The emergency department of Lions Gate Hospital was studied both in regard to the patients' current visit to this facility and in regard to the patients' other sources of ambulatory medical care. The objectives of the study were: (1) to understand why patients seek care at Lions Gate's emergency department; (2) to discover how this facility fits into the patients' overall patterns of medical care; and (3) on the basis of the above data, to propose any appropriate changes in the organization of the emergency department. The study was conducted during 14 days in September, 1974; the sampling frame covered all hours of the day and all days of the week. Data were gathered by questionnaires administered in the emergency department, with 85.60 percent of the sample responding. The increase in demand for emergency department services has been attributed to a variety of factors. The present study determined that private physicians and their non-availability are the predominant factors contributing to emergency department usage at Lions Gate Hospital, indicating that this facility is substituting for the wider primary care system. Data pertaining to the patients' overall patterns of medical care provided further evidence that the emergency department has gained wide acceptance by the patients as a source of primary medical care. Moreover, the emergency department was identified as an important and continuing source of care in the medical care patterns of many of its patients. As a result of the above findings, it was recommended that future plans for either the modification or expansion of Lions Gate's emergency department should include the establishment within the department of a walk-in ambulatory clinic. The proposed ambulatory care department, consisting of an emergency centre and primary care clinic, would assist Lions Gate Hospital to fit its services to the medical care needs which its patients exhibit. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a non-invasive molecular imaging technique widely used for the quantification of physiological and biochemical processes in preclinical and clinical research. Due to its fundamental role in the health care system, there is a constant need for improvement and optimization of its scanner systems and protocols leading to a dedicated active area of research for PET. (Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE) is a simulation platform designed to model and analyze a medical device. Monte Carlo simulations are essential tools to assist in optimizing the data acquisition protocols or in evaluating the correction methods for improved image quantification. Using GATE along with Customizable and Advanced Software for Tomographic Reconstruction (CASToR), provides a link to reconstruct the images. The goal of this thesis is to learn PET systems that involve Monte Carlo methods, GATE software, CASToR software to model, simulate and analyze PET systems using three clinical PET systems as a template. Fluorine-18 radioisotope source is used to perform measurements on the modeled PET systems. Parameters such as scatter-fraction, random-fraction, sensitivity, count rate performance, signal to noise ratio (SNR), and time of flight (ToF) are analyzed to determine the performance of the systems. Also, the simulated data are provided as input to CASToR software and Amide's a Medical Image Data Examiner (AMIDE) tool to obtain the reconstructed images which are used to analyze the reconstruction capability of the simulated models. The Biograph Vision PET model has high sensitivity (11.159 cps/MBq) and SNR (12.556) while the Ultra-High Resolution (UHR) PET model has high resolution of the reconstructed image. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Computer Engineering 2020

Ruthenium and ruthenium dioxide thin films have shown great promise in various applications, such as thick film resistors, buffer layers for yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) superconducting thin films, and as electrodes in ferroelectric memories. Other potential applications in Si based complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices are currently being studied. The search for alternative metal-based gate electrodes as a replacement of poly-Si gates has intensified during the last few years. Metal gates are required to maintain scaling and performance of future CMOS devices. Ru based materials have many desirable properties and are good gate electrode candidates for future metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device applications. Moreover, Ru and RuO2 are promising candidates as diffusion barriers for copper interconnects. In this thesis, the thermal stability and interfacial diffusion and reaction of both Ru and RuO2 thin films on HfO2 gate dielectrics were investigated using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). An overview of Ru and RuO2/HfO2 interface integrity issues will be presented. In addition, the effects of C ion modification of RuO2 thin films on the physico-chemical and electrical properties are evaluated.

This thesis is focused on identification and evaluation of errors during pneumatic valve assembly. Theoretical part describes tools used: quality gate, flow chart, Pareto diagram and FMEA analysis. Within practical part the current assembly process is analyzed with current errors and besides evaluation, the improvement priorities and ways to accomplish these improvements in an actual company are defined. If the company chooses to take the opportunity to implement these improvements, thesis also monitors the results and reaction to the change of the analyzed process to a certain point.

Goal of this work is to analyze life cycle assessment of building construction systems. LCA has been made by two different methods. One is based on ISO standards (Athena) and other on works with Ecoindicator (Ecolizer). Subject of comparison has been life cycle stages, materials and construction systems. The best results of constructions recived construction made of brick block and wood based Two by Four difuse-open construction. The worst construction is rebar-concrete one and most difficult was to understand results of construction made of CLT panel.

