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Hine, Brooke A. "Growth and Deterioration." VCU Scholars Compass, 2004. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/929.

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I use porcelain clay because it allows me to focus on the subtle color shifts between white, beige, and gray. The forms I make in clay are associated with tangled roots, naked tree branches, hollow logs, and bones. I reveal this with a dense mass of curvilinear hollow forms that stack into a rhythmic linkage. They twist and turn, relying on gravity to dictate their structure within the installation. The ends of some are closed while others remain open to expose their interior. The tearing and perforations on the surface of each piece are employed to emphasize deterioration. In opposition to th
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Yu, Ji. "Railway trackbed deterioration." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37918/.

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In this thesis, the main objective is to identify the resilient deformation behaviour of rail trackbed especially in ballast and calculate the stress distribution. A purpose-designed three dimensional Finite Element railway trackbed model is presented in which linear elastic behaviour is assumed in all parts of the model. The study has also evaluated the effects of different variables including moving load magnitude, loading speed and stiffness of materials on stress conditions and deflections based. A comprehensive literature review on a wide background of railway trackbed has been carried ou
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O'Donnell, Johanna. "Predicting heart failure deterioration." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f7e51226-128b-44eb-8f6a-557f1d0c9a53.

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Chronic heart failure (HF) is a condition that affects more than 900,000 people in the UK. Mortality rates associated with the condition are high, with nearly 20% of patients dying within one year of diagnosis. Continuous monitoring and risk stratification can help identify patients at risk of deterioration and may consequently improve patients' likelihood of survival. Current repeated-measure risk stratification techniques for HF patients often rely on subjective perception of symptoms, such as breathlessness, and markers of fluid retention in the body (e.g. weight). Despite the common use of
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Kendall, Michaela. "Particulate pollution and stone deterioration." Thesis, Middlesex University, 1998. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13410/.

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The soiling and damage of building surfaces may be enhanced by particulate air pollution, reducing the aesthetic value and lifetimes of historic buildings and monuments. This thesis focuses on the deposition of atmospheric particulate material to building surfaces and identifies potential sources of this material. It also identifies environmental factors influencing two deterioration effects: surface soiling and black crust growth. Two soiling models have been compared to assess their effectiveness in predicting the soiling rates of two materials - stone and wood - in five cities in Europe. An
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Zwebek, A. I. "Combined Cycle Performance Deterioration Analysis." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2002. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10462.

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Combined cycles are subject to degradations and hence performance deterioration. According to the author's survey nothing was found in the open literature on this subject. Therefore, it was anticipated that it would be of great achievement if a tool for analysing and diagnosing the deterioration of combined cycle could be produced. So this thesis presents a procedure for combined cycle performance analysis and fault diagnostic by way of simulation. l order to accomplish this task successfully it was necessary to developed two pieces of software. These are STEAMOMATCH for steam cycle performanc
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Liu, Yawen. "Prediction of pavement surface deterioration." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48275/.

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Prediction of pavement performance is important to pavement engineers. Pavement surface deterioration is a dynamic and complicated process. Moisture damage and fatigue are considered as two major causes of pavement deterioration. During a pavement’s service life, the presence of water can lead to loss of stiffness and strength of the asphalt pavement structure. Apart from that, the presence of water can accelerate the propagation and severity of already existing distress. High tensile strain at the bottom of an asphalt layer results fatigue cracking in a pavement. The goal of this research was
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Monavari, Benyamin. "SHM-based structural deterioration assessment." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132660/1/Benyamin%20Monavari%20Thesis.pdf.

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This research has successfully developed an effective methodology to detect and locate deterioration as well as estimate its severity in the presence of environmental and operational (E&O) variations and high level of measurement noise. It developed a novel data normalization procedure to diminish the E&O variations and high level of noise content; and developed thirteen time-series based deterioration indicators to detect deterioration. The proposed methods were verified utilising measured data from different numerically simulated case studies and laboratory tests, and their efficiency is dem
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Suntaranond, Suphap. "Processes influencing deterioration in stored seeds." Title page, contents and summary only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs958.pdf.

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Fairbrass, Sheila Ann. "Surface deterioration of poly(vinyl chloride)." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322083.

