Creating miniature chip scale implementations of optical quantum information protocols is a dream for many in the quantum optics community. This is largely because of the promise of stability and scalability. Here we present a monolithically integratable chip architecture upon which is built a photonic device primitive called a Bragg reflection waveguide (BRW). Implemented in gallium arsenide, ...

High-content screening for gene profiling has generally been limited to single cells. Here, we explore an alternative approach-profiling gene function by analyzing effects of gene knockdowns on the architecture of a complex tissue in a multicellular organism. We profile 554 essential C. elegans genes by imaging gonad architecture and scoring 94 phenotypic features. To generate a reference for e...

To improve the spatial error concealment (SEC) for consecutive block loss, an edge-aware spatial-frequency extrapolation (ESFE) algorithm and its edge-guided parametric model are proposed by selectively incorporating the Hough-based edge synthesis into the frequency-based extrapolation architecture. The dominant edges that cross the missing blocks are firstly identified by the Canny detector, a...

the critique of architecture has always followed architects and those involved in this field and is in fact quite indispensable from it. therefore before going around asking why it is so, it seems appropriate to ask ourselves the how. conceding to the fact that the ultimate goal in the critique of architecture is to discover a specific style with which to think about architecture, the main ques...

According to Architecture curriculum, the History of Islamic Architecture Introduction is the only course in architecture curriculum in Architecture Faculties that is about Islamic architecture. The overall objectives of the course are: familiarity with the concept of Islamic architecture, understanding spatial characteristics and special qualities of this type of architecture, being familiar w...

Conventional techniques to cluster gene expression time course data have either ignored the time aspect, by treating time points as independent, or have used parametric models where the model complexity has to be fixed beforehand. In this thesis, we have applied a non-parametric version of the traditional hidden Markov model (HMM), called the hierarchical Dirichlet process hidden Markov model (...

Introduction Diffusion imaging enables microscopic assessment of tissue structure by measuring the displacement of water molecules. Several models have been proposed to relate diffusion weighted MR signals and various structural features of the tissue. One recent model, the composite hindered and restricted model of diffusion (CHARMED), was shown to be able to extract white matter fiber orienta...

We describe our progress on the construction of a combined 3D face and vocal tract simulator for articulatory speech synthesis called ArtiSynth. The architecture provides six main modules: (1) a simulator engine and synthesis framework, (2) a two and three-dimensional model development component, (3) a numerics engine, (4) a graphical renderer, (5) an audio synthesis engine and (6) a graphical ...

This paper seeks to investigate a new definition for architecture by unifying the three Vitruvian principles of firmitas, utilities, and venustas via a phenomenological approach in the interpretation and analysis of their role in defining architecture. The paper is composed in two main sections. The first section investigates the nature of architecture based on the mentioned principles, where a...

islam is regarded to pay attention to the characteristics of urban life which can be practiced on the urban settings. not surprisingly, islam has made a great focus on the form and design of cities and prescribed detailed and elaborate regulations for individual and communal life. seen from other way round, the penetration of islam into various regions such as iran, europe, and africa had an un...