VVei-Tsih Lee School of Electrical Engineering Purdue University VV. Lafayette, UN. 47907 [email protected] This work introduces a new method called Self Organizing Neural Network (SONN) algorithm and demonstrates its use in a system identification task. The algorithm constructs the network, chooses the neuron functions, and adjusts the weights. It is compared to the Back-Propagation algori...

In the last few decades, application of lightweight cold-formed composite steel–concrete structural systems has constantly been increasing within field engineering. This can be explained by efficient material usage, particularly noticeable when using built-up sections and innovative types shear connections. paper summarises an overview development floor systems. Additionally, it provides backgr...

Digital imaging is a technology that extensively employed in diverse diagnostic examinations such as magnetic resonance (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and ultrasound imaging, among other modalities. Transferring patient’s images medical data to specialist physician distinct geographical location conducted facilitate an accurate diagnosis. The safeguarding of patient privacy confidentiality en...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system requires a fast and accurate algorithm for defect detections in the large structures like aircraft skins for which Lamb wave tomography (LWT) appears to be very powerful technique, as their propagation properties depend on the thickness and the mechanical properties of the material. Projection data is collected by electronically scanning an array of ult...

A study was carried out from 1992 to 1996 to compare the resistance to naturally acquired gastro-intestinal (GI) nematode parasite infections (predominantly Haemonchus contortus) of Galla and Small East African goats in the sub-humid coastal region of Kenya. A total of 204 Galla and 349 Small East African (SEA) kids were born from five kiddings. These were the progeny of 18 Galla and 17 SEA buc...

Weather-pattern, or weather-type, classifications are a valuable tool in many applications as they characterize the broad-scale atmospheric circulation over a given region. This study analyses the aspects of regional UK precipitation and meteorological drought climatology with respect to a new set of objectively defined weather patterns. These new patterns are currently being used by the Met Of...

The US Environmental Protection Agency's 2004 Dioxin Reassessment included a characterization of background exposures to dioxin-like compounds, including an estimate of an average background intake dose and an average background body burden. These quantities were derived from data generated in the mid-1990s. Studies conducted in the 2000s were gathered in an attempt to update the estimates gene...

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect waiting time at lairage before slaughter in crossbred bulls after a long transport (~14h). One-half each (n = 8 transports; n 48 ± 4 bulls/transport) were distributed two treatments: short (SWT; < 2h; 179) and (LWT; from 7 8h; 165). Animal behavior recorded during lairage. pH Longissimus dorsi (LD) between 30 36 h postmortem, regi...

<span>This paper presents a watermarking scheme for grayscale images, in which lifting wavelet transform and singular value decomposition are exploited based on multi-objective artificial bee colony optimization to produce robust method. Furthermore, increasing security encryption of the watermark is done prior embedding operation. In proposed scheme, actual image altered four sub-band ov...