SOC’s are getting larger all the time and so is the challenge to verify these designs in a short period of time. This paper presents a transaction level-based methodology in the VMM to standardize development of various pieces of a verification environment and the communication between them. This methodology promotes reuse and helps integrate modules from various sources to interact together se...

Thermal lens microscopy (TLM) utilizes the effects, such as changes in refractive index, caused by heat generated sample for detection of nonfluorescent analytes with at least a hundred-fold enhancement sensitivity compared optical absorbance spectrometry. Micro-/nanofluidic devices can provide specificity and manipulation capabilities. The integration these two technologies exposes potential t...

BACKGROUND Muscle quality (MQ) or strength-to-mass ratio declines with aging, but the rate of MQ change with aging is highly heterogeneous across individuals. The identification of risk factors for accelerated MQ decline may offer clues to identity the underpinning physiological mechanisms and indicate targets for prevention and treatment. Using data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Agi...

Synthetic noncrystalline aluminosilicates with variable charge, similar to allophanes present naturally in volcanic soils, were studied. The surface charge behavior was determined by zero point charge (ZPC) measured by electrophoretic mobility (isoelectric points, IEP) and determined by potentiometric titration (point of zero salt effect, PZSE). The ZPC calculated by Parks model (ZPC(c)), compa...

This paper presents a 3D transmission line matrix (TLM) implementation for the solution of transient heat flow in power devices. The miniaturization of electronic networks creates problems of heat dissipation. Good thermal management is therefore essential. Simulating power electronic systems presents peculiar challenges due to the need of detailed modeling of both circuitry and control algorit...

OBJECTIVE To report the oncologic and functional outcomes of transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) in the treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer. DESIGN Prospective case series study. SETTING Multi-institution (academic, tertiary referral centers). PATIENTS A total of 117 patients with pathologically confirmed T2 to T4 lesions, stage III or stage IV, glottic or supraglottic carcinoma of the ...

Analogues of the antibiotic thiolactomycin (TLM) have been synthesized and have been shown to have enhanced activity against whole cells of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and against mycolic acid biosynthesis in cell extracts of Mycobacterium smegmatis. TLM has a methyl-branched butadienyl side chain attached at position 5 on a 'thiolactone' ring, namely 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethyl-5H-thiophen-2-o...

A new technique which allows the simulation of thin ferrite absorbing tiles in a coarse TLM mesh is described. Results are presented which show a good fit to manufacturers' reflectivity curves. Experimental and simulation results for a screened room partially lined with ferrite are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the method. INTRODUCTION The Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) method of num...