time to failure model for dendrites

... requirement for a specific biochemical process Examples are the energy requirement for protein synthesis, for Ca++ transport across the cytoplasmic membrane and for Na+ transport across the cytoplasmic ... relatively simple models in the family that appear to be good approximations of more complex and possibly more precise models, and we test these simple models for goodness of fit to large BMR data ... scaling exponent for the dermis, which accounts for nearly all of the mass of skin, is assumed to be close to the estimate of the scaling exponent for skin, 0.96 The scaling exponent for the mass...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... load or heating load for heat engine, refrigerator or heat pump) per unit total cost, was put forward by Sahin and Kodal [37-41] It was used to analyze and optimize the performances of endoreversible ... searching the optimal heat conductance distributions for the fixed total heat exchanger inventory For the fixed heat exchanger inventory U T , that is, for the constraint of U H + U H + U L1 + U L = ... distributions are set as uH = and uL = for Brayton, Otto, Diesel and Atkinson heat pump cycles; uL = for Dual heat pump cycle; uH = for Miller heat pump cycle, respectively To illustrate the preceding analyses,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... proven to be adequate 2.6 Fitness assessment of MLP model The evaluation (fitness assessment) of MLP models was carried out in straightforward manner by running the real system for each model five times ... is presented for each model and the reference models in Table and the scatter plots (forecasted versus observed) in Fig Compared to the reference model, a slight increase in the performances was ... is scaled to the range from (maximum performance) to (minimum performance) 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.1 50 100 150 Generations Fig Convergences resulting in the evolutionary model design The performance...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... As for the size of the optimal model, the average number of the active feature set is 126 for "Generalto-Specific" method and 800 for "One-by-one Feature Adding" method Therefore, general-tospecific ... procedure in section 4.4 The "Optimal" model of 'General -to- Specific" method performs best among all the models in Table Especially, it outperforms the "Optimal" model of "One-by-one Feature Adding" ... contribution to improving the performance in subcategorization prefer- 1320 ence test The "MDL" model performs worse than the "Optimal" model, because the features of the "MDL" model have much...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 06:20

... between the two turns Apart from models for linguistic and conceptual representations, the rules of transition have to be defined For this purpose, it is necessary to establish relationships between ... modeling consists in specifying graphic objects corresponding to the entities in the route model For the time being, we decided to with simple symbolic elements, without a fine distinction between ... different types of actions) For the purpose of the conceptual representation of RDs, we need a prototypical model of their referent which is the route We have decomposed it into a path and landmarks...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 07:20

... đó) It is time for us to check in for our flight 2 Các bạn di chuột vào cụm từ để biết chức cụm câu: It is time for us to check in for our flight 3 Tại câu lại dịch vậy? - “It is time – Đã ... *It is time for us to check in for our flight Hình thức cấu trúc ngữ pháp: “It’s time (for somebody) to something” - đến lúc người làm việc Chúng ta quan ... chuyến bay - Lưu ý: cấu trúc “It’s time (for somebody) to something” - có nghĩa đến lúc người làm việc Cần phân biệt với cấu trúc “It’s (about/ high) time (for somebody) + Ved/ cột 2” - Lẽ bạn...

Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2014, 03:20

... the nonprofit, for- profit, and public sectors lobbying effort As opposed to the public (government) sector and the for- profit (business) sector, the nonprofit sector (also referred to as nongovernmental, ... times during their lifetime It also can be helpful to find other person to whom you’re speaking may perfect for you to talk to A better way to answer this question is to address what you’re doing ... Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First -time Job Seekers • Introduction • 10 Senior Consultant to Executive Alliance He serves on the editorial board for Non- profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly...

Ngày tải lên: 05/04/2014, 01:31

... Internet to communicate, to search for information, to use online services and for leisure activities.70 The role of the youth in pushing the boundaries with regard to the use of ICT brings hope for ... possible to meet face -to- face According to Anders Forsberg63, for example, the Riksdag has been a driving force in an European Union (EU) project known as IPEX (Interparliamentary Information ... to facilitate broader appreciation it is important to ensure that the eparliamentary system is used optimally For example, it is no use to have capabilities for a video link to past debates for...

Ngày tải lên: 10/05/2014, 16:26

... problems to a much wider class of boundary value problems on time scales Also it is valuable to mention that condition 1.12 in hypothesis H3 is necessarily relevant to the graininess operator μ ... 36 It is worthwhile to mention that these theoretical results are novel even for some special cases on time scales, such as the conventional difference equations with fixed time stepsize and the ... the aforementioned results and techniques in coping with those boundary value problems on time scales, we thus turn to investigate the possible existence of multiple positive solutions for the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 11:20

... the parameters of the model in order to make it suitable for indoor simulation even if the model is restricted to 2D [21]; (iii) an improvement of the model in order to perform OFDM simulations ... the equations is gathered into a unique preprocessing Therefore the time duration for simulating each source becomes very fast compared to usual FD models in the time domain [20]; (ii) an calibration ... grid has to be very small compared to the wavelength of the signal, leading to a high complexity for large scenarios That is why, due to its high memory requirements, such FD models used to be applied...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 11:20

