This paper introduces the linearity analysis of a progressive successive approximation registers (SAR) simple toadvanced converters (ADC) with part DAC structure taking into account two exchanging techniques: conventional charge-redistribution and Vcm-based switching. The static linearity execution, in particular the fundamental nonlinearity and differential nonlinearity, and in addition the pa...

Abstract: The object of this study is to develop a self-tuning fractional order proportionalintegral-derivative (SFOPID) controller for controlling the mover position of a direct drive linear voice coil motor (VCM) accurately under different operational conditions. The fractional order proportional-integral-derivative (FOPID) controller can improve the control performances of the conventional i...

Environmental, regulatory and resource constraints affects the safety and efficiency of vessels navigating in and out of the ports. Movement of vessels under such constraints must be coordinated for improving safety and efficiency. Thus, we frame the vessel coordination problem as a multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) problem. We solve this MAPF problem using a Coordinated Path-Finding (CPF) algorit...

BACKGROUND Polyvinyl chloride is used in production and manufacturing of many essential tools (e.g. plastic pipes, photography films, etc.). Its production is impossible without the use of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), which can cause liver damage in long-term. In this study we intend to assess the effects of mild to moderate long term exposure to VCM on liver and to assess the importance of li...

OBJECTIVES People with dementia in nursing homes benefit from person-centred care methods. Studies examining the effect of these methods often fail to report about the implementation of these methods. The present study aims to describe the implementation of the Veder contact method (VCM) in daily nursing home care. METHOD A process analysis will be conducted based on qualitative data from foc...

Gradient Domain Vertex Connection and Merging by Weilun Sun Master of Science in Computer Science University of California, Berkeley Professor Yi-Ren Ng, Chair Recently, gradient-domain rendering techniques have shown great promise in reducing Monte Carlo noise and improving overall rendering efficiency. However, all existing gradientdomain methods are built exclusively on top of Monte Carlo in...

Isolation of ventricular cardiomyocytes (vCMs) has been challenging due to the lack of specific surface markers. Here we show that vCMs can be purified from differentiating mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) using molecular beacons (MBs) targeting specific intracellular mRNAs. We designed MBs (IRX4 MBs) to target mRNA encoding Iroquois homeobox protein 4 (Irx4), a transcription factor specific ...

The current and future trend of mobile communications is moving towards highly mobile and ubiquitous environment which consists of latest radio access technologies, such LTE and WiMAX, and previous ones such as wireless LAN which creates a heterogeneous environment. In exploiting this kind of environs, this manuscript introduced a novel Velocity-centric ACO-inspired (Ant Colony Optimization) SC...