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Controller synthesis for digital signal processors

A tool for synthesis of control units in application-specific digital signal processors is presented. Synthesis of a control unit is based on micro instructions generated for each processor module and includes no use of predefined functional blocks. Complexity and partitioning of the controller are dependent on the structure of the micro program. The control unit synthesizer has been developed for

Building Green in Jordan? Performance Evaluation of the aqaba Residential Energy Efficiency Pilot Project (AREE)

The AREE house was built in 2007/2008 to provide a showcase of a high performance building in Aqaba city in the southern part of Jordan. The total energy performance of the building was achieved through three types of measures grouped into passive design elements, material choices and renewable energy installations. The energy performance and associated costs and benefits for each type were modell

Discontinuity preserving visual reconstruction by means of potential theory

Discontinuity preserving interpolation methods are often desirable in image reconstruction from sparse visual data. Two such schemes are constructed by interpreting the image as the potentialcause by some distribution of charges, and then detecting certain patterns (notably dipole curves) among the charges. Experiments have been performed on an ink-jet plotter, showing good performance.

A transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented research approach: Sounds nice but what do you mean?

This paper discusses transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approaches to research on urbansustainable development. Phronetic planning research, as described by Bent Flyvberg (2004), is highlighted as one interesting approach which combines many of the general themes here dealt with. A special section is devoted to discuss quality criteria of transdisciplinary research. The paper is

Predicting seminal quality with artificial intelligence methods

Fertility rates have dramatically decreased in the last two decades, especially in men. It has been described that environmental factors, as well as life habits, may affect semen quality. Artificial intelligence techniques are now an emerging methodology as decision support systems in medicine. In this paper we compare three artificial intelligence techniques, decision trees, Multilayer Perceptron

Density of insect-pollinated grassland plants decreases with increasing surrounding land-use intensity.

Pollinator declines have raised concerns about the persistence of plant species that depend on insect pollination, in particular by bees, for their reproduction. The impact of pollinator declines remains unknown for species-rich plant communities found in temperate seminatural grasslands. We investigated effects of land-use intensity in the surrounding landscape on the distribution of plant traits