HLS Tools for FPGA: Faster Development with Better Performance

Introduction. The estimated time interval in which an individual can develop Post Traumatic Epilepsy (PTE) after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not clear. Objective. To assess the possible influence of the clinical features in the time interval between TBI and PTE development. Method. We analyzed retrospectively 400 medical records from a tertiary Brazilian hospital. We selected and reevaluated 50 patients and data was confronted with the time between TBI and PTE development by a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. A Cox-hazard regression was also conducted to define the characteristics that could be involved in the latent period of the PTE development. Results. Patients developed PTE especially in the first year (56%). We found a tendency of a faster development of PTE in patients older than 24 years (P<0.0001) and in men (P=0.03). Complex partial seizures evolving to generalized seizures were predominant in patients after moderate (37.7%) and severe (48.8%) TBIs, and simple partial seizures evolving to generalized seizures in mild TBIs (45.5%). Conclusions. Our data suggest that the first year after a TBI is the most critical period for PTE development and those males older than 24 years could have a faster development of PTE.

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The expression of additive and nonadditive genetic variation under stress.

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/140.3.1149 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 140 (3) ◽

pp. 1149-1159

Author(s):

M W Blows ◽

M B Sokolowski

Keyword(s):

Genetic Variation ◽

Development Time ◽

Genetic Effects ◽

Hybrid Breakdown ◽

Bristle Number ◽

Gene Complexes ◽

General Expectation ◽

Faster Development ◽

Seven Generations ◽

Additive Genetic Effects

Abstract Experimental lines of Drosophila melanogaster derived from a natural population, which had been isolated in the laboratory for approximately 70 generations, were crossed to determine if the expression of additive, dominance and epistatic genetic variation in development time and viability was associated with the environment. No association was found between the level of additive genetic effects and environmental value for either trait, but nonadditive genetic effects increased at both extremes of the environmental range for development time. The expression of high levels of dominance and epistatic genetic variation at environmental extremes may be a general expectation for some traits. The disruption of the epistatic gene complexes in the parental lines resulted in hybrid breakdown toward faster development and there was some indication of hybrid breakdown toward higher viability. A combination of genetic drift and natural selection had therefore resulted in different epistatic gene complexes being selected after approximately 70 generations from a common genetic base. After crossing, the hybrid populations were observed for 10 generations. Epistasis contributed on average 12 hr in development time. Fluctuating asymmetry in sternopleural bristle number also evolved in the hybrid populations, decreasing by > 18% in the first seven generations after hybridization.

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Design verification and production test: use them as tools for faster development

WESCON/97 Conference Proceedings ◽

10.1109/wescon.1997.632333 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

D. Gustavson

Keyword(s):

Production Test ◽

Design Verification ◽

Faster Development ◽

Test Use

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Long-Term Influence of Laser-Processing Parameters on (Super)hydrophobicity Development and Stability of Stainless-Steel Surfaces

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma11112240 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 2240 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Peter Gregorčič ◽

Marjetka Conradi ◽

Luka Hribar ◽

Matej Hočevar

Keyword(s):

Contact Angle ◽

Stainless Steel ◽

Processing Parameters ◽

Nanosecond Laser ◽

Stainless Steel Surface ◽

Textured Surfaces ◽

Laser Texturing ◽

Important Challenge ◽

Faster Development

Controlling the surface wettability represents an important challenge in the field of surface functionalization. Here, the wettability of a stainless-steel surface is modified by 30-ns pulses of a Nd:YAG marking laser (λ = 1064 nm) with peak fluences within the range 3.3–25.1 J cm−2. The short- (40 days), intermediate- (100 days) and long-term (1 year) superhydrophilic-to-(super)hydrophobic transition of the laser-textured surfaces exposed to the atmospheric air is examined by evaluating its wettability in the context of the following parameters: (i) pulse fluence; (ii) scan line separation; (iii) focal position and (iv) wetting period due to contact angle measurements. The results show that using solely a short-term evaluation can lead to wrong conclusions and that the faster development of the hydrophobicity immediately after laser texturing usually leads to lower final contact angle and vice versa, the slower this transition is, the more superhydrophobic the surface is expected to become (possibly even with self-cleaning ability). Depending on laser fluence, the laser-textured surfaces can develop stable or unstable hydrophobicity. Stable hydrophobicity is achieved, if the threshold fluence of 12 J cm−2 is exceeded. We show that by nanosecond-laser texturing a lotus-leaf-like surface with a contact angle above 150° and roll-off angle below 5° can be achieved.

