Abstract The increasing quantities of polluted waters are calling for advanced purification methods. Flocculation is an essential component the water process, yet flocculation commonly not optimal due to our poor understanding process. In particular, there little knowledge on mechanisms ruling migration pollutants during treatment. Here we have created first tensor diagram, a mathematical frame...

The purpose of this chapter is to show how piezoelectric transduction, sound wave propagation, and interaction with scattering targets are taken advantage of in image formation with an ultrasound instrument. These instruments have evolved over the last 40 years from relatively simple handmoved scanners built around an off-the-shelf oscilloscope to rather sophisticated imaging computers. Much te...

The computation approach known as quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is based on encoding binary information in the charge configuration of quantum-dot cells. This paradigm provides a possible route to transistor-less electronics at the nano-scale. QCA devices using single-electron switching in metal-dot cells have been fabricated. Here we examine the limits of switching speed and temperature ...

The function of a neural circuit is determined by the details of its synaptic connections. At present, the only available method for determining a neural wiring diagram with single synapse precision-a 'connectome'-is based on imaging methods that are slow, labor-intensive and expensive. Here, we present SYNseq, a method for converting the connectome into a form that can exploit the speed and lo...

If one divides the energy equivalent of the total excess oxygen consumed as a result of a short sprint at top speed by the number of seconds occupied in the run, one finds1 (after correcting for the start and the pull up) (cf. Sargent, 1926) that the rate of energy expenditure while running at a maximum speed is about 13 horse power for an average man. From measurements on isolated muscles (Hil...

Waves of spanwise velocity imposed at the walls of a plane turbulent channel flow are studied by Direct Numerical Simulations. We consider sinusoidal waves of spanwise velocity which vary in time and are modulated in space along the streamwise direction. The phase speed may be null, positive or negative, so that the waves may be either stationary or traveling forward or backward in the directio...

The Computer registration of physical and mechanical quantities gives a lot of possibilities of machine elements and mechanisms research. The advantages of well-organized computer laboratory both technical and methodological, namely: Registration and on-line observation of a number of processes with random speed; replacement of high-cost specialized laboratory equipment; mathematical data proce...

This paper has given the structure, operating principle, and force analysis of electric power steering (EPS) system aimed at a type of forklift. Combing with forklift operating characteristic, three variable power characteristics curve based on steering wheel torque, real-time speed, and load is designed, so is the three dimensional diagram of forklift power gradient by using fuzzy rule. The dy...

The rationale for the present study was to investigate the relationship between cortical volume, the latency of the ERP component P3a (as a measure of speed-of-processing), and performance intelligence (not adjusted for age differences). Seventy-one participants aged 20-88 years underwent a visual 3-stimuli oddball ERP task, an MRI-scan, and intelligence testing. P3a latency and cortical volume...

We present a nearly optimal (O(ν min(ν, n)n log n) time and O(n) space) algorithm that constructs a shortest path map with n isothetic roads of speed ν under the L1 metric. The algorithm uses the continuous Dijkstra method and its efficiency is based on a new geometric insight; the minimum in-degree of any nearest neighbor graph for points with roads of speed ν is Θ(ν min(ν, n)), which is first...