This paper presents the performance study of a Genetic Algorithm, for the special case of a mixed model non-permutation flowshop production line, where resequencing is permitted when stations have access to intermittent or centralized resequencing buffers. The access to the buffers is restricted by the number of available buffer places and the physical size of the products. Results from other a...

In this paper we consider the problem of designing deadlock-free shortest-path routing algorithms. A design technique based on acyclic orientations has proven to be useful for many important topologies, e.g., meshes, tori, trees and hypercubes. It was not known whether this technique always leads to algorithms using an asymptotically optimal number of buffers. We show this is not the case by pr...

This paper presents the performance study of a Genetic Algorithm applied to a mixed model non-permutation flowshop production line. Resequencing is permitted where stations have access to intermittent or centralized resequencing buffers. The access to the buffers is restricted by the number of available buffer places and the physical size of the products. Characteristics such as the difference ...

Many succinct data structures on a word RAM require precomputed tables to start operating. Usually, the tables can be constructed in sublinear time. In this time, most of the data structure is not initialized, i.e., there is plenty of unused space allocated for the data structure. We present a general framework to store temporary extra buffers between the real data so that data can be processed...

Agricultural expansion is a primary driver of biodiversity decline in forested regions the tropics. Consequently, it important to understand conservation value remnant forests production landscapes. In tropical landscape dominated by oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), we characterized faunal communities across eight taxa occurring within riparian forest buffers, which are legally protected alongside...

CD44 is a prominent activation marker which distinguishes memory and effector T cells from their naïve counterparts. It also plays a role in early T cell signaling events as it is bound to the lymphocyte-specific protein kinase and thereby enhances T cell receptor signalling. Here, we investigated whether IFN-γ and IL-17 producing T helper cells differ in their CD44 expression and their depende...

Analysis of worst-case message transmission times in CAN networks is usually performed assuming the availability of an infinite length priority queue of message buffers at the network adapter with zero access time. In reality, adapters provide a finite number of buffers for message transmission. This paper shows how to account for the availability of a limited number of buffers at the adapter a...

A Built-In Self-Test (BIST) approach for the programmable Input/Output (I/O) buffers in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is presented. The I/O buffers are tested for their various modes of operation along with their associated routing sources. A general BIST architecture, applicable to any FPGA, is presented along with the features and limitations of the approach. Experimental results are...

The delay in, or loss of, flaxseed lipoxidase activity in N-tris (hydroxymethyl) methylglycine and N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid buffers with linolenic acid as a substrate appears due to an alteration of the lipid micelle. Flaxseed lipoxidase activity is dependent on the ionic strength of the assay solution. These effects are not observed with linoleic acid as substrate. T...