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Eole and the Paper Ball - Android - Videos and Trailers
Need for Speed: The Run - PC - Screenshots
Oldschool Blocks - iPhone - Videos and Trailers
Apparatus - Android - Videos and Trailers
Need for Speed: The Run - PS3 - Screenshots
Need for Speed: The Run - Xbox360 - Screenshots
Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6145-6464: The Multi-Chamber Electronic Nose—An Improved Olfaction Sensor for Mobile Robotics
IJMS, Vol. 12, Pages 3635-3647: An Unstructured Phylogeographic Pattern with Extensive Gene Flow in an Endemic Bird of South China: Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)
Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6131-6144: Mitigation Technique for Receiver Performance Variation of Multi-Color Channels in Visible Light Communication
IJMS, Vol. 12, Pages 3618-3634: Fully Automated On-Chip Imaging Flow Cytometry System with Disposable Contamination-Free Plastic Re-Cultivation Chip
Molecules, Vol. 16, Pages 4719-4727: Monasnicotinates A–D, Four New Pyridine Alkaloids from the Fungal Strain Monascus pilosus BCRC 38093
Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6125-6130: Simultaneous Second Harmonic Generation of Multiple Wavelength Laser Outputs for Medical Sensing
Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6109-6124: Optimization of NIR Spectral Data Management for Quality Control of Grape Bunches during On-Vine Ripening
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Eole and the Paper Ball - Android - Videos and Trailers

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Eole and the Paper Ball trailer.

Need for Speed: The Run - PC - Screenshots

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Using the groundbreaking Frostbite 2 engine, Need for Speed The Run will set the bar with unparalleled visual quality and enhanced physics. Need for Speed The Run will also take immersive storytelling to a new level with cutting edge performances that will draw the player into a world with no speed limits, rules or allies. Autolog, the Need for Speed franchise's revolutionary social competition functionality, is back and better in Need for Speed The Run as it will continue to reinvent how people play games, track career progression and compare game stats.

Oldschool Blocks - iPhone - Videos and Trailers

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

iPhone game Oldschool Blocks trailer.

Apparatus - Android - Videos and Trailers

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Gameplay video.

Need for Speed: The Run - PS3 - Screenshots

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Need for Speed: The Run - Xbox360 - Screenshots

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6145-6464: The Multi-Chamber Electronic Nose—An Improved Olfaction Sensor for Mobile Robotics

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT

One of the major disadvantages of the use of Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) technology as a transducer for electronic gas sensing devices (e-noses) is the long recovery period needed after each gas exposure. This severely restricts its usage in applications where the gas concentrations may change rapidly, as in mobile robotic olfaction, where allowing for sensor recovery forces the robot to move at a very low speed, almost incompatible with any practical robot operation. This paper describes the design of a new e-nose which overcomes, to a great extent, such a limitation. The proposed e-nose, called Multi-Chamber Electronic Nose (MCE-nose), comprises several identical sets of MOS sensors accommodated in separate chambers (four in our current prototype), which alternate between sensing and recovery states, providing, as a whole, a device capable of sensing changes in chemical concentrations faster. The utility and performance of the MCE-nose in mobile robotic olfaction is shown through several experiments involving rapid sensing of gas concentration and mobile robot gas mapping.

IJMS, Vol. 12, Pages 3635-3647: An Unstructured Phylogeographic Pattern with Extensive Gene Flow in an Endemic Bird of South China: Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Recent phylogeographical studies indicated that glacial oscillations played a key role on the phylogeographic pattern of extant species. As most studies have previously been carried out on heavily ice-covered regions, such as in European and North American regions, potential effects of climatic oscillations on species that are distributed on ice-free regions are less known. To address this, we investigated the phylogeographic pattern of an avian species endemic to South China, which was not glaciated during the Pleistocene glaciations. By using 2142 bp mitochondrial DNA, we identified 89 haplotypes defined by 39 polymorphic sites. A combination of high haplotype diversity (0.786–1.00) and low nucleotide diversity (0.00132–0.00252) was detected among geographic populations. Explicit genetic divergence was observed between S. s. semitorques and S. s. cinereicapillus but not detected among geographic populations of S. s. semitorques. Divergence time of the two subspecies was dated back to 87 Kyr which is congruent with the interglacial MIS 5. A weak phylogeographic structure due to strong gene flow among geographic populations was identified in this species, suggesting complex topography of South China has not formed barriers for this species.

Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6131-6144: Mitigation Technique for Receiver Performance Variation of Multi-Color Channels in Visible Light Communication

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT

"Green" and energy-efficient wireless communication schemes have recently experienced rapid development and garnered much interest. One such scheme is visible light communication (VLC) which is being touted as one of the next generation wireless communication systems. VLC allows communication using multi-color channels that provide high data rates and illumination simultaneously. Even though VLC has many advantageous features compared with RF technologies, including visibility, ubiquitousness, high speed, high security, harmlessness for the human body and freedom of RF interference, it suffers from some problems on the receiver side, one of them being photo sensitivity dissimilarity of the receiver. The photo sensitivity characteristics of a VLC receiver such as Si photo-detector depend on the wavelength variation. The performance of the VLC receiver is not uniform towards all channel colors, but it is desirable for receivers to have the same performance on each color channel. In this paper, we propose a mitigation technique for reducing the performance variation of the receiver on multi-color channels. We show received power, SNR, BER, output current, and outage probability in our simulation for different color channels. Simulation results show that, the proposed scheme can reduce the performance variation of the VLC receiver on multi-color channels.

IJMS, Vol. 12, Pages 3618-3634: Fully Automated On-Chip Imaging Flow Cytometry System with Disposable Contamination-Free Plastic Re-Cultivation Chip

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT

We have developed a novel imaging cytometry system using a poly(methyl methacrylate (PMMA)) based microfluidic chip. The system was contamination-free, because sample suspensions contacted only with a flammable PMMA chip and no other component of the system. The transparency and low-fluorescence of PMMA was suitable for microscopic imaging of cells flowing through microchannels on the chip. Sample particles flowing through microchannels on the chip were discriminated by an image-recognition unit with a high-speed camera in real time at the rate of 200 event/s, e.g., microparticles 2.5 μm and 3.0 μm in diameter were differentiated with an error rate of less than 2%. Desired cells were separated automatically from other cells by electrophoretic or dielectrophoretic force one by one with a separation efficiency of 90%. Cells in suspension with fluorescent dye were separated using the same kind of microfluidic chip. Sample of 5 μL with 1 × 106 particle/mL was processed within 40 min. Separated cells could be cultured on the microfluidic chip without contamination. The whole operation of sample handling was automated using 3D micropipetting system. These results showed that the novel imaging flow cytometry system is practically applicable for biological research and clinical diagnostics.

Molecules, Vol. 16, Pages 4719-4727: Monasnicotinates A–D, Four New Pyridine Alkaloids from the Fungal Strain Monascus pilosus BCRC 38093

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Four new pyridine derivatives, monasnicotinates A–D (1–4) were isolated from the red yeast rice of Monascus pilosus BCRC 38093. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of physicochemical evidence, in-depth NMR spectroscopic analysis, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Their inhibitory effects on NO production was also evaluated.

Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6125-6130: Simultaneous Second Harmonic Generation of Multiple Wavelength Laser Outputs for Medical Sensing

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Multiple wavelength light sources in the medical spectral window region are useful for various medical sensing applications in tissue by distinguishing the absorption and scattering coefficients optically. We propose a simultaneous second harmonic generation of multiple wavelength fiber laser output using parallel channels of periodically-poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguides. High intensity dual wavelength lasing output is experimentally realized with two tunable fiber Bragg gratings of 1,547.20 nm and 1,554.48 nm for the efficient conversion to the half wavelengths, 773.60 nm and 777.24 nm, by using two parallel PPLN channels. Compared with a conventional dual second harmonic generation (SHG) configuration based on two different input wavelengths from each independent light source, this method has a relatively higher efficiency to align the input light beam into the adjacent parallel PPLN channels simultaneously. The use of fiber lasers offers several advantages since they are relatively inexpensive, provide high power in excess of tens of watts, are widely tunable, and can produce pulses from milliseconds to femtoseconds.

Sensors, Vol. 11, Pages 6109-6124: Optimization of NIR Spectral Data Management for Quality Control of Grape Bunches during On-Vine Ripening

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT

NIR spectroscopy was used as a non-destructive technique for the assessment of chemical changes in the main internal quality properties of wine grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) during on-vine ripening and at harvest. A total of 363 samples from 25 white and red grape varieties were used to construct quality-prediction models based on reference data and on NIR spectral data obtained using a commercially-available diode-array spectrophotometer (380–1,700 nm). The feasibility of testing bunches of intact grapes was investigated and compared with the more traditional must-based method. Two regression approaches (MPLS and LOCAL algorithms) were tested for the quantification of changes in soluble solid content (SSC), reducing sugar content, pH-value, titratable acidity, tartaric acid, malic acid and potassium content. Cross-validation results indicated that NIRS technology provided excellent precision for sugar-related parameters (r2 = 0.94 for SSC and reducing sugar content) and good precision for acidity-related parameters (r2 ranging between 0.73 and 0.87) for the bunch-analysis mode assayed using MPLS regression. At validation level, comparison of LOCAL and MPLS algorithms showed that the non-linear strategy improved the predictive capacity of the models for all study parameters, with particularly good results for acidity-related parameters and potassium content.

Game Army of blondy dress up : 07/06/2011

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:00 PM PST