Recent studies have shown that the 2 T control chart with variable sampling intervals (VSI) and/or variable sample sizes (VSS) detects process shifts faster than the traditional 2 T chart. This article extends these studies for processes that are monitored with VSI and VSS using double warning lines ( DWL T − 2 ). It is assumed that the length of time the process remains in control has exponent...

In this work the combined use of direct laser writing (DWL) and a new epoxy material (mr-DWL) for fast prototyping of μTAS devices is demonstrated. The fabrication process is based in the use of DWL to manufacture epoxy-based masters without using any mask, and replicate them into PDMS. A total processing time of less than 12h from the design to the final working μTAS is demonstrated. Two diffe...

BACKGROUND We investigated the efficacy, safety and cost of lime wash of household walls plus treatment of sand fly breeding places with bleach (i.e. environmental management or EM), insecticide impregnated durable wall lining (DWL), and bed net impregnation with slow release insecticide (ITN) for sand fly control in the Indian sub-continent. METHODS This multi-country cluster randomized cont...

Hazardous industrial wastes are inevitable source of environmental pollution. Leachates from these wastes might contaminate the origins of potable water and affect human health. The study was carried out to determine the possible genotoxic effects of leachates from solid waste of a metal and dye industry using the Allium cepa chromosome aberrations assay. The 10% leachates were prepared from so...

DwL, a lectin extracted from the seeds of Dioclea wilsonii, is a metalloprotein with strong agglutinating activity against rabbit and ABO erythrocytes, inhibited by glucose and mannose. DwL was purified by affinity chromatography on a Sephadex G-50 column and ion exchange chromatography on a HiTrap SP XL column. SDS-PAGE revealed three electrophoretic bands corresponding to the α (25,634 ± 2 Da...

Wind profiles from space would help to fill in data sparse areas over the oceans, the tropics, and the southern hemisphere. ESA has conducted a phase A study for the Earth Explorer Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM). A polar satellite with a Doppler Wind Lidar (DWL) on board is proposed for this mission and which is described in this session by Ingmann. The DWL measures wind profiles in the tro...

During the SALTRACE field experiment, conducted during June/July 2013, the Saharan dust transport across the Atlantic was analyzed by a set of ground based, in-situ and airborne instruments, including a 2-μm coherent DWL (Doppler wind lidar) mounted onboard the DLR Falcon 20 research aircraft. An overview of the measurements of aerosol backscatter and extinction, horizontal and vertical winds r...

In this paper, a novel built-in self-repair approach, block-level reconfiguration architecture, is proposed. Our approach is based on the concept of divided word line (DWL) for high-capacity memories, including SRAMs and DRAMs. This concept is widely used in low-power memory designs. However, the characteristics of divided word line memories have not been used for fault-tolerant applications. T...