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Showing 1 to 20 of 145 for “"Academic -- Engineering and Computer Science"”.
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Enhanced Structure and Crystallinity of Semiconducting Polymer Films Through Electrospray Deposition
… have previously been extensively studied and demonstrated to have monodisperse droplet size distribution, good stability and scalability. Electrospray is a bottom-up deposition method which opens up the possibility of a roll-to-roll compatible process and is functional at regular …
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Cyclic and Impact Resistance of FRP Repaired Poles
Sign and signal structures involved in vehicular accidents are often partially damaged, and it is possible to repair them instead of replacing them, even when the extent and severity of the damage are substantial. The replacement of these poles is costly and involves interruption for pedestrians …
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Effect of particles on evaporation of droplet containing particles
… for applications in heat transfer, combustion, and manufacturing desired micro/nano particles in the pharmaceutical industry. The evaporation of droplets containing particles involves complicated multiphase heat and mass transport. The evaporation process consists of two stages: the first stage …
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Minimization Of Power Dissipation In Digital Circuits Using Pipelining And A Study Of Clock Gating Technique
… power dissipated by a circuit affects its speed and performance. Multiplier is one of the most commonly used circuits in the digital devices. There are various types of multipliers available depending upon the application in which they are used. In the present thesis report, the importance of …
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Catalytic Role of Boron Nitride in the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate
… spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The goal of this study is to discover the activation energy of this catalyst reaction, intermediary products of the reaction, mechanism of reaction and end state of the boron nitride nanostructures (ie, if the BN …
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A Balanced Scorecard Template For Florida Incubators
… the National Business Incubation Association, and the Southern Technology Council found that 87% of the firms that went through an incubator program remain in business and 84% remain in their community. Clearly properly run incubators can provide much benefit. However there is littleconsensus …
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The Effect of Videogame Play on Robotic Surgery Skill Acquisition
… simulators have emerged as valuable tools for standardized and objective robotic surgery skill training and assessments. In recent years, the idea of using video game technology in surgical education for laparoscopy has also been explored; however few have attempted to make a connection between …
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Design of a Framework to Measure the Degree of Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) Simulation Interoperability
Accomplishment of the Live, Virtual and Constructive simulation interoperability has been a major goal and a challenge in the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) community. There have been efforts to interoperate individual Live, Virtual and Constructive simulations within a common synthetic environment …
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Finite Element Analysis Of A Test Specimen For Strength Of A Co-polymer Layer At A Bone-implant Interface
… co-polymer of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) and methylmethacrylate (MMA), so that it can be applied as an interfacial layer between bone cement and steel implants to improve their performance and life. Finite element (FE) analysis techniques are used to assess the behavior of the interface …
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Self Designing Pattern Recognition System Employing Multistage Classification
… has received a considerable attention in diverse engineering fields such as biomedical imaging, speaker identification, fingerprint recognition, etc. In most of these applications, it is desirable to maintain the classification accuracy in the presence of corrupted and/or incomplete data. The …
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Damage Modeling Method For Turbine Compressor Blade Tuning
… This approach offers significant time and effort savings when compared to traditional evaluation methods of similar problems. It is demonstrated via examples that the multi-domain modeling approach yields acceptable accuracy results. The economical implications of described method are …
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Design And Analysis Of Adaptive And Reconfigurable Antennas For Wireless Communication
Modern radar and communication systems have experienced a tremendous increase in the number of antennas onboard, on the ground, and in orbital space. This places a burden due to the confined volume and limited weight requirements especially in space applications. The reconfigurable antenna is a …
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A Study on the Analyzing Priority of Limiting Factors in Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Simulation Interoperability Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method
Each Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) simulation model has been developed and used with many benefits. When system developers created each simulation model, focused on specific standards to fit to their own respective purposes. Consequently, there have been interoperability issues among …
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Design, Fabrication, and Interrogation of Integrated Wireless SAW Temperature Sensors
… ability to operate in harsh environments and completely passive operation, providing a reliable, maintenance-free life cycle. For certain SAW sensor applications the challenge is building a wirelessly interrogatable device with the same lifetime as the SAW substrate. The design of these …
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Determination of Frequency-Based Switch Triggers for Optimal Vibration Reduction via Resonance Frequency Detuning
… changes in rotation speed, such as on spool-up and spool-down. This technique relies on the inclusion of piezoelectric material and manipulation of its electrical boundary conditions, which control the stiffness of the piezoelectric material. Resonance frequency detuning exploits this effect by …
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Cryptarray A Scalable And Reconfigurable Architecture For Cryptographic Applications
… to fulfill the requirements of security and authentication for information exchange between Internet applications. However, software implementations of cryptographic applications are unable to support the quality of service from a bandwidth perspective required by most Internet …
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Planar Magnetics Design For Low-voltage Dc-dc Converters
… based on accurate electromagnetic analysis and miniaturize magnetics within desired low profile as well as small footprint. A novel methodology based on FEM simulation is proposed. By introducing Maxwell 2D simulator, optimal interleaving structures can be found to reduce AC losses that …
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Nanoarchitectured Energy Storage Devices
… devices that connect the gap between batteries and conventional capacitors, have recently attracted significant attention due to their high specific capacitance, substantially enhanced power and energy densities, and extraordinary cycle life. In order to realize even better performance with …
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Assessment of Terrain Database Correlation Using Line-Of-Sight Measurements
… The permutations of tools, elevation maps, and software settings leads to combinations of poorly correlated virtual terrains. An important issue in distributed simulations is the lack of line-of-sight correlation. For example, in military networked simulations, consistent intervisibility …
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Self-Scaling Evolution of Analog Computation Circuits
Energy and performance improvements of continuous-time analog-based computation for selected applications offer an avenue to continue improving the computational ability of tomorrow*s electronic devices at current technology scaling limits. However, analog computation is plagued by the difficulty …
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