scholarly journals Performance-efficient distributed transfer and transformation of big spatial histopathology datasets in the cloud

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esma Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Image ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Pixel Resolution ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Slide Image ◽  
Amazon Web Services ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Novel Algorithms ◽  
Performance Results

AbstractWhole Slide Image (WSI) datasets are giga-pixel resolution, unstructured histopathology datasets that consist of extremely big files (each can be as large as multiple GBs in compressed format). These datasets have utility in a wide range of diagnostic and investigative pathology applications. However, the datasets present unique challenges: The size of the files, propriety data formats, and lack of efficient parallel data access libraries limit the scalability of these applications. Commercial clouds provide dynamic, cost-effective, scalable infrastructure to process these datasets, however, we lack the tools and algorithms that will transfer/transform them onto the cloud seamlessly, providing faster speeds and scalable formats. In this study, we present novel algorithms that transfer these datasets onto the cloud while at the same time transforming them into symmetric scalable formats. Our algorithms use intelligent file size distribution, and pipelining transfer and transformation tasks without introducing extra overhead to the underlying system. The algorithms, tested in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, outperform the widely used transfer tools and algorithms, and also outperform our previous work. The data access to the transformed datasets provides better performance compared to the related work. The transformed symmetric datasets are fed into three different analytics applications: a distributed implementation of a content-based image retrieval (CBIR) application for prostate carcinoma datasets, a deep convolutional neural network application for classification of breast cancer datasets, and to show that the algorithms can work with any spatial dataset, a Canny Edge Detection application on satellite image datasets. Although different in nature, all of the applications can easily work with our new symmetric data format and performance results show near-linear speed-ups as the number of processors increases.

Magnetic Properties of Some Hydrated Transition Metal Oxide and Hydroxide Nanoparticles Synthesized in Different Media

2010 ◽  
Vol 123-125 ◽  
pp. 727-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz A. Bagabas ◽  
Khalil A. Ziq ◽  
Ahmad F. Salem ◽  
Emad S. Addurihem
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Permanent Magnets ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Energy Product ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Precipitation Medium ◽  
And Performance

Nanoscale particle size of metal oxides and hydroxides showed enhanced various physical properties and performance. We established a simple, cost-effective, room-temperature (RT) precipitation method for the preparation of the magnetic, first-raw transition metal (TM) hydrated oxide and hydroxide nanoparticles. This method is based on the use of the TM nitrate, as the metal source, and cyclohexylamine (CHA), as a precipitating agent, either in the water (H2O) or ethanol (EtOH) medium. We found that the precipitation medium and the identity of precipitated TM strongly affect the morphology, particle size, and magnetism of the product. The morphology varies from spherical, to rectangular, to rod shape; while the size varies in the range of 5-30 nm. All samples showed paramagnetic behavior with Curie temperatures span over a wide range (20-150K). Huge hysteresis looses has been observed for manganese (Mn) sample, prepared in H2O. The coercively (Hc) at 4.2K for this sample is about 1.5T, which is comparable to the strongest permanent magnets (Nd-based magnets) available at room temperature. The energy product (Hc*MR) is about 4.5*105 (emu/g)Oe.

Development of a General Use Quarter-Vehicle Test Rig

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Langdon ◽  
Steve C. Southward
Keyword(s):  
Effective Means ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Vehicle Test ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Improved Design ◽  
Vehicle Testing

This paper discusses the development of an improved design for a tire-coupled quarter-vehicle testing rig. The use of indoor-based simulation tools has become a mainstay in vehicle testing for the automotive and motorsports industries. Testing on a quarter-vehicle rig provides a cost effective means for making accurate and repeatable measurements that enables the user to perform a relatively large number of tests in a short amount of time. A review of current quarter-vehicle test platforms, both commercially available and in academic research labs, indicated that many desired functional requirements were not available. The goal of this effort was to develop a new quarter-vehicle rig with expanded capabilities that are not simultaneously present in the current state-of-the-art. The desired functional requirements are: accommodation of a wide range of actual vehicle suspension components including the tire and wheel, weight transfer due to braking and acceleration, aerodynamic forces, and vehicle roll. The test rig was constructed and tested using a Porsche 996 suspension. The suspension dynamics were characterized by fitting the parameters of a linear dynamic model to experimental response data from the rig. The design and performance of this new quarter-vehicle test rig is shown to be a cost effective solution for meeting the broad range of functional requirements.

