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- iPhoto Batch Enhancer 3.1.6 - Batch image enhancer for iPhoto.. (Shareware)
- Onde iTunes Converter 1.01.5 - Unlock DRM protected music files. . (Shareware)
- Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 2424-2448: Fault Detection ofWind Turbines with Uncertain Parameters: A Set-Membership Approach
- Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, Pages 2133-2155: C-Band SAR Imagery for Snow-Cover Monitoring at Treeline, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 9586-9602: Study on Elastic Helical TDR Sensing Cable for Distributed Deformation Detection
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 9566-9585: Adaptive UAV Attitude Estimation Employing Unscented Kalman Filter, FOAM and Low-Cost MEMS Sensors
- Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, Pages 2112-2132: Utility of Remotely Sensed Imagery for Assessing the Impact of Salvage Logging after Forest Fires
- Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 8483-8493: Synthesis, Tautomeric Structure and Antimicrobial Activity of 3-Arylhydrazono-4-phenyl-[1,2,4]-triazepino[2,3-a]quinazoline-2,7(1H)-diones
- Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 8471-8482: Antimycobacterial Activity of Constituents from Foeniculum Vulgare Var. Dulce Grown in Mexico
- Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 2404-2423: Reactivation System for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cells
- Wipeout plus Mario Kart plus... the official Formula One license? It's F1 Race Stars from Codemasters
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - Comic-Con 2012 Stage Demo
- How Assassin's Creed III's New Co-op Mode Cranks Up the Pace
- Shaun Interviews the New Lara Croft
- Alleged card cheats face felony charges
- Member of European Parliament sends "Thank you for fighting ACTA" email with 2K emails in the body
- Parallels Desktop 7.0.15104 - Run Windows, Linux, and more without rebooting; trial now available.. (Demo)
- djay 4.0.5 - Transform your Mac into a full-fledged DJ system.. (Demo)
- Divvy 1.3.5 - Create custom workspaces, dividing your screen for efficiency.. (Demo)
- Duplicate Annihilator 4.0.0 - Find and delete duplicates in iPhoto.. (Shareware)
| iPhoto Batch Enhancer 3.1.6 - Batch image enhancer for iPhoto.. (Shareware) Posted: 13 Jul 2012 03:15 AM PDT  iPhoto Batch Enhancer is designed to make your life with iPhoto even more comfortable. It helps you apply the built in iPhoto (enhance, black-white, sepia and more) with a few mouse clicks to a batch of photos. Additionally you can perform changes to the Adjust palette as well as scale or rotate your photos. Version 3.1.6: Bug Fixes/Changes
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| Onde iTunes Converter 1.01.5 - Unlock DRM protected music files. . (Shareware) Posted: 13 Jul 2012 03:26 AM PDT  Onde iTunes Converter can convert any iTunes DRM protected or various music files, audio books to unprotected MP3 or AAC files in batch with ID tags preserved. In addition, the Mac iTunes to MP3 converter can even extract audio from iTunes video files and save them in all the most common audio types. It is also an M4P to MP3 converter and Audible AA files to MP3 converter for Mac. Features:
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| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT In this paper a set-membership approach for fault detection of a benchmark wind turbine is proposed. The benchmark represents relevant fault scenarios in the control system, including sensor, actuator and system faults. In addition we also consider parameter uncertainties and uncertainties on the torque coefficient. High noise on the wind speed measurement, nonlinearities in the aerodynamic torque and uncertainties on the parameters make fault detection a challenging problem. We use an effective wind speed estimator to reduce the noise on the wind speed measurements. A set-membership approach is used generate a set that contains all states consistent with the past measurements and the given model of the wind turbine including uncertainties and noise. This set represents all possible states the system can be in if not faulty. If the current measurement is not consistent with this set, a fault is detected. For representation of these sets we use zonotopes and for modeling of uncertainties we use matrix zonotopes, which yields a computationally efficient algorithm. The method is applied to the wind turbine benchmark problem without and with uncertainties. The result demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method compared to other proposed methods applied to the same problem. An advantage of the proposed method is that there is no need for threshold design, and it does not produce positive false alarms. In the case where uncertainty on the torque lookup table is introduced, some faults are not detectable. Previous research has not addressed this uncertainty. The method proposed here requires equal or less detection time than previous results. