This paper focuses on the suffix sorting algorithm of Maniscalco [10], which at the time of writing is available only as C++ source code on the Internet. We will refer to the program as MSufSort. MSufSort computes the Inverse Suffix Array (ISA) of an input string, which is equivalent to computing the Suffix Array (converting one to the other is discussed in section 8). Recall that for i ∈ [0..n...

I n this issue of OEM, an article by Tim Carter documents the experience of cutaneous, pulmonary, and abdominal anthrax among wool sorters and others in a rural town (Kidderminster, Worcestershire) in the UK in the early twentieth century. At the start of the twenty first century anthrax was an esoteric topic of study, mostly for those interested in zoonoses. This position changed radically fol...

In the aim of obtaining complete models of the biological olfactory system it is necessary to develop models of each one of its parts: the olfactory epithelium (with olfactory receptor neurons), the olfactory bulb and the olfactory cortex. This thesis deals with the development of a model of the olfactory epithelium suitable for network simulations; in the form of a set of olfactory receptor ne...

We demonstrate here an electrostatic MEMS system capable of transporting particles 5-10pm in diameter in air. This system consists of 3-phase electrode arrays covered by insulators (Figs. I , 2). Extensive testing of this system has been done using a variety of insulation materials (silicon nitride, photoresist, and Teflon), thickness (012pm), particle sizes (11 Opm), particle materials (metal,...

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Microfabricated devices and systems capable of micromanipulation are well-suited for the manipulation of cells. These technologies are capable of a variety of functions, including cell trapping, cell sorting, cell surgery, and cell culturing, often at single-cell or sub-cellular resolution. The functionalities enabled by these microdevices and microsystems are relevant to many areas of biomedic...

Bacillus anthracis are aerobic or facultatively anaerobic Gram-positive, nonmotile rods measuring 1.0 μm wide by 3.0–5.0 μm long. Under adverse conditions, B. anthracis form highly resistant endospores (Figure 1). These are found in soil at sites where infected animals previously died. Interest in the pathogenesis, immunity, and vaccine development for anthrax was heightened by the deliberate c...

Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN require a sophisticated multilevel trigger systems for data selection. At the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, the main task of Level 1 Trigger is to reduce the frequency of events from 40MHz down to 100kHz [1]. There are three major muon subsystems at the CMS: Cathode Strip Chambers (CSC), Drift Tubes (DT), and Resistive Plate Chamb...

Final page numbers not assigned Researchers have long been fascinated by wrinkles as a pervasive natural phenomenon. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in emulating and leveraging wrinkles for various applications. Polymeric wrinkles are finding increased utility as complex quasiperiodic structures important in applications, including cell-fate studies. Flexible integrated circui...

The purpose of this paper is to report a modeling approach to the evaluation of internal sorting methods. The technique used is a regression modeling technique and has been found to be a very fast statistical method for evaluation which relies on the performance of data collection from the system being evaluated. The parameters considered for evaluation are: (I) number of stages, (2) number of ...