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Viscous-Inviscid Coupling Methods for Advanced Marine Propeller Applications (2012)

The paper reports the development of coupling strategies between an inviscid direct panel method and a viscous RANS method and their application to complex propeller ows. The work is motivated by the prohibitive computational cost associated to unsteady viscous flow simulations using geometrically resolved propellers to analyse the dynamics of ships in seaways. The present effort aims to combine the advantages of the two baseline methods in order to reduce the numerical effort without compromising the predictive accuracy. Accordingly, the viscous method is used to calculate the global flow field, while the inviscid method predicts the forces acting on the propeller. The corresponding reaction forces are employed as body forces to mimic the propeller influence on the viscous flow field. Examples included refer to simple verification cases for an isolated propeller blade, open-water validation simulations for a complete propeller, and more challenging investigations of a manoeuvring vessel in seaways. Reported results reveal a fair predictive agreement between the coupled approach and fully viscous simulations and display the efficiency of the coupled approach.
Characterization and mitigation of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from partial and full‐nitrification BNR processes based on post‐anoxic aeration control (2015)

It has been reported that a directional change from anoxic to aerobic conditions is a common trigger for nitrous oxide (N2 O) production by ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB). By extension, during anoxic-aerobic cycling, post-anoxic dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations might likely play a role in the magnitude of N2 O emissions observed. The overall goal of this study was to determine the impact of three select post-anoxic DO concentrations (0.8, 2.0, and 3.0 mg O2 /L) on N2 O emissions from partial-nitrification (PN) and full-nitrification (FN) reactors subjected to anoxic-aerobic cycling and, ultimately, to explore the development of strategies to minimize N2 O emissions from PN and FN based biological nitrogen removal (BNR) processes. Statistically similar N2 O emissions were observed during anoxia for both PN (0.62 ± 0.21% N load) and FN (0.61 ± 0.070% N load) processes. In contrast, N2 O emissions were statistically lower for PN (0.86 ± 0.25% N load) than for FN (4.6 ± 2.8% N load), during the post-anoxic aerobic phase, when compared together for all three post-anoxic DO concentrations. Further, for PN, the highest N2 O emissions were observed at the highest post-anoxic DO concentration of 3.0 mg O2 /L (1.2% N load), likely due to the highest corresponding AOB specific growth rate. In contrast, for FN, the highest N2 O emissions were at the lowest post-anoxic DO concentration of 0.8 mg O2 /L (8.5% N load). The higher emissions from FN process at low DO concentrations were associated with a lag in nitrite oxidizing bacteria activity upon recovery to aerobic conditions. This lag phase contributed to transient nitrite accumulation, and in turn correlated positively to the observed N2 O emissions. Based on our findings, a gradual ramp up in post-anoxic DO concentrations can minimize N2 O emissions during PN-based BNR, whereas a completely different strategy, entailing a rapid increase in post-anoxic DO concentrations can minimize emissions during FN-based BNR operations.
Mechanistic Study of Ethanol Dehydrogenation over Silica‐Supported Silver (2013)

Abstract A silica‐supported Ag catalyst has been shown to be an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the oxidant‐free dehydrogenation of ethanol into acetaldehyde. The reaction mechanism has been investigated by in situ FTIR spectroscopy. The kinetic isotope effects for proton and hydride abstraction have been studied by using CH 3 CD 2 OH and CH 3 CH 2 OD as labeled reactants. The results indicate that OH bond activation and the formation of a hydrogen‐bonded complex take place on the silica support and that the Ag particles are necessary for the activation of the CH bond. The kinetic isotope effect ( k H / k D ) is 1.9 for CH 3 CD 2 OH and 1.8 for CH 3 CH 2 OD. The concerted mechanism of CH cleavage on the Ag sites and proton abstraction on the silica sites is proposed to account for the results of the spectroscopic and kinetic experiments.
Microwave photonics frequency-to-time mapping based on a Fourier domain mode locked optoelectronic oscillator (2018)

