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Hardware/software specification, design and test using a system level approach (2003)

The purpose of this paper is to present an environment that allows the reliable, in-time system specification and design of complex hardware/software (HW/SW) systems. The Object Oriented (OO) paradigm underlies models, methodologies, languages and tools. Three different tools are available, SIMOO, a CASE tool is used during analysis and specification phases, and as a simulator after architecture generation. SysObj is used for architecture generation and quality assessment. Test-Adder is used for architecture reconfiguration in order to incorporate Design For Testability (DFT) techniques. A case study (a design of soft wrappers for a PIC embedded core in a SOC (System-on-a-Chip)) is used to ascertain the usefulness of the environment.
Effect of Increasing Foliage and Soil Reflectivity on the Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Grain Sorghum<sup>1</sup> (1976)

Abstract The effect of increasing foliage and soil reflectivity on yield and water use efficiency of grain Sorghum crops ( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.) grown under arid conditions with stored soil water only, was studied during 3 years of randomized block field experiments. Suspensions of kaolin were sprayed on the soil and/or foliage at different growth stages to select the most effective placement and timing for the treatment. Soil‐only applications were ineffective in increasing yields but canopy sprays resulted in an additional yield of 446 kg/ha, or 11% over the unsprayed controls, averaged over the 3 years of experimentation. The most effective period for foliage sprays started seven weeks after seedling emergence and ended 10 days later, immediately before the panicles emerged. During this period, known to be critical for Sorghum grain yield response to water status, the yield response averaged 2 kg grain/1 kg kaolin applied. Neither the total seasonal water use nor the rate of soil water depletion was affected by the foliage reflectance treatment. It is concluded that under arid conditions, kaolin suspensions sprayed twice on the foliage of unirrigated grain Sorghum crops during the prepanicle‐emergence stage shows promise as an effective method of increasing grain yield.
The synthesis of siloxane‐based polymers containing photoactive cinnamate moieties (1991)

Abstract Three ways of synthesizing cinnamate‐based siloxane polymers suitable for photoisomerization purposes have been employed. The route involving direct hydrosilation of the photoactive unit and a non‐photoactive alkene with the homopolymer poly(methylsiloxane) has the severe disadvantages that the polymer is coloured, crosslinking during work‐up or storage commonly occurs and also some of the cinnamate CC double bonds are reduced during the hydrosilation. This loss of the chromophore can be decreased but not eliminated by its hydrosilation with the copolymer poly(dimethylsiloxane‐ co ‐methylsiloxane). All of the available SiH sites are now reacted with the cinnamate ester but a low concentration of active units on the polymer is still maintained. The most successful method of preventing loss of the chromophore is best achieved by functionalising the polymer via hydrosilation with allyl acetate, followed by hydrolysis of the acetate to the alcohol and finally esterification with the acid chloride of the chromophore. This procedure in contrast to the other methods, yields the photoactive polymer as an almost colourless, mobile liquid which is stable on storage and in which no reduction of the chromophore has occurred.
INNOVATION IN THE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY (2017)

Three aspects of the drug development process are little understood in the literature: 1) which type of organization has comparative advantage in conducting clinical trials, firms or nonprofit organization (NPOs)?; 2) what determines the timing of technological collaboration?; and 3) how the strategies making, allying, and buying R&D impact the probability of drug approval? Using data on over 20,000 clinical trials, 800 technological alliances, and 14,000 R&D projects, the main findings of this econometric study are: 1) firms complete each phase of clinical trial faster than nonprofit organizations; 2) licensor scientific and technological specialization is the main factor to speed up the technological collaboration; and 3) R&D projects developed by research alliance have higher probability of drug approval than internal R&D projects, but R&D projects originated from M&A have lower probability of drug approval than internal R&D projects. Together these findings inform policy makers and managers on how to foster the innovation performance in the biopharmaceutical industry.
1001. Arylhydroxylamines. Part II. Phenylhydroxylamine-N- and -O-sulphonic acids (1962)

E. Boyland and R. Nery, J. Chem. Soc., 1962, 5217 DOI: 10.1039/JR9620005217
Clinical Evaluation of Mepivacaine for Regional Anesthesia (1962)

