A laboratory prototype spectral-spatial interferometer has been constructed to demonstrate the feasibility of the double-Fourier technique at far infrared (FIR) wavelengths (0.15-1 THz). It is planned to use this demonstrator to investigate and validate important design features and data-processing methods for future astronomical FIR interferometer instruments. In building this prototype, we ha...

A new generation of 0.3 numerical aperture prototype EUV optical systems is now being produced to provide an opportunity for early learning at 20-nm feature size. Achieving diffraction limited performance from these two-mirror, annular projection optics poses a challenge for every aspect of the fabrication process, including final alignment and interferometric qualification. A new phase-shiftin...

In this report, I investigate the design and development of an eellike amphibious robot. After reviewing research on dynamic mobile robots and control and motion planning for biomimetic robot systems, I analyzed the prototype created by Kenneth McIsaac and Jim Ostrowski and redesigned its key mechanical, electrical and communication components. The significant changes I implemented affected the...

This paper describes the building of an urban regeneration ontology for managing cohesion policies focused on revitalizing cities. After a discussion of the background of the ontology subject, and about the experience in which the prototype of an ontology for urban regeneration has been developed, first user needs and requirements for ontology specification are described starting from this prot...

Cornell University, in collaboration with Jefferson Laboratory, has proposed the construction of a 100 MeV, 100 mA CW Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) prototype, to study and resolve the many accelerator physics and technology issues of this type of machine. The long term goal of this work is the construction of a state-of-the-art 5 to 7 GeV ERL-based synchrotron light source. A key element of this ...

The use of Compton cameras for medical imaging and its interest as a hadron therapy treatment monitoring has increased in the last decade with development silicon photomultipliers. MACACOp is camera prototype designed assembled at IRIS group IFIC-Valencia. This based on monolithic Lanthanum (III) Bromide crystals photomultipliers, employs novel TOFPET2 ASIC readout electronics. system emerged a...

One-shot semantic image segmentation aims to segment the object regions for novel class with only one annotated image. Recent works adopt episodic training strategy mimic expected situation at testing time. However, these existing approaches simulate test conditions too strictly during process, and thus cannot make full use of given label information. Besides, mainly focus on foreground-backgro...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate monitors for assessing vasomotor symptoms (VMS) in laboratory and ambulatory settings before use in the Menopause Strategies Finding Lasting Answers for Symptoms and Health network clinical trials testing VMS therapies. METHODS This was a three-phase study. Phase 1 included laboratory testing of the Freedman and prototype Bahr Monitor, phase 2 i...

Conventional hearing instruments often cannot compensate the hearing losses to a sufficient degree. Digital signal processing offers novel chances to provide speech enhancement and replacement functionalities in a wearable device. Targeting such a device, a working laboratory prototype with DSPs was created.