An approach to microwave photonics frequency-to-time mapping (MWP FTM) is proposed based on a Fourier domain mode locked optoelectronic oscillator (FDML OEO). In this approach, a relationship between the frequency of the input microwave signal and the time difference of the output pulses is established with the help of the fast frequency scanning capability of the FDML OEO. The ability to measure the microwave spectral information in the time domain using the proposed system has the potential to enable new metrology and signal processing schemes with a superior performance in terms of real-time bandwidth and operation speed compare with traditional approaches. As an application example, single and multi-tone microwave frequency measurement are experimentally demonstrated based on the proposed MWP FTM system.
Flexible hysteroscopy with narrow band imaging (NBI) for endoscopic diagnosis of malignant endometrial lesions (2011)

Narrow band imaging (NBI) for detection of blood vessels and microstructures on the mucosal surface is used in gastrointestinal endoscopy since it can improve qualitative diagnosis and detection of lesion. However, there are no studies on flexible hysteroscopy using NBI. We performed flexible hysteroscopy with NBI for outpatients to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of endoscopic diagnosis of malignant endometrial lesions. Of patients who attended our hospital for suspected lesions in the uterine cavity between April 2009 and May 2010, 104 subjects underwent hysteroscopy with NBI, in addition to white light. Using the pathological diagnosis as the gold-standard, we evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of NBI hysteroscopy for detecting atypical endometrial hyperplasia (AEH) or carcinoma. The results were also compared with historical data (n=209) for conventional hysteroscopy using white light only in 2008. The sensitivities were 97.2% [95% confidence interval (95% CI): 90.3-99.7%] and 82.6% (95% CI: 74.4-89.0%) for NBI hysteroscopy and conventional hysteroscopy, respectively. The 95% CIs for the two methods did not overlap and the sensitivity of lesion detection was higher with NBI hysteroscopy. Specificities were comparable, 90.6% (95% CI: 75.0-98.0%) and 85.1% (95% CI: 76.3-91.6%) between the methods. NBI hysteroscopy has increased sensitivity for detection of atypical endometrial hyperplasia (AEH) or carcinoma. A comparison with historical data suggested that NBI may be useful for diagnosis of malignant endometrial lesions. As far as we are aware, this is the first evaluation of flexible hysteroscopy with NBI for diagnosis of malignant endometrial lesions.
Translation Insensitive CNNs (2019)

We address the problem that state-of-the-art Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) classifiers are not invariant to small shifts. The problem can be solved by the removal of sub-sampling operations such as stride and max pooling, but at a cost of severely degraded training and test efficiency. We present a novel usage of Gaussian-Hermite basis to efficiently approximate arbitrary filters within the CNN framework to obtain translation invariance. This is shown to be invariant to small shifts, and preserves the efficiency of training. Further, to improve efficiency in memory usage as well as computational speed, we show that it is still possible to sub-sample with this approach and retain a weaker form of invariance that we call \emph{translation insensitivity}, which leads to stability with respect to shifts. We prove these claims analytically and empirically. Our analytic methods further provide a framework for understanding any architecture in terms of translation insensitivity, and provide guiding principles for design.
A planar capacitive sensor for angular measurement (2002)

This paper presents a new approach for the design of capacitive angular position and angular speed sensors. The idea is to combine the transmitter and receiver plates into a single sensor plane. This approach allows us to reduce the number of sensor components to a single sensor PCB-with transmitter, receiver, and sensor electronics-and the rotor. Another advantage is the easy mounting procedure if one end of the rotating axle is accessible. A prototype of this sensor has been developed with a measurement range of 180/spl deg/ with an uncertainty below 0.20.
The Quantum Theil Index: Characterizing Graph Centralization using von Neumann Entropy (2017)

