A method to make two types of hinges which bend toward opposite directions from the same epitaxial layers using the micro-origami technique is proposed and successfully applied to make standing micro-stages on a GaAs substrate. This method opens a path to fabricate more complex three-dimensional self-positioned micro-machined structures. q 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

A number of commercial devices for measuring the transverse electrical conductance of the thyroid cartilage produce waveforms that can be useful for monitoring movements within the larynx during voice production, especially movements that are closely related to the time-variation of the contact between the vocal folds as they vibrate. This paper compares the various approaches that can be used ...

We study the efficiency of V -fold cross-validation (VFCV) for model selection from the non-asymptotic viewpoint, and suggest an improvement on it, which we call “V -fold penalization”. Considering a particular (though simple) regression problem, we prove that VFCV with a bounded V is suboptimal for model selection, because it “overpenalizes” all the more that V is large. Hence, asymptotic opti...