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WU-RFs of average (SEM) WU-Δ scores of NC and FM subjects during trains of 44°C, 46°C, and 48°C heat pulses to the hands.
No full text<p>WU-Δ scores monotonically increased with increasing stimulus intensities (p<.001) for NC (blue line) and FM subjects (red line). However, the slopes of WU-RF were significantly steeper for FM subjects compared to NC (p<.003).</p
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Average (SEM) WU-AS of NC and FM subjects at 15 s (A) and 30 s (B) after trains of 44°C, 46°C, and 48°C heat pulses to the hands.
No full text<p>Ratings of WU-AS increased in NC (broken line) and FM subjects (solid line) with increasing WU heat stimulus intensity (all p<.001). WU-AS ratings at 15 s and 30 s increased significantly more with increasing temperatures in FM subjects than NC (all p<.04).</p
Um Sistema para o projeto e fabricação de peças mecânicas a distância via internet aderente à norma ISO 14649 (STEP-NC)
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia MecânicaCom o rápido avanço da tecnologia da informação associada à tecnologia da fabricação, os ambientes de manufatura mudaram significativamente nas últimas décadas. A usinagem de alta velocidade, usinagem de ultra-precisão e usinagem de múltiplos eixos tem melhorado a produtividade e a qualidade da manufatura. Além disso, a tecnologia da internet introduziu a e-manufatura (isto é, projetado por qualquer um em qualquer lugar, fabricado por qualquer um em qualquer lugar). A chave para o sucesso da e-manufatura consiste em um fluxo de dados compatíveis e sem brechas na cadeia CAD-CAPP-CAM-CNC. Apesar do avanço nas tecnologias de manufatura, a linguagem que as máquinas de comando numérico utilizam nos dias de hoje (código G # norma ISO 6983) ainda baseia-se nas movimentações da extremidade das ferramentas e no status da máquina, fazendo com que muitas informações acerca do produto sejam perdidas, tornando difícil ou impossível o compartilhamento de tais informações em diferentes áreas da empresa. O padrão ISO 14649 (STEP-NC) fornece um modelo de informações de alto nível referentes ao produto, como por exemplo o uso de features para a modelagem de peças e operações de fabricação, e este padrão tem sido apontado como uma ferramenta adequada para superar os problemas acima mencionados. Assim, para um mercado onde é bastante comum a elevada variabilidade das peças sendo produzidas, a alteração nas features que compõem a peça é mais rápida e fácil do que a alteração do código G para a usinagem da peça, e desta forma capacita-se as empresas a responderem mais rapidamente à mudança no projeto das peças, além de contribuir para acelerar a tomada de decisões referentes à fabricação das peças. Uma outra vantagem do uso de STEP-NC é que a sua estruturação proporciona que organizações de manufatura venham a compartilhar informações de maneira transparente via Internet. Tendo em vista o contexto acima, no presente trabalho foi desenvolvido um protótipo de um sistema computacional CAD/CAPP/CAM voltado à manufatura remota de peças mecânicas de característica prismática utilizando a Internet como meio de comunicação, sendo completamente aderente ao padrão ISO 14649. No sistema desenvolvido foram disponibilizadas inúmeras features para o usuário remoto, incluindo não apenas superfícies com características prismáticas, mas também elementos curvos como fundos abaulados de cavidades. Um dos módulos do sistema verifica se a peça criada pelo usuário é válida do ponto de vista de fabricabilidade com as ferramentas disponíveis. Além disso, o sistema identifica se a peça pode ser fabricada em uma máquina de comando numérico de três eixos, e no caso de impossibilidade o sistema informa o usuário o que causou a não-fabricabilidade. Finalmente, o sistema gera automaticamente o arquivo físico no formato STEP (padrão ISO 10303 parte 21), o qual é disponibilizado para o usuário via Internet, podendo ele efetuar uma simulação gráfica dos movimentos das ferramentas usinando a peça, tendo o arquivo físico como entrada. Até o momento não foi desenvolvido nenhum sistema computacional que disponibilize tal arquivo gratuitamente na Internet, e consequentemente o sistema desenvolvido neste trabalho contribui para uma maior