This paper presents a novel discrete particle swarm optimization (PSO) for frequency response masking (FRM) finite impulse response (FIR) digital filters over the canonical signed-digit (CSD) multiplier coefficient space. A look-up table (LUT) scheme is employed to ensure that the PSO automatically searches through permissible CSD multiplier coefficient values in the course of optimization with...

The lower urinary tract (LUT) comprises a storage unit, the urinary bladder, and an outlet, the urethra. The coordination between the two structures is tightly controlled by the nervous system and, therefore, LUT function is highly susceptible to injuries to the neuronal pathways involved in micturition control. These injuries may include lesions to the spinal cord or to nerve fibres and result...

Many modern Field Programmable Logic Arrays (FPGAs) use lookup table (LUT) logic blocks which can be programmed to realize any function of a fixed number of inputs. It is possible to employ logic blocks that realize only a subset of all functions, while the rest can be obtained by permuting and negating the inputs. Such blocks, known as Universal Logic Modules (ULMs), have already been consider...

Gain based predistorter (PD) is a highly effective and simple digital baseband predistorter which compensates for the nonlinear distortion of PAs. Lookup table (LUT) is the core of the gain based PD. This paper presents a discrete Newton’s method based adaptive technique to modify LUT. We simplify and convert the hardship of adaptive updating LUT to the roots finding problem for a system of two...

Data embedding mechanism used for authentication applications should be secure in order to prevent an adversary from forging the embedded data at his/her will. Meanwhile, semi-fragileness is often preferred to allow for distinguishing content changes versus non-content changes. In this paper, we focus on jointly enhancing the robustness and security of the embedding mechanism, which can be used...

Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) attributes of logic configurability, bitstream storage, and dynamic signal routing can be realized by leveraging the complementary benefits of emerging devices with Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)-based devices. In this paper, a novel Carbon/Magnet Lookup Table (CM-LUT) is developed and evaluated by trading off a range of mixed heterogeneous t...

The loss of lower urinary tract (LUT) control is a ubiquitous consequence of a complete spinal cord injury, attributed to a lack of regeneration of supraspinal pathways controlling the bladder. Previous work in our lab has utilized a combinatorial therapy of peripheral nerve autografts (PNG), acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF), and chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) to treat a complete T8 spinal co...

Epidemiological studies suggest that consumption of vegetables rich in the xanthophylls lutein (LUT) and zeaxanthin (ZEA) reduces the risk for developing age-related cataract, a leading cause of vision loss. Although LUT and ZEA are the only dietary carotenoids present in the lens, direct evidence for their photoprotective effect in this organ is not available. The present study examined the ef...

Three ideal point-based multi-criteria decision methods (MCDM), i.e., iterative ideal point thresholding (IIPT), compromise programming (CP) and a newly-proposed CP variant, called balanced compromise programming (BCP), were applied to the Tabacay catchment in Ecuador with the aim of finding a distribution of land use types (LUT) that optimizes regional land performance. This performance was ex...

This study determined the influence of gender, menstrual phase (MP), and oral contraceptive (OC) use on immunological changes in response to endurance exercise. Twelve women and 11 men similar in age, aerobic power, and activity level cycled for 90 min at 65% maximal aerobic power. Women were OC users (n = 6) or nonusers (NOC) and cycled during the follicular (Fol) and the luteal (Lut) phases. ...