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| 1 |  | Mathews, V. John | Adaptive gain processing with offending frequency suppression for digital hearing aids | Digital hearing aids identify acoustic feedback signals and cancel them continuously in a closed loop with an adaptive filter. This scheme facilitates larger hearing aid gain and improves the output sound quality of hearing aids. However, the output sound quality deteriorates as the hearing aid gai... | | 2012 |
| 2 |  | Kirby, Robert Michael | Kirby research group | | | 2012 |
| 3 |  | Gerig, Guido | 3D tensor normalization for improved accuracy in DTI tensor registration methods | This paper presents a method for normalization of diffusion tensor images (DTI) to a xed DTI template, a pre-processing step to improve the performance of full tensor based registration methods. The proposed method maps the individual tensors of the subject image in to the template space based on ma... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 4 |  | Blair, Steven | A 3D glass optrode array for optical neural stimulation | This paper presents optical characterization of a first-generation SiO2 optrode array as a set of penetrating waveguides for both optogenetic and infrared (IR) neural stimulation. Fused silica and quartz discs of 3-mm thickness and 50-mm diameter were micromachined to yield 10×10 arrays of up to 2-... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 5 |  | Myers, Chris J. | A compositional minimization approach for large asynchronous design verification | This paper presents a compositional minimization approach with efficient state space reductions for verifying non-trivial asynchronous designs. These reductions can result in a reduced model that contains the exact same set of observably equivalent behavior in the original model, therefore no false ... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 6 |  | Roundy, Shadrach J. | A cost-effective planar electromagnetic energy harvesting transducer | This paper presents a planar multi-pole electromagnetic energy harvesting transducer. We report on the design, manufacture, and performance results of integrated devices based on this transducer. The transducer leverages recent advancements in the manufacture of multi-pole magnets and can be impleme... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 7 |  | Simpson, Jamesina J. | A feasibility study of microjets applied to breast cancer detection | The feasibility of detecting small tumors of diameter 0.5mm inside a human breast is demonstrated using microjets. Microjets are photonic nanojets scaled to microwave frequencies wherein a plane-wave-illuminated dielectric sphere produces a high-intensity, narrow beam of light extending from the sha... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 8 |  | Sutherland, James Clayton | A filter-independent model identification technique for turbulent combustion modeling | In this paper, we address a method to reduce the number of species equations that must be solved via application of Principal Component Analysis (PCA). This technique provides a robust methodology to reduce the number of species equations by identifying correlations in state-space and defining new v... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 9 |  | Gerig, Guido | A framework for longitudinal data analysis via shape regression | Traditional longitudinal analysis begins by extracting desired clinical measurements, such as volume or head circumference, from discrete imaging data. Typically, the continuous evolution of a scalar measurement is estimated by choosing a 1D regression model, such as kernel regression or fitting a p... | estimating | 2012-01-01 |
| 10 |  | Khan, Faisal Habib | A high-efficiency modular switched-capacitor converter with continuously variable conversion ratio | The multilevel modular capacitor clamped converter (MMCCC) topology overcomes the difficulties of the multilevel switched capacitor (SC) based dc-to-dc converters in high conversion ratio applications. MMCCC is completely modular and has many other advantageous features. Like most other SC converter... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 11 |  | Mastrangelo, Carlos H. | A high-resolution flexible tactile imager system based on floating comb electrodes | Flexible high-resolution contact force imagers are needed in many applications for robotic grippers and gait analysis, but its intrinsic intimate contact requirement often causes breaking of top metallization layers and failure in a short time. The use of floating electrodes has significantly improv... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 12 |  | Khan, Faisal Habib | A low-cost non-mechanical maximum power point tracking scheme for grid-tied single-phase induction generators | A new configuration of a single-phase induction generator based power generation system with maximum power point tracking capability is proposed in this paper, and this configuration is suitable for small-scale variable speed wind energy conversion system. Using this technique, the synchronous speed... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 13 |  | Blair, Steven | A methodology for physical design automation for integrated optics | Advancements in silicon photonics technology are enabling large scale integration of electro-optical circuits and systems. To fully exploit this potential, automated techniques for design space exploration and physical synthesis for integrated optics must be developed. This paper investigates how co... