... the confined space ofthe pores will be characterized by the geometry ofthe environment ofthe active site (ED and ER ) and by the chemical composition ofthe environment (EP and EN ) Derouane ... framework atoms, but are partially delocalized through the bulk Thus when the size ofthe zeolite channels approaches the size ofthe confined molecule, the density ofthe most external molecular ... shortening ofthe fluorescent lifetimes, the observation of vibronic couplings, the appearance of room-temperature phosphorescence, andthe shift ofthe Raman peaks to lower vibration energy due to the...
... ofthe order of 20 rpm Yet, the higher the gear ratio, the greater the losses due to friction, andthe higher the weight ofthe device These considerations, together with the metabolic cost of ... motion, the means by which the device is attached to the body, the convenience of use ofthe device, the effect ofthe additional weight ofthe device on the amount of effort expended by the wearer, ... devices use the energy from the relative motion between the foot andthe ground during the stance phase (the phase in which the foot is on the ground) Others use the energy from the bending ofthe shoe...
... delayed and subtracted from the signal picked up by the front microphone The directivity pattern ofthe system is defined by the ratio r ofthe internal delay Ti andthe external delay due to the ... result from a DFT transform of an input signal block For the determination ofthe filter weights, the knowledge ofthe distribution ofthe real and imaginary parts of Signal Processing in High-End ... currently becoming stateoftheart for hearing aids (i) the type ofthe hearing aid: behind -the- ear (BTE) or in -the- ear (ITE), (ii) the vent size, (iii) obstacles around the hearing aid (hands, hats,...
... are reduced [17,18] The lasers normally adopted offer the enormous advantage of being conveyed in a fibre, which serves as the working tip at the end ofthe handpiece The use of flexible, length-adjustable ... the advantages ofthe compactness, reliability, ease of use and affordability ofthe 980 nm Diode Lasers, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of one such Laser for the treatment of pathological ... question the efficacy ofthe 980nm Laser for photosclerosis of lesions and areas with little melanin and hemoglobin pigmentation [7] Furthermore, to avoid exaggerated fluences and thermal damage to the...
... system, the use of discretized side chains, andthe lack of precise modeling of backbone flexibility, affect the reliability ofthe method Therefore, instead of relying on the accuracy ofthe single ... correspond to the “three whales” of bio-sensing and match to the three parts ofthe word BIO-SEN-SOR The first section ofthe book is focused on the principles and techni‐ ques of bio-selective ... Organization of Results” The division ofthe chapters into sections is based on the major focus of these studies and is not limiting the topics handled – valuable results and new ideas of different...
... but in the HVS – the color perceived at a spatial location is influenced by the color of all the spatial locations in the field of view! Future issues for color image processing: use the human ... definition of “perceived difference”; • • • 1st approach: minimize the sum of distances between colors andthe centers of color clusters resulting in the quantization process ( minimize the sum of distances ... color The perceptual attributes of color = the HVS specific attributes in the perception and description of a color: Brightness; Nuance (Hue); Saturation (Purity) • Note: the RGB space (the primary...
... the state- of- the- artof materials and devices in the area of nanotechnology in medical applications The review was performed on the request ofthe Department of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Medical ... basic understanding ofthe origin ofthe unique properties of nanomaterials Therefore this report starts with a short section explaining the definitions and features of nanoscience and nanotechnology, ... and Medical Technology ofthe Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports in the Netherlands The information gathered here is presented as basic information to staff of this department who are involved...
... majority of used MAVs are on the larger side Thestateoftheart in mobile robots 5.1 Design methodology The development of any type of mobile robot is challenging and takes a lot of time and considerations ... during the acquisition cycle Finally, the learning and 14 Mobile Robots - StateoftheArt in Land, Sea, Air, and Collaborative Missions coordination cycle plans thefuture actions ofthe robot ... Another important aspect of intuitiveness lies in the way to learn skills and re-apply the skills Certainly, with the skills learnt, the operator can easily handle other types of parts, and the...
