A Scheme for the Application of Smart Message Language in a Wireless Meter Reading System

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hou Weiyan ◽  
Wang Jiahui ◽  
Zhang Fangchang
Keyword(s):  
Reading System

Development of imaging plate for a TEM and its characteristics

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 100-101
Author(s):  
N. Mori ◽  
T. Oikawa ◽  
Y. Harada ◽  
J. Miyahara ◽  
T. Matsuo
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Protective Layer ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Imaging Plate ◽  
Phosphor Layer ◽  
Imaging Device ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
New Type ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Reading System

The Imaging Plate (IP) is a new type imaging device, which was developed for diagnostic x ray imaging. We have reported that usage of the IP for a TEM has many merits; those are high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, and good linearity. However in the previous report the reading system was prototype drum-type-scanner, and IP was also experimentally made, which phosphor layer was 50μm thick with no protective layer. So special care was needed to handle them, and they were used only to make sure the basic characteristics. In this article we report the result of newly developed reading, printing system and high resolution IP for practical use. We mainly discuss the characteristics of the IP here. (Precise performance concerned with the reader and other system are reported in the other article.)Fig.1 shows the schematic cross section of the IP. The IP consists of three parts; protective layer, phosphor layer and support.

The Neurobiology of Reading Differs for Deaf and Hearing Adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 346-359
Author(s):  
Karen Emmorey
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Processing ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Reading Success ◽  
Deaf Readers ◽  
Electrophysiological Studies ◽  
Deaf Adults ◽  
Related Potentials ◽  
Reading System ◽  
New Evidence

Recent neuroimaging and electrophysiological studies reveal how the reading system successfully adapts when phonological codes are relatively coarse-grained due to reduced auditory input during development. New evidence suggests that the optimal end-state for the reading system may differ for deaf versus hearing adults and indicates that certain neural patterns that are maladaptive for hearing readers may be beneficial for deaf readers. This chapter focuses on deaf adults who are signers and have achieved reading success. Although the left-hemisphere-dominant reading circuit is largely similar in both deaf and hearing individuals, skilled deaf readers exhibit a more bilateral neural response to written words and sentences than their hearing peers, as measured by event-related potentials and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Skilled deaf readers may also rely more on neural regions involved in semantic processing than hearing readers do. Overall, emerging evidence indicates that the neural markers for reading skill may differ for deaf and hearing adults.

scholarly journals Neurofunctionally dissecting the reading system in children

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Liebig ◽  
Eva Froehlich ◽  
Carmen Morawetz ◽  
Mario Braun ◽  
Arthur M. Jacobs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading System

Evaluation of standardized automated rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Enterobacterales-containing blood cultures: a proof-of-principle study

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (11) ◽  
pp. 3218-3229
Author(s):  
Stefano Mancini ◽  
Elias Bodendoerfer ◽  
Natalia Kolensnik-Goldmann ◽  
Sebastian Herren ◽  
Kim Röthlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Method ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility ◽  
Susceptibility Testing ◽  
Bloodstream Infections ◽  
Inhibition Zone ◽  
Blood Cultures ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing ◽  
Disc Diffusion ◽  
Inhibition Zones ◽  
Reading System

Abstract Background Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (RAST) of bacteria causing bloodstream infections is critical for implementation of appropriate antibiotic regimens. Objectives We have established a procedure to prepare standardized bacterial inocula for Enterobacterales-containing clinical blood cultures and assessed antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) data generated with the WASPLabTM automated reading system. Methods A total of 258 blood cultures containing Enterobacterales were examined. Bacteria were enumerated by flow cytometry using the UF-4000 system and adjusted to an inoculum of 106 cfu/mL. Disc diffusion plates were automatically streaked, incubated for 6, 8 and 18 h and imaged using the fully automated WASPLabTM system. Growth inhibition zones were compared with those obtained with inocula prepared from primary subcultures following the EUCAST standard method. Due to time-dependent variations of the inhibition zone diameters, early AST readings were interpreted using time-adjusted tentative breakpoints and areas of technical uncertainty. Results and conclusions Inhibition zones obtained after 18 h incubation using an inoculum of 106 cfu/mL prepared directly from blood cultures were highly concordant with those of the EUCAST standard method based on primary subcultures, with categorical agreement (CA) of 95.8%. After 6 and 8 h incubation, 89.5% and 93.0% of the isolates produced interpretable results, respectively, with CA of >98.5% and very low numbers of clinical categorization errors for both the 6 h and 8 h readings. Overall, with the standardized and automated RAST method, consistent AST data from blood cultures containing Enterobacterales can be generated after 6–8 h of incubation and subsequently confirmed by standard reading of the same plate after 18 h.

scholarly journals Design of electric power remote meter reading system

2021 ◽  
Vol 1802 (3) ◽  
pp. 032030
Author(s):  
Ran Zhang ◽  
XiaoLu Sun ◽  
Wei Min Chen ◽  
Li Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Remote Meter Reading System ◽  
Reading System
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