Frequency hopping sequences with optimal partial autocorrelation properties

We classify some p/sup k/-ary (p prime, k integer) generalized m-sequences and generalized Gordon-Mills-Welch (GMW) sequences of period p/sup 2k/-1 over a residue class ring R=GF(p)[/spl xi/]/(/spl xi//sup k/) having optimal partial Hamming autocorrelation properties. In frequency hopping (FH) spread-spectrum systems, these sequences are useful for synchronizing process. Suppose, for example, that a transmitting p/sup k/-ary FH patterns of period p/sup 2k/-1 are correlated at a receiver. Usually, the length of a correlation window, denoted by L, is shorter than the pattern's overall period. In that case, the maximum value of the out-of-phase Hamming autocorrelation is lower-bounded by /spl lceil/L/p/sup k/+1/spl rceil/ but the classified sequences achieve this bound with equality for any positive integer L.     

Loosening mechanism of threaded fastener for complex structures

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology - Threaded fasteners are widely used in mechanical structures primarily owing to their easy disassembly for maintenance and low cost. However, the...     

Design of new adaptive fuzzy logic controller for nonlinear plantswith unknown or time-varying dead zones

An adaptive fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is designed for plants with unknown and/or time-varying dead zones. The steady-state control resolutions with perturbing action, which are different from the ones in the transient states, are used to cancel out the unknown and/or time-varying dead-zone effects. Automatically adjusted control resolutions play a key role as a fuzzy dead-zone inverse. The control resolutions of the control input variables are dependent on the scaling gains of the variables. Therefore, we can develop the fuzzy dead-zone inverse by reperturbing and adjusting the scaling gains adequately in the steady-states. The developed fuzzy logic controllers that are applied to the plants with unknown dead zones ensure their effectiveness even though the dead-zone characteristics are time varying     

Evaluation of the physicochemical stability and skin permeation of glucosamine sulfate

Glucosamine sulfate (GS) is known to stop the degenerative process of osteoarthritis. Because most of the GS formulation on the market is in the oral form, an alternative formulation such as a transdermal delivery system (TDS) is necessary in order to increase patient compliance. As the initial step to develop a TDS of GS, the physicochemical stability and permeation study in rat skin were examined. Evaluation of the stability of GS at different pHs showed the compound to be most stable at pH 5.0. The degradation rate constant at 25°C was estimated to be 5.93 ×10^- 6 hr^- 1 (t₉₀~ 2.03 years) in a pH 5 buffer solution. Due to its hydrophilic characteristic, low skin permeability was expected of GS. However, the skin permeation rate was determined to be 13.27 µg/cm²/hr at 5% concentration. Results of this study suggest the possibility of developing GS into a transdermal delivery system.