A variety of parallel processing technologies have been implemented in a processor, and thus a cutting edge algorithm for multimedia applications should be aware of parallel processing features. We implemented parallel algorithms for VQ compression on two parallel environments and evaluated the effectiveness of the parallel algorithms. On a multiprocessor system with distributed memories, we ev...

A variety of parallel processing technologies have been implemented in a processor, and thus a cutting edge algorithm for multimedia applications should be aware of parallel processing features. We implemented parallel algorithms for VQ compression on two parallel environments and evaluated the effectiveness of the parallel algorithms. On a multiprocessor system with distributed memories, we ev...

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of strip cropping and different weed control methods on the yield and yield structure of dent maize, narrow-leafed lupin and spring oat. A split-plot design with four replications was conducted in 2008-2010. The following factors were analysed in the experiment: I. Cultivation method – sole cropping and strip cropping; II. Weed control method ...

HISTORY The optimal ACL reconstruction is still a highly demanding clinical issue in orthopaedic research. In vitro and in vivo studies highlight that pure single bundle ACL surgery is not completely able to functionally restore knee rotational stability patterns. In the past few decades, several surgical reconstructions, combining intraand extra-articular procedures, have been proposed with th...

A 31-kDa glycoprotein antigen was purified by electrophoresing the crude extract of Parastrongylus cantonensis adult worms in a 12% SDS-polyacrylamide gel, identifying the 31-kDa component with prestained molecular weight standards, cutting the desired gel strip, and then isolating it by electroelution. Antigen fraction of 31 kDa was re-electrophoresed, transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane ...

We consider two-dimensional rectangular strip packing without rotation of items and without the guillotine cutting constraint. We propose a single-pass heuristic which fills every free space in a onedimensional knapsack fashion, i.e. considering only item widths. It appears especially important to assign suitable heuristic “pseudo-values” as profits in this knapsack problem. This simple heurist...

The two dimensional strip packing problem occurs in industries such as metal, wood, glass, paper, and textiles. The problem involves cutting shapes from a larger stock sheet or roll of material, while minimising waste. This is a well studied problem for which many heuristic methodologies are available in the literature, ranging from the basic ‘one-pass’ best-fit heuristic, to the state of the a...

the investigation was conducted on wet and dry seasons of ethiopia during the year 2012/2013 at wondo genet agricultural research center nursery site. four levels of cutting size and three levels of cutting positions were arranged in randomized complete block design with three replications. data on seedling height, branch number/seedling, root number/seedling, root weigh/seedling, root length/s...

Temper rolling or skin pass rolling is one of cold rolling processes composed of a horizontal pass cold rolling mill stand. In this process, the thick strip is subjected to very light reduction (0.5–4%) in thickness in the presence of high friction amplitudes. One of the basic parameters of strip rolling processes is temper rolling force. A new rolling force model has been proposed for temper r...

A folded disk is bistable, as it can be popped through to an inverted state with elastic energy localized in a small, highly-deformed region on the fold. Cutting out this singularity relaxes surrounding material and leads loss of bistability when hole dimensions reach critical size. These are strongly anisotropic feature surprising re-entrant behavior, such that removal additional re-stabilize ...