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This paper presents a new image segmentation approach based on distributed agents. In this approach, the segmentation is performed trough a simulation of the hybrid architecture of P2P networks by introducing the concept of “super agent”. Each super agent corresponds to an area of the image. The segmentation process within that zone is done by ordinary agents supervised by the super agent. Segm...

In this paper, the performance of extended super orthogonal space time trellis coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system is investigated in frequency selective wideband wireless channels. New 16, 32 and 64 states full rate extended super orthogonal space time trellis codes for quadrature phase shift keying is proposed using the generator matrix notation and their frame error rate ...

We report the detection of a stable super-orbital period in the high-mass X-ray binary 2S 0114+650. Analyses of data from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) All-Sky Monitor (ASM) from 1996 January 5 to 2004 August 25 reveal a super-orbital period of 30.7 ± 0.1 d, in addition to confirming the previously reported neutron star spin period of 2.7 h and the binary orbital period of 11.6 d. It i...

A novel supersaturated self-emulsifying drug delivery system (Super-SEDDS) loaded with scutellarin-phospholipid complex (SPC) was developed. The system aimed to address the limitations presented by conventional SEDDS as delivery carriers for drugs with poor water-solubility, low liposolubility and high dose. As an intermediate, SPC was first prepared based on the response surface design. The pr...

In the present article, the thermal analysis of the cylinder and the piston in four-cylinder engines, made of functionally graded materials (FGMs), has been performed by using the super element method. The objective of using FGMs in the cylinder and the piston is to increase their performance. FGMs include a combination of ceramics and metals. Inside the cylinder, the ceramic is considered and ...

In this paper, a super twisting controller (STC) is designed to control the chaotic behavior of the Duffing-Holmes system in stabilization and tracking cases. Due to lack of availability of the performance evaluation of STC in controlling Duffing-Holmes system, this paper aims to test the performance of STC in controlling DuffingHolmes system. In order to achieve this control design, a modifica...

In this paper, a robust adaptive type-2 fuzzy higher order sliding mode controller is designed to stabilize the unstable periodic orbits of uncertain perturbed chaotic system with internal parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. In Higher Order Sliding Mode Control (HOSMC),the chattering phenomena of the control effort is reduced, by using Super Twisting algorithm. Adaptive interval ...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing is currently attracting enormous attention. P2P systems have emerged as a popular way to share huge volumes of data. In such systems each peer is a database management system in itself, ex-posing its own schema. A fundamental problem that confronts peer-to-peer applications is the efficient location of the node that stores a desired data item. In such settings, the ...

Since the 1800s, ballet education is influenced by the use of mirrors. The aim of this study is to evaluate a Kinect-based system called Super Mirror, to discover if it has an impact on the usability in ballet instruction. Ballet students were evaluated on eight ballet movements (plié, élevé, grand plié, battement tendu (front, side and back), passé and développé) to measure the Super Mirror’s ...