BACKGROUND "Spice" and other herbal blends were marketed in Germany until January 2009 as substances purportedly exerting similar effects to cannabis, yet containing no cannabinoids. These products were recently forbidden in Germany under the provisions of the German Narcotics Law after they were found to contain undeclared, synthetic cannabinomimetic substances. The authors describe physical w...

'Spice' is an herbal blend that has been reported to produce cannabis-like effects when smoked and is marketed as an alternative to marijuana. Synthetic additives have been identified in numerous 'Spice' preparations from different sources. Common among many of the preparations were the compounds JWH018 and a dimethyloctyl variant of CP47,497 (CP47,497-C8) and, more recently JWH073. The synapti...

Frequency-domain distortion analysis is very important for designing the analog integrated circuits. We propose here a new method based on the Spice-oriented harmonic balance method, where the Fourier transformations of the resistive circuits driven by a periodic input are carried out by the Fourier transfer circuit model. The circuit is composed of the analog behavior models(ABM) of Spice, whi...

Source location for real aperture radar (RAR) has raised many concerns in the fields of ground-based monitoring for aircrafts and vessels. However, the resolution of RAR in azimuth is constrained by the antenna beam width, which results in low degree of location accuracy. In this paper, a superresolution methodology to locate sources is proposed by exploiting the inherent sparseness of the targ...

Many software process assessment models have been developed based on, or inspired by, the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model (CMM). The outputs arising from such models can be voluminous and complex, requiring tool support to comprehend and analyse them. The paper describes some tools developed in order to visualise the results of SPICE conformant assessments. The tools,...

We report the development of physics based models for resistive random-access memory (RRAM) devices. The models are based on a generalized memristive system framework and can explain the dynamic resistive switching phenomena observed in a broad range of devices. Furthermore, by constructing a simple subcircuit, we can incorporate the device models into standard circuit simulators such as SPICE....

Food commonly is associated with emotion. The study was designed to determine if a spice blend (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves) high in antioxidants can evoke changes in consumer emotions. This was an exploratory study to determine the effects of these four spices on emotions. Three extruded, dry snack products containing 0, 4, or a 5% spice blend were tested. One day of hedonic and just-...

A switched-capacitor-based battery equalizer using level-shift circuits is proposed in this paper. In conventional equalizers using diode switches, the threshold voltage of diode switches causes a decrease in power efficiency. Unlike conventional equalizers, the proposed equalizer alleviates the threshold-voltage-drop of switches by using level-shift circuits. Therefore, the proposed equalizer ...