A monitoring algorithm is trace-length independent if its space consumption does not depend on the number of events processed. The analysis of many monitoring algorithms has aimed at establishing trace-length independence. But a trace-length independent monitor’s space consumption can depend on characteristics of the trace other than its size. We put forward the stronger notion of event-rate in...

The apparent analogy between the self-diffusion of linear oligomers, 2 up to 64 monomers, and their trace diffusion in an entangled polymer host of length 256 was investigated by molecular dynamics at constant pressure. Oligomers and polymers were represented by a same generic coarse-grained (bead-spring) model. The scaling relationships of the self-diffusion coefficient, D, and trace diffusion...

Address trace compression represents that the address data, which were generated from instruction fetch stage of microprocessor, can be retrieved for later observation and analysis. In h s paper, we present how to design and implement this real-time address trace compressor (RTATC), whch can be used to collect the address trace information of FPGA Prototyping system based on embedded microproce...

Measuring the dynamics of plant growth is fundamental to the understanding of plant development processes. This paper describes a high-throughput, automatic method to trace Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedling roots grown on agarose plates. From the trace, additional software can quantify length, curvature, and stimulus response parameters such as onset of gravitropism. The method combin...

OBJECTIVE Joint fibrosis affects many synovial joints (including hip, knee and shoulder) causing stiffness and pain. The mechanism of joint fibrosis remains unknown, although genetic factors may contribute. Defects in maintenance of telomere length resulting from impaired telomere repair have been shown to cause lung and liver fibrotic disease. Here we tested the hypothesis that joint fibrosis ...

Although a multitude of factors that influence skeletal muscle blood flow have been extensively investigated, the influence of muscle length on limb blood flow has received little attention. Thus the purpose of this investigation was to determine if cyclic changes in muscle length influence resting blood flow. Nine healthy men (28 ± 4 yr of age) underwent a passive knee extension protocol durin...

TO THE EDITOR: In their recent paper, Cornachione et al. (1) draw three major conclusions: 1) that cardiac myofibrils do not show static tension or residual force enhancement; 2) that static tension/residual force enhancement is directly related to titin isoforms; and 3) that static tension/residual force enhancement is not associated with titin-actin interactions. Here, I would like to point o...