This paper presents a framework for constructing and analyzing enclosures of the reachable set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using continuous-time setpropagation methods. The focus is on convex enclosures that can be characterized in terms of their support functions. A generalized differential inequality is introduced, whose solutions describe such support functions for a ...

High clock frequencies and short edge rates in present high-speed digital systems result in EMI problems at increasingly higher frequencies. At these speeds, clock harmonics have sufficient energy in the range above 500 MHz to excite cavity modes of a conducting enclosure, and to drive even small length slots and apertures that are unavoidable in a practical design, and can result in an EM1 pro...

In May 1977, a group of 27 Japanese macaques (9 males and 18 females) was captured as a whole near mount Takasaky, Oita prefecture, in Southern Japan, and transferred to the Rome Zoo (Bioparco, since 1998). The group was housed in an enclosure formed by a large (i.e. 700 m2) outdoor area and by 100 m2 indoor quarters with concrete floor and walls (see Figure 1). The enclosure remained basically...

Effects of inclination angle on natural convection heat transfer and fluid flow in a two-dimensional enclosure filled with Cu-nanofluid has been analyzed numerically. The performance of nanofluids is tested inside an enclosure by taking into account the solid particle dispersion. The angle of inclination is used as a control parameter for flow and heat transfer. It was varied from = 0 to = 120 ...

Polistes dominulus females that adopt nests are less cooperative and may expend less energy than nest founding wasps. In an enclosure, 14 nests were adopted by individuals previously unassociated with any nest. No preference for enclosure or non-enclosure nests was detected, suggesting that adopters do not preferentially secure nests containing non-descendent kin. Instead, adopters — who were s...

Consider linear systems whose matrix and right-hand side vector depend affinelinearly on parameters varying within prescribed intervals. We present a C-XSC [9] implementation of a parametric fixed-point iteration method for the verified enclosure of the parametric solution set. Input data for the system have an entirely numerical representation by dense twodimensional matrices. Some specific fe...

1. Scope and objectives The scope of the preliminary design of the AO enclosure includes mating the AO bench correctly to the AO enclosure (including instruments) and conceptualizing the integration of all of the new and existing AO enclosure support systems, including electronics and controls, cable routing, the thermal management system, the air quality control system, and an infrastructure f...

Recently, Ning & Kearfott derived a formula for the interval enclosure of the solution set of linear systems of equations with uncertain data ranging in intervals, in the case when the coeecient matrix is an H-matrix. The enclosure is optimal when the midpoint matrix is diagonal, and when the midpoint is the identity, it reduces to the optimal method for enclosing preconditioned systems found b...

Air leakage through the building enclosure can have a significant impact on heating and cooling loads. Unfortunately, the measurement of air leakage through enclosure systems and components can be very difficult in practice. Inaccurate quantification of air leakage can affect building performance and may lead to incorrectly-sized mechanical systems and unreliable results from whole building ene...

Two confirmed cases of fatal disseminated toxoplasmosis occurred in an urban zoological collection of meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Both cases are suspected to be the result of feral cats gaining access to the enclosure. Toxoplasmosis has rarely been documented in meerkats. Subsequent to prophylactic treatment of all the animals and structural changes being implemented within the enclosure, no...