Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

About: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is a education organization based out in Haifa, Israel. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Nonlinear system. The organization has 31714 authors who have published 79377 publications receiving 2603976 citations. The organization is also known as: Technion Israel Institute of Technology & Ṭekhniyon, Makhon ṭekhnologi le-Yiśraʼel.

Mutations in GALNT3 , encoding a protein involved in O-linked glycosylation, cause familial tumoral calcinosis

Abstract: Familial tumoral calcinosis (FTC; OMIM 211900) is a severe autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that manifests with hyperphosphatemia and massive calcium deposits in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. Using linkage analysis, we mapped the gene underlying FTC to 2q24-q31. This region includes the gene GALNT3, which encodes a glycosyltransferase responsible for initiating mucin-type O-glycosylation. Sequence analysis of GALNT3 identified biallelic deleterious mutations in all individuals with FTC, suggesting that defective post-translational modification underlies the disease.

Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Laser-Textured Mechanical Seal Faces

Abstract: An analytical model is developed to predict the relation between the opening force and operating conditions in a mechanical seal with laser textured microsurface structure in the form of micropores The model is valid for any desired shape of the micropores An optimization is performed for spherical shape micropores evenly distributed on one of the mating rings face to maximize the opening force and fluid film stiffness Results of a parametric study are presented showing the effect of the main design parameters on the seal performance Some results of an experimental investigation with water-lubricated seal rings are also shown and compared with the theoretical model Presented as a Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASME/STLE Tribology Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 26–28, 1998

Enhancing the cellular downlink capacity via co-processing at the transmitting end

Abstract: A linear pre-processing plus encoding scheme is proposed, which significantly enhances cellular downlink performance, while putting the complexity burden on the transmitting end. The approach is based on LQ factorization of the channel transfer matrix combined with the "writing on dirty paper" approach (Caire, G. and Shamai, S., Proc. 38th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, 2000) for eliminating the effect of uncorrelated interference, which is fully known at the transmitter but unknown at the receiver. The attainable average rates with the proposed scheme approach those of optimum joint processing at the high SNR region.

Observation of discrete solitons in optically induced real time waveguide arrays.

Abstract: We report the first experimental observation of discrete solitons in an array of optically induced waveguides. The waveguide lattice is induced in real time by illuminating a photorefractive crystal with a pair of interfering plane waves. We demonstrate two types of bright discrete solitons: in-phase self-localized states and the staggered (pi out-of-phase) soliton family. This experiment is the first observation of bright staggered solitons in any physical system. Our scheme paves the way for reconfigurable focusing and defocusing photonic lattices where low-power (mW) discrete solitons can be thoroughly investigated.