A methodology for performing characterization of Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) packages via Infrared Thermography (IRT) was established. The thermal performance of various assemblies was characterized using IRT in conjunction with analytical methods to determine the individual contributions of the PBGA package and of the printed wiring board. Accuracy and repeatability of temperature measureme...

We describe a probabilistic planning approach that translates a PPDDL planning problem description to a first-order MDP (FOMDP) and uses approximate solution techniques for FOMDPs to derive a value function and corresponding policy. Our FOMDP solution techniques represent the value function linearly w.r.t. a set of first-order basis functions and compute suitable weights using lifted, first-ord...

____________ _ The intraaortic balloon pump is the most common method of left ventricular support in use today. Various types of ventricular assist devices and centrifugal pumps are also used at many institutions for both single and biventricular support. Balloon pump technology can also be used to support the right ventricle, as we were able to recently demonstrate in a successful application ...

syntax Concrete syntax Kinds type type x :A:K {x:A}K A -> K K Types A&B; A & B A B A -o B B oA x :A:B {x:A}B A -> B B M Objects sndM M ̂x :A:M [x^A]M M^N M ^ N x :A:M [x:A]M M N M N The next table gives the relative precedence and associativity of these operators. As in Elf, parentheses are available to override these behaviors. Precedence Oper...