This paper presents search methods to optimize word-length for digital systems. Finding the word-length is tedious work when the variables for optimization are numerous. We have proposed sequential and preplanned searches to find out optimum wordlength, and compared them in terms of the trials. A comparison for a given optimized point is evaluated. We apply them to word-length optimization for ...

This paper describes an educational methodology that we have implemented at the Universidad de Vigo which is based on a real competitive environment. It involves developing a communication subsystem, specified by a standard. Intercommunication between subsystems must take place successfully according to that standard. However, students are free to incorporate new features, enhance others, or op...

This paper presents a review of the different methods and techniques used to optimize ship hulls over last six years (2017–2022). shows percentages reduction in resistance, thus fuel consumption, improve ships’ energy efficiency, towards achieving goal maritime decarbonization. Operational research machine learning are common decision support find optimal solution. covers four areas hulls, incl...

During pauses in exploration, ensembles of place cells in the rat hippocampus re-express firing sequences corresponding to recent spatial experience. Such "replay" co-occurs with ripple events: short-lasting (approximately 50-120 ms), high-frequency (approximately 200 Hz) oscillations that are associated with increased hippocampal-cortical communication. In previous studies, rats exploring smal...

A major impediment to the utilization of pediatric nuclear medicine techniques occurred in the mid1970s with the introduction of competitive imaging technologies such as CT and ultrasound. Although the early versions of these technologies were somewhat primitive, the use of these modalities increased with technological advances, innovative upgrades, and newer devices. My personal experiences in...

Many software development organizations are reporting great success with agile software development techniques. However, few techniques explicitly incorporate usability engineering. Further, some agile techniques may not address certain kinds of usability problems, e.g. they may not address the needs of novices as well as expert users. While there are many techniques for usability engineering, ...

Telomeres function in the context of a complex nuclear milieu in which telomeres tend to occupy distinct subnuclear regions. Indeed, regulation of the subnuclear positioning of telomeres is conserved from yeast to human, raising the age-old question: to what extent is location important for function? In mitotically dividing cells, the positioning of telomeres affects their epigenetic state and ...

Across five studies, we investigate the use of appeals to the moral emotion of sympathy in negotiations. We find that negotiators who actively appeal to the sympathy of their counterparts achieve improved outcomes, both in terms of distributive value claiming as well as integrative value creation. We also compare the effects of sympathy appeals to appeals based on rationality and fairness, and ...

A goal in cancer therapeutics is to develop targeted modalities that distinguish malignant from normal cells. T cells can discriminate diseased cells based on subtle alterations in peptides displayed in association with MHC molecules at the cell surface. Recent success using the adoptive transfer of tumor-specific T cells has fueled optimism that this approach may find a place as a targeted the...