StarSync, a mesochronous synchronizer, enables low latency and full throughput crossing of clock domain boundaries having same frequency but different phases. Full back pressure is supported, where the receiver can start and stop accepting words without any data loss. Variable depth buffering is provided, supporting a wide range of short and long range communications and accommodating multi-cyc...

Recent literature has shown that buffers affect the interaction between lipid bilayers through a mechanism that involves van der Waals forces, electrostatics, hydration forces and membrane bending rigidity. This letter shows an additional peculiar effect of buffers on the mixed chain 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) lipid bilayers, namely phase coexistence similar to what...

The elapsed time for external mergesort is normally dominated by I/O time. This paper is focused on reducing I/O time during the merge phase. Three new buffering and readahead strategies are proposed, called equal buffering, extended forecasting and clustering. They exploit the fact that virtually all modern disks perform caching and sequential readahead. The latter two also collect information...

In this paper we propose a multi-set modulation technique to increase the hiding capacity within a binary document image. As part of this technique we propose an Automatic Threshold Calculation and Threshold Buffering, Shifted Space Distribution and Letter Space Compensation technique. The Automatic Threshold Calculation is used to distinguish word spaces from letter spaces. The Threshold Buffe...

In randomly connected networks of pulse-coupled elements a time-dependent input signal can be buffered over a short time. We studied the signal buffering properties in simulated networks as a function of the networks state, characterized by both the Lyapunov exponent of the microscopic dynamics and the macroscopic activity derived from mean-field theory. If all network elements receive the same...

Clavicular air sac pressure, arterial blood gases and pH, and rectal temperature were measured in treadmill-exercised cockerels breathing air, 10% O2 in N2 or a mixture of 10% O2/3% CO2 in N2. Air sac pressures were used to estimate changes in the rate and the relative depth of breathing. In air-breathing conditions exercise took place at two intensities corresponding to treadmill speeds of 3.2...

We wished to find out if a deep inspiration had any influence on subsequent breathing which was mediated by neural rather than chemical stimuli. We therefore compared the effect on ventilation of a deep isocapnic breath with that of a similar breath containing 6% CO2, and with the effect of two successive tidal volume breaths of 6% CO2. We studied five normal subjects, each of whom repeated the...

AIM/BACKGROUND In diabetic eye disease the factors leading to compromised circulation and the resulting loss of visual function are poorly understood. Although retinal circulation has been widely investigated, it accounts for only a fraction of total eye blood flow. Blood flow was investigated in the larger vessels feeding the eye in patients with early diabetic retinopathy. METHODS Eleven pa...