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A survey on software defined network approaches for achieving energy efficiency in wireless sensor network

The proliferation of sensor technology in many areas have gained more attention on Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) from both research community and actual user. However, energy consumption continues to be a constrained resource and remains a crucial issue of this technology. Since data transmission and communication in the network consumed a lot of energy in WSN, the activity of the sensor nodes should be altered to prolong the lifetime of the network. To this end, this paper provides the survey on how Software-Defined Networks (SDN) approach has been used to reduce the energy consumption in WSN. Software-defined network is developed with the purpose to facilitate the emergence of the centralized control of the network data-path in which resulted in compliance by decoupling the control and forwarding planes. With this paper, readers can be more understanding better of how software-defined network works and the effectiveness of using software-defined network in handling the shortcomings in WSN.
Bone-Anchored Hearing Device Placement with Translabyrinthine Tumor Removal

Objective Translabyrinthine resection of intracranial tumors results in single-sided deafness, which can be treated by surgical and nonsurgical means. Here we describe the first series examining complication and device usage rates among patients receiving a surgically implanted bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD) at the time of translabyrinthine tumor removal. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting Private tertiary neurotologic referral center. Patients Patients (N = 154) undergoing concurrent BAHD placement and translabyrinthine tumor resection. Intervention Concurrent BAHD placement and translabyrinthine tumor removal. Main Outcome Measures Postoperative complication rates and BAHD usage. Results Of the 154 patients, 121 (78.6%) had no device-related complications. The most common device-related complications were skin overgrowth (8.4%), acute infection (5.2%), and chronic infection (3.2%). The overall and specific complication rates did not differ from published BAHD complication rates. One patient (0.6%) developed a cerebrospinal leak through the surgical site for the device. At the time of last follow-up (mean, 39.8 months), 151 patients (95.0%) were still using their devices. Conclusion Patients undergoing concurrent translabyrinthine tumor removal and BAHD placement exhibit similar device-related complication profiles as patients undergoing standard device placement. Based on these outcomes and the high long-term usage rates, BAHD insertion at the time of translabyrinthine intracranial surgery can be considered a safe and useful procedure.
The comparison between Synthetic Aperture Radar observations and simulation results of WAVEWATCH III with and without adopting spectral partition

This study presents an method of separating wind sea and swell from the development of numerical simulation of swell in the spectral wave model — WAVEWATCH III by adopting spectral partition. The principle of spectral partition used in WW3 is based on a digital image processing watershed algorithm [1] to isolate different peaks, which should be subsequently divided into wind sea and swell by using a wave age criterion such that swell peaks lie without the parabolic boundaries defined by Cp≤(1.5)U10 cosδ, (1) where Cp is the phase speed of the wind sea, U10 is the wind speed at 10m height above sea surface, and δ is the angle between the wind and the wind sea [2]. After carrying out further processing steps in sequence, including mutual swell peaks combination and energy threshold check, the statistics of every swell partitions can be calculated. It is shown that the value of wavelength of the most remarkable swell partitions increases substantially compared with the original model results before using spectral partition and fits SAR data better.
CBPR With Service Providers

This review synthesizes the literature on CBPR with service providers to identify the benefits to, unique contributions of, and challenges experienced by professional service providers engaged in collaborative research. Service providers benefited by obtaining research-based knowledge to help the communities they serve, gaining research skills, professional relationships, professional development, and new programs. They contributed by informing research aims, designing interventions, conducting recruitment, informing overall study design, and dissemination. Challenges include time, resources, organizational factors, and disconnects between researchers and service providers. Policy and practice implications are explored.
Decoupling the SU(N)2-homogeneous sine-Gordon model

We provide a systematic construction for all n-particle form factors of the SU(N)_2/U(1)^{N-1}-homogeneous Sine-Gordon model in terms of general determinant formulae for a huge class of local operators. The ultraviolet limit is carried out and the corresponding Virasoro central charge together with the conformal dimensions of various operators are identified. The renormalization group flow is studied and we find a precise rule, depending on the relative order of magnitude of the resonance parameters, according to which the theory decouples into new cosets along the flow.
To Feel or Not to Feel When My Group Harms Others? The Regulation of Collective Guilt as Motivated Reasoning

Four studies tested the proposition that regulation of collective guilt in the face of harmful ingroup behavior involves motivated reasoning. Cognitive energetics theory suggests that motivated reasoning is a function of goal importance, mental resource availability, and task demands. Accordingly, three studies conducted in the United States and Israel demonstrated that high importance of avoiding collective guilt, represented by group identification (Studies 1 and 3) and conservative ideological orientation (Study 2), is negatively related to collective guilt, but only when mental resources are not depleted by cognitive load. The fourth study, conducted in Italy, demonstrated that when justifications for the ingroup’s harmful behavior are immediately available, the task of regulating collective guilt and shame becomes less demanding and less susceptible to resource depletion. By combining knowledge from the domains of motivated cognition, emotion regulation, and intergroup relations, these cross-cultural studies offer novel insights regarding factors underlying the regulation of collective guilt.
Hepatic Iron Deposition on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Correlation with Inflammatory Activity