Since 1885 every decade has had its popular local anesthetic agent. Witness the recent decades, when tetracaine hydrochloride (Pontocaine), lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) and hexylcaine hydrochloride (Cyclaine) rose successively to prominence and then receded into a niche of utility (Table 1). It is thus apparent that there remains an outstanding need in the practice of anesthesiology for the ideal agent. For the sake of completeness, the desirable characteristics of the ideal local anesthetic drug are listed (Table 2). Many drugs have been introduced to meet these specifications, but most fail in one respect or another. Many are being rapidly added to the list of potentially useful agents, and, indeed, it is difficult to evaluate them all thoroughly. However, as a result of the various screening studies and preliminary clinical testing we wish to recommend one drug, namely, mepivacaine hydrochloride (Carbocaine) with some confidence. In the evaluation of this drug, 2 successive
Effect of planting density on photosynthetic characteristics and grain yield of super-high-yield winter wheat at late growth stages (2001)

Under super-high-yield cultivate conditions, there were differences of the photosynthesis characteristics and the grain yield at late growth stages for four planting denisty treatments of small spike-type cultivar (Yumai 49). The 150*10~4 basis seedlings per hm~2 treatment had apparent advantages in Pn of the flag leaf, RUBPcase activity, ChL content, canopy apparent photosynthesis and canopy leaf source capacity. The grain yield of it was higher than that of the others significantly. The main cultivating way of small spike-type cultivar based on the results was controlling the basis seedlings, harmonizing the relationship of the population and the indivials, and enhancing the photosynthesis capacity, and increasing dry production accumulation.
The Community Medical Alliance: an integrated system of care in Greater Boston for people with severe disability and AIDS. (1996)

The Community Medical Alliance in Boston has adapted principles of prepaid managed care to redesign service delivery for people with severe physical disability and with late-stage AIDS. Experience to date suggests that the flexibility of capitation can be used to substantially shift care from its usual hospital focus to clinicians in home and community settings, especially nurse practitioners, with a high degree of patient satisfaction and without apparent compromise in quality. Instead of limiting access, managed care can use prepayment to support early interventions, coordination, and the development of services specifically designed to meet the needs of the target population.
Bismuth-layered-ferroelectric BI<sub>3</sub>TINBO<sub>9</sub>thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition (2001)

Abstract The polycrystalline ferroelectric films Bi3TiNbO9 (BTN) were deposited on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si (001) substrates. The ferroelectric capacitors Pt/BTN/Pt show good hysteresis loop with 2Pr = 4.0 μC/cm2 under an applied voltage 2.5 V. This ferroelectric capacitor remained about 90% of its initial remnant polarization after 1×1010 reversing cycles at 100 kV/cm and 1 MHz. These ferroelectric capacitors also show an excellent retention property.
User experience while playing Halo with network delay or loss (2003)

We report the results of several experiments that were performed to evaluate the impact that the network path characteristics have on multi-player Xbox games. We did not focus on the technical issues but on the user experience when trying to play under high delay or high packet loss conditions. Both, the subjective impression of the players and the objective performance (number of kills per game) were investigated. We found that for a Round Trip Time of 150 ms the performance decreased by about 50% while the perceived quality was still quite high. For packet loss the results were the opposite the perceived quality of the game play reduced much faster with increased loss then the actual kill rate. Games with over 500 ms delay and 4% packet loss were considered as un-playable.
Handwavey: A Gestural Motion Password Interface (2010)

Handwavey is an innovative gestural authentication method, enabling users to set a motion password and attempt to authenticate to a system based acceleration recorded from 6 degrees-of-freedom motion. Using dynamic time warping, we are able to compare two passwords which may differ in total time. Preliminary tests show great success allowing a user to authenticate, while denying access to other users. Due to kinesthetic memory, a Handwavey password is safe from onlookers and also from users that are taught the correct password. Further tests are required to study the effects of day-today and long-term muscle change.
MBA White Paper - Understanding the significance of the Asian Century (2013)

No topic in recent times has received more coverage than the question of how Australia positions itself for the Asian Century. The rapid rise of Asia has witnessed a major power shift from west to east of the international system. Europe and North America are still important players in international relations, but in the early part of the 21st century, Asia is the engine room of global growth.\nThe 21st century will be the first in several hundred years where the importance of the trans-Atlantic will shift to the significance of the trans-Pacific as the centre for geopolitics and geoeconomics moves from Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.\nAsia is the most populous region in the world and is home to 3.8 billion people, over half the world's population. Economically, Australia signed a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2011, combining a population of more than 600 million people and a GDP of US$3.3 trillion. Further, China and India have in the last 20 years nearly tripled their share of the global economy and by 2025 the Asian region will account for almost half of the world’s output. In a few years, Asia will not only be the world’s largest producer of goods and services, but also the world’s largest consumer.\nAsia’s rise has been distinguished by significant shifts in power relativities that foreshadow potentially ground breaking power transitions among the region’s leading states in the twenty-first century. For most of the postwar era, it was unquestioned that North America and Europe, and from the 1960s, Japan, would drive economic growth and prosperity globally. By the 1980s it was clear that a shift was well underway.\nDespite the dramatic slowdown in Japan’s economic growth in the late 1980s, China’s meteoric rise in the wake of the Open Door policy being announced in 1978, and India’s impressive growth rates, have provided the foundation for Asia’s resurgence as the most dynamic economic region in the contemporary international system. Over the past two decades, Europe’s gradual decline in economic terms has been in stark contrast to Asia’s rapid economic rise. This was underscored by Asia’s apparent resilience in the face of the 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent threat to the Eurozone triggered by poor economic management among some European states.
FIBERBOARD MANUFACTURED WITHOUT RESIN USING THE FENTON REACTION (2008)

