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A low-power high-speed two-stage dynamic comparator is presented. In this circuit, PMOS transistors are used at the input of the first and second stages of the comparator. At the evaluation phase, the second stage is activated after the first stage with a predetermined delay to achieve a controllable pre-amplifier gain. Also, the first stage is turned off after the delay to reduce overall power consumption. Simulation results in 0.18 μτη CMOS technology, prove that the proposed circuit reduces the power consumption by a factor of two and reduces comparison time as large as 210ps in the same budget of offset voltage compared to the conventional circuit. Moreover, the offset voltage and power... 

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is a rapidly growing additive manufacturing process, because it has the capacity to build parts from a variety of materials. However, the dimensional accuracy of the fabricated parts in this process is dependent on the ability to control phenomena such as warpage and shrinkage. This research presents an optimization algorithm to find the best processing parameters for minimizing warpage. The finite element method was used to simulate the sintering of a layer of polymer powder, and the warpage of the layer was calculated. The numerical model was verified through comparison with experimental results. A back-propagation neural network was used to formulate the... 

Abstract: Well testing is one of the important methods to provide information about the reservoir heterogeneity and boundary limits by analyzing reservoir dynamic responses. Despite the significance of well testing data, misinterpreted data can lead us to a wrong reservoir performance prediction. In this study, we focus on cases ignoring the adjacent well’s production history, which may lead to misinterpretation. The analysis was conducted on both homogeneous and naturally fractured reservoirs in infinite-acting and finite-acting conditions. The model includes two wells: one is “tested well” and the other is “adjacent one.” By studying different scenarios and focusing on derivative plots, it... 

A simple and appropriate procedure for the synthesis of quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-dione derivatives from isocyanides, aniline and isocyanate via the Cu-catalyzed intramolecular C-H activation reaction is reported. The advantages of this method are one-pot conditions, accessible starting materials-catalyst, high yield of products, and short reaction times. The structures are confirmed spectroscopically (1H-and13C-NMR, IR and EI-MS) and by elemental analyses. © 2020 Bentham Science Publishers  

Pore facies analysis plays an important role in the classification of reservoir rocks and reservoir simulation studies. The current study proposes a two-step approach for pore facies characterization in the carbonate reservoirs with an example from the Kangan and Dalan formations in the South Pars gas field. In the first step, pore facieswere determined based on Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP) data in corporation with the Hierarchical Clustering Analysis (HCA) method. Each pore facies represents a specific type of pore geometry indicating the interaction between the primary rock fabric and its diagenetic overprints. In the next step, polynomial meta-models were established based... 

Large-scale simulation of spiking neural networks on hardware with a remarkable resemblance to their mathematical models is a key objective of the neuromorphic discipline. This issue is, however, considerably resource-intensive due to the presence of nonlinear terms in neuron models. This paper proposes a novel uniform piecewise linear segmentation approach for nonlinear function evaluations. Employing the proposed approach, we present a uniform-segmented adaptive exponential neuron model capable of accurately producing various responses exhibited by the original model and suitable for efficient large-scale implementation. In contrast to previous nonuniform-segmented neuron models, the... 

A one-pot synthesis of functionalized benzo thiazine derivatives via a Cu-catalyzed, multicomponent reaction of isocyanides, aniline, and heterocumulenes in acetonitrile at room temperature was developed. Transition metal-catalyzed activation of C-H bonds under mild copper-catalytic reaction conditions, using simple and available starting materials, also obtaining a pure product with high yield without applying column chromatography are the major advantages of the applied method among the other ones used for this purpose. The structures are confirmed spectroscopically (1H- and 13C-NMR, IR, and EI-MS) and through elemental analyses. © 2019 The Chemical Society Located in Taipei & Wiley-VCH... 

