In this paper I will be concerned with the question of the extent to which semantics can be thought of as a purely formal exercise, which we can engage in in a way that is neutral with respect to how our formal system is to be interpreted. I will be arguing, to the contrary, that the features of the formal systems which we use to do semantics are closely linked, in several different ways, to th...

Structural damage detection is a field that has attracted a great interest in the scientific community in recent years. Most of these studies use dynamic analysis data of the beams as a diagnostic tool for damage. In this paper, a massless rotational spring was used to represent the cracked sections of beams and the natural frequencies and mode shape were obtained. For calculation of rotational...

The task of the radio receiver has always been to “get the signal.” However, with the proliferation of high-powered transmitters and the burgeoning growth of electronic noise pollution, often weak-signal reception is difficult, if not impossible. Receiver dynamic range is the measure of a receiver’s ability to handle a range of signal strengths, from the weakest to the strongest. Because of the...

Renewable energy sources have been characterized by a persistent and rapid proliferation, which has resulted in notable reduction grid inertia over an extended period. There is widely held belief that the primary source of within stems from generation-side conventional units. However, power consumption, significant number induction motors are present, can inherently offer rotational virtue thei...

Objective(s): Renography is used for the diagnostic evaluation of pediatric patients with a suspected obstruction of urinary tract or impaired renal function. The recommended dose for children have been released by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine. Since acquisition counts in dynamic scintig...

This paper presents a comprehensive case study on electro-mechanical analysis of MEMS[1] variable capacitors. Using the fundamental mechanical and electrical equations, static and dynamic behaviors of the device are studied. The analysis is done for three different modes, namely: dc (static mode), small signal ac and large signal regime. A complete set of equations defining dynamic behavior of ...