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Digital Signal Processor board fPSP) it is hosted into the PC and processes in real time the binary sequences stored into the acquisition board FIFO memories. The board processes arrival times and extracts the correlated AT generated by AE events. The PC picks up the data stored into the DSP memories and calculates the position of the AE sources. 

The foregoing demonstrates that modern digital devices offer highly reliable, state-of-die-art microprocessor technology that controls turbomachinery strings, monitors operating data, stores data for subsequent evaluation, communicates to odier systems, and can expand with future technologies. 

Munger et al. (1962). An Index of Electronic Equipment Operability Data Store. Report AIR-C43-l/62-RP(l). Pittsburgh PA American Institute for Research. 

The Event Data Store, applying specifically to nuclear power plants but discontinued because of high cost (approximately 1000 times normal rates)... 

The portable vibration analyzer incorporates a microprocessor that allows it to mathematically convert the electrical signal to acceleration per unit time, perform a TFT, and store the data. It can be programmed to generate alarms and displays of the data. The data stored by the analyzer can be downloaded to a personal or a more powerful computer to perform more sophisticated analyses, data storage and retrieval, and report generation. 

Simplified diagnostics Identification of specific failure modes of plant equipment requires manual analysis of data stored in the computer s memory. The software program should be able to display, modify and compare stored data in a manner that simplifies the analysis of the actual operating condition of the equipment. 

Two properties, in particular, make Feynman s approach superior to Benioff s (1) it is time independent, and (2) interactions between all logical variables are strictly local. It is also interesting to note that in Feynman s approach, quantum uncertainty (in the computation) resides not in the correctness of the final answer, but, effectively, in the time it takes for the computation to be completed. Peres [peres85] points out that quantum computers may be susceptible to a new kind of error since, in order to actually obtain the result of a computation, there must at some point be a macroscopic measurement of the quantum mechanical system to convert the data stored in the wave function into useful information, any imperfection in the measurement process would lead to an imperfect data readout. Peres overcomes this difficulty by constructing an error-correcting variant of Feynman s model. He also estimates the minimum amount of entropy that must be dissipated at a given noise level and tolerated error rate. 

Several attempts were made to apply nanostructures made of DNA or proteins to the development of alternative computation or computer memory. The concept of DNA computing was developed as an alternative computation approach based on information and data stored as sequenced DNA nucleotides and DNA-specific hybridization and elongation as a means to reach the answer or solution to a problem. Available tools of molecular biology were employed to identify and analyze the results [66-68]. This multistage computation is based on the assumption that solutions can be sought in parallel, thus compensating for the relatively slow processing time. 

Another alternative prototype of memory array, consisting of data stored as electrostatic charge or molecular dipole in a two-dimensional network of streptavidin cross-linked by biotinylated porphyrin derivative, was also suggested. Information reading was expected to be carried out using the electric force mode of the atomic force microscope [70]. 

In a further case relating to the structure of data stored on or in a record carrier used in a picture retrieval system, the European Patent Office s Boards of Appeal have considered the issue of patentability of a data structure [22]. Initially the patent application had been rejected on the grounds that the presentation of data was excluded from patentability (see above). However, in accepting an appeal filed by the patent applicant, the Board pointed out that there was a difference between the functional data, which controlled the technical working of the system, and the cognitive information, which represented the picture that could be retrieved and displayed. The Board stated that functional data relates to data that control the technical operation of the system. These data do not relate to the presentation of information, and thus data structures containing this information should be patentable. On the other hand, the cognitive information relates to the picture that could be retrieved and displayed. 

All reasoning carried out by computers is deductive-, i.e., any software has all the necessary data, stored in various forms in a database, and possesses all the... 

We also note that many ADME, QSAR or QSPR models, based on experimental or computed parameters, use a combination of log P and partial charges and/or fraction ionized at a given pH, as independent variables, rather than the potentially more physiological log or log values. This tendency may reflect a perceived superiority and accuracy of the logP values, whether computed or experimentally determined, and may also be reflected by the nature of the data stored observed among different industrial settings. 

Produce a post-mortem plot using data stored by means of a PREPARE statement. 1, 3, 4 are the run numbers. If the run list is omitted, all runs are plotted. X, Z etc., are the vertical variables. The last four parameters specify axis scaling and are optional, i.e., GRAPH X,Y,Z plots all runs with automatic scaling. 

HSPF can be run with a time step ranging from 1 minute to 1 day. Data can be stored in the TSS with a similar range of intervals. The system will automatically convert time series from one interval to another, as they are transferred between the TSS and the machine memory. This means, for example, that a Pervious Land-segment could be run at an interval of 1 hour, using 15 minute precipitation data and daily evaporation data (stored on the TSS) as inputs. 

Instance variables. Data stored within fields in each object... 

Class variables. Data stored once per class and shared by all its instances. 

Model Defines the state of an object (or component) as a smaller and simpler set of attributes than the actual variables or fields used in the design or simpler than some other model that presents a more detailed view. How would you compute each abstract attribute from the data stored in the implementation, or from the more detailed attributes ... 

Alternatively, TLC plates can also be scanned in the densitometer. This device reads the plate and produces an output similar to a UV scan of the plate. The densitometer is extremely sensitive and it is also nondestructive. A plate can be scanned, the data stored, and then derivatized and documented photographically. An example of a densitometer is shown in Fig. 13.9. 

Modem HPLC is adequately provided with complete data handling devices. Thousands of samples routinely analysed in Quality Assurance Laboratories in Pharmaceutical Industries/Bulk Drug Industries etc. are duly processed and the data stored in the computerised data-handling devices. Each stored data may be retrieved from the memory of the computerised device with the flick of a finger, as and when needed, in the form of print-out. 

A sample SWISS-PROT entry is shown in Fig. 1. The SWISS-PROT entries are made up of different line types, each of them beginning with a two-character line code indicative of the type of data stored in the line. There are 22 different line types in SWISS-PROT. Some line types may occur more than once in an entry, and some entries do not contain all line types. We will examine the entry in Fig. 1 and explain the different information found in the different lines ... 

Data stored in software files may be very fragile. Process computer system records are sometimes structured such that the level of detail diminishes over time. Therefore, the team may need to assign a high priority to preserving these data. Computers may have a battery backup that will preserve data for a finite time when power is lost. 

The SGX Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is based on an Oracle database platform. As an enterprise level relational database, Oracle is robust and can be expanded to meet any future needs. The expense to implement and maintain the database and to create the tools to retrieve the data stored within, including an administrator dedicated to managing the system, can be significant. At SGX, use of the LIMS to monitor all of our scientific activities reduces the incremental cost to the beamline to an acceptable level. 

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