Bon Ki Koo et al. 235 ABSTRACT⎯A new mesh reconstruction scheme for approximating a surface from a set of unorganized 3D points is proposed. The proposed method, called a shrink-wrapped boundary face (SWBF) algorithm, produces the final surface by iteratively shrinking the initial mesh generated from the definition of the boundary faces. SWBF surmounts the genus-0 spherical topology restriction...

This document discusses verification and debug of high-speed I/O using the on-die instrumentation (ODI) features of the Altera 28-nm Stratix® V device. In line with Moore's law, I/O technology trends continue to double in speed and data rates every two to three years. As the speed and data rates of I/Os increase, new verification and test challenges emerge. This white paper describes the challe...

JavaScript is widely used in web-based applications and is increasing popular with developers. So-called ”browser wars” in recent years have focused on JavaScript performance, specifically claiming comparative results based on benchmark suites such as SunSpider and V8. In this paper we evaluate the behavior of JavaScript web applications from commercial websites and compare this behavior with t...

Soil stabilization is the alteration of property of locally available soil to improve its engineering performance. Stabilization can increase the shear strength of soil and control shrink – swell properties of soil, thus improving the load bearing capacity of a sub grade to support the pavements and foundation. The objective of this paper is to expose the possibilities of paper sludge and rice ...

We construct a D3-brane wrapped on S, which is fibred over the resolved conifold as its transverse space. Whereas a fractional D3-brane on the resolved conifold is not supersymmetric and has a naked singularity, our solution is supersymmetric and regular everywhere. We also consider an S-wrapped D3-brane on the resolved cone over T /Z2, as well as on the deformed conifold. In the former case, w...

Testing can be considered an investment. A software organization—whether an in-house IT shop, market-driven shrink-wrap software vendor, or Internet ASP— chooses to forego spending money on new projects or additional features to fund the test team. What’s the return on that investment (ROI)? Cost of quality analysis provides one way to quantify ROI.

A number of organizations as well as bloggers have arisen over the past several decades claiming that vaccines and/or their ingredients cause a number of disorders, foremost among these is autism. The results of their efforts have been a decline in vaccine coverage and a rise in previously rare childhood diseases, resulting in unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations, long-term disabilities, and...