This paper comparator networks a well-known model of parallel computation. This model is used extensively for keys arrangement tasks such as sorting and selection. This work investigates several aspects of comparator networks. It starts with presenting handy tools for analysis of comparator networks in the form of conclusive sets non-binary vectors that verify a specific functionality. The 0-1 ...

This paper presents an intracellular feedback control strategy, to regulate the gene expression process dynamics. For this purpose, two types of genetic circuits are designed in order to compare concentrations of the input transcription factor (the desired input) and the protein produced by the expression of target gene (process output). Genetic Relay Switch and Shifted Subtractor are proposed ...

A multiple pass A/D conversion technique is proposed for mixed-signal test applications. Only a single on-chip comparator and sample-and-hold circuit is required to digitize repetitive analog waveforms. Simulations show 10 bits of amplitude resolution at 300 MHz for a bipolar comparator design (0.8 μm BiCMOS process), and 10 bits of amplitude resolution at 667 MHz for a CMOS comparator design (...

BACKGROUND Cough is listed as an adverse drug reaction (ADR) on the labels of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB). However, a causal association with cough has also been reported for angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), which have frequently been used as comparator drugs in the registration clinical trials of ARBs. This prompted us to examine the possible influence of using comparat...

INTRODUCTION Ventolin Nebules® (reference product; GlaxoSmithKline) was the first licensed nebulizer solution containing the rapid-onset, short-acting β2-agonist salbutamol. Salbutamol Steri-Neb™ (comparator; Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) has the same chemical composition as the reference product. This study evaluated whether the effectiveness of the comparator is non-inferior to the reference pr...

BACKGROUND Pneumonia, and particularly nosocomial (NP) and ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAP), results in high morbidity and costs. NPs in particular are likely to be caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA), ~20% of which in observational studies are resistant to imipenem. We sought to identify the burden of PA imipenem resistance in pneumonia. METHODS We conducted a systematic literature r...

A novel low-power kick-back reduced comparator for use in high-speed flash analog-to-digital converters (ADC) is presented. The proposed comparator combines cascode transistors to reduce the kick-back noise with a built-in threshold voltage to remove the static power consumption of a reference. Without degrading other figures, the kick-back noise is reduced by a factor 8, compared to a previous...

In recent years, there have been major advances in CMOS VLSI technology, which generated great interest in electronic circuits, which is more efficient by perfection performance and power consumption. Circuits, called multi valued logic circuits offer several potential opportunities for improvement of present vlsi designs. Current mode CMOS multivalued logic circuits are interesting and have ma...