A prototype scanning stylus profilometer for rapid measurement of small surface areas

A novel stylus based profiling instrument has been developed for rapid measurement of small surface areas. Outlined in the following paper are some of the key features of the prototype system including the wideband stylus pick-up and the dedicated scanning traverse mechanism. In addition, some preliminary results obtained by scanning the instrument over several different surfaces are presented.     

On finite dynamic equations for fluid-saturated porous media

Summary The paper concerns the relations between two principally different approaches to the formulation of momentum balance equations in porous media theories, namely, the dynamic approach similar to Biot's theory and the modern approach as a result of mixture theories extended by the concept of volume fractions. In particular, it is shown that both approaches necessarily lead to the same type of momentum balance equations and furthermore contain, in a certain sense, within the geometrically linear case, the well-known classical equations of Biot's theory.     

Electromagnetic field diffusion, θ-functions,and image solutions

Contents We discuss some initial and boundary value problems of one-dimensional electromagnetic field diffusion. The solutions can be given by infinite series in two essentially different (however equivalent) forms, one being the usual Fourier-expansion and the other one being an infinite series of Gaussian exponentials or related functions (as for instance error-functions). The second form can be obtained by using infinitely many images to fulfill initial and boundary conditions. Finally the mathematical relations between the two equivalent types of solutions are discussed in terms of -functions and their transformation properties. The existence of the solutions in these two different forms is very interesting from a numerical point of view also.

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Die Diffusion elektromagnetischer Felder, -Funktionen und Spiegelungsmethoden

Übersicht Es werden einige Anfangs- und Randwertprobleme eindimensionaler elektromagnetischer Felddiffusion erörtert. Die Lösungen können in zwei wesentlich verschiedenen (jedoch gleichwertigen) Formen angegeben werden, erstens in Form üblicher Fourier-Reihen und zweitens in Form unendlicher Reihen von Gaußschen Exponentialfunktionen oder damit verwandter Funktionen (z.B. Fehlerfunktionen). Diese zweite Form der Lösungen läßt sich durch die Anwendung unendlich oft wiederholter Spiegelung zur Erfüllung der Rand- und Anfangsbedingung anschaulich interpretieren. Abschließend werden die beiden Lösungstypen mit Hilfe von -Funktionen und deren Transformationseigenschaften erläutert. Die Verfügbarkeit der Lösungen in beiden Formen ist auch numerisch sehr interessant.

     

An Automated Brain Image Analysis System for Brain Cancer using Shearlets

In this paper, an Automated Brain Image Analysis (ABIA) system that classifies the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of human brain is presented. The classification of MRI images into normal or low grade or high grade plays a vital role for the early diagnosis. The Non-Subsampled Shearlet Transform (NSST) that captures more visual information than conventional wavelet transforms is employed for feature extraction. As the feature space of NSST is very high, a statistical t-test is applied to select the dominant directional sub-bands at each level of NSST decomposition based on sub-band energies. A combination of features that includes Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) based features, Histograms of Positive Shearlet Coefficients (HPSC), and Histograms of Negative Shearlet Coefficients (HNSC) are estimated. The combined feature set is utilized in the classification phase where a hybrid approach is designed with three classifiers; k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN), Naive Bayes (NB) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers. The output of individual trained classifiers for a testing input is hybridized to take a final decision. The quantitative results of ABIA system on Repository of Molecular Brain Neoplasia Data (REMBRANDT) database show the overall improved performance in comparison with a single classifier model with accuracy of 99% for normal/abnormal classification and 98% for low and high risk classification.     

Large deformation measurement by holographic interferometry

Summary The use of holographic interferometry for the measurement of large deformations is described. From the nature of holographic interferometry it is evident that large deformations exceed the wave length of the light source used by at least ten times of this size. To obtain holographically identifiable values of large deformations, a method of successive partial lighting is used. It shows how it is possible to keep all the advantages of the holographic method and use it even under conditions which apparently exceed its possibilities of application.     

WI – Call for PapersHeft 3/2010High-Impact Requirements Engineering

Ohne Zusammenfassung This article is also available in English via http://www.springerlink.com and http://www.bise-journal.org: BISE – Call for Papers, Issue 3/2010, High-Impact Requirements Engineering. Bus Inf Syst Eng. doi: .     

Integrationsdefizite des IT-Controllings

Zusammenfassung  Der Beitrag basiert auf der Annahme, dass das IT-Controlling in zweifacher Hinsicht unter einem Integrationsdefizit leidet. Dies gilt zum einen für die unbefriedigende Synchronisation der Forschung mit Entwicklungen in der Praxis, zum anderen für die unzureichende Verzahnung mit den Methoden der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Ausgehend von dieser Annahme untersucht der Beitrag die historische Entwicklung des IT-Controllings, um daraus Thesen zum Integrationsstand abzuleiten. Die Untersuchung kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass Hinweise auf – nach wie vor – ungenutzte Integrationspotenziale vorliegen und identifiziert Potenziale einer weiter gehenden Integration. Aus der Analyse identifizierter Integrationspotenziale werden Anforderungen an eine methodenbezogene Integration abgeleitet und die Realisierung von Integrationspotenzialen an zwei Beispielen illustriert. This article is also available in English via and : Strecker S, Kargl H (2009) Integration Deficits of IT Controlling – Historical Background, Analysis of Integration Potentials and Method Integration. Bus Inf Syst Eng. doi: 10.1007/s12599-009-0053-4.     

B2C-E-Commerce als Treiber simultaner Veränderungen in IT-Struktur und Markenarchitektur

We analyze the influence of B2C e-commerce on IT structure and brand architecture based on conceptual considerations, a case study and an empirical survey. We first discuss the changes in transaction costs that are induced by B2C e-commerce. The effects of B2C e-commerce on IT structure and brand architecture, which are anticipated from a transaction cost perspective, are illustrated using a case study from the tourism industry. We conducted a quantitative study among 101 chief information officers (CIOs) and chief marketing officers (CMOs) from the most important consumer brand companies in Austria. The results of a correspondence analysis show that a high importance of e-commerce triggers a typical bundle of changes in IT structure and brand architecture, which point toward a stronger integration within and between these two structural elements. We therefore conclude that B2C e-commerce calls for a better coordination of those measures that impact IT structure and brand architecture.     

Nonsingular BEM formulations for thin-walled structures and elastostatic crack problems

Summary This paper presents a unique approach, named mathematical regularization, to remove the nearly-singular and singular integrals occurring in the boundary integral formulations for the solution of the boundary value problems with a pathologica integration boundary due to the very near or coinciding parts of the total boundary. Nonsingular boundary integral equations are derived for thin-walled structure problems. In the case of crack-like problems, we present two kinds of the nonsingular integral representations of the secondary fields and the derivative boundary integral equations.