In this paper, we investigate the integration of knowledge acquisition and machine learning techniques. We argue that existing machine learning techniques can be made more useful as knowledge acquisition tools by allowing the expert to have greater control over and interaction with the learning process. We describe a number of extensions to FOCL (a multistrategy Horn-clause learning program) th...

The prion paradigm is increasingly invoked to explain the molecular pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases involving the misfolding and aggregation of proteins other than the prion protein (PrP). Extensive evidence from in vitro and in vivo studies indicates that misfolded and aggregated Aβ peptide, which is the probable molecular trigger for Alzheimer's disease, manifests all of the key ch...

The ventral surface of the upper layer shows a band of extracellular fibrils around the anterior and lateral border of the area pellucida during gastrulation of the chick embryo. Using scanning electron microscopy, we found that this disposition is correlated with the motility of the middle-layer cells of gastrulating chick and quail embryos. Outside the fibrous band, single middle-layer cells ...

This paper proposes a wireless power supply method to ubiquitous small robots using microwaves propagated in a two-dimensional waveguide (2DW). A robot working anywhere on a 2DW sheet receives the power from the sheet. The communication signal is also transmitted through the identical sheet. The structure of 2DW sheet is simple and realized with various materials at low cost. Since the microwav...

the cold roll bonding of al on aisi 304l stainless steel was carried out to fabricate the al/304l/al clad sheet composites. the maximum bond strength of 20 n/mm was acquired just by 38% reduction, for which the tearing of the aluminum sheet occurred during the peeling test. the microstructural evolution during subsequent postannealing heat treatment was systematically studied based on the impur...

Two-layer metallic sheets have wide applications in various industries due to their superlative characteristics. This paper presents analytical model to investigate the formability of two-layer sheets based on Marciniak and Kuckzinsky (M-K) method using Barlat and Lian non-quadratic yield criterion. FEM simulation is also performed to calculate the forming limits based on bifurcation theory. Fo...

An analysis of experimental data on the pulmonary alveolar sheet of the cat shows: (1) As far as elasticity in the plane of the sheet is concerned, the alveolar sheet may be regarded as uniform; the compliance of the posts is the same as that of the membranes. (2) Within a physiological range of positive transmural pressure, the mean thickness of the sheet varies linearly with the pressure. Als...

Title of Dissertation: Efficient Local Algorithms for Distributed Data Mining in Large Scale Peer to Peer Environments: A Deterministic Approach Kanishka Bhaduri, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Thesis directed by: Dr. Hillol Kargupta Associate Professor Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems such as Gnutella, Napster, e-Mule, Kazaa, and Freenet are incr...

The price of the fruits depends on the quality of the fruit. A fruit which has bruises will be sold in a lower price compared to a fruit with no bruises. In the fruit packing industry, traditionally, the sorting of the fruits is normally done manually for quality control before shipping to consumer. The use of human resource for sorting of fruits has various disadvantages. Thus the mechanized g...

We present a model of hypermedia that allows the combination of “hyper-structured” information with dynamic multimedia information. The model is derived by extending the Dexter hypertext reference model and the CMIF multimedia model. The Amsterdam hypermedia model allows the following, in addition to the model provided by Dexter: • the composition of multiple dynamic media, in order to specify ...