As the d esig n-m anu factu ring interface becom es increasing ly com plicated with IC technolog y scaling , the correspond ing process variability poses g reat challeng es for nanoscale analog / R F d esig n. D esig n optim ization based on the enu m eration of process corners has been wid ely u sed , bu t can su ff er from ineffi ciency and overd esig n. In this paper we propose to form u lat...

Background: Emergency services are often confronted with patients who have no language in common medical staff. As interpreters not always available, personnel must rely on alternative solutions such as machine translation or fixed-phrase translators, which sometimes lacking usability. We aimed to evaluate patient and doctor satisfaction perceived efficacy of a novel, speech-enabled, tool (“Bab...

The roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, is the only artiodactyle known to exhibit delayed implantation (Short & Hay, 1966). In Great Britain, mating normally occurs between late July and mid-August and after fertilization development proceeds to the blastocyst stage before growth is arrested (Prell, 1938). Blastocysts remain free in the uterine lumen for about 5 months from August until early Januar...

mathematical/logical text that is a central reference for all second order cyberneticians. The introduction is a wonderfully insightful essay. So are some of the appendices.] von Foerster H. (1995). The Cybernetics of Cybernetics, second edn. Minneapolis, MN: Future Systems Inc. 497 pp. [The book of the name: a collection of papers by distinguished cyberneticians with graphic commentaries and o...

KNOWLEDGE of the means by which substances enter and leave the eye, usually referred to as " aqueous-humour dynamics ", is essential for an understanding of the factors contributing to the control of the intra-ocular pressure. In non-living systems, when a membrane separates two concentrations of a substance in a solution to which the membrane is permeable, this substance travels across the mem...

The use of nitrogen mustards as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of certain neoplastic diseases has been well established by a large number of workers (Montgomery, 1959; Creech, Breuninger, Hankwitz, Polsky & Wilson, 1960; Ross, 1962). A large number of different compounds have been screened in various test systems in vitro and in vivo for anticancerous, antibacterial, antimicrobial and...

Using a low temperature process flow, a photoresist ashing technique was developed to define nano-gaps for the fabrication of electrostatically transduced RF MEMS. This was performed by shrinking laterally the photoresist to the required dimension in a O2 plasma etch system. Polycrystalline silicon-germanium (poly-SiGe) films replaced poly silicon as the structural layer, while poly germanium w...

KNOWLEDGE of the means by which substances enter and leave the eye, usually referred to as " aqueous-humour dynamics ", is essential for an understanding of the factors contributing to the control of the intra-ocular pressure. In non-living systems, when a membrane separates two concentrations of a substance in a solution to which the membrane is permeable, this substance travels across the mem...

A b str a c t C o n tro l in te n siv e IC s p o se a sign ifican t ch allenge to th e users o f fo rm a l m e th o d s in d esig n in g h ardw are. T h ese IC s h a ve to s u p p o r t a w id e v a r ie ty o f req u irem e n ts in clu d in g synchronous and asynchronous o p era ­ tion s, p o llin g an d in te rru p t-d riv e n m o d e s o f o p era tio n , m u ltip le con cu rrent th rea d s o...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that grow on a variety of grains, feedstuffs and animal feed. Feed containing moderate to high levels of mycotoxins cause clinical symptoms in most animals, ranging from organ damage to acute mortality. Consumption of low levels of contaminated feed may result in subclinical problems such as immunosuppression. More than 500 mycotoxins have been iden...