The universal mercury vapor black light trap is an effective device used for collecting moth specimens in a wide variety of habitats; yet, they can present challenges for researchers. The mercury vapor trap is often powered by a heavy automotive battery making it difficult to conduct extensive surveys in remote regions. The mercury vapor trap also carries a considerable financial cost per trap ...

the profound changes that have occurred in information technology-communication, accompanied by a paradigm shift in technology, industrial technology, information technology has caused so much so that it may be said computer electronic networks, the infrastructure and the dynamic world are. given the widespread and profound implications for the emerging internet phenomenon in human biology and ...

Rings of trapped ions are an attractive system to study quantum-many body dynamics with closed boundary conditions as well as symmetry breaking. One of the biggest challenges towards such experiments is to sufficiently suppress rotational imperfections of the trapping potential and to allow for instance freely rotating ring structures. We show how to overcome this challenge with a surface trap ...

Advances in light shaping techniques are leading to new tools for optical trapping and micromanipulation. For example, optical tweezers made from Laguerre-Gaussian or donut beams display an increased axial trap strength and can impart angular momentum to rotate a specimen. However, their application to precision, biophysical measurements remains limited as their are a number of challenges to ap...

The MOVES Institute’s mission is research, application, and education in the grand challenges of modeling, virtual environments, and simulation. Specialties are 3D visual simulation, networked virtual environments, computergenerated autonomy, human-performance engineering, immersive technologies, defense /entertainment collaboration, and evolving operational modeling.

High Performance Computing architectures are expected to change dramatically in the next decade as power and cooling constraints limit increases in microprocessor clock speeds. Consequently computer companies are dramatically increasing on-chip parallelism to improve performance. The traditional doubling of clock speeds every 18-24 months is being replaced by a doubling of cores or other parall...

Aspect-oriented technology is a new programming paradigm that is receiving considerable attention from research and practitioner communities alike. It deals with those concerns that crosscut the modularity of traditional programming mechanisms, and its objectives include a reduction in the amount of code written and higher cohesion. As with any new technology, aspect-oriented technology has bot...

The efficiency of different types of traps for catching of the Caspian Sea crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus eichwaldi, was investigated from Mar. 2002 to Feb. 2003. Totally 56 traps of four most commonly used types, "Rectangular trap", "Round trap", "Opera house trap" in two colors of "black" and "blue", and "Fathoms plus" only in black...

DFT. The last 30 years have demonstrated that short time-to-market, low cost, and high product quality can only be achieved if test is part of the design and optimized for manufacturing. Structural DFT methodologies based on scan with voltage-based test, supplemented by Iddq test, provided predictable test quality and a basis for automation of test synthesis and test pattern generation. Scan al...