The area of wireless sensor networking continues to be one of the most stirring and demanding research domains of this decade. As technology progresses, so do the capabilities of wireless sensor networks: small, low-cost, ...
Today's supply chain companies operate in a very competitive, global and rapidly changing market place, where risk assessment in the operation of their supply chains is
increasingly seen as important. To cope with this ...
The work described in this report is a contribution to ongoing research to develop
more effective orthopaedic joint systems though fundamental studies of the behaviour
of various novel material combinations and component ...
Hydroxyapatite (HA) is inherently bioactive and is successfully used in non-load
bearing skeletal applications. However, its use in load-bearing applications is limited
due to its poor mechanical properties, particularly ...
National policy has aimed at making development more sustainable. However,
successful movement towards this goal is not well documented. Some shortcomings in the move towards more sustainable development are the result ...
The widespread adoption of digital control has resulted in many improvements in low
power switching mode power converters. Digital control has introduced alternative
control laws and new features to previously ...
This thesis takes an exploratory approach to the study of context-aware applications. Such applications use physical conditions from sensors together with human factors such as social setting as cues for adapting in behavior ...
In the 1990s, it was observed that Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB)
coverage was shrinking as a percentage of physical memory. Consequently, the relative amount of program time spent servicing TLB misses was increasing ...
This thesis consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to
this work within the context of the wider national soil biodiversity project CréBeo. Furthermore ants, earthworms and the use of stable ...
The Medical Device industry is currently one of the fastest growing industries in the world and a guarantee of the integrity of medical device software has become increasingly important. Failure of the software can have ...