A fast fracture plane orientation search algorithm for Puck’s 3D IFF criterion for UD composites

In cotton seeds the radicle has 12% moisture content which makes it possible to prepare freeze-fracture replicas without fixation or cryoprotection. For this study we have examined replicas of unfixed radicle tissue fractured at room temperature to obtain data on organelle and membrane structure.Excised radicles from seeds of cotton (Gossyplum hirsutum L. M-8) were fractured at room temperature along the longitudinal axis. The fracture was initiated by spliting the basal end of the excised radicle with a razor. This procedure produced a fracture through the tissue along an unknown fracture plane. The warm fractured radicle halves were placed on a thin film of 100% glycerol on a flat brass cap with fracture surface up. The cap was rapidly plunged into liquid nitrogen and transferred to a freeze- etch unit. The sample was etched for 3 min at -95°C to remove any condensed water vapor and then cooled to -150°C for platinum/carbon evaporation.

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Fast search algorithm for VQ-based recognition of isolated words

IEE Proceedings I Communications Speech and Vision ◽

10.1049/ip-i-2.1989.0059 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 136 (6) ◽

pp. 391 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

S.H. Chen ◽

J.S. Pan

Keyword(s):

Search Algorithm ◽

Fast Search ◽

Fast Search Algorithm

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Secondary Fractures Following Internal Fixation in Two Horses

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1633209 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 02 (03) ◽

pp. 125-128

Author(s):

E. M. Gaughan ◽

N. G. Duchar

Keyword(s):

Internal Fixation ◽

Sagittal Plane ◽

Proximal Phalanx ◽

Fracture Repair ◽

Fracture Line ◽

Carpal Bone ◽

Fracture Plane ◽

The Third ◽

Lag Screw ◽

Secondary Fractures

SummaryImplant associated fractures have not been reported in horses. Two horses were evaluated for fractures in the fore limbs, occurring subsequent to previous fracture repair. Previously, the horses had sustained fractures of unusual configurations which were repaired using internal fixation. Following repair and healing of the fractures, secondary fractures occurred in the same bone, but in a different (more common) configuration. The first horse was evaluated ten months following lag screw fixation of a longitudinal fracture of the proximal phalanx in a frontal plane. This horse presented with a more typical comminuted fracture in the sagittal plane with the screws from the first fixation lying in the fracture line. This fracture was successfully treated with a cast. The second horse was examined eightteen months after repair of a medial sagittal slab fracture of the third carpal bone. The horse presented with a more typical dorsal slab fracture of the third carpal bone with the previously placed lag screw lying in the fracture line. The screw was removed and a lag screw was placed perpendicular to the new fracture plane through the dorsal surface of the third carpal bone to repair the fracture.

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Optimal broadcast scheduling method for VANETs: An adaptive discrete firefly approach

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems ◽

10.3233/jifs-189134 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 8125-8137

Author(s):

Jackson J Christy ◽

D Rekha ◽

V Vijayakumar ◽

Glaucio H.S. Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Intelligent Transportation System ◽

Search Algorithm ◽

Mac Protocol ◽

High Mobility ◽

Optimal Solution ◽

Cuckoo Search ◽

Cuckoo Search Algorithm ◽

Traffic Density ◽

Scheduling Problem ◽

Broadcast Scheduling

Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANET) are thought-about as a mainstay in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). For an efficient vehicular Adhoc network, broadcasting i.e. sharing a safety related message across all vehicles and infrastructure throughout the network is pivotal. Hence an efficient TDMA based MAC protocol for VANETs would serve the purpose of broadcast scheduling. At the same time, high mobility, influential traffic density, and an altering network topology makes it strenuous to form an efficient broadcast schedule. In this paper an evolutionary approach has been chosen to solve the broadcast scheduling problem in VANETs. The paper focusses on identifying an optimal solution with minimal TDMA frames and increased transmissions. These two parameters are the converging factor for the evolutionary algorithms employed. The proposed approach uses an Adaptive Discrete Firefly Algorithm (ADFA) for solving the Broadcast Scheduling Problem (BSP). The results are compared with traditional evolutionary approaches such as Genetic Algorithm and Cuckoo search algorithm. A mathematical analysis to find the probability of achieving a time slot is done using Markov Chain analysis.

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Comparison of Meta-heuristic Algorithms on Benchmark Functions

Academic Perspective Procedia ◽

10.33793/acperpro.02.03.41 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 508-517

Author(s):

FerdaNur Arıcı ◽

Ersin Kaya

Keyword(s):

Heuristic Algorithms ◽

Optimization Problems ◽

Search Algorithm ◽

Optimization Algorithms ◽

Gravitational Search Algorithm ◽

Differential Evolution Algorithm ◽

Population Based ◽

Time Interval ◽

Bee Colony ◽

Different Characteristics

Optimization is a process to search the most suitable solution for a problem within an acceptable time interval. The algorithms that solve the optimization problems are called as optimization algorithms. In the literature, there are many optimization algorithms with different characteristics. The optimization algorithms can exhibit different behaviors depending on the size, characteristics and complexity of the optimization problem. In this study, six well-known population based optimization algorithms (artificial algae algorithm - AAA, artificial bee colony algorithm - ABC, differential evolution algorithm - DE, genetic algorithm - GA, gravitational search algorithm - GSA and particle swarm optimization - PSO) were used. These six algorithms were performed on the CEC&rsquo;17 test functions. According to the experimental results, the algorithms were compared and performances of the algorithms were evaluated.

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