A new framework in solving tailing and necking problems of thinned binary image

A framework for solving tailing and necking problem in thinned binary image (TBI) is proposed. Tailing and necking are some of the classical problems occurred in thinned binary image. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach has been selected to be implemented in this study for obtaining a better thinned binary image. The identified TBI with tailing and necking problem are represented in a n x n dimensions of matrix and will be undergo a training of different set of neural network models that have been develop by using multiple layer perceptron and back propagation algorithm with different numbers of hidden layers. The experimental works show promising results

Delirious USA: the representation of capital in the fiction of Don DeLillo

In this thesis I offer a new reading of Don DeLillo’s fiction through an engagement with contemporary Marxist literary theory and political economy. Beginning in the 1960s, the thesis traces the launch, expansion, and shattering of DeLillo’s narrative apparatus as it recomposes itself across the genres of the short story, the conspiratorial thriller, the historical novel, and the novel of time. Developing on theories of the novel as a capitalist epic, the thesis takes the insistent appearance of surplus populations in DeLillo’s work as an opportunity to reflect on, but also to revise and reconceptualise, Marxist accounts of the novel and its philosophy of history. The DeLillo that emerges from this thesis is less an exemplar of postmodernism and more a novelist of the dispossessed whose central representational task is the invention of a multitude. Chapter One contends that DeLillo’s early short stories from the 1960s acquire a new recognisability in the wake of his late turn towards an aesthetic of suspension. The chapter questions whether the forms of stasis depicted in DeLillo’s short fiction generate new historical futures or if they contribute to a de-collectivised eternal present that later consumes his work. Chapter Two addresses DeLillo’s off-kilter conspiracy novels and reads their discovery of pockets of uneven development through and against the concept of ‘cognitive mapping’. Chapter Three examines the formal means by which DeLillo appropriates Georg Lukács’s classic account of the historical novel and reconfigures it through an irrational historicism that hinges on the non-presupposition of the people. Chapter Four considers the extent to which the non-anthropogenic subjects of history that constrain and inform DeLillo’s twenty-first century fiction constitute political resignation or if they intimate historical futures beyond a catastrophic present. The thesis concludes with a brief reflection on passages out of DeLillo’s epic representation of capitalism

Delirious USA: the representation of capital in the fiction of Don DeLillo

In this thesis I offer a new reading of Don DeLillo’s fiction through an engagement with contemporary Marxist literary theory and political economy. Beginning in the 1960s, the thesis traces the launch, expansion, and shattering of DeLillo’s narrative apparatus as it recomposes itself across the genres of the short story, the conspiratorial thriller, the historical novel, and the novel of time. Developing on theories of the novel as a capitalist epic, the thesis takes the insistent appearance of surplus populations in DeLillo’s work as an opportunity to reflect on, but also to revise and reconceptualise, Marxist accounts of the novel and its philosophy of history. The DeLillo that emerges from this thesis is less an exemplar of postmodernism and more a novelist of the dispossessed whose central representational task is the invention of a multitude. Chapter One contends that DeLillo’s early short stories from the 1960s acquire a new recognisability in the wake of his late turn towards an aesthetic of suspension. The chapter questions whether the forms of stasis depicted in DeLillo’s short fiction generate new historical futures or if they contribute to a de-collectivised eternal present that later consumes his work. Chapter Two addresses DeLillo’s off-kilter conspiracy novels and reads their discovery of pockets of uneven development through and against the concept of ‘cognitive mapping’. Chapter Three examines the formal means by which DeLillo appropriates Georg Lukács’s classic account of the historical novel and reconfigures it through an irrational historicism that hinges on the non-presupposition of the people. Chapter Four considers the extent to which the non-anthropogenic subjects of history that constrain and inform DeLillo’s twenty-first century fiction constitute political resignation or if they intimate historical futures beyond a catastrophic present. The thesis concludes with a brief reflection on passages out of DeLillo’s epic representation of capitalism

