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Dynamic Component Placement and Request Scheduling for IoT Big Data Streaming

Internet-of-Things (IoT) big data streaming applications, such as video surveillance and automatic driving, tend to use mobile-edge computing (MEC) infrastructure to enhance their performance and augment their functionalities. Although extensive previous studies have worked on offloading requests to MEC servers, none of them has comprehensively and thoroughly considered the important features of IoT data streaming applications (i.e., component dependency and dynamic arrival) and the infrastructure provisioning (i.e., capacity constraint and colocation interference). In this article, we consider the offloading problem for dynamically arrived IoT data streaming requests on MEC servers in real time. We model it as a delay-sensitive multiuser multiresource online offloading problem respecting component dependency and capacity constraint. The problem is NP-hard with offloading decisions coupling together. To solve it, we decouple the problem into component placement problem and request scheduling problem and propose a two-stage DPGPD algorithm with polynomial time complexity. We show the first stage dynamic programming (DP) algorithm is the optimal solution and the second-stage greedy primal–dual (GPD) algorithm is asymptotic optimal. The simulation results show that our solution is effective yet efficient compared to benchmark solutions. (DP provides the optimal placement layout with <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$12 \times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> less decision time of Gurobi; and GPD provides the asymptotic optimal scheduling with <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$5 \times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> less average waiting time compared to least work left (LWL) in heavy workload. ) We implement a dedicated prototype and exploit several representative big data streaming applications to evaluate it. Lab-scale experiment shows that our solution can provide over <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3 \times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> less total completion time compared to local execution.
Immunizing and Curative Potential of Replicating and Nonreplicating Murine Mammary Adenocarcinoma Cells Engineered with Interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, IL-10, Tumor Necrosis Factor α, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor, and γ-Interferon Gene or Admixed with Conventional Adjuvants

Abstract To evaluate the efficacy of vaccinations with cytokine-gene-transduced tumor cells, BALB/c mice were challenged with 1 × 10 5 parental cells of a syngeneic adenocarcinoma cell line (TSA-pc). No protection was observed in mice immunized 30 days earlier with 1 × 10 5 nonreplicating mitomycin-C-treated TSA-pc alone, or with Corynebacterium parvum or Complete Freund Adjuvant (CFA). Ten to 30% of mice immunized with nonreplicating cells engineered to produce interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor α, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and γ-interferon gene were protected. Fifty % of mice immunized with replicating TSA-pc admixed with C. parvum and 80–100% of mice immunized with replicating tumor cells transduced with IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-10, or γ-interferon gene were protected. No cure was afforded by TSA cells admixed with C. parvum or CFA, nor by TSA cells engineered with IL-6, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and tumor necrosis factor α gene injected starting 1 day after TSA-pc challenge. Complete tumor regression, however, was obtained in 10–20% of mice treated with TSA cells transduced with IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, or IL-10 and in 30% of those treated with TSA cells transduced with γ-interferon gene.
Biology, toxicology, and carcinogenesis of respiratory epithelium

Tracheobronchial Epithelium "In Vitro" - composition, differentiation and response to hormones, C.G. Plopper et al functions of pulmonary clara cells, G.E. R.Hook et al markers for differentiated alveolar cells, L.G. Dobbs responses of type 2 pneumocytes to oxidant stress, P.C. Panus and B.A.Freeman formaldehyde toxicity, respiratory epithelial injury and repair, K.T.Morgan and T.M. Schuller mechanisms of neuroendocrine lung cancer, H.M. Schuller activated oncogenes in rodent and human lung tumors, M.You et al dominant and recessive oncogenes in the pathogenesis of lung cancer, J.D. Minna.
Biomass and phosphorus content in giant bamboo cuttings influenced by phosphate fertilization

Dendrocalamus asper, known as giant bamboo or bamboo-bucket, has been used as a substitute for wood and fiber, due mainly to its wide availability, rapid growth rate, short cycle and traditional use as construction material. In general, its cultivation is carried out on phosphorus-deficient soils, using vegetative propagation, mainly from cuttings. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of fertilization with phosphorus doses on the biomass allocation in roots, leaves and stems and on the level and content of P in leaves and roots of bamboo cuttings. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse, using soil with low P content (2.4 mg dm -3 ). The treatments consisted of six doses of phosphorus (0, 20, 40, 80, 160 e 320 kg ha -1 of P2O5). The experimental design was a randomized block design, with five replications. After 90 days, the seedlings were collected and evaluated the following variables: dry mass of roots, leaves, stems and total dry mass, level and P content in leaves and roots. Phosphate fertilization promoted greater development of the cuttings and resulted in higher content of P. In general, the species D. asper responds positively to phosphate fertilization.
Preparation and Characterization of Protonated Fumaric Acid

Fumaric acid was reacted with the binary superacidic systems HF/SbF5 and HF/AsF5. The O,O'‐diprotonated [C4H6O4]2+([MF6]–)2 (M = As, Sb) and the O‐monoprotonated [C4H5O4]+[MF6]– (M = As, Sb) species are formed depending on the stoichiometric ratio of the Lewis acid to fumaric acid. The colorless salts were characterized by low‐temperature vibrational spectroscopy. In case of the hexafluoridoantimonates single‐crystal X‐ray structure analyses were carried out. The [C4H6O4]2+([SbF6]–)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with four formula units per unit cell and [C4H5O4]+[SbF6]– crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with one formula unit per unit cell. The protonation of fumaric acid does not cause a notable change of the C=C bond length. The experimental data are discussed together with quantum chemical calculations of the cations [C4H6O4 · 4 HF]2+ and [C4H6O4 · 2 H2CO · 2 HF]2+.
BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Developing genomic tools in the New Zealand Deer Industry

