Exclusive-Or Sums-of-Products (ESOPs) own nice properties like small complexity and good testability, but their design is complicated. To solve the problem of exact ESOP minimization, this paper introduces a new normal form for ESOPs of completely specified Boolean functions and studies the properties of this special normal form (SNF). Additional a new approach is introduced allowing to find a ...

One of the oqtical datasets for optimal selection of future lunar lana_ng sites is local, to regional-scale topography. Lunar base site selection will require such data for hoth engineering and scientific olX,rations purposes. The Lunar Geosctence Orbiter or Lunar Obsert_or is the ideal precursory science mission from which to obtain this required information. We suggest that a simple laser alt...

New Hugoniot and release adiabat data for 1.8 g/cm3 lunar fines (sample, 70051) in the N 2 to 70 kbar range demonstrate that upon shock compression intrinsic crystal density (. 3.1 g/cm3) is achieved under shock stress of 15 to 20 kbar. Release adiabat determinatioc;s indicate that measurable irreversible compaction occurs upon achieving shock pressures above . k kbar. For shocks in the r y 7 t...

background: fasting during the holy month of ramadan (fasting) for muslims is a religious duty. the impact of fasting on some diseases has been reported in medical literature. this study evaluated the effects of fasting on appendicitis. in this population-based descriptive study, we investigated whether the incidence of acute appendicitis differs during fasting compared to other non fasting lun...

Background. Several factors are implicated in renal stone formation and peak incidence of renal colic admissions to emergency departments (ED). Little is known about the influence of potential environmental triggers such as lunar gravitational forces. We conducted a retrospective study to test the hypothesis that the incidence of symptomatic renal colics increases at the time of the full and ne...