Design for Stamping—Analysis of Part Attributes that Impact Die Construction Costs for Metal Stampings

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 735-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Poli ◽  
P. Dastidar ◽  
P. Mahajan ◽  
R. J. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Office Automation ◽  
Design For Manufacturing ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
The Creation

This paper describes an alternative approach to the rules-of-thumb-based design of metal stampings. The design for manufacturing system (DFM) presented here highlights those manufacturing-related features that significantly increase cost so that designers can minimize difficult-to-produce features. The DFM system is not dependent on the creation of a geometric model, and can be used to qualitatively and quantitatively assess a preliminary concept sketch. The system focuses on stampings produced by “hard tooling” and is based on expertise gained from stampers who produce parts for the office automation, computer, electromechanical, and small consumer appliance industries. The application of the system to a real-life part is illustrated.

Design for Stamping: Part I — Analysis of Part Attributes That Impact Die Construction Costs for Metal Stampings

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corrado Poli ◽  
Pratip Dastidar ◽  
Prashant Mahajan
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Office Automation ◽  
Design For Manufacturing ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Stamping Part

Abstract This paper describes an alternative approach to the rules-of-thumb based design of metal stampings. The design for manufacturing system (DFM) presented here highlights those manufacturing-related features that significantly increase cost so that designers can minimize difficult to produce features. The DFM system is not dependent on the creation of a geometric model, and can be used to qualitatively and quantitatively assess a preliminary concept sketch. The system focuses on stampings produced by ‘hard tooling’ and is based on expertise gained from stampers who produce parts for the office automation, computer, electromechanical and small consumer appliance industries. The application of the system to a real-life part is illustrated.

Identification of ’Effective’ Linear Joints Using Coupling and Joint Identification Techniques

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ren ◽  
C. F. Beards
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Coupling Technique ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Identification Technique ◽  
Joint Identification ◽  
Stiff Joint ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Identification Techniques

Almost all real-life structures are assembled from components connected by various types of joints. Unlike many other parts, the dynamic properties of a joint are difficult to model analytically. An alternative approach for establishing a theoretical model of a joint is to extract the model parameters from experimental data using joint identification techniques. The accuracy of the identification is significantly affected by the properties of the joints themselves. If a joint is stiff, its properties are often difficult to identify accurately. This is because the responses at both ends of the joint are linearly-dependent. To make things worse, the existence of a stiff joint can also affect the accuracy of identification of other effective joints (the term “effective joints” in this paper refers to those joints which otherwise can be identified accurately). This problem is tackled by coupling these stiff joints using a generalized coupling technique, and then the properties of the remaining joints are identified using a joint identification technique. The accuracy of the joint identification can usually be improved by using this approach. Both numerically simulated and experimental results are presented.

scholarly journals Movie as self-portrait. Auto-narration and narrative identity in Neil Jordan’s „Breakfast on Pluto”

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (57) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Ewelina Twardoch-Raś
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Identity ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Real ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
The Creation

The paper aims to analyze Neil Jordan’s famous movie Breakfast on Pluto in the context of affective “narrative identity.” Breakfast on Pluto is an adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s diary and presents the story of a man who wants to be a woman – he feels like a woman and gradually transforms into one. Patrick/Patricia is thus a transsexual (not only transgender) person who tells the story of a bodily metamorphosis. The author of the paper finds the process of storytelling extremely interesting for a number of reasons. In the paper, the author focuses especially on the process of creating a new identity for the protagonist through the movie’s narration in reference to the categories of “subjective narration” (Edward Branigan) and narrative identity, that is the creation of an identity in the process of telling one’s own story. The author shows how the tools of the movie can shape the process of storytelling (by using special frames, montage, etc.) and how three stories are incorporated in Jordan’s movie: the male and the female story as well as, finally, the subversive self-creation when Patrick/Patricia becomes one whole, one processual identity (in the context of Judith Butler’s assumption about gender). In the paper, the diegesis of the movie will also be analyzed: a number of objects – attributes of masculinity and femininity and the quasi-parodic character of the movie space and the process of storytelling. Parody in Breakfast on Pluto emphasizes the subversive and surfictional structure of the self-story in the movie. The author treats Breakfast on Pluto as a movie version of Entwicklungsroman – the process of narrativization of an identity in transition, of fictionalizing the real life of the protagonist. Therefore, the author also refers to J. M. Coetzee’s assumptions about confession, which is always an important part of self-narration.

