In this paper, we first give a characterization of sub-topical functions with respect to their lower level sets and epigraph. Next, by using two different classes of elementary functions, we present a characterization of sub-topical functions with respect to their polar functions, and investigate the relation between polar functions and support sets of this class of functions. Finally, we obtai...

A high performance feed for 11 meters dual shaped reflector system is designed, developed and tested. It is a dual circularly polarized monopulse tracking feed with a measured axial ratio of 0.5dB over the required frequency band of 2GHz to 2.3GHz (Uplink: 2.02GHz -2.12GHz, Downlink: 2.2GHz-2.3GHz). This feed consists of four high performance Teflon dielectric radiating elements. Each dielectri...

Opinion mining and sentiment analysis has recently gained increasing attention among the NLP community. Opinion mining is considered a domaindependent task. Constructing lexicons for different domains is labor intensive. In this paper, we propose a framework for constructing Thai language resource for feature-based opinion mining. The feature-based opinion mining essentially relies on the use o...

Climate variability in the high-latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) is dominated by the SH annular mode, a large-scale pattern of variability characterized by fluctuations in the strength of the circumpolar vortex. We present evidence that recent trends in the SH tropospheric circulation can be interpreted as a bias toward the high-index polarity of this pattern, with stronger westerly flow encir...

We have used a positively charged lipid monolayer to form two-dimensional bundles of F-actin cross-linked by alpha-actinin to investigate the relative orientation of the actin filaments within them. This method prevents growth of the bundles perpendicular to the monolayer plane, thereby facilitating interpretation of the electron micrographs. Using alpha-actinin isoforms isolated from the three...

This paper presents a functional microstructured surface, named Polar Microstructure. Polar microstructure is a three dimensional (3D) structured surface possessing a pattern of distribution of latitude and longitude micro-topographies with geometrical characteristics, which is similar to that in the Earth’s north or south pole. The spacing of its small surface features can achieve form accurac...

Air-writing refers to writing of characters or words in the free space by hand or finger movements. We address airwriting recognition problems in two companion papers. Part 2 addresses detecting and recognizing air-writing activities that are embedded in a continuous motion trajectory without delimitation. Detection of intended writing activities amongst superfluous finger movements unrelated t...

A polar pattern is a circular graph that shows how sensitive a microphone is in different directions. Each “circular” division represents 5dB of sensitivity, so you can see where the microphone picks up the strongest to the weakest sounds at different points. On the graph below, 0 degrees shows the direction the microphone is facing. 90 and 270 degrees are the sides of the microphone and 180 de...