The effect of combined stresses on the fatigue resistance of longitudinal fillet weldments in T-1 steel

This is to report on the research performed to investigate the effect of combined stresses on the fatigue resistance of longitudinal fillet weldments

Simulating spectral images of natural waters and submerged objects from a bird’s-eye view

This is the final version. Available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. We describe a new approach to modelling two-dimensional ‘bird's-eye’ images of natural waters, sensitive to the spectral absorption and scattering over the visual range. Constructed using the mathematical framework of invariant imbedding to efficiently and economically resolve the associated radiative transfer equations, this method provides a fast routine to build physically accurate simulations. We characterise the quality of the water through surface chlorophyll content, instead of the traditional Jerlov water types. Simulations of ‘Macbeth’ colour identification chart at different depths are compared with real, hyperspectral images recorded in a tank.Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Qineti

United States Bureau of Mines Bulletin 608

From Introduction: "This paper describes tests of catalysts for the oxidation of hydrocarbons in a microcatalytic reactor.

Toleration and Compassion: a Conceptual Comparison

This paper aims to explore a currently under-developed conceptual comparison between toleration and compassion. The paper clarifies the meaning of toleration and compassion, highlights a few misconceptions regarding both concepts, and describes the often overlooked differences and similarities between them. As to toleration, it entails making adverse judgement about another, having reasons to harm another, and not acting on those reasons. As to compassion, it entails witnessing the suffering of another and acting in order to alleviate this suffering. Building on these definitions, we find that both toleration and compassion can result from the same state of mind and be justified behind the ‘veil of ignorance’; both can result in the same behaviour – and be expressed simultaneously; both can be expressed by either acts or omissions; both can be exercised by the powerless; and both may be desirable under certain circumstances – yet both are not moral virtues, i.e. they are not inherently morally valuable