An increasing number of applications is being written for mobile hosts, such as laptop computers, mobile phones, PDAs etc. These applications are usually monolithic, featuring very limited interoperability and context-awareness and are usually difficult to deploy and update. Application engineers have to deal with a very dynamic set of environments that these applications are in contact with an...

Several studies have suggested that peak plumage reflectance in birds matches color preferences used in mate choice. We tested this hypothesis in adult satin bowerbird males that have a short-wavelength saturated blue-black plumage with a peak reflectance in the UV. We found that the chroma of the blue (405!480 nm), but not the peak reflecting UV (320! 400 nm) portion of the male plumage spectr...

Title: Stretch injury selectively enhances extrasynaptic, GluN2B-containing NMDA receptor 1 function in cortical neurons 2 3 Authors: Carrie R. Ferrario, Blaise O. Ndukwe, Jianhua Ren, Leslie S. Satin and Paulette 4 B. Goforth 5 1: Department of Pharmacology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 6 *: Equally contributing senior authors 7 8 Abbreviated Title/Running Head: Injury enhan...

A main conclusion of this work by Robars et al. is that a piece of Iceland spar (optical calcite) can be used in a simple manner to find the direction to the Sun using polarized light, even when the Sun is obscured by clouds or just below the horizon, which supports the possible role of the renowned sunstones discussed in Viking Sagas. They propose a method of using an opaque spot on the incomi...

Mobile systems are an extreme instance of highly dynamic distributed systems; mobile applications are typically hosted by resource-constrained environments and may have to dynamically reorganise in response to unforeseeable changes of user needs, to the heterogeneity and connectivity challenges from the computational environment, as well as to changes to the execution context and physical envir...

This paper describes a method of estimating the color vectors of the body and the interface reflection component of glossy woven fabrics based on the color histogram analysis of a local region. We choose the homogenous colored polyester satin as objective glossy fabrics. We fix woven fabrics on the surface of a side of cylinder and acquire images, which consist of both regions with highlights a...

In Europe and Japan, various types of floating wind farms are being constructed. recent years, the size turbines has been increasing, structures have also getting larger. The generally classified into a semi-submersible, spar, barge types. advantages disadvantages each type depending on construction cost, response characteristics in waves, water depth (depending draft structure). semi-submersib...

Satin SiCf/SiC composite has a wide range of applications; it is necessary to study its mechanical properties. The progressive failure five-harness five-layer satin weave plate composites was explored experimentally and numerically in this research. bending properties were derived elucidated at ambient temperature through three-point experiment. generation progression damage observed by CCD cam...