The dynamic equations of motion for rigid links connected at hinges to form a tree are amenable to a parallel solution. Such a solution can potentially provide a real-time simulation of the dynamic behavior of a broad class of objects used in animation and robotics even when the number of links is large. However, the design of a parallel algorithm poses problems not encountered in the sequentia...

The EphA4 receptor tyrosine kinase interacts with ephrin ligands to regulate many processes, ranging from axon guidance and nerve regeneration to cancer malignancy. Thus antagonists that inhibit ephrin binding to EphA4 could be useful for a variety of research and therapeutic applications. In the present study we characterize the binding features of three antagonistic peptides (KYL, APY and VTM...

Abstract. Streamflow drought forecasting is a key element of contemporary early warning systems (DEWS). The term streamflow (not forecasting), however, has created confusion within the scientific hydrometeorological community as well in operational weather and water management services. requires an additional step, which application identification method to forecasted time series. way identifie...

In order to pursue the goal of low-carbon ironmaking, a new type humic acid (HA)-based binder was applied preparation oxidized pellets from vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite (VTM) in this work. Effects HA (or with limestone) on balling, preheating, and roasting behaviors VTM were comparatively studied bentonite. The embedded features each mineral phase sintered pellets, especially crystallizatio...

The Multiphonia Corpus consists of audio-video classroom recordings comparing two methods of phonetic correction (the ‘traditional’ articulatory method, and the Verbo-Tonal Method) This database was created not only to remedy the crucial lack of information and pedagogical resources on teaching pronunciation but also to test the benefit of VTM on Second Language pronunciation. The VTM method em...

The continuity equation suggests that a ratio of velocities at two different cardiac valves is inversely proportional to the ratio of cross-sectional areas of the valves. To determine whether a ratio of mitral/aortic valve orifice velocities is useful in determining aortic valve area in patients with aortic stenosis, 10 control subjects and 22 patients with predominant aortic stenosis were exam...

This is a preliminary report on a project to characterize the historic species composition of coastal sage scrub vegetation in southern California using plot data collected between 1929 and 1934 by the USDA Forest Service's Vegetation Type Map (VTM) survey. Records and maps from a large historic data set collected for the VTM survey were converted into a digital database and GIS coverage. Histo...

1.1 Background The California Bearing ratio (CBR) test has been widely used in pavement design since mid 1940’s. It is a relative measure of subgrade soil or base/subbase aggregate strength. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has been using its own Virginia Test Method-8 (VTM-8) to perform CBR testing. On the other hand, private industry and other DOT’s are using AASHTO (American ...

A 360-d study was performed to evaluate the effects of different environmental conditions on storage stability of exogenous phytases. Coated and uncoated products from 3 phytase sources [Ronozyme P (DSM Nutritional Products, Basel, Switzerland), OptiPhos (Phytex LLC, Sheridan, IN), and Phyzyme (Danisco Animal Nutrition, Marlborough, UK)] were stored as pure forms, in a vitamin premix, or in a v...

Strict compliance with technological requirements in the production of steel is one main factors that determine quality products. In mining industry, at metallurgical enterprises and transport hubs, all kinds vibrating machines are widely used, particular conveyors (VTM): conveyors, feeders, screens screen vibratory loaders. The type drive such an inertial drive, which consists unbalanced vibra...