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Strong, Neil. "Fungal deterioration of sawn softwood lumber." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285528.

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The colonisation of freshly sawn Corsican pine lumber by sapstain and mould fungi was investigated at a sawmill in Hampshire, UK. Three repeat trials encompassing the different seasons of the year were carried out over two years. Results show that fungal colonisation of sawn lumber is dependent on the effect of time of year. Sawlogs were stored for different intervals up to 16 weeks before conversion to boards. Boards were then stored for up to 12 weeks after milling and sampled every 4 weeks to determine the effect of timber ageing on fungal colonisation up to 28 weeks after felling. The meta
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Lydersen, Stian. "Reliability testing based on deterioration measurements." Doctoral thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for matematiske fag, 1988. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-24391.

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In traditional reliability life testing and accelerated life testing, usally only the failure mode and the lifetime upon failure or censoring, are recorded. The information obtained from such testing may be signicantly improved by aslo recording one or more measures of deterioration, such as wear depth, crack length, leakage rate, etc. Failure occurs when a measure of deterioration, or a combination of them, reach a critical value. This approach calls for refined reliability models and estimation techniqes. Established derministic models for some physical deterioration mechanisms are described
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Venkatasamy, R. "Mechanisms of bacterial deterioration of wood." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1988. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234521.

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Ercisli, Safak. "Development of Enhanced Pavement Deterioration Curves." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56599.

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Modeling pavement deterioration and predicting the pavement performance is crucial for optimum pavement network management. Currently only a few models exist that incorporate the structural capacity of the pavements into deterioration modeling. This thesis develops pavement deterioration models that take into account, along with the age of the pavement, the pavement structural condition expressed in terms of the Modified Structural Index (MSI). The research found MSI to be a significant input parameter that affects the rate of deterioration of a pavement section by using the Akaike Information
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Morcous, George. "Case-based reasoning for modeling bridge deterioration." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0011/NQ59227.pdf.

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De, Almeida Rodrigues Andreia. "Concrete deterioration due to sulfide-bearing aggregates." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/26812.

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Dans la région de Trois-Rivières (Québec, Canada), plus de 1 000 bâtiments résidentiels et commerciaux montrent de graves problèmes de détérioration du béton. Les problèmes de détérioration sont liés à l'oxydation des sulfures de fer incorporés dans le granulat utilisé pour la confection du béton. Ce projet de doctorat vise à mieux comprendre les mécanismes responsables de la détérioration de béton incorporant des granulats contenant des sulfures de fer, et ce afin de développer une méthodologie pour évaluer efficacement la réactivité potentielle de ce type de granulats. Un examen pétrographiq
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Astruc, Salud. "A prevention of significant deterioration case study." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09052009-040712/.

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Thorpe, G. Leigh. "Identifying and predicting deterioration during psychotherapeutic interventions." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2160/.

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The literature review critically evaluated research articles focusing on deterioration in psychotherapy published since a watershed review by Mohr (1995). This review adopted the recommendations made by Mohr (1995) as a framework for the literature. A total of 28 studies were identified and reviewed using a quality rating system derived from Mohr's recommendations according to the extent to which these recommendations were implemented in the identified studies. The review yielded a higher average rate of deterioration (9-17%) in comparison with Mohr's review (5-10%). It was concluded that rese
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SILVA, Rodrigo Bernardo da. "A Bayesian approach for modeling stochastic deterioration." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2010. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/5610.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T17:40:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo720_1.pdf: 2087569 bytes, checksum: 4e440439e51674690e086dbc501c7a58 (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010<br>Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico<br>A modelagem de deterioracão tem estado na vanguarda das analises Bayesianas de confiabilidade. As abordagens mais conhecidas encontradas na literatura para este proposito avaliam o comportamento da medida de confiabilidade ao longo do tempo a luz dos dados empiricos
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Dimitriadi, Rafaela. "Willy Loman's Deterioration : From a Psychoanalytical Perspective." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-29706.

