The two-dimensional level strip packing problem (2LSPP) consists in packing rectangular items of given size into a strip of given width divided into levels. Items packed into the same level cannot be put on top of one another and their overall width cannot exceed the width of the strip. The objective is to accommodate all the items while minimizing the overall height of the strip. The problem i...

PURPOSE To produce an internationally valid tool to assess skill in performing lateral tarsal strip surgery. METHODS A panel of 7 content experts adapted a previously published tool for assessing lateral tarsal strip surgery by using a modified Dreyfus scale of skill acquisition and providing behavioral descriptors for each level of skill in each category. The tools were then reviewed by 11 i...

In [J. Csirik, G.J. Woeginger, An on-line algorithm for multidimensional bin packing, Inform. Process. Lett. 63 (1997) 171–175] the authors study the asymptotic worst case ratio between the height of the strip needed to on-line pack a list of boxes by means of the Harmonic Shelf Algorithm and the height of the strip used by an optimal algorithm. In this note we analyze the effectiveness of the ...

A nonlinear model predictive controller is designed for the strip temperature in a combined directand indirect-fired strip annealing furnace. Based on a tailored first-principles dynamical model and the estimated current system state, the receding horizon controller selects optimal trajectories for both the fuel supply and the strip velocity so that the strip temperature is controlled to its de...

A simple mathematical model of an indirect-fired strip annealing furnace for real-time control and optimization purposes is developed. The considered furnace is part of a hot-dip galvanizing line and is used for continuous heat treatment of steel strips. The heat that is released during the combustion process inside the radiant tubes is calculated by means of steady-state mass and enthalpy bala...

Statistical restricted isometry property (STRIP) was recently formulated by Calderbank et al. to analyze the performance of deterministic sampling matrices for compressed sensing. In this paper, we study the STRIP by taking advantage of concentration inequalities using Stein’s method. In particular, we derive the STRIP performance bound in terms of the mutual coherence of the sampling matrix an...

Photorealistic rendering methods have been at the centre of much computer graphic research and remain in that position to date. The aim of photorealism is to produce computer graphic images that cannot be distinguished from photographs. Such methods have produced impressive results, and in some cases the aim has been met. However, photorealism is not always a desirable goal, sometimes a hand-dr...

deficiency. It is not applicable to newborn or mass screening with use of ifiterpaper specimens, but is satisfactory for liquid urine screening. In one variant of sulfite oxidase deficiency, due to a defect of its molybdate cofactor metabolism, the concentration of uric acid in serum is decreased. Thus, an unexplained low serum uric acid, especially in a young patient with neurologic abnormalit...

In this paper we introduce a simple and efficient scheme for encoding the connectivity and the stripification of a triangle mesh. Since generating a good set of triangle strips is a hard problem, it is desirable to do this just once and store the computed strips with the triangle mesh. However, no previously reported mesh encoding scheme is designed to include triangle strip information into th...

It records one or more variables with respect to time. It is a X-t recorder. A strip chart recorder consists of: 1. A long roll of graph paper moving vertically. 2. A system for driving a paper at some selected speed. A speed selector switch is generally provided. Chart speed of 1-100 m/s are usually used. 3. A stylus driving system which moves the stylus in a near exact replica or analog of th...