Purposes To define the relation between pathologic inflammatory activity and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) grades of iron deposition in patients with liver cirrhosis. Patients and Methods In 53 patients with biopsy-proven liver cirrhosis, T2*-weighted gradient echo MRI (echo time ≥6 milliseconds) was reviewed. Grading of parenchymal iron deposition and siderotic nodules in the liver and liver-to-skeletal muscle signal intensity ratios were compared with pathologically defined inflammatory activity. Results The MRI grade of hepatic siderotic nodules correlated significantly with the grade of periportal inflammation (r = 0.301, P < 0.05) but not with the grade of piecemeal necrosis. The grade of parenchymal iron deposition was not correlated with the grade of periportal inflammation or piecemeal necrosis. There was a nonsignificant trend toward correlation between the histologic grade of hepatic iron content and the grades of periportal inflammation and piecemeal necrosis. Conclusion MRI grading of siderotic nodules correlates with inflammatory activity in cirrhotic patients.
Influencing Factors on Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in Eastern China – A Case Study of Jiangsu Province

Forest vegetation plays a crucial role in improving the ecological environment and maintaining the regional ecological balance. However, most studies pay little attention to the factors that can impact forest biomass carbon storage (FBCS). This research estimated the FBCS by combining relevant forest inventory data and models of continuous functions for biomass expansion factor. A modeling equation was then established and applied to examine the impact of socioeconomic factors on FBCS in Jiangsu, a coastal province in Eastern China, as a case study. The results showed that Jiangsu’s FBCS increased by 20.28 Tg from 2005 to 2010, showing a prominent carbon sink effect but with spatial imbalance among the changes in carbon storage. Jiangsu’s FBCS is significantly affected by land use factors (e.g., forest area and cultivated area), population factors (e.g., population density and urbanization), and economic development factors (e.g., GDP). Relatively speaking, the forest area and GDP had positive effects on FBCS, while cultivated area, population density, and urbanization had significant negative effects.
Profiling internet shoppers and non-shoppers in Mainland China: Online experience, computer capacity, and web-usage-related lifestyle

While the number of consumer online shopping increase in Mainland China, research on the profile of Internet shoppers and non-shoppers has been inadequate. One research model is proposed in this study to examine factors of Internet usage including online experience, computer capacity, and web-used-related lifestyle and their influence on consumers' behavior for online shopping. Data from 917 respondents by online survey are analyzed. Findings of this study indicate that online shoppers tend to have more information searching behavior and conduct more business issue on Internet. They have a higher level of Computer literacy and Internet shopping knowledge than non-shoppers. In addition, compared with non-shoppers, online shoppers have more self-efficacy and window-shopping on Internet. Farther more, this study found that the differences of online shoppers and non- shoppers in their evaluation of Internet convenience and trust.
Development and implementation of a parallel algorithm for the fast design of oligonucleotide probe sets for diagnostic DNA microarrays

We describe an accurate method for the automatic parallel generation of oligonucleotide probe sets for DNA microarrays. This approach includes a component for high‐performance specificity evaluation of designed probes in large data sets. The three main algorithmic components of the method, namely probe preselection, hybridization prediction and probe selection are explained in detail. We introduce new combinatorial techniques for the efficient selection of probe sets of high differentiation capability even from sequence databases of conserved homologous genes. These techniques include the automatic generation of group specific probes as well as the design of excluding probes. A basic prototype has been implemented including a shared memory parallelization. Test runs have been performed on a multiprocessor personal computer with subsets of a small subunit ribosomal ribonucleic acid database, containing very conserved sequence data. The applicability of our program is pointed out by designing a set of oligonucleotide probes that shall allow a comprehensive parallel identification and differentiation of several groups of extremophilic prokaryotes by DNA microarray. The probe set is accessible via the Internet. On applying the parallel version on a dual processor system an efficiency of 80% was achieved. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ARITHMETIC AGGREGATION OPERATORS FOR INTERVAL-VALUED INTUITIONISTIC LINGUISTIC VARIABLES AND APPLICATION TO MULTI-ATTRIBUTE GROUP DECISION MAKING

