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River examined the results with trepidation. The experiment may have been flawed from the beginning. Did the results increase with each iteration because the test group truly appreciated each successive sample they received with more enthusiasm? Was it that each sample group was more receptive? Or was it because she, the scientist, was growing more confident with each phase of the experiment? Should she scrap the whole experiment and try another? But if she did not use the Queen as a base then she would have to go outside of Serenity for her model. The disqualifying elements for the mechanic and warrior woman had not been eliminated.
With a sigh, she stood. She may as well follow through now. She was wearing the pink dress. Her hair was pulled back in the shiny firefly hairpins. Bone structure-appropriate face paint had been applied. All of the Companion's traits had received successful test results. She would combine all of the elements. She would find her life partner. Even if it may take a few attempts.
She had two days on Persephone before they would be in the black for two weeks. But first, she had to find the negative control. This was the final test. He had reacted correctly to every isolated element. It was time to ensure the experiment as a whole was valid.
He was in the cargo bay, honing his most reliable weapon. His harsh breaths rang out rhythmically. In. Out. In. Out. The familiar sound soothed her nerves. There was no reason for the merc to react outside of the normal parameters. He would respond with a slightly offensive comment at worst, or a vaguely concerned question like the previous time. But he would not respond as a man from the test group. That would be against his nature. He did not see her as a woman and he never would. She would forever be the feng le girl that had scrambled naked from the cryo box, intent on causin' trouble for his crew.
River focused on her task. It was time to prove, or disprove, her experiment. She needed to get this part over with so she could finally focus on finding her partner. She was so tired of being alone.
Meeting his eyes, she began to make her way forward. Her hips began to sway. The movement required no conscious thought now. It was just another dance. Choreography was something River recalled without effort.
Jayne's movements slowed. He hung from the hand-holds, his eyes watching her warily. Finally, as she neared he spoke. "Y-ya need 'nother water, Girly? Yer still limpin'."
"Hmm." She hummed neutrally.
Jayne dropped from the rungs, but failed to move any further.
Lifting a finger, she repeated the finger-on-the-shoulder circling trick she'd performed on Kaylee. It proved to have the same hypnotizing effect on the mercenary. Interesting. She would have to add that to her hip-swaying routine when she deployed her technique for mate-finding purposes.
With her face tilted down and lower lip pouted slightly she peered up at him through her lashes. "She requires a protector on the streets. Can Jayne walk with her please?"
The test group loved it when a small woman asked for protection. They liked to feel big and bad. Only she knew that she could kill them fifteen different ways with a spoon.
For a long moment Jayne stared down at her, apparently struck mute. Then he threw his head back and laughed. She stepped back after a moment as he continued to find amusement in her attempt at seduction.
He pointed a finger at her. "You? You want protection? From what? Dust getting' on that purty dress? The wind messin' with yer hair?"
She reminded herself once again that disappointment was an irrelevant emotion. Jayne's approval had never been the goal. In fact, success would have been impossible if he had reacted in any other fashion. Smoothing down her dress, she nodded toward him once before spinning on her borrowed heel.
Rough fingers on her elbow startled River. She raised surprised eyes to meet Jayne's angry gaze.
"Where'r you going, Crazy?"
She frowned in confusion. "She told you. She is going out. To find a man."
His jaw fell open. "To do what!"
She shook out of his grasp. "To find a partner. A mate. One to have and hold."
He stared at her in silence, confusion and an unfamiliar look in his eye.
She sighed. "She is lonely Jayne." She ran a hand down her body, highlighting the tight bodice. "She has reached maturity. She is ready."
Fire sparked in his eyes. "So yer jest gonna go out on the street? Like a whore?"
She stepped back, surprised by the anger in his voice. "She is not for sale, Jayne. But she must seek outside the home. There are no available candidates."
The fire in his eyes died. His voice fell flat. "Figures. You core-bred snobs always turnin' up yer noses at the rim trash."
She cocked her head to the side, studying him. Was he offended that she was not considering him? That was illogical, but just like the man. Jayne was an acceptable match. He understood the girl. He was quiet when she needed quiet. He appreciated his weapons, revered them even. He was not interested. "He is an acceptable specimen. He has made it clear she is unacceptable. Feng le. Moonbrain."
Turning, she made to leave again. She was wasting time. She wasn't as surprised when he spun her around the second time. Jayne liked to have the last word. He would not allow her to walk away from him so easily. She was very surprised when instead of speaking, he crashed his lips down on hers. His hands slid down to her hips, yanking them up against his.