scholarly journals A Virtual Counseling Application Using Artificial Intelligence for Communication Skills Training in Nursing Education: Development Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shefaly Shorey ◽  
Emily Ang ◽  
John Yap ◽  
Esperanza Debby Ng ◽  
Siew Tiang Lau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Communication Skills Training ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Virtual Counseling

BACKGROUND The ability of nursing undergraduates to communicate effectively with health care providers, patients, and their family members is crucial to their nursing professions as these can affect patient outcomes. However, the traditional use of didactic lectures for communication skills training is ineffective, and the use of standardized patients is not time- or cost-effective. Given the abilities of virtual patients (VPs) to simulate interactive and authentic clinical scenarios in secured environments with unlimited training attempts, a virtual counseling application is an ideal platform for nursing students to hone their communication skills before their clinical postings. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop and test the use of VPs to better prepare nursing undergraduates for communicating with real-life patients, their family members, and other health care professionals during their clinical postings. METHODS The stages of the creation of VPs included preparation, design, and development, followed by a testing phase before the official implementation. An initial voice chatbot was trained using a natural language processing engine, Google Cloud’s Dialogflow, and was later visualized into a three-dimensional (3D) avatar form using Unity 3D. RESULTS The VPs included four case scenarios that were congruent with the nursing undergraduates’ semesters’ learning objectives: (1) assessing the pain experienced by a pregnant woman, (2) taking the history of a depressed patient, (3) escalating a bleeding episode of a postoperative patient to a physician, and (4) showing empathy to a stressed-out fellow final-year nursing student. Challenges arose in terms of content development, technological limitations, and expectations management, which can be resolved by contingency planning, open communication, constant program updates, refinement, and training. CONCLUSIONS The creation of VPs to assist in nursing students’ communication skills training may provide authentic learning environments that enhance students’ perceived self-efficacy and confidence in effective communication skills. However, given the infancy stage of this project, further refinement and constant enhancements are needed to train the VPs to simulate real-life conversations before the official implementation.

scholarly journals Understanding Culture through Knowledge Cybernetics

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Ousanee Sawagvudcharee ◽  
Maurice Yolles ◽  
Chanchai Bunchapattanasakda ◽  
Buncha Limpabandhu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Dynamic Modelling ◽  
Communication Management ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Dynamic Representation ◽  
A Value ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Levels Of Reality ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Different Cultures

These days, countries around the world continue with their process of globalization in the digital business and marketing. However, they find themselves straddling different national cultures, which lead to problems of cross-cultural communication management resulting in, for instance, miscommunication and misunderstanding. Consequently, an understanding of the characterisation or mapping of culture is significant, and while there are not many theories of cultural mapping, most stem from the base work of Hofstede. Basically, most people begin with a categorisation of culture through the creation of an ontology that differentiates relatable levels of reality, as a theory of levels allows culture to be broken down into parts that can be analysed more easily. It also helps them to facilitate the creation of a set of generic or universal dimensions of culture which can be used to map different cultures. However, a problem with this theoretical approach is that it does not offer a very dynamic representation of culture, and it has manifestations that impoverish the way that phenomenal manifestations of culture can be explained. On the other hand, there is an alternative approach was adopted by Schwartz. This approach does not discuss ontology but it creates a value inventory in which respondents assess ‘comprehensive’ cultural values. Consequently, there is some relationship between outcome of Hofstede’s and Schwartz’s results. Yolles has developed a theory of Knowledge Cybernetics that delivers a new ontology and a dynamic modelling approach. Schwartz’s results have been merged into this, resulting in a new theory dynamic theory of culture quite distinct from Hofstede’s level theory.

The Role of Business Model Development in the Ex-Post Creation of Online Entrepreneurial Opportunity

2017 ◽  
pp. 818-842
Author(s):  
İpek Koçoğlu ◽  
Ali E. Akgun ◽  
Halit Keskin
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunity ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Online Entrepreneurs ◽  
Business Model Development

This research aims to tap into the largely opaque origins of opportunities in the online context by exploring the role of business model development as a key for the creation and configuration of the mental and social infrastructure necessary for the emergence of online entrepreneurial opportunity. Tracing the sources of online entrepreneurial opportunity reveals that successful online entrepreneurs claim to proactively manage their environment in terms of unfolding actions which result in the enactment and creation of entrepreneurial opportunities. Based on this real life contention and the emerging view of entrepreneurial opportunity, this chapter aims to achieve a deeper understanding on the creation of online opportunities through a quantitative study empirically testing the link between business model development and online entrepreneurial opportunity as creation in order to shed light on how business model generation shapes the way entrepreneurs socially co-create opportunities in the online context.