disseminação do padrão STEP-NC, além do fato que o arquivo gerado poderá ser utilizado em máquinas CNC reais compatíveis com o formato STEP parte 21.With the rapid advancement of information technology associated with manufacturing technology, manufacturing environments have changed significantly in recent decades. High speed machining, ultra-precision machining, and multi-axis machining have improved manufacturing productivity and quality. In addition, Internet technology has introduced e-manufacturing (i.e., designed by anyone anywhere, manufactured by anyone anywhere). The key to the success of e-manufacturing consists of compatible data stream with no gaps in the CAD-CAPP-CAM-CNC chain. Despite advances in manufacturing technologies, the language that are used by numerical control machines today (i.e. G-code - ISO 6983 standard) is still based on the movements of the end of the tools and on the machine status, causing the loss of much information about the product, making it difficult or impossible to share such information in different areas of the company. The ISO 14649 (STEP-NC) standard provides a model of high-level information about the product, such as the use of features for the modeling parts and manufacturing operations, and this standard has been recommended as a suitable tool to overcome the aforementioned problems. Thus, for a market where it is quite common the high variability of parts being produced, the change in features that compose the part is faster and easier than changing the G code for machining the part, and thus companies are enabled to respond more quickly to the change in part design, besides helping to accelerate decision-making related to the manufacture of parts. Another advantage of using STEP-NC is that its structure enables manufacturing organizations to share information seamlessly via the Internet. Given the above context, in the present research work a prototype CAD/CAPP/CAM computer system was developed for the remote manufacture of mechanical prismatic mechanical parts using the Internet as a means of communication, completely compliant with the ISO 14649 standard. In the developed system many features are provided to the remote user, including not only surfaces with prismatic features, but also curved elements like general cavities. One of the modules of the system verifies whether the part created by the user is valid from the standpoint of manufacturability with the tools available. In addition, the system identifies whether the part can be manufactured in a numerical control machine with three axes, and if that is not feasible, the system informs the user the cause of non-manufacturability. Finally, the system generates automatically the physical STEP file (ISO 10303 Part 21), which is provided to the user via the Internet, and he can perform a graphic simulation of the movement of the tools machining the part, having the physical file as input. So far no computer system was developed that provides such a file for free on the Internet, and therefore the system developed in this work contributes to a further spread of the STEP-NC standard, plus the fact that the generated file can be used in real CNC machines compatible with the STEP part 21 format
Randomness Extractors in AC⁰ and NC¹: Optimal up to Constant Factors
No full textWe study randomness extractors in AC⁰ and NC¹. For the AC⁰ setting, we give a logspace-uniform construction such that for every k ≥ n/poly log n, ε ≥ 2^{-poly log n}, it can extract from an arbitrary (n, k) source, with a small constant fraction entropy loss, and the seed length is O(log n/(ε)). The seed length and output length are optimal up to constant factors matching the parameters of the best polynomial time construction such as [Guruswami et al., 2009]. The range of k and ε almost meets the lower bound in [Goldreich et al., 2015] and [Cheng and Li, 2018]. We also generalize the main lower bound of [Goldreich et al., 2015] for extractors in AC⁰, showing that when k < n/poly log n, even strong dispersers do not exist in non-uniform AC⁰. For the NC¹ setting, we also give a logspace-uniform extractor construction with seed length O(log n/(ε)) and a small constant fraction entropy loss in the output. It works for every k ≥ O(log² n), ε ≥ 2^{-O(√k)}.
