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Online Battery Monitoring for State-of-Charge and Power Capability Prediction (2010)

This document presents an investigation of a proposed methodology that uses\nsystem identification techniques to implement a monitoring system for lead-acid\nbatteries in an electric vehicle. Specifically, the information that the proposed\nmethodology provides can help estimate the energy remained in the battery bank (Stateof-\nCharge (SOC)) and the power capability of the battery bank (State-of-Function\n(SOF)). A combination of analytical and experimental techniques has been devised to\nconstruct an equivalent circuit model that includes a diffusion voltage term for the\nOPTIMA D34M battery used in the WEMPEC Corbin Sparrow vehicle. In addition,\nthe document analyzes a set of actual road trip data from the WEMPEC Corbin\nSparrow to demonstrate the proposed model?s potential use for diagnosing the relative\nstate-of-health (SOH) of individual batteries. Detailed discussions of the limitations\nand assumptions associated with the model, as well as other possible alternatives, are\nincluded in the document. The performance capabilities of the proposed method for\nestimating battery SOC and SOF are evaluated against experimental data with an\nemphasis on electric vehicle (EV) operations.
Antimicrobial Activity of Commercial Citrus-Based Natural Extracts Against <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 Isolates and Mutant Strains (2008)

Due to increasing concerns about the development of antimicrobial resistance amongst pathogenic bacteria, alternative strategies have been sought that do not use antibiotics to reduce pathogenic bacteria from foods and patients. A natural compound that has potent antimicrobial properties is citrus peel, which contains a variety of essential oils that inhibit the growth of or kill pathogenic bacteria. In the present study, seven citrus-based natural antimicrobials were evaluated for their ability to inhibit the growth of the pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7. Zones of inhibition of E. coli O157:H7 by the citrus-derived fraction (10 microL/6 mm disk) were determined by a disk-diffusion assay on Sorbitol-MacConkey agar. Inhibition zones were observed after 48 h lawn growth of E. coli O157:H7 cells at 37 degrees C. Two citrus-based fractions, orange CP VAL terpeneless FAB 968611 and Limonene 1x Dist FAB 955430, inhibited E. coli O157:H7 with inhibition zones of approx. 11-24 mm dia. The remaining other five citrus-derived extracts (orange oil FL VAL 1121 ARR 974760, Orange 5x Conc VAL 4121 ARR 968374, orange terpenes ESS 1120 ARR 986259, orange terpenes CP 1100 ARR 986255, and orange terpenes OEO HP 1100 ARR 986257) were noninhibitory to E. coli O157:H7, yielding no clear inhibition zones. These studies show that citrus-derived natural compounds differ in their inhibitory activity against E. coli O157:H7 and some have potential applications as inhibitory agents against E. coli O157:H7 in various pathogen reduction strategies.
Accurate exploration of timing and area trade-offs in arithmetic optimization using carry-save-adders (2001)

Timing and area of circuits are two of the most important design criteria to be optimized in data path synthesis. In addition, carry-save-adder (CSA) has been proven to be one of the most efficient implementation units in optimizing timing and/or area of arithmetic circuits. However, the existing approaches are restricted in using CSAs, i.e., optimizing operation trees separately without any interaction between them, resulting in a locally optimized CSA circuit. To overcome this limitation, we propose a practically efficient solution to the problem of an accurate exploration of timing and area trade-offs in optimizing arithmetic circuits in the presence of multiple operation trees using CSAs. The application of our approach is able to find a best CSA implementation of circuit in terms of timing and area.
Analgesic Therapy in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Quantitative Systematic Review (2005)

The evidence base supports the oral use of tricyclic antidepressants, certain opioids, and gabapentinoids in PHN. Topical therapy with lidocaine patches and capsaicin is similarly supported. Intrathecal administration of methylprednisolone appears to be associated with high efficacy, but its safety requires further evaluation.
Outlier detection in functional data by depth measures, with application to identify abnormal NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> levels (2007)

