Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Power Management in Mobile Devices

Sealed Lead Acid.Nickel Cadmium.Lithium Ion.How do you balance battery life with performance and cost? This book shows you how! Now that "mobile" has become the standard, the consumer not only expects mobility but demands power longevity in wireless devices. As more and more features, computing power, and memory are packed into mobile devices such as iPods, cell phones, and cameras, there is a large and growing gap between what devices can do and the amount of energy engineers can deliver. In fact, the main limiting factor in many portable designs is not hardware or software, but instead how much power can be delivered to the device. This book describes various design approaches to reduce the amount of power a circuit consumes and techniques to effectively manage the available power.Power Management Advice On:. Low Power Packaging Techniques.Power and Clock Gating.Energy Efficient Compilers.Various Display Technologies.Linear vs. Switched Regulators.Software Techniques and Intelligent Algorithms * Addresses power versus performance that each newly developed mobile device faces* Robust case studies drawn from the author's 30 plus years of extensive real world experience are included* Both hardware and software are discussed concerning their roles in power
Visualization of maintenance data to facilitate analysis and promote lifetime management of gas turbines

This report documents the work and result of a master thesis in Media Technology and Engineering at Linkoping University conducted in collaboration with Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB. The aim of the project was to develop an interactive visualization application to be used for data exploration. The purpose of the application is to provide Siemens with valuable insights about how different configurations of their gas turbines affect the lifetime of the machines and their components. The result is a JavaScript based web application, ViSITelligence, that allows employees at Siemens to explore the data in order to discover patterns and relationship between different settings in the configuration of the turbines. ViSITelligence has been developed through an agile process with usability and perception in mind, and facilitates the answering of questions and the emergence of new ones.
Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Biological Agents (Microbial Inoculants) Input Usage in Apple Production

In this paper, we analyze the impact of the Microbial Inoculants (MI) Technology on apple yields and pesticide application using 2007 farm data. The results show that pesticide usage is not reduced by MI applications. However, there is a significant positive effect on the yields. Apple production efficiency is 37%.
Versatile, automated sample preparation and detection of contaminants and biological materials

Contamination of food, water, medicine and ingestible household products is a public health hazard that episodically causes outbreaks worldwide. Existing laboratory methods are often expensive, require a laboratory environment and/or trained staff to perform manual steps. The aim of this PhD thesis was to create and test methods and instruments for affordable diagnostic tests for contaminants and pathogens. To achieve this goal, the LabReader was introduced, which employs a LED-based detection scheme for four simultaneous fluorescenceand UV-measurements. Assays were developed to detect (di-)ethylene glycol in consumables ≥0.1wt% and alcohols ≥1ppb. Pathogens in water, foods and blood were detected at ≥10 CFU/ml using nonspecific intercalating dyes. To gain sensitivity and specificity for cell-based analysis, biochemical amplification methods had to be incorporated. To be deployable outside a laboratory, sample preparation needed to be automated. Automation was achieved by combining the LabReader with the already developed LabTube, a disposable platform for automated DNA extraction inside a standard centrifuge. Performing DNA amplification/readout in an external optical reader, made the LabSystem broadly deployable and flexible. DNA extraction of food bacteria (E.coli and Alicyclobacillus) was optimized inside the LabTube for 10-10 inserted DNA copies. The extracted DNA was amplified using the qualitative isothermal LAMP method and semi-quantitative, real-time PCR inside the LabReader. The combined extraction and amplification detection limit of the LAMP-LabSystem and the quantitation limit of the PCR-LabSystem were as low as 10 copies. Performing extraction and amplification inside the centrifuge/LabTube was also outlined, which may be preferable when contamination risks are high. After theoretically evaluating heating methods, a battery-driven heated LabTube was designed, in which 10-10 DNA copies of VTEC E.coli were extracted, LAMP-amplified and visually readout within 1.5 hrs. The major contribution of this thesis is the full system integration of versatile, automated sample preparation and detection systems. They offer great flexibility as they may be used with each other or in combination with other analytic methods, depending on the application. At the same time, they are frugal and deployable at low-to-medium throughput even outside a traditional laboratory. Whilst the focus was put on food safety, the systems were also used for medical, environmental or consumer product quality applications, hence demonstrating their broad applicability. Thesis Supervisor: Alexander H. Slocum Title: Papallardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity

