... with a lower value of α but a non-zero β Thus, we tested the performance of our model on the reading of a corpus of text typical of that used in reading experiments at a range of reasonable non-regressive ... Figure 3: Mean number of timesteps taken to read a sentence and (natural) log probability of the true identity of the sentence ‘Accuracy’ for a range of values of α and β Values of α are not labeled, ... grained scale In this paper, we present a new rational model of eye movementcontrol in reading, the central assumption of which is that eye movement decisions are made to obtain noisy visual information,...
... devices is one of the major developments in the field of therapeutics In addition to controlled release mechanisms accom- 188 10 Selected Examplesof New Applications Fig 10.4 Percentage of released ... Dextran esters of ketoprofen, diclofenac, ibuprofen and fenoprofen have been studied, showing that the dextran ester prodrug approach provides selective colon delivery systems of drugs possessing ... name Number of publications (last years) Journal of Membrane Science Journal of Applied Polymer Science Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy Biomaterials Polymer Cellulose Journal of Controlled...
... interruptions Of course, the kind of inability to inhibit responses characteristic of the frontal lobe patient is well outside the range of ordinary experiences of loss of self -control; when ... losses of self -control within the normal range of human experiences also reflect losses of, or weaknesses in the mechanisms of, inhibitory control Such losses could come about in a variety of ways: ... the absence of neurological injury What sense of ‘‘self’’ is at issue in the question concerning the unity of our behavior? The self in question is the self of self -control Now, self -control is...
... reached two out of five mothers at least twice and just over half of all primary school children at least twice • 83% of coverage included tips on food hygiene, 83% included mentions of the schools ... who would campaign in favour of the amendment and table it on the floor of the House of Commons This included drafting speeches used in the House during the passage of the Bill • Identifying and ... practice • To encourage the teaching of food safety in the classroom • To raise awareness of and encourage basic food hygiene practice within the target group of 7-11 year olds Solution • Commission...
... the development of solution concepts 12 99 Examplesof pneumatic applications Examplesof pneumatic applications Examples are provided by problem solutions that have been taken out of their complex ... higher Fig 1: Collections ofexamples are not a modern invention The purpose ofexamples is above all to stimulate the imagination of engineers and provide suggestions of ways to find high-quality ... question of the right degree of automation Too much automation can soon prove costly! The degree of automation is the quotient of the sum of the weighted automated functions and the sum of the...
... promoted the development of applied mathematics On the other hand, from the control theory point of view, the Lurie control system actually proposed the concept of robust controlof nondeterministic ... nonlinear controls) from the classical control theory (mainly based on timeinvariant linear controls) leading to, in particular, the development of a new and important control area; robust control ... demanding of optimal computation has made it possible to relate it to the idea of the absolute stability of the Lurie control system Following this, a new concept of the absolute stability of neural...
... is the calculation of the rms value of the current error which, of course, is related to the energy of the error and, therefore, to the dynamic performance of the current controller Differently ... versions [13] of the deadbeat controller, this delay is reduced by sampling the control variables and executing the control routines twice in a modulation period The turn-on and turnoff times of the ... also ensures the controlof the mutual phase of the modulation pulses All of these provisions have allowed a substantial improvement in the performance of the hysteresis current controller, as...
... SurGe software there is an elevation model of mount Shasta in Northern California 74 Fig 5.7: Digital elevation model of mount Shasta in Northern California 5.8 Construction of model grid One of ... layer thickness maps and volume calculations One of the most important applications of SurGe in my profession are projects of geological models of underground gas storages (UGS) in the Czech Republic ... After more than three-years of publication through the medium of Internet WWW pages (see [13]) and through the medium of more than 300 software distributors (see List of selected SurGe distributors...
... Simulation of a Model of the F8 Aircraft The purpose of this example is to illustrate the effects of multiple saturations on the directions of the controls and consequently on the response of the control ... property of the new control structure, is that the saturation does not alter either the direction of the control vector or the magnitude of the controls Thus, if the compensator inverts part of the ... illustration of four different control directions u' l , u' 2, u"1, " which are mapped at only two directions u' and u" U2 ooo1 1u' l It U' q'1 Figure 2.2: Examplesofcontrol directions at the input of...