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This essay will analyze the protagonist of Arthur Miller’s, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, from a psychoanalytical perspective. The purpose is to establish the reason for his suicide. The thesis is that Willy Loman seems to have developed a narcissistic and borderline personality disorder and as a consequence his mentality was affected and that led him to commit suicide. Willy Loman is a self-centered man who has an obsession with success both as a salesman but also as a husband and a father, in such a way that his mental health is questioned. This suggests that his final decision to commit
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O'Leary, Jessica A. "Recognising paediatric deterioration in a simulated environment." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84892/1/Jessica_O%27Leary_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis examined the impact of high fidelity patient simulation on paediatric critical care nurses' self-efficacy and knowledge for recognising and responding to paediatric deterioration. This research highlights the positive effect simulation education can have on nursing learning outcomes which may influence patient safety through the timely recognition and management of the deteriorating child.
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CASARI, Nicola. "Modeling approaches for gas turbine deterioration analysis." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2478784.

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Nonostante le turbine a gas siano una comune fonte di energia sia per applicazioni stazionarie che per il campo aeronautico, l’effetto della presenza di particolato nell’aria processata `e un aspetto che `e stato spesso sottostimato nella letteratura. Le particelle presenti nell’aria possono risultare, a seguito dell’impatto con le superfici bagnate dal flusso, in una variazione di geometria e comportare una riduzione delle performance o piuttosto della vita utile della macchina. Sabbia o, in generale, altri tipi di contaminant possono causare erosione o deposizione sia nelle sezioni fre
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LeBoeuf, Leighton Lee Jr. "Investigation of rabid low temperature depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate : a novel approach." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8588.

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Ondrá‘sik, Martin. "Some thermodynamics of pore water in rock deterioration." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/MQ30923.pdf.

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Habel, Simon G. "An assessment of Heysen Trail wear and deterioration /." Title page, table of contents and summary only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envh113.pdf.

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Singh, Grewal M. "Gas Turbine Engine Performance Deterioration Modelling and Analysis." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1988. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8068.

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In-service performance deterioration of gas turbine engines can be identified, at the engine module level, in terms of reductions in the component mass flow and the efficiency. Continued operation of a deteriorated gas turbine is (i) uneconomical and (ii) unsafe. Timely identification of the faults and ensuing maintenance could prevent both. Gas Path Analysis is a technique to establish the current performance level of the gas turbines and identify the faulty modules. Computer models can predict the off_design performance of gas turbines by aero-thermo-dynamically matching the engine component
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Griffin, Isobel Margaret. "Deterioration mechanisms of historic cement renders and concrete." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8104.

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Since the introduction of Portland cement in the early nineteenth century the number of buildings constructed from concrete or using cement mortars and renders has grown exponentially, and cement is one of the most common building materials in use today. Consequently a significant proportion of the built heritage contains cementitious materials. The relative youth of these buildings means that less research has been undertaken to understand how and why they deteriorate than for traditional buildings, and that the development of appropriate conservation methods and techniques is less advanced.
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Luxton, William Booth. "The exposure and deterioration of granitic building stone." Thesis, Middlesex University, 1997. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/10167/.

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The study of building stone decay is a field of increasing impOliance. Many previous studies have focused on limestone, and recently on sandstone. These studies can provide information on the spatial and temporal distribution of weathering forms and the degree of impact of polluted urban atmospheres. Several of these schemes rely on subjective visual appraisal by the examiner, which is unreliable and prone to measurement error. To counter these problems, and address the relative paucity of studies on granitic building stone, a novel semi-quantitative measure of rock quality was created. The cr
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RUNGTHONGBAISUREE, Somkiat. "FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON CORROSION DETERIORATION OF STEEL STRUCTURES." Kyoto University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/138450.

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Johansson, Anna. "Air pollution and paper deterioration : causes and remedies /." Göteborg : Göteborg university, Department of chemistry, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb376268384.

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Nicholson, Dawn Theresa. "Deterioration of excavated rockslopes : mechanisms, morphology and assessment." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2000. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/334/.

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Results are reported of laboratory simulated weathering processes on a range of sedimentary rocks and the investigation of the deterioration of rock masses as observed on engineered and quarried rockslopes. The simulated weathering processes include freeze-thaw, wetting and drying, salt weathering and slaking. It is found that the rock properties of pore volume, saturation coefficient and microporosity exert greatest influence on susceptibility to breakdown. For stronger rocks it is found that durability correlates well with high strength and elasticity. A range of rock flaws visible in hand s
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Sultana, Masuda. "Assessment and Modelling Deterioration of Flood Affected Pavements." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367367.