A one-pot Cu-catalyzed synthesis of functionalized alkynyl imidamide by terminal alkynes, trichloroacetonitrile and aniline or benzyl amine is reported. The compounds were produced via coupling reaction of terminal alkynes with trichloroacetamidine. This method was performed under mild, ligand-free conditions and easy work-up method. © 2020, Bentham Science Publishers. All rights reserved  

Computational investigations on the gas phase SN2 reactions of X ions (X-=OH-,F-,Cl-,Br-, and I-) with fluoroethane and 2-fluoroethanol (β-hydroxyl ethyl fluoride) were performed by using MPW1K, M06 and CCSD(T) methods with a range of basis sets including 66-311++G**, TZVP, aug-cc-pVDZ and SDD. To better understand the nature of the corresponding intermolecular interactions, we performed natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis and Bader's quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM). In our calculations, we took into account two possible pathways for these reactions, i.e. SN2 reactions of 2-fluoroethanol. In path(i), β-hydroxyl group participates in hydrogen bonding... 

In the last decade, there has been a swift development in several scientific research works in which the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique has played a critical role in unravelling different aspects of energy and environmental materials and biological substances as well as all corresponding molecular interactions within those media. We comprehensively review the numerous types of surface chemistries, including but not limited to hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions, self-assembled monolayers and ionic bonding, that are monitored using QCMs in a variety of fields such as energy and chemical industries in addition to the biology, medicine and nanotechnology... 

An energy-based ordinary differential equation is derived for a plastic wave propagating through a Taylor impact test specimen. Using the definition of true strain, an analytical equation is presented to calculate the strain rate across the plastic wave front. Having considered a Johnson-Cook plasticity model for the projectile material, the derived energy equation accompanied by a governing kinematics relation and the strain rate equation is numerically integrated to obtain the final deformed profile of the specimen. The results of the energy based model are then compared with those of the commonly used momentum-based approach as well as the existing experimental data in literature for... 

This paper presents a novel approach based on pulse transit time (PTT) for the estimation of blood pressure (BP). In order to achieve this goal, a data acquisition hardware is designed for high-resolution sampling of phonocardiogram (PCG) and photoplethysmogram (PPG). These two signals can derive PTT values. Meanwhile, a force-sensing resistor (FSR) is placed under the cuff of the BP reference device to mark the moments of measurements accurately via recording instantaneous cuff pressure. For deriving the PTT-BP models, a calibration procedure including a supervised physical exercise is conducted for each individual. The proposed method is evaluated on 24 subjects. The final results prove... 

In this paper, the V-shape development model approach for designing an automotive floor panel made by laminated structure is investigated to attain the best trade-off between the system and subsystem level requirements while improving the local and global performance of the vehicle. For this purpose, the bending and torsional stiffness of the body structure, as well as mass, strength, and vibration attenuation of the floor panel, are considered as design objectives at the system and subsystem levels. A multi-objective discrete optimization of a laminated configuration is performed using the Taguchi-based grey relational analysis. Material grades and thicknesses of the sandwich panel face... 

Low structure carbon black (CBN330), conductive high structure carbon black (CBXE2B) and carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) were loaded into the blend of natural rubber (NR) and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) at different contents up to 10 phr. Kraus plots showed that all the reinforcements interact with NR/SBR blend appropriately. However, the CBXE2B whose interfacial area is the highest showed greatest value of Kraus interaction parameter. Flory-Rhener model and effective torque value revealed that all of the reinforcements enhanced the crosslink density, among them CBXE2B showed the highest impact and MWCNT placed in the second rank. It was also shown that the cure kinetic... 

A novel substrateless power amplifier module realized by ridge gap waveguide (RGW) technology is proposed in Ka-band. Up to our knowledge, this is the first time that an active device is directly integrated with an RGW structure. No substrate is used in the RF section of the implemented power amplifier and the whole structure is made by machining a piece of metal. The amplifier was made of two pieces and was easily assembled without needing a precise contact between the two sections. The cavity resonance of the amplifier is suppressed using a pining structure. The fabricated amplifier module is self-packaged and does not need any packaging. It is shown that the simulated and measured results... 

The reinforcing effect of high structure carbon black (HSCB) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on natural rubber/styrene-butadiene rubber blend processed using mechanical mixing was comparatively investigated. In-depth analysis by dynamic mechanical analysis, the Eggers-Schummer model and Medalia's relationship showed that HSCB aggregates provided large internal pores leading to significant immobilized macromolecules in filled rubber. Additionally, a tubular immobilized rubber layer with a thickness of 8nm was estimated for the rubber/MWCNT system based on dynamic mechanical analysis data. The mechanical performance of the HSCB filled blend was higher than that of the MWCNT filled...