The relationship between structure and inhibition activity on carbonic anhydrase I of a set of forty substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazoleand 1,3,4-thiadiazoline-disulfonamides has been investigated by using the Molecular Descriptors Family method. The molecular descriptors family has been generated starting with the information obtained from the compounds structure and the descriptors were calculated....

management of project's knowledge is very effective in the performance of project management and carries a great portion in achieving the targets of organization and projects. in project-oriented organization, knowledge and experiences of projects play a crucial role. accurate identification and suitable application of knowledge in success of knowledge management is necessary. this combine...

Real-time measurement of tire-road friction coefficient is extremely valuable for winter road maintenance operations and can be used to optimize the kind and quantity of the deicing and anti-icing chemicals applied to the roadway. In this project, a wheel based tire-road friction coefficient measurement system is first developed for snowplows. Unlike a traditional Norse meter, this system is ba...

The present chapter is concerned with presenting an approach for the synthesis of a gainscheduled flight control law that assures compliance to trajectory tracking requirements. More precisely, a strategy is proposed for improving the tracking performances of a baseline controller, obtained by conventional synthesis techniques, by tuning its gains. The approach is specifically designed for atmo...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new concept of robust control – Model Bridge Control (MBC). The MBC is a multi-degree of freedom control based on the model bridge principle (MBP) that the gaps between objects and achievements are bridged by individual models. The key of MBC is the error compensation by the model which covers both gain and phase of the error. This breaks through the tradeoff bet...

This paper introduces some of the research behind automatic scoring of the speaking part of the Arizona English Language Learner Assessment, a large-scale test now operational for students in Arizona. Approximately 70% of the students tested are in the range 4-11 years old. We cover the methods used to assess spoken responses automatically, considering both what the student says and the way in ...