In a two-microphone approach, interaural differences in time (ITD) and interaural differences in sound intensity (IID) have generally been used for sound source localization. But those cues are not effective for vertical localization in the median plane (direct front). For that purpose, spectral cues based on features of head-related transfer functions (HRTF) have been investigated, but they ar...

[1] Column-integrated moist static energy (MSE) budgets were calculated using daily data from three reanalyses (1998–2001) and ISCCP radiative cooling. The MSE export by the circulation was separated into vertical and horizontal MSE advection components in order to examine how observationally-derived vertical motion profiles affect gross moist stability calculations. In a 2000 km-wide region in...

soil compaction can occur as a result of a number of factors. one of the most important factors is soil response to pressures imposed by wheels and soil engaging tools. this research investigated the effect of tyre load and inflation pressure on soil compaction-related factors. these factors include rut width, rut depth, cone index and horizontal force in different layers of soil profile. in th...

In order to improve accuracy and convergence speed for flight trajectory optimization program in flight management computer and enhance its maintainability, an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with object-oriented performance database is proposed. Firstly, an object-oriented performance database is built by Microsoft Visual C++ and MATLAB/SIMULINK mixed software development ...

MHD boundary layer flow of two phase model nanofluid over a vertical plate is investigated both analytically and numerically. A system of governing nonlinear partial differential equations is converted into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by suitable similarity transformations and then solved analytically using homotopy analysis method and numerically by the fourth order Rung...

Glaucoma is a leading cause of permanent blindness. Retinal fundus image examination is useful for early detection of glaucoma. In order to evaluate the presence of glaucoma, the ophthalmologists determine the cup and disc areas and they diagnose glaucoma using a vertical cup-to-disc ratio. However, determination of the cup area is very difficult, thus we propose a method to measure the cup-to-...

We present a simple stochastic-dynamical approach to estimate the turbulent vertical diffusivity (D) in the lower stratosphere from routinely observed ozone profiles. First, an observed ozone profile is reconstructed using three-dimensional back-trajectories obtained from analyzed winds and initializing the trajectories with ozone values from the output of a chemistry-transport model. Assuming ...

One advantage of smart grids is that they can reduce the peak load by distributing electricity-demands over multiple short intervals. Finding a schedule that minimizes the peak load corresponds to a variant of a strip packing problem. Normally, for strip packing problems, a given set of axis-aligned rectangles must be packed into a fixed-width strip, and the goal is to minimize the height of th...

The quality of channel sidewalls resulting from through-wafer deep reactive-ion etching is analysed using scanning electron microscopy, atomic-force microscopy and interferometry. Sidewall quality and profile are highly dependent on the width of the etched channel. Channels narrower than 100 lm show generally good sidewall smoothness, though with a bowed profile. This profile leads to ion-induc...

Understanding the vertical pattern of leaf traits across plant canopies provide critical information on plant physiology, ecosystem functioning and structure and vegetation response to climate change. However, the impact of vertical canopy position on leaf spectral properties and subsequently leaf traits across the entire spectrum for multiple species is poorly understood. In this study, we exa...