We show that the von Neumann entropy (from herein referred to as the von Neumann index) of a graph's trace normalized combinatorial Laplacian provides structural information about the level of centralization across a graph. This is done by considering the Theil index, which is an established statistical measure used to determine levels of inequality across a system of `agents', e.g., income levels across a population. Here, we establish a Theil index for graphs, which provides us with a macroscopic measure of graph centralization. Concretely, we show that the von Neumann index can be used to bound the graph's Theil index, and thus we provide a direct characterization of graph centralization via the von Neumann index. Because of the algebraic similarities between the bound and the Theil index, we call the bound the von Neumann Theil index. %From an information theoretic perspective, the von Neumann Theil index describes the mutual information between the quantum state corresponding to a graph and the maximally mixed state (which corresponds to the complete graph). We elucidate our ideas by providing examples and a discussion of different $n=7$ vertex graphs. We also discuss how the von Neumann Theil index provides a more comprehensive measure of centralization when compared to traditional centralization measures, and when compared to the graph's classical Theil index. This is because it more accurately accounts for macro-structural changes that occur from micro-structural changes in the graph (e.g., the removal of a vertex). Finally, we provide future direction, showing that the von Neumann Theil index can be generalized by considering the Rényi entropy. We then show that this generalization can be used to bound the negative logarithm of the graph's Jain fairness index.
J024032 Study on Tomographically Micro-Mechanical Visualization of Degenerative Cartilage by Enzyme Treatment using Dynamic Optical Coherence Straingraphy (2013)

Dynamic Optical Coherence Straingraphy (D-OCSA) can visualize tomographically and non-invasively strain rate tensor distribution in biological tissue at the micro scale, using tomographic images consecutively captured by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) with tissue deformation. D-OCSA can time-continuously provide the accurate displacement vector distribution, by recursively applying the speckle cross-correlation method as well as the high accurate subpixel analysis of upwind gradient method and image deformation method. In this study, D-OCSA was ex vivo applied to degenerative articular cartilage by enzyme treatment with compression test, so as to evaluate space and time dependent bio-mechanical behaviors. Consequently, D-OCSA can discover compressive strain rate concentrated locally on the surface zone. These observations are thought to be generated by depth-dependent viscoelastic properties, which is related with the inhomogeneous and anisotropic matrix network composed of collagen fibers and proteoglycans with water. It was concluded that D-OCSA is biomedically effective as a directly diagnosing technique of micro-biomechanics, such as clinically diagnosis of osteoarthritis.
Gas Sorption in Polyaniline. 1. Emeraldine Base (1996)

Measurements of the sorption isotherms (at 298 K) for Ar, O2, and N2 in several polyaniline emeraldine base (PANi-EB) forms were made (as-cast film, powder, and fully undoped film) over the pressure range 100−1300 kPa. Model fits of the sorption isotherms were made using a modified Flory−Huggins equation (MFHE) and a dual mode sorption equation. In general, the variation of parameters for the MFHE was consistent with morphological interpretations from prior X-ray scattering studies. The ordering of gas sorption with respect to a particular PANi-EB form correlates with the relative sizes and condensabilities of the gas molecules. We see evidence that the morphological variations between different PANi-EB forms, as indicated by their He densities and X-ray scattering data, affects the ratio of O2/N2 solubilities primarily through restricted access to available free volume. From our current measurements of solubilities and prior results for the O2 and N2 permeabilities, we conclude that the O2/N2 ideal separation factor is due to diffusivity selectivity in an as-cast PANi-EB film and solubility selectivity in a fully undoped one.
Strand-Specific Quantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Measurement of Arenavirus Genomic and Antigenomic RNAs (2015)

