This article describes two practical applications of weighted multi-tape automata (WMTAs) in Natural Language Processing, that demonstrate the augmented descriptive power of WMTAs compared to weighted 1-tape and 2-tape automata. The two examples concern the preservation of intermediate results in transduction cascades and the search for similar words in two languages. As a basis for these appli...

OBJECTIVE To assess the benefits of giving parents tape recorded child development centre assessment report summaries. DESIGN Prospective randomly allocated study. SETTING Child development centre, Birmingham Children's Hospital. SUBJECTS Parents of 113 consecutive children attending for multidisciplinary developmental assessment. OUTCOME MEASURES Recall of information and use of, and v...

Sections 4 and 5 are " bonus " material, not part of the syllabus. These notes do not include the proof of PSPACE-completeness of the TQBF problem, which is well explained in Sipser's book. The problem called PATH in Siper's book is called STCONN here. L.T. A machine solves a problem using space s(·) if, for every input x, the machine outputs the correct answer and uses only the first s(|x|) ce...

Based on the structural and experimental studies of more than 300 insect species from different lineages, we have developed and characterized a bioinspired polymer material with the ability of multiple glue-free bonding and debonding. The material surface is covered with a pattern of microstructures, which resembles the geometry of tenent hairs previously described from the feet of flies, beetl...

The propagation of electrical trees in bent sections of mica tapes is described. The investigations have been made because tapes in coil insulations of high voltage rotating machines cannot always be wound in a perfectly even manner. The tapes are bent at the coil edges, at places where tapes overlap or due to the tapingand manufacturing process. Possible tape bends were therefore analysed by t...

Background. Kinesiotape (K-tape) application can attenuate postural malalignment. However, the effects of K-tape on the changes in the respiratory system in postural problems remain unclear. Objectives. This study investigated the effects of 6-week functional correction with the K-tape on the forward shoulder posture (FSP) and respiratory function. Methods. A randomized clinical trial was per...

Recent attention on global environmental changes has stimulated the development of large scale global information systems. Satellite images play a very important role for understanding these global changes, but their data size are very large. Magnetic tape archivers are often used for them because of their capacity, but their capacity cannot be increased except by adding a new archiver which is...

Lubrication with ambient air is not quite generally applied. The best known application is the “foil bearing” in tape recording systems for audio, video and computer applications; where the gap height that is needed for effective lubrication may quite easily be attained. This air gap reduces tape friction and wear of tape and recording head substantially. On the other hand, though, the air gap ...

In this paper, experimentally derived correlations of heat transfer and pressure drop are used in a Pareto based Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) approach to find the best possible combinations of heat transfer and pressure drop of TiO2-water nanofluid flow in tubes fitted with multiple twisted tape inserts in different arrangement. In this study there are four independent design variables: t...

The friction coefficient between a guide and a tape sample is determined experimentally as a function of nominal tension, speed and guide radius. A comparative study between metal particulate and metal evaporated tape is performed. The tape/guide contact pressure correlated to the experimental results. Tape temperature measurements are compared with the experimentally obtained friction coeffici...