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The efficiency of the road management system is increasingly challenged due to the frequent occurrences of extreme weather events, such as intense heavy rainfall, cyclones and flooding. The unpredictable events such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the USA (2005), extreme flooding in January 2011 in South-East Queensland, Cyclones Oswald (2013) and Marcia (2015) in Queensland had severe impacts upon the road infrastructure. These roads are now subject to a wider range of climatic conditions over their service life than was originally anticipated during their design. To date, no deterioration
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Cox, Diane Marie 1968. "Category and attribute knowledge deterioration in Alzheimer's Disease." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278124.

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Changes associated with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in the association cortices of temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes of the brain, result in significantly impaired performance of AD subjects on tests of semantic memory. The most prevalent theory regarding the deterioration of semantic memory is that it is a bottom-up process. That is, the knowledge of attributes becomes lost or inaccessible prior to the knowledge of categories. Previous research of this theory has resulted in conflicting results. The purpose of this study was to test further the theory, while taking into account task diffic
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Harris, Norma Patricia. "Preparing Novice Nurses for Early Recognition Acute Deterioration." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6039.

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Hospitalized patients increasingly present with complex health issues that place them at risk for acute patient deterioration (APD). Novice nurses are ill-equipped with the critical clinical skills to function competently in recognizing APD, placing patients at risk for negative health outcomes. This project addressed the need to educate novice nurses to recognize APD and answered the project focused questions that asked if an educational intervention with high-fidelity simulation (HFS) would improve nurse knowledge and clinical confidence in recognizing APD. Benner's novice-to-expert and the
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Won, Chee-Youb. "Depolymerization of nylon 6,6 in the presence of phase transfer catalyst." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8707.

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Argyropoulos, Dimitris S. "Synthesis and degradation of model network polymers." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=72032.

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Theoretical expressions essentially based on the Flory-Stockmayer statistics of gelation were experimentally examined for their applicability beyond the gel point. By studying the crosslinking process of a polyester network formed from 1,3,5-benzenetriacetic acid and 1,10-decamethylene glycol beyond the gel point, the validity of the expressions was quantitatively confirmed, and their limitations were delineated.<br>On stepwise degradation of a similar network, increasingly large soluble fractions were obtained at each step, and their weight-average molecular weights increased as the degelatio
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Asiedu, Ernest Assah. "The response of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) seeds differing in seed coat colour to storage and reduced water availability during germination." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1995. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU482662.

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These studies were conducted to determine the response of cowpea cultivars differing in seed coat colour to storage and reduced water availability during germination, and to relate these to the chemical composition of their seed coats. Seeds of five cowpea cultivars were stored under simulated tropical conditions (30&deg;C/75.5% r.h.) for 6 months, subjected to accelerated ageing (40&deg;C/100% r.h.) for 6 days or controlled deterioration (40&deg;C/20% m.c.) for 4 days. Unpigmented seeds showed more rapid deterioration which was revealed by low germinations, high leachate conductivity and poor
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Zou, Tao. "Non-Destructive Bridge Deck Condition Assessment with a Probability-Based Deterioration Threshold." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49384.

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Deterioration of bridge decks is an ongoing problem faced by transportation agencies across the country. In past decades, Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) techniques, capable of detecting various deteriorations types, e.g., cracking, delamination and reinforcing steel corrosion, have emerged. These techniques generate large amounts of data representing different underlying physics, (decibels for ground penetrating radar and volts for half-cell potential), making data interpretation and comparison difficult for bridge owners and practitioners. The deterioration threshold, or the transition betw
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Syverud, Elisabet. "Axial Compressor Performance Deterioration and Recovery through Online Washing." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-2080.

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<p>Gas turbine performance deterioration can negatively affect overall production capacity of power plants and cause major economic losses. Gas turbines deteriorate from fouling in the compressor section, and online washing is often applied to recover their performance. The success of online washing depends on site-specific issues, and current systems are inconsistent in use and their effectiveness is difficult to test. The objective of this work is to determine the fundamental mechanisms of axial compressor performance deterioration and recovery through online washing.</p><p>Empirical data fr
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Welte, Thomas. "Deterioration and Maintenance Models for Components in Hydropower Plants." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Productions and Quality Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-2205.

