This paper develops a bi-directional prediction approach to predict the production parameters and performance of differential fibers based on neural networks and a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm. The proposed method does not require accurate description and calculation for the multiple processes, different modes and complex conditions of fiber production. The bi-directional prediction a...

background and aims. the aim was to evaluate the effect of three methods of fiber insertion on fracture resistance of root-filled maxillary premolars in vitro. materials and methods. sixty extracted human maxillary premolars received endodontic treatment followed by preparation of mesioocclusodistal (mod) cavities, with gingival cavosurface margin 1.5 mm coronal to the cementoenamel junction (c...

We present a high power, single-frequency fiber amplifier based on master oscillator power amplification (MOPA) chains in all-fiber configuration. A 1.5 meter long highly doped Yb fiber with absorption coefficient as high as 16 dB/m at the 975 nm wavelength is used for the main power amplifier, no special assistant stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) suppression approach is employed. The maxi...

The common approach for simulating the evolution of fiber orientation during flow in concentrated suspensions is to use an empirically modified form of Jeffery’s equation referred to as the Folgar-Tucker model. Direct measurements of fiber orientation were performed in startup of shear flow for a 30 wt % short glass fiber-filled polybutylene terephthalate (PBT-30); a matrix that behaves similar...

Using a genetic approach, we assessed the effects of mutations in protein kinase A (PKA) on long-term potentiation (LTP) in the mossy fiber pathway and its relationship to spatial and contextual learning. Ablation by gene targeting of the C beta 1 or the RI beta isoform of PKA produces a selective defect in mossy fiber LTP, providing genetic evidence for the role of these isoforms in the mossy ...

The passive resonator approach to fiber opt sensing has benefitted from recent advances in fiber High performance couplers, spliceless resonators' ic rotation components. , and long coherence length laser diodes have been described. Polarization maintaining components and 1.3 & 1.55 urn wavelength components are being made, and one company is selling high finesse resonators commercially2. This ...

We view match as an operator that takes two graph-like structures (e.g., classifications, XML schemas) and produces a mapping between the nodes of these graphs that correspond semantically to each other. Semantic matching is based on two ideas: (i) we discover mappings by computing semantic relations (e.g., equivalence, more general); (ii) we determine semantic relations by analyzing the meanin...

Interpretation of artificial intelligence on the base of the philosophical fictionalism allowed discussing the educational technologies in the context of conditions for strengthening of discursive power of pupils’ thought. The artificial intelligence received broad interpretation as an embodiment of a literary image, which did not have unambiguous link with the area of logical formalisms and ma...

In this thesis we prove the existence of m-armed spiral wave solutions for the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation in the circular and spherical geometries. Instead of applying the shooting method in the literature, we establish a functional approach and generalize the known results of existence for rigidly-rotating spiral waves. Moreover, we prove the existence of two new patterns: frozen spirals...

We investigate people’s attitudes towards the possible use of mobile negotiation support systems (NSS) in different social contexts and the consequences for their design. For that purpose we developed an online survey based on existing models of technology acceptance. In the questionnaire we showed five filmed scenarios of NSS use contexts. The data collected from 120 respondents, showed (a) th...