The feelings crashed down on her as he backed her up, slamming her into a crate. This was different from Zoe and Wash, from Mal and Inara, from Simon and Kaylee. It was more intense. Wilder. Even while a part of River was mourning the fact that all of her efforts had been in vain, that her experiment was invalidated by the negative control's response, another part was rising to meet the emotions crashing in from the man covering her in kisses.
Her eyes rolled as he sucked on a spot just behind her ear.
"Ta ma duh do you have any idea what you've been doing to me the past couple weeks, Yao Nu?" He growled. "Been driving me as feng le as you."
She gasped at the sensations he was creating. "You have ruined the experiment. She will have to start over."
He pulled back with a confused expression. "Experiment?"
"To determine effective mate-luring behavior."
Jayne growled again. "Ain't lettin' no other man near ya. So get that feng le 'speriment idea outta yer head. You're mine. Got that?"
He punctuated his words with another mind-numbing kiss. When he pulled away, River's knees were jelly and only the firm arms around her were holding her up.
"Well? You got it?"
Her smile was a little dazed as she nodded her head. She had the presence of mind to make her own demand though. "Only if he is hers."
Jayne paused a moment. All it took was one kiss for him to nod his head.
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I had,in a daydream like, an encounter with an archdruid.
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Me, personally I wouldn't imagine be writing stories, one day, I didn't take it seriously. Perhaps as a vacation hobby mostly more or less, than a vocational occupation. Of all the trades, surely it was the easiest one to fail in, anyway. There was no further success in the future of being a writer on those times of old Alger.Back then, I preferred reading to writing, and "my violin of Ingres"_my passion, went for drawing, since the early childhood. And I read a lot of books, the amount that one can fill the shelves of a communal library, (my father owned a bookstore, so you can imagine, and besides having at reach of my hand all the books you can read, people was more reader, and movies goers, the only TV program was black and white, and the broadcast was for more or less for five hours a day, and it started at 5/6 o'clock in the afternoon, and ended by the last newscasts at 10:30. Logically, that is was for the working class more than that for the élite or the bourgeoise class; the have salons and tea room, for playing bridge, and aristocratic activities, by snobbish to only sit and watch the TV. Than, after reading the poem of Victoria Erickson, "taking the slow road", some decades later, and a few days lately, from reading I get enticed by writing little by little. I finally grabbed my courage, with both hands, and dodged it. It's not that I'm afraid of writing or the criticism, but mostly by choice. And again, a maladive instinct for being ridiculous, since, some professionals activities were ill regarded Then. So, taking the risk, I said to myself, just sit down and gave it a try. I said to myself, see what happens, you have nothing to lose after all, just a few dollars, a lot of scribbles, blank pages, but then, if it doesn't work, before tossing them away, make sure I haven't thrown the baby–(you dream would be-writer) — with the waters of the bath.
Paolo Coscelo wrote the Alchemist, 13 years ago, a million books best-seller now. The story, it starts with a dream, so believe in your dream, that's all.
The story started something like this; " one day…"_ or one night?…I don't remember, I have read the book 13 years ago, since then, you know. If you haven't read the book:_ A shepherd fell asleep, he made a dream; an encounter with a strange character; the master of the world told, he told him something like, one has to make his one's own history, or the sort. When he woke up, he found himself with a solemn urge for peregrinations, that he must pursue his dream in order to get rich ; if he want to be married one day to the girl he loves. He had to make a choice; if he stayed around and became a seller of popcorn with his a cart instead of conducting a herd to pastures, it's more a respectable profession than a shepherd, and the father of the girl will look at him with more respect, he would travel also, not a lot, but he will see people, villages, and even could go to the city, but at the end of the day he would be back home to find the girl he love. She would be waiting for him, had cooked diner for him, they would sleep under the roof of a warm house, a small one for the beginning, then they will move to a bigger one, for that he need money, and while he was thinking about it, thence he fell asleep… His journey started in Spain, crossed the sea, Rabat where he got his job, then followed the caravans route across the Sahara desert and after a multitude of rellantendo, and peripeteias, he finally reached Fayum, an oasis in the south of Egypt, to finish in to a monastery, the end of the trip. Then, back home.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 28, 2014 – Domino's Pizza is taking the next step in technology innovation. The he recognized world leader in pizza delivery announced the release of its ordering app for iPad which will put pizza at the center of everything –– including updated, mouthwatering food photography and a newly created, more realistic custom pizza builder.