Abstract This paper analyzes outlier detection for functional data by means of functional depths, which measures the centrality of a given curve within a group of trajectories providing center‐outward orderings of the set of curves. We give some insights of the usefulness of looking for outliers in functional datasets and propose a method based in depths for the functional outlier detection. The performance of the proposed procedure is analyzed by several Monte Carlo experiments. Finally, we illustrate the procedure by finding outliers in a dataset of NO x (nitrogen oxides) emissions taken from a control station near an industrial area. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A 90.7 MHz-2.5 million transistors CMOS CPLD with JTAG boundary scan and in-system programmability (2002)

This paper discusses a complex programmable logic device which provides up to 12,000 usable gates. The EPM9560 is the first member of the third-generation MAX 9000 family. It blends a multi-dimensional interconnect scheme, logic array block approach consisting of 560 product term based macrocells and circuit techniques to achieve an overall 90.7 MHz system operating frequency. The device is designed to operate in a 3.3 V or 5 V systems. It has built-in JTAG boundary scan for improving testability and in-system programmability for ease of manufacturing.
Collective memory and the Casa della Memoria: on the potential and risk of instant patina (2017)

This article investigates the way in which instant patina is employed in the Casa della Memoria (House of Memory) in Milan by Baukuh (2015), with reference to Maurice Halbwachs’s theory of collective memory. It observes that the Casa della Memoria uses instant patina with the aim of solidifying a collective memory of democracy, and that it can potentially become a ‘site of memory' as defined by Pierre Nora. Whether these two developments are without risk is the subject of critical reflection.
C-Wave Resolution Enhancement through Birefringence Compensation at the Valhall Field (2001)

P118 C-WAVE RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT THROUGH BIREFRINGENCE COMPENSATION AT THE VALHALL FIELD. Introduction 1 Most often the first step in 3D C-wave processing is to rotate the multicomponent data into the radial-transverse coordinate system. The radial axis corresponds to the horizontal source-receiver direction and the transverse axis to the perpendicular horizontal direction. In this coordinate system assuming no structure scattering and no azimuthal anisotropy effects all the shear energy should be concentrated on the radial component. The shear wave splitting effect generated by azimuthal anisotropy can result in a significant amount of energy being recorded on the transverse component. If this
PRODUCTION OF FINE DISPERSE AND LONG-TERM STABLE OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS BY THE PHASE INVERSION TEMPERATURE METHOD (1992)

ABSTRACT Oil-in-water emulsions stabilized with nonionic emulsifiers can invert to water-in-oil emulsions when the temperature increases. At the phase inversion the hydrophilic and lipophilic properties of the emulsifier are balanced. Based on phase diagrams for emulsion systems containing mineral oil, water and the technical emulsifier tetraethyleneglycol tetradecyl ether as well as a mixed emulsifier of cetyl/stearyl alcohol and dodecaethyleneglycol cetyl/stearyl ether, the relationship between phase inversion, formation of a microemulsion phase and attainment of minimum interfacial tensions between oil and aqueous phase is explained. Fine disperse and long-time stable oil-in-water emulsions are obtained if the emulsion is heated up and cooled down above the temperature range of the phase inversion during the production process. With this phase inversion method, the fine dispersity of the emulsion only depends to a small extent on process parameters like mechanical energy input or cooling rate. Furthermore, with the PIT method, low-viscous, fine disperse emulsion concentrates were produced which can be diluted at will without losing their fine dispersity and long-term stability.
Visualizing Wellbore Instability and Fracture Direction by Application of Principal Stress Trajectory Analysis (2017)