Arenaviruses are bi-segmented, single-stranded RNA viruses that cause significant human disease. The manner in which they regulate the replication of their genome is not well-understood. This is partly due to the absence of a highly sensitive assay to measure individual species of arenavirus replicative RNAs. To overcome this obstacle, we designed a quantitative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assay for selective quantitation of each of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) genomic or antigenomic RNAs. During the course of assay design, we identified a nonspecific priming phenomenon whereby, in the absence of an RT primer, cDNAs complementary to each of the LCMV replicative RNA species are generated during RT. We successfully circumvented this nonspecific priming event through the use of biotinylated primers in the RT reaction, which permitted affinity purification of primer-specific cDNAs using streptavidin-coated magnetic beads. As proof of principle, we used the assay to map the dynamics of LCMV replication at acute and persistent time points and to determine the quantities of genomic and antigenomic RNAs that are incorporated into LCMV particles. This assay can be adapted to measure total S or L segment-derived viral RNAs and therefore represents a highly sensitive diagnostic platform to screen for LCMV infection in rodent and human tissue samples and can also be used to quantify virus-cell attachment.
Sensorless high order sliding mode control of permanent magnet synchronous motor (2010)

In this paper, a robust sensorless speed observer-controller scheme for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) is proposed. To estimate both position and speed, without any mechanical sensors and only from the electrical measurements, a back-EMF-based sliding mode is designed. The convergence of this observer is proved. Then a high order sliding mode controller is developed. By using this technique, the drawback of the sliding mode technique called “chattering phenomenon” is strongly attenuated. After that, the convergence of the overall system is analyzed. Moreover, the robustness of this method with respect to the parameters uncertainties is verified by significant simulation results in the framework of an industrial benchmark.
Zener Model Description of Ferromagnetism in Zinc-Blende Magnetic Semiconductors (2000)

Ferromagnetism in manganese compound semiconductors not only opens prospects for tailoring magnetic and spin-related phenomena in semiconductors with a precision specific to III-V compounds but also addresses a question about the origin of the magnetic interactions that lead to a Curie temperature (T(C)) as high as 110 K for a manganese concentration of just 5%. Zener's model of ferromagnetism, originally proposed for transition metals in 1950, can explain T(C) of Ga(1-)(x)Mn(x)As and that of its II-VI counterpart Zn(1-)(x)Mn(x)Te and is used to predict materials with T(C) exceeding room temperature, an important step toward semiconductor electronics that use both charge and spin.
Modeling and analysis of collective management of water resources (2007)

Abstract. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) recommends, among other things, that the management of water resources systems be carried out at the lowest appropriate level in order to increase the transparency, acceptability and efficiency of the decision-making process. Empowering water users and stakeholders transforms the decision-making process by enlarging the number of point of views that must be considered as well as the set of rules through which decisions are taken. This paper investigates the impact of different group decision-making approaches on the operating policies of a water resource. To achieve this, the water resource allocation problem is formulated as an optimization problem which seeks to maximize the aggregated satisfaction of various water users corresponding to different approaches to collective choice, namely the utilitarian and the egalitarian ones. The optimal operating policies are then used in simulation and compared. The concepts are illustrated with a multipurpose reservoir in Chile. The analysis of simulation results reveals that if this reservoir were to be managed by its water users, both approaches to collective choice would yield significantly different operating policies. The paper concludes that the transfer of management to water users must be carefully implemented if a reasonable trade-off between equity and efficiency is to be achieved.
Adriamycin Induces Protein Oxidation in Erythrocyte Membranes (1998)

Adriamycin is an anthracycline antineoplastic agent whose clinical effectiveness is limited by severe side effects, including cardiotoxicity. A current hypothesis for adriamycin cardiotoxicity involves free radical oxidative stress. To investigate this hypothesis in a model system, we applied the technique of immunochemical detection of protein carbonyls, known to be increased in oxidized proteins, to study the effect of adriamycin on rat erythrocyte membranes. Erythrocytes obtained from adriamycin-treated rats demonstrated an increase of carbonyl formation in their membrane proteins. Yet, in separate experiments when adriamycin was incubated with rat erythrocyte ghosts, there was no significant increase of membrane protein carbonyls detected. In contrast, isolated erythrocytes incubated with an adriamycin-Fe3+ complex exhibited a robust carbonyl incorporation into their membrane proteins in a time-dependent manner. The level of carbonyl formation was dependent upon the concentration of Fe3+ known to form the adriamycin-Fe3+ complex. When the time course between protein carbonyl formation and lipid peroxidation was compared, protein carbonyl detection occurred earlier than lipid peroxidation as assayed by thiobarbituric acid reactive substances formation. These results are consistent with the notion that oxidative modification of membrane proteins may contribute to the development of the acute adriamycin-mediated toxicity.
A comparative study of spray-dried and freeze-dried hydrocortisone/polyvinyl pyrrolidone solid dispersions (2011)