Smart Grid in California: The Value of Energy Storage and Permanent Load Shifting

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya Sreedharan ◽  
David Miller
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Smart Grid ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Load Shifting ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Permanent Load ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Flexible Grid

Smart grid has become linked with topics of energy efficiency, renewables integration and climate policy. A smarter grid is one that utilizes communications and information systems to achieve more flexible grid operations. Energy storage and more broadly, load shifting, is one mechanism for achieving flexible grid operations. Unlike demand response, permanent load shifting moves energy on a regular basis, from peak to off-peak. Technologies that can deliver load shifting include thermal storage, electrical and mechanical storage and process shifting. This paper highlights findings from a recent study, mandated by a California Public Utilities Commission order, of permanent load shifting (PLS) opportunities located at customer sites in California. We developed a cost-effectiveness framework to estimate the costs and benefits of PLS technologies, demonstrated the framework with an analysis of PLS systems, and evaluated the market for PLS, including an assessment of challenges to expanding PLS. The cost-effectiveness analysis included a technology-neutral scenario analysis and an evaluation of technology-specific cases. Grid-level benefits of load shifting range from approximately $500–$2500/peak kW. Among the case studies, some approaches, such as refrigerated warehouse precooling, are cost-effective for both the utility and the consumer, while others, such as flow batteries, are not yet cost-effective and can be viewed as emerging technologies. Due to the wide range of technology costs and performance, these results are unsurprising. Still, PLS technologies can be one tool that can help set the stage for integrating large amounts of renewables in the future, a road California is paving.

Analysis of Long-Term Effectiveness of Thin Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Overlay Treatments

2005 ◽  
Vol 1940 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Labi ◽  
Geoffrey Lamptey ◽  
Sravanthi Konduri ◽  
Kumares C. Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Ride Quality ◽  
Performance Curve ◽  
Pavement Condition ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Performance

Thin hot-mix asphalt (HMA) concrete overlays are preventive maintenance treatments used to address minor distresses, increase ride quality, and extend pavement life. This paper determines the long-term effectiveness of such treatments by using three measures of effectiveness: treatment service life, increase in average pavement condition, and area bounded by the performance curve. For each measure of effectiveness, the pavement performance indicators used are the international roughness index (IRI), rutting, and pavement condition rating (PCR). For each measure of effectiveness and performance indicator, treatment benefits were found to lie within a wide range because of the effect of varying levels of weather severity, traffic, and route type. The service life of the treatment ranges from 3 to 13 years (IRI performance indicator), 3 to 14 years (rutting), and 3 to 24 years (PCR). When the increase in average pavement condition is used as the measure of effectiveness, the results show that such treatments offer 18% to 36% decrease in IRI, 5% to 55% reduction in rutting, and 1% to 10% increase in PCR. For the area enclosed by the performance curve, thin HMA overlay effectiveness ranges from 40 to 360 IRI years (where IRI is in inches per mile), 0.13 to 0.76 RUT years (where RUT is in inches), and 7 to 130 PCR years (where PCR is on a 0 to 100 scale). The wide ranges of thin HMA overlay effectiveness for each combination of measure of effectiveness and performance indicator is suggestive of the sensitivity of the treatment effectiveness to levels of traffic loading and weather severity, and route type. The effectiveness of thin HMA overlay treatments is of interest to pavement professionals and is a vital input in the quest for cost-effective long-term pavement preservation practices.

Experimental Characterization of Vaneless Diffuser Rotating Stall: Part V — Influence of Diffuser Geometry on Stall Inception and Performance (3rd Impeller Tested)

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ferrara ◽  
L. Ferrari ◽  
L. Baldassarre
Keyword(s):  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Radius Ratio ◽  
Vaneless Diffuser ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stall Inception ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Return Channel ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Geometrical Scale ◽  
Performance Results

Vaneless diffuser rotating stall is a serious problem for centrifugal compressors, since it limits their working range. In the literature some good correlations can be found for predicting stall inception but they have limited coverage of last stage configuration case, especially for very low blade-outlet-width-to-impeller-radius-ratio impellers typically used in high-pressure applications. In addition, stall inception is strictly bounded to diffuser geometry (for example, diffuser width and diffusion ratio). As a part of a wide range activity on rotating stall, a stage with a blade-outlet-width-to-impeller-radius-ratio of 0.1 has been tested. The stage configuration is made up by a 1:1 geometrical scale stage with a return channel upstream, a 2D impeller with a vaneless diffuser and a volute with a constant cross sectional area downstream. Diffusers with three different widths and two diffusion ratios were tested in order to find their influence on stage stability and performance. Results obtained for impellers with lower blade-outlet-width-to-impeller-radius-ratios have been published in previous papers. The purpose of this paper is to comment the obtained results and increase the amount of experimental data available on vaneless diffuser rotating stall behaviour.