... Transform (FT) of A (k, t) Modeling gravity waves is done by specifying a model for A(k) and for φ(k) Modeling swells is done in the same way The only difference is the model for A(k) and φ(k) For ... Statistical Model for Rbl Below, we describe the model for the pdf pbl of Rbl for a mixed pixel The approach is similar for open-sea and wake pixels Finding a model for pm,bl (Rbl ) implies to include ... applicable to any electro-optical sensor and even to radar sensors, provided that adequate models for the random processes are inserted into the model Using this methodology to study sensor performance...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 19:20

... close to the fMAX of the target device 5.2 Token activator The token activator portion of the word modeler is noticeably more complicated than deactivator portion When an HMM is found to have ... pipeline 164/150 AM block total 164/125 Hidden Markov model pipeline Pruner 261/140 277/177 PE block total 115/111 Token deactivator 377/170 Token activator 184/120 WM block total DSP tiles, 411 slices ... entries corresponding to these tokens This process is simplified by the fact that all PH RAM values need to be reset to the exact same value This means that to deactivate a token the token must be popped...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 22:20

... variability For instance, each HMM face has to model variations due to facial expressions Therefore, to train the mixture of Gaussians that would correspond to the mouth, one should provide for each ... occupancy probability is uniform to ensure invariance to global translations of face images In the next section, we derive efficient formulas to compute P(ᏲT |ᏲQ , ᏹ) and to train automatically all the ... a face transformation model In the case where we have multiple template images for person P, we should combine them into a single face model ᏹ p (this would require a new formula for the face...

Ngày tải lên: 23/06/2014, 01:20

... vector model for gravitational field we have obtained the metric tensor of the space -time (29) This metric tensor leads to the Schwarzschild metric tensor in a weak gravitational field, therefore ... previous papers[5,6], we see that inertial force field is just gravitational force field, therefore space time in a gravitational field (as in a field of inertial forces) is non- Euclidean MOTION OF ... hold in noninertial reference frames due to the non-uniformity and anisotropy of space in these frames Finally, it can also be shown that time is non-uniform in non-inertial reference frames, as...

Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 06:21

... delayed the time to first breath and cry compared with the room air [15–17], and infants resuscitated with room air required less time of ventilation to achieve a regular respiratory pattern ... Liason Committee for Resuscitation — it is time to change Over the past 20 years the Norwegian group led by Ola Saugstad used the newborn piglet model to compare the in vivo effects of resuscitation ... brain is likely to be even more vulnerable to the adverse effects of hyperoxia compared with infants born at term due to the extreme vulnerability of the pre-oligodendrocyte to oxidative stress,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21

... the laboratory The simian AIDS model presents its own profile of response to HIV-1 drugs, rendering it difficult to treat with the ART protocols adopted for treatment of HIV1/AIDS For example, ... AIDS models for pre-clinical testing of novel INSTIs for HIV1 and HIV-2, and 2) is a basis for a new and effective ART regimen for the simian AIDS model entirely based on drugs adopted for treatment ... switched to the 100 mg regimen (in order to prevent selection of drug-resistant mutants), and two RT inhibitors, i.e the NtRTI, PMPA and the NRTI FTC, were added to treatment (henceforth referred to...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... patients (D Annane, personal communication) It is important for physicians to implement preventive measures and to perform daily screening for possible complications A specific surveillance of potential ... weakness A recent systematic review on the use of corticosteroids for severe sepsis and septic shock, however, failed to show any evidence for an increased risk of bleeding, superinfection, or neuromuscular ... government agencies to promptly set up a large international randomized controlled trial to definitely characterize the benefits and the potential harm of corticosteroids when given to patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... messages • When it comes to teaching trainees in the ICU, there is a limited amount of time and a huge number of potential topics • Our tool allows for the most relevant topics to be selected easily, ... was used in this study to rank the presentations allows for this decision to be undertaken using a quantitative and objective tool, and it therefore maximizes accountability for the content of the ... rated highly because low scores for reversibility and how life-threatening it is Therefore, some topics may need to be considered separately to ensure equal opportunity for inclusion in a curriculum...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... equals for t ≥ and equals for t < Then, at time t, the rate of internalization of receptors is k11n[HR](t) and the rate of return of receptors to the membrane is k11n[HR](t - 40)χ(t - 40) To simplify ... receptors are returned to the membrane after exposure to GnRH, there would not be a full recovery of receptors in the membrane In the model we therefore include a low basal rate of receptor synthesis, ... concentrations of GnRH for minutes at 30 minute intervals for a total time of three hours Fig 10 shows the model results for such an experiment The pattern of LH release by the model closely coincides...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 22:22

... other previously proposed reaction norm models [2,7,3], the described model could be used for studies and evaluations for genetic tolerance to high heat The model allows the identification of not ... on the explanatory variable scale could be fitted using the model presented Conclusion A model for fitting traits in which the response to an environmental variable is subject to an abrupt linear ... performed satisfactorily under the simulated scenarios in estimating the model parameters As an application example, the model could be useful for identifying animals with higher adaptation to...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21