An integrated system to remote monitor and control anaerobic wastewater treatment plants through the internet.

The TELEMAC project brings new methodologies from the Information and Science Technologies field to the world of water treatment. TELEMAC offers an advanced remote management system which adapts to most of the anaerobic wastewater treatment plants that do not benefit from a local expert in wastewater treatment. The TELEMAC system takes advantage of new sensors to better monitor the process dynamics and to run automatic controllers that stabilise the treatment plant, meet the depollution requirements and provide a biogas quality suitable for cogeneration. If the automatic system detects a failure which cannot be solved automatically or locally by a technician, then an expert from the TELEMAC Control Centre is contacted via the internet and manages the problem.     

Modelling the effects of human papillomavirus in cervical cells

Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women, after breast cancer. The prevalence of this malignant disease is estimated at 1.4 million cases worldwide, causing about 290,000 deaths and 500,000 new cases per year, of which 80% correspond to women living in developing countries. In this work we propose a family of ordered models for basal cells of the cervix corresponding to different stages ranging from normal cells to the formation of precancerous lesions. We analyse the first member of the family analytically and for the second member we developed a non-standard numerical method in order to extract some biological information.     

Coupled oscillations of H2/O2/CO on silica supported rhodium catalyst

Self-sustained oscillations obtained during the catalytic oxidation of CO and H₂ were studied over Rh/SiO₂ by an FTIR-mass spectrometric technique. An average oscillatory period of 7.1±0.5 minutes was obtained for the CO/O₂ reaction at 348 K. For the H₂/O₂ oscillatory reaction the period was observed to be 1.3±0.8 minutes. When the oscillations were coupled at the same temperature, the period for both the CO/O₂ and the H₂/O₂ reactions was observed to be 7.9±0.8 minutes. The kinetic coupling of the reaction rates is explained by considering the periodic fluctuations in surface temperature which occur as a result of the more exothermic CO/O₂ reaction.     

A kernel-based framework for image collection exploration

While search engines have been a successful tool to search text information, image search systems still face challenges. The keyword-based query paradigm used to search in image collection systems, which has been successful in text retrieval, may not be useful in scenarios where the user does not have the precise way to express a visual query. Image collection exploration is a new paradigm where users interact with the image collection to discover useful and relevant pictures. This paper proposes a framework for the construction of an image collection exploration system based on kernel methods, which offers a mathematically strong basis to address each stage of an image collection exploration system: image representation, summarization, visualization and interaction. In particular, our approach emphasizes a semantic representation of images using kernel functions, which can be seamlessly harnessed across all system components. Experiments were conducted with real users to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed strategy.     

Xtensa: a configurable and extensible processor

System designers can optimize Xtensa for their embedded application by sizing and selecting features and adding new instructions. Xtensa provides an integrated solution that allows easy customization of both hardware and software. This process is simple, fast, and robust     

An efficient algorithm for gossiping in the multicasting communication environment

We present an algorithm for the gossiping problem defined over an n processor communication network, N, where message multicasting is allowed. The algorithm generates a communication schedule with a total communication time at most N+r, where r is the radius of the network. Our algorithm begins by constructing a spanning tree (or tree network T) with the least possible radius. Then, all the communications are carried out in the tree network as follows: each processor waits its turn to transmit "almost" consecutively to its parent and children all the messages in its subtree. During other times, each processor transmits to its children all the messages emanating elsewhere in the network.     

黑体空腔式中间包钢水连续测温系统与应用

描述了黑体空腔式钢水连续测温系统的理论基础、结构原理、校验方法、测试结果分析和现场应用情况。该测温系统的测温偏差≤±3℃,测温管寿命可达15～25h(取决于钢种和工艺等),测温成本比现行的快速热电偶实际消耗略低,系统运行稳定可靠,并取得显著的综合效益。