Our main techniques include a new error reduction process and a new output stretch process, based on low-depth circuit implementations for mergers, condensers, and somewhere extractors
Ultra-thin electron collectors based on nc-Si:H for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells
No full textLow parasitic absorption and high conductivity enable (n)-type hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon [(n)nc-Si:H], eventually alloyed with oxygen [(n)nc-SiOx:H], to be deployed as window layer in high-efficiency silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. Besides the appropriate opto-electrical properties of these nanocrystalline films, reduction of their thickness is sought for minimizing parasitic absorption losses. Many strategies proposed so far reveal practical limits of the minimum (n)-layer thickness that we address and overcome in this manuscript. We demonstrated the successful application of an ultra-thin layer of only 3-nm-thick based on (n)nc-Si:H PECVD plasma growth conditions without the use of additional contact or buffer layers. For simplicity, we still name (n)nc-Si:H this ultra-thin layer and the solar cell endowed with it delivers a certified efficiency η of 22.20%. This cell shows a 0.61 mA/cm2 overall JSC gain over the (n)a-Si:H counterpart mainly owing to the higher transparency of (n)nc-Si:H, while maintaining comparable VOC > 714 mV and FF > 80%. Our optimized (n)nc-Si:H layer yields low absorption losses that are commonly measured for (n)nc-SiOx:H films. In this way, we are able to avoid the detrimental effect that oxygen incorporation has on the electrical parameters of these functional layers. Further, by applying a MgF2/ITO double-layer anti-reflection coating, a cell with 3-nm-thick (n)nc-Si:H exhibits a JSC,EQE up to 40.0 mA/cm2. By means of EDX elemental mapping, we additionally identified the (n)nc-Si:H/ITO interface as critical for electron transport due to unexpected oxidation. To avoid this interfacial oxidation, insertion of a 2-nm-thick (n)a-Si:H on the 3-nm-thick (n)nc-Si:H contributes to FF gains of 1.4%abs. (FF increased from 78.6% to 80.0%), and showing further room for improvements.Photovoltaic Materials and DevicesQN/AfdelingsbureauElectrical Sustainable Energ
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Theoretical nuclear physics and astrophysics. Final report
No full textThis is a program which was proposed to start a research collaboration in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics between Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Fayetteville State University, NC (FSU). This program supported a Principal Investigator from FSU, Dr. Jianshi Wu, for one-month summer research each year and travel expenses from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1997. The progress in research has been made in the following two directions: (a) periodic solutions of the time-dependent Hartree-Fock equations; and (b) particle productions in heavy ion collisions. Summaries are given of research in each area
Investigation of silicon NC memory with improved threshold voltage window
No full textMemory capacitors with the structure of thin tunneling oxide layer/silicon nanocrystal (NC) layer/thick controlling oxide layer were fabricated by both LPCVD method and low energy ion implantation method. The silicon NC formation condition, its size and density which have great influence on silicon NC memory characteristics are experimentally investigated in this paper. Silicon NC memory with a 2V threshold voltage window was obtained by optimized silicon ion implantation technology, which is beneficial to the practical application of the silicon NC memory device.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000259893500133&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicNanoscience & NanotechnologyEICPCI-S(ISTP)
Selective Encryption and Watermarking of MPEG Video (Extended Abstract)
No full text) Tsung-Li Wu E.C.E Department North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695 [email protected] S. Felix Wu y Computer Science Department North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695 [email protected] Feb 17, 1997 c fl1997, Wu and Wu All Rights Reserved Abstract MPEG (ISO Moving Picture Expert Group) is a compression standard for video processing and is widely used in multimedia application, e.g. VOD (video on demand), HDTV (High Definition Television), and DVD (Digital Video Disk). Confidentiality [MS95, AG96] and Copyright protection [HG96] are two security-related issues that have recently brought many attentions, especially when the MPEG streams are transmitted over the public Internet. In this paper, we present a research prototype which integrates selective encryption schemes with watermarking techniques in one system. In particular, we propose a simple and efficient scheme to securely distribute watermarked MPEG video streams over multicast/broadcast channels. We hav..
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