The intuitionistic linguistic set (ILS) is an extension of linguisitc variable. To overcome the drawback of using single real number to represent membership degree and non-membership degree for ILS, the concept of interval-valued intuitionistic linguistic set (IVILS) is introduced through representing the membership degree and non-membership degree with intervals for ILS in this paper. The operation law, score function, accuracy function , and certainty function for interval-valued intuitionistic linguistic varibales (IVILVs) are defined. Hereby a lexicographic method is proposed to rank the IVILVs. Then, three kinds of interval-valued intuitionistic linguistic arithmetic average operators are defined, including the interval-valued intuitionistic linguistic weighted arithmetic average (IVILWAA) operator, interval-valued intuitionistic linguistic ordered weighted arithmetic (IVILOWA) operator, and interval-valued intuitionistic linguistic hybrid arithmetic (IVILHA) operator, and their desirable properties are also discussed. Based on the IVILWAA and IVILHA operators, two methods are proposed for solving multi-attribute group decision making problems with IVILVs. Finally, an investment selection example is illustrated to demonstrate the applicability and validity of the methods proposed in this paper.
The VQM-Group and its Applications

In this paper, we introduce the VQM-set and study some of its algebraic properties. Its elements are triplets consisting of a vector ,a quaternion and a matrix, hence the VQM abbreviation. Operations such as addition, scalar multiplication, are defined on the VQM-set, which turn it into a vector space. A special multiplication turns a subset of the VQM-set into a group, called the VQM-group. We show how this VQM-group could be used to represent the generalized transformations in three-dimensional computer graphics, with translation, rotation and non-uniform scaling factor components.
Design and implementation of a real-time image registration in an infrared search and track system

In order to realize the fast search and tracking of ground dim target under the movement condition of infrared detector, an infrared image registration method is proposed based on phase correlation registration and the feature point registration, which can make the infrared image motion compensation come true. After using the phase correlation registration for rough registration in movement infrared images, the high precision registration was realized by the priori information of the feature point image registration, which combined the features of phase correlation registration and feature point registration. Experimental results validate that the infrared image displacement information had been provided and the small detection rate and accuracy had been improved by the algorithm, which didn’t reduce the registration accuracy in real-time IRST.
Chloroperoxidase-catalyzed enantioselective oxidations in hydrophobic organic media.

Chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago, a peroxidase that performs P450-like chemistry, was immobilized via covalent attachment into polyurethane foam as well as conjugated with a surfactant or polymer via colyophilization. The resulting preparations catalyzed enantio- and regioselective oxidations in hydrophobic organic media with tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxidant. Dried PUR-foam immobilized CPO mediated the selective oxidation of indole to 2-oxindole (regioselectivity: 99%) in water-saturated isooctane or 1-octanol. Thioanisole was converted into the corresponding (R)-sulfoxide (ee > 99%) in isooctane medium. The complexes of CPO with sodium octadecylsulphate or ethyl cellulose mediated the oxidation of thioanisole in water-immiscible organic media with variable enantioselectivity due to radical side-reactions. In the presence of alpha-tocopherol, acting as radical scavenger, the (R)-sulfoxide was formed with ee > 90%. The effect of the water activity on the catalytic activity of the complexes was investigated. The CPO complexes likewise mediated the regioselective oxidation of indole into 2-oxindole in water-saturated isooctane or 1-octanol and its kinetics were investigated. The reaction suffered from substrate inhibition when carried out in isooctane.
Identifying genes and genetic variation underlying human diseases and complex phenotypes via recombination mapping

Understanding the mechanisms by which DNA and DNA variation influence diseases, naturally occurring phenotypic variation, and complex biological systems, has been one of the major tasks associated with contemporary human genetics research. The identification and characterization of specific genetic variations that influence particular human diseases and phenotypes is complicated by the fact that most diseases and phenotypes are influenced by many genetic and environmental factors. Thus, the identification of any particular phenotypically relevant factor might be hampered as other relevant factors may obscure its individual effect. Over the years numerous methods and study designs have been described to identify disease causing genes and mutations. One in particular – meiotic or recombination mapping – has received considerable attention over the last 50 years, and has been used widely with varying degrees of success. This review describes the motivation behind, and problems associated with, recombination mapping, in terms of both linkage mapping and linkage disequilibrium mapping.
Pet-keeping in childhood and adult asthma and hay fever: European community respiratory health survey.