No corporate asset today is at once so prized, and yet so poorly managed as the imagination and creativity of a company's people, But, at a time when companies have restructured themselves and improved quality, in the new competitive arena, the company that manages creativity most effectively performs best in the market. Ideas are the DNA of everything worthwhile, and companies everywhere are waking up to the power of creativity. This book explains how to engage the minds, stimulate the imagination and ensure the loyalty of people who design, build and deliver products and services. With specific examples, he shows how organizations fail by not making use of creative resources whilst other companies gain enormous advantage, transforming imagination into hard profit and a competitive position.
Programmed Cell Death in Plants

Paradigms of the evolution of programmed cell death . John Gray, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.Paradigms for programmed cell death in animals and plants.Martin B. Dickman, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, USA and John C. Reed, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.Programmed cell death during seed development and germination.Daniel R. Gallie, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, USA.Programmed cell death events during reproductive development.C. Daniel Riggs, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Canada.Programmed cell death in development of plant vegetative tissue (leaf and root). Martin Huelskamp, Botanical Institute, University of Koln, Germany.Programmed cell death in xylem differentiation.Hiroo Fukuda and Keisuke Obara, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.Programmed cell death in plant senescence.Diego Orzaez, Plant Sciences Department, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Antonio Granell, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain.Programmed cell death in plant response to abiotic stress.David E. Evans, Research School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.Programmed cell death in plant response to biotic stress (pathogen attack). Alex Levine, Department of Plant Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.Programmed cell death in plants: future perspectives, applications and methods.Ron Mittler, Department of Botany, Iowa State University, Ames, USA and Vladamir Shulaev, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.References. Index
Development of high voltage step-up transformer as a substitute for a Marx generator

A new type of pulse transformer has been developed as a substitute for a Marx generator. In the transformer amorphous metallic cores are utilized with windings of cylindrical conductors. As a result, low leakage inductance is realized with high breakdown strength. The coupling coefficient of the transformer is estimated to be more than 0.99. By using the transformer of winding ratio of 1:3, a Blumlein pulse forming line of capacitance 20 nF is successfully charged up to 270 kV by using a capacitor bank of 240 nF, 90 kV. High speed charging of charging time=250 ns is realized with high efficiency of energy transfer (energy transfer efficiency from the capacitor bank to the pulse forming line was evaluated to be 76%).
Harmonics in Wireless Power Transfer (H-WPT): Passive UHF RFID Case

This paper discusses novel methodologies for the characterization of harmonic signals generated by wireless powered devices, i.e. passive ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, due to the wireless power transferred from reader to tag. Theoretical aspects, as well as measurements to characterize these non-linear phenomena are exposed. Particular care is taken to explain the analysis methodology and setup for two kinds of characterization measurements: radiated and conducted. The existence of harmonic signals carrying information is exploited in an advanced application example. A dual-band RFID tag is designed to increase the backscattered harmonic level in the tag-to-reader link. Measurement of this dual band tag demonstrates the exploitation of the hitherto neglected harmonic power; it also opens the door to more advanced applications exploiting the harmonic-link communication.
A Novel Low Voltage, Low Power and High Gain Operational Amplifier Using Negative Resistance and Self Cascode Transistors

In this work, a low power, low voltage and high gain operational amplifier is proposed. For this purpose, a negative resistance structure is used in parallel with output to improve the achievable gain. Because of using self cascode transistors in the output, the proposed structure remains approximately constant in a relatively large output voltage swing causing an invariable gain. To evaluate the proposed method an op amp was designed in 0. 18μm CMOS technology. The simulation results showed a gain of 84dB, unity gain bandwidth of 12.45MHz and phase margin of 81 degree; with 1V power supply and 1pF load capacitor.
The Water Adsorption Isotherm Models on Activated Alumina

The adsorption isotherm model of water vapor on activated alumina is an essential equation in designing the performance of adsorption. In this paper, the currently existed 14 isotherm models of water adsorption are summarized. The correlations among these models are analyzed. These isotherm models are evaluated by fitting the water adsorption data on Rhone-Poulenc activated alumina. The results show that AD-Toth, AD-LRC, AD-UNILAN and DMAP can fit the experimental data well.
Painting the Scenario of Filipino K-pop Fan Culture

The paper examines aspects of K-Pop Fan culture in the Philippines. Data were gathered from fieldwork and participant observation in various fan events, as well as, online and actual informal discussions with Philippine K-Pop fans. Results support how the K-Pop scene is cultivating a new area of study in Philippine youth culture; one in which cross-cultural ties with Korea and the rest of the world is clearly manifested.
Mechano-electric optoisolator transducer with hysteresis

