Controlling the Power and Area of Neural Branch Predictors for Practical Implementation in High-Performance Processors

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Jimenez ◽  
Gabriel Loh
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Practical Implementation

scholarly journals Pocket MUSE: an affordable, versatile and high-performance fluorescence microscope using a smartphone

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehe Liu ◽  
Andrew M. Rollins ◽  
Richard M. Levenson ◽  
Farzad Fereidouni ◽  
Michael W. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Point Of Care Diagnostics ◽  
Optical Module ◽  
Optical Configuration ◽  
User Friendly

AbstractSmartphone microscopes can be useful tools for a broad range of imaging applications. This manuscript demonstrates the first practical implementation of Microscopy with Ultraviolet Surface Excitation (MUSE) in a compact smartphone microscope called Pocket MUSE, resulting in a remarkably effective design. Fabricated with parts from consumer electronics that are readily available at low cost, the small optical module attaches directly over the rear lens in a smartphone. It enables high-quality multichannel fluorescence microscopy with submicron resolution over a 10× equivalent field of view. In addition to the novel optical configuration, Pocket MUSE is compatible with a series of simple, portable, and user-friendly sample preparation strategies that can be directly implemented for various microscopy applications for point-of-care diagnostics, at-home health monitoring, plant biology, STEM education, environmental studies, etc.

Innovative urban climate model PALM-4U as a support tool for municipal climate adaptation strategies.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonina Kriuger ◽  
Alexander Reinbold ◽  
Martina Schubert-Frisius ◽  
Jörg Cortekar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Funding Program ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Comfort Indices

<p>Cities are particularly vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, cities change slowly. Accordingly, preparatory measures to adapt to climate change have to be taken urgently. High-performance urban climate models with various applications can form the basis for prospective planning decisions, however, as of today no such model exists that can be easily applied outside of the scientific community. Therefore, the funding program Urban Climate Under Change [UC]<sup>2</sup> aims to further develop the new urban climate model PALM-4U (Parallelized Large-Eddy Simulation Model for Urban Applications) into a practice-oriented and user-friendly product that meets the needs of municipalities and other practical users in addition to scientific research.</p><p>Specifically, the high-performance model PALM-4U allows simulation of entire large cities comprising the area over 1.000 km<sup>2</sup> with a grid size of down to few meters. One of our goals within the project ProPolis is to design and test the practical implementation of PALM-4U in standard and innovative application fields which include thermal comfort (indices like PT, PET, UTCI), cold air balance (source areas, reach and others), local wind comfort (indices derived from medium winds and gusts) as well as dispersion of pollutants.</p><p>In close cooperation with our practice partners, we explore the potential of PALM-4U to support the urban planning processes in each specific application setting. Additionally, with development of the fit for purpose graphic user interface, manuals and trainings we aim to enable practitioners to apply the model for their individual planning questions and adaptation measures.</p><p>In our presentation, we will show an application case of PALM-4U in a major German city. We will investigate the effect of a planned development area on the local climate and the impact of different climate change adaptation measures (such as extensive vs. intensive green roofs). The comparative simulations of the current state and planning scenarios with integrated green and blue infrastructure should provide arguments for the municipal decision making in consideration of climate change aspects in a densely built-up environment, e.g. urban heat stress.</p>

Fundamentals of Solid-State AC Variable-Speed Drives

1969 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Donald L. Schoen
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Variable Speed Drives ◽  
Ac Drive ◽  
Ac Motor ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
History Of ◽  
Drive Systems

Solid-state ac variable-frequency drives offer a new generation of high-performance, maintenance-free drive systems. The desire to use the rugged ac motor as a high-performance, variable-speed device goes back many years; however, its practical implementation had to wait three-quarters of a century for development of the silicon controlled rectifier. This paper opens with a brief review of the history of variable-speed dc and ac drive systems. Then the fundamentals of solid-state ac variable-speed drives are presented with emphasis on future technical and economic trends. The ac system is evaluated as an economic solution to providing basic functional drive requirements. The characteristics are compared with traditional high-performance dc systems. Finally, an attempt is made to describe the solid-state ac variable-speed drive of the future.

scholarly journals On The Application of SiO2/SiC Grating on Ag for High-Performance Fiber Optic Plasmonic Sensing of Cortisol Concentration

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankit Kumar Pandey ◽  
Anuj K. Sharma ◽  
Carlos Marques
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Cortisol Concentration ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Angle Of Incidence ◽  
Plasmonic Sensor ◽  
High Performance Fiber ◽  
Better Than

