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Showing 1 to 20 of 325 for “"Inspections"”.
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Optimization of shake inspections
The Boeing 737 program has recently announced an increase in the production rate from 31.5 airplanes per month to 35 airplanes per month. Throughout the production value stream, opportunities to improve quality and reduce flow time are being thoroughly investigated. This thesis contributes to the …
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Autonomous Drone Assisted Aircraft Inspections
… any aircraft manufacturer or operator. Visual inspections of the exterior of aircraft are critical to their safe operation, as defects such as corrosion, dents, lightning strikes, or missing parts can compromise the structural integrity of the whole aircraft. Currently, aircraft visual …
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Determinants of facility level environmental inspections
… investigates the scheduling of Clean Water Act inspections in Illinois and the extent to which these inspections are memoryless. Using facility level and local EPA agency level data, we test inspection strategies for common decision factors, such as environmental performance, and compare them …
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Automating Bridge Inspections Using Prompt-Based Change Detection
Routine bridge inspections are essential for public safety, but manual inspections are very time consuming, costly, and unsafe to inspector.Using UAV’s solves these problems but these come with their own challenges. A key challenge in automating the bridge inspection is that images from different …
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Risk-Based Game Modelling for Port State Control Inspections
… and make decisions in Port State Control (PSC) inspections. Under the New Inspection Regime (NIR), it is necessary to not only figure out the influence of new regime to the PSC system, but also provide some technical tools capable of predicting the inspection results and supporting the …
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Local official and polluter accountability in China's environmental inspections
… Using the context of China's environmental inspections, I examine which interventions effectively reduce air pollution in Chinese cities and close the enforcement gap. I am particularly interested in interventions that aim to alter the behavior of polluting company managers and local …
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Examining the value of fire prevention inspections in commercial occupancies
… evaluate the value of conducting fire prevention inspections within the commercial occupancy and the associated reduction in the occurrence of fires. While the fire problem within the United States has experienced a decline in the number of fires and fire related injuries, the reality is that the …
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Developing autonomy in structural inspections through computer vision and graphics
… time consuming, subjective, and even dangerous. Inspections are typically performed by human experts who collect visual or other non-destructive data and combine it with relevant decision-making criteria. Computer vision techniques, in conjunction with acquisition through remote cameras and …
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Commanding small satellites for simulated spacecraft inspections using augmented reality
Free-flying teleoperated satellites have been proposed as a replacement for astronaut extravehicular activities (EVA), such as inspection or maintenance, to reduce astronaut risk. A major concern for this type of operation is ensuring the human operator has sufficient spatial and temporal knowledge …
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Efficacy and biases In inspections for biosecurity threats In South Africa
… into new regions. To manage this challenge, inspections of agricultural produce are performed at South Africa’s ports of entry. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and identify biases in agricultural inspections on fresh fruit imports to South Africa. Pest interception data for …
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The contribution of Ofsted inspections to improvement in primary school geography
The study investigated the contribution of Ofsted inspections to improvement in primary school geography. It explored the importance and role of inspection reports in guiding and informing improvement in geography, and examined how they had changed with revisions to the inspection framework in …
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Human Computer Interaction Design for Assisted Bridge Inspections via Augmented Reality
… and evaluation of a novel tool for bridge inspections leveraging Augmented Reality (AR) and computer vision (CV) technologies to facilitate measurements. Named the Wearable Inspection Report Management System (WIRMS), the system supports various data entry methods and an adaptable …
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A deep learning-based approach towards automating visual reinforced concrete bridge inspections
Visual inspections are fundamental to the maintenance of RC bridge infrastructure. However, their highly subjective nature often compromises the accuracy of inspection results and ultimately leads to inaccurate prioritisation of repair and rehabilitation activities. Visual inspections are also …
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Border inspections in a dual-language, second-grade classroom in the U.S. Midwest
… framework and Lugo’s conceptualization of border inspections as a tool for social analysis of the multiple borders faced by four second-grade children of Mexican immigrant families at a 50-50 Dual Language (DL) school in the U.S. Midwest. The image of the border was used as a metaphor to represent …
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Analysis and Management of UAV-Captured Images towards Automation of Building Facade Inspections
… components from natural forces, require periodic inspections for the detection and assessment of building façade anomalies. Over the past years, a growing trend of utilizing camera-equipped drones for periodical building facade inspection has emerged. Building façade anomalies, such as cracks and …
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An integrated framework for finite element modelling of ultrasonic inspections of carbon fibre reinforced polymer components
… for ultrasonic Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE) inspections due to their anisotropic material properties and often complex morphology.This Thesis develops an integrated framework to allow for accurate Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations of CFRP components to be constructed. The developed …
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An examination of the perceptions of additional inspectors involved in maintained school inspections (post September 2012)
… Inspectors (AIs) involved in maintained school inspections post September 2012, following revisions to the 1992 Ofsted framework. Ofsted inspectors are now required to modify their inspection practice by making four judgements about the effectiveness of schools as compared to the previous …
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Quake-OVUDA: Component-Level AI-Based Post-Earthquake Building Inspections with Vision–Language Guided Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
… is a critical step toward automating structural inspections in the aftermath of disasters. A key challenge towards training deep neural networks for these tasks is the manual development of large, annotated datasets for the real world. Training Unsupervised Domain Adaptation (UDA) models, using …
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Regulation as an opportunity for learning and small business development: The case of Environmental Health inspections and good learning behaviours
The impact of regulation on small business has been subject to much debate and contestation by industry, government, and academics. Small businesses pose particular challenges in meeting legislative obligations, often due to lack of awareness and misinterpretations. The role of Environmental Health …
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