1,393 research outputs found
IDEF method-based simulation model design and development
The purpose of this study is to provide an IDEF method-based integrated
framework for a business process simulation model to reduce the model development time
by increasing the communication and knowledge reusability during a simulation project. In
this framework, simulation requirements are collected by a function modeling method
(IDEF0) and a process modeling method (IDEF3). Based on these requirements, a
common data model is constructed using the IDEF1X method. From this reusable data
model, multiple simulation models are automatically generated using a database-driven
simulation model development approach. The framework is claimed to help both
requirement collection and experimentation phases during a simulation project by
improving system knowledge, model reusability, and maintainability through the systematic
use of three descriptive IDEF methods and the features of the relational database
technologies. A complex semiconductor fabrication case study was used as a testbed to
evaluate and illustrate the concepts and the framework. Two different simulation software
products were used to develop and control the semiconductor model from the same
knowledge base. The case study empirically showed that this framework could help
improve the simulation project processes by using IDEF-based descriptive models and the
relational database technology. Authors also concluded that this framework could be easily
applied to other analytical model generation by separating the logic from the dataPeer Reviewe
Molecular identification of Reesa vespulae (Milliron) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), a newly recorded species from Korea
AbstractA museum pest belonging to the family Dermestidae was found in the Museum of Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Korea and identified using its morphological characteristics and a DNA-based analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene. This marks the first recorded appearance of this pest, which is identified as Reesa vespulae (Milliron), in the Korean Peninsula. We provide the details of the morphological diagnosis with the habitus of its adult and larva and its COI barcode data, and introduce historical data about its invasion around the world
Cepstral Analysis of Voice in Patients With Thyroidectomy
Objectives The vocal changes after a thyroidectomy are temporary and nonsevere, therefore, obtaining accurate analytical results on the pathological vocal characteristics following such a procedure is difficult. For a more objective acoustic analysis, this study used the cepstral analysis method to examine changes in the patientsâ voices during the perioperative period regarding sustained vowel phonation. Methods The sustained phonation of the five vowels (i.e., /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/) by 35 patients with thyroidectomy were recorded by using a Multi-Speech program. Of the 35 patients, 10 were men and 25 were women, with an average age of 51.5 years. Voice data were collected a total of 3 times (preoperatively, 5â7 days after the operation, and 6 weeks after the operation) and were edited according to each fragment (on-set, mid, and off-set) for cepstral analysis. Results The cepstral analysis on the patientsâ voices revealed no significant differences between the examination periods of all vowel phonations. However, analysis of the on-set fragment of the vowel /i/ revealed pathological characteristics in which the cepstral measurements of the voice were significantly lower after the operation than before the operation, with the cepstral measurements of the voice increasing further 6 weeks following surgery. Conclusion The results of the acoustic analysis on the on-set fragment of the vowel /i/ will be important data for characterizing the vocal changes during the perioperative period. This study contributes to future research on the mechanisms underlying changes in the voice of patients with a history of thyroid or neck surgery
Assessment of satellite rainfall nowcasting based on extrapolation technique
PĂłster presentado en: 3rd European Nowcasting Conference, celebrada en la sede central de AEMET en Madrid del 24 al 26 de abril de 2019
Detecting axion dark matter with chiral magnetic effects
We show that dark matter axions or axion-like particles (ALP) induce
non-dissipative alternating electric currents in conductors along the external
magnetic fields due to the axial anomaly, realizing the chiral magnetic
effects. We propose a new experiment to measure this current to detect the dark
matter axions or ALP. This non-dissipative currents are the electron medium
effects, directly proportional to the axion or ALP coupling to electrons, which
depends on their microscopic physics.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
TAZ Suppresses NFAT5 Activity through Tyrosine Phosphorylation
Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) physically interacts with a variety of transcription factors and modulates their activities involved in cell proliferation and mesenchymal stem cell differentiation. TAZ is highly expressed in the kidney, and a deficiency of this protein results in multiple renal cysts and urinary concentration defects; however, the molecular functions of TAZ in renal cells remain largely unknown. In this study, we examined the effects of osmotic stress on TAZ expression and activity in renal cells. We found that hyperosmotic stress selectively increased protein phosphorylation at tyrosine 316 of TAZ and that this was enhanced by c-Abl activation in response to hyperosmotic stress. Interestingly, phosphorylated TAZ physically interacted with nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5), a major osmoregulatory transcription factor, and subsequently suppressed DNA binding and transcriptional activity of NFAT5. Furthermore, TAZ deficiency elicited an increase in NFAT5 activity in vitro and in vivo, which then reverted to basal levels following restoration of wild-type TAZ but not mutant TAZ (Y316F). Collectively, the data suggest that TAZ modulates cellular responses to hyperosmotic stress through fine-tuning of NFAT5 activity via tyrosine phosphorylation.open3
A Method on Multimedia Service Traffic Monitoring and Analysis
Abstract. The use of multimedia service applications is growing rapidly on the Internet. These applications are generating a huge volume of network traffic, which has a great impact on network performance and planning. For various purposes, obtaining information on multimedia service traffic is important. However, traditional analysis methods based on well-known ports cannot be used to analyze such traffic. Because the majority of multimedia service applications use dynamically allocated port numbers, the traditional methods misidentify multimedia service traffic as unknown traffic. This paper presents a method for monitoring and analyzing multimedia service traffic. Our method detects transport protocol and port numbers for dynamically created sessions during a control session. We then use such information to analyze traffic generated by the most popular multimedia service applications, namely Windows Media, RealMedia, Quicktime, SIP and H.323. We also present a system architecture that uses our method to monitor and analyze multimedia service traffic. 1
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