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Plenary: Nonparametric Hypothesis Testing For A Spatial Signal, Noel A. Cressie

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Summary form only given. Nonparametric hypothesis testing for a spatial signal can involve a large number of hypotheses. For instance, two satellite images of the same scene, taken before and after an event, could be used to test a hypothesis that the event has no environmental impact. This is equivalent to testing that the mean difference of "after-before" is zero at each of the (typically thousands of) pixels that make up the scene. In such a situation, conventional testing procedures that control the overall Type I error deteriorate as the number of hypotheses increase. Powerful testing procedures are needed for …

In Process Surface Roughness Estimation In Grinding, Li Xue, Fazel Naghdy, Christopher David Cook

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An intelligent sensor system for on-line estimation of surface roughness in the grinding process is developed. The system consists of a statistical signal processing algorithm and a neuro-fuzzy model of surface roughness. The model is established using a set of experimental data. The sensor signals of acoustic emission CAE), normal force and tangential force generated in grinding zone are acquired online in real time. The surface roughness of the ground workpiece is measured offline and used as the target output of the model. A first order Sugeno-type neuro-fuzzy inference system is employed to optimize the model by minimizing a sum …

Six D.O.F Haptic Rendered Simulation Of The Peg-In-Hole Assembly, Shen Dong, Fazel Naghdy, Yan Chen

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A new paradigm for programming of robotics manipulator to perform complex constrained motion tasks is being studied. The teaching of the manipulation skills to the machine starts by demonstmting those skills in a haptic -rendered virtual environment. Position and contact force and torque data generated in the virtual environment combined with a priori knowledge about the task is used to identify and learn the skills in the newly demonstrated tasks and then to reproduce them in the robotics system. The peg-in-hole insertion problem is used as a case study. In the ftrst implementation of the virtual manipulahon envlfonment, a three …

Application Of Nega-Cyclic Matrices To Generate Spreading Sequences, R. Ang, Jennifer Seberry, Beata J. Wysocki, Tadeusz A. Wysocki

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In the paper, we present a new class of orthogonal bipolar spreading sequences designed based on Goethals-Seidel construction with nega-cyclic matrices. The sequences can be designed for any length equal to 4 (mod 8), and possess good correlation properties. In particular, their aperiodic autocorrelation characteristics are very good. That can be traded off for improvement in the cross-correlation performance using a diagonal modification method, as shown in the example.

Williamson-Hadamard Spreading Sequences For Ds-Cdma Applications, Jennifer Seberry, Beata J. Wysocki, Tadeusz A. Wysocki

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Orthogonal bipolar spreading sequences are used in direct sequence code division multiple acces (DS-CDMA) systems for both spectrum spreading and channel separation. The most commonly used sequences are Walsh-Hadamard sequences of lenghts being an integer power of 2. A construction based on Williamson's arrays leading to sequences of lengths N ≡ 4(mod 8) is presented in the paper. Aperiodic correlation characteristics, for example sequence sets of lengths 12-252 are presented. The correlation properties of the sequence sets are later improved using a diagonal modification technique.

Harmonics And Flicker Levels At A Sub-Transmission Substation: A Measurement Experience, D A. Robinson, Victor J. Gosbell, Sarath Perera, N Browne

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Proactive monitoring of power quality disturbance levels by electricity utilities is vital to allow cost-effective mitigation when disturbances are perceived to be approaching planning levels and also to protect the security of customer installations. Ensuring that disturbance levels are within limits at the HV and EHV points of supply of the network is essential if satisfactory levels downstream are to be maintained. This paper presents discussion on a power quality monitoring campaign performed at the sub-transmission point of supply of a distribution network with the objective of benchmarking background disturbance levels prior to modifications to the substation and to ensure …

Harmonic Planning Levels For Australian Distribution Systems, Victor J. Gosbell, Victor W. Smith, D A. Robinson, W Miller

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A modelling technique is developed for determining the harmonic voltage distribution across a distribution system when there is an equitable distribution of harmonic emission. The harmonic voltages at the 132kV and 415V levels are fixed to values based on IEC Compatibility and Planning Levels and the intermediate voltages determined. Studies are made of six systems, typical of Australian distribution practice, to examine the effect of choice of voltage level and system parameters over the harmonic range of 2-40. Based on the study, harmonic Planning Levels are recommended for application to Australian distribution systems.

