The new strategy for non-uniform initial FE mesh generation is presented in this paper. The main focus is set to a priori procedures that define the sizing function independent on the mesh generation algorithm. The sizing function used by the mesh generation algorithm is established by control sphere and control space concepts and fully controls mesh gradation in the complex 2D problem domains.

The technique of hydrodynamic focusing, used to improve the resolution of the Coulter counter for the sizing of bacteria, was examined. Latex particles of 0.26 mum to 6.7 mum volume were used to examine the characteristics of the system with and without hydrodynamic focusing. The system then was evaluated for sizing mixed bacterial populations as well as single populations. Possible application...

Using a general \minimum-bandwidth" property of ATM bandwidth schedulers, we obtain end-to-end delay bounds over arbitrary virtual circuits of such schedulers. For (;)-constrained sources, we specify buuer sizing requirements at each hop for lossless transmission. The buuer sizing results are sharpened for the case of the idling Virtual Clock (IVC) scheduler proposed in 3].

Sizing individual nanoparticles and dispersions of nanoparticles provides invaluable information in applications such as nanomaterial synthesis, air and water quality monitoring, virology, and medical diagnostics. Several conventional nanoparticle sizing approaches exist; however, there remains a lack of high-throughput approaches that are suitable for low-resource and field settings, i.e., met...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS  Accurate sizing of polyps at time of colonoscopy is critical for determining surveillance intervals. Endoscopists routinely over- or underestimate the size of polyps at colonoscopy. We evaluated the variability in sizing of polyps among multiple endoscopists, and the effect of patient and physician related factors on polyp size estimation in a large community-based practice...