This paper describes a learning control system which is capable
of controlling a linear plant subjected to periodic inputs, providing
that an upper limit for the order of the plant is known. Otherwise the
characteristics of the plant and the inputs are unknown. Only one
system variable is measured. The...
Vegetatively propagated peppermint (Mentha piperita L., cv. Black Mitcham) was used to determine the effects of night temperatures (8°C vs 25°C) on the plant growth in terms of fresh weight and leaf area, and on metabolite contents. The plants were sampled after 14 days, 21 days and 28 days in...
PCR-based codon-specific random mutagenesis and site-specific mutagenesis were performed to construct a library of 18 amino acid changes at Arg276 in the conserved leucine-loop of the core catalytic domain of human uracil-DNA glycosylase (UNG). Each Arg276 mutant was then overproduced in E. coli cells and purified to apparent homogeneity by...
We describe a series of novel computational models, CERENKOV (Computational Elucidation of the REgulatory NonKOding Variome) and its successors CERENKOV2, CERENKOV3, and Convolutional CERENKOV3, for discriminating regulatory single nucleotide polymorphisms (rSNPs) from non-regulatory SNPs within non-coding genetic loci. The CERENKOV models are designed for recognizing rSNPs in the context of...
This exploratory investigation aimed to identify preservice science teachers' conceptions of the nature of science (NOS), and worldviews that represent their culturally dependent beliefs about the world, in the context of Taiwan. The interrelationships between the responses elicited from both the assessments of NOS understandings and worldviews were examined. Participants...
Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of environmental conservation, where ecotourism has been successfully combined with integrated community development. Indigenous knowledge containing "ecological wisdom" and decision-making based on consensus are perceived to be the greatest contributors to this achievement. I conducted three months...
2 μm average sized silicon powder was nitrided with 90% N₂/10% H₂ in a
fluidized-bed reactor, operated at 1200°C, 1250°C and 1300°C. To fluidize silicon
powder, alumina particles with an average size of 300 μm were used as an inert fluidizing
conditioner. The feasibility and operating conditions of the fluidization...
The power dissipation of microstrip transmission-line on
gold-doped silicon substrates was investigated. The gold-doping was
applied to a regular n-type silicon substrate with resistivity of 5 to
10 ohm-cm. Insertion-loss tests were employed to measure the
power dissipation of the microstrips. Power dissipation somewhat
less than that for intrinsic silicon...
The release of the IEEE802.15.6 standard has led to increased interest in low-power technologies for wireless body-area-networks (WBANs). The power dissipation, supply voltage, and die area are some of the most important criteria for successful WBAN implementations. Digital-intensive RX architectures can potentially result in sub-1V operation with significant reductions in...