Resin-free fiberboards were manufactured using industrial fiber from Pinus radiata activated by an oxidative treatment using the Fenton reaction (H 2 O 2 / Fe(II)). A multivariate analysis was used to study the effect of fiber moisture content (MC), press temperature (T), and the H 2 O 2 /Fe(II) ratio on the board internal bond strength (IB). Using response surface methodology, a set of maximum IB conditions was obtained. Validation of these conditions which included 25% MC, 170C press temperature and a H 2 O 2 /Fe(II) relation of 25 produced an optimal board with an IB strength of 0.888 MPa. Without the addition of sizing agents or other additives, the dimensional stability properties were 16% of thickness swell and 40% of the water absorption of control boards.
Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data (1997)

The last two decades have seen enormous developments in statistical methods for incomplete data. The EM algorithm and its extensions, multiple imputation, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo provide a set of flexible and reliable tools from inference in large classes of missing-data problems. Yet, in practical terms, those developments have had surprisingly little impact on the way most data analysts handle missing values on a routine basis. Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data helps bridge the gap between theory and practice, making these missing-data tools accessible to a broad audience. It presents a unified, Bayesian approach to the analysis of incomplete multivariate data, covering datasets in which the variables are continuous, categorical, or both. The focus is applied, where necessary, to help readers thoroughly understand the statistical properties of those methods, and the behavior of the accompanying algorithms.All techniques are illustrated with real data examples, with extended discussion and practical advice. All of the algorithms described in this book have been implemented by the author for general use in the statistical languages S and S Plus. The software is available free of charge on the Internet.
Quantitation of steryl ferulate and<i>p</i>‐coumarate esters from corn and rice (1995)

The principal steryl ferulate and p-coumarate esters of different fractions from processed corn brans and corn oils, unrefined and refined, and from rice bran and rice bran oil were quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography. The results show that hexane-extracted corn oils yield more than five times the amount of esters compared to expeller processed oils. The yields of esters from bran and related products ranged from 0.07 to 0.54 mg/g of bran. Unrefined corn oils had levels from 0.18 to 8.6 mg/g for oil from hexane-extracted bran. By comparison, rice bran had ester levels of 3.4 mg/g of bran, and rice bran oil had levels of 15.7 mg/g of oil. The predominant esters from corn were sitostanyl and campestanyl ferulate, and sitostanyl and campestanyl p-coumarate. The principal esters from rice bran were cycloartenyl, 24-methylenecycloartanyl, and campesteryl ferulate. Rice bran oils had low levels of 24-methylenecycloartanyl but high levels of cyclobranol esters. The data presented provide a direct comparison of steryl ferulate and p-coumarate levels in the two cereals, and will aid in selecting the most suitable sources for the isolation of these compounds from corn products.
A study on ILD process of simple and CMP skip using polysilazane-based SOG (2002)

Unit process conditions including coating and baking were optimized to use polysilazane-based spin on glass(SZ-SOG) which has excellent gap filling and planarization ability in an inter layer dielectric (ILD) layer, and this material was successfully and simply integrated for the first time in an ILD layer of a logic device without an expensive chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. Device characteristics showed that breakdown voltage and transistor threshold voltage of devices with SZ-SOG in the ILD layer are comparable with those with the conventional borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG). Also, the yield results showed that SZ-SOG group without CMP is similar to BPSG group with CMP. SZ-SOG has no reliability problems even up to 1000 hr.
Ayushman (2008)