... measured as the distance from the centre of one ridge to the centre of another Both the pressure andthe humidity of finger will influence the ridge distance The ridge distance of high pressure and wet ... skin diseases, either the color ofthe skin or the ridge lines on the fingertip could be influenced If only the color ofthe skin is changed, we can avoid the problem by eliminating the optical sensor ... have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use ofthe work Any republication, referencing or personal use of the...
... regulator" and affects the function of many other channels in the epithelium [8] Notable among them is the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), which accounts for the bulk of salt and ... promise of mucociliary clearance as a direct result ofthe salt transport defect, promotes retention of bacteria in the mucus ofthe airways of patients with CF and allows them to multiply there The ... other knockout mice and mice with the ∆F508 mutation and other amino acid substitutions have been produced These mice, for the most part, lack function ofthe CFTR chloride channel However, their...
... trends in the genus Homo has been the reduction of tooth size, together with the prominence ofthe jaws in the structure ofthe skull In many anatomy texts, teeth are presented as part ofthe alimentary ... alimentary canal They touch every particle ofthe food passing through the mouth and are marked by this passage Their form is presumably an adaptation to the nature ofthe food, andthe effect of a lifetime’s ... entity; the dentition Like bone, the three dental tissues, enamel, dentine and cement are calcium phosphate and organic composites and as the hardest parts ofthe body, bones and teeth are the part...
... THE MODELLING OFSTATEOFTHEART TAXI OPERATIONS AND DISPATCHING APPROACHES WU XIAN 2013 THE MODELLING OFSTATEOFTHEART TAXI OPERATIONS AND DISPATCHING APPROACHES ... within the confidence interval a(t) the decision profile of all taxi agents at time t ai(t) the decision ofthe taxi agent of VTi(t) a-i (t) the set of decisions of all taxi agents except the one of ... at the taxi stand T0 the customer’s queuing time at the taxi stand before booking a taxi Tmax the maximum time the customer can wait at the taxi stand Ti O the number of occupied hours of the...
... which then passes the signal to the standard circuit and to the sample The amplifier unit then measures the response AC signal ofthe sample andthe standard circuit The software controls the AC ... of impedance andthe product ofthe resistance, the capacitance, andthe frequency of measurement As a result, the phase angle of a sample is determined by the electrical conductivity Since the ... The measured impedance data can be plotted [1] either in the form of: • Bode – Bode plot which consists of real part ofthe impedance [Re (Z)] as function of frequency and imaginary part of the...
... discussion then turns to the evolution ofthe risk-linked securities market and an evaluation ofthe current stateofthe market The scope ofthe article is limited primarily to securitization of catastrophic ... programs They also represent an efficient use of funds in that they pay off in states ofthe world where both the insurer’s losses and industry-wide losses are high Systematic data on the size ofthe ... from hurricanes in the Southeastern United States The term ofthe contact is typically year ILWs may have binary triggers, where the full amount ofthe contract pays off once the two triggers are...
... Overall, the theories that attempt to explain food craving emphasize the role of food deprivation (with the consequent psychological and physical discomfort) or the role ofthe 40 StateoftheArtof ... respectively The α isoform of human GR resides primarily in the cytoplasm of cells and represents the classic GR that functions as a ligand-dependent transcription factor The β isoform ofthe human ... disorders 36 StateoftheArtof Therapeutic Endocrinology and with low negative affect and normal weight participants usually eat a similar amount of food under the same experimental conditions The conclusion...
... text-to-speech synthesis, processing the idiosyncrasy of Thai text and handling the tones interplaying with intonation are the topics that make the TTS algorithm for the Thai language differrent from others ... speech recognition and (3) speech synthesis Most ofthe research in (1) done by the linguists are on the basic study of Thai phonetics e.g [13] In speech recognition, most ofthe current research ... from others In the research, the first successful system was accomplished by [14] and later by NECTEC [15] Both systems employ the same synthesis technique based on the concatenation of demisyllable...