We study the topic dynamics of interactions in political debates using the 2012 Republican presidential primary debates as data. We show that the tendency of candidates to shift topics changes over the course of the election campaign, and that it is correlated with their relative power. We also show that our topic shift features help predict candidates’ relative rankings.

In this paper, we present an efficient low power scan test technique which simultaneously reduces both average and peak power consumption. The selective scan chain activation scheme removes unnecessary scan chain utilization during the scan shift and capture operations. Statistical scan cell reordering enables efficient scan chain removal. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed...

BACKGROUND Refraction change of silicone oil (SO) tamponade in phakic and aphakic eye has been studied thoroughly; however, it is rarely studied in pseudophakic eye. In this paper we aimed to deduce a theoretical formula predicting refractive shift of silicone oil tamponade in pseudophakic eye and compared it with clinical findings. METHOD A theoretical formula was deduced through strict geom...

Viterbi decoders are used in wide variety of communication applications. In this paper, we focus on different types of VHDL implementations of Viterbi decoder. The two approaches of Implementation of Viterbi decoder are registerexchange approach and trace back approach. There are two methods in trace back approach i.e. shift update and selective update. The behaviour of a Viterbi decoder is des...

Level shifters are interfacing circuits, generally for Low voltage to high voltage translation Level shifters are used and high to low translation inverters are sufficient, but it needs an additional circuitry. In this paper we have presented a novel high performance Dynamic Voltage Level Shifter. It is a unique circuit will perform level-up shift, level-down shift, and Blocking. The type of sh...

introduction: in modern societies, shift work is an essential component of daily life. since the beginning of research in shift work, researchers have been engaged in the identification of factors predicting adjustment and adaptation to shift work. the concept of adaptation and tolerance refers mainly to the biological response in terms of circadian rhythms and performance efficiency as well as...

One of the recurring topics in retailing is the power shift in the supply channel toward the retailers. Several studies focus on the reasons for the power shift rather than highlighting the consequences for the retailer-manufacturer relationship. Despite a considerable amount of literature about gender, the intersection of power and gender is seldom challenged. In this paper, we combine both re...

Integrated care occurs within micro, meso and macro levels of governance structures, which are shaped by complex power dynamics. Yet theoretically-led notions of power, and scrutiny of its meanings and its functioning, are neglected in the literature on integrated care. We explore an alternative approach. Following a discussion on governance, two streams of theorising power are presented: mains...

Implanted medical devices are very important electronic devices because of their usefulness in monitoring and diagnosis, safety and comfort for patients. Since 1950s, remarkable efforts have been undertaken for the development of bio-medical implanted and wireless telemetry bio-devices. Issues such as design of suitable modulation methods, use of power and monitoring devices, transfer energy fr...

As the CMOS technology is scaling down, leakage power has become one of the most critical design concerns for the chip designer. This paper proposes a low leakage linear feedback shift register that can be used in a crypto-processor. In this work, three bit, four bit and five bit linear feedback shift registers are implemented in 90nm and 65nm technology . This paper also proposes two leakage r...