this paper deals with the solution of a column with balcony loads. it is intended to determine the expressions for deflections and bending moments of the sections of a column under the action of transmitted loads from a balcony loaded at its free end by a force «p» and rigidly connected to the column somewhere between its ends. the action of this load on the column is equivalent to that of the ...

The cortical column hypothesis is described along with backing evidence. Proposals for the functional properties of columns are reviewed, namely those based on construction of columnar models and networks of columns. An attempt is made to tie this knowledge into that of an existing model of planning, the TELOS model.

In this paper, we propose a new path-based multicast algorithm that is called Row/Column-First algorithm. The proposed algorithm constructs a set of multicast paths to deliver a multicast message to all multicast destination nodes. The set of multicast paths are all of row-first or column-first subcategories to maximize the multicast performance. The selection of row-first or column-first appro...

abstract: in this paper, an exergy analysis approach is proposed for optimal design of distillation column by using simulated annealing algorithm. first, the simulation of a distillation column was performed by using the shortcut results and irreversibility in each tray was obtained. the area beneath the exergy loss profile was used as irreversibility index in the whole column. then, first opti...

I wonder if you read about Graham Hill lobbying the Prime Minister? Mr. Hill was complaining about the unsuitable motor tricycles that are issued to disabled haemophiliacs?and he ought to know what is safe to drive. In the deputation with him were members of the Haemophilia Society who pointed out that nearly half of the haemophiliacs who took part in a survey last year now suffered serious int...

The 8th ICN: The largest item looming on the agenda for the ISN is our upcoming Congress in Vancouver (July 22-27). I can tell you that we are in excellent hands with Barb Beltz chairing the Congress Committee and Cathy Rankin as the Chair of the local organizing committee. Ron Harris-Warrick and Sten Grillner are the Congress Vice-Chairs. These folks, with excellent advice from the membership ...

The undisrupted operation of logical structures and services is a crucial requirement in modern day communication networks. As the vertices and edges of the network may occasionally fail or malfunction, it is desirable to make those structures robust against failures. Fault-Tolerant (FT) Logical Network Structures are low cost high resilient structures, constructed on top of a given network, th...

This paper presents a method for real-time rendering of a neocortical column in the mouse brain with 10000 individually simulated neurons, as implemented in the software GabrielStudio (TM). It also presents how the same system is used to create movie sequences of scripted camera keyframes for high resolution outputs. The current system is running on an SGI Altix Prism Extreme with 16 parallel g...