We studied a dynamical model for the motion of the large scales of proteins in water. The model was obtained by projecting the (averaged) Newton equations onto some set of harmonic modes. We compared the statistics of the so-obtained trajectories with those obtained by standard techniques, and concluded that our dynamical model is able to fairly reproduce the average properties of the large-sca...

This paper investigates the issue of enabling scalable quantitative delay guarantee support in DiffServ networks through NSIS. A NSIS QoS Model is utilized to add the admission control framework to the DiffServ architecture and reservation-based admission control algorithms are designed for ingress and interior nodes respectively for enabling quantitative delay guarantees in a DiffServ domain. ...

Interacting with toys and other people is fundamental for developing social communication skills. However, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by having a significant impairment in social interaction, which often leads to deficits in play skills. For this reason, methods of teaching play skills to young children with ASD have been well documented. Although previous st...

We consider a family of damped quasi-Newton methods for solving unconstrained optimization problems. This family resembles that of Broyden with line searches, except that the change in gradients is replaced by a certain hybrid vector before updating the current Hessian approximation. This damped technique modifies the Hessian approximations so that they are maintained sufficiently positive defi...

In this paper, a space-time absolute nodal coordinate formulation cable (SAC) element forming technique based on the Lagrange family of shape functions is proposed. Two distinct SAC elements, each with spatial function, have been generated by method. Moreover, external forces such as bending moment and air resistance formula accounted for. The multiplier method, along concepts replacement const...