Crack detection through piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) [1] is emerging as an effective and powerful technique in structural health monitoring (SHM). Because of the piezoelectric properties of the PWAS, they act as both transmitters and receivers of guided Lamb waves for such applications. With arrays of PWAS attached to the structure, excitation signals are sent to one of the PWAS an...

We address the issue of call acceptance and routing in ATM networks. Our goal is to design an algorithm that guarantees bounds on the fraction of cells lost by a call. The method we propose for call acceptance and routing does not require models describing the trafflc. Each switch estimates the additional fraction of cells that would be lost if new calls were routed through the switch. The rout...

We have studied a variety of switch architectures for use in the multistage interconnection network of a shared memory multiprocessor. In this paper, we describe a taxonomy of buffered switch architectures and give performance results for the different types we have defined. We investigate two techniques for improving network performance in the presence of contention: the use of multiple handsh...

B₁₂-dependent enzymes employ radical species with exceptional prowess to catalyze some of the most chemically challenging, thermodynamically unfavorable reactions. However, dealing with highly reactive intermediates is an extremely demanding task, requiring sophisticated control strategies to prevent unwanted side reactions. Using hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical simulations, we f...

in the present study, theoretical chemical reactivates photo isomerization in cis-retinal as a natural photo switch in vision. dft hybrid functional, b3lyp and, post-hf method, were the theoretical methods applied utilizing g09 software. 6-31g+ (d,p) basis set employed for structural optimizations, and single point computations performed using b3lyp/6-31g+(d,p). the isomers cis molecule retinal...

We have proposed a new architecture for building a scalable multicast ATM switch from a few tens to a few thousands of input/output ports. The switch, called the Abacus switch, employs input and output buffering schemes. Cell replication, cell routing, and output contention resolution are all performed in a distributed way so that the switch can be scaled up to a large size. The Abacus switch a...

Uncommon reversible guest-induced metal-hemilabile linker bond dynamics in MOF MFM-300(Sc) was unraveled to switch on/switch off catalytic open metal sites. The activity of this with non-permanent sites demonstrated using a model Strecker hydrocyanation reaction as proof-of-concept. Conclusively, the evidenced be fully reversible, preserving conversion performance and structure integrity over m...

Metastatic carcinoma cells exhibit at least two different phenotypes of motility and invasion - amoeboid and mesenchymal. This plasticity poses a major clinical challenge for treating metastasis, while its underlying mechanisms remain enigmatic. Transitions between these phenotypes are mediated by the Rac1/RhoA circuit that responds to external signals such as HGF/SF via c-MET pathway. Using de...