This study furthers our understanding of the causes of wellbore failure by thoroughly analyzing key properties (e.g., in-situ stress regime, formation and pore pressures, and rock properties) associated with wellbore instability. Regardless of whether a wellbore is planned to be drilled underbalanced or overbalanced, local formation pressures, and even operational practices (e.g., shutting off the pumps while drilling) can quickly render a wellbore locally unstable. Near-borehole stress mechanics associated with stress cages (overbalanced holes) and with fracture cages (underbalanced holes) are further studied, including an analysis showing the impact tangential and radial stress magnitudes have on principal stress trajectory patterns. With a deeper understanding of stress cages and fracture cages, wellbore failure can, consequently, be quantified and visually evaluated to a greater extent. Stress trajectory analytical solutions can be rapidly applied for a wide range of in-situ stress and pressure conditions, which enable us to better predict, and therefore mitigate, wellbore instabilities associate with tensional and shear failure, and also estimate more assuredly unknown parameters that drive wellbore instability. The wellbore stress model in this study accounts for different in-situ stress regimes, borehole net fluid pressures, and poroelastic effects. Drilling software equipped with these tools may help reduce the occurrence of failure, saving drillers from countless hours of non-productive time and other associated costs.
Sparse matrices in Matlab*P: Design and implementation (2004)

Abstract. Matlab*P is a flexible interactive system that enables com-putational scientists and engineers to use a high-level language to pro-gram cluster computers. The Matlab*P user writes code in the Mat-lab language. Parallelism is available via data-parallel operations on distributed objects and via task-parallel operations on multiple objects. Matlab*P can store distributed matrices in either full or sparse for-mat. As in Matlab, most matrix operations apply equally to full or sparse operands. Here, we describe the design and implementation of Matlab*P’s sparse matrix support, and an application to a problem in computational fluid dynamics.
Iterative decoder architectures (2003)

Implementation constraints on iterative decoders applying message-passing algorithms are investigated. Serial implementations similar to traditional microprocessor datapaths are compared against architectures with multiple processing elements that exploit the inherent parallelism in the decoding algorithm. Turbo codes and low-density parity check codes, in particular, are evaluated in terms of their suitability for VLSI implementation in addition to their bit error rate performance as a function of signal-to-noise ratio. It is necessary to consider efficient realizations of iterative decoders when area, power, and throughput of the decoding implementation are constrained by practical design issues of communications receivers.
Effect of replacing soybean meal protein with protein from upland cottonseed, Pima cottonseed, or extruded Pima cottonseed on production of lactating dairy cows (2013)

Pima cotton production is increasing in the United States, but Pima cottonseed generally contains higher concentrations of the antinutritive pigment gossypol than conventional upland cottonseed. Heating promotes the reaction of gossypol with protein, reducing gossypol absorption and toxicity. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional value for dairy cattle of Pima cottonseed cake (PCSC) that was heated and oil largely removed by an experimental extrusion process, compared with upland cottonseed (UCS) and Pima cottonseed (PCS). The PCS had greater crude protein (CP) and ether extract, less neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF), similar total gossypol, but higher (-)-gossypol isomer compared with UCS. Extrusion reduced lipid content by 73%, increased concentrations of CP, NDF, and ADF, and reduced total gossypol, (+)-gossypol, and (-)-gossypol in PCSC versus PCS. Forty lactating Holsteins (8 with ruminal cannulas) were blocked by days in milk into 5 squares in a replicated, incomplete 8 × 8 Latin square, and were fed diets containing, on a dry matter (DM) basis, 30% alfalfa silage, 31% corn silage, 21 to 25% high-moisture corn, and about 15% CP. Diets were fed as total mixed rations for ad libitum intake. Supplemental CP was from (1) solvent soybean meal (SSBM) only or 50% from SSBM plus 50% from (2) UCS, (3) PCS, (4) PCSC, (5) UCS plus PCS, and (6) UCS plus PCSC, or (7) 50% from expeller soybean meal (ESBM) plus 50% from PCS, and (8) 50% from ESBM plus 50% from PCSC. Periods were 4 wk long (total of 16 wk); production data were collected over the last 2 wk and blood and ruminal samples were taken on d 28 of each period. Data were analyzed using Proc Mixed of SAS (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). Diet affected dry matter intake, with greatest intake on diet 6 and lowest intake on diets 1 and 3. The highest milk fat content was observed on diet 5 and the greatest fat yield on diet 7; fat content and yield were lowest on diet 1 (soybean meal control). Milk fat secretion was proportional to dietary fat content, indicating that cottonseed oil was used effectively for milk fat synthesis. We observed a trend for an effect on milk protein yield with the greatest protein secretion occurring on diet 7. Milk urea was lowest on diets 3, 7, and 8. Ruminal concentrations of branched-chain volatile fatty acids were lower, or tended to be lower, when PCSC replaced either UCS or PCS in the diet, suggesting reduced degradation and increased escape of PCSC protein. Among cottonseed-containing diets, total gossypol intake was lowest on PCSC, intermediate on PCS, and highest on UCS. Total gossypol and both (+)- and (-)-isomers of gossypol were higher in blood plasma on PCS and lower on PCSC than on the corresponding diets containing UCS, indicating that the extrusion process reduced gossypol absorption. In this trial, production on diets supplemented with UCS, PCS, or PCSC was comparable to that on diets containing soybean meal.
LANGUAGE AS A SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEM (1982)