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Akoglu, Alp Osman. "Archaeometric Investigations Of Stone Deterioration In Kalecik (ankara) Castle." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614224/index.pdf.

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Kalecik Castle is an important historical building. However, dacitic building stone sed is deteriorating mainly because of atmospheric conditions. The purpose of this tudy is to understand the deterioration mechanisms affecting the dacitic stones used n the castle&rsquo<br>s walls. To achieve this purpose various arhaeometrical methods such as etrography, X-ray diffraction analyses, analyses for determining physical poperties density, porosity, and water absorption capacities), ultrasonic velocity easurements and some mechanical tests are used. The results of this study show that the deteriora
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McCormack, Katrina. "The deterioration of concrete by heterothrophic bacteria and fungi." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2001. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/20212/.

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The aim of this investigation was to design and develop a novel decontamination process for concrete, which could harness the deteriorative effect of various microorganisms found within the natural environment by a process known as biodecontamination. Whilst the majority of existing research into concrete deterioration has focused on the effect of sulphur or nitrogen bacteria, this study has investigated the effect of the lesser documented heterotrophic bacteria and fungi on concrete deterioration, and their possible use within a biodecontamination system. A number of heterotrophic bacteria an
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Shetty, Navilkumar. "System reliability of fixed offshore structures under fatigue deterioration." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/7581.

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Itoh, Yoshito, Haosheng Gu, Kazuya Satoh, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto. "Long-term Deterioration of High Damping Rubber Bridge Bearing." 土木学会, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/7459.

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Mubaraki, Muhammad. "Predicting deterioration for the Saudi Arabia Urban Road Network." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2010. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11171/.

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Pavements represent an important infrastructure to all countries. In Saudi Arabia, huge investments have been made in constructing a large network. This network requires great care through conducting periodic evaluation and timely maintenance to keep the network operating under acceptable level of service. Pavement distress prediction and pavement condition prediction models can greatly enhance the capabilities of a pavement management system. These models allow pavement authorities to predict the deterioration of the pavements and consequently determine the maintenance needs and activities, p
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Louvros, Dimitrios. "Investigation of the reliability deterioration of ageing marine structures." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8470.

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In the present work, an investigation of the fatigue life benefits emerging from fillet weld geometries optimization has been carried out. At first, an introduction to ageing mechanisms, corrosion and especially fatigue, acting on operating marine structures has been made. Residual stresses at weld toes, stress modes, and types, geometrical factors (weld angle, toe radius, leg length), welding techniques selected, post-welding treatment and plate‟s material are some of the principal factors affecting the fatigue life of a fillet weld joint. Especially, the accuracy of various approaches in fat
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Isiklar, Ali Gungor. "An analysis of Turkish-American relations improvement or deterioration." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3835.

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Turkish-American relations date back to the 1800s; however, they were far from well developed and did not solidify until the end of World War II. After an alliance of fifty years, the Second Iraq War indicated doomsday scenarios in terms of U.S.-Turkish relations in the minds of many scholars. The Turkish Parliament's rejection of the proposal of a second Turkish front for American troops in Northern Iraq, as well as, the July 4 incident in Sulaymaniyah in 2003, froze the dynamics of the relations. Yet, when the history of the relations from the end of World War II until 2003 is examine
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Bull, Simon. "Study of post-harvest physiological deterioration in transgenic Cassava." Thesis, University of Bath, 2011. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544507.

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Ciccarelli, Gregory Alan. "Early warning of patient deterioration in the inpatient setting." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100870.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-166).<br>Early signs of patient deterioration have been documented in the medical literature. Recognition of such signs offers the possibility of treatment with sufficient lead time to prevent irreversible organ damage and death. Pediatric hospitals currently utilize simple, human evaluated rubrics called early warning scores to detect early signs of patient deterioration. These scores comprise
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Hann, Alistair. "Multi-parameter monitoring for early warning of patient deterioration." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670068.

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Isiklar, Ali Grungor. "An analysis of Turkish-American relations improvement or deterioration /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Dec/08Dec%5FIsiklar.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Europe and Eurasia))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Abenheim, Donald. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 29, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116). Also available in print.
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