in this paper. First, global structures and shapes of leaves are represented by polygons whose vertices are critical points of curvature of smoothed contours of leaves. Second, detailed shapes of mid-most pieces are represented by linear approximation of the contours of pieces. Last, teeth on the contour

Current peer-to-peer (P2P) indices are monolithic pieces of software that address only a subset of the desired functionality for P2P databases. For instance, Chord [6] provides reliability and scalability, but only supports equality queries.

Interposition agents are a well known device for attaching legacy applications to distributed system.s However, agents are difficult to build and are often large, monolithic pieces of software which are suited only to limited applications or systems. We solve this problem with Bypass, a language

Absfrucf-Integration of the whole mode-locked laser onto a excitation and optical output are produced. These produce single piece of semiconductor offers a great deal of advantages, including total elimination of optical alignment processes, im-proved mechanical stability, and the generation

of this etchant and the standard CMOS process allows realization of cantilevers with piezoresistive sensors in all spacial coordinates from a widely-accessible source and at a minimal cost. Fabrication of accelerometers for all three axes and associated electronics on a single piece of silicon reduces the cost

Abstract—In order to find the effect of radiator oil channel structure, size of the oil passage, oil passage arranged and single-channel allocation small oil passages on the characteristics of radiator heat transfer. In the paper, S imulation for different oil passage of piece radiator

-TCP. This block is then treated in 1.0 M Na2HPO4 at 60 °C in order to hydrolyze the DCPD into Ca10-x(HPO4)x(PO4)6-x(OH)2-x (CDHA) and Ca8H2(PO4)6.5H2O (OCP). The result is a mono-lithic piece which preserves the initial shape and size, but which is composed instead of CDHA, OCP, and β-TCP. During the initial

a separate bias element is the use of local annealing to fabricate a monolithic device out of nickel titanium (NiTi). The actuator geometry is machined out of a single piece of non-annealed NiTi. After locally annealing a portion of the complete device, that section exhibits the shape memory effect

Compliant mechanisms provide motion/positioning via the compliance of the mechanism’s structure. Monolithic, or single piece compliant mechanisms (1) do not require assembly, (2) are capable of nanometer-level repeatability, (3) do not suffer from contact wear or friction and (4) exhibit low

Abstract We present our experience in reorganizing an "inherited" monolithic piece of software in a component-based manner. We follow the guidelines of the UML Components in order to obtain a meaningful component architecture, which is then used for modifying and revising the inherited