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Materials Testing: Inside the Vascular Labyrinth

Catheters are used for various medical procedures, including addressing issues in a person's arterial network and urological conditions. They also deliver medical devices and treat conditions such as clogged arteries and irregular heartbeats. Testing for catheters includes tensile testing, lubricity testing, and usability/trackability testing.





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Compression Testing Fundamentals

Compression testing is key in materials science for evaluating how materials respond to compressive loads. It helps determine mechanical properties like stiffness, strength, and fatigue life. This overview covers the testing process, material properties, standards, applications, challenges, and best practices.




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Faro Announces Two New Global Sustainability Goals to Advance ESG Efforts

Company to reduce carbon footprint 25% by 2025, launch STEM scholarship program.




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Glass Transition Temperature of Polymeric Materials

The thermal properties of polymeric materials are important to the function of components and assemblies that will operate in cold or warm environments.




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IMTS 2016: Third-Largest Show For Registration And Exhibit Space, Also Showcased Highest Number Of Exhibitors In History

This show hosted the highest number of exhibiting companies ever (2,407). After move in, the building was 76 million pounds heavier.




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Nondestructive Testing Certification Mandatory for Individuals

NDT certification is essential for professionals in industries where material and structural integrity is critical. It demonstrates expertise and professionalism, benefiting individuals and organizations by improving career prospects, quality control, and compliance with industry standards.




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Materials Matter: The Science of Lightweighting in Aerospace

In aerospace, lightweighting is crucial for fuel efficiency, range, and emissions. Material analysis and technology advancements offer weight reduction without sacrificing performance or safety.





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Automation in Materials Testing

Materials testing is critical for the development and quality assurance of all products in the market, with some industries such as biomedical, aerospace, and automotive companies experiencing high volumes of testing throughput in addition to strict quality standards.




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Materials Testing: Getting It Right the First Time

Materials testing ensures quality by subjecting materials and products to controlled conditions to evaluate properties and behavior under stress. Learn how mechanical, physical, and chemical properties are evaluated to determine suitability for different applications.




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Understanding the Fundamentals of a Manufacturing ERP System

Manufacturing ERP software impacts every aspect of a business and enables automation and data-driven planning for operational efficiency, which is crucial for maintaining profitability in today's market.




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Compression Testing: How to Put the Squeeze on Materials for Quality Control

Quality control in manufacturing and engineering relies heavily on compression force testing to determine material strength, durability, and stability. This article highlights the key uses and equipment needed for such testing.




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Fundamentals Matter: Why GD&T Remains Essential in Modern Manufacturing

As emerging technologies like AI and robotics capture attention, foundational engineering principles remain crucial. Essential for innovation, these include material science and control theory. ASME’s Y14.5 Standard on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) is key for advanced manufacturing.




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Neurons Grow Faster When Muscles Exercise, MIT Study Reveals




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BWX Technologies To Acquire Specialty Materials Business From L3Harris Technologies

BWX Technologies [BWXT] has agreed to acquire a specialty materials and manufacturing business from L3Harris Technologies ’ [LHX] Aerojet Rocketdyne segment for $100 million. The Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee, Inc. (AOT) […]




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NGA’s Munsell Aligning CAIO Efforts Against Agency’s AI Goals

Advocating for and ensuring his agency is investing in artificial intelligence capabilities is the “strong hand” that Mark Munsell will wield as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) first AI chief […]




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Nov 18 - JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exhibition

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 18 (Mon), 9:00-16:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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Nov 17 - JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exhibition

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 17 (Sun), 9:00-19:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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Nov 16 - JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exhibition

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 16 (Sat), 9:00-19:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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BPI Launches a New Industry Professionals Website

After nine months in development, the new BPI Industry Professionals website is live.




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How to Future-Proof HVAC Systems to Meet Efficiency and Carbon Emission Goals

The major drivers of future-proofed HVAC systems are efficiency, resiliency, electrification, and grid-interactivity.