This paper reports on high-accuracy simulation of a grating structure based fiber optic plasmonic sensor for salivary cortisol sensing. Gratings of SiO2 and SiC (one at a time) in combination with a thin Ag layer are considered to be in direct contact with analyte medium (solutions containing different concentrations of cortisol) considering that the groove regions are also filled with analyte. The optimization of Ag layer thickness is carried out to achieve maximum power loss (PL) corresponding to cortisol concentration variation. The variation of PL (in dB) spectra with the angle of incidence (α) is the sensing mechanism of the proposed scheme. Sensing performance is extensively analyzed in terms of sensitivity, limit-of-detection (LOD) and figure-of-merit (FOM) that incorporates both the sensitivity and the width of the corresponding PL curves. While the sensitivity and FOM values are significantly large, the results also reveal that in angular interrogation mode (AIM), an average LOD of 9.9 pg/mL and 9.8 pg/mL is obtained for SiO2 and SiC-based sensor designs, respectively. When the intensity interrogation method (IIM) in place of AIM is considered, an average LOD of 22.6 fg/mL and 68.17 fg/mL is obtained for SiO2 and SiC-based sensor designs, respectively. LOD (with IIM, in particular) is considerably better than the present-state-of-art related to cortisol monitoring. Pragmatic model for possible practical implementation of sensor scheme is also discussed. The involvement of optical fiber in the proposed sensor design makes it possible to implement it as a flexible sensor or for wearable solution for cortisol detection via sweat monitoring as well as for measuring cortisol level in aquaculture tanks where concentration levels are much lower than 10 ng/mL.

Output Feedback Robust Control of Direct Current Motors With Nonlinear Friction Compensation and Disturbance Rejection

2014 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianyong Yao ◽  
Zongxia Jiao ◽  
Dawei Ma
Keyword(s):  
Direct Current ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Friction Model ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Accuracy Control ◽  
External Disturbances ◽  
Output Tracking ◽  
Dc Motors

High accuracy tracking control of direct current (DC) motors is concerned in this paper. A continuously differentiable friction model is adopted to account for the friction nonlinearities, which allows more flexible and suitable practical implementation. Since only output signal is available for measurement, an extended state observer (ESO) is designed to provide precise estimates of the unmeasurable state together with external disturbances, which facilitates the controller design without any transformations. The global stability of the controller is ensured via a certain robust feedback law. The resulting controller theoretically guarantees a prescribed tracking performance in general, while achieving asymptotic output tracking in the absence of time-varying disturbances, which is very important for high accuracy control of motion systems. Comparative experimental results are obtained to verify the high-performance nature of the proposed control strategy.

Reducing Computational Complexity and Enhancing Performance of IKSD Algorithm for Encoded MIMO Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Qasim Sulttan
Keyword(s):  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Mimo Detection ◽  
Detection Algorithms ◽  
Sphere Detection ◽  
Manhattan Metric ◽  
Main Challenge

<p>The main challenge in MIMO systems is how to design the MIMO detection algorithms with lowest computational complexity and high performance that capable of accurately detecting the transmitted signals. In last valuable research results, it had been proved the Maximum Likelihood Detection (MLD) as the optimum one, but this algorithm has an exponential complexity especially with increasing of a number of transmit antennas and constellation size making it an impractical for implementation. However, there are alternative algorithms such as the K-best sphere detection (KSD) and Improved K-best sphere detection (IKSD) which can achieve a close to Maximum Likelihood (ML) performance and less computational complexity. In this paper, we have proposed an enhancing IKSD algorithm by adding the combining of column norm ordering (channel ordering) with Manhattan metric to enhance the performance and reduce the computational complexity. The simulation results show us that the channel ordering approach enhances the performance and reduces the complexity, and Manhattan metric alone can reduce the complexity. Therefore, the combined channel ordering approach with Manhattan metric enhances the performance and much reduces the complexity more than if we used the channel ordering approach alone. So our proposed algorithm can be considered a feasible complexity reduction scheme and suitable for practical implementation.</p>

scholarly journals Development of New Structural Materials with Improved Mechanical Properties and High Quality of Structures through New Methods

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Salokhiddin Nurmurodov ◽  
Alisher Rasulov ◽  
Nodir Turakhodjaev ◽  
Kudratkhon Bakhadirov ◽  
Lazizkhan Yakubov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Hardness ◽  
Structural Materials ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Hard Alloys ◽  
Plasma Chemical ◽  
Hard Materials ◽  
Initial Stage