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT RADARSAT and ERS-2 data collected at multiple incidence angles are used to characterize the seasonal variations in the backscatter of snow-covered landscapes in the northern Hudson Bay Lowlands during the winters of 1997/98 and 1998/99. The study evaluates the usefulness of C-band SAR systems for retrieving the snow water equivalent under dry snow conditions in the forest–tundra ecotone. The backscatter values are compared against ground measurements at six sampling sites, which are taken to be representative of the land-cover types found in the region. The contribution of dry snow to the radar return is evident when frost penetrates the first 20 cm of soil. Only then does the backscatter respond positively to changes in snow water equivalent, at least in the open and forested areas near the coast, where 1-dB increases in backscatter for each approximate 5–10 mm of accumulated water equivalent are observed at 20–31° incidence angles. Further inland, the backscatter shows either no change or a negative change with snow accumulation, which suggests that the radar signal there is dominated by ground surface scattering (e.g., fen) when not attenuated by vegetation (e.g., forested and transition). With high-frequency ground-penetrating radar, we demonstrate the presence of a 10–20-cm layer of black ice underneath the snow cover, which causes the reduced radar returns (−15 dB and less) observed in the inland fen. A correlation between the backscattering and the snow water equivalent cannot be determined due to insufficient observations at similar incidence angles. To establish a relationship between the snow water equivalent and the backscatter, only images acquired with similar incidence angles should be used, and they must be corrected for both vegetation and ground effects. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT In order to detect distributed ground surface deformation, an elastic helical structure Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) sensing cable is shown in this paper. This special sensing cable consists of three parts: a silicone rubber rope in the center; a couple of parallel wires coiling around the rope; a silicone rubber pipe covering the sensing cable. By analyzing the relationship between the impedance and the structure of the sensing cable, the impedance model shows that the sensing cable impedance will increase when the cable is stretched. This specific characteristic is verified in the cable stretching experiment which is the base of TDR sensing technology. The TDR experiment shows that a positive reflected signal is created at the stretching deformation point on the sensing cable. The results show that the deformation section length and the stretching elongation will both affect the amplitude of the reflected signal. Finally, the deformation locating experiments show that the sensing cable can accurately detect the deformation point position on the sensing cable. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Navigation employing low cost MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) sensors in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is an uprising challenge. One important part of this navigation is the right estimation of the attitude angles. Most of the existent algorithms handle the sensor readings in a fixed way, leading to large errors in different mission stages like take-off aerobatic maneuvers. This paper presents an adaptive method to estimate these angles using off-the-shelf components. This paper introduces an Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) based on the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) using the Fast Optimal Attitude Matrix (FOAM) algorithm as the observation model. The performance of the method is assessed through simulations. Moreover, field experiments are presented using a real fixed-wing UAV. The proposed low cost solution, implemented in a microcontroller, shows a satisfactory real time performance. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Remotely sensed imagery provides a useful tool for land managers to assess the extent and severity of post-wildfire salvage logging disturbance. This investigation uses high resolution QuickBird and National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery to map soil exposure after ground-based salvage operations. Three wildfires with varying post-fire salvage activities and variable ground truth data were used to evaluate the utility of remotely sensed imagery for disturbance classification. The Red Eagle Fire in northwestern Montana had intensive ground truthing with GPS-equipment logging equipment to map their travel paths, the Tripod Fire in north central Washington had ground truthed disturbance transects, and the School Fire in southeastern Washington had no salvage-specific ground truthing but pre-and post-salvage images were available. Spectral mixture