Functionality, degraded

Failure severity The degree of functional degradation of equipment usually noted through deficient performance categorized by die terms catastrophic, degraded, and incipient. ... 

Luteolysis The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum that occurs at the end of the luteal phase in the absence of pregnancy caused by the hormones prostaglandin-2(X and oxytocin. Communication between the corpus luteum and uterine endometrium is necessary for luteolysis. 

The aforementioned poly(aminoamides) can be subjected to additional derivatization reactions. Some potential reactions include reaction with epichlorohydrin (to generate reactive functionalities), degradation of the polyamide chain (for repulping purposes), reaction with Quat 188 (to add pendant quatemaiy ammonium groups to the polymer chain), and reaction with 1,3-dichloropropane (to increase the molecular weight and to crosslink the polymer). 

The goal of providing a decision area in decision making process is for the convenience of choosing the best maintenance method corresponding to the fault mode. As the majority of less important issues (such as simple function degradation) have been eliminated in the filter area, analysis in the decision area will be more specific and purposeful by contrast with the traditional RCM. Based on the RBI-based analysis of pipelines, different maintenance plans are worked out for pipelines... 

Normally, the active power of the AC-motor measured from the switchgear room and the baseline measurement allow the monitoring of all functional relevant parameters to verify readiness for function. Degradation or deviations in the function of the valve and the actuator with respect to upcoming failures can be detected in advance. If there are any indications of deviations from certain tolerances further parameters are measured in-situ like torque, stem thrust and the displacement of the worm gear. 

In general, the behavior of a module is composed of different aspects (also called behaviors or traits). As an example, one behavior could be the level of operation of the system (with states fully functional, degraded and failed), and another aspect could be the way in which the module is used as a spare within the overall, reconfigurable system (with states idle, used by subsysl, used by subsys2). Each such behavior corresponds to one dimension of the module s state space, and a possible combined state would be the tuple (degraded, used by subsys2). 

Functional degradable polymers via radical ring opening polymerization and click chemistry. Macromol. Ghem. Phys., 212, 2573. 

Electromi etic compatibility (EMC) The abihty of a product to coexist in its intended electromagnetic environment without causing or suffering functional degradation or damage. 

Functional Degradable Polymeric Materials Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization... 

Synthesis of Functional Degradable polyMMA-based Gels by ATRP in Miniemulsion... 

Conditions with the potential to functionally degrade the performance of safety systems and for which provisions have been made to retain the capability for performing safety functions (e.g. missile impact, pipe break, lire, loss of ventilation, spurious operation of fire suppression systems, operator error, failure in systems of different safety class) should be documented. 

Tsarevsky, N.V., Min, K., Jahed, N.M., Gao, H., Matyjaszewski, K. Functioned degradable polymeric materieds prepared by atom transfer radiced polymerization. In ACS Symposium Series, vol. 939. Degradable Polymers and Materials, pp. 184-200 (2006)... 

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