Filière technologique hybride InGaAs/SiGe pour applications CMOS

High-mobility channel materials such as indium-galium-arsenide (InGaAs) and silicon-germanium(SiGe) alloys are considered to be the leading candidates for replacing silicon (Si) in future lowpower complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuits. Numerous challenges haveto be tackled in order to turn the high-mobility CMOS concept into an industrial solution. Thisthesis addresses the majors challenges which are the integration of InGaAs on Si, the formationof high-quality gate stacks and self-aligned source and drain (S/D) regions, the optimizationof self-aligned transistors and the co-integration of InGaAs and SiGe into CMOS circuits. Allinvestigated possible solutions are proposed in the framework of very-large-scale integration requirements.Chapter 2 describes two different methods to integrate InGaAs on Si. Chapter 3 detailsthe developments of key process modules for the fabrication of self-aligned InGaAs metal-oxidesemiconductorfield-effect transistors (MOSFETs). Chapter 4 covers the realization of varioustypes of self-aligned MOSFETs towards the improvement of their performance. Finally, chapter5 demonstrates three different methods to make hybrid InGaAs/SiGe CMOS circuits.Les materiaux à forte mobilité comme l’InGaAs et le SiGe sont considérés comme des candidats potentiels pour remplacer le Si dans les circuits CMOS futurs. De nombreux défis doivent être surmontés pour transformer ce concept en réalité industrielle. Cette thèse couvre les principaux challenges que sont l’intégration de l’InGaAs sur Si, la formation d’oxydes de grille de qualité, la réalisation de régions source/drain auto-alignées de faible résistance, l’architecture des transistors ou encore la co-intégration de ces matériaux dans un procédé de fabrication CMOS.Les solutions envisagées sont proposées en gardant comme ligne directrice l’applicabilité des méthodes pour une production de grande envergure.Le chapitre 2 aborde l’intégration d’InGaAs sur Si par deux méthodes différentes. Le chapitre3 détaille le développement de modules spécifiques à la fabrication de transistors auto-alignés sur InGaAs. Le chapitre 4 couvre la réalisation de différents types de transistors auto-alignés sur InGaAs dans le but d’améliorer leurs performances. Enfin, le chapitre 5 présente trois méthodes différentes pour réaliser des circuits hybrides CMOS à base d’InGaAs et de SiGe

Advanced materials from gels. Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Glasses and Ceramics from Gels

International workshop on glasses and ceramics from gels (6th. 1991. Sevilla

Maritime expressions:a corpus based exploration of maritime metaphors

This study uses a purpose-built corpus to explore the linguistic legacy of Britain’s maritime history found in the form of hundreds of specialised ‘Maritime Expressions’ (MEs), such as TAKEN ABACK, ANCHOR and ALOOF, that permeate modern English. Selecting just those expressions commencing with ’A’, it analyses 61 MEs in detail and describes the processes by which these technical expressions, from a highly specialised occupational discourse community, have made their way into modern English. The Maritime Text Corpus (MTC) comprises 8.8 million words, encompassing a range of text types and registers, selected to provide a cross-section of ‘maritime’ writing. It is analysed using WordSmith analytical software (Scott, 2010), with the 100 million-word British National Corpus (BNC) as a reference corpus. Using the MTC, a list of keywords of specific salience within the maritime discourse has been compiled and, using frequency data, concordances and collocations, these MEs are described in detail and their use and form in the MTC and the BNC is compared. The study examines the transformation from ME to figurative use in the general discourse, in terms of form and metaphoricity. MEs are classified according to their metaphorical strength and their transference from maritime usage into new registers and domains such as those of business, politics, sports and reportage etc. A revised model of metaphoricity is developed and a new category of figurative expression, the ‘resonator’, is proposed. Additionally, developing the work of Lakov and Johnson, Kovesces and others on Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), a number of Maritime Conceptual Metaphors are identified and their cultural significance is discussed