"We couldn't be more thrilled about bringing our Domino's Pizza ordering app to iPad," said Russell Weiner, Domino's Pizza chief marketing officer. "This new app enhances our commitment of offering convenience to our customers wherever they are – and it looks so good, customers will get hungrier just looking at it."
Digital ordering now accounts for approximately 40 percent of Domino's sales in the U.S. Domino's new app will offer users access to the full national menu, coupon search and location-based store locator, like in its current iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 8 and Kindle Fire ordering apps. It will also allow direct access to track an order using Domino's Tracker, the company's innovative and industry-exclusive digital order tracker, and Pizza Profiles, which allows customers the ability to save information and reorder their favorite order in as little as five clicks, or about 30 seconds.
"The new Domino's iPad app takes the experience of ordering pizza to a whole new level," said Kevin Vasconi, Domino's Pizza chief information officer. "This is the coolest technology we have launched since Domino's Tracker, and we are excited for customers to use the beautiful custom pizza builder that lets you visualize your order in a whole new way."
The Domino's app is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
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Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, with a significant business in carryout pizza. It ranks among the world's top public restaurant brands with its global enterprise of more than 10,800 stores in over 70 international markets. Domino's had global retail sales of over $8.0 billion in 2013, comprised of nearly $3.8 billion in the U.S. and over $4.2 billion internationally. In the fourth quarter of 2013, Domino's had global retail sales of over $2.5 billion, comprised of over $1.1 billion in the U.S. and nearly $1.4 billion internationally. Its system is made up of franchise owner-operators who accounted for over 96% of the Domino's Pizza stores as of the fourth quarter of 2013. The emphasis on technology innovation has helped Domino's reach an estimated $3 billion annually in global digital sales. Domino's generated approximately 40% of sales in the U.S. from its digital channels in 2013, helped by the introduction of ordering apps for iPhone, Android™, Windows Phone 8 and Kindle Fire™. Domino's ordering apps now cover nearly 95% of the U.S. smartphone market. Continuing its focus on menu enhancement, Domino's established itself as a player in the pan pizza market with the launch of its Handmade Pan Pizza, featuring fresh, never-frozen dough, in October 2012.
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Wattpad Feature, June 2015. Ximena Roche's publishers are pressuring her to come up with the newest romance book in her series. In search of peace and solitude to work and mend her recently broken heart, she moves temporarily to a new town, but will she find what she really needs among its five bachelors?
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Happy Birthday to Lamplighter! This is our 50th anniversary year. Lamplighter was founded by Dr. Patty and Dennis Calvert in Whitehaven in 1967. We have been serving families in the Memphis area for fifty years! In April of 2017 we hosted our American Montessori Society re-accreditation team and have been approved for reaccreditation through June of 2024. We are also accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools and AdvancEd.
Parent Orientation Night for all families is Thursday, August 24th, from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM. During orientation night classroom teachers will present important school and class-specific information to parents and will answer any school- or class-related questions. Please make arrangements for at least one parent to attend this adult-only event.
Middle School and Elementary students who are new to each classroom are invited to Lamplighter on August 10 th between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM to meet their new teachers. New Early Childhood students are invited to a Phase-In morning with their new teachers from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM. on August 10th. Parents of new Toddler students may Drop-In to meet their child's teachers, bring classroom supplies, and schedule student Phase-In days between 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM on August 10th.
Enjoy the rest of the summer and we will see you at Link-Up at Lamplighter on Thursday, August 10th, beginning at 6:00 PM.
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My husband and I stayed here for a wedding that was at the resort. I have to say first the wedding was spectacular and one of the best I have ever been to. The food at the reception was extremely good and the ambiance of the ceremony and reception was perfect. We booked our room to enjoy the weekend with our friends and family even though we live only a few miles from here. We are already talking about when we can come back (and we don't even golf!).
We had a first floor walkout. It was nice having the patio and made the room feel quite large. My parents had a second floor room with balcony and their ceiling was vaulted and gorgeous. It's a tough call which one I liked better, but I have to admit I think I liked the walkout just a bit more. The room itself is spacious as is the bathroom. The suite I saw had a tub, but the basic room has a shower only. I also saw a corner room with a Murphy bed and wow! It had several windows and would double as a great gathering space for a large group. I believe this is their handicap room, but I am not quite sure.
