The Scrubber is a general controller for friction-induced sound. Allowing the user to engage in familiar gestures and feeling actual friction, the synthesized sound gains an evocative nature for the performer and a meaningful relationship between gesture and sound for the audience. It can control a variety of sound synthesis algorithms of which we demonstrate examples based on granular synthesi...

The shipping sector is a significant contributor to emissions of air pollutants in marine and coastal regions. In order to achieve sustainable shipping, primarily through new regulations and techniques, greater knowledge of dispersion and deposition of air pollutants is required. Regional model calculations of the dispersion and concentration of sulfur, nitrogen, and particulate matter, as well...

This paper proposes a technique for measurement of liquid flow using venturi and ultrasonic flow meter(UFM) to have following objectives a) to design a multi-sensor data fusion (MSDF) architecture for using both the sensors, b) improve sensitivity and linearity of venturi and ultrasonic flow meter and c) detect and diagnosis of faults in sensor if any. Fuzzy logic algorithm is used to fuse outp...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as an important pathogen. Successful detection starts with the selection of an appropriate specimen collection device. The Copan ESwab, a new swab, was compared with a commonly used Copan Venturi swab for the recovery of MRSA. In vitro assessment was performed according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) M40-A...

The necessity for dissolved oxygen in water is crucial the survival and growth of aquatic organisms, particularly tilapia. Seventy-five percent tilapia will die if there insufficient water. This work seeks to develop a venturi bubble-generating technique combat scarcity A floating pump with capacity 12 m<sup>3</sup>/hour was selected as medium distributing generating vacuum pressure...