We have previously reported on the development of explosively formed fuse (EFF) opening switches for use in applications where very long conduction times (lO's or lOG's p.s) are required and where opening times of 1-10 p.s are adequate. In this paper we report on the development of an EFF that allows magnetic flux in the switch to be delivered to the load rather than lost from the circuit. The ...

We show that depending on the disorder, a small noise added to the threshold distribution of the fuse network may or may not completely change the subsequent breakdown process. When the threshold distribution has a lower cutoff at a finite value and a power law dependence towards large thresholds with an exponent which is less than 0.16 ± 0.03, the network is not sensitive to the added noise, o...

Many systems are partially stochastic in nature. We have derived datadriven approaches for extracting stochastic state machines (Markov models) directly from observed data. This chapter provides an overview of our approach with numerous practical applications. We have used this approach for inferring shipping patterns, exploiting computer system side-channel information, and detecting botnet ac...

In this paper, we propose a scheme for 3D model construction by fusing heterogeneous sensor data. The proposed scheme is intended for use in an environment where multiple, heterogeneous sensors operate asynchronously. Surface depth, orientation, and curvature measurements obtained from multiple sensors and vantage points are incorporated to construct a computer description of the imaged object....

With the development of technology, the size of files handled by smart devices is increasing. This phenomenon can cause the storage to be the biggest bottleneck of smart devices. There is a study that presents a major factor in this phenomenon is overhead in user level filesystem (FUSE). And it proposed buffered FUSE (bFUSE) and increased size of FUSE I/O as a solution of this problem. In this ...

Based on the definition of IEC 60282-1, backup-fuses have to interrupt currents higher than the minimal breaking current. Full-range fuses have to interrupt all currents, which are able to melt the fusing element. Severe circumstances like reduced heat-transfer or external heating might trip the fuse when the actual operating current is below the minimum breaking current or the melting current....

FUSE is a lightweight failure notification service for building distributed systems. Distributed systems built with FUSE are guaranteed that failure notifications never fail. Whenever a failure notification is triggered, all live members of the FUSE group will hear a notification within a bounded period of time, irrespective of node or communication failures. In contrast to previous work on fai...

We present an integrated platform for performing biological and chemical experiments on a chip based on standard CMOS technology. We have developed a hybrid integrated circuit (IC)/microfluidic chip that can simultaneously control thousands of living cells and pL volumes of fluid, enabling a wide variety of chemical and biological tasks. Taking inspiration from cellular biology, phospholipid bi...

The electric organ (EO) of the weakly electric fish Sternopygus macrurus derives from striated myofibers that fuse and suppress many muscle properties. Mature electrocytes are larger than muscle fibers, do not contain sarcomeres, or express myosin heavy chain (MHC) or tropomyosin. Furthermore, electrocytes express keratin, a protein not expressed in muscle. In S. macrurus the EO is driven conti...

We have utilized immunofluorescence techniques to look for synaptic vesicle antigens on the plasma membrane of resting and active nerve terminals. Rabbit antiserum was raised against purified cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electric organ of Narcine brasiliensis, a marine electric ray. Antibodies to synaptic vesicles were shown to bind selectively to nerve terminals in cryostat sections ...