433 research outputs found
Clustering Process for Mixed Dataset Using Shortest Path Non Parameterised Technique
Clustering in mixed dataset is a dynamic research focus in data mining concepts. The predictable clustering algorithm related to be more supportive to only one kind of attribute not for the mixed data type. Hence, the traditional clustering techniques processed with mixed attributes either by converting the numerical data type to categorical type or categorical type to numerical data type. But, utmost of the clustering processes are improved by converting numerical attributes. This progression of grouping ends up with two boundaries, the earlier limitation is that conveying numerical values to all types of categorical data is simply difficult. On the other hand the later drawback lies in the parameterized clustering which needs number of clusters as response for grouping the datasets. To succeed over the limitations the clustering technique is organised by incorporating shortest path and non-parameterized clustering. The proposed work of Shortest path non parameterised Clustering technique, the input parameter (number of clusters) is discovered spontaneously and the data objects of the cluster are grouped that are at the shortest distance
Ultrasonic Machining as an Aid to Ceramic Etching
Ceramics are difficult to etch. Their chemical inertness makes them very stable and often hot etching techniques are required to obtain their microstructures. This communication reports a technique developed to ease the process of ceramic etching
Nanoscale quantum dot infrared sensors with photonic crystal cavity
We report high performance infrared sensors that are based on intersubband transitions in nanoscale self-assembled quantum dots combined with a microcavity resonator made with a high-index-contrast two-dimensional photonic crystal. The addition of the photonic crystal cavity increases the photocurrent, conversion efficiency, and the signal to noise ratio (represented by the specific detectivity D*) by more than an order of magnitude. The conversion efficiency of the detector at Vb=–2.6 V increased from 7.5% for the control sample to 95% in the PhC detector. In principle, these photonic crystal resonators are technology agnostic and can be directly integrated into the manufacturing of present day infrared sensors using existing lithographic tools in the fabrication facility
Reduction of Silver Ions by Cell Free Extracts of Westiellopsis
Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Westiellopsis sp. (A15), a filamentous cyanobacterium belonging to the family Fischerellaceae, has been demonstrated. Aqueous silver ions (Ag+) when exposed to the culture filtrate of Westiellopsis were reduced in the solution, which were characterized by biophysical measures utilizing the UV-Vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and FTIR. The nanoparticles exhibited the maximum absorbance at 420 nm in UV-Vis spectroscopy, while the SEM micrograph revealed that the aggregated nanoparticles vary in size between 20 nm and 5 µm. However, the FTIR analysis provided evidence for presence of proteins in the filtrate to be involved in the reduction of silver ions
A novel hybrid intelligence approach for 2D packing through Internet crowdsourcing
Packing problems on its current state are being utilized for wide area of industrial applications. The aim of present research is to create and implement an intelligent system that tackles the problem of 2D packing of objects inside a 2D container, such that objects do not overlap and the container area is to be maximized. The packing problem becomes easier, when regular/rectangular objects and container are used. In most of the practical situations, the usage of irregular objects comes to existence. To solve the packing problem of irregular objects inside a rectangular container, a hybrid intelligence approach is introduced in our proposed work. The combination of machine intelligence and human intelligence is referred as the hybrid intelligence or semi-automated approach in the proposed methodology. The incorporation of human intelligence in the outcome of machine intelligence is possible to obtain using the internet crowdsourcing as we wish to handle the packing problem through internet crowdsourcing involving rural people. The proposed methodology is tested on different standard data sets and it is observed that it has clear advantage over both manual as well as fully automated heuristic based methods in terms of time and space efficiency
The last integrable case of kozlov-Treshchev Birkhoff integrable potentials
We establish the integrability of the last open case in the Kozlov-Treshchev
classification of Birkhoff integrable Hamiltonian systems. The technique used
is a modification of the so called quadratic Lax pair for Toda lattice
combined with a method used by M. Ranada in proving the integrability of the
Sklyanin case.Comment: 13 page
Effect of trikatu pretreatment on the pharmacokinetics of pefloxacin administered orally in mountain Gaddi goats
The pharmacokinetics of orally administered pefloxacin were studied to evaluate the bio-enhancing effect of the herbal bio-enhancer, trikatu, in mountain Gaddi goats (n = 6). The findings of the study revealed a decreased plasma concentration (p > 0.05) of pefloxacin following trikatu administration during the absorption phase (10, 15, 20 min post pefloxacin administration). In contrast, the plasma concentrations of pefloxacin were significantly higher at 4, 6, 8 and 12 h (during the elimination phase) of the pefloxacin administration. The findings of the investigation revealed higher values for the area under the curve, the area under the first moment of the plasma drug concentration time curve, the mean residential time, the total duration of pharmacological action and bioavailability. Trikatu treatment, however, significantly reduced the elimination half life (t1/2β) and zero time intercept of the elimination phase. The apparent volume of distribution based on the total area under the plasma drug concentration curve [(Vd(area)] and the apparent volume of distribution based on the zero time plasma concentration intercept of the elimination phase [Vd(B)] were significantly higher in trikatu treated animals indicating a better penetration of the drug. Based on the MIC of 0.8 µg/ml of pefloxacin, a priming dose of 6.0 mg/kg and a maintenance dose of 2.21 mg/kg is required to be administered at 8 h intervals. For practical purposes in goats this would mean a priming dose of 6 mg/kg and a maintenance dose of 2 mg/kg given by the oral route, to be repeated at 8 h intervals
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