A Transient Index For Reporting Power Quality Surveys, Victor J. Gosbell, Sarath Perera, D A. Robinson, Chandana Herath

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Impulsive transients are often blamed for the destruction of customer appliances. Advances in Power Quality (PQ) monitors will soon make it feasible to incorporate impulsive transients into routine power quality surveys. This paper considers how the transient events captured over a period at many sites may be reported in a simple but useful manner. The paper first summarizes a recent publication by some of the authors, which attempt to give a complete framework for the analysis of utility PQ data. This framework provides a basis for evaluating existing transient characterization practices as well as for the proposed new transient index …

A Study Of Continuous Pq Disturbance Levels In Mv/Lv Distribution Systems, Victor J. Gosbell, D A. Robinson

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Distribution Network Service Providers need to be aware of the general variation of PQ disturbances across their network, from the sites as diverse as the MV bus bar of a zone substation, the end of a MV feeder, and at the near and far ends of LV mains. This paper develops an understanding of PQ variations across such a system from survey results correlated with approximate analysis used to assign a PQ disturbance ranking to each site. The work will concentrate on continuous PQ disturbances, defined as those due to load current effects, for example voltage deviations, unbalance, fluctuations and …

Affine Hecke Algebras, Cyclotomic Hecke Algebras And Clifford Theory, Arun Ram, Jacqueline Ramagge

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We show that the Young tableaux theory and constructions of the irreducible representations of the Weyl groups of type A, B and D, Iwahori-Hecke algebras of types A, B, and D, the complex reflection groups G(r, p, n) and the corresponding cyclotomic Hecke algebras Hr,p,n, can be obtained, in all cases, from the affine Hecke algebra of type A. The Young tableaux theory was extended to affine Hecke algebras (of general Lie type) in recent work of A. Ram. We also show how (in general Lie type) the representations of general affine Hecke algebras can be constructed from the representations …

A 96 X 64 Intelligent Digital Pixel Array With Extended Binary Stochastic Arithmetic, Tarik Hammadou, Magnus Nilson, Amine Bermak, Philip Ogunbona

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A chip architecture that integrates an optical sensor and a pixel level processing element based on binary stochastic arithmetic is proposed. The optical sensor is formed by an array of fully connected pixels, and each pixel contains a sensing element and a Pulse Frequency Modulator (PFM) converting the incident light to bit streams of identical pulses. The processing element is based on binary stochastic arithmetic to perform signal processing operations on the focal plane VLSI circuit. A 96 x 64 CMOS image sensor is fabricated using 0.5pm CMOS technology and achieves 29 x 29pm pixel size at 15% fill factor.

Stereoscopic Panoramic Video Generation Using Centro-Circular Projection Technique, Chaminda Weerasinghe, Wanqing Li, Philip Ogunbona

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This paper presents a method of stereoscopic panoramic video generation including techniques for panorama projection, stitching and calibration for various depth planes. The methods described can be used on video sequences captured by an arrangement of multiple pairs of cameras or multiple stereoscopic cameras mounted on a regular polygonal shaped camera rig. Algorithms can also be used in combination or separately, for generating both stereoscopic and monoscopic video and still panoramas.

A Hybrid Optical Network Architecture Consisting Of Optical Cross Connects And Optical Burst Switches, Chuntung Chou, Farzad Safaei, P. Boustead, I. Ouveysi

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Optical burst switches (OBSes) have been proposed to improve the utilization of a network of optical cross connect (OXCs). Current studies on OBS assume a network consisting of OBSes alone. While this is a reasonable assumption for evaluating a new technology, the question of how a network of OXCs can be evolved to a network of OBSes has not been studied. In this paper, we propose a hybrid architecture consisting of OBSes at the network edge and OXCs in the network core. This architecture allows carriers to gradually migrate from an OXC-based network to an OBS-based network with an improved …

Frame Analysis For Biorthogonal Cosine-Modulated Filterbanks, Alfred Mertins

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This paper addresses the efficient computation of frame bounds for cosine-modulated filterbanks. We derive explicit expressions for the eigenvalues of the frame operator that can be easily computed from the prototype's polyphase components. The number of channels and the downsampling factor may be even or odd, and the oversampling factor is supposed to be an integer. The analysis of low-delay, biorthogonal filterbanks; shows that prototypes solely designed to minimize the stopband energy may lead to wide open frames and, thus, to an undesirable numerical behavior. Because the computational cost of determining the frame bounds with the proposed method is very …

