Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFinite Element and Experimental Serviceability Analysis of HSC Beams Strengthened with FRP SheetsSeyed Hamid Hashemi, Reza Rahgozar, Ali Akbar MaghsoudiThe use of externally bonded composite sheets or laminates is by now a diffuse technique to strengthen existing RC structures. However, some aspects of flexural condition still need experimental and numerical analysis; furthermore, especially for serviceability checks, there is a lack of code provisions. Six reinforced high strength concrete (HSC) beams strengthened with FRP sheets were fabricated and tested, the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2007 · 7,445 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIF-THEN Adder Application in Online DALUT ImplementationMohamed Al Mahdi Eshtawie, Masuri OthmanThis paper presents the application of a proposed if-then rule based adder in implementing distributed arithmetic online lookup table (DALUT). The online DALUT development and implementation is a continuation of our previous work where we proposed this idea and use it in designing finite impulse (FIR) filter. In our LUT architecture we have been able to overcome the major disadvantage … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2007 · 6,940 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTeaching Computer Organization and Architecture Using Simulation and FPGA ApplicationsKasim M. Al-AubidyThis paper presents the design concepts and realization of incorporating micro-operation simulation and FPGA implementation into a teaching tool for computer organization and architecture. This teaching tool helps computer engineering and computer science students to be familiarized practically with computer organization and architecture through the development of their own instruction set, computer programming and interfacing experiments. A two-pass assembler has … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2007 · 7,104 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractZonisamide: The Arizona ExperienceK.J. Oommen, Enriqe LabadieZonisamide (ZNS) is a new antiepileptic drug initially introduced in Europe, Japan and the United States (US) in the late 1980’s and was the first such drug to be clinically tested in the US, since the marketing of valproic acid in 1978. Reports of nephrolithiasis by European and US investigators resulted in the trials being terminated in the US during … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2007 · 7,166 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMeasured Test-Driven Development: Using Measures to Monitor and Control the Unit DevelopmentY. Dubinsky, O. HazzanWe analyze Test Driven Development (TDD) from cognitive and social perspectives. Based on our analysis, we suggest a technique for controlling and monitoring the TDD process by examining measures that relate to the size and complexity of both code and tests. We call this approach Measured TDD. The motivation for TDD arose from practitioners’ tendency to rush into code production, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 5 · 31 May 2007 · 7,056 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntelligence System for Software Maintenance Severity PredictionParvinder Singh Sandhu, Sunil Kumar, Hardeep SinghThe software industry has been experiencing a software crisis, a difficulty of delivering software within budget, on time, and of good quality. This may happen due to number of defects present in the different modules of the project that may require maintenance. This necessitates the need of predicting maintenance urgency of the particular module in the software. In this paper, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 5 · 31 May 2007 · 6,947 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractApproaches for Categorization of Reusable Software ComponentsParvinder Singh Sandhu, Janpreet Singh, Hardeep SinghReuse repositories manager manages the reusable software components in different categories and needs to find the category of reusable software components. In this paper, we have used different pure and hybrid approaches to find the domain relevancy of the component to a particular domain. Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis (PLSA) approach, LSA, Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) technique, LSA Semi-Discrete Matrix Decomposition … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 5 · 31 May 2007 · 6,906 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSegmentation and Recognition of Handwritten Numeric ChainsSalim Ouchtati, Mouldi Bedda, Abderrazak LachouriAutomatic reading of numeric chains has been attempted in several application areas such as bank cheque processing, postal code recognition and form processing. Such applications have been very popular in handwriting recognition research, due to the possibility to reduce considerably the manual effort involved in these tasks. In this study we propose an off line system for the recognition of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2007 · 7,639 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCrack Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams Using Micro-Planes Damage Based Constitutive RelationsM. Labibzadeh, S.A. SadrnejadAmong the various numerical simulating models of plane concrete, the micro-planes models have an excellent position. These models are not as complicated as microscopic models such as discrete particles models and do not have the shortcomings of macroscopic models based on the stress or strain invariants. The object of this study is the application of author's recently developed micro-planes damage … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2007 · 6,983 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPower Consumption and Performance’s Library on DSPs: Case Study MPEG2Jalel Ktari, Mohamed Abid, Nathalie Julien, Johann LaurentThe growing demand for portable electronic devices has led to an increased emphasis on power consumption within the semiconductor industry. As a result, designers are now encouraged to consider the impact of their decisions not only on speed and area, but also on power throughout the design space exploration. This article presents a high-level design space exploration methodology. It allows … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2007 · 6,828 accessesView PDFCite