The GIGAswitch system is a high-performance packet-switching platform built on a 36-port 100 Mb/s crossbar switching fabric. The crossbar is data link independent and is capable of making 6.25 million connections per second. Digital's first GIGAswitch system product uses 2-port FDDI line cards to construct a 22-port IEEE 802.1d FDDI bridge. The FDDI bridge implements distributed forwarding in h...

This paper presents FabricKeyboard: a novel deformable keyboard interface based on a multi-modal fabric sensate surface. Multi-layer fabric sensors that detect touch, proximity, electric field, pressure, and stretch are machine-sewn in a keyboard pattern on a stretchable substrate. The result is a fabric-based musical controller that combines both the discrete controls of a keyboard and various...

There are instruments available to measure the drape coefficient of fabric. The most widely accepted method (IS 8357:1977) is hang a circular fabric sample and measure the drape coefficient. This measurement technique gives quite a bit of fair idea about drape coefficient of a fabric in static condition. But when it’s static condition is disturbed as the case in practical application of fabric ...

Osteoporosis leads to hip fractures in aging populations and is diagnosed by modern medical imaging techniques such as quantitative computed tomography (QCT). Hip fracture sites involve trabecular bone, whose strength is determined by volume fraction and orientation, known as fabric. However, bone fabric cannot be reliably assessed in clinical QCT images of proximal femur. Accordingly, we propo...

the blue mosque, one of the valuable architectural elements of tabriz city, known as the turquoise of islamic world, has high status among the people of the city, also among domestic and foreign historians and travelers, ever since its establishment. the blue mosque has always played a dynamic role in tabriz’s continuum of urban life and provides a proper setting for social interactions. up to ...

Many fabric defects are very small and undistinguishable, which makes them very difficult to detect by only monitoring the intensity change. Faultless fabric is a repetitive and regular global texture and Fourier transform can be applied to monitor the spatial frequency spectrum of a fabric. When a defect occurs in fabric, its regular structure is changed so that the corresponding intensity at ...

Cost-effective nanotechnology-based waterrepellent treatments for clothing fabrics are now commercially available. The effectiveness of these durable water repellent (DWR) fabric treatments were evaluated for application to military uniforms. The addition of a non-wicking finish to clothing fabric negatively impacts comfort in hot and humid environments. Clothing comfort may be improved by refi...

The neighborhood is a core unit of analysis in urban research, planning, and policy-making. However, perceptual historical processes oftentimes result neighborhoods that are not tied to sub-urban jurisdictions. For instance, historic might lack official spatial definitions, hampering neighborhood-based tasks local offices. In this case, practitioners can benefit from readily available proxies, ...

This paper illustrates a study for the reuse of selected historic buildings in Medieval City Rhodes Greece. contributes to understanding and interpretation chronological sequence major intervention programs preservation City. The main idea project is spatial distribution compatible various uses reveal unique character Spatial planning proposed within preserved urban zones order optimize harmoni...