The views here are stunning and serene. If you are looking for a little more action, the shuttle to the casino is quick and it really does operate 24 hours. We called the shuttle at midnight and it picked us up only a few minutes later right at our door. The return trip at 2 AM was quick.
The pool was a bit outdated, but everything else felt recently updated. I agree with others regarding the cost of the wifi. I would recommend that it be included.
The food at the golf club is very good as well. We ate breakfast there and I can highly recommend the bananas foster French toast.
All in all, every staff member was kind and courteous, the guests all seemed to be having a good time, and it is just gorgeous there. Sure the hotel was built many years back, but the updates make it feel quite new. Come for relaxation and kick it up a notch at the casino if you get bored. We will definitely be back!
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Holiday Shopping, The Buckhead Way
November 26, 2015
Atlanta Journal Constitution
What a wonderful place, this city of Atlanta, and what a wonderful time this season of holidays. As a former politician, I read it as a perfect paradigm, where there's something for everyone.
Introducing Atlanta to visitors, we reasonably describe it as divided into three distinct districts: Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead. (We actually have two downtowns — the older central Five Points, and the other "five points" at Peachtree, Roswell and Paces Ferry roads in Buckhead — but that's material for another day.)
A.J. Robinson's (Central Atlanta Progress) Downtown, and Kevin Green's (Midtown Alliance) Midtown, have a lock on professional sports and performing arts, respectively; our Buckhead Coalition outshines all comers on retailing.
Between now and the start of 2016, Downtown will present some 20 sports competitions, plus six concerts between the Georgia Dome and Philips Arena. Symphony Hall, Fox Theatre, Alliance Theatre and other Midtown venues will present more than 28 stage performances. Buckhead is where the reader will find more retail options than one can imagine.
Because of my position as founding president of the Buckhead Coalition, I will almost always be found wearing a buck's head lapel pin, which at this time of the year draws comments like magnets from passersby thinking it heralds the season as one of Santa's reindeer. I have a collection of a dozen, from gold to pewter to brass to plaster of Paris.
Ever since Ed Noble and his Oklahoma oil money persuaded Dick Rich to open — and later move — his department store from Downtown to Buckhead's Lenox Square, retailing has forever changed in this city and much more of urban America. We now have around 1,500 retailers here, the undeniable shopping Mecca of the South.
In addition to Lenox and its sister-owned Phipps Plaza diagonally across the street, Buckhead brags about its newest "Shops, Buckhead/Atlanta" (nee Streets of Buckhead). These three anchors also feed patrons to smaller centers like Buckhead Crossing, Buckhead Station, Lenox Market Place and Lindbergh Plaza, each having over 200,000 square feet of floor space. And of course, a selection of independent "mom and pops" will win your heart in our West Village community.
Not so incidentally, total annual retail sales in Buckhead will reach $2.6 billion this year. Twenty percent of the sales are predicted to occur this holiday season, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. Also meaningful to those of us who market Buckhead, we are pleased it has been calculated that 40 percent of the patronage comes from more than 100 miles away.
According to ICSC, 71 percent of Americans plan to shop over this weekend. Although I spread my own purchases and gift-giving throughout the year, I can say our retailers provide so much in the way of entertainment this time of the year, added to sales discounts, that you will definitely get more bang for the buck if you go with the flow and do your buying now.
My challenge is to nurture the quality of life of those who live, visit, work and play in Buckhead's 28 square miles. We have 82,000 residents in 44 neighborhoods; our visitors will more than double this number. Everyone is welcome, and we want you safe and happy. Drive with extra caution for bicyclists and pedestrians, particularly at dark and when raining, and do not leave gift items or other merchandise visible inside your vehicle.
Like every big, bustling city, we will have a great deal of vehicular congestion during this season. So smile at those you encounter, remembering that such spirit can be contagious. Don't let traffic cause you concern, and don't become a crime statistic. Happy Holidays.
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Accession Number : ADA017958
Title : The Comparative Toxicity of Heated and Unheated 1%CR in Propylene Glycol/Water (80/20).
Descriptive Note : Technical rept. Oct 74-Feb 75,
Corporate Author : EDGEWOOD ARSENAL ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
Personal Author(s) : Biskup,Ronald K. ; Malloy,John C. ; Manthei,James H. ; Wiles,Joseph S.