Scalable To Lossless Audio Compression Based On Perceptual Set Partitioning In Hierarchical Trees (Pspiht), M. Raad, Alfred Mertins, I. Burnett

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The paper proposes a technique for scalable to lossless audio compression. The scheme presented is perceptually scalable and also provides for lossless compression. It produces smooth objective scalability, in terms of SegSNR, from lossy to lossless compression. The proposal is built around the introduced perceptual SPIHT algorithm, which is a modification of the SPIHT algorithm. Both objective and subjective results are reported and demonstrate both perceptual and objective measure scalability. The subjective results indicate that the proposed method performs comparably with the MPEG-4 AAC coder at 16, 32 and 64 kbps, yet also achieves a scalable-to-lossless architecture.

Asymptotics For General Fractionally Intergrated Processes With Applications To Unit Root Tests, Q. Wang, Yan-Xia Lin, C. M. Gulati

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In this paper, functional limit theorems for general fractional processes are established under quite weak conditions+ The results are then used to derive weak convergence of general nonstationary fractionally integrated processes and to characterize unit root distribution in a model with error being a fractional autoregressive moving average process or a nonstationary fractionally integrated process+

A Flat Ship Theory On Bow And Stern Flows, Song-Ping Zhu, Y. L. Zhang

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An analytical solution of a two dimensional bow and stern flow model based on a flat ship theory is presented for the first time. The flat ship theory is a counterpart to Michell’s thin ship theory and leads to a mixed initial boundary value problem, which is usually difficult to solve analytically. Starting from the transient problem, we shall first show that a steady state is attainable at the large time limit. Then the steady problem is solved in detail by means of the Wiener Hopf technique and closed form farfield results are obtained for an arbitrary hull shape. Apart …

The Adoption Of E-Commerce By Microbusinesses, Katina Michael

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In Australia, about 89 per cent of businesses have less than five employees. This equates to 1035 000 microbusinesses. What is important to note is that 637300 of these are non-employing businesses (i.e. sole proprietors) according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). By studying these figures it becomes increasingly apparent what a challenging task the majority of business operators have in adopting and successfully integrating electronic commerce into their business. They only have their own resources and experiences to draw on and face a multitude of constraints such as time, money, lack of expertise and access to limited amounts …

The Automatic Identification Trajectory, Katina Michael

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The top-secret ENIAC project, at the Moore School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, was first made known to the public in February 1946. Reporters used 'anthropomorphic' and 'awesome characterisations' to describe the computer. In an article entitled 'The myth of the awesome thinking machine', Martin stated that the ENIAC was referred to in headlines as 'a child, a Frankenstein, a whiz kid, a predictor and controller of weather, and a wizard'.

Integrating Islands Of Information Through Crm, Katina Michael

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It was not so long ago that one would pull up into a service station and be greeted by an attendant who would customarily ask whether or not to fill up the car with petrol. Of course, today things have changed. Petrol station attendants have been replaced by something called 'self-service'. The customer is empowered and has the responsibility to fill up their own car with as much petrol as they want. A little extra effort perhaps but no one seems to mind, apart from the countless number of people who lost their jobs as attendants. What is noticeable, however, …

The Battle Against Security Attacks, Katina Michael

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Medium-to-large-sized companies are increasingly using their intranets to broadcast company-wide messages and store valuable information. Employees can choose to view multimedia- based messages from company executives, link to the latest product success stories, download the most recent technical specifications or refer to the most up-to-date pricing figures. Whatever the requirement, organisations have become very reliant upon electronic intra- and intercommunication methods. Whether it is sending an email with an attachment to a client, downloading information from the knowledge management system (KMS) or placing files in one another's public folders, employees now expect the technological capabilities to be available all the …

Barunga Music Online, A. Toshack, Katina Michael

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Barunga Music is a fictitious company, used for the sole purpose of creating this case study:
Barunga Music is an organisation that records, markets and sells Aboriginal compositions. Barunga is a small business that operates a physical store based in Melbourne. The organisation was established in 1994 by Stephen Clark and business partner Daniel Stone. The company employs 10 staff members, including a part-time IT professional.

