Gasoline blending is an important unit operation in gasoline industry. A good model for the blending system is beneficial for supervision operation, prediction of the gasoline qualities and realizing model-based optimal control. Gasoline blending process involves two types proprieties: static blending property and dynamic property of blending tanks. Since the blending cannot follow the ideal mi...

Image blending is a process of creating a set of discrete samples of a continuous, one-parameter family of images that links a pair of input images. Image blending has uses in a variety of computer graphics, cartoons and image processing applications. Image blending is to paste a source patch onto a objective image, which has received considerable attention. While gradient-domain blending is do...

Skeletal animation with vertex blending is a popular method to model believable 3D characters. Its main advantage is its speed that allows real-time deformation even on low-level hardware. However it has some drawbacks as well: for some movements it produces non-natural postures like twisting elbows. We present a new method called bones blending that can be used as an alternative to vertex blen...

We prepared dual hydrophilic triblock copolypeptide vesicles that form both micron and nanometer scale vesicles in aqueous media. The incorporation of terminal homoarginine segments into methionine sulfoxide-based vesicles was found to significantly enhance their cellular uptake compared to a non-ionic control. We also demonstrated that diblock and triblock copolypeptides with similar hydrophob...

Panoptic is a custom spherical light field camera used as a polydioptric system where imagers are distributed over a hemispherical surface, each having its own vision of the surroundings and a distinct focal plane. The spherical light field camera records light information from any direction around its center. This paper revises previously developed Nearest Neighbor and Linear blending techniqu...

On dispensing powdered antineoplastic medicines, it is important to prevent cross-contamination and environmental exposure. Recently, we developed a method for blending powdered medicine in a disposable ointment container using a planetary centrifugal mixer. The disposable container prevents cross-contamination. In addition, environmental exposure associated with washing the apparatus does not ...

elegiac poetry written about the ahlolbeit (the holy prophet’s household) in khuzestani arabic is a rich folklore source. this poetic genre is beautiful and appealing and almost comprehensible for its audience. however, it is mysteriously difficult for all to read. this often leads to misunderstandings. the incomprehensibility of khuzestani arabic may be due to different reasons. for example,...

Language is a dynamic landscape in which words are not fixed landmarks, but fickle signposts that switch their directions as archaic senses are lost and new, more topical senses, are gained. Frequently, entirely new lexical signposts are added as newly minted word-forms enter the language. Some of these new forms are cut from whole cloth and have their origins in creative writing, movies or gam...