Better prediction of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) for components is becoming a topical demand, due to technology improvements. It is requested by integrated circuit (IC) manufacturers as well as by equipment integrators. The French UTE standardisation group has proposed an EMC modelling methodology for ICs, called ICEM (Integrated Circuit Electromagnetic Model). This proposal improves an...

Identifying environmental influences on inhibitory control (IC) may help promote positive behavioral and social adjustment. Although chronic stress is known to predict lower IC, the immediate effects of acute stress are unknown. The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) may be a mechanism of the stress-IC link, given its psychophysiological regulatory role and connections to prefrontal brain reg...

This study was conducted to determine the content of infection control (IC) curricula, the extent of IC monitoring and compliance, and the number of bloodborne pathogen (BBP) exposures/year in U.S. dental schools. A questionnaire was emailed to persons responsible for predoctoral IC programs. The response rate was 60 percent. Most schools did not have an independent course and used classroom le...

The transportation sector experienced dramatic changes during the last 300 years. This essay reviews the major technological and infrastructural developments including the transition from roads to railways to automobiles, the rise of steamships, and the emergence of air-travel. Changes in the transport market are also examined, including trends in prices, consumption, and regulation. The role o...

Frequency (FRQ) and its transcriptional activator, the White Collar Complex (WCC), are essential components of interconnected feedback loops of the circadian clock of Neurospora. In a negative feedback loop, FRQ inhibits the WCC by recruiting casein kinase 1a (CK1a) and supporting its phosphorylation. In an interconnected positive loop, FRQ supports accumulation of high levels of WCC. Phosphory...

In this paper, we present a transient modeling of electromigration (EM) in TSV and TSV-to-wire interfaces in the power delivery network (PDN) of 3D ICs. In particular, we model atomic depletion and accumulation, effective resistance degradation, and full chip-scale PDN lifetime degradation due to EM. Our major focuses are on: (1) timedependent multi-physics EM modeling approach to model TSVs an...

IC202A, a new immunosuppressive compound, was isolated from the culture filtrate of Streptoalloteichus sp. 1454-19. It showed a suppressive effect on mixed lymphocyte culture reaction with an IC50 value of 3.6 microg/ml and mitogen induced lymphocyte blastogenesis in vitro.

The absolute visual magnitudes of three Type IIb, 11 Type Ib and 13 Type Ic su-pernovae (collectively known as stripped–envelope supernovae) are studied by collecting data on the apparent magnitude, distance, and interstellar extinction of each event. Weighted and unweighted mean absolute magnitudes of the combined sample as well as various subsets of the sample are reported. The limited sample...

The Scarabs Team robot (Ringo) was designed and built by a team of high school students on a limited budget. The goal was to keep the design simple yet easy for a single human operator to control. The team uses a custom joystick interface to control robot movement using a PC. A Linuxbased camera provides video to the operator and passes serial commands from the PC to the robot. The goals of the...