Parameter identification and slip estimation of induction machine

This paper presents a newly developed algorithm for induction machine rotor speed estimation and parameter detection. The proposed algorithm is based on spectrum analysis of the stator current. The main idea is to find the best fit of motor parameters and rotor slip with the group of characteristic frequencies which are always present in the current spectrum. Rotor speed and parameters such as pole pairs or number of rotor slots are the results of the presented algorithm. Numerical calculations show that the method yields very accurate results and can be an important part of machine monitoring systems.     

Pneumococci stimulate the production of the inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide by murine macrophages

The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the pathophysiology of gram-positive sepsis is uncertain. In inflammatory conditions, high-output NO production is catalyzed by the enzyme inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). The ability of 2 strains of pneumococci, pneumococcal cell wall preparations, and purified pneumococcal capsule (Pnu-Imune 23) to trigger the production of iNOS protein and NO in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages was tested. Live pneumococci, oxacillin-killed pneumococci, and pneumococcal cell wall preparations stimulated the production of iNOS and NO by RAW 264.7 cells in the presence, but not the absence, of low concentrations of recombinant murine interferon-gamma. In contrast, purified pneumococcal capsule induced little or no iNOS or NO production by these cells. Thus, pneumococci stimulate high-output NO production by murine macrophages. The potential role of NO in the pathogenesis of pneumococcal sepsis deserves further study.     

Functional development of database applications

A highly modular and uniformly functional development methodology for database applications is introduced. An event-oriented view of the database is adopted recording the observed events directly and treating the state of the environment as derived data. The relationship between the observed events and the derived state of the system is expressed using a purely functional language. The application systems in this environment are divided into their smallest possible components consisting of only functions and simple functional expressions. The multimode of small but highly independent components generated in this fashion are placed in the database along with the data, to utilize the database management system in maintaining the application system. The semantics of individual applications is captured within the data model serving those applications     

Effect of hostile environments on adhesive joints III. Role of simple alcohols with unstressed epoxide adhesive

Exposure of aluminium-epoxide bonds to methanol, ethanol, ammonia and formamide has shown that the hydrogen bonding ability of the ‘solvent’ plays little part in determining the effect on bond strength. The strength of the bonds may be increased by short-term exposures to the alcohols. A mechanism is proposed to explain the data.     

The assessment of carcass composition of Awassi male lambs by real-time ultrasound at two different live weights

The accuracy of ultrasonography to measure fat thickness (FT) and longissimus dorsi muscle (LM) traits (area, depth and width) in live Awassi male lambs and predict carcass FT and LM traits was studied.Twenty six Awassi male lambs were randomly divided into light (L) (n = 13) and heavy (H) (n = 13) finishing lambs. Slaughter weight of lambs in L and H groups were 40 and 45 kg, respectively. FT and LM traits, cross-sectional area between the 12th and 13th rib were measured using real-time ultrasound in vivo and on the carcass after slaughter. All ultrasound and carcass measurements were the same except live weight (LW) (P < 0.001), cold carcass weight (CCW) (P < 0.001) and carcass LM width (P < 0.05). Overall, correlation coefficients between ultrasound and carcass FT, LM depth, width and area were 0.79, 0.82 (P < 0.001); 0.60, 0.58 (P < 0.05); 0.48, −0.17 (P > 0.05) and 0.89, 0.87 (P < 0.001), respectively, for lambs in L and H groups. The introduction of ultrasound FT and ultrasound LM area as independent variables in addition to LW in the multiple regression equations further improved the variations for carcass FT (84%, 71%), carcass LM area (79%, 79%), CCW (72%, 65%) for lambs in light and heavy groups whereas no improvement was observed for carcass yield.These results indicate that in vivo ultrasound FT and measurement of the LM area in association with LW could be used to estimate carcass FT, carcass LM area and CCW in different LW Awassi lambs.     

Design criteria for functional data bases

A functional data base is characterized as a collection of functions and its language as a collection of operators. The data base design criteria are established in terms of the functional properties, “redundancy” and “semantic content”. The behavior of data base operators is analyzed under these criteria to detect redundancies and compute the semantic content of a data model, to evaluate and compare data models. The correspondence between these criteria and the relational normalization theory is established.     

Information markets over trust networks

Information markets are inefficient. Information products have large upfront development costs, yet their duplication costs are negligibly small; and they are experience goods with high costs of marketing and promotion. As a result, either winner-take-all markets are created through large and expensive promotional campaigns, or artificial monopoly power is conferred by the government through copyright protection, or both, to prevent the collapse of these markets from intense price competition and piracy. Such inefficiency creates opportunities to design more efficient markets by utilizing new technologies. Trust networks provide such an opportunity where the network infrastructure acts not only as a distribution system for information products, but also as an advertising and promotion medium, a payment and pricing mechanism, a guarantee and insurance service, and a copyright enforcement and dispute resolution tool. Such a network-centric market place is proposed to remedy many of the shortcomings of mass markets by relying on peer-to-peer distribution, peer-to-peer payments, and peer-to-peer enforcement of trust and integrity. Analytical models are presented to show that such a market place for information goods can scale up to satisfy large markets without expensive promotions and advertising campaigns, create customized products with dynamic pricing, reduce entry costs by eliminating the distinction between buyers and sellers, and eliminate the need for copyright protection.