Ayushman is a pervasive health monitoring system which has the ability to collect, process, store and display health data in a secure and easy to use manner. Recent years have seen considerable activity in this field. Most of these systems tend to treat health monitoring as an extension to generic sensor networks. and depend on a network of wearable and implanted, medical and ambient sensors (called a body area network) for data collection and transport. We contend that this paradigm is not suitable for medical monitoring given the low reliability of the sensors, and the mission critical nature of medical monitoring. Further, the existing systems mainly focus on patient monitoring and do not consider security at all, and those that do, treat it in an isolated manner. With Ayushman we present a system which addresses both these issues. It integrates sensors and highly capable entities in the back-end to provide robust health monitoring. It also considers security as an integral part of its design. Sensors in Ayushman utilize physiological values based security for securing their communication. Our design approach enables Ayushman to provide health monitoring in a secure and usable manner - a property that traditional systems lack.
Microtechnical Nursing in Neurosurgery* (1975)

* Presented in 1972 at the AANN Annual Meeting. † Nurse-in-charge, Neurosurgical Operating Rooms. Kantonsepital, Zürich. Switzerland.
Losses to Internal Parasites in Swine Production (1988)

Experimental infections of pigs with Strongyloides ransomi, Stephanurus dentatus, Ascaris suum, Oesophagostomum spp. or Trichuris suis at increasing levels generally decrease daily gain and increase feed to gain ratio linearly. At lower, subclinical levels of infection, the feed to gain ratio typically is increased 3% to 6% by an infection. Based on low-level experimental infections with A. suum, the economic loss to producers in the U.S. from increased feed to gain ratio is estimated at $155 million annually.
A Unified Mobility and Session Management Platform for Next Generation Mobile Networks (2007)

This paper presents a novel approach towards realizing a unified mobility and session management platform for next generation mobile networks at the core network level. In particular, this framework enables a common platform for interworking between universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), CDMA2000 technology, and wireless local area networks (WLANs). Within the proposed interworking architecture, the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) is used as a universal coupling mediator for real-time session negotiation and management over a mobile IP (MIP) based IP mobility management framework. Despite numerous architectural challenges on how IMS and MIP may contribute for session management and IP mobility, the proposed framework achieves this with minimal changes to the existing standards. The paper concludes by presenting simulation results obtained for validating this model using an OPNET based model.
Finite Element Simulations of Tip-Enhanced Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy (2006)

Finite element electromagnetic simulations of scanning probe microscopy tips and substrates are presented. The enhancement of the scattered light intensity is found to be as high as 10(12) for a 20 nm radius gold tip, and tip-substrate separation of 1 nm. Molecular resolution imaging (< 1 nm) is achievable, even with a relatively large radius tip (20 nm). We also make predictions for imaging in aqueous environments, noting a sizable red shift of the spectral peaks. Finally, we discuss signal levels, and predict that high-speed Raman mapping should be possible with gold substrates and a small tip-substrate separation (< 4 nm).
Bidiffractive grating coupler: universal transducer for optical interface analytics (1995)

We report on a novel transducer devised for sensitive detection of the binding of molecules in the immediate vicinity of an optical surface. The transducer consists of a chip with a surface coated by an extremely thin waveguide film of amorphous TiO<sub>2</sub> structured with a submicron grating relief. This microrelief is composed of two superimposed, uniform diffraction gratings of different periodicities, forming a bidiffractive grating with a frequency spectrum composed of two fundamental spatial harmonics. This bidiffractive grating serves as both an input and an output port for coupling and decoupling light beams to and from the planar waveguide. The bidiffractive coupler has translation-invariant coupling efficiency and allows background-free detection of the light decoupled from the waveguide. We outline the fabrication of the transducer and discuss the material properties of the waveguide film, which are very important for achieving optimum detection sensitivity. We assess the key factors affecting the detection limits of the transducer and comment on the resolution and the dynamic range for the measurement of changes in interfacial mass loading.
Empirical nonlinear modeling for RF MOSFETs (2004)

A new empirical model with an external substrate network is proposed to simulate the RF nonlinear characteristics of a MOSFET accurately in the wide range of operating bias points. An accurate drain current equation is developed to model the nonlinear transconductance characteristics of a RF MOSFET, and improved nonlinear capacitance equations are used. The values of modeled S21 parameters using the new drain current equation show much better agreement with measured ones than those using the conventional formula over the wide bias range, thus verifying the accuracy of the new model. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 14, 182–189, 2004.
High-refractive-index measurement with an elastomeric grating coupler (2005)

An elastomeric grating coupler fabricated by the replica molding technique is used to measure the modal indices of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) planar waveguide structure. Because of the van der Waals interaction between the grating mold and the waveguide, the elastomeric stamp makes conformal contact with the waveguide surface, inducing a periodic index perturbation at the contact region. The phase of the incident light is changed to match the guided modes of the waveguide. The modal and bulk indices are obtained by measuring the coupling angles. This technique serves to measure the high refractive index with a precision better than 10(-3) and allows the elastomeric stamp to be removed without damaging the surface of the waveguide.