Mode of access: Internet.

Library Research Support in developing, testing and promoting an open cyberinfrastructure

QUT Library continues to rethink research support with eResearch as a primary driver. The support to the development of the Lens, an open global cyberinfrastructure, has been especially important in the light of technology transfer promotion, and partly in the response to researchers’ needs in following the innovation landscapes not only within the scientific but also patent literature. The Lens http://www.lens.org/lens/ project makes innovation more efficient, fair, transparent and inclusive. It is a joint effort between Cambia http://www.cambia.org.au and Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The Lens serves more than 84 million patent documents in the world as open, annotatable digital public goods that are integrated with scholarly and technical literature along with regulatory and business data. Users can link from search results to visualization and document clusters; from a patent document description to its full-text; from there, if applicable, the sequence data can also be found. Figure 1 shows a BLAST Alignment (DNA) using the Lens. A unique feature of the Lens is the ability to embed search and BLAST results into blogs and websites, and provide real-time updates to them. PatSeq Explorer http://www.lens.org/lens/bio/patseqexplorer allows users to navigate patent sequences that map onto the human genome and in the future, many other genomes. PatSeq Explorer offers three level views for the sequence information and links each group of sequences at the chromosomal level to their corresponding patent documents in the Lens. By integrating sequence and patent search and document clustering capabilities, users can now understand the big and small details on the true extent and scope of genetic sequence patents. QUT Library supported Cambia in developing, testing and promoting the Lens. This poster demonstrates QUT Library’s provision of best practice and holistic research support to a research group and how QUT Librarians have acquired new capabilities to meet the needs of the researchers beyond traditional research support practices.

Comparative study of failure mechanisms in steel and concrete members strengthened with CFRP composites

Over the last decade advanced composite materials, like carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP), have increasingly been used in civil engineering infrastructure. The benefits of advanced composites are rapidly becoming evident. This paper focuses on the comparative performance of steel and concrete members retrofitted by carbon fibre reinforced polymers. The objective of this work is a systematic assessment and evaluation of the performance of CFRP for both the concrete and steel members available in the technical literature. Existing empirical and analytical models were studied. Comparison is made with respect to failure mode, bond characteristics, fatigue behaviour, durability, corrosion, load carrying capacity and force transfer. It is concluded that empirical expressions for the concrete-CFRP composite are not readily suited for direct use in the steel-CFRP composite. This paper identifies some of the major issues that need further investigation.

Economic analyses and policy implications for microalgae biofuels in Australia

The benefits of microalgae biofuels over first and second generation counterparts suggest it has potential as a major biofuel feedstock in Australia. However, the high costs of cultivation and processing has been a major drawback for investors and policymakers. This presentation outlines the economic potential for microalgae biofuels: firstly, through production of microalgae co-products (e.g feed and fertiliser); and secondly, deriving what consumers are willing to pay for microalgae biofuels based on external benefits. These findings will assist decision-makers in both private and public sectors and inform policy development with respect to microalgae as a feedstock for biofuels and other products. This study adds an economics perspective to the current technical literature which has been dominated by biochemical, engineering and financial valuation studies.

Facilitating IPM adoption in northern region broadacre farming systems

The principal aim of the project was to contribute to the continuing adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) by grain growers in the GRDC's northern region, specifically, the Darling Downs and Central Queensland. This project provided an ongoing commitment to the development and refinement of pest management tactics, and continued support for the grower community by raising awareness of management options and strategies for their implementation. This outcome was achieved through facilitated learning by growers and their advisers via grower group meetings, field day demonstrations, technical literature and presentations by entomologists at technical forums.

