A comprehensive theory of interfacial fluctuation effects occurring at 2D wedge (corner) filling transitions in pure (thermal disorder) and impure (random bond-disorder) systems is presented. Scaling theory and the explicit results of transfer matrix and replica trick studies of interfacial Hamiltonian models reveal that, for almost all examples of intermolecular forces, the critical behaviour ...

In 16], Warren suggested a method for embedding higher-order (HO) programming constructs into Prolog, that can be viewed as a kind of higher-order into rst-order (FO) translation. This method has been used in diierent settings as a tool for the combination of functional and logic programming 3, 2, 1], or even for the reduction of the former to the later 4]. The present paper was motivated by ou...

The nondimensional groups which characterize dynamically equivalent single exible link (SFL) ma-nipulators are determined using the Buckingham Pi method of dimensional analysis. Scaling laws for continuous-time and discrete-time linear rational controllers are developed for dynamically equivalent SFL systems. These theoretical scaling laws are veriied experimentally for a discrete PD control law.

Supercritical CO2 fluid leaching (SFL) method using supercritical CO2 fluid containing a complex of HNO3 tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) was applied to removal of uranium from radioactive solid wastes. Sea sands, incineration ashes and porous alumina bricks were employed as matrixes of simulated solid wastes. Real radioactive incineration ash wastes and firebrick wastes were also subjected to the S...

Despite being one of the most basic tasks in software development, debugging is still performed in a mostly manual way, leading to high cost and low performance. To address this problem, researchers have studied promising approaches, such as Spectrum-based Fault Localization (SFL) techniques, which pinpoint program elements more likely to contain faults. This survey discusses the state-of-the-a...

The pathological entities commonly associated with lumbosacral pain are the intervertebral discs, facet joints or surrounding muscle. However, in the absence of diagnostic confirmation of the aforementioned structures, the diagnosis may become confusing and intractable. Sacroiliac fascial lipocele (SFL), namely, pannicular hernia, could be a neglected cause. First reported by Ficarra et al in 1...

When constructing large robotic manipulators or space structures, it is advisable to begin with a small-scale prototype on which to perform the design, analysis, and de-bugging. To ensure that the results obtained on the scale-model apply directly to the actual manipulator, it is necessary that the prototype and the original robot are dynamically equivalent. As an initial investigation, this pa...

Spectrum-based fault localization technique mainly utilizes testing coverage information to calculate the suspiciousness of each program element to find the faulty element. However, this technique does not fully take consideration of dependences between program elements , thus its capacity for efficient fault localization is limited. This paper combines program slicing with program spectrum tec...

Microgel particles capable of bulk degradation have been synthesized from a solution of diacrylated triblock copolymer composed of poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(lactic acid) in a microfluidic device using stop-flow lithography (SFL). It has been previously demonstrated that SFL can be used to fabricate particles with precise control over particle size and shape. Here, we have fabricated hydrog...