This article presents a theoretical and experimental study of designing a mechano-electric optoisolator transducer with hysteresis. Our research is centred upon designing transducers on the basis of optical sensors, as photoelectric conversions eliminate the influence of electromagnetic disturbances. Conversion of the rotation/translation motions into electric signals is performed with the help of a LED-photoresistor Polaroid optocoupler. The driver of the optocoupler's transmitter module is an independent current source. The signal conditioning circuit is a Schmitt trigger circuit. The device is designed to be applied in the field of automation and mechatronics.
An effective discrete harmony search algorithm for flexible job shop scheduling problem with fuzzy processing time

This study addresses flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP) with fuzzy processing time. The fuzzy or uncertainty of processing time is one of seven characteristics in remanufacturing. A discrete harmony search (DHS) algorithm is proposed for FJSP with fuzzy processing time. The objective is to minimise maximum fuzzy completion time. A simple and effective heuristic rule is proposed to initialise harmony population. Extensive computational experiments are carried out using five benchmark cases with eight instances from remanufacturing. The proposed heuristic rule is evaluated using five benchmark cases. The proposed DHS algorithm is compared to six metaheuristics. The results and comparisons show the effectiveness and efficiency of DHS for solving FJSP with fuzzy processing time.
Design and Implement of the Out-of-Position Alarm System Based on CC2430

The paper put forward a detail design of the out-of-position alarm system based on ZigBee technology and communication chip CC2430 to protect valuables from leaving safe position. It introduced the hardware and software design of the system, implemented short-range wireless communication, established the functional relationship between received signal strength indication (RSSI) and wireless communication distance, solved the problem of multipath fading by software method. Then it presented a series of experiments to prove the system can steadily communicate information to meet security requirement.
Data Dependent Systems (DDS) Technique: Can it be used in Ergonomics?

The objective of this paper is to introduce the application of Data Dependent Systems (DDS) methodology to the fields of ergonomics. Many current techniques in ergonomics utilize static models, which can have significant limitations. DDS is a stochastic modeling and analysis technique which can be used to capture the system dynamics through quantitative analysis of the available data. DDS has been successfully applied to understand systems dynamics in a number of domains such as manufacturing, weather forecasting, and agriculture. In this research, DDS was used to analyze two sets of ergonomics data: time-based hand-skin temperature data for the evaluation of two types of glove liners in the recent past, and comparison of two lifting styles in the distant past. In both cases DDS was able to capture the differences between the experimental conditions and, more importantly was able to enumerate subject differences. The implications of the results and the potential of the DDS methodology are discussed.
Finite Element Analysis Of Airfield Flexible Pavement

Abstract The paper presents a numerical study of an aircraft wheel impacting on a flexible landing surface. The proposed 3D model simulates the behaviour of flexible runway pavement during the landing phase. This model was implemented in a finite element code in order to investigate the impact of repeated cycles of loads on pavement response. In the model, a multi-layer pavement structure was considered. In addition, the asphalt layer (HMA) was assumed to follow a viscoelastoplastic behaviour. The results demonstrate the capability of the model in predicting the permanent deformation distribution in the asphalt layer.
Thermoelectric properties of the narrow-gap semiconductors FeSb2 and RuSb2: A comparative study

We report on the thermoelectric properties of FeSb2 in comparison with the iso-structural RuSb2, both of which are narrow-gap semiconductors. Significant difference in the thermoelectric properties is found between the two systems. Despite similar charge carrier concentrations, the thermoelectric power factor differs as much as two orders of magnitude whereas the thermal conductivity is of the same order. The thermopower of strongly correlated FeSb2 seems to possess a huge contribution due to correlated electrons that are absent in RuSb2.
Section Related Measures of Traffic System Performance: Final Report

This project describes a new set of advanced traffic surveillance techniques that are based on inductive vehicle waveforms and pattern recognition technology. Focus is on demonstrating and evaluating a new method for obtaining true selection related performance measures, such as section travel time and section density, for freeways. The report also discusses methods for the measurement of lane-by-lane traffic movement and specific origin/destination demands.
Performance analysis of MUSIC for non-circular signals in the presence of mutual coupling

The mutual coupling effect in practical arrays is hard to eliminate completely, and such effect brings a deterministic bias into the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimates for non-circular signals. The bias is analysed in this study and closed-form expressions for the biases in uniform linear arrays (ULA) and general linear arrays (GLA) are given. Numerical examples are carried out to verify the correctness of the theoretical biases in various signal environments.
EM Modeling of surfaces with STOP or GO characteristics-artificial magnetic conductors and soft and