Poor water solubility of new chemical entities (NCEs) is one of the major challenges the pharmaceutical industry currently faces. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of freeze-drying as an alternative technique to spray-drying to produce solid dispersions of poorly water-soluble drugs. Also investigated was the use of aqueous solvent mixtures in place of pure solvent for the production of solid dispersions. Aqueous solvent systems would reduce the environmental impact of pure organic solvent systems. Spray-dried and freeze-dried hydrocortisone/polyvinyl pyrrolidone solid dispersions exhibited differences in dissolution behavior. Freeze-dried dispersions exhibited faster dissolution rates than the corresponding spray-dried dispersions. Spray-dried systems prepared using both solvent systems (20% v/v and 96% v/v ethanol) displayed similar dissolution performance despite displaying differences in glass transition temperatures (T(g)) and surface areas. All dispersions showed drug/polymer interactions indicated by positive deviations in T(g) from the predicted values calculated using the Couchman-Karasz equation. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic results confirmed the conversion of crystalline drug to the amorphous in the dispersions. Stability studies were preformed at 40°C and 75% relative humidity to investigate the physical stability of prepared dispersions. Recrystallization was observed after a month and the resultant dispersions were tested for their dissolution performance to compare with the dissolution performance of the dispersions prior to the stability study. The dissolution rate of the freeze-dried dispersions remained higher than both spray-dried dispersions after storage.
The role of SP in data-storage systems (1998)

Among the key components in the development of a successful storage system are heads, media, and signal processing. In the past, major breakthroughs in the heads and media technologies have been mainly responsible for the spectacular growth in storage capacity, but signal processing is increasingly recognized as a cost-efficient means of improving density. This article addresses the issues relevant to signal processing. While the focus is on magnetic storage, most of the signal-processing strategies discussed are also applicable to optical storage. This article begins with a description of the read/write (R/W) process in magnetic storage. The characteristics of noise and nonlinearity present in real magnetic storage channels are also discussed, and a discussion on channel modeling is followed by a description of different modulation codes. Different suboptimal sequence detectors and equalizers are then presented that represent the techniques that are either already in use in commercial systems or being investigated for near-future applications. We then discuss sequence detectors, with in-depth treatment given to those based on tree search, particularly finite or fixed delay tree search (FDTS) detectors. Finally, performance evaluation results are presented under various channel conditions, which should be useful in assessing the potential benefits of different coding and sequence-detection strategies.
Functional fragments of a relictual gametophytic self-incompatibility system are associated with the loci determining flower type of the heterostylous outcrosser Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. and the homostylous selfer F. homotropicum Ohnishi (2011)

Functional fragments of presumably a relictual gametophytic self-incompatibility system (GSI) linked with the loci determining flower type were discovered by genetic analysis of an unilateral pre-zygotic barrier between the short-styled (thrum) morph of a heterostylous cross-pollinated species, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench., and a self-pollinator with homostylous flowers, F. homotropicum Ohnishi (asseccion C9139). The relic genes of GSI were revealed only in interspecific crosses. However, this is a direct experimental confirmation of a hypothesis proposed by Lewis (1954) which combined the heterostyly supergene components (G, P and A) with "pistil" and "pollen" parts of the S-locus of homomorphic self-incompatibility systems (I1 and I2). Also, this result provides strong evidence for the evolution of heterostyly upon the ruins of a gametophytic self-incompatibility system.