The Online Privacy Frontier, Katina Michael

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Many web sites pride themselves on offering personalised customer service, but that really depends on the amount of information the online shopper is willing to give the online merchant. In most cases, unless a purchase is made or some other form of transaction is enacted, the online shopper will not declare their identity. How personalised can an experience be online if one entity decides to remain anonymous? The online merchant has little, if any, information to go on apart from perhaps a cookie that tells them that the visitor is a repeat visitor to that web site. The seller does …

The Rise Of The Wireless Internet, Katina Michael

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The introduction of the mobile phone revolutionised the way people traditionally communicated with one another. People suddenly became accessible independent of their location, at any time of the day or week. A salesperson in business for instance, who was always on the road could now be reached and could in turn make phone calls conveniently between customer meetings. Bundled with the basic mobile voice service was messaging in the form of voice or text. The latter has especially proven to be a useful and cost-effective method for conveying a short message. Collectively residential and business mobile subscribers use the short …

Hook Crack In Electric Resistance Welding Line Pipe Steel, Sima Aminorroaya-Yamini, Hossein Edris, Mehrdad Fatahi

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One of the production methods for API line pipe steel is electric resistance welding (ERW). This kind of pipes is encountered with hook crack which is one of the defects that is observed in the upset zone of ERW pipes, detecting by ultrasonic inspection. Hook crack is a small crack following the weld flow lines and if severe enough, opened up at the pipe surface. These defects were commonly associated with sulphide stringers and non metallic oxide inclusions.

In this research, welds containing hook cracks were obtained from Ahvaz pipe making factory. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) examination showed that all …

Probing Dna Selectivity Of Ruthenium Metallointercalators Using Esi Mass Spectrometry, Jennifer L. Beck, Rajesh Gupta, Thitima Urathamakul, Nyree L. Williamson, Margaret Sheil, Janice Aldrich-Wright, Stephen F. Ralph

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ESI mass spectra show that up to five ruthenium molecules can bind non-covalently to double stranded 16mer DNA, and provide information on the relative affinity and DNA sequence selectivity of different ruthenium complexes.

Asymmetric Synthesis Of (-)-7-Epiaustraline And (+)-1,7-Diepiaustraline, Minyan Tang, Stephen G. Pyne

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A diastereoselective and modular approach to the synthesis of the 3-hydroxymethyl-2,3,5,6,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizine-1,2,7-triol structure, characteristic of several natural pyrrolizidine natural products has been developed. This approach culminated in the synthesis of (-)-7-epiaustraline and (+)-1,7-diepiaustraline. The oxazolidinone group has been found to be a useful protecting group in the RCM reaction and, as part of a pyrrolo[1,2-c]oxazol-3-one ring system, has functioned as a stereo- and regio-directing group, in a key diastereoselective cis-dihydroxylation reaction and a regioselective nucleophilic ring-opening of a S,S-dioxo-dioxathiole.

Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis Of (-)-Epipentenomycin I, Tawesin Klomklao, Stephen G. Pyne, Apiwat Baramee, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White

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A chemo-enzymatic synthesis of (−)-epipentenomycin I is reported using a lipase-catalysed kinetic resolution of the racemic pentacyclic alcohol 8. Flash vacuum pyroloysis of (−)-8 so obtained gave (−)-(4R)-4-hydroxy-5-methylene-2-cyclopentenone. Epoxidation of this compound with dimethyldioxirane followed by hydrolytic ring-opening of the resulting epoxide gave (−)-epipentenomycin I.

Photosynthesis In Silico: A Multimedia Cd-Rom Combining Animations, Simulations And Self-Paced Modules For Photosynthesis Education At All Tertiary Levels, Sharon A. Robinson, W. A. Russell, G. M.A. Netherwood

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Photosynthesis is a vital component of any undergraduate biology course. Despite its central importance in providing biochemical energy, fixed carbon and oxygen for all life on Earth, it remains an area which students find uninteresting and difficult to comprehend. This difficulty is compounded by problems with laboratory equipment for practical classes, which tends to be either expensive and complex, or simple and unreliable, making it extremely difficult to provide effective, hands-on teaching of photosynthesis to the large class sizes in undergraduate biology courses. A set of interactive, multimedia modules have been combined on a CD-ROM, which provides a new approach …

The Prevention Of Preterm Labour – Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Type 1 Receptors As A Target For Drug Design And Development, Paul A. Keller, K. Kirkwood, J. Morgan, S. Westcott, A. Mccluskey

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The role of the corticotropin releasing hormone in the onset of labour and the subsequent medicinal chemistry implications of CRH antagonists for the prevention of premature birth, and identification of the CRH type 1 receptor as the target for this drug design, are reviewed here.