User modeling approaches are expected to fulfill user modeling criteria. We present a collection of such criteria, and analyze how the info-bead user modeling approach fulfills them. The criteria are all well-known criteria elicited from the user modeling literature, including Kay [1999], Fink and Kobsa [2000], Kobsa [2001; 2007], and Vassileva [2003]. We arranged the criteria according to the ...

This study proposes a method for determining the near-optimal settings of welding process parameters using a controlled random search (CRS) wherein the near-optimal settings of the welding process parameters are determined through experiments. The method suggested in this study is used to determine the welding process parameters by which the desired weld bead geometry is formed in gas metal arc...

We present a new method for calibrating an optical-tweezer setup that does not depend on input parameters and is less affected by systematic errors like drift of the setup. It is based on an inference approach that uses Bayesian probability to infer the diffusion coefficient and the potential felt by a bead trapped in an optical or magnetic trap. It exploits a much larger amount of the informat...

An analytical expression relating mass and position of a particle attached on a cantilever to the resulting change in cantilever resonant frequency is derived. Theoretically, the position and mass of the attached particle can be deduced by combining measured resonant frequencies of several bending modes. This finding is verified experimentally using a microscale cantilever with and without an a...

Magnetic domain walls in ferromagnetic tracks can be used to trap and transport superparamagnetic beads for lab-on-a-chip applications. Here it is shown that the magnetostatic binding between a domain wall and a superparamagnetic bead suspended in a host fluid leads to a distinct magneto-mechanical resonance under application of a sinusoidal driving field. The characteristic resonant frequency ...

We demonstrate a new method for measuring the sedimentation of a single colloidal bead by using a combination of optical tweezers and a stereo microscope based on a spatial light modulator. We use optical tweezers to raise a micron-sized silica bead to a fixed height and then release it to observe its 3D motion while it sediments under gravity. This experimental procedure provides two independe...

Sephacryl beads containing an immobilized aminopropylcobalamin-transcobalamin-II complex serve as foci for the adherence of L1210 murine leukemia cells. Bead-cell interaction does not occur when (A) nonderivatized beads are used; (B) transcobalamin-II is omitted or presaturated with cyanocobalamin in the preparation of the bead complex; (C) intrinsic factor replaces transcobalamin-II; and (D) t...