analysis (SMA) and principle component analysis (PCA) were used to evaluate the imagery. Our results showed that soil exposure (disturbance) was measureable when pre-and post-salvage QuickBird images were compared at one site. At two of the sites, only post-salvage imagery was available, and the soil exposure correlated well to salvage logging equipment disturbance at one site. When ground disturbance transects were compared to NAIP imagery two years after the salvage operation, it was difficult to identify disturbance due to vegetation regrowth. These results indicate that soil exposure (ground disturbance) by salvage operation can be detected with remotely sensed imagery especially if the images are taken less than two years after the salvage operation. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT A simple strategy for the synthesis of the hitherto unreported 3-arylazo-4-phenyl- [1,2,4]triazepino[2,3-a]quinazoline-2,7(1H)-diones is described. Spectral data indicated that the studied compounds exist predominantly in the hydrazone tautomeric form. The antimicrobial activity of the newly synthesized compounds was also evaluated. The results indicated that some of these compounds have moderate activity towards bacteria. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Bioassay guided fractionation of an antimycobacterial extract of Foeniculum vulgare var dulce (Apiaceae) led to the isolation and characterization of 5-hydroxyfurano-coumarin. The chemical structure of this compound was elucidated by 1H and 13C (1D and 2D) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. In addition, the active fractions were analyzed by GC-MS and seventy eight compounds were identified; the major compounds were 1,3-benzenediol, 1-methoxycyclohexene, o-cymene, sorbic acid, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one, estragole, limonene-10-ol and 3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one. Twenty compounds identified in the active fractions were tested against one sensitive and three MDR strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the Alamar Blue microassay. Compounds that showed some degree of antimycobacterial activity against all strains tested were the following: linoleic acid (MIC 100 µg/mL), oleic acid (MIC 100 µg/mL), 1,3-benzenediol (MIC 100–200 µg/mL), undecanal (MIC 50–200 µg/mL), and 2,4-undecadienal (MIC 25–50 µg/mL), the last being the most active compound. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the presence of 5-hydroxy-furanocoumarin in F. vulgare. |
| Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 2404-2423: Reactivation System for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cells Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT In recent years, Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) have been the focus of very intensive researches. Manufacturers of these alternative power sources propose a rejuvenation sequence after the FC has been operating at high power for a certain period of time. These rejuvenation methods could be not appropriate for the reactivation of the FC when it has been out of operation for a long period of time or after it has been repaired. Since the developed reactivation system monitors temperature, current, and the cell voltages of the stack, it could be also useful for the diagnostic and repairing processes. The limited number of published contributions suggests that systems developing reactivation techniques are an open research field. In this paper, an automated system for reactivating PEMFCs and results of experimental testing are presented. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 02:12 AM PDT Codemasters has officially announced F1 Race Stars, a kart racer based on the real F1 calendar, teams and drivers. And it looks mental. Designed with |
| Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - Comic-Con 2012 Stage Demo Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:01 AM PDT We check out mission from single player and customize some multiplayer classes.
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| How Assassin's Creed III's New Co-op Mode Cranks Up the Pace Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:55 PM PDT Comic-Con 2012: Things move quickly in Assassin's Creed III's new co-op mulitplayer mode: Wolfpack.
Here at Comic-Con 2012, Ubisoft just unveiled a new co-op mode for Assassin's Creed III called Wolfpack. True to its name, Wolfpack sets a team of players wild on a map full of NPC's, taking out a series of targets in a race against the clock. In fact, it's that race that makes this new mode feel like an altogether unique chapter in the world of Assassin's Creed. Wolfpack is, in a word, fast. You begin a round with a fixed amount of time, and once your team takes out its first target (or group of targets, in most cases) you get more time added to the clock. So right off the bat, there's a strong incentive to keep things moving and string your kills together as quickly as possible.