<p class="1Body">Up-to-date science and technology requires further development and wide introduction of new high- performance processes to produce refractory metals. These may include plasma chemical technology of high dispersed powders production. Practical implementation of plasma chemical method in producing and processing of high dispersed powders is in its initial stage. Along with this at the present time the demand for processing of structural materials with improved physical and mechanical properties is now steadily increasing. Such materials have low machinability due to high hardness and durability at high temperatures which results in heavy wear of a cutting tool. To improve the efficiency when processing hard-to-cut materials it is necessary to enhance the tool’s durability; this can be provided by application of new grades of hard alloys received from tungsten nanopowders. New alloy, obtained by the new developed technology, has higher degree of hardness and wear resistance compared with existing alloys and will be intended for hard materials processing.</p>

A Systematic Review of Health Dialog Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (06) ◽  
pp. 179-193
Author(s):  
William R. Kearns ◽  
Nai-Ching Chi ◽  
Yong K. Choi ◽  
Shih-Yin Lin ◽  
Hilaire Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Natural Language ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Case Control Studies ◽  
System Description ◽  
Dialog Systems ◽  
Natural Language Interface ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Abstract Background Health dialog systems have seen increased adoption by patients, hospitals, and universities due to the confluence of advancements in machine learning and the ubiquity of high-performance hardware that supports real-time speech recognition, high-fidelity text-to-speech, and semantic understanding of natural language. Objectives This review seeks to enumerate opportunities to apply dialog systems toward the improvement of health outcomes while identifying both gaps in the current literature that may impede their implementation and recommendations that may improve their success in medical practice. Methods A search over PubMed and the ACM Digital Library was conducted on September 12, 2017 to collect all articles related to dialog systems within the domain of health care. These results were screened for eligibility with the main criteria being a peer-reviewed study of a system that includes both a natural language interface and either end-user testing or practical implementation. Results Forty-six studies met the inclusion criteria including 24 quasi-experimental studies, 16 randomized control trials, 2 case–control studies, 2 prospective cohort studies, 1 system description, and 1 human–computer conversation analysis. These studies evaluated dialog systems in five application domains: medical education (n = 20), clinical processes (n = 14), mental health (n = 5), personal health agents (n = 5), and patient education (n = 2). Conclusion We found that dialog systems have been widely applied to health care; however, most studies are not reproducible making direct comparison between systems and independent confirmation of findings difficult. Widespread adoption will also require the adoption of standard evaluation and reporting methods for health dialog systems to demonstrate clinical significance.

scholarly journals High-Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries Based on Multidimensional Graphene-CNT-Nanosulfur Hybrid Cathodes

Batteries ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Álvaro Doñoro ◽  
Álvaro Muñoz-Mauricio ◽  
Vinodkumar Etacheri
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Coulombic Efficiency ◽  
Electronic Conductivity ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Graphene Nanoplatelets ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Electrochemical Performances ◽  
High Electronic Conductivity ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

Although lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are one of the promising candidates for next-generation energy storage, their practical implementation is limited by rapid capacity fading due to lithium polysulfide (LiPSs) formation and the low electronic conductivity of sulfur. Herein, we report a high-performance lithium-sulfur battery based on multidimensional cathode architecture consisting of nanosulfur, graphene nanoplatelets (2D) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (1D). The ultrasonic synthesis method results in the generation of sulfur nanoparticles and their intercalation into the multilayered graphene nanoplatelets. The optimized multidimensional graphene-sulfur-CNT hybrid cathode (GNS58-CNT10) demonstrated a high specific capacity (1067 mAh g−1 @ 50 mA g−1), rate performance (539 @ 1 A g−1), coulombic efficiency (~95%) and cycling stability (726 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles @ 200 mA g−1) compared to the reference cathode. Superior electrochemical performances are credited to the encapsulation of nanosulfur between the individual layers of graphene nanoplatelets with high electronic conductivity, and effective polysulfide trapping by MWCNT bundles.

scholarly journals Pocket MUSE: an affordable, versatile and high performance fluorescence microscope using a smartphone

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehe Liu ◽  
Andrew M. Rollins ◽  
Richard M. Levenson ◽  
Farzad Fereidouni ◽  
Michael W. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Point Of Care Diagnostics ◽  
Optical Module ◽  
Optical Configuration ◽  
User Friendly

AbstractSmartphone microscopes can be effective tools for a broad range of imaging applications. In this manuscript, we demonstrate the first practical implementation of Microscopy with Ultraviolet Surface Excitation (MUSE) in a compact smartphone microscope called Pocket MUSE, resulting in a remarkably effective design. Fabricated with parts from consumer electronics that are readily available at low cost, the small optical module attaches directly over the rear lens in a smartphone and enables high quality multichannel fluorescence microscopy with submicron resolution over a 10X equivalent field of view. In addition to the novel optical configuration, Pocket MUSE is compatible with a series of simple, portable and user-friendly sample preparation strategies that can be directly implemented for various microscopy applications for point-of-care diagnostics, at-home health monitoring, plant biology, STEM education, environmental studies, etc.

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