Heterogeneous photocatalysis has emerged as a promising alternative for both micropollutant removal and bacterial inactivation under solar irradiation. Among variety of photocatalysts explored in the literature, graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is metal-free semiconductor with acceptable chemical stability, low toxicity, excellent cost-effectiveness. To minimize its high charge recombination ra...

Improving quality, enhancing productivity, redesigning machining tools, eliminating waste in production, and shortening lead time are all objectives aimed at improving customer satisfaction increasing profitability for manufacturing companies. This study combines lean six sigma techniques to form a technique called Lean Six Sigma (LSS) by using the DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analysis-Improve-Control...

Previous studies have shown that mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades signal the induction of inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) in glial cells (Bhat, N. R., Zhang, P., Lee, J. C., and Hogan E. L. (1998) J. Neurosci. 18, 1633–1641; Bhat, N. R., Zhang, P., and Bhat, A. N. (1999) J. Neurochem. 72, 472–478). This study further investigates the role of p38 MAPK in the transcriptiona...

IoT devices are helping improve efficiency and expanding capabilities in an increasing number of applications including industrial, home and personal fitness. Device lifetimes are still a concern, and improved energy efficiency is needed. Additionally, aggressive duty cycling is needed to operate these IoT devices in severely energyconstrained applications. Wireless communication, which consume...

The deterministic network calculus (DNC) and its probabilistic counterpart stochastic network calculus (SNC) are promising theories which provide methodologies to analyse and design networked systems. As the “little brother” of queuing theory, the main goal of network calculus has always been the well-founded design of future networks, since its origins in the 1990’s [17]. Therefore, the analys...

Interference model is the basis of MAC protocol design in wireless networked sensing and control, and it directly affects the efficiency and predictability of wireless messaging. To exploit the strengths of both the physical and the protocol interference models, we analyze how network traffic, link length, and wireless signal attenuation affect the optimal instantiation of the protocol model. W...

Interference model is the basis of MAC protocol design in wireless networked sensing and control, and it directly affects the efficiency and predictability of wireless messaging. To exploit the strengths of both the physical and the protocol interference models, we analyze how network traffic, link length, and wireless signal attenuation affect the optimal instantiation of the protocol model. W...

The Family of Integrated Rapid Response Equipment (FIRRE) is an advanced technology demonstration program intended to develop a family of affordable, scalable, modular, and logistically supportable unmanned systems to meet urgent operational force-protection needs and requirements worldwide. The near-term goal is to provide the best available unmanned ground systems to the warfighter in Iraq an...