Due to the fast pace at which research reports in behaviour change are published, researchers, consultants and policymakers would benefit from more automatic ways to process these reports. Automatic extraction of the reports’ intervention content, population, settings and their results etc. ...

The Peridynamic theory is a nonlocal approach, based on an integral formulation that avoids the use of spatial derivatives. This attribute is very desirable in fracture simulations, making Peridynamics a versatile tool for failure analyses. A major disadvantage however is the high compu...

The six-year study explored whether biographical and spiritual disruption may have both negative and positive aspects – a disturbance or challenge may lead to positive as well as negative consequences. A chronic illness model was derived from the literature: good health, illness disrupt...

Micro electro chemical machining (µECM) as an alternative machining process gains more attraction in micro and nano industries and gradually finds its place among other non-conventional manufacturing methods. µECM same as ECM aimed at electrically conductive materials; µECM process is based ...

Using the apparatus of traditional differential geometry, the transport theorem is derived for the general case of a M-dimensional domain moving in a N-dimensional space, . The interesting concepts of curvatures and normals are illustrated with well-known examples of lines, surfaces and ...

pipelines are the main means of transferring oil and gas. In order to avoid failure, they require regular inspection to locate defects and repair them accordingly. Ultrasonic guided waves (UGW) allows long-range inspection of pipelines from one test point. Determining the location of&#x...

Japanese animation, from here on referred to as anime, occupy an important and unique position in Japanese contemporary media. In my thesis, I will discuss and explore the following questions and current debates about anime as national Japanese product: - What is the&#...