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Automated Real-Time Testing (ARTT) for Embedded Control Systems (ECS)
Developing real-time automated test systems for embedded control systems has
been a real problem. Some engineers and scientists have used customized
software and hardware as a solution, which can be very expensive and time
consuming to develop. We have discovered how to integrate a suite of
commercially available off-the-shelf software tools and hardware to develop a
scalable test platform that is capable of performing complete black-box testing
for a dual-channel real-time Embedded-PLC-based control system
(www.aps.anl.gov). We will discuss how the Vali/Test Pro testing methodology
was implemented to structure testing for a personnel safety system with large
quantities of requirements and test cases.
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy
Sciences, under Contract No. W-31-109-Eng-38.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures, ICALEPCS 2001, Poster Sessio
Some aspects of upwelling in the Gulf of Panama
ENGLISH: Strong coastal upwelling occurs in the Gulf of Panama regularly each year during the season, from about January through April, when strong northerly winds are blowing offshore. Because of the evident importance of upwelling to the ecology of the Gulf of Panama, we commenced in the fall of 1954 a study of various physical, chemical, and biological phenomena associated therewith. Observations were taken at bi-weekly intervals at a fixed location in the Gulf (approximately 10 miles SE of Taboga Island) to supplement the serial observations of sea level, sea temperature, and winds that have been gathered for many years by the Panama Canal Company. SPANISH: Cado año, en la estación de enero a abril, cuando los vientos del norte
soplan vigorosamente frente a la costa, ocurre en el Golfo de Panamá un fuerte afloramiento costanero. Se cree que este afloramiento periódico en el Golfo de Panamá es responsable de la alta productividad biológica que sostiene considerables cantidades de organismos de importancia comercial. Esta región, por ejemplo, es una fuente importante de la especie Cetengraulis mysticetus) pez de carnada para el atún, (Alverson y Shimada, 1957) y mantiene una considerable pesca de camarones llamados langostinos (Burkenroad, Obarrio y Mendoza,1955).
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Lunar radar measurements of the earth's magnetospheric wake Scientific report no. 11
Lunar radar echo measurments to determine size and electron density of earth magnetospheric wak
Iron mineralogy of a Hawaiian palagonitic soil with Mars-like spectral and magnetic properties
Visible and near-IR spectral data for some palagonitic soils from Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are similar to corresponding spectral data for Mars. It is important to understand the composition, distribution, and mineralogy of the ferric-bearing phases for the best spectral analogues because the correspondence in spectral properties implies that the nature of their ferric-bearing phases may be similar to those on Mars. In order to constrain interpretations of the Martian data, a variety of palagonitic soils should be studied in order to establish to what extent differences in their spectral data correspond to differences in the mineralogy of their ferric-bearing phases. Spectral (350-2100 nm), Mossbauer, magnetic, and some compositional data for one of a suite of Hawaiian palagonitic soils are presented. The soil (HWMK1) was collected below the biologically active zone from the sides of a gully cut at 9000 ft elevation on Mauna Kea. The soil was wet sieved with freon into seven size fractions less than 1 mm
Alpha/beta and gamma interferons are induced by infection with noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus in vivo
In contrast to the results of previous in vitro studies, experimental infection of calves with noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus (ncpBVDV) was found to induce strong alpha/beta and gamma interferon responses in gnotobiotic animals. These responses were associated with depressed levels of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) in serum. The results of this study indicate that the immunosuppression caused by ncpBVDV is not associated with low interferon responses or elevated levels of TGF-β
Far-from-equilibrium transport with constrained resources
The totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) is a well studied
example of far-from-equilibrium dynamics. Here, we consider a TASEP with open
boundaries but impose a global constraint on the total number of particles. In
other words, the boundary reservoirs and the system must share a finite supply
of particles. Using simulations and analytic arguments, we obtain the average
particle density and current of the system, as a function of the boundary rates
and the total number of particles. Our findings are relevant to biological
transport problems if the availability of molecular motors becomes a
rate-limiting factor.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, uses iopart12.clo and iopart.cl
Radar measurements of the total cislunar electron content technical report no. 8
Radar measurement of total cislunar electron conten
Annotated bibliography of 1,2-cycloheptanedionedioxime
This annotated bibliography concerning the preparation, reactions and uses of 1,2-cycloheptanedionedioxime has been prepared as a reference for analytical research and control chemists
Two-Channel Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Processes
Totally asymmetric simple exclusion processes, consisting of two coupled
parallel lattice chains with particles interacting with hard-core exclusion and
moving along the channels and between them, are considered. In the limit of
strong coupling between the channels, the particle currents, density profiles
and a phase diagram are calculated exactly by mapping the system into an
effective one-channel totally asymmetric exclusion model. For intermediate
couplings, a simple approximate theory, that describes the particle dynamics in
vertical clusters of two corresponding parallel sites exactly and neglects the
correlations between different vertical clusters, is developed. It is found
that, similarly to the case of one-channel totally asymmetric simple exclusion
processes, there are three stationary state phases, although the phase
boundaries and stationary properties strongly depend on inter-channel coupling.
An extensive computer Monte Carlo simulations fully support the theoretical
predictions.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figure
Theoretical Investigation of Totally Asymmetric Exclusion Processes on Lattices with Junctions
Totally asymmetric simple exclusion processes on lattices with junctions,
where particles interact with hard-core exclusion and move on parallel lattice
branches that at the junction combine into a single lattice segment, are
investigated. A simple approximate theory, that treats the correlations around
the junction position in a mean-field fashion, is developed in order to
calculate stationary particle currents, density profiles and a phase diagram.
It is shown that there are three possible stationary phases depending on the
state of each of the lattice branch. At first-order phase boundaries, where the
density correlations are important, a modified phenomenological domain-wall
theory, that accounts for correlations, is introduced. Extensive Monte Carlo
computer simulations are performed to investigate the system, and it is found
that they are in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figure
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