Mining Hidden Association Rules from Real-Life Data

2010 ◽  
pp. 168-184
Author(s):  
Marco-Antonio Balderas Cepeda
Keyword(s):  
Association Rules ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Network Intrusion ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Rule Sets ◽  
Active Research

Association rule mining has been a highly active research field over the past decade. Extraction of frequency-related patterns has been applied to several domains. However, the way association rules are defined has limited people’s ability to obtain all the patterns of interest. In this chapter, the authors present an alternative approach that allows us to obtain new kinds of association rules that represent deviations from common behaviors. These new rules are called anomalous rules. To obtain such rules requires that we extract all the most frequent patterns together with certain extension patterns that may occur very infrequently. An approach that relies on anomalous rules has possible application in the areas of counterterrorism, fraud detection, pharmaceutical data analysis and network intrusion detection. They provide an adaption of measures of interest to our anomalous rule sets, and we propose an algorithm that can extract anomalous rules as well. Their experiments with benchmark and real-life datasets suggest that the set of anomalous rules is smaller than the set of association rules. Their work also provides evidence that our proposed approach can discover hidden patterns with good reliability.

Hatching Tech Companies for a Living

2011 ◽  
pp. 273-290
Author(s):  
Paulo Rupino da Cunha ◽  
Paulo Santos
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Cellular Phone ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Acting In Concert ◽  
Practical Recommendations

We describe a proven process to foster the creation of technology-based services, products, and companies. We start by explaining how various stakeholders—a university,an innovation and technology transfer institute, and private and public client organizations—acting in concert, create multiple opportunities for the application of technology to real-world problems, and how some of those projects originate spin-offs. We then present a real-life example of one such company that develops software for mobile applications. It spun-off from a project with a big cellular phone service provider in 2001, incubated for three years at the institute, and moved out in 2004. Its revenues continue to grow at a rate of 30% each year. We draw on our experience in assisting the creation of 70 technology-based start-ups to provide practical recommendations and point out key success factors.

scholarly journals The Importance of Realism, Character, and Genre: How Theatre Can Support the Creation of Likeable Sociable Robots

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise LePage
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Romantic Comedy ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Narrative Studies ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Carry Over ◽  
And Robotics

AbstractStage plays, theories of theatre, narrative studies, and robotics research can serve to identify, explore, and interrogate theatrical elements that support the effective performance of sociable humanoid robots. Theatre, including its parts of performance, aesthetics, character, and genre, can also reveal features of human–robot interaction key to creating humanoid robots that are likeable rather than uncanny. In particular, this can be achieved by relating Mori's (1970/2012) concept of total appearance to realism. Realism is broader and more subtle in its workings than is generally recognised in its operationalization in studies that focus solely on appearance. For example, it is complicated by genre. A realistic character cast in a detective drama will convey different qualities and expectations than the same character in a dystopian drama or romantic comedy. The implications of realism and genre carry over into real life. As stage performances and robotics studies reveal, likeability depends on creating aesthetically coherent representations of character, where all the parts coalesce to produce a socially identifiable figure demonstrating predictable behaviour.

scholarly journals Methylation of GPLs in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium

2004 ◽  
Vol 186 (20) ◽  
pp. 6792-6799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dharshini Jeevarajah ◽  
John H. Patterson ◽  
Ellen Taig ◽  
Tobias Sargeant ◽  
Malcolm J. McConville ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Mycobacterium Avium ◽  
Mycobacterium Smegmatis ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Methyltransferase Activity ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Creation

ABSTRACT Several species of mycobacteria express abundant glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) on the surfaces of their cells. The GPLs are glycolipids that contain modified sugars including acetylated 6-deoxy-talose and methylated rhamnose. Four methyltransferases have been implicated in the synthesis of the GPLs of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium. A rhamnosyl 3-O-methytransferase and a fatty acid methyltransferase of M. smegmatis have been previously characterized. In this paper, we characterize the methyltransferases that are responsible for modifying the hydroxyl groups at positions 2 and 4 of rhamnose and propose the biosynthetic sequence of GPL trimethylrhamnose formation. The analysis of M. avium genes through the creation of specific mutants is technically difficult; therefore, an alternative approach to determine the function of putative methyltransferases of M. avium was undertaken. Complementation of M. smegmatis methyltransferase mutants with M. avium genes revealed that MtfC and MtfB of the latter species have 4-O-methyltransferase activity and that MtfD is a 3-O-methyltransferase which can modify rhamnose of GPLs in M. smegmatis.

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