In 2002 the University of Michigan Medical School created a one-month course in advanced medical therapeutics (AMT). All senior medical students were required to complete the course. To provide some flexibility for students who were interviewing for residency positions the AMT course was created using a distance-learning model, and in the 2008-2009 academic year it was offered in a fully online...

Virtual reality is a technology which is often regarded as a natural extension to 3D computer graphics with advanced input and output devices. This technology has only recently matured enough to warrant serious engineering applications. The integration of this new technology with software systems for engineering, design, and manufacturing will provide a new boost to the field of computer-aided ...

Virtual manufacturing enterprises (VMEs) are a current, viable, and strategic form of organization for business and other organizations. The perspectives described in this literature review are based upon a basic cluster analysis that identified and classified papers into homogenous subgroups with meaningful themes, or categories. These general themes are related to strategies for business orga...

Abstract New lithography method will be proposed in the paper to enhance resolution limit by half of current one while keeping depth focus at same value. The is based on and copper plating process order applicable advanced packaging manufacturing.

Advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) are more and used by firms to perform repetitive tasks in the production processes. As opting for an ATM represents important investment firms, several methodologies have been suggested help firm decision-makers selecting best one. A popular concept that context is cross-efficiency technique. In short, it endogenously selects computing scores using lin...

With the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) auction of frequencies in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780MHz, and 2155-2180MHz bands, users of the Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) band from 1755-1850MHz, known as Upper LBand, could be greatly affected. This paper takes an initial look at how the 1755-1780MHz band will be used by the cellular carriers and pres...