A popular design framework for networked control systems (NCSs) is the emulation-based approach combined with Lyapunov-based analysis techniques hybrid systems. In virtually all papers that use this framework, bounds in terms of maximal allowable transmission interval (MATI) are provided to guarantee stability, and performance properties NCS. However, having only such a MATI condition rather re...

CrN–Ag composite films, 2.5–4 Am thick, were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering on Si and stainless steel substrates in a 0.4 Pa pure nitrogen atmosphere at 500 -C. The layer composition was controlled by the relative power to 7.5-cm-diameter Ag and Cr targets to be 0, 3, 12, and 22 at.% Ag. The layers exhibit a dense columnar microstructure where the Ag is homogeneously distributed in ...

Metal-semiconductor Janus-like nanoparticles with the composition tantalum silicide-silicon (TaSi₂/Si) were synthesized for the first time by means of an evaporation method utilizing a high-power electron beam. The composition of the synthesized particles were characterized using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), selective area electron diffracti...

EGG recordings performed on 13 local white rabbits (O. cuniculus) which divided into 3 groups; acetosal 35 mg/kgBM receiver, reserpine 37.5 mg/kgBM receiver, and control group. A total of 72 EGG recordings obtained from them, which divided furthermore into nine datasets based on prepandrial state, postpandrial state, and post 1 hour drug administration state. EGG parameters such as the number o...

Fuzzy measures are suitable in analyzing human subjective evaluation processes. Several different strategies have been proposed for distance of fuzzy numbers. The distances introduced for fuzzy numbers can be categorized in two groups:\1. The crisp distances which explain crisp values for the distance between two fuzzy numbers.\2. The fuzzy distance which introduce a fuzzy distance for normal f...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of two usability evaluation methods, cognitive walkthrough (CW) and think aloud (TA), for identifying usability problems and to compare the performance of CW and TA in identifying different types of usability problems. METHODS A CW was performed by two usability evaluators and 10 physicians were recruited to perform a TA usability testing of a CPOE syste...

Measuring fruit morphology and color traits of vegetable and fruit crops in an objective and reproducible way is important for detailed phenotypic analyses of these traits. Tomato Analyzer (TA) is a software program that measures 37 attributes related to two-dimensional shape in a semi-automatic and reproducible manner. Many of these attributes, such as angles at the distal and proximal ends of...

OBJECTIVES Introduction of hybrid techniques, such as transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TA-TAVR), requires skills that a heart team must master to achieve technical efficiency: the technical performance learning curve. To date, the learning curve for TA-TAVR remains unknown. We therefore evaluated the rate at which technical performance improved, assessed change in occurrence ...

Intramuscular pressure (IMP) is the hydrostatic fluid pressure that is directly related to muscle force production. Electromechanical delay (EMD) provides a link between mechanical and electrophysiological quantities and IMP has potential to detect local electromechanical changes. The goal of this study was to assess the relationship of IMP with the mechanical and electrical characteristics of ...

Thin films of tantalum oxide hold promising functional properties for electronic applications such as resistive random-access memory. For this aim, correlating the structure and charge transport oxygen-deficient derivatives is crucial. Here, using electron scattering measurements from nanoscale volumes in a transmission microscope (TEM), we report how oxygen content affects short-range order am...