The growing complexity of integrated circuits and the large variety of architectures of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) require sophisticated logic design tools. In the beginning of the eighties the research in logic design was concentrated on the development of fast two-level AND-OR logic minimizers like the well known ESPRESSO. However, most logic functions have a smaller and often faster circuit realization as a multi-level circuit. Thus, synthesis tools emerged for the minimization of the circuit area in a multi-level realization. Most of these synthesis tools are based on the "unate paradigm". Therefore, the synthesis methods are only advantageous for functions having a minimal circuit realization based on AND-OR gates. However, many common functions have a minmal circuit realization having a mix of AND, OR and EXOR gates like counters, adders, multipliers, and parity generators. Therefore, the design of such functions with synthesis tools based on the "unated paradigm" is very inefficient. Circuits incorporating the EXOR gate have received less attention than AND-OR circuits because the EXOR gate was perceived as slower and larger in terms of its circuit realization than the AND and the OR gate. However, the upcoming of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) like the Xilinx Table-Look-Up (TLU) architecture the Actel ACTâ„¢ series and the CLi 6000 series from Concurrent Logic, which allow the realization of the EXOR gate with the same speed and circuit cost as the AND and OR gate, eliminates the disadvantages of the EXOR gate over the AND and OR gate. Thus, there is a strong need for logic synthesis tools that take advantage of EXOR gates. The mapping to the new FPGAs recently obtained an increased interest. The developed synthesis algorithms for FPGAs are based on the mapping and restructuring of the Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) representation of the logic function. Even though the new FPGAs allow the realization of the EXOR gate without any speed and circuit size penalty in comparison to the AND and OR gate, the synthesis methods have been based on the "unate paradigm". To overcome the disadvantages of the current logic synthesis tools with respect to (nearly) linear functions and FPGA synthesis, this dissertation introduces an extended theory of spectral methods for multiple-valued input, incompletely specified binary output logic. The spectral methods have not been popular in logic synthesis because of their four major drawbacks: (1) the computational complexity, especially if no Fast Transform exists, (2) the memory requirement to store the function in the necessary minterm representation, (3) they cannot take efficiently advantage of incompletely specified functions, (4) suitable only for few applications in logic synthesis. To overcome the two last stated drawbacks, this dissertation introduces the T spectrum. The T spectrum separates the information obtained for the specified and not specified parts of the underlying function. Thus, it is possible to determine directly the contribution of the specified and the not specified part of the function to a single spectral coefficient. Moreover, the T spectrum is an extension of the known spectra like Walshtype, Adding, Arithmetic, and Reed-Muller spectra to any orthogonal and nonorthogonal transform describing logic functions. Thus, transforms can be constructed that describe certain gate structures, as for example the realizable functions of a FPGA macrocell. This allows the development of special synthesis algorithms for the different types of FPGA architectures. As an exemplification of this method, a complete multi-level synthesis algorithm is introduced for the circuit realization with multiplexer modules, which form the basic macrocell of the Actel ACfâ„¢ FPGA series. Additionally, this dissertation presents the classification of the applications of spectral methods in logic synthesis into three categories: (1) The decomposition of logic functions based on the information obtained by the computation of a single spectrum. As an example the linearization procedure developed by Karpowsky is generalized to incompletely specified multi-output Boolean functions. The linearization procedure is based on the computation of the Rademacher-Walsh spectrum with a following decomposition of the underlying function based on high value spectral coefficients. (2) The circuit realization of a logic function based on the repetitive application of (1). This synthesis method is exemplified by an multi-level synthesis algorithm for multiplexer gates. (3) The realization of a logic function as an AND-EXOR circuit based on a GF 2 (Galois Field (2)) spectrum. The GF 2 transforms exhibit the property that they describe a realization of the underlying function as a two-level AND-EXOR circuit. The Multiple-Valued Input Kronecker Reed-Muller (MIKRM) form is introduced as an application of GF 2 transforms. To overcome the drawbacks of spectral methods concerning the computational complexity and high memory requirements, this dissertation presents a computation method for spectra from disjoint representations. The introduced application of the disjoint cube representation and the Ordered Decision Diagrams for the computation of spectra proves to be an ideal concept. Thus, this dissertation presents general synthesis methods based on new spectral methods that overcome the deficiencies of current logic synthesis methods with respect to the synthesis for FPGAs as well as the computational complexity and memory requirements of spectral methods.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(情報学) / 甲第19137号 / 情博第583号 / 新制||情||102(附属図書館) / 32088 / 京都大学大学院情報学研究科通信情報システム専攻 / (主査)教授 小野寺 秀俊, 教授 髙木 直史, 教授 佐藤 高史 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Informatics / Kyoto University / DFAM

