Simple adaptively modulated optical OFDM modems using subcarrier modulation with input/output reconfigurability

Three novel designs of adaptively modulated optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modems using subcarrier modulation (AMOOFDM-SCM) are proposed, for the first time, each of which requires a single IFFT/FFT operation. These designs has a number of salient advantages including a significantly simplified modem configuration due to the involvement of a single IFFT/FFT operation, input/output reconfigurability, dynamic bandwidth allocation capability, cost reduction and system flexibility and performance robustness to variations in transmission link conditions. Investigations show that these three modems are capable of supporting >60Gb/s AMOOFDM-SCM signal transmission over 20km, 40km and 60km single-mode fibre-based intensity modulation and direct detection transmission links without optical amplification and chromatic dispersion compensation. Copyright © 2010 The authors.

The incentives for supply chain collaboration to improve material efficiency in the use of steel: An analysis using input output techniques

In the face of increasing demand and limited emission reduction opportunities, the steel industry will have to look beyond its process emissions to bear its share of emission reduction targets. One option is to improve material efficiency - reducing the amount of metal required to meet services. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to explore why opportunities to improve material efficiency through upstream measures such as yield improvement and lightweighting might remain underexploited by industry. Established input-output techniques are applied to the GTAP 7 multi-regional input-output model to quantify the incentives for companies in key steel-using sectors (such as property developers and automotive companies) to seek opportunities to improve material efficiency in their upstream supply chains under different short-run carbon price scenarios. Because of the underlying assumptions, the incentives are interpreted as overestimates. The principal result of the paper is that these generous estimates of the incentives for material efficiency caused by a carbon price are offset by the disincentives to material efficiency caused by labour taxes. Reliance on a carbon price alone to deliver material efficiency would therefore be misguided and additional policy interventions to support material efficiency should be considered. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.

An Efficient MMI SOI Splitter with Multimode Input/Output Waveguides

A 1×8 multimode interference power splitter with multimode input/output waveguides in SOI material is designed by the beam propagation method and fabricated by the inductive coupled plasma etching technology for use in fiber optics communication systems.The fabricated device exhibits low loss and good coupling uniformity.The excess loss is lower than 0.8dB,and the uniformity is 0.45dB at the wavelength of 1550nm.Moreover,the polarization dependent loss is lower than 0.7dB at 1550nm.The device size is only 2mm×10mm.

Reliability of the input-output properties of the cortico-spinal pathway obtained from transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation

The purpose of this experiment was to assess the test-retest reliability of input-output parameters of the cortico-spinal pathway derived from transcranial magnetic (TMS) and electrical (TES) stimulation at rest and during muscle contraction. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) were recorded from the first dorsal interosseous muscle of eight individuals on three separate days. The intensity of TMS at rest was varied from 5% below threshold to the maximal output of the stimulator. During trials in which the muscle was active, TMS and TES intensities were selected that elicited MEPs of between 150 and 300 X at rest. MEPs were evoked while the participants exerted torques up to 50% of their maximum capacity. The relationship between MEP size and stimulus intensity at rest was sigmoidal (R-2 = 0.97). Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) ranged between 0.47 and 0.81 for the parameters of the sigmoid function. For the active trials, the slope and intercept of regression equations of MEP size on level of background contraction were obtained more reliably for TES (ICC = 0.63 and 0.78, respectively) than for TMS (ICC = 0.50 and 0.53, respectively), These results suggest that input-output parameters of the cortico-spinal pathway may be reliably obtained via transcranial stimulation during longitudinal investigations of cortico-spinal plasticity. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Fuzzy rule extraction from input/output data

Several alternative approaches have been discussed: Levenberg-Marquardt - no satisfactory convergence speed + local minimum, Bacterial algorithm - problems with large dimensionality (speed), Clustering - no safe criterion for number of clusters + dimentionality problem.

El rendimiento diferido del proceso didáctico (Análisis input-output en función del autodiagnóstio del éxito de la vida).

