Debates surrounding the nature of the Neolithic demographic transition in Europe have historically centered on two opposing models: a "demic" diffusion model whereby incoming farmers from the Near East and Anatolia effectively replaced or completely assimilated indigenous Mesolithic foraging communities, and an "indigenist" model resting on the assumption that ideas relating to agriculture and ...

An asymmetric ratchet structure within microchannels is demonstrated by directionally guided light transmission for controlled liquid flow. A direct and facile method is presented to realize programmed asymmetric structures, which control the fluid direction and speed.

Recent work on a novel approach to the control of the aerodynamic performance of lifting surfaces by fluidic modification of their apparent aerodynamic shape, or virtual aerosurface shaping is reviewed. This flow control approach emphasizes fluidic modification of the “apparent” aerodynamic shape of the surface with the objective of altering or prescribing the streamwise pressure gradient. Cont...

The feasibility of automatically controlling water levels and deliveries on the Salt River Project SRP canal system through computer-based algorithms is being investigated. The proposed control system automates and enhances functions already performed by SRP operators, namely feedforward routing of scheduled demand changes, feedback control of downstream water levels, and flow control at check ...

We propose an efficient IP-block-based design environment for high-throughput VLSI systems. The flow generates SystemC register-transfer-level (RTL) architecture, starting from a Matlab functional model described as a netlist of functional IP. The refinement model inserts automatically control structures to manage delays induced by the use of RTL IPs. It also inserts a control structure to coor...

In this paper we show our results of analysing a real-life event log taken from a Dutch financial institute. The log contains 262.000 events and describes a personal loan application process. We mine the control-flow model using the fuzzy miner from the process mining tool Disco, and analyse different variants of the process statistically and with dotted charts. This allows us to conclude perfo...