Search results for "FLEX"

Experimental assessment of the shield-to-salt-fog properties of basalt and glass fiber reinforced composites in cork core sandwich panels applications

2018

Abstract In this paper, the effect of salt-fog exposition on the mechanical behavior of sandwich panels having cork agglomerate core was investigated. In particular, the aim of this research work is to assess the shield function of unidirectional basalt and E-glass reinforced polymer on the aging and failure mechanism of the core when such class of material are destined to operate in hostile environments (e.g., marine environment). To do this, the manufactured sandwich panels were exposed up to 60 days to salt-fog environment, according to ASTM B 117 standard. Unaged and aged specimens were analyzed through three point bending tests after aging time of 10, 25 and 60 days. Digital Image Corr…

CREAPP K6-12: Tool to evaluate the creative potential of app oriented to the design of personal digital storytelling

2018

An instrument is presented that allows primary school teachers to evaluate the potentiality to develop creativity that have playful  online app K6-12 focused on the development of digital storytelling (DST), so they can select those that can be used in the classroom for that purpose. The instrument validated consists of 48 indicators associated with the six dimensions of the creativity: flexibility, originality, fluency, problem solving, elaboration of products and co-edition and dissemination. It was designed based on the opinions of experts in creativity and Information and Communication Technologies of the didactic field, theory of education and methodology; also with the assessments and…

Quantifying the thermo-mechanical impact of plume arrival on continental break-up

2013

Abstract The arrival of a plume head at Earth's continental lithosphere is often considered to be an important factor for continental break-up. However, the impact of plume impingement on strength and duration of a rift remains unclear. In this study, we quantify the mechanical and thermal influence of a plume (i.e. lithosphere erosion) on continental break-up. To do that we apply the three-dimensional numerical code SLIM3D that features realistic elasto-visco-plastic rheology. We model the thermo-mechanical response of a segment of Earth's lithosphere that is affected both by extension as well as plume-related lithosphere erosion in order to evaluate the influence on the overall force budg…

Dip Pen Lithography of oligonucleotides on flexible substrates for point-of-care malaria disease testing

2015

The first step for prevention and treatment of diseases is the accurate diagnosis. However, proper diagnostic technologies are not available in developing countries due to the lack of reliable electrical power, refrigeration and trained personnel. For this reason, there is an urgent need of low cost, rapid assays not requiring any external support. By coupling such technologies to communication infrastructures, healthcare in areas without access to medical personnel would be possible. “Paper” like substrates are ideal for fabricating such devices since they are cheap, easy to degradate after use and compatible with most of existing printing technologies [1]. We had previously shown the poss…

Le professionnel hautement qualifié et flexible dans la société de la connaissance

2009

09063; Rapport financé par le Conseil Régional de Bourgogne; La question centrale, fil conducteur de ce rapport, est la suivante : le diplômé de l'enseignement supérieur est-il "le professionnel hautement qualifié et flexible dans la société de la connaissance" ? Ce rapport de fin des travaux présente les principaux résultats de la recherche concernant la valorisation des compétences des diplômés européens de l'enseignement supérieur et la flexibilité sur les marchés du travail en mobilisant trois projets. L'enquête la plus récente, qui implique quinze pays d'Europe, fait l'objet du premier chapitre qui est centré sur l'analyse comparative des situations professionnelles et des perceptions …

Riconfigurazioni identitarie nei contesti urbani degradati: discontinuità e riflessività

2019

Che rilevanza ha il contesto territoriale nei percorsi biografici dei residenti? Che significato assumono in un determinato territorio i turning point, le discontinuità, gli eventi imprevisti che si verificano nella vita degli individui? E ancora, perché soggetti che nascono e vivono in ambienti degradati economicamente e culturalmente riescono a cambiare il corso della propria vita che sembrerebbe ripetersi con modalità abituali per altri consociati (familiari o residenti) con esiti di degrado personale o marginalità sociale? Nell’articolo, attraverso i dati di una ricerca si svilupperà la relazione che intercorre tra discontinuità biografiche e riflessività che nei turning point influenza…

Basic Sequences in the Dual of a Fréchet Space

2001

Banach spaces which are somewhat uniformly noncreasy

2003

AbstractWe consider a family of spaces wider than r-UNC spaces and we give some fixed point results in the setting of these spaces.

On the construction of Ljusternik-Schnirelmann critical values in banach spaces

1991

w h e r e f a n d g are functionals on a Banach space X, are considered in many papers. The existence theorems are based on the existence of a critical vector with respect to the manifold M,={xEX: f(x)=r}. Morse theory can often be used to obtain precise information about the behaviour of the functional close to the critical level. However, this would limit the study to Hilbert spaces and functions with nondegenerate critical points. These assumptions are not always satisfied in applications and are not rleeded when applying the Ljusternik--Schnirelmann theory. Therefore, Ljusternik--Schnirelmann theory has been widely used to study various nonlinear eigenvalue problems. Very general result…

Monotone Relations, Fixed Points and Recursive Definitions

2008

The paper is concerned with reflexive points of relations. The significance of reflexive points in the context of indeterminate recursion principles is shown.