Soft Open Points (SOPs) are power electronic devices installed in place of normally-open points in electrical power distribution networks. They are able to provide active power flow control, reactive power compensation and voltage regulation under normal network operating conditions, as well as fast fault isolation and supply restoration under abnormal conditions. Two control modes were develop...

Past research in Hamilton, Ontario has found that age and longevity of residence are positively associated with evaluations of sense of place (SoP); further, evaluations of SoP between immigrants and Canadian-born individuals have shown no clear pattern (Williams et al. 2010; Williams and Kitchen 2012). This paper builds on this work by further examining evaluations of SoP among both immigrants...

In the process of logic synthesis and optimization, it is an important operation to extract common logic parts among several logic functions. Most methods currently used are based on SOP (sum-of-products) expressions of logic functions. In such methods, special sub-expressions named kernels [1, 2] are generated, and attempts are made to find good intersections of kernels for common logic expres...

Motivated by important international differences in the design of ”say on pay” (SoP), this paper studies how its enforceability and its timing affects compensation decisions of the board of directors (BoD) and the level of board dependence. The analysis suggests that SoP design can have significant economic consequences that should be considered by regulatory authorities. In the context of a th...

This work introduces a simple Sum-over-Paths (SoP) formulation of string edit distances accounting for all possible alignments between two sequences. Each alignment ℘, with a total cost C(℘), is assigned a probability of occurrence P(℘) = exp[−θC(℘)]/Z where Z is a normalization factor. Therefore, good alignments (having a low cost) are favoured over bad alignments (having a high cost). The exp...

INTRODUCTION Rapid sequence induction (RSI) of critically ill patients outside of theatres is associated with a higher risk of hypoxia, cardiovascular collapse and death. In the prehospital and military environments, there is an increasing awareness of the benefits of standardised practice and checklists. METHODS We conducted a non-systematic review of literature pertaining to key components ...

Indoor positioning technology has become more and more important in the last two decades. Utilizing Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) fingerprints of Signals of OPportunity (SOP) is a promising alternative navigation solution. However, as the RSSIs vary during operation due to their physical nature and are easily affected by the environmental change, one challenge of the indoor fingerpr...

BACKGROUND Providing sufficient oxygenation and ventilation is of paramount importance for the survival of emergency patients. Therefore, advanced airway management is one of the core tasks for every rescue team. Endotracheal intubation is the gold standard to secure the airway in the prehospital setting. This review aims to highlight special considerations for advanced airway management preced...

The true potential of three dimensional System-OnPackage (SOP) technology lies in its capability to integrate both active and passive components into a single high speed/density multi-layer packaging substrate. We propose a new interconnect-centric SOP global routing algorithm that handles arbitrary routing topologies and produces near optimal results. The contribution of this work is threefold...