In recent years, there has been an increasing interest to deliver multimedia services over wireless ad hoc networks. Due to the existence of hidden terminal and absence of central control, the medium access control protocol as used in the ad hoc networks may lead to channel capture, where some flows monopolize the channel while others suffer from starvation. As a consequence, the system through...

This paper investigates and analyzes the effect of dependency information on predicateargument structure analysis (PASA) and zero anaphora resolution (ZAR) for Japanese, and shows that a straightforward approach of PASA and ZAR works effectively even if dependency information was not available. We constructed an analyzer that directly predicts relationships of predicates and arguments with thei...

Adhesively bonded structures are potentially lighter in weight than mechanically fastened ones, but existing surface treatments are often considered unreliable. Two main problems in achieving reproducible and durable adhesive bonds are surface contamination and variability in standard surface preparation techniques. In this work three surface pretreatments were compared: laser etching with and ...

PURPOSE To report the midterm outcome of the Endolog system for correction of moderate-to-severe hallux valgus. METHODS 23 women and 2 men (33 feet) aged 35 to 80 (mean, 52) years underwent minimally invasive surgery for moderate (n=25) and severe (n=8) hallux valgus using the Endolog system. The hallux valgus angle (HVA), the intermetatarsal angle (IMA), and the proximal articular set angle ...

The Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) of the ALICE experiment at CERN incorporates 1.2 million channels which are individually read out and processed. The front-end electronics (FEE) utilizes two custom chips: an 18 channel analog preamplifier and shaper (PASA) and a mixed-signal chip, performing 10 bit analog-to-digital conversion, event buffering and local tracking (TRAP). Both chips togeth...

Electrical conductivity study of polyaniline‐polymethylmethacrylate composite fibers MOHD. KHALID, ALOK SRIVASTAVA, CLODOALDO I.L. DE ARAUJO, VINICIUS C. ZOLDAN and ANDRE A. PASA Laboratório de Filmes Finos e Superfícies, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil Department of Chemistry, Centre for Advanced Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Indi...