Embedded systems now days are integral part of our lives. They are used for various industrial automation purposes, service oriented applications like power, water distribution, healthcare and low cost systems like smart cards and PDA’s. Today, already more than 98% of all manufactured microprocessors are employed in embedded applications rather than in traditional personal computers. Embedded ...

Inherent changes in foods during storage are often caused by water sorption or desorption that often results in product matrix instability. Water sorption behavior differs depending on the matrix through which it moves. Often, concurrent phenomenon such as crystallization modifies water's movement. We describe a novel use of hyperspectral imaging combined with Fourier Transform Near Infrared (F...

We show that crucian carp (Carassius carassius) living in normoxic (aerated) water have gills that lack protruding lamellae, the primary site of O(2) uptake in fish. Such an unusual trait leads to a very small respiratory surface area. Histological examination showed that the lamellae (secondary lamellae) of these fish were embedded in a cell mass (denoted embedded lamellae). When the fish were...

Understanding water transport mechanisms at the nanoscale level remains a challenge for theoretical chemical physics. Major advances in synthesis have allowed us to discover new artificial channels, rivaling with or even surpassing conductance and selectivity of natural protein channels. In order interpret experimental features understand microscopic determinants performance improvements, numer...