Quantitative prediction of the degree of pollution of effluent from reactive dye mixtures

By using mathematical formulae developed in previous studies, certain pollution parameters of dye effluent obtained from reactive dyeing with a single dye can be predicted with good accuracy. In this study, the degree of pollution of reactive dyeing effluent using dye mixtures was also predicted by other approaches, such as linear and non-linear regression. The prediction accuracy was found to be satisfactory.     

A mathematical formulation of uncertain information

This paper introduces a mathematical model of uncertain information. Each body of uncertain information is an information quadruplet, consisting of a code space, a message space, an interpretation function, and an evidence space. Each information quadruplet contains prior information as well as possible new evidence which may appear later. The definitions of basic probability and belief function are based on the prior information. Given new evidence, Bayes' rule is used to update the prior information. This paper also introduces an idea of independent information and its combination. A combination formula is derived for combining independent information. Both the conventional Bayesian approach and Dempster-Shafer's approach belong to this mathematical model. A Bayesian prior probability measure is the prior information of a special information quadruplet; Bayesian conditioning is the combination of special independent information. A Dempster's belief function is the belief function of a different information quadruplet; the Dempster combination rule is the combination rule of independent quadruplets. This paper is a mathematical study of handling uncertainty and shows that both the conventional Bayesian approach and Dempster-Shafer's approach originate from the same mathematical theory.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant number IRI-8505735 and a summer research grant of Ball State University.     

A dual-mode multiuser detector for DS-CDMA systems

We introduce a dual-mode multiuser detector that dynamically switches its detection mode between matched-filter and decorrelator operations based on the channel characteristics. This detector significantly reduces the overall computational requirement while maintaining similar performance as that of the decorrelator. The switching mechanism of our dual-mode detector is designed by exploiting the performance-complexity tradeoff between the decorrelator and the matched-filter. Extensions of this idea to other types of multiuser detectors are also proposed     

A new polysilicon CMOS self-aligned double-gate TFT technology

In this paper, a new polysilicon CMOS self-aligned double-gate thin-film transistor (SA-DG TFT) technology is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The self-alignment between the top- and bottom-gate is realized by a backlight exposure technique. The structure has an ultrathin channel region (300 /spl Aring/) and a thick source/drain region. Experimental results show that this technology provides excellent current saturation due to a combination of the effective reduction in the drain field and the full depletion of the ultrathin channel. Moreover, for n-channel devices, the SA-DG TFT has a 4.2 times higher on-current (V/sub gs/=20V) as compared to the conventional single-gate TFT. Whereas for the p-channel devices, the SADG TFT has a 3.6 times higher on-current (V/sub gs/=-20V) compared to the conventional single-gate device.     

一种基于服务质量的节能无线传感器网络MAC协议

为了平衡网络能耗与QoS,提出了一种基于服务质量的节能MAC协议-QE-MAC.该协议一方面采用由Hill等人提出的低能量载波侦听技术降低节点能耗,另一方面,采用冲突避免、回复确认、区分优先级和失败重传等机制确保分组传输的可靠性,以及使用业务固定短周期发起策略来解决分组接收的时延过大问题.模拟实验和测试结果都表明,QE-MAC能够以较低的网络能耗提供良好的QoS.     

Structural Response of Nuclear Containment Shield Buildings with Construction Openings

Steam generator replacement at nuclear power plants requires large construction openings in nuclear containment structures. This study examines the effects of such openings placed in a 61?cm (2?ft) thick dome of a shield building. The dome is cast in two layers, and the limiting cases of the two layers acting as one and the lower layer carrying the entire load are considered. Without openings, the stresses due to dead load in the structure are very low when compared to the material strength. With openings, the loads are easily redistributed around the opening, and the maximum stresses for the conservative case are between three and four and one-half times larger than in the original structure with no openings. The extent of the affected area around the holes is relatively small. Smooth corners in the openings are necessary to avoid high local stress concentrations.     

Prediction of residual colour in reactive dyeing effluent

In this study, the absorbance of the three-dye mixture effluent from reactive dyeing has been used to predict the residual colour value of the dyeing effluent. The colour values of the dyeing effluent have been predicted in terms of ADMI colour values. The prediction accuracy was found to be satisfactory when some mathematical approaches, such as linear and non-linear regression, were used.     

2.488 Gb/s-318 km repeaterless transmission using erbium-dopedfiber amplifiers in a direct-detection system

The authors have achieved a 2.488 Gb/s, 318 km repeaterless transmission without any fiber dispersion penalty through a nondispersion-shifted fiber in a direct detection system. The system was loss limited with a T-R power budget of 57 dB. Three key components enabled the authors to achieve this result: (1) a Ti:LiNbO₃ external amplitude modulator enabling a dispersion-free transmission, (2) erbium-doped fiber amplifiers increasing the transmitting power to +16 dBm, and (3) an erbium-doped fiber preamplifier enabling a high-receiver sensitivity of -4.1 dBm for 10^-9 BER. To the author's knowledge, this result is the longest repeaterless transmission span length ever reported for direct detection at this bit rate. From the experimental results and a theoretical model, the authors identified the sources of the receiver sensitivity degradation from the quantum limit (-48.6 dBm) and estimated the practically achievable receiver sensitivity of ~-44 dBm (~-124 photons/bit) for 2.5 Gb/s optical preamplifier detection     

Efficient algorithms for selection of recovery points in tree taskmodels

Efficient solutions to the problem of optimally selecting recovery points are developed. The solutions are intended for models of computation in which task precedence has a tree structure and a task may fail due to the presence of faults. An algorithm to minimize the expected computation time of the task system under a uniprocessor environment has been developed for the binary tree model. The algorithm has time complexity of O(N₂), where N is the number of tasks, while previously reported procedures have exponential time requirements. The results are generalized for an arbitrary tree model