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HVAC Industry Helps Customers Reach Their ESG Goals

ESG funds are experiencing a record year, as more investors, such as pensions fund managers, are making it a top priority when deciding where to put their money.




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Contractors Attend ‘Build Your Operating Manuals’ Workshop with NEWS Columnist Al Levi

Leaders from five service contracting companies from the plumbing, heating and cooling, and electrical industry joined contributing NEWS columnist Al Levi at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix on November 15-16, 2017 for The 7-Power Contractor® Build Your Operating Manuals Program Workshop.




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Switching to Electric Boiler Helps B Corp Reach Goals

Companies are seeking more sustainable solutions for their facilities. In some cases, this change is driven by both philosophical and financial reasons.




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Using Hydronic Systems to Advance Sustainability Goals

Hydronic zone systems have proven themselves to be a sustainable heating and cooling option with a longer lifespan, and potential for cost savings.




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Take Care When Inspecting Compressor Terminals

When electrically inspecting or troubleshooting a compressor, you should always protect yourself against the possibility of terminal venting.




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Compressors Help Energy Users Achieve Their Sustainability Goals

End users are looking for more from their systems than just reliable cooling; they also want sustainable equipment that features better energy efficiency and low-GWP solutions. Several compressor manufacturers have happily obliged.




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COVID-19 Reveals Importance of UV-C in HVAC Industry

Can the type of ultraviolet light known as UV-C light kill the novel coronavirus? Manufacturers are not making that claim … yet.




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HVAC Contractors Put on Alert as Thieves Target Metals

Add “increased risk of theft” to the growing list of concerns HVAC contractors face as they grapple with a shortage of supplies and equipment. Both HVAC equipment and service vehicles prove prime targets for thieves.




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Trane Product Releases Aim to Help Customers Meet Decarbonization, Efficiency Goals

Trane introduces Thermal Battery™ Storage-Source Heat Pump System, Trane/Mitsubishi Electric HVRF, Versatile Axiom™ Water Source Heat Pumps, Next-Generation Precedent® Rooftop Units, and two enhanced air handlers. 




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Study Reveals Houston Leads the Globe in A/C Usage

A new survey released by Daikin studied the opinions and habits of more than 1,200 people from 12 cities across the globe when it comes to their a/c systems.




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Time to Consider Pascals for Static Pressure Measurements

Is it time for our industry to consider using pascals for static pressure measurements? What would the transition from inches of water column to pascals look like and how hard would it be?




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possible false positive for 'INDICATOR-SHELLCODE x86 setgid 0' can someone confirm

Posted by John via Snort-sigs on Oct 29

When I attempt to download the following xz file, my IPS blocks it with the below populating the snort log. I suspect
this is a false positive unless there is some code in the xz file that is truly malicious. Can someone with more
knowledge about the rule please comment?

Link to file that triggers the match:
http://fl.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org/armv7h/extra/qt5-base-5.15.15%2Bkde%2Br136-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz

Entry from snort log:...




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How Building Automation Aids ESG Goals

Building automation systems can boost heating and cooling efficiency by more than 20%.




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Re: LLMs and refusals

Posted by Jason Ross via Dailydave on Jul 25

It's likely this is going to happen anyway, the new Mistral just dropped
and seems to perform roughly on par with llama3 and gpt4o, so the next wave
of fine tuned versions like dolphin are almost certainly coming soon.

OpenAI also has announced free fine tuning of gpt4o mini until late
September (up to 2m tokens/day) so it may be possible to fine tune around
some of its guardrails for a reasonable cost.




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Re: LLMs and refusals

Posted by David Manouchehri via Dailydave on Jul 28

Breaking down a prompt into multiple steps works pretty well for us. e.g.
first we get generic mean reasons:

[image: image.png]

Then I just shove the mean reasons into the system message (you can do this
with another LLM call instead in real life, I just cheated by copy pasting
since there's already too many screenshots in this email):

[image: image.png]

This is with gpt-4o-2024-05-13 above, but you can see below it works with
Llama 3.1...