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 14 |  | Wunderlich, Adam James | A nonparametric procedure for comparing the areas under correlated LROC curves | In contrast to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) assessment paradigm, localization ROC (LROC) analysis provides a means to jointly assess the accuracy of localization and detection in an observer study. In a typical multireader, multicase (MRMC) evaluation, the data sets are paired so that... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 15 |  | Hansen, Charles D. | A practical workflow for making anatomical atlases for biological research | An anatomical atlas provides a detailed map for medical and biological studies of anatomy. These atlases are important for understanding normal anatomy and the development and function of structures, and for determining the etiology of congenital abnormalities. Unfortunately, for biologists, generat... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 16 |  | Whitty, Kevin J. | A pulse-width modulation controlled wire-mesh heater apparatus for investigation of solid fuel pyrolysis | A novel wire mesh heater apparatus has been developed to study the devolatilization of solid fuels under pressurized conditions at well-controlled heating rates on the order of 1000 K/s. The apparatus combines direct current and pulse-width modulation with a fast-acting and high current-capacity re... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 17 |  | Lawton, Evert C. | A review of shear stress sign convention in interpreting Mohrs circle | The pole of planes method is a popular technique for interpreting Mohr's circle to determine the stresses (normal and shear) on planes of differing rotations in 2-D space. A survey of undergraduate textbooks on soil mechanics shows differing viewpoints on the sign convention for interpreting the she... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 18 |  | Cohen, Elaine | A triangulation-invariant method for anisotropic geodesic map computation on surface meshes | This paper addresses the problem of computing the geodesic distance map from a given set of source vertices to all other vertices on a surface mesh using an anisotropic distance metric. Formulating this problem as an equivalent control theoretic problem with Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial different... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 19 |  | Khan, Faisal Habib | AC solar cells: An embedded "all in one" PV power system | Power converters constructed from discrete components are difficult to mass produce, and the installation involves a significant labor cost to have the proper interconnection among the panel, inverter and the grid. These facts indicate that the present PV technology may not be able to address the ch... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 20 |  | Berzins, Martin | Adaptive high-order discontinuous galerkin solution of elastohydrodynamic lubrication point contact problems | This paper describes an adaptive implementation of a high order Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for the solution of elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) point contact problems. These problems arise when modelling the thin lubricating film between contacts which are under sufficiently high pressur... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 21 |  | Myers, Chris J. | An improvement in partial order reduction using behavioral analysis | Efficacy of partial order reduction in reducing state space relies on adequate extraction of the independence relation among possible behaviors. However, traditional approaches by statically analyzing system model structures are often not able to reveal enough independence for reduction. To address ... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 22 |  | Gerig, Guido | Analysis of longitudinal shape variability via subject specific growth modeling | Statistical analysis of longitudinal imaging data is crucial for understanding normal anatomical development as well as disease progression. This fundamental task is challenging due to the difficulty in modeling longitudinal changes, such as growth, and comparing changes across different populations... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 23 |  | Liu, Feng | Anisotropic strain enhanced hydrogen solubility in bcc metals: the independence on the sign of strain | When an impurity is doped in a solid, it inevitably induces a local stress, tending to expand or contract the lattice. Consequently, strain can be applied to change the solubility of impurity in a solid. Generally, the solubility responds to strain ‘‘monotonically,'' increasing (decreasing) with... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 24 |  | Jayamohan, Harikrishnan | Applications of microfluidics for molecular diagnostics | Diagnostic assays implemented in microfluidic devices have developed rapidly over the past decade and are expected to become commonplace in the next few years. Hundreds of microfluidics-based approaches towards clinical diagnostics and pathogen detection have been reported with a general theme of ra... | Microfluidics; Micro-total-analysis-systems; Lab-on-a-chip; Point-of-care devices; Sample preparation; MEMS; Rapid prototyping; Biomarker detection; Personalized medicine; Global health care | 2012-11-04 |
| 25 |  | Venkatasubramanian, Suresh | Approximate Bregman near neighbors in sublinear time: beyond the triangle inequality | Bregman divergences are important distance measures that are used extensively in data-driven applications such as computer vision, text mining, and speech processing, and are a key focus of interest in machine learning. Answering nearest neighbor (NN) queries under these measures is very important i... | | 2012-01-01 |