We discuss and demonstrate by measurements and computations the relation between electromagnetic bandgap surfaces (EBG) used to realize artificial magnetic conductors and the so-called soft and hard surfaces in electromagnetics, with respect to their STOP and GO characteristics for surface waves. We show how the main characteristics of such surfaces can be modeled by using ideal surfaces representing perfect magnetic conductors (PMC) and PEC/PMC strip grids. Unfortunately, commercial codes do not allow such modeling for general shapes of the surfaces.
Chapter 4: Ebsco Discovery Services

Ebsco Discovery Services (EDS) represents the first of the trio of web scale discovery services debuting in 2010. Built off the established EBSCOhost platform, EDS extends the platform into the web scale discovery space through a preharvested, centralized index encompassing content sourced from Ebsco databases and beyond. This chapter provides a brief history, overview, and a few insights into the future development path of EDS, describes the local and remote content associated with the EDS index, and highlights some of the features, functionality, and flexibility associated with the EDS interface.
Innovation Management: Strategies, Implementation and Profits

Innovation Management: Strategies, Implementation and Profits Afuah, Allan, 403 pp., New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Subodh P. Kulkarni, Assistant Professor in School of Business at Howard University, Washington, D.C. In this book, Allan Afuah addresses a topic of fundamental interest to practicing managers and researchers -- "innovation management. " Although the significance of innovation is widely acknowledged, the different streams of literature that currently exist seem to be oblivious to one another. Many times, these ideas seem inconsistent. This includes the definition of the term "innovation" itself. Therefore, a work that truly integrates the different views on innovation is much needed. This book fills that void by synthesizing the economics and management literature on innovation. This book is broadly divided into four parts. Part I consists of Chapters 2, 3, and 4. It explores some of the static and dynamic models that have been developed in the past to explain why some firms are more successful at innovation than others. Understanding what it takes to profit from an innovation requires exploring four questions: (1) How different is the firm's stock of knowledge from the existing firms'? (2) To whom is innovation radical? (3) What allows some firms to use this knowledge to offer low cost or differentiated products or services better than others? (4) When in the innovation life cycle does a firm want to exploit it? The author further argues that the ability of a firm to offer low cost or differentiated products or services is a function of its ability to perform value chain activities. Here the author draws on the "resource-based view of the firm'. `, that is well known in strategic management. Finally, the author explores the sources of innovation and what it takes to transfer innovations effectively from their sources to exploitation sites. Part II builds on the foundations laid earlier in the book. It first addresses the question of why some firms have difficulties in recognizing the potential of an innovation. According to the author, this is partly because of the way firms collect and process information. Next, the book addresses the uncertainty associated with innovation. This uncertainty can be largely resolved through a careful analysis of innovation trends on a firm's part. Even after dealing with technological uncertainty, a firm is often left wondering where it should position itself along the value chain (e.g., upstream or downstream). Chapter 7 suggests a three-step process to determine a profit site. In Chapters 8 and 9, the author explores the role of a firm's local environment in its innovation effectiveness. …
A Wideband Bandpass Power Divider With Out-of-Band Multi-Transmission Zeros and Controllable Equal-Ripple Levels

In this article, a novel wideband bandpass power divider (PD) with out-of-band multi-transmission zeros (TZs) is presented. It consists of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2M$ </tex-math></inline-formula> shunted short-circuited stubs (SCSs), (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$M + N$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) cascaded coupled line sections, and (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$M + N - K_{N}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) isolation resistors. There are two types of topologies, and the number of TZs is solely determined by <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$N$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. Through even- and odd-mode analyses, general simultaneous equations for characteristic impedances, coupling strengths, and isolation resistors are derived with the proposed algorithm. By suitably selecting all the design parameters, all the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$S$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-parameters (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$S_{11}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$S_{21} = S_{31}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$S_{22} = S_{33}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$S_{32}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) of the proposed topology could provide an equal-ripple response with controllable ripple level in the passband. For a given fractional bandwidth (FBW), TZs and out-of-band rejection level can be designed independently. For further optimization, several isolation resistors can be omitted with the unchanged performances. For verification, two experimental circuits are fabricated and measured. Good agreement between the measured and simulated results is attained so as to successfully validate the correctness of the proposed design approach.
Characteristics of a variable length ring oscillator and its use in PLL based systems

This paper describes the properties of a multiplexer based variable length ring oscillator and the effects of using it as a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in a phase locked loop (PLL) based system. The application of the proposed VCO in a PLL used as an FM demodulator or as a frequency synthesizer has been examined and it has been shown that the length control facility of the VCO could be used for improving the performances of those systems. Hardware experimental results confirm the predictions regarding the performance enhancement.