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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"workmanship"”.
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Mitigating the risk of a new workforce by reducing rework and rightsizing on hand inventory
… The majority of rework results from simple workmanship mistakes from the new workforce. The approach used in this thesis to combat the increase in rework involves the design and implementation of a feedback loop on the shop floor of a leading aircraft manufacturer. The loop consists of …
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An assessment of manufacturing quality variation and an SPC handbook for the pallet and container industries
… such as raw material, cut-stock, fasteners, and workmanship. The raw material proved quite variable from the different sawmills. The between board variation was greater than the within for both the thickness and width. The cut-stock had less size variation in thickness than width. The workmanship …
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Pico-Satellite Integrated System Level Test Program
… to verify construction, integration and assembly workmanship, ensures component, subsystem and system level functionality and reduces risk of mission or capability loss on orbit.</p> <p>The objective of this thesis was to develop a detailed test program for pico-satellites with a focus on the Cal …
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Connectivity
… and digital processes while emphasizing good workmanship and the marking of time.
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Spacecraft and Propulsion Technician Error
… for 76% of those failures, which included workmanship error accounting for 29% of the failures. With the imminent future of commercial space travel, the increased potential for the loss of human life demands that changes be made to the standardized procedures, training, and certification to …
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Development and validation of an inventory (Dundee Barometer of Institutional Professionalism) to measure the professionalism culture of medical schools in the UK
… with patients (clinicianship) and co-workers (workmanship), and the behaviour of doctors in society (citizenship). By analysing the survey responses of 368 UK medical professionals using the Content Validity Index, 28 attributes were identified to represent each facet (clinicianship 10, …
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Characterization of boundary conditions for wedge-lock-mounted printed circuit boards
… in the electronics industry. It is used as a workmanship screen, as well as a way to duplicate the deployed environment in both the military and commercial avionics worlds. To minimize the effects of the vibration from testing and what will be encountered in service, the mechanical analyst …
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Clothing problems of the teen-age boy
… ready-made clothing in the specific areas of workmanship and growth allowance. Those who reported owning formal wear were in the older age group. The younger group rented or borrowed formal wear when it was needed. This study indicated that much more consumer buymanship training was needed.
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Analysis and design of an in-pipe system for water leak detection
… Pipeline leak may result, for example, from bad workmanship or from any destructive cause, due to sudden changes of pressure, corrosion, cracks, defects in pipes or lack of maintenance. The problem of leak becomes even more serious when it is concerned with the vital supply of fresh water to the …
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Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa
… value can reside in the design, material and workmanship of such a building, with context providing a lesser, but also not insignificant contribution. As Stovel has pointed out, authenticity does not automatically on its own provide the best marker of heritage value.1 Rather, authenticity can …
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Kvalitetsmärkningens betydelse för upplevelsen av innemiljön i småhus
… houses value the company’s level of high-quality workmanship significantly more and the system of P-marked houses can therefore be used as customer guidance and to gain a competitive advantage.
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Experimental procedure to evaluate air leakage through different building materials
… evaluation. This is attributed to the effect of workmanship on the airtightness performance of the building envelope
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Structural health monitoring of bolted joints using thermal contact resistance and ultrasonic signals
… for maintenance purposes. However, human workmanship engaged in the process of assembly makes an integrity check of the bolted joints a necessary process. Robust monitoring of such bolted joints is a critical task for increasing reliability in aerospace structures. This dissertation …
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EXTERNAL CLADDING DEFECTS AND PROPOSED ROBOTIC INSPECTION SYSTEMS
… together with suggestions for proper detailing, workmanship and repair methods to minimise and correct these defects. A review of various non-destructive inspection techniques available for defect identification is then presented. An overview of the local construction industry is given and the …
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Boosey & Hawkes: The rise and fall of a wind instrument manufacturing empire
… from companies abroad, mismanagement and bad workmanship caused the demise and eventual closure of Boosey & Hawkes instrument-making division in 2003.
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Behaviour of reinforced concrete frames with lightweight blockwork infill panels.
… in the opening corners of the frame, and the workmanship. The principal parameters obtained from the tests are the initial racking stiffness, the infill cracking strength, the ultimate load and the plastic collapse load. Their values are compared to the available empirical and theoretical …
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Success factors for bumiputra contractors in Malaysia : Johor state
… delays or late deliveries, sub-standard workmanship and materials, poor safety management on sites and cost over-run of construction due to problems encountered by contractors in executing the project. Since many of these studies uncovered the contractors’ problems, thus this study was …
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Influence of substrate moisture preparation on concrete overlay bond strength
… and is often experienced either due to poor workmanship or design. The bonded concrete overlay technique has become a popular method in repairing these deteriorated concrete structures, as it has a simplistic application procedure and can be applied to a number of different scenarios. This …
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SCISSION: The Architectural Collage and Gordon Matta-Clark's Circus Caribbean Orange
… (Bachelard's material psychoanalysis, Ingold's "workmanship of risk", Turner's liminality). Technical analyses of cutting implements are interwoven with accounts of their ritual and symbolic afterlives, revealing how blades carry coefficients of valiance, intelligence and social agency. …
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The establishment of performance criteria for the evaluation of procurement of senior staff and private housing projects in the state of Qatar
… clients. The research also revealed poor quality workmanship, old construction techniques and the use of inadequate construction materials. Also, a lack of, proper contract forms and means of dispute resolution. There are no institutions for consultants or contractors and a lack of training and …
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