background and objective: early determination of antibacterial susceptibility increases the success of therapy, decreases unnecessary use of antibacterial agents and side-effects, and lowers the overall healthcare cost. materials and methods: a rapid colorimetric method for antibacterial susceptibility testing named qui-sensitest (inovative biotechnology organization, istanbul, turkey) was eval...

Background: The interaction between antiepileptic drugs and brain electrical stimulation is a potential therapy to control of seizures in patient with pharmacoresistance to drugs. So, the aim of present study was designed to determine the effect of a sub effective dose of sodium valproate combined with low-frequency electrical stimulation during kindling. Material and Methods: One tripolar ele...

Caspian Sea is the largest land locked water body in the world and has been characterized by significant relative sea-level changes since the Pliocene. The sea-level oscillations have strongly impacted the coastal areas depending on geomorphological setting. This study aims to investigate the impacts of sea level oscillations on low-lying coasts of the southeastern flank of the Caspian Sea...

Disposable, selective and low-cost carbon nanotube modified electrodes were fabricated for the electrochemical detection of neonicotinoid insecticide, Clothianidin (CLT). Almost 2 folds’ increase at Clothianidin reduction signal was obtained by using single-walled carbon nanotube modified electrodes (SWCNT-PGE) compared to unmodified electrodes. These nanomaterials modified electrodes developed...

We describe our MIM2SOLO Silicon Compiler which integrates the MIMOLA high-level synthesis system and the SOLO 1400 standard-cell IC design system. Key features of the system are synthesis from an algorithmic description, full simulation support with automatic test pattern generation, and support of hybrid analogue/digital designs. We present a CISC processor designed both traditionally and usi...

This paper describes the main features of the CARPET language and its practical use for programming three-dimensional models of the contamination of soils developed in the CABOTO project. CARPET is a high-level language based on the cellular automata model, which supports rapid prototyping of a large number of applications in science and engineering. A CARPET implementation has been used for pr...

This paper presents a framework for high-level exploration, Register Transfer-Level (RTL) design and rapid prototyping of Network-on-Chip (NoC) architectures. From the high-level exploration, a selected NoC topology is derived, which is then implemented in RTL using an automated design flow. Furthermore, for verification purposes, appropriate self-checking testbenches for the verification of th...

This paper describes pycdec, a Pythonmodule for the cdec decoder. It enables Python code to use cdec’s fast C++ implementation of core finite-state and context-free inference algorithms for decoding and alignment. The high-level interface allows developers to build integrated MT applications that take advantage of the rich Python ecosystem without sacrificing computational performance. We give ...

When we asked a colleague of ours why people do not make more haptic musical instruments, he replied that he thought they were “too hard to program and too expensive.” We decided to solve these perceived problems by introducing HSP, a simple platform for implementing haptic musical instruments. HSP obviates the need for employing low-level embedded control software because the haptic device is ...