 On top of this, there's no need to be sly when taking care of your targets. The NPC's loitering around the map couldn't care less if you brutally murder someone within close proximity, so long as they don't get accidentally stabbed in the process. Just run up, kill who you need to kill, and move on. The game actually does a clever job of explaining this with a fictional snippet suggesting the Animus has been marketed as a consumer device for entertaining yourself in historical settings. It's very easy to catch you and your teammates running totally wild in Wolfpack mode, going into a frenzy of one target assassination after another. But where this mode challenges you is in recognizing that point at which you've crossed the line from brutally efficient, to downright reckless. For one thing, you're mostly taking out groups of targets hanging out near each other. If one player rushes up and kills a target, it can spook the others and send them fleeing across the map, closing doors behind them in an attempt to escape their would-be killers (e.g., you). So, the best approach is often coordinating kills with your teammates to make sure you're all perfectly in sync with one another. Then you have situations where, instead of using your basic weapon, the game gives you the option to take out your targets in a more specialized manner (such as poison darts) for added points; it's the classic risk/reward scenario. Overall, Wolfpack seems like a mode geared toward players who want to jump right into the game and have some quick and simple fun with their friends in a co-op setting. Ubisoft isn't trying to recreate the methodical pacing of the single-player game or the clever subterfuge of the competitive multiplayer mode. It's fast, it's violent, and it's its own beast. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "How Assassin's Creed III's New Co-op Mode Cranks Up the Pace" was posted by Shaun McInnis on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:55:29 -0700 |
| Shaun Interviews the New Lara Croft Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:03 PM PDT The new Lara Croft, Camilla Luddington, stops by our Comic-Con 2012 stage show.
Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Shaun Interviews the New Lara Croft" was posted by sampsona on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:03:25 -0700 |
| Alleged card cheats face felony charges Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:56 AM PDT Small bets at poker games at the Hooters casino in Spokane Valley have led to felony charges against two North Idaho men accused of the rarely prosecuted crime of cheating while gambling. |
| Member of European Parliament sends "Thank you for fighting ACTA" email with 2K emails in the body Posted: 13 Jul 2012 01:00 AM PDT Lee sez,
I frequently hear from career Euro activists that the Members of the European Parliament have little or no IT expertise and support. Everyone has mixed up CC and BCC at some time or another, but using CC or BCC to send an email to 2,021 people in the first place is poor solution to a common problem. It's the kind of thing that your IT department should be able to sort out for you, by creating a mailing list with a single address whose membership MEPs can manage through a browser. Update: Lee, who submitted the item, clarifies: "The email wasn't BCCd or CCd to the 2021 petitioners, the email that Paul Nuttall forwarded contained the list of emails in it's body. Indeed it seems very much like this list of emails was used to create an email group, which Paul Nuttall then used. He just made the very foolish mistake of forwarding an email containing peoples personal information, whilst saying how UKIP will defend UK citizens rights and privacy." It's possible that some of the people whose identities were revealed in the email could face workplace sanctions for opposing ACTA (I know a lot of people in the entertainment industry who privately oppose many of their employers' initiatives), so revealing their identities is a potential big deal. It would be great to see a free/open web service that let people securely send messages to their MEPs, and then also made it easy for the MEPs to reply to them, individually or as a group. If the European Parliament and individual MEPs' parties and staffers can't handle interaction with their constituencies, then the constituents may have to handle it for them. |
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| djay 4.0.5 - Transform your Mac into a full-fledged DJ system.. (Demo) Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT  djay transforms your Mac into a full-fledged DJ system, allowing you to mix your iTunes music library on a hyper-realistic turntable interface. Perform live, record mixes on-the-go, or enable Automix mode and let djay mix your favorite playlist automatically. With unprecedented ease-of-use and innovative features like Harmonic Match, djay takes DJing to the next level and offers a unique experience for beginners and professionals alike. Features:
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| Divvy 1.3.5 - Create custom workspaces, dividing your screen for efficiency.. (Demo) Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT  Divvy is an entirely new way of managing your workspace. It allows you to quickly and efficiently "divvy up" your screen into exact portions. With Divvy, it is as simple as calling up the interface, clicking and dragging. When you let go, your window will be resized and moved to the relative position on the screen. If that seems like too much work, you can go ahead and create as many different shortcuts as you'd like that resize and move your windows in exactly the same way. Divvy is designed to be quick, simple and elegant. We want it to stay out of your way as much as possible while providing the most powerful window management available today. Take a look at the screencast!
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| Duplicate Annihilator 4.0.0 - Find and delete duplicates in iPhoto.. (Shareware) Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT  Duplicate Annihilator takes on the time consuming task comparing the images in your iPhoto library using effective algorithms to make sure that no duplicate escapes. When found, the duplicate will either be marked with a description of your choice to make it searchable or simply moved to iPhotos trashcan. Version 4.0:
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