Retrofitting Pre-Cracked RC Beams Using CFRP and Epoxy Injections

2011 ◽  
Vol 471-472 ◽  
pp. 692-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Hawileh ◽  
Adil K. Al-Tamimi ◽  
J.A. Abdalla ◽  
M.H. Wehbi
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Cfrp Laminates ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Strengthened Beam ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Cracked Beams

The applications of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) in construction have been grown drastically in the last 20 years because of the wide range of advantages and benefits of using CFRP in buildings, bridges and other type of structures. Nowadays, it is used for retrofitting concrete, masonry, steel and timber structures to resist both static and dynamic loads. Since the cost of replacing an existing structure is far more expensive than using FRP materials to strengthen it, CFRP strengthening techniques seem to be cost effective and easy to implement. Numerous experimental and numerical studies have been conducted to investigate the flexural and shear performance of uncracked reinforced concrete (RC) members externally strengthened with CFRP laminates or strips. However, the most practical usage of CFRP is to retrofit sections that had already been cracked and in need of maintenance. The fact that there have been limited studies to investigate the behavior and performance of pre-cracked beams strengthened with CFRP systems necessitated new and further investigations. In this study, the flexural performance of cracked RC beams retrofitted with CFRP plates and epoxy injections are investigated. The results of the cracked beams are compared with two control beams, a virgin un-strengthened beam and an uncracked beam strengthened with a CFRP plate covering 90% of the beam’s span. Load-midspan deflections for these beams were generated and compared. It is observed that the retrofitted cracked beams displayed more strength than the control beam. The results presented herein can aid designers in establishing a better understanding of the flexural performance of pre-cracked beams and how to economically retrofit such structural members.

The Relation Between Financial Incentives, Motivation, and Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaïs Thibault Landry ◽  
Marylène Gagné ◽  
Jacques Forest ◽  
Sylvie Guerrero ◽  
Michel Séguin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Compensation Plans ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Results

Abstract. To this day, researchers are debating the adequacy of using financial incentives to bolster performance in work settings. Our goal was to contribute to current understanding by considering the moderating role of distributive justice in the relation between financial incentives, motivation, and performance. Based on self-determination theory, we hypothesized that when bonuses are fairly distributed, using financial incentives makes employees feel more competent and autonomous, which in turn fosters greater autonomous motivation and lower controlled motivation, and better work performance. Results from path analyses in three samples supported our hypotheses, suggesting that the effect of financial incentives is contextual, and that compensation plans using financial incentives and bonuses can be effective when properly managed.

2D Color-Intensity Representation of Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge Measurements

2020 ◽  
pp. 1192-1198
Author(s):  
M.S. Mohammad ◽  
Tibebe Tesfaye ◽  
Kim Ki-Seong
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
The Other ◽  
Thickness Gauge ◽  
Color Intensity ◽  
Digital Readout ◽  
Flat Surfaces ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cost Effective Alternative ◽  
Ultrasonic Thickness

Ultrasonic thickness gauges are easy to operate and reliable, and can be used to measure a wide range of thicknesses and inspect all engineering materials. Supplementing the simple ultrasonic thickness gauges that present results in either a digital readout or as an A-scan with systems that enable correlating the measured values to their positions on the inspected surface to produce a two-dimensional (2D) thickness representation can extend their benefits and provide a cost-effective alternative to expensive advanced C-scan machines. In previous work, the authors introduced a system for the positioning and mapping of the values measured by the ultrasonic thickness gauges and flaw detectors (Tesfaye et al. 2019). The system is an alternative to the systems that use mechanical scanners, encoders, and sophisticated UT machines. It used a camera to record the probe’s movement and a projected laser grid obtained by a laser pattern generator to locate the probe on the inspected surface. In this paper, a novel system is proposed to be applied to flat surfaces, in addition to overcoming the other limitations posed due to the use of the laser projection. The proposed system uses two video cameras, one to monitor the probe’s movement on the inspected surface and the other to capture the corresponding digital readout of the thickness gauge. The acquired images of the probe’s position and thickness gauge readout are processed to plot the measured data in a 2D color-coded map. The system is meant to be simpler and more effective than the previous development.

Analysis of organic removal rates in the aerated submerged fixed film process

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 213-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed F. Hamoda ◽  
Ibrahim A. Al-Ghusain
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Removal Rates ◽  
Hydraulic Loading ◽  
Organic Removal ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fixed Film ◽  
Cod Removal Rate ◽  
And Performance

Performance data from a pilot-plant employing the four-stage aerated submerged fixed film (ASFF) process treating domestic wastewater were analyzed to examine the organic removal rates. The process has shown high BOD removal efficiencies (> 90%) over a wide range of hydraulic loading rates (0.04 to 0.68 m3/m2·d). It could also cope with high hydraulic and organic loadings with minimal loss in efficiency due to the large amount of immobilized biomass attained. The organic (BOD and COD) removal rate was influenced by the hydraulic loadings applied, but organic removal rates of up to 104 kg BOD/ m2·d were obtained at a hydraulic loading rate of 0.68 m3/m2·d. A Semi-empirical model for the bio-oxidation of organics in the ASFF process has been formulated and rate constants were calculated based on statistical analysis of pilot-plant data. The relationships obtained are very useful for analyzing the design and performance of the ASFF process and a variety of attached growth processes.

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