Nonlinear Kalman filtering methods are the most popular algorithms for integration of a MEMS-based inertial measurement unit (MEMS-IMU) with a global positioning system (GPS). Despite their accuracy, these nonlinear algorithms present a challenge in terms of the computational efficiency for portable wearable devices. We introduce a cascaded Kalman filter for GPS/MEMS-IMU integration for the pur...

OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the relative safety and efficacy of the novel Interceptor PLUS Coronary Filter System (Medtronic Vascular, Santa Rosa, California) compared with approved embolic-protection devices (e.g., GuardWire, Medtronic Vascular/FilterWire EZ, Boston Scientific, Natick, Massachusetts) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of degenerative saphenous vein grafts (SV...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Many devices have been marketed in order to improve the organoleptic characteristics of tap water resulting from disinfection with chlorine derivates. The aim of the presented study was to assess the degree of contamination by non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria (NF-GNB) of drinking water dispensed from microfiltration devices at point-of-use. METHODS Water sample...

Despite indications for the removal of temporary inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, many filters are unintentionally left in place, predisposing patients to adverse outcomes. This quality improvement study set out determine impact an IVC filter retrieval protocol on rates and lost follow-up who had undergone placement a filter. Following quasi-experimental design, data all consecutive underwent ...

in this article, the effect of cells' radius on the behavior of wavelength switching optical filter andthe effect of the radius of the optical filters' key characteristics such as wavelength resonance onan optical filter based on photonic crystals, have been investigated. currently, the most commonapplied mechanism for designing optical filter based on photonic crystals is using twome...

The Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF) is an engineering-scale demonstration facility of advanced coalfired power systems and high-temperature, high-pressure gas filtration systems. The PSDF was designed at sufficient size so that system components can be evaluated and assessed in an integrated fashion to provide data for commercial scale-up. The PSDF is funded by the U.S. Department of ...

This paper presents the efficient modification in the frequency response of CIC compensation filter. The Compensation filter design consist of FIR filter as cascade after CIC filter. . A FIR filter that has a magnitude response inverse of the CIC filter can be applied to achieve frequency response correction . As proposed filter has only three coefficients so less computation is required. The d...

Increasingly people manage and share information across a wide variety of computing devices from cell phones to Internet services. Selective replication of content is essential because devices, especially portable ones, have limited resources for storage and communication. Cimbiosys is a novel replication platform that permits each device to define its own content-based filtering criteria and t...

We propose a cloud-based filter trained to block third parties from uploading privacy-sensitive images of others to online social media. The proposed filter uses Distributed One-Class Learning, which decomposes the cloud-based filter into multiple one-class classifiers. Each one-class classifier captures the properties of a class of privacysensitive images with an autoencoder. The multi-class f...

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) has been redefined in this era. People want to interact with their devices in such a way that has physical significance in the real world, in other words, they want ergonomic input devices. In this paper, we propose a new method of interaction with computing devices having a consumer grade camera, that uses two colored markers (red and green) worn on tips of the...