Dynamic modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) channels using a mixture of n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside (DDM) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) is able to suppress analyte adsorption and control electroosmotic flow (EOF). In this mixed surfactant system, the nonionic surfactant DDM functions as a surface blocking reagent, whereas the anionic surfactant SDS introduces negative charges to the channe...

This study shows how the use of various measures of eye movement can serve to portray dynamic decision-making (DDM) in a coherent fashion. We extracted eye movement metrics relative to 1) scanpath, 2) eye fixations, and 3) pupillary response, to characterize DDM during the process of risk assessment. Results from Experiment 1 revealed that incorrect classifications were associated with 1) less ...

We propose a nonparametric data-driven algorithm called DDM for the management of stochastic periodicreview multi-product inventory systems with a warehouse-capacity constraint. The demand distribution is not known a priori and the firm only has access to past sales data (often referred to as censored demand data). We measure performance of DDM through regret, the difference between the total e...

In this paper we explore the potential of reducing the cache size of the cores in the DDM-CMP architecture and implementing additional on-chip processors in the space saved. With this technique we almost double the already high speedup the DDM-CMP architecture has compared to a state-of-the-art high-end single chip microprocessor. The proposed DDM-CMP scheme achieves speedup ranging from 5.2 to...

From the point of view of implant dentistry, this review discusses the development and clinical use of demineralized dentin matrix (DDM) scaffolds, produced from the patient's own extracted teeth, to repair alveolar bone defects. The structure and the organic and inorganic components of DDM are presented to emphasize the similarities with autogenous bone. Studies of DDM properties, such as oste...

The finite displacement formulation of a quadrilateral element containing an embedded displacement discontinuity is presented. The formulation is based on the kinematically optimal technique, and some known defects of this technique are addressed. Lagrange multipliers are adopted to ensure the correct crack closure prior to initiation. Six additional degrees of freedom in each element allow the...

An intelligent strategy for the protection of AC microgrids is presented in this paper. This method was halving to an initial signal processing step and a machine learning-based forecasting step. The initial stage investigates currents and voltages with a window-based approach based on the dynamic decomposition method (DDM) and then involves the norms of the signals to the resultant DDM data. T...

A numerical method is presented for stability analysis of cable–bar structures. An optimization problem is formulated to find the minimum value of the incremental total potential energy that depends on the direction of the incremental displacements. The penalty method with slack variables is used for representing the discontinuity in member stiffness. The tangent stiffness matrix is shifted to ...

We define and study a calculus of discontinuity, a version of displacement calculus, which is a logic of segmented strings in exactly the same sense that the Lambek calculus is a logic of strings. Like the Lambek calculus, the displacement calculus is a sequence logic free of structural rules, and enjoys Cut-elimination and its corollaries: the subformula property, decidability, and the finite ...

Hydrogen (H2) energy is an ideal non-polluting renewable and can achieve long-term storage, which effectively regulate the intermittence seasonal fluctuation of solar energy. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) generate electricity from H2 with only outputs water, waste heat, almost no pollution. To solve power generation instability discontinuity photovoltaic (PV) systems, a hybrid PV-SOFC system ha...