The paper looks at language as a self-organizing system and demonstrates that such an approach can be fruitful, yielding new insights and perspectives for linguistics and cybernetics. Language is looked at firstly in its social context, where it evolves in response to the needs of its speakers, without any individual or group of individuals being able to exercise very much influence on its evolution. The author attempts to show that a synchronic view also fits into the self-organizing perspective. The second linguistic feature examined is phonetic change, which inevitably has repercussions not only on the sound system but also on the morphological system of the language. Such demonstrations can only be made if one adopts a diachronic approach. Examples are provided from French, Latin, and Proto-Indo-European to show the powerful self-organizing nature of language. Despite the erosion of its raw materials (phonemes), a language (which is an immensely complex system) is able constantly to repair the damage caused by phonetic erosion or to regroup its phonemes so as to recreate order from the beginnings of chaos.
An Improving Method For the Preparation of Ethynylferrocene (2000)

Abstract Ethynylferrocene was prepared in satisfactory yield by reaction of formylferrocene with triphenylphosphine and carbon tetrachloride followed by dehydrohalogenation in presence of n-butyllithum. The reaction condition is mild and the reaction time is much shorter. The method is convenient and economical.
Effect of coenzyme Q<sub>10</sub> as an antioxidant in β‐thalassemia/Hb E patients (2005)

Thalassemia is a group of genetic disorders resulting from different mutations in the globin gene complex and leading to an imbalance in globin synthesis. Unmatched globin chains are less stable and susceptible to oxidation. Patients with beta-thalassemia/HbE are prone to increased oxidative stress as indicated by increased lipid peroxidation product, malondialdehyde (MDA), partly because of the presence of iron in the form of heme and hemichromes released from excess globin chains and excess iron deposition in various tissues. The level of antioxidant such as glutathione is markedly decreased while activities of antioxidant enzymes including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) are increased. We have recently found that the levels of coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) are also very low in thalassemia. We therefore evaluated the oxidative stress and the antioxidants in these patients before and after supplementation with 100 mg CoQ(10) daily for 6 months. The results showed that the plasma level of CoQ(10) significantly increased and the oxidative stress decreased as the level of MDA declined. The administration of CoQ(10) led to significant improvement of biochemical parameters of antioxidant enzymes. The antioxidant supplementation will be beneficial for thalassemia patients as adjunct therapy to increase their quality of life.
Selective retention of secretory proteins in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum by treatment of cells with a reducing agent (1994)

We have used four glycoproteins as markers to study how disulfide bond formation and protein folding effect the intracellular transport of proteins in yeast. Under normal conditions, the vacuolar enzyme carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) and the secretory stress-protein hsp150 acquired disulfide bonds in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Treatment of living cells with the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) prevented disulfide formation of newly synthesized CPY and hsp150, resulting in retention of the proteins in the ER. When DTT was removed, the sulfhydryls were reoxidized, and the transport of the proteins to their correct destinations was resumed. Even mature CPY, located in the vacuole, could be reduced with DTT, and reoxidized after removal of the drug. DTT treatment blocked intracellular transport of hsp150 only when present during the synthesis and translocation of the protein. Reduction of folded hsp150, accumulated in the ER due to a sec block prior to DTT treatment, did not inhibit its secretion. The Kar2p/BiP protein, a component of the ER lumen, was found to be associated with fully translocated reduced hsp150, but not with native hsp150, suggesting that Kar2p/BiP may be involved in the putative retention mechanism. The cysteine-free pro-alpha-factor, and invertase which was shown to have free sulfhydryls, were secreted and modified similarly in the presence and absence of DTT, showing that the secretory pathway of yeast functioned under reducing conditions.
Analysis of the 2007 Chinese ASAT Test and the Impact of its Debris on the Space Environment (2007)

