One of the main challenges of modern processor
designs is the implementation of scalable and
efficient mechanisms to detect memory access
order violations as a result of out-of-order
execution. Conventional structures performing this
task are complex, inefficient and power-hungry.
This…

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) progress targets have not been met. Nevertheless, the United Nations (UN) has not yet undertaken in-depth review in order to discover the reasons behind this lack of progress in achieving the MDG. From a political…

MINIX4RT is an extension of the well-known MINIX
Operating System that adds Hard Real-Time services in a new
microkernel but keeping backward compatibility with standard
MINIX versions.
Semaphores are the primitive synchronization and mutual
exclusion mechanism in many operating systems,…

Asymmetric or heterogeneous multi-core (AMC) architectures have definite performance, performance per watt and fault tolerance advantages for a wide range of workloads. We propose a 16 core AMC architecture mixing simple and complex cores, and single and multiple thread cores…

Segmentation is often a critical step in image
analysis. Microscope image components show great
variability of shapes, sizes, intensities and textures.
An inaccurate segmentation conditions the ulterior
quantification and parameter measurement.
The Watershed Transform is able to distinguish
extremely complex…

In this paper, we present a new model of an artificial
immune system (AIS), based on the process
that suffers the T-Cell, it is called T-Cell
Model. It is used for solving constrained (numerical)
optimization problems. The model operates
on…

An analytical approximate technique for conservative nonlinear oscillators is proposed. This method is a modification of the generalized harmonic balance method in which analytical approximate solutions have rational form. This approach gives us not only a truly periodic solution but…

A linearization method of the nonlinear differential equation for conservative nonlinear oscillators is analyzed and discussed. This scheme is based on the Chebyshev series expansion of the restoring force which allows us to obtain a frequency-amplitude relation which is valid…

An approximation scheme to obtain the period for large amplitude oscillations of a simple pendulum is analysed and discussed. The analytical approximate formula for the period is the same as that suggested by Hite (2005 Phys. Teach. 43 290), but…

The templated growth of polyaniline through porous sol–gel films on ITO substrates has been performed. The polyaniline–silica composites have been synthesized by electrochemical reactive insertion in potentiodynamic and potentiostatic conditions. When the polymer is synthesized by potential step experiments, the…