Manufacturing of AgMg sheathed Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x superconducting tapes involves multiple processes. Microstructural studies across tape sections have shown that the microstructure is nonuniform across the tape. These nonuniformities are largely due to manufacturing defects, even in well-controlled manufacturing processes. Consequently, the electrical and mechanical properties vary in these differ...

[Purpose] To evaluate the short-term effects of kinesio tape on joint position sense, isokinetic measurements, kinesiophobia, symptoms, and functional limitations in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 90 patients (112 knees) with patellofemoral pain syndrome were randomized into a kinesio tape group (n=45) or placebo kinesio tape group (n=45). Baseline...

OBJECTIVE To compare the pain relief effect of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) on the pain associated with adhesive tape removal in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. DESIGN Randomized Controlled Trial. SETTING Neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS 15 VLBW neonates who needed adhesive tape removal for the first part ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the role of the introital ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with low urinary tract symptoms after sling placement. MATERIAL AND METHOD From 2000 till 2007, a total of 31 patients underwent sub-urethral tape placement for a stress urinary incontinence and developed thereafter a low urinary tract symptoms. The urological evaluation consisted of a detailed medical hist...

In order to adapt to the requirements of the development for precision agriculture technology, making the rice seed tape planting technology has been widely used. The paper-making improved the design on the rice seed tape twisting machine especially the seed tape winding units. It proposed seed tape winding automatic control system based on STC90C514AD to realize the rotating speed adjustment o...

In this brief note, we give a simple information-theoretic proof that 2-state 3-color universal Turing machines don’t exist. Let us suppose that there exists a 2-state 3-color universal Turing machine U (without a halting state). Then it must be possible to program U to emulate any Turing machine T (without a halting state) by initializing the tape of U with a string of colors that specify both...

Theorem 1 (Main Theorem). Every non-deterministic RAM computation in time t can be simulated by a non-deterministic oblivious two-tape TM in time t polylog(t). We prove this theorem in two steps. First, we show how to simulate non-deterministic RAM machines using non-deterministic multi-tape TMs with polylogarithmic overhead. Then, we show how to simulate multi-tape TMs using oblivious two-tape...

We propose a new method of ensuring the redundant storage of information on tertiary storage, especially tape storage. Conventional methods for redundant data storage on tape include mirroring (storing the data twice) and Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Tapes (RAIT). Mirroring incurs high storage costs, while RAIT is inflexible because special hardware is used and all tapes in a stripe must be ...

In a PTFE tape phase-vanishing reaction (PV-PTFE), a delivery tube sealed with PTFE tape is inserted into a vessel which contains the substrate. The reagent diffuses across the PTFE tape barrier into the reaction vessel. PTFE co-polymer films have been found to exhibit selective permeability towards organic compounds, which was affected by the presence of solvents. In this study, we attempted t...