Investigation on the Potential Rise and Currents in Insulated Mast Scheme with Single Tower During Stroke Interception

The insulated mast scheme for the lightning protection system can be found in a few practical designs. Many advantages over conventional protection system are some times envisaged. However, the technical literature on the analysis of such schemes and further quantification of their protection efficacy is rather scarce. As a first step to address this problem, the present work is taken up and the potential rise at the top and ground end currents in insulating mast scheme with single tower is investigated for several tower heights and pertinent values of other parameters. The quantities that are investigated are the potential difference across the insulation and ground end currents for both tower and the ground wires. Quantifications are carried out for the relevant range of stroke current front times. The influence of number of ground wires, their earthing location and to a limited extent, the length of the insulating support have been ascertained. Some relevant discussion on insulation strength is made. These findings are quite novel and aid in quantification of the practical efficacy of the insulated mast scheme. The level of induction to the support tower and possible flashover to the same are not in favour of this scheme.

Aspectos semântico-discursivos no léxico da MPB: empréstimos linguísticos no percurso de Noel a Blanc

O objetivo desta dissertação é avaliar a importância dos estrangeirismos como auxiliares e contribuintes no nível léxico da Língua. Também, investigar o quadro sócio-histórico-cultural dos principais momentos em que os empréstimos linguísticos se fizeram presentes na Música Brasileira. Trata-se de um trabalho quantitativo e qualitativo, no qual se rastreou exatamente a presença desses neologismos no cancioneiro nacional, dos idos de 1930 aos dias atuais. Apontamos os momentos de sua maior incidência, aventamos e desvelamos as possíveis intenções de suas utilizações e seus significados, tácitos ou não; quer relacionados a aspectos sócio-históricos, quer relacionados aos seus vieses linguísticos propriamente ditos. Letras de músicas, fonogramas lançados em vinil, remasterizados; recursos audiovisuais foram buscados; assim como publicações específicas sobre música, biografias e literatura técnica sobre Língua Portuguesa

Pontes em estruturas segmentadas pré-moldadas protendidas: análise e contribuições ao gerenciamento do processo construtivo

Este trabalho tem por objetivo contribuir para a melhoria do gerenciamento do processo construtivo de execução de pontes e viadutos em estruturas segmentadas pré-moldadas protendidas, construídas em balanços sucessivos, com base em uma análise das metodologias adotadas e verificando a viabilidade de implantação de um modelo nos processos de gestão que utilizam métodos industriais para execução de obras de arte especiais. A partir da revisão da literatura técnica disponível e tomando como referência os métodos construtivos utilizados em dois canteiros de obras distintos, analisa-se a metodologia de gerenciamento construtivo adotada visando ao aperfeiçoamento do processo de fabricação e montagem, e consequente redução dos custos, desperdícios e prazos. Dentre os vários aspectos observados, ressalta-se a importância de se utilizar uma ferramenta de gerenciamento de projeto nas obras de pontes pré-moldadas, por se mostrarem um processo industrializado, repetitivo e com funcionamento similar a uma unidade fabril. Neste contexto, esta pesquisa visa fornecer subsídios para que se possam estabelecer diretrizes para uma melhor integração do projeto com a construção e conseqüente melhoria da execução nos canteiros de obras.

Metaheurística para o Problema de Planejamento de Redes de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica com Redimensionamento

Com o passar do tempo, a demanda elétrica de diversas áreas varia tornando necessária a construção de novos geradores elétricos e a expansão da rede de transmissão de energia elétrica. Nesta dissertação, focamos no problema de expansão da rede de transmissão, assumindo que novos geradores estão construídos para suprir as novas demandas. Essa expansão exige altos investimentos que precisam ser cuidadosamente planejados. O problema pode ser modelado como um problema de otimização não linear inteira mista e pertence à classe dos problemas NP-difíceis. Desta forma, uma abordagem heurística pode ser adequada para a sua solução pois pode vir a fornecer boas soluções em tempo computacional aceitável. Esta dissertação se propõe a apresentar um estudo do problema de planejamento da expansão de redes de transmissão de energia elétrica estático e multiestágio. Mostramos o que já existe na literatura para o que é chamado de problema sem redimensionamento e as inovações feitas por nós para o problema com redimensionamento. Quanto aos métodos de solução, utilizamos a metaheurística GRASP para o problema estático e combinamos o GRASP com o procedimento Backward-Forward quando falamos em problema multiestágio. Nesta dissertação comparamos os resultados computacionais obtidos com resultados encontrados na literatura.