Report Date : NOV 1975
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Abstract : The contents of riot control devices that are carried in vehicles in summer weather can reach temperatures as high as 150F. The purpose of this study was to determine if the irritancy of 1%CR in propylene glycol/water increases when the solution is warm. Rabbits were dosed acutely by the intratracheal, ocular, and cutaneous routes and chronically by the ocular and cutaneous routes with heated and unheated 1%CR in propylene glycol/water and propylene glycol/water alone, and the effects were noted. There were no differences in local toxicological effects of unheated and heated 1%CR in propylene glycol/water (80/20) and no signs of systemic toxicity in any of the animals. The data indicate no increases in the irritant properties of the heated solution.
Descriptors : *RIOT CONTROL AGENTS, HEATING, IRRITANT COMPOUNDS, TOXICITY, NITROGEN HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, OXYGEN HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, HAZARDS, BIOASSAY, RABBITS, LABORATORY ANIMALS, SKIN(ANATOMY), EYE, TRACHEA
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The present invention relates to an electronic built-in on-board device, of a fuzzy-logic type, which has been specifically designed for monitoring, storing, processing and clustering data related to the operation of motor vehicles said device is applied to.
The involved data can comprise parameters related to the operation of the motor vehicle in general, or an operating sub-system thereof.
As is known, a very important requirement to be met in the motor vehicle and/or maintenance field, is that of providing on-board systems, specifically designed for collecting and processing data related to the operation of the motor vehicle, to optimize the system size and specifications of the single components of the motor vehicle and monitor their operation depending on their actual use.
Prior technologic solutions to meet the above mentioned requirements, provide a low processing capability, require a lot of preset parameters and dedicated sensors, to be properly installed on the motor vehicle.
Said prior systems are moreover affected by further drawbacks: for example they continuously record operating additional data, to provide redundant data packets, or preset sampling frequencies and times, which are fixed and/or limited by the store size requirements, thereby cannot be considered as fully autonomous, since a continuous monitoring through the overall operation time, or an implementation of dedicated or specifically designed sensors on the motor vehicle are required.
Moreover, a specifically designed connecting system is also required, thereby the motor vehicle on-board electric system must be properly modified to derive therefrom the power supply for the measurement and sensor system.
The above negatively affects the reliability of the motor vehicle and monitoring system thereof.
A further drawback to be also considered is the high cost of the storing system, sensors, managing medium and control units.
Accordingly, the aim of the present invention is to provide such an electronic device adapted to overcome the above mentioned problems, i.e. to properly record and process operating data of the motor vehicle the device is installed on, and cooperate, in a fully compatible manner, with onboard networks and systems, as well as properly poll electronic dedicated control units (ECU's) controlling motor vehicles.
The above mentioned aim is achieved by an electronic microprocessor control unit, and a related software procedure, providing, based on fuzzy-logic principles, a full analysis of said operating data for deriving therefrom statistic index arrangements, thereby providing a control unit having a fully autonomous operating data managing capability.
Such an inventive control unit or device, in particular, can be integrated on the on-board ECU's, so as to process data of said ECU's and provide said ECU's, in an interactive manner, with control data flows.
Thus, the invention provides a lot of useful applications, such as:
Within the scope of the above mentioned aim, a further object of the present invention is to derive in real time data related to the motor vehicle use mode from a plurality of on-board sensors coupled to respective dedicated electronic control units or ECU's, for providing integration and full compatibility with on-board networks, and achieving, from the thus processed data, a so-called "DNA", i.e. a statistic parameter array, providing a synthetic operation frame characterizing the use pattern of the motor vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to statistically process, in a fully autonomous manner, all the operation data and to return to the on-board ECU's further operating data related to motor vehicle sub-system operation.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a device which is very reliable and safe in operation.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a device which is very advantageous from a mere economic standpoint.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the above mentioned aim and objects, as well as yet other objects, which will become more apparent hereinafter, are achieved by a fuzzy-logic on-board device for monitoring and processing motor vehicle operating data according to the accompanying claims.
Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent hereinafter, from the following detailed disclosure of a preferred, though not exclusive, embodiment thereof, which is illustrated, by way of an indicative, but not limitative, example, in the accompanying drawings, where:
With reference to the number references of the above mentioned figures, the fuzzy-logic on-board device for monitoring and processing motor vehicle operating data, according to the present invention, and which is generally indicated by the reference number 1, comprises an on-board network connector 8, a front-end device 6, a CPU 3, an integrated store 4, a power management system 11, and a peripheral device interface connector 2.
