In this communication, the authors propose a current-mode analog circuit solution for the defuzzifying step required for the fuzzyknowledge-based control (FKBC) of switching DC-DC converters. Considering the modulation of pulse widths which is needed for the control of switched power plants, the division operation at the output layer of a fuzzy inference controller takes advantage of the implic...

A new dispersion map is designed for three-level code division multiplexing (3LCDM) of a 40 Gb/s (2 x 20 Gb/s) over 500 km (5 x 100km) standard single mode fiber. The results show that an 87.5 % dispersion compensation ratio was the optimum map for the 3LCDM system. The system performance is improved by 6 dB in optical signal-to-noise ratio, 6 dB in receiver sensitivity and 3 dB in self-phase m...

Although division is less frequent than addition and multiplication, because of its longer latency it dissipates a substantial part of the energy in floating-point units. In this paper we explore the relation between the radix and the energy dissipated. Previous work has been done on radix-4 and radix-8 division. Here we extend this study to a radix16 scheme with two overlapped radix-4 stages a...

For symmetrically dividing cells, large variations in the cell cycle time are typical, even among clonal cells. The consequence of this variation is important in stem cell differentiation, tissue and organ size control, and cancer development, where cell division rates ultimately determine the cell population. We explore the connection between cell cycle time variation and population-level fluc...

High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is a new video coding standard following H.264/AVC. By introducing a flexible coding unit (CU), which can be recursively divided from 64 64  to 8 8 blocks in a Quadtree-Structure, HEVC achieves significantly higher coding efficiency than the previous standards. With the flexible CU structure, HEVC can effectively adapt to complicated contents with a smaller...

Complex morphology is an evolutionary outcome of phenotypic diversification. In some carnivorous plants, the ancestral planar leaf has been modified to form a pitcher shape. However, how leaf development was altered during evolution remains unknown. Here we show that the pitcher leaves of Sarracenia purpurea develop through cell division patterns of adaxial tissues that are distinct from those ...

It is known that the satisfiability problem (SAT) can be efficiently solved by a uniform family of P systems with active membranes with two polarizations working in a maximally parallel way. We study P systems with active membranes without non-elementary membrane division, working in minimally parallel way. The main question we address is what number of polarizations is sufficient for an effici...

study of plant macrofossils of jurassic sediments of shemshak group in eshkevarat-e-olia areas led to identification of two species consisting lobifolia rotundifolia from ferns group (division pteridophyta & filicales order) and ptilophyllum vasekgahense from gymnospermae group (division cycadophyta & order bennettitales) that had been reported from rhaetian (late triassic) and dogger (middle j...

To the extent that a society is to work, there exist a need for a cooperative process, including Weber’s and Merton’s note of common means and goals. But at the same time, there exist no societal process without involving conflict; (conflict in a dynamic and dialectical sense.) Dealing with this problematic situation the emergence of “division of labor”, as a compulsive social differentiation, ...