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Episode 61: Internals of GCC

This show takes a behind-the-scenes look at compilers and their inner workings, using the Gnu compiler collection (GCC) as an example. Arno interview Morgan Deters, covering all steps from the parsing of different programming languages to machine independenet optimizations and generating processor specific binary code.




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Episode 198: Wil van der Aalst on Workflow Management Systems

Recording Venue: WebEx Guest: Wil van der Aalst Robert Blumen interviews Professor Wil van der Aalst of the Technical University of Eindhoven, one of the world’s leading researchers in business process management and workflow systems. Professor van der Aalst leads off with an overview of the main concepts in the field business processes, business process […]




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Episode 446: Nigel Poulton on Kubernetes Fundamentals

Nigel Poulton, author of The Kubernetes Book and Docker Deep Dive, discusses Kubernetes fundamentals, why Kubernetes is gaining so much momentum, deploying an example app, and why Kubernetes is considered "the" Cloud OS.




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Episode 473: Mike Del Balso on Feature Stores

Mike Del Balso, co-founder of Tecton discusses Feature Stores which are data platforms to operationalize Machine Learning applications. He talks about challenges faced by teams in creating custom data pipelines to serve models in production...




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SE Radio 604: Karl Wiegers and Candase Hokanson on Software Requirements Essentials

Karl Wiegers, Principal Consultant with Process Impact and author of 14 books, and Candase Hokanson, Business Architect and PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner at ArgonDigital, speak with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about software requirements essentials. They explore five different parts of requirements engineering and how you can apply them to any ongoing project. Wiegers and Hokanson describe why requirements constantly change, how you can test that you're meeting them, and why the tools you have at hand are suitable to start straight away. They discuss the need for requirements in every software project and provide recommendations on how to gather, analyze, validate, and manage those requirements. Candase and Karl offer in-depth perspectives on a range of topics, including how to elicit requirements, speak with users, get to the source of the business or user goal, and create requirement sets, models, prototypes, and baselines. Finally, they look at specifications you can use, and how to validate, test, and verify them. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.






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Trials and tribulations

Trials and tribulations are events that cause suffering and pain.




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The essentials of automation applied to distribution systems via PLCs, SCADA, IEDs, and RTUs

Nowadays, it seems that everything we do tends to be somehow automated. The very same is happening in electrical distribution systems. The distribution system at the medium voltage (MV) or low voltage (LV) levels is designed using different structures such... Read more

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Voltage Drop Analysis and Calculation Essentials (MS Excel Sheet Bonus)

A voltage drop is the total amount of voltage loss that happens through all or part of an electric circuit due to impedance and other factors. The more the voltage drops in the system, the more negative impacts will likely... Read more

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The essentials of electrical systems in cement plants

Many young engineers consider cement plants pretty complicated because of their weird technology. The reason probably lies in the fact that you cannot understand all those technologies unless you worked in such a plant and saw all processes from scratch.... Read more

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Energy Efficency In Hospitals – Cogeneration (6)

Cogeneration is combined generation of heat and electricity. The advantage of cogeneration is that it enables the heat released by electricity generation to be used. The most well-known form of cogeneration is an electricity generator powered by an internal combustion... Read more

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Isolation power solutions for ultimate power availability, efficiency and safety in hospitals

Things are changing fast, really fast. Technology we used a few years ago is now obsolete, and if you take a look for a second – it’s always about power availability, efficiency, and safety. This technical article deals with Schneider... Read more

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The essentials of pumping, pump speed and flow rate control that engineers MUST know

Around twenty five percent of the energy that is consumed by electric motors worldwide is accounted for by pumping systems, and certain industrial facilities use anywhere from twenty-five to fifty percent of the total electrical energy available. There are significant... Read more

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