We review recent methods in 2D creative pattern generation and their control mechanisms, focusing on procedural methods. The is motivated by an artist's perspective investigates interactive as a complex design problem. While the repetitive nature of patterns well-suited to algorithmic creation automation, artist needs more flexible mechanisms for adaptable inventive designs. organize state art ...

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As the complexity of VLSI circuits is increasing at the rate predicted by Moore's law and the switching frequencies are approaching a gigahertz, testing cost is becoming an important factor in the overall IC manufacturing cost. Testing cost is incurred by test pattern generation and test application processes. In this dissertation, we address both of these factors contributing to the testing co...

Locomotion, one of the most basic robotic functions, has been widely studied for several types of robots. As for self-reconfigurable modular robots, there are two types of locomotion; one type is realized as a series of self-reconfiguration and the other is realized as a whole body motion such as walking and crawling. Even for the latter type of locomotion, designing control method is more diff...

– Core-based testing, which is described by the proposed IEEE standard P1500, is an effective test method for Systems-on-Chip (SOC) containing embedded cores. This test method is usable for all classes of digital cores and provides solutions that allow automatic identification and configuration of testability features in SOC containing embedded cores. In this moment, IEEE P1500 is restricted to...

Hair follicles are spaced apart from one another at regular intervals through the skin. Although follicles are predominantly epidermal structures, classical tissue recombination experiments indicated that the underlying dermis defines their location during development. Although many molecules involved in hair follicle formation have been identified, the molecular interactions that determine the...