Expert system application for the loading capability assessment oftransmission lines

This paper describes the application of an expert system for the evaluation of the short-term thermal rating and temperature rise of overhead conductors. The expert system has been developed using a database and Leonardo expert system shell which is gaining popularity among commercial tools for developing expert system applications. The expert system has been found to compare well when evaluated against site tests. A practical application is given to demonstrate the usefulness of the expert system developed     

Usefulness and limitations of thyrotropin measurements as a first-line test for follow-up of Graves'' patients

Although the good appearance and biocompatibility of dental porcelains, failures are still of considerable concern because of the limited properties to all ceramic system. Physical properties that might be considered ideal include high strength, resistance to abrasion, and resistance to the hostile oral environment. Porcelain has been considered by many of its physical characteristic are similar to those of enamel. In 1983 a new modality of treatment, the etched porcelain restoration was introduced by Simonsen and Calamia. Numerous investigations have shown the strength of the etched porcelain bonded to composite resin and also the clinical success of this porcelain to be used as laminated veneers and etched inlays and onlays.     

Low-temperature growth of silicon-boron layer as solid diffusionsource for polysilicon contacted p+-n shallow junction

A new material, Si-B, is proposed as a solid diffusion source for fabrication of poly-Si contacted p⁺-n shallow junctions. The junction depth of the Si-B source diode has been measured and compared with that of a BF₂⁺-implanted poly-Si source diode. It was found that the Si-B source diode had a much shallower junction and was less sensitive to thermal budget than the BF₂⁺ source diode. This was attributed to the smaller surface concentration and diffusivity of boron in the silicon in Si-B source diodes. Regarding electrical characteristics of diodes with a junction depth over 500 Å, a forward ideality factor of better than 1.01 over 8 decades and a reverse-current density lower than 0.5 nA/cm² at -5 V were obtained. As the junction depth shrank to 300 Å, the ideality factor and reverse current density of diodes increased slightly to 1.05 and 1.16 nA/cm², respectively. These results demonstrated that a uniform ultrashallow p⁺-n junction can be obtained by using a thin Si-B layer as a diffusion source     

纺织品在农业上的应用和发展

在现代农业中纺织品占有重要地位 ,它的广泛使用大大促进了农业科技的发展。农业纺织品可广泛应用在农田水土保持、排水灌溉、保护植物和促进植物生长、温室大棚 (包括遮阳降温、储能保温材料 )、农用覆盖材料、植物生长基质材料等方面 ,本文将就农用纺织品在一些领域的应用加以介绍。     

An automatic method for controlling the centre of gravity of a model

In many applications the location of the centre of gravity of a mechanical part is an important factor that a designer must consider. If it is not in a desired location, a part might not work properly, e.g. unbalanced force might be generated in a rotational part. After a part is modeled, its centre of gravity cannot be altered unless its external shape or internal mass distribution is changed. However, the external shape is usually constrained by other design considerations. In this paper, an algorithm is proposed for controlling the centre of gravity of a hollowed part. Using this algorithm, the location of the centre of gravity of a part is controlled by changing its internal mass distribution.     

A transmit/receive IF chip set for WCDMA mobiles in 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS

An implementation of the IF section of WCDMA mobile transceivers with a set of two chips fabricated in an inexpensive 0.35-/spl mu/m two-poly three-metal CMOS process is presented. The transmit/receive chip set integrates quadrature modulators and demodulators, wide dynamic range automatic gain control (AGC) amplifiers, with linear-in-decibel gain control, and associated circuitry. This paper describes the problems encountered and the solutions envisaged to meet stringent specifications, with process and temperature variations, thus overcoming the limitations of CMOS devices, while operating at frequencies in the range of 100 MHz-1 GHz. Detailed measurement results corroborating successful application of the new techniques are reported. A receive AGC dynamic range of 73 dB with linearity error of less than /spl plusmn/2 dB and spread of less than 5 dB for a temperature range of -30/spl deg/C to +85/spl deg/C in the gain control characteristic has been measured. The modulator measurement shows a carrier suppression of 35 dB and sideband/third harmonic suppression of over 46 dB. The core die area of each chip is 1.5 mm/sup 2/.