laguerre function has many advantages such as good approximation capability for different systems, low computational complexity and the facility of on-line parameter identification. therefore, it is widely adopted for complex industrial process control. in this work, laguerre function based adaptive model predictive control algorithm (ampc) was implemented to control continuous stirred tank rea...

The Nanyang Technological University School of Biological Sciences Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory is set up as a core facility for research work involving biological materials of potential biohazard. Many human pathogens— viruses, fungi, parasites, rickettsia, and bacteria are classified as Risk Group 3 microorganisms in the Singapore national guidelines that require a BSL-3 facility for ...

Total outflow facility was determined in both eyes of cynomolgus monkeys by two-level constant pressure perfusion. After a baseline measurement, one eye of the experimental animal received intracameral cytochalasin B (CB); the other eye received vehicle without CB. Twenty minutes later both eyes received intracameral epinephrine (EPI), and 30 min later the outflow facility was again determined....

In the context of the ever-increasing incarcerated population in the U.S. and our “obesity epidemic,” recent work has investigated whether incarcerated individuals are at higher risk for obesity and related diseases. We build on this scholarship by interviewing incarcerated men and women, as well as correctional facility staff to parse the barriers and facilitators to maintaining a healthy weig...

underground caverns in rock salt deposits are the most secure disposal method and a type of gas-storing facility. gas storage plays a vital role in ensuring that a strategic relationship is secured between an established energy infrastructure provider and a midstream energy company. the fischells brook area is a pillow-shaped body of salts located in the st. george's bay area of southwest newfo...

Throughput at commercial composting facilities greatly impact operational costs and the overall success of the operation. Throughput is defined as the total amount of input material that is processed (treated) to a predetermined level of maturity. Increasing throughput involves accelerating the process of degradation thus reducing the total time required to reach the specified maturity lev...

which consists of an increasing sequence of m decreasing sequences, each of length n/m. The longest increasing subsequence has length m but but the only way for the sample to imply that the input is not sorted is if two chosen elements land in the same decreasing sequence. The probability that this happens is at most ( s 2 ) /m ≤ s/(2m) which is o(1) if s is o( √ m). In particular, for ε = 1/2 ...