Safety and mission critical systems are currently deployed in many different fields where there is a greater presence of high energy particles (e.g.\ aerospace). The use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) within safety critical systems is becoming more prevalent due to the design and cost benefits their use provides. The effects of externally caused faults on these safety critical systems cannot be neglected. In particular, high energy particle striking a circuit can cause a voltage change in the circuit known as a soft error. The effects these soft errors will have on the circuit needs to be understood in order to ensure that the systems will function properly in the event soft errors do occur. In this thesis a tool is designed to facilitate the run-time injection of soft errors into a hardware circuit running on a FPGA. The tool allows for the control over the number of injections that can be performed and control over the rate that the injections will occur at. Additionally the tool records time stamps of when injections occur and time stamps of when errors are detected. This recorded data allows for the analysis of designs in conditions prone to soft errors. The implemented tool allows for design time parametrization and run time configuration, allowing a multitude of tests to be run for a single compiled design. The tool also eliminates the need for a host computer after configuration by generating the injection locations and times on the FPGA. Eliminating the host computer allows for faster testing when compared to other methods as data transfer times are greatly reduced. The implemented tool was run on classical examples of redundant structures, such as duplication with comparison and triple modular redundancy as well as a non-redundant structure to establish a baseline. The results of multiple tests run on each structure are analyzed to illustrate the uses of the tool and how the tool may be used to test other designs. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

Time-triggered communication is widely used throughout several industry do- mains, primarily for reliable and real-time capable data transfers. However, existing time-triggered technologies are designed for terrestrial usage and not directly applicable to space applications due to the harsh environment. In- stead, specific hardware must be developed to deal with thermal, mechanical, and especially radiation effects. SpaceWire, as an event-triggered communication technology, has been used for years in a large number of space missions. Its moderate complexity, her- itage, and transmission rates up to 400 MBits/s are one of the main ad- vantages and often without alternatives for on-board computing systems of spacecraft. At present, real-time data transfers are either achieved by prior- itization inside SpaceWire routers or by applying a simplified time-triggered approach. These solutions either imply problems if they are used inside dis- tributed on-board computing systems or in case of networks with more than a single router are required. This work provides a solution for the real-time problem by developing a novel clock synchronization approach. This approach is focused on being compatible with distributed system structures and allows time-triggered data transfers. A significant difference to existing technologies is the remote clock estimation by the use of pulses. They are transferred over the network and remove the need for latency accumulation, which allows the incorporation of standardized SpaceWire equipment. Additionally, local clocks are controlled decentralized and provide different correction capabilities in order to handle oscillator induced uncertainties. All these functionalities are provided by a developed Network Controller (NC), able to isolate the attached network and to control accesses. / Zeitgesteuerte Datenübertragung ist in vielen Industriezweigen weit verbreitet, primär für zuverlässige und echtzeitfähige Kommunikation. Bestehende Technologien sind jedoch für den terrestrischen Gebrauch konzipiert und aufgrund der rauen Umgebung nicht direkt auf Weltraumanwendungen anwendbar. Stattdessen wird spezielle Hardware entwickelt, um Strahlungseffekten zu widerstehen sowie thermischen und mechanischen Belastungen standzuhalten. SpaceWire wurde als ereignisgesteuerte Kommunikationstechnologie entwickelt und wird seit Jahren in einer Vielzahl von Weltraummissionen verwendet. Dessen erfolgreiche Verwendung, überschaubare Komplexität, und Übertragungsraten bis zu 400 MBit/s sind einige seiner Hauptvorteile. Derzeit werden Datenübertragungen in Echtzeit entweder durch Priorisierung innerhalb von SpaceWire Router erreicht, oder durch Anwendung von vereinfachten zeitgesteuerten Ansätzen. Diese Lösungen implizieren entweder Probleme in verteilten Systemarchitekturen oder in SpaceWire Netzwerken mit mehreren Routern. Diese Arbeit beschreibt eine Uhrensynchronisation, die bestimmte Eigenschaften von SpaceWire ausnutzt, um das Echtzeitproblem zu lösen. Der Ansatz ist dabei kompatibel mit verteilten Systemstrukturen und ermöglicht eine zeitgesteuerte Datenübertragung.

Potential sites lies not only in its location but also the dominant position it holds to their surroundings. Undeveloped plot represents a "node" or "island" ... loosening strictly linear character Bakery. It is a place which brings together three disparate streams - Classical serious at the running part of Mendel Square, dramatically quarreling upper section flowing into the area from Hus class and insignificant Anenská that, if there "just got lost." All "three" street, however, are closely connected with the plot and the transformation of space clearly indicates their transformation. A distinctive feature of the property is its visual exposure of looking from Mendel Square, the plot creates a "picture" to which the pawn closer. This image should be interesting, changing to attract one's attention for more than just one or two seconds. The image should not least communicate - what is happening on the ground, what links are individual objects ... a landmark and should, for use by infantrymen use. It should also not be attractive from a distance - when one zooms in close proximity, should be surprised by the discovery of something new, something that was not noticeable from a distance, it should be attention to detail, or idea that can be seen only at close contact.