A delay-locked loop (DLL) based built-in self test (BIST) circuit has been designed with a 0.18 μ m TSMC process (CM018) to test chip I/O speeds, specifically, the setup and hold times of I/O registers or buffers. The frequency lock range of the DLL is 150-600 MHz (4x). The DLL uses a combined phase detector and charge pump circuit (PD+CP) for increased speed and reduced jitter. The DLL also em...

Female gender is an independent risk factor for some types of arrhythmias. We sought to determine whether the menstrual cycle affects P wave dispersion, which is a predictor of atrial fibrillation. The study population consisted of 59 women in follicular phase (mean age, 29.3 ± 7.7 years) (group F) and 53 women in luteal phase (mean age, 28.1 ± 6.8 years) (group L). The ECGs of 35 patients (mea...

Partial discharge (PD) pattern recognition is an important diagnostic tool to get the dielectric deterioration degree of electrical insulation. A PD pattern recognition approach of artificial partial discharge sources based on neural networks is proposed in this paper. A commercial PD detector is used to measure the three-dimension PD patterns. Two fractal features (fractal dimension and lacuna...

(6 x ~}R30°-Xe/Pd(lil) and the dilute phase of Xe/Pd(li I) were investigated with spin-polarized low-energy electron diffraction (SPLEED). In the experiment spin-polarized electrons from a GaAs source were scattered and the spin-dependent intensities were measured. Comparative calculations were carried out by means of a relativistic LEED program. The structure determination of (6 x fi)R30”-Xe/P...

The CMS detector at the CERN LHC features a silicon pixel as its innermost subdetector. original has been replaced with an upgraded system (CMS Phase-1 detector) in extended year-end technical stop of 2016/2017. is designed to cope higher instantaneous luminosities that have achieved by after upgrades accelerator during first long shutdown 2013–2014. Compared detector, better tracking performan...

BACKGROUND Uric acid (UA) is an endogenous antioxidant which is known to reduce oxidative stress and also chelate iron ion. Recent studies have provided evidence that UA may play a neuroprotective role in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, it is unknown whether UA relates to nigral iron deposition, which is a characteristic pathophysiological alteration in PD. The aim of this study was to deter...

PURPOSE In principle, nondiagnostic biopsies for pharmacodynamic (PD) studies are carried out to inform decision-making in drug development. Because such procedures have no therapeutic value, their ethical justification requires that results be published. We aimed to assess the frequency of nonpublication of PD data in early phase cancer trials and to identify factors that prevent full publicat...