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Repurposing as a strategy for the discovery of new anti-leishmanials: the-state-of-the-art

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182017000993 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 145 (2) ◽

pp. 219-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

REBECCA L. CHARLTON ◽

BARTIRA ROSSI-BERGMANN ◽

PAUL W. DENNY ◽

PATRICK G. STEEL

Keyword(s):

State Of The Art ◽

Drug Repurposing ◽

Tropical Disease ◽

Neglected Tropical Disease ◽

Current State ◽

Disability Adjusted Life ◽

Life Years ◽

Vector Borne ◽

Faster Development ◽

New Treatments

SUMMARYLeishmaniasis is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania for which there is a paucity of effective viable non-toxic drugs. There are 1·3 million new cases each year causing considerable socio-economic hardship, best measured in 2·4 million disability adjusted life years, with greatest impact on the poorest communities, which means that desperately needed new antileishmanial treatments have to be both affordable and accessible. Established medicines with cheaper and faster development times may hold the cure for this neglected tropical disease. This concept of using old drugs for new diseases may not be novel but, with the ambitious target of controlling or eradicating tropical diseases by 2020, this strategy is still an important one. In this review, we will explore the current state-of-the-art of drug repurposing strategies in the search for new treatments for leishmaniasis.

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Cross-Platform Analysis and Development of Online Catering Platform (Kunyahku)

Journal of Applied Information, Communication and Technology ◽

10.33555/jaict.v7i2.106 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 79-89

Author(s):

Indra Swarna ◽

James Purnama ◽

Randy Anthony

Keyword(s):

Coming Out ◽

Development Time ◽

Development Cycle ◽

Start Up ◽

Code Base ◽

Cross Platform ◽

Multiple Platform ◽

Suitable Framework ◽

Faster Development ◽

The Cost

Kunyahku is an online catering platform that provides catalogs of menus from local caterer near the user and become the distributor that will take the order and deliver them. In developing an application, the most important aspect for small start-up companies is to have a development stack that can deliver the app into multiple platform by using a single code base to reduce the cost of developers, improve efficiency and reduce the time to develop the application itself. To provide the necessity of building an application for Kunyahku, this paper is aimed to find the most suitable cross platform framework for developing the Kunyahku application. This research focuses on comparison between existing popular cross-platform and proving the suitable one to be used in development cycle in the case of Kunyahku requirements. Sets of test and comparison were conducted in order to compare the most suitable cross platform between React Native and Flutter such as render test and comparing each advantage coming out from using each of the cross-platform.After all the requirements are gathered and then the most suitable framework will be chosen which is Flutter. Performance analysis and the benefits of using Flutter framework are elaborated and thus proving it is the most suitable development stack to be used in Kunyahku case and the development time can be reduced since it is a cross-platform technology that output the application into three different platform rather than managing separate platform for each different one. Testing shows that flutter also met all the requirements thus proving flutter address the problems of scalability and faster development compared to developing each native platform one by one.

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Improvement of Spectral Efficiency in Home Area Network using Cognitive Radio Algorithm

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering - Special Issue ◽

10.35940/ijitee.l3885.1081219 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (12) ◽

pp. 1129-1131

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Radio ◽

Spectrum Sharing ◽

Queuing Theory ◽

Primary User ◽

Cognitive Networks ◽

Area Network ◽

Maximum Throughput ◽

Multiple Channel ◽

Faster Development ◽

Home Region

The faster development of wireless communications has made the spectrum ending up with increasingly with more shortage. The idea of CR was proposed to meet the problem of spectrum effectiveness. In the cognitive networks, the SUs are permitted to detect, distinguish and access the frequency bands that are not at present used by the PU’s. the SU’s must outfit with the spectrum access information to use the primary user’s licence in the home region network. We propose a maximum throughput and power based cognitive radio for home region systems (HAN). At the point when there are different SU’s and numerous channels, spectrum sharing must be taken into account. In this paper we additionally propose a system of multiple channel sensing. We consider the interference to PU brought about by the dynamic access and the erroneous spectrum sensing technique. We investigate the obstruction brought about by the secondary user’s through a reestablishment hypothesis. Under the limitation of interference to primary user, the queuing theory is used to overcome this issue and to obtain the higher data rate of SU’s. finally, it is demonstrated that the cyclostationary detection method can be improved when extra channels are accessible.