... at the exit of the heater 2.5 Modes ofcontrol 2.5.1 On/off control The on/off control algorithm is trivial in terms of its mathematical expression; however, it is applicable to many control situations ... Elements, Modes, Techniques, and Design of Process Control 33 Override control: A control scheme where one controller will take controlof another controller’s final control element under certain configured ... Glossary Analog control: Controlof a variable over a continuous range ofcontrol action (e.g., 0–100% valve position) Bias: A constant added to result of a calculation Cascade control: Control in...
... placement of each postal code on a separate line and the presentation of “EDITOR OF THE WENTWORTH NEWS” on the envelope and the inclusion of “Kim Rogers” in the heading of the letter E Proportion of ... etc.) are controlled • the formats of an envelope and a business letter are consistently applied Proportion of error to length and complexity of response must be considered Excellent E Proficient ... situation of being appreciative of the work of an animal shelter in caring for lost or abandoned pets While nearly all students referenced the “services” offered by the shelter, the role of volunteers,...
... regression test of any of these three variables can roughly mark the movements of the cold front events The identified movements of the cold fronts and associ‐ ated flagging of “good records” ... Tmax of 88 for May in the hourly time series, thus 88 oF appears to be an outlier On May a high of 85 oF is recorded for the PM station observation interval, in which the value of the afternoon of ... % of the data for most of the area at f=3 The spatial patterns of the fraction of the flagged records not coincide with the spatial pattern of return period For example, the southeast part of...
... benefits of lowering TB–HIV coinfections may underestimate the benefits of DOTS coverage but avoid the risk of double-counting the costs of TB and HIV To a large extent, the benefits of TB -control ... identify the effect of poor health from those of a shorter planning horizon imposed by higher mortality rates, but they provide a carefully estimated set of estimates of the impact of mortality on ... income elasticity of VSL of one and starting from the U.S VSL of $6.1 million (associated with a U.S real per capita GDP in 2004 of roughly $40,000), we can compute the VSL of India (with real...
... (spoligotyping) takes advantage of the properties of the direct repeat (DR) region of the M tb complex genome The DR region consists of a number of copies of repeated sequences consisting of 36 base pairs (bp) ... EDITION Mission Statement, New York City Bureau of Tuberculosis Control The mission of the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control (BTBC) is to prevent the spread of tuberculosis and eliminate it as a public ... few years, approximately 32% of TB cases were residents of Queens, 32% of Brooklyn, 20% of Manhattan and 16% of the Bronx; these numbers include some 18 to 30 inmates of correctional facilities...
... I used the first edition of The Little Book of Semaphores along with one of the standard textbooks, and I taught Synchronization as a concurrent thread for the duration of the course Each week ... number of events, and any kind of relationship (before, during, after) Computer programmers are often concerned with synchronization constraints, which are requirements pertaining to the order of ... is not a successful solution of the synchronization problem In this case, the error is obvious, but often the possibility of deadlock is more subtle We will see more examples later 16 3.3 Basic...
... ARMS CONTROL 5.1 The applicability of rules of international law to the law of arms control 5.2 The law of arms control and the laws of war Chapter - Special characteristics of the law of arms control ... impact of WW I on arms control 4.4 The legality of war and the emergence of substantive arms control law 11 11 PART I THE LAW OF ARMS CONTROL Chapter system - The place of the law of arms control ... field of arms control 16 16 21 23 27 29 33 vii THE LAW OF ARMS CONTROL: DEFINITION 4.1 The law of arms control as a special branch of international law 4.2 The substantive law of arms control...
... 3901 controlof glycolysis [2,36,37], was seen to play no significant role in terms of flux control in these models Flux -control coefficients represent the extent to which the flux through one step of ... important control properties of biochemical pathways are quite robust to small changes in the kinetic parameters of their constituent enzymes [29], consistent with the expectations of metabolic control ... quickly to pathological levels (> 100 mM) method of controlling glycolytic response achievable by coordinated regulation of enzyme expression Controlof glycolytic flux in the model systems All the...
... and rates of failure The illustrative description of the development of a new generation of materials and devices capable of specific biological interactions to improve reconstruction of the spine ... Percutaneous Disc Decompression 27 weeks of conservative care (100) At six months, 29% of the APLD group, after removal of a mean of 2.1 g of nuclear content, and 80% of the microdiscectomy group experienced ... reconstitution of diseased spinal segments are at the heart of this new reference text: Spinal Reconstruction: Clinical Examplesof Applied Basic Science, Biomechanics and Engineering Improvement of these...