Trata de conocer hasta qué punto la valoración académica de un individuo incide en la vida posterior del mismo, es decir, cuál puede ser el rendimiento de una persona en función del proceso educativo que haya seguido. Alumnos de cuarto de Bachiller, de edad comprendida entre 13 y 14 años que realizaron sus estudios en Cheste durante los cursos académicos de 1970-1971 y 1971-1972, con el Plan vigente de 1967. En total son 681 alumnos de los cuales el 53,86 por ciento pertenecen a zonas rurales y el 46,14 por ciento a zona urbana. En primer lugar trata teoriza sobre los estudios realizados de caracter input-output, tanto en el campo de la psicología como de la educación siendo consciente de esta forma de los problemas que los mismos dan y a los que deberá enfrentarse, posteriormente plantea el estudio realizando la investigación, seleccionando las variables que pretende estudiar, recogiendo datos , codificándolos, escogiendo una muestra de población y aplicando dichas variables para poder llegar a las conclusiones que finalmente ofrece el estudio y abriendo puertas a otros de las mismas carcterísticas. Encuesta, cuestionario, entrevista personal, test (AMPE). Variables input, dentro de las cuales se encuentran las variables estado (datos psicológicos), y las variables de flujo (rendimiento académico). Como variables psicológicas se consideran la actitud para el estudio, personalidad paranoide versus control, capacidad intelectual, extraversión. Como variables de rendimiento se estudia el rendimiento en cuarto de bachiller, el rendimiento en tercero de bachiller y destrezas físico-deportivas. Como variables de salida output se considera la situación laboral ocupacional, situación personal, situación económica y situación social. Análisis factorial, regresión múltiple, correlación de Pearson, análisis imput-output. Los resultados se encuentran implícitos en las siguientes conclusiones: 1) Los componenenes académicos influyen poco en la vida posterior del sujeto, si bien marcan o detectan en algún sentido su situación social convivencial sobre los demás aspectos. Ello nos induce a pensar que en el aula se califican a la vez que conocimientos, los comportamientos sociales. 2)Los componentes psicológicos influyen más en la situación personal entre los outpurs considerados 3)En el análisis input-output hay que destacar que los outputs no se explican en su totalidad con los inputs que hemos estudiado, lo que destaca la introduccion de muchas otras variables en la consideración de los aspectos tratados y éstas en gran cantidad.

Input/output measurements of otoacoustic emissions and differential diagnosis of cochlear function

This study provides detailed information on the ability of healthy ears to generate distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs).

Qualitative modelling of sustainable energy scenarios: An application and extension of the Bon Qualitative Input-Output model

Climate change is one of the major challenges facing economic systems at the start of the 21st century. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will require both restructuring the energy supply system (production) and addressing the efficiency and sufficiency of the social uses of energy (consumption). The energy production system is a complicated supply network of interlinked sectors with 'knock-on' effects throughout the economy. End use energy consumption is governed by complex sets of interdependent cultural, social, psychological and economic variables driven by shifts in consumer preference and technological development trajectories. To date, few models have been developed for exploring alternative joint energy production-consumption systems. The aim of this work is to propose one such model. This is achieved in a methodologically coherent manner through integration of qualitative input-output models of production, with Bayesian belief network models of consumption, at point of final demand. The resulting integrated framework can be applied either (relatively) quickly and qualitatively to explore alternative energy scenarios, or as a fully developed quantitative model to derive or assess specific energy policy options. The qualitative applications are explored here.

Input/output linearization using dynamic recurrent neural networks

This paper brings together two areas of research that have received considerable attention during the last years, namely feedback linearization and neural networks. A proposition that guarantees the Input/Output (I/O) linearization of nonlinear control affine systems with Dynamic Recurrent Neural Networks (DRNNs) is formulated and proved. The proposition and the linearization procedure are illustrated with the simulation of a single link manipulator.

Dynamic input/output linearization using recurrent neural networks

A dynamic recurrent neural network (DRNN) is used to input/output linearize a control affine system in the globally linearizing control (GLC) structure. The network is trained as a part of a closed loop that involves a PI controller, the goal is to use the network, as a dynamic feedback, to cancel the nonlinear terms of the plant. The stability of the configuration is guarantee if the network and the plant are asymptotically stable and the linearizing input is bounded.