On 2007 January 11, the People’s Republic of China conducted a successful direct-ascent ASAT test against one of their own defunct polar-orbiting weather satellites. The test produced at least 2,087 pieces of debris large enough to be routinely tracked by the US Space Surveillance Network and the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office estimated it generated over 35,000 pieces of debris down to 1 centimeter in size. While this event captured worldwide attention in the weeks and months after the test was revealed, much of the information provided in the press was inaccurate or misleading and did not appear to be based on scientific analysis of the data available to the public. In order to help the public and key policy makers more fully understand the nature of the event and its impact on the existing satellite population, the Center for Space Standards &amp; Innovation developed a series of animations, images, and graphical analyses to more clearly portray this event and provide a factual foundation for the subsequent debate. Those materials were all made publicly available via the Internet without restriction and have appeared in numerous publications. This paper will summarize the primary areas of analysis of this event, to include a confirmation of the basic facts initially reported in Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology, a visualization of the initial spread of the debris cloud in the first couple of hours after the attack, analysis of the impact of the debris on the LEO space environment—
An adaptive method utilizing channel reciprocity in TDD-LTE system (2011)

In a time-division-duplex (TDD) system the channel state information (CSI) can be obtained at the transmitter side due to channel reciprocity and it can be used to increase the spectral efficiency of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. However, the frame architecture, system parameters, pilot architecture, the moving speed of UE and the interference structure affect the channel reciprocity. The transmission parameters assigned based on the reverse link measurements may lead to excessively high frame error rates, if the channel reciprocity doesn't exist or interference structure between transmission directions differs significantly. In this paper, an adaptive method of TDD-LTE system is studied. This method analyzes the above factors to propose a criterion of judging the channel reciprocity, compensates asymmetric interference, and then utilize balance of channel reciprocity and feedback. Analysis and simulation results show the proposed scheme can compensate the asymmetric interference, make using the channel reciprocity possible, reduce the feedback load and demonstrate better system performance.
Mind the body! (2010)

We have designed a stress management biofeedback mobile service for everyday use, aiding users to reflect on both positive and negative patterns in their behavior. To do so, we embarked on a complex multidisciplinary design journey, learning that: detrimental stress results from complex processes related to e.g. the subjective experience of being able to cope (or not) and can therefore not be measured and diagnosed solely as a bodily state. We learnt that it is difficult, sometimes impossible, to make a robust analysis of stress symptoms based on biosensors worn outside the laboratory environment they were designed for. We learnt that rather than trying to diagnose stress, it is better to mirror short-term stress reactions back to them, inviting their own interpretations and reflections. Finally, we identified several experiential qualities that such an interface should entail: ambiguity and openness to interpretation, interactive history of prior states, fluency and aliveness.
Structure du boroaluminate B2O3.Al2O3.4Ni O (1970)

Schwab A. M., Lewy-Bertaut Erwin Félix. Structure du boroaluminate B2O3.Al2O3.4Ni O. In: Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, volume 93, 2, 1970. pp. 255-257.
Temperature Regulation in the Bumblebee <i>Bombus vagans</i> : A Field Study (1972)

Bombus vagans forages for nectar at 5 degrees C in shade and at 31 degrees C in sunshine. The production of heat while the bumblebee is on flowers, at ambient temperatures below 24 degrees C, helps to maintain a thoracic temperature that is near the minimum for flight between flowers. However, at ambient temperatures above 24 degrees C the thoracic temperature is no longer regulated at 32 degrees to 33 degrees C and rises.