The CPU 3 is preferably a microchip, PIC16F877P model, microcontroller, operating to adjust and control the data flow and store related control data in store means of the device according to the present invention as well as process the acquired data flow analysis algorithms.
The integrated store 4 preferably comprises a commercially available RAM store, of a 64 Kbyte static type, including buffer or backup battery means.
The front end device 6 comprises preferably BJT transistors, of a NPN type, indicated by Q1, Q2, Q3, and at least a MOS transistor, and is designed to match the electric level characteristics of the motor vehicle on-board networks the device according to the invention is coupled to, which networks can be of a CAN, TTP, or a direct connection type, for example a K-line.
The power management system 11 preferably comprises an integrated stabilizer power regulating device of a 7805 type, which is power supplied through the on-board network connector 8 and the inlet line 10, directly from the vehicle power supply circuit and operates to provide the front-end device 6, CPU 3 and store 4, with a regulated or stabilized 5-volt power supply, through the power supply lines 12.
As shown the CPU 3 is connected through a bus 13 to the front end device 6 and, through a further bus 14, to the store 4, said bus 14 comprising a 8-bit data bus, a 4-bit control bus, and an at least a 16-bit address bus.
The front-end device, CPU 3, integrated store 4, power supply lines 10 and 12 and buses 13 and 14 are assembled on a single control card 7, of a printed circuit type to which said connector 8 is coupled through the lines 9 and 10, and said interface connector 2 is coupled through the coupling line 5.
Thus, this very simple circuit together with the small capability store means necessary for processing data can be easily implemented in fully integrated form, thereby greatly reducing the size of the inventive device, which can be integrated on a single chip, and directly assembled in a conventional ECU, designed for motor vehicle use.
Thus, such an integrated on-board device can process operating data by a novel process, to be disclosed hereinafter, thereby also improving the control method of the motor vehicle single subsystems.
The control method for processing information from the shared network (CAN or TTP network) or from the direct connection (K line) is shown in
More specifically, the inventive method comprises two reiterating cycles, one nested into the other.
The inner cycle of said cycles provides DNA genes, whereas the outer cycle selects said genes according to a fuzzy logic, collects two of the most similar DNA's, updates them and stores the method results.
In our application field, said genes represent statistic parameters, whereas a DNA essentially represents a parameter matrix and a synthetic frame, defining a user type or a motor vehicle use type condition.
The columns indicated by the reference numbers 22, 23, 24, 25 represent store portions allocated for the DNA's.
The shown DNA's are all defined by eight genes.
The definition of a DNA is characterized by the structure thereof, and not by its contents.
The rows indicated by the reference numbers 26 and 27 comprise discrete DNA genes and represent multidimensional statistic parameters, for example clustered distributions.
The rows 28 and 29 comprise simple unidimensional distributing gene examples, whereas the row 30 comprises parametric genes, such as average values or standard offsets thereof.
Each DNA is constituted in the gene generating step, i.e. in performing the innermost reiterating cycle of the method, for evaluating data based on statistic parameters to be formed.
An essential parameter of this dynamically patterned method step is the condition to be applied for exiting the inner reiterating cycle, i.e. the so-called end-off-cycle condition, which sets that particular situation for which the DNA can be considered as fully formed.
For example, if it is necessary to typicize the motor vehicle kinematic use, then a gene can be represented by a clustered speed and acceleration distribution, and the end of cycle condition could be the joined condition of zero speed and low temperature of the engine.
As the innermost reiterating cycle arrives at an end of cycle condition, the genes are started to be filtered, according to selective criteria set by a fuzzy inference system, to clean the gene "image" from the zero-interest regions.
Then, a further analysis is performed to perform a data clustering operating step.
This means that, as indicated by the reference number 32, a novel DNA is formed and associated, as an additional information, with the DNA's in the remaining part of the store, i.e. the store portion 31.
The herein provided use of a fuzzy logic derives from the requirement of filtering genes in a quick, direct and flexible manner, to determine a continuous weight function in the measured data domainr or in a data linear combination domain, without performing transforms.
As is known, the calculation complexity greatly increases in calculating a transform operator, and an optional reverse transform operator, or anti-transformation operator, for performing domain changes.