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Risk management of derivative financial instruments

International Review ◽

10.5937/intrev2102091k ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 89-98

Author(s):

Oksana Kirillova ◽

Ellina Emelyanova

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Financial Derivatives ◽

Financial Instruments ◽

Financial Instrument ◽

Russian Market ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

The Subject ◽

Faster Development

The subject of the study is derivative financial instruments. At the beginning of the article, the concept of a derivative financial instrument (PFI) is considered, their advantages and disadvantages are given, after which the risks of operations carried out with PFI are formulated. Further, the article discusses the main problems inherent in the PFI market and suggests a number of measures to solve these problems. In conclusion, recommendations are made that will allow for faster development of the Russian market of financial derivatives.

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Dissection of the genetic basis of oil content in Chinese peanut cultivars through association mapping

10.21203/rs.3.rs-17113/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nian Liu ◽

Li Huang ◽

Weigang Chen ◽

Bei Wu ◽

Manish K. Pandey ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Association Mapping ◽

Ssr Markers ◽

Oil Content ◽

Genetic Basis ◽

Principal Component ◽

Primary Sources ◽

Phenotypic Variance ◽

Mapping Panel ◽

Stable Association ◽

Faster Development

Abstract Background: Peanut is one of the primary sources for vegetable oil worldwide, and enhancing oil content is the main objective in several peanut breeding programs of the world. Tightly linked markers are required for faster development of high oil content peanut varieties through genomics-assisted breeding (GAB), and association mapping is one of the promising approaches for discovery of such associated markers. Results: An association mapping panel consisting of 292 peanut varieties extensively distributed in China was phenotyped for oil content and genotyped with 583 polymorphic SSR markers. These markers amplified 3663 alleles with an average of 6.28 alleles per locus. The structure, phylogenetic relationship, and principal component analysis (PCA) indicated two subgroups majorly differentiating based on geographic regions. Genome-wide association analysis identified 12 associated markers including one (AGGS1014_2) highly stable association controlling up to 9.94% phenotypic variance explained (PVE) across multiple environments. Interestingly, the frequency of the favorable alleles for 12 associated markers showed a geographic difference. Two associated markers (AGGS1014_2 and AHGS0798) with 6.90-9.94% PVE were verified to enhance oil content in an independent RIL population and also indicated selection during the breeding program. Conclusion: This study provided insights into the genetic basis of oil content in peanut and verified highly associated two SSR markers to facilitate marker-assisted selection for developing high-oil content breeding peanut varieties.

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The role of chamber system in development of agricommerce in Serbia

Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce ◽

10.19041/apstract/2010/3-4/13 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (3-4) ◽

pp. 79-82

Author(s):

Emil Cukic

Keyword(s):

Vital Role ◽

Living Standards ◽

Economic Indicators ◽

Retail Stores ◽

Chamber System ◽

Total Revenue ◽

Eu Accession ◽

Social Reforms ◽

Faster Development

This research is carried out in order to be determined the role of Chamber system in development of agricommerce along with successful preparation of Serbia for EU accession. On February 28, 1857 Prince Aleksandar Karaðorðeviæ signed the Decree, called THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TRADE. By this Decree, the first BusinessAssociation in Serbia was constituted. Under the Law on retail stores passed in June 1910, the first chambers were established. Those were the following: • The Chamber of TRADE • The Chamber of CRAFTS • The Chamber of INDUSTRY • The Chamber ofWORKERS Today, in conditions of economic and social reforms and transfer toward market oriented economy, chambers in Serbia chose to reconsider their role, by using experiences of chambers in countries with developed market economy.The chamber strives to be organized as independent, business oriented and expert association of economic operators. The structure of economy, from the aspect of important economic indicators (total revenue, profit), shows dominant share of manufacturing andagro-industry, trade, financial and other services sectors, transport, telecommunication, and construction industries. By generating over 30% of GDP and employment, Belgrade plays vital role in the economy of the whole Serbia. That is an advantage, but also the responsibility to constantly stimulate faster development and higher living standards by inciting the positive changes in economic and overall environment.

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