BACKGROUND Whether pet-keeping early in life protects against or promotes allergy remains unclear. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to examine the effects of childhood pet-keeping on adult allergic disease in a large international population-based study, including information on sensitization, adult pet-keeping, and pet prevalence in the populations. METHODS We used information from structured interviews (n = 18,530) and specific IgE to common aeroallergens in blood samples (n = 13,932) from participants in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) to analyze the associations between keeping pets and adult asthma and hay fever. RESULTS Keeping cats in childhood was associated with asthma only among atopic subjects, an association that varied between centers (P =.002) and was stronger where cats where less common (< 40% cats: odds ratio(wheeze) [OR(wheeze)] = 1.84, 95% CI = 1.31-2.57; 40%-60% cats: OR(wheeze) = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.10-1.61; > or =60% cats: OR(wheeze) = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.73-1.33). Dogs owned in childhood or adulthood were associated with asthma among nonatopic subjects (childhood: OR(wheeze) = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.13-1.46; adulthood: OR(wheeze) = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.14-1.51; both: OR(wheeze) = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.40-2.04). In atopic subjects, those who had owned dogs in childhood had less hay fever (OR = 0.85; 95% CI = 0.73-0.98) and no increased risk of asthma (OR(wheeze) = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.87-1.17). Respiratory symptoms were more common in subjects who had owned birds during childhood (OR(wheeze) = 1.12; 95% CI = 1.02-1.23) independent of sensitization. CONCLUSIONS The effects of pet-keeping in childhood varied according to the type of pet, the allergic sensitization of the individual, and the wider environmental exposure to allergen. Cats owned in childhood were associated with more asthma in sensitized adults who grew up in areas with a low community prevalence of cats. Dogs owned in childhood seemed to protect against adult allergic disease but promote nonallergic asthma.
Training Teachers of Day Care Centres for Primary Ear Care

The feasibility of training teachers of day care centres for children (balwadi teachers) to recognize and manage common ear problems was studied so that they could provide primary care for ear related morbidity in the community. A training module was designed, piloted on grass root level workers and used to train 19 balwadi teachers. Their knowledge, skills and technique of examination was assessed following training. Pathways for referral were established between the balwadis, secondary and tertiary hospitals. The knowledge score of the balwadi teachers increased from a mean of 28.4% to 86%; they scored an average of 75% in an assessment of their examination technique. Their sensitivity in identifying overall ear related morbidity was 75%, and 96% in identifying children with ear discharge, specifically. Age, education and experience did not affect the outcome of their training. While it may be premature to comment on the impact of the training, periodic supervision, close monitoring and review sessions would sharpen the skills of the balwadi teachers and improve their efficiency.
Automatic MultiModality Segmentation of White Matter Hyperintensities Using a Random Forests Classifier

All the images are first preprocessed in three steps: I) noise reduction [1], II) intensity nonuniformity correction [2] and III) linear intensity normalization into range (0-100) using an intensity histogram matching technique. The T1w and FLAIR images are linearly co-registered using a 6 parameter rigid registration [3]. The T1w images are first linearly and then nonlinearly registered to an average template created based on data from the ADNI1 study [4], enabling the use of anatomical priors in the segmentation process. A brain mask is created by warping the template mask back to the individual’s native space.
Vascular network changes in the retina with age and hypertension

Objective To compare retinal arterial bifurcation geometry in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. Design A retrospective observational study. Methods Fluorescein angiograms of normotensive (n = 13) and hypertensive (n = 12) subjects aged 30–80 years with uni-ocular retinal pathology were compared. Quantification of diameters of the parent, larger daughter and smaller daughter vessels (d0, d1 and d2, respectively) and of bifurcation angles (the angle between the two daughter arterioles, oM) of arteriolar bifurcations was performed from digitized retinal angiograms of the uninvolved eye. The relative diameters of parent and daughter vessels at bifurcations were summarized by junction exponents (x) such that d1x + d2x = d0x. Results Junction exponents were similar for normotensives and hypertensives (means ± SEM, 2.65 ± 0.18 and 2.48 ± 0.17), but analysis of covariance showed a parallel decrease in x in the two groups with age. A positive association was found between x and arteriolar microvascular density. Bifurcation angles were more acute in hypertensives (74 ± 3±) than in normotensives (84 ± 3±) and declined with increasing age in both groups. Conclusions The present findings indicate that ageing and possibly hypertension are associated with disadvantageous branching geometry in the human retinal vasculature, implying increased power costs of blood transport, uneven distribution of shear forces throughout the vascular tree and microvascular rarefaction. The present findings may have important implications for our understanding of the pathogenesis of vascular disease in ageing and hypertension and offer the prospect of a novel sensitive diagnostic approach to the cardiovascular system.
Analysis of electromagnetic field using CIP method and its application of one-layer wave absorber

In this paper, constrained interpolation profile (CIP) method is applied to Maxwell's equation and the validity of CIP method applied to the equation is confirmed compared with the FDTD method. And as the one of its application, the dependency on CFL (Courant-Friedrich-Lewy) condition and the finite difference accuracy of non advection equation of the absorbing characteristics of one-layer EM-absorber are calculated using CIP method. As a result, it is confirmed that the accuracy of CIP method has a large dependency upon CFL condition and when the value (CFL) is 0.253, the best accuracy is obtained in the absorption characteristics calculation