Thus, since the invention allows us to remain in the data domain, it is advantageously possible to perform a clean windowing of genes, to prevent non interesting domain regions for negatively affecting the DNA's processing verification steps.
For enhancing the region characterized by a zero acceleration it is sufficient to fuzzyfy the respective speed 71, acceleration 72 and weight 74 function of the rule assembly 73 defining the fuzzy inference the filter function structure is derived from the obtained weight function will be a normalized function, the value of which would be always included between 0 and 1, since it is a speed and acceleration function.
Upon detecting the most-similar DNA's, the data processing method will cluster them by generating a new DNA, as obtained for a weight combination of the two most similar DNA's.
Then the statistic parameters associated with the new DNA are updated, by clustering weight and dispersion values of the DNA's which have generated them.
Thus the device according to the present invention will also save information related to the DNA weight, and dispersion and sequence thereof, i.e. the changing DNA sequence in the monitoring period.
As a latter method step, the device 1 continuously provides a processing weight for a new operating cycle to form a new evolving DNA pattern considering that motor vehicle makers conventionally use a connector 40, the so-called OED or EOBD, or other like connector, for interfacing with the outside of the motor vehicle shared networks, and accessing the on-board electric system for communicating with an outer unit the diagnostic information through the shared networks or direct connections,
The device 1 of the invention can be coupled in a fixed manner, as shown in
Alternatively, as is shown in
For example, the device can be used for improving an ABS arrangement operation, by adding to its standard parameter set the motor vehicle tire wearing condition.
Moreover, the device can also be applied to change the motor vehicle engine control procedures based on the use driver of the engine to minimize the fuel consume and pollution, or provide information related to the wear condition of mechanical members or engine lubricating oil.
As stated the connector 2 provides connection with optional peripheral devices, for example an outer auxiliary processing unit 68 for sharing and plotting data, such as a personal computer or a palmar device, or, as shown in
From the above disclosure it should be apparent that the invention fully achieves the intended objects.
The invention, as disclosed, is susceptible to several modifications and variations, all coming within the scope of the inventive idea.
Moreover, all the constructional details can be replaced, the circuitry architectures included, by technically equivalent elements.
In practicing the invention, the used materials, as well as the contingent size and shapes, can be any, depending on requirements.
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They're shifting from books to technology; from book learning to hands-on learning; from individual pursuits to group activities; from knowledge acquisition to broader life skills—all for the sake of the 21st Century. No, I'm not talking about schools; I'm talking about libraries.
According to an article in Education World, libraries
are increasingly developing their own makerspaces, or areas designated for students to build and create. More and more frequently, libraries are investing in 3D printers and similar advanced technology that can help students engage each other through activities rooted in innovation.
According to EdTech Magazine, the increase of makerspaces in libraries is helping the library fit into the modern world. "While the value of time spent tinkering may not be immediately apparent to some, makerspace proponents say hands-on work helps students hone their critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities, all while encouraging them to collaborate with peers. With those competencies in their toolkit, students can more easily navigate the STEM education network and, eventually, the workplace," EdTech Magazine says.Nor do the similarities end here. Like schools, library are also assuming a broader social mission:
Stroll onto the Waukegan Public Library's airy main floor and you'll see gaggles of people entranced at banks of computers or getting counseled for the Affordable Care Act enrollment process. Kids are upstairs on overstuffed chairs looking through graphic novels or playing make-believe in the children's resource room. And homeless people are warming their bones on a day when the mercury might not get above 2 degrees.
The books are, effectively, beside the point at an institution where the mission isn't merely to promote literacy, but to improve lives. "Demographics are shifting, and the perception of the library is shifting — if we don't shift along with it, we're at risk of no longer being relevant," said Carmen Patlan, the Waukegan library's community engagement manager. "As books and readers go online, people wonder if libraries will still exist. What will they be for?For me, the library is a (mostly) quiet place to get work done during my daughter's art classes. Those at nearby tables appear to be using the library in a similar way, or to read library books or to listen to library music CDs (with head phones). But is all that really "relevant"?
According to one news source:
Those who run, study and design libraries said the buildings have kept their relevance by being places for people to meet, take part in programs and learn how to use the electronic devices that access the Internet.
Maybe few of us read books these days, and even fewer of us get the books we read from libraries. But there are still some people out there who relish the relative quiet of libraries—or at least of those sections of libraries that haven't yet succumbed to the 21t century.