The use of distributed computing elements has grown in the embedded systems arena, consequently the use of shared communication media linking these computers has garnered increasing attention. Two prominent and contemporary media sharing approaches include variations of controlled and contention based media access paradigms, with the timetriggered (TT) and the event-triggered (ET) approaches, r...

We study the evolution of heterogeneous networks of oscillators subject to a state-dependent interconnection rule. We find that heterogeneity in the node dynamics is key in organizing the architecture of the functional emerging networks. We demonstrate that increasing heterogeneity among the nodes in state-dependent networks of phase oscillators causes a differentiation in the activation probab...

MOTIVATION The validity of periodic cell cycle regulation studies in plants is seriously compromised by the relatively poor quality of cell synchrony that is achieved for plant suspension cultures in comparison to yeast and mammals. The present state-of-the-art plant synchronization techniques cannot offer a complete cell cycle coverage and moreover a considerable loss of cell synchrony may occ...

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is an emerging pathogen that recently caused a large outbreak of severe respiratory disease in the United States and other countries. Little is known about the relationship between EV-D68 virus and host cells. In this study, we assessed the effect of the host cell cycle on EV-D68 viral production, as well as the ability of EV-D68 to manipulate host cell cycle progressio...

Abstract Music offers a uniquely abstract way for the expression of human emotions and moods, wherein melodic harmony is achieved through succinct blend pitch, rhythm, tempo, texture, other sonic qualities. The emerging field “ Robotic Musicianship ” focuses on developing machine intelligence, in terms algorithms cognitive models, to capture underlying principles musical perception, composition...

This paper proposes an active and reactive power control strategy based on predictive control approaches applied to gridconnected renewable energy systems. To accomplish this a multi-modular matrix converter topologies are used in combination with a simple but efficient grid synchronization strategy. The theoretical performance analysis is performed considering a six-phase wind energy generator...

Testing is the most commonly used approach to the assurance of software quality and reliability. The testing of object-oriented software is much more complex than that of conventional programs. Although we proposed previously a method called TACCLE for testing objectoriented software at the class and cluster levels, it did not cover concurrent or non-deterministic situations. 123 This paper put...

Wireless Sensor Networks are fast gaining popularity for use in a variety of remote sensing, emergency monitoring and information collection applications. Time synchronization in such highly distributed systems is important in order to maintain a global notion of time throughout the network and to support the underlying applications. But, cheating behavior by malicious nodes can severely jeopar...

In the present study, we experimentally tested the role of hand motor circuits in simple-arithmetic strategies. Educated adults solved simple additions (e.g., 8 + 3) or simple subtractions (e.g., 11 - 3) while they were required to retrieve the answer from long-term memory (e.g., knowing that 8 + 3 = 11), to transform the problem by making an intermediate step (e.g., 8 + 3 = 8 + 2 + 1 = 10 + 1 ...

This article presents a distributed synchronization strategy for connected and automated vehicles in traffic networks. The considers traveling from one intersection to the next as waves. phase angle frequency of each wave map its position velocity, respectively. goal is synchronize such that intersecting waves are out at every intersection. ensures safe collective navigation intersections. Vehi...