Electro-thermal characteristics of strained-Si MOSFETs operating in high-current, high temperature regimes were investigated using device/circuit mixed mode simulations. The material parameters of strained-Si were calibrated for device simulations. Especially the phonon mean-free-path of strained-Si with high electric fields was estimated based on a full-band Monte Carlo device simulation. Desp...

Mobile devices are quickly becoming the most used and abundant electronics used today. The ability to positively identify a mobile device and associate it with a specific person or entity is critical to deter theft and provide enhanced security of stored data. This paper presents a novel method for providing device identification through the use of PUF technology that uniquely labels every supp...

Biofilms are communities of microorganisms within extracellular polymeric material attached to surfaces. Within a biofilm, cells have some protection from drying and other stress factors in their environment, including antimicrobial agents. In this article, the challenges to medical device reprocessing posed by biofilms are addressed. Biofilm formation on reusable medical device surfaces is a r...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To identify and compare hearing protection interventions for youth working and living on farms. BACKGROUND Noise-induced hearing loss represents a significant risk factor for injury, disability and death in agricultural populations due to an inability to receive sensory information that can indicate dangerous situations. Despite the availability of hearing protection devic...

Energization of a transformer results in sudden flow of current which is an effect of core magnetization. This current will be dominated by the presence of second harmonic, which in turn is used to segregate fault and inrush current, thus guaranteeing proper operation of the relay. This additional security in the relay sometimes obstructs or delays differential protection in a specific scenario...

The initially consumer oriented iOS and Android platforms, and the newly available Windows Phone 8 platform start to play an important role within business related areas. Within the business context, the devices are typically deployed via mobile device management (MDM) solutions, or within the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) context. In both scenarios, the security depends on many platform securit...

BACKGROUND The ultrasonic transducer is one of the core components of ultrasound systems, and the transducer's sensitivity is significantly related the loss of electronic components such as the transmitter, receiver, and protection circuit. In an ultrasonic device, protection circuits are commonly used to isolate the electrical noise between an ultrasound transmitter and transducer and to minim...

In order to guard against the leakage of important data in the system, a new model of data protection is proposed in the paper, which is also targeted at the shortcomings in the existing data protection technology in the field of data leakage prevention. By taking advantage of TPM data protection technique as well as the combination of symmetric encryption and asymmetric encryption, a new data ...

Efficiency wages theories argue that the threat of firing, coupled with a high unemployment rate, is a mechanism that discourages employee shirking in asymmetric information contexts. Our empirical analysis aims to test the role of unemployment as a worker discipline device, considering the different degree of job security offered by the Italian Employment Protection Legislation to workers empl...

The increasing use of electronics in residential applications has been paralleled by a realization that surge protection may be necessary for this type of equipment. Installing a surge-protective device on the power-line port as well as on the communications-line port of an equipment might appear sufficient to ensure this protection. However, the normal operation of one of the protective device...