The complexity of modern software systems increases. Among other reasons this is due to the goal of software engineers to satisfy actual and future needs of many different users with one single system. In order to cope with the complexity of such systems it is a common solution in real-world software systems to integrate a plug-in system. A plug-in system enables users to adapt a slim core syst...

IN every cardiac emergency the application of the electrodes for taking electrocardio-grams should require the least possible time. Time saved may be a life saved. The prompt establishment of the presence of and the exact type of cardiac mechanism disorder by electro-cardiographic tracings, is a prerequisite to effective therapy. The electrocardiogram must often be taken while external cardiac ...

Gravisto, the Graph Visualization Toolkit, is more than a (Java-based) editor for graphs. It includes data structures, graph algorithms, several layout algorithms, and a graph viewer component. As a general toolkit for the visualization and automatic layout of graphs it is extensible with plug-ins and is suited for the integration in other Java-based applications. Overview: Gravisto is a new ap...

We present a patient with ampullary pyogenic granuloma caused by spontaneous migration of a silicone lacrimal plug. A 43-year-old woman with severely dry eyes was treated with non-absorbable silicone punctal plugs insertion in both superior and inferior puncta. Irritation and purulent discharge gradually developed 3 weeks after implantation. A pink, fleshly ampullary lesion over the left superi...

A new approach for an automatic consistency check in the development of prototypes in the automotive industry is presented. It is based on the observation that inconsistencies between adjacent parts of the prototype can be located at the plugs connecting these parts. This paper describes the PLUG software system whose idea is to assign intelligence to every plug in the system in order to contin...

A plug-based microfluidic system based on the principle of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is proposed. The LAPS is a semiconductor-based chemical sensor, which has a free addressability of the measurement point on the sensing surface. By combining a microfluidic device and LAPS, ion sensing can be performed anywhere inside the microfluidic channel. In this study, the sample ...

the renewable energy sources and plug-in electric vehicles (pevs) are becoming very popular because of the combination of high fuel costs and concerns about emission issues. this paper presents modelling and control of a building integrated fuel cell and plug-in electric vehicles (bifc-pev) in smart distribution systems. in bifc-pev system, conventional building elements could be replaced by sp...

In this paper, an economic dispatch model with probabilistic modeling is developed for a microgrid. The electric power supply in a microgrid consists of conventional power plants and renewable energy power plants, such as wind and solar power plants. Because of the fluctuation in the output of solar and wind power plants, an empirical probabilistic model is developed to predict their hourly out...

We investigated quantitative changes over time in ultrasound signal intensity (an index of stiffness), signal duration (an index of surface irregularity), and interval between signals (an index of thickness) of plug cartilage in an animal model of autologous osteochondral grafting. A full-thickness osteochondral plug was surgically removed and replaced in male Japanese white rabbits (n = 22). S...