A controller synthesizer, that is part of a design system by which algorithms unsuitable for standard processors can be implemented, is presented. A hierarchical controller architecture suitable for frame-based and multi-sample-rate algorithms is synthesized. Synthesis of a controller is based on micro instructions, specific for each architecture, and assumes no use of predefined functional blocks

In a future fossil-free circular economy, the petroleum-based plastics industry must be converted to non-fossil feedstock. A known alternative is bio-based plastics, but a relatively unexplored option is deriving the key plastic building blocks, hydrogen and carbon, from electricity through electrolytic processes combined with carbon capture and utilization technology. In this paper the future dem

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Scholarly communication is complex. The clarification of concepts like “academic publication”, “document”, “semantics” and “ontology” facilitates tracking the limitations and benefits of the media of the current publishing system, as well as of a possible alternative medium. In this paper, requirements for such a new medium of scholarly communication, labeled Scholarly Network, have been collected

In this paper, optimal resource allocation policies are characterized for wireless cognitive networks under the spectrum leasing model. We propose cooperative schemes in which secondary users share the time-slot with primary users in return for cooperation. Cooperation is feasible only if the primary system's performance is improved over the non-cooperative case. First, we investigate a scheduling

A constitutive theory is proposed, which possesses the possibilities of modelling all the important features or the behaviour or frictional materials such as: influence of all three stress invariants, coupling between deviatoric and volumetric response, dilatancy, softening, and different behaviour in loading and unloading. The basic constitutive assumptions are relations between properly defined

Objective(s): Colombia has the third largest black population in the Americas after Brazil and the USA. In 2005 mortality rate under 5 in Colombia was 21.5 per 1000, with a reduction of 82 per cent between 2005 and 1960. That rate is not in line with rates for Cuba (6.8), Chile (9.1) or Costa Rica (10.4). Here we aim to provide evidence that a further reduction of child mortality relates to the un

In the study of distributed systems, it is of fundamental interest to understand how specifications on local components and interconnections influence global properties of the system. In this paper, we consider linear continuous time systems described by sparse matrices. Properties of interest are stability and quadratic performance specifications such as passivity and input-output gain. In partic

En utveckling av den s. k. väte-ekonomin, där vätgas (H2) används som energibärare, skulle – rent teoretiskt – kunna lösa människans energiproblem då vatten skulle kunna användas som bränsle. För att nå detta mål krävs dock väsentlig teknologisk och vetenskaplig utveckling. Ur ett rent vetenskapligt perspektiv, måste bl a (energisnåla) kemiska metoder att skapa stora mängder vätgas utvecklas. MångAbstract – The mixed-valence triiron complexes [Fe3(CO)7-x(PPh3)x(µ-edt)2] (x = 0, 1, 2; edt = SCH2CH2S) and [Fe3(CO)5(κ2-diphosphine)(µ-edt)2] (diphosphine = dppv, dppe, dppb, dppn) have been prepared and structurally characterized. In comparison to the diiron complex [Fe2(CO)6(µ-edt)], [Fe3(CO)7(µ-edt)2] catalyzes proton reduction at 0.36 V less negative potentials, which is a significant energe