Chang, S. K., Arens, E., Gonzalez, R. R.
This study addresses the effect of the walking motion on local convective heat transfer coefficient at various body sites, employing an articulated mannikin. The forced convective heat transfer...
Scattering by Buried Obstacles (2002)
Mei, K. K., Kuo, W. C., Chang, S. K.
The purpose of this investigation is to find theoretical solutions to scattering of electromagnetic fields by buried obstacles. The first part of the investigation is primarily concerned with the...
Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Buried Dielectric Bodies. (2002)
Mei,K. K., Morgan,M. E., Chang,S. K.
Recent development in the unimoment method has brought finite difference and finite element methods into the computational techniques of electromagnetic scattering. In this paper the various finite...
Numerical Results or Multiconductor Transmission Line Networks. (2002)
Baum,C. E., Liu,T. K., Tesche,F. M., Chang,S. K.
This report describes the algorithms and numerical results for a lossless multiconductor transmission-line network which is excited by a number of lumped voltage and current sources located on the...
A Coupling Model for a Pair of Skewed Transmission Lines. (2002)
Giri,D. V., Chang,S. K., Tesche,F. M.
A coupling model in the form of an equivalent circuit is developed for a pair of skewed transmission lines. The inductive coupling is evaluated in closed form and the capacitance elements are...
Chang,S. K., Tesche,F. M., Giri,D. V., Liu,T. K.
This report computes the transient responses of some multiconductor transmissionline networks, e.g., (a) a three-wire line, (b) a T-network, and (c) an H-network. These computations, which make use...
Field Excitation of Multiconductor Transmission Lines. (2002)
Tesche ,F. M., Liu ,T. K., Giri ,D. V., Chang,S. K.
This report discusses the excitation of a multiconductor transmission line by an incident electromagnetic field. Specific relations for the terminal (or load) response of a multiconductor line are...
A Heuristic Method of Optimal Generalized Hypercube Encoding for Pictorial Databases. (2002)
Yang,C. C., Chang,S. K., Singh,K. K.
Similarity retrieval from a large pictorial database can be much more efficient by encoding the original database into certain convenient formats. Generalized hypercube (GH) encoding is one such...
Electromagnetic Waves Scattering by Buried Delectric Objects. (2002)
Time harmonic modal electromagnetic fields in two-medium half spaces are investigated. For practical and numerical considerations, the primary sources of the modal fields are chosen to be the...
Pictorial Encoding Techniques for a Pictorial Database. (2002)
In this report the authors present a methodology of picture encoding for a pictorial database. They first discuss hypercube encoding and the picture covering problem. The hypercube encoding technique...
There were about 341 deep-sea longliners operating in the Indian Ocean (small longliners operating in the northeast Indian Ocean were not included) in 1999, about the same level to 1998. The total...
S. K. Chang, A. Perkusich, B. Yu, M. J. Ehrenberger
For real-time distributed information systems (RTDIS) , a high degree of reliability, availability and safety is usually required. In this paper, we first discuss the major features that a design...
. We present a Petri net based framework called G-Net for the modular design of complex information systems. The motivation of this framework is to integrate Petri net theory with a modular,...
Transient Heat Transfer through Protective Clothing at Sea Level and High Altitude. (1998)
Chang, S. K., Santee, W. R., Blanchard, L. A., Gonzalez, R. R.
-:3. A':%ST.%CT v%xjp%,% 2CQ' vc%fs) Skin, clothing and dew point temperatures were measured on subjects walking and then resting on a treadmill, wearing U.S. Army BDU and BDO (MOPP 1). Sea level and...
Chang, S. K., Santee, W. R., Blanchard, L. A., Gonzalez, R. R.
The effects of hypobaria on the thermal insulative properties and heat transfer characteristics of the BDU and BDO in all four MOPP configurations were examined. Barometric pressure of 429 Torr...
Heat acclilmation-induced sweating responses have the potential of reducing heat strain for soldiers wearing chemical protective garment. However, this potential benefit is strongly affected by the...
Taiwan reorganized the catch statistics compiling group in 1996, with changes proposed in its data processing system. Through joint work between ICCAT experts and Taiwanese scientists, the system was...
An Active Multimedia System for Delayed Conferencing (1997)
T. Y. Hou, A. Hsu, M. Y. Chiu, S. K. Chang, H. J. Chang
Delayed conferencing is a way to conduct people-to-people communication based on multimedia mail systems. An active multimedia system for delayed conferencing uses the concept of active media by...
An Active Multimedia System for Delayed Conferencing (1997)
T. Y. Hou, A. Hsu, M. Y. Chiu, S. K. Chang, H. J. Chang
Delayed conferencing is a way to conduct people-to-people communication based on multimedia mail systems. An active multimedia system for delayed conferencing uses the concept of active media by...
Chi-cheng Lin, Chien-sheng Kao, Wen-cheng Shang, S. K. Chang
The Multimedia Data Schema (MDS) of a Distributed Multimedia System (DMS) specifies the properties of the multimedia objects (MMOs), the properties of set of objects as a whole, and the temporal...
Transformation Among Multimedia Schemas in Distributed Multimedia Systems (1997)
Chi-cheng Lin, Chien-sheng Kao, S. K. Chang
One of the challenges in the design of a distributed multimedia system is to devise suitable specification models for various schemas in different levels of the system. Another important research...
. We present a Petri net based framework called G-Net for the modular design of complex information systems. The motivation of this framework is to integrate Petri net theory with a modular,...
Characterization of superoxide dismutase in Streptococcus thermophilus.
Streptococcus thermophilus AO54 possesses a single manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). The enzyme was found to be insensitive to cyanide or to a modified H2O2 treatment. The enzyme is...
Characterization of superoxide dismutase in Streptococcus thermophilus.
Streptococcus thermophilus AO54 possesses a single manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). The enzyme was found to be insensitive to cyanide or to a modified H2O2 treatment. The enzyme is...