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An Efficient Multiple Fault Detection Technique in Digital Microfluidic Biochips

ABSTRACT The involvement of Digital Microfluidic Biochips (DMFBs) in the field of disease detection, automated drug discovery, on-chip DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis has become well-accepted during last decades. Though trustworthiness of Digital Microfluidic Biochip system plays a vital role in point-of-care diagnosis, defective electrodes are the main reasons for various misleading assay performances. It also affects overall assay completion time; even it leads to discard a chip in the worst scenario. Hence, fault detection is a crucial need. In this paper, an efficient fault detection mechanism is formulated to identify multiple numbers of defective/faulty electrodes on an m × n biochip array, where m and n can be of any positive number. Test droplets are strategically routed throughout an arbitrary sized electrode array and capacitive sensing circuit is deployed to take decision about existence of faults. The basic idea of the proposed technique is to identify actual positions of faulty electrodes through boundary test, row test, and diagonal test. In some complicated cases, instead of finding exact faulty location(s), through an extended testing our proposed technique identifies faulty zone(s) (it is a bounded region where one or more defective electrodes reside) to ensure safe assay performance on a chip. A detailed study evaluates the proposed approach considering different faulty environments.

A new species of the genusTetranchyroderma(Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from Korea, with a peculiar pentancrous armature

Abstract. Surveys of marine gastrotrichs on the coast of South Korea yielded a new species of the genus Tetranchyroderma, bearing 5-pronged hooks as a cuticular armature. Tetranchyroderma hummoni is characterized by a dorsal armature adorned with pentancres, whose central tines are about twice as long as peripheral tines. The new species is also characterized by bearing 3 large and broad papillae per side along boundary row of pentancres on oral hood, a pair of rod-like cephalic tentacles, and a pair of modified pestle organs. Moreover, this new species is clearly distinguished from its congeners by the number of dorsal, dorsolateral and ventrolateral cirratum-type tubes (6−10, 13−19, and 9−14 per side, respectively), and by a pair of foot-like ventral adhesive tubes. The description of the new species belonging to the genus Tetranchyroderma is based on detailed illustrations and scanning electron microscopy. We also provide a short account on the variability within the species, including the morphologica...

The Influence of Changes in Iron Cross Section in the Thermal Region between CENDL-3.1 and ENDF/B-VII.0

The cross section of iron has an important impact on thermal neutron flux distribution in a reactor pressure vessel. The thermal neutrons affect RPV activation, thus influencing the composition of RPV and the distribution of nuclides originated. Moreover this cross section influences the calculated prediction of pin power density in the boundary row of fuel pins. The relevance of this quantity is in fact that fuel conditions are a very important criterion reflected in limits and conditions of reactor operation, which must not be violated.

The t–J model on a semi-infinite lattice

The hole spectral function of thet–J model on a two-dimensional semi-infinite lattice is calculated using the spin-wave andnon-crossing approximations. In the case of small hole concentrations and strongcorrelations, , several near-boundary site rows appear to be depleted of holes. The reason is adeformation of the magnon cloud, which surrounds the hole, near the boundary. The holedepletion leads to a more complicated spectral function in the boundary row in comparisonwith its bulk shape. This is connected with a maximum related to the underlying row,which reveals itself in the boundary spectrum.

Light-tailed asymptotics of stationary probability vectors of Markov chains of GI/G/1 type

In this paper, we consider the asymptotic behavior of stationary probability vectors of Markov chains of GI/G/1 type. The generating function of the stationary probability vector is explicitly expressed by the R-measure. This expression of the generating function is more convenient for the asymptotic analysis than those in the literature. The RG-factorization of both the repeating row and the Wiener-Hopf equations for the boundary row are used to provide necessary spectral properties. The stationary probability vector of a Markov chain of GI/G/1 type is shown to be light tailed if the blocks of the repeating row and the blocks of the boundary row are light tailed. We derive two classes of explicit expression for the asymptotic behavior, the geometric tail, and the semigeometric tail, based on the repeating row, the boundary row, or the minimal positive solution of a crucial equation involved in the generating function, and discuss the singularity classes of the stationary probability vector.

Light-tailed asymptotics of stationary probability vectors of Markov chains of GI/G/1 type

In this paper, we consider the asymptotic behavior of stationary probability vectors of Markov chains of GI/G/1 type. The generating function of the stationary probability vector is explicitly expressed by theR-measure. This expression of the generating function is more convenient for the asymptotic analysis than those in the literature. TheRG-factorization of both the repeating row and the Wiener-Hopf equations for the boundary row are used to provide necessary spectral properties. The stationary probability vector of a Markov chain of GI/G/1 type is shown to be light tailed if the blocks of the repeating row and the blocks of the boundary row are light tailed. We derive two classes of explicit expression for the asymptotic behavior, the geometric tail, and the semigeometric tail, based on the repeating row, the boundary row, or the minimal positive solution of a crucial equation involved in the generating function, and discuss the singularity classes of the stationary probability vector.

Magnetic responses in the presence of a partial magnetic field on the rectangular Ising lattice

We study the two-dimensional Ising model for the square lattice in the presence of a magnetic field which applies on a part of spins. Specifically, we consider the situation in which only the spins on a row or a diagonal line can interact with the magnetic field. The low-temperature series expansions of the reduced partition functions for the square lattice with a magnetic field on a row are presented for both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin–spin couplings. The low- and high-temperature series expansions of the zero-field susceptibility for the above lattice are performed, and the critical amplitudes are estimated. The critical exponent γ r′ of the susceptibility for a ferromagnet is confirmed to be 3 4 . The spontaneous magnetization per field-applied site of the same system is found to be the same as the ordinary spontaneous magnetization per site with an uniform magnetic field. The exact partition functions are also obtained for the super-exchange model applying both on a boundary row and on the central row of the rectangular Ising lattice.

Animal Biotechnology and Ethics. Edited by Alan Holland and Andrew Johnson (1998). Chapman and Hall: London. 352pp. Hardback. Obtainable from the publishers, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN, UK (ISBN 0412756803). Price £49.00

Animal Biotechnology and Ethics. Edited by Alan Holland and Andrew Johnson (1998). Chapman and Hall: London. 352pp. Hardback. Obtainable from the publishers, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN, UK (ISBN 0412756803). Price £49.00 - Volume 7 Issue 4

Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of High Risk Parts: Application of LEFM and FMDN Theory, B. Farahmand et al. Chapman and Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN. 1997. 370 pp. Illustrated. £59.

Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of High Risk Parts: Application of LEFM and FMDN Theory, B. Farahmand et al. Chapman and Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN. 1997. 370 pp. Illustrated. £59.

Engineering Mathematics: a Programmed Approach — Third edition, C.W. Evans. Chapman and Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN. 1997786 pp. Illustrated. £24.99.

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Agricultural and the Citizen

Crop ScienceVolume 38, Issue 1 cropsci1998.0011183X003800010051x p. 277-277 Book Reviews Agricultural and the Citizen COLINR R. W. SPEDDING. Chapman and Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN, U.K. 1996, 1282 pp. $45.95. Paperback, ISBN 0-412-71520-1 Dennis Keeney, Corresponding Author Dennis Keeney drkeeney@iastate.edu Dep. of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011Search for more papers by this author Dennis Keeney, Corresponding Author Dennis Keeney drkeeney@iastate.edu Dep. of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 January 1998 https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800010051xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume38, Issue1January–February 1998Pages 277-277 RelatedInformation

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