Effect of LaAlO3_3 Surface Topography on RF Current Distribution in Superconducting Microwave Devices

A laser scanning microscope with a thermal spot size of about 4 $\mu$m is used to measure a quantity proportional to the rf current density in an operating superconducting co-planar waveguide microwave resonator. The twinning of the LaAlO$_3$ substrate produces a meandering of the current at the edges due to irregularities in the wet etching of the YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ film associated with substrate twin domain blocks, and a ($\sim$ 20%) enhancement of the rf photoresponse at these locations. These irregularities are candidates for enhanced nonlinear response from the device. The effects of substrate twinning and the resulting edge features on the superconducting film are discussed and analyzed.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Applied Physics Letter

Noninvasive Neuroprosthetic Control of Grasping by Amputees

Smooth coordination and fine temporal control of muscles by the brain allows us to effortlessly pre-shape our hand to grasp different objects. Correlates of motor control for grasping have been found across wide-spread cortical areas, with diverse signal features. These signals have been harnessed by implanting intracortical electrodes and used to control the motion of robotic hands by tetraplegics, using algorithms called brain-machine interfaces (BMIs). Signatures of motor control signal encoding mechanisms of the brain in macro-scale signals such as electroencephalography (EEG) are unknown, and could potentially be used to develop noninvasive brain-machine interfaces. Here we show that a) low frequency (0.1 – 1 Hz) time domain EEG contains information about grasp pre-shaping in able-bodies individuals, and b) This information can be used to control pre-shaping motion of a robotic hand by amputees. In the first study, we recorded simultaneous EEG and hand kinematics as 5 able-bodies individuals grasped various objects. Linear decoders using low delta band EEG amplitudes accurately predicted hand pre-shaping kinematics during grasping. Correlation coefficient between predicted and actual kinematics was r = 0.59 ± 0.04, 0.47 ± 0.06 and 0.32 ± 0.05 for the first 3 synergies. In the second study, two transradial amputees (A1 and A2) controlled a prosthetic hand to grasp two objects using a closed-loop BMI with low delta band EEG. This study was conducted longitudinally in 12 sessions spread over 38 days. A1 achieved a 63% success rate, with 11 sessions significantly above chance. A2 achieved a 32% success rate, with 2 sessions significantly above chance. Previous methods of EEG-based BMIs used frequency domain features, and were thought to have a low signal-to-noise ratio making them unsuitable for control of dexterous tasks like grasping. Our results demonstrate that time-domain EEG contains information about grasp pre-shaping, which can be harnessed for neuroprosthetic control.Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department o

CROSS SPACE OPINION ARRANGEMENT UTILIZING ASSUMPTION TOUCHY INSERTING'S IN INFORMATION MINING

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In silico Proteome-wide Amino aCid and Elemental Composition (PACE) Analysis of Expression Proteomics Data Provides A Fingerprint of Dominant Metabolic Processes

AbstractProteome-wide Amino aCid and Elemental composition (PACE) analysis is a novel and informative way of interrogating the proteome. The PACE approach consists of in silico decomposition of proteins detected and quantified in a proteomics experiment into 20 amino acids and five elements (C, H, N, O and S), with protein abundances converted to relative abundances of amino acids and elements. The method is robust and very sensitive; it provides statistically reliable differentiation between very similar proteomes. In addition, PACE provides novel insights into proteome-wide metabolic processes, occurring, e.g., during cell starvation. For instance, both Escherichia coli and Synechocystis down-regulate sulfur-rich proteins upon sulfur deprivation, but E. coli preferentially down-regulates cysteine-rich proteins while Synechocystis mainly down-regulates methionine-rich proteins. Due to its relative simplicity, flexibility, generality and wide applicability, PACE analysis has the potential of becoming a standard analytical tool in proteomics

PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTIC ARM REPLICATING MASTER ROBOT

A Robotic arm is a robotic manipulator usually programmable, with similar functions to a human arm. Servomotor is used for joint rotation .it has about same number of degree of freedom as in human arm. Humans pick up with outthinking about the steps invalid. In an order for a robot or a robotic arm to pick or more something. Some has to tell it to perform several actions in a particular order from moving the arm, to rotating the wrist to opening or closing the hand are finger. So we do control each joint through computer interface. The arm has 8 servo mechanisms for precise control of angular poison. The RC servomotors usually have a rotation limit from 90 to 180 degrees. Bur servo doesn’t rotate continually. They are used in robotic arm and legs, sensor scanner and in RC toys. It can be used for performing take like welding, gripping, spinning in space. In medical science (neurone). The arm is for manufacturing units decreasing human labour. Reducing human stress nothing but workload

CONSTANT ACTIVITY IDENTIFICATION IN TWITTER STREAMING EXAMINATION

In the recent clock, social networks have been largely used as a data source for the event discovery. Social fret let lead to generate a sameness and allow them share it to construct a community. The resultant social net is a base for managing of social relationships, espy users with related affect, and set please and instruction begin by several users. We provide an actual oversee design for traffic issue acknowledgment from the analysis of Twitter radiate. The system was show from ground as event-driven infrastructure, built on service superior architecture and hold tweets from Twitter based on various search criteria such as protuberance tweets, by application of text mining methods; and performs Tweet classification. The goal is to allot the competent class label to every tweet, as associated to bargain event or else not. The bargain detection system was in use for supervise of numerous areas, allowing for recognition of bargain events more or less in realist era, often former to online web situation

Raman investigations of diamond films prepared by combustion flames

A detailed Raman analysis has been carried out to establish the mixed nature of carbon bonding in diamond films, deposited at atmospheric pressures in combustion flames. By monitoring the sp3 bonded 1334 cm−1 Raman signature of diamond and sp2 bonded 1350 and 1580 cm−1 signatures of graphite, it has been established that under optimum conditions of flow rates and substrate temperatures, the primary combustion zone provides an ideal situation for diamond growth. The study points out to an a-Si1-xCx like interface (0.5≤x≤1) and an amorphous diamondlike precursor phase. These investigations provide insights into the nature of the diamond films prepared by this technique in establishing their potential in various technological applications

Controlling Listeria monocytogenes with antimicrobial agents in ready-to-eat meat and poultry products: validation documents

This project is partially funded through a grant from the National Integrated Food Safety Initiative (Special Emphasis Grant No. 2005-51110-03278) of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.Karaline Mayer, Elizabeth Boyle, Dennis Burson, and Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Validation Documents for Using Antimicrobial Agents in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products to Control Listeria monocytogenes, Kansas State University, January 2009

Pulmonary tuberculosis masking lung cancer – A case report

AbstractPulmonary Tuberculosis can co-exist with lung malignancy masking the underlying disorder leading to delay in diagnosis and management. Here we present an interesting case of a 60 year old man who on initial presentation was diagnosed with tuberculosis but on nonresponse to therapy and investigation was found to have an underlying lung malignancy