The New Zealand deer industry currently uses genomic technology via microsatellite markers to assign parentage and breed. In many other species, microsatellites have been superseded by SNP markers, which are more abundant in the genome and technically easier to use. SNP assays or ‘chips’ that record thousands to hundreds of thousands of markers have now been developed in many species including humans, pigs and cattle. A SNP genotyping assay was developed for deer (
‘Wet’ eldercare facilities: three strategies on the use of alcohol and illicit substances

ABSTRACT Wet eldercare facilities constitute a type of harm reduction arrangements where goals of abstinence are abandoned in favour of goals of increased wellbeing for older people with long-term substance use disorder. The fact that residents are acknowledged as being active in their substance use results in challenges; harmful activities are witnessed by the staff in a context that has actually been created by a social service agency. The aim of this article was to explore what professionals in wet eldercare facilities considered problematic in relation to residents’ consumption of alcohol and illicit substances and what strategies they used to address these ‘problems’. Particular attention was paid to approaches and strategies that addressed the challenge of being present at a facility where destructive behaviour and consumption of alcohol and illicit substances were part of everyday life. Data for the study consists of 12 interviews with managers and staff at five eldercare facilities with different sizes, organizational styles, and approaches. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify strategies that were used to handle the presence of alcohol and drugs under a ‘cap of acceptance’ deemed to be necessary for a wet eldercare facility. Three main strategies were identified and referred to as a) looking away, b) intervention and prohibition and c) intervention and distribution. In the final analysis, findings were brought into a typology for strategies, based on the two variables of acceptance and control, and the use of different strategies was critically discussed.
Prospects of Investment Activity of Industrial Corporations in the Conditions of the Transformational Stage of Economic Development and Cooperation

The study of the problems of investment activity of corporations in the conditions of the transformational stage of economic development and cooperation is currently quite relevant. This is due to the ongoing processes of globalization and the formation of the digital economic system in developed countries. In a market economy, there are various ways to attract resources for investment purposes. However, given the limited financial resources available, any economic structure always tries to find the best option. In this regard, investments are the most important economic resource that determines the efficiency and competitiveness of economic entities at different levels in the conditions of modern business cooperation and constant changes. Investment activity contributes to the formation of new jobs; increase the level of income and quality of life of the population. The research methods are abstract analysis and synthesis, comparison and comparison. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research is the works of economists on the problems of Finance and financial resources, financial management and
OVERINVESTMENT IN POLISH AGRICULTURE

The purpose of this paper was to assess the level of overinvestment in Polish farms grouped by economic size. As the volume of investments clearly continues to grow, the authors noticed the need to address that problem. Using FADN data, they developed their own method for measuring overinvestment, and identified its size and extent. Indeed, overinvestment proves to be widespread in Polish agriculture. The reasons probably include inadequate subsidies allocated under European Union aid schemes, and improper farm management practices. In the future, this could give rise to dysfunctions, ultimately resulting in farm bankruptcies.
Defected Ground Plane of Wearable Circular Patch Antenna

In this paper, Circular patch antenna design with defected ground plane is designed. The antenna is designed with circular patch and defected ground plane to allow it to operate in lower frequency as well as improved the antenna gain. The antenna has a feeding port and two defected ground slots to affect the frequency of the antenna. The proposed antenna is designed and simulated using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Studio Suite 2016. The designed antenna has an operating frequency of 2.42GHz. A prototype has been fabricated and tested using network analyser and the measured results are in a good agreement with simulations.
A Fast Image Dehazing Algorithm for Highway Tunnel Based on Artificial Multi-exposure Image Fusion

Single image dehazing has been a challenging problem due to its ill-posed nature. This paper proposed a fast image dehazing algorithm for highway tunnel based on artificial multi-exposure image fusion. The original blurred images are transformed into under-exposed images using a series of gamma-correction operations. Meanwhile, a multi-exposure image fusion algorithm based on two-scale decomposition is proposed. It exploits the guided filter to separate each multi-exposure image into base and detail layers. The fused base and detail layers are integrated into the fused images. Then, a linear saturation adjustment method is utilized to enhance the saturation in spatial domain. Through the above image processing steps, the final haze-free images can be obtained. In this paper, the superiority of the proposed image dehazing algorithm based on artificial multi-exposure image fusion is demonstrated through theoretical analysis and experimental verification. It can quickly improve the visibility of foggy images, and make the processed images colorful and clear.
Invasive toads are close to but absent from Komodo National Park

The islands of Komodo National Park in the Wallacea region are the habitats of Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). Although the Wallacea islands have lower species richness compared to the other large islands in Indonesia, they are rich in endemics, and the occurrence of invasive species would therefore threatened the ecological, economic and social balance of the regions. Several papers have hinted at the possibility of the invasion of Komodo National Parks by Asian toads, a situation which would potentially affect the survival of the Komodo dragon. To detect the presence of the invansive toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Komodo National Park and its surroundings areas we carried out an amphibian survey using a Visual Encounter Survey method during February to April 2018. The surveyed location consisted of two main islands within Komodo National Park (Rinca island and Komodo island), Flores island (Labuan Bajo and Cumbi village) and Sumbawa island (Sape). Two species of amphibians were found in Komodo National Park (Rinca island and Komodo island), while seven species of amphibians were found across all four locations. No D. melanostictus toads were found in Flores (including in Komodo National Park), however the toad was found to be abundant in Sape (Sumbawa island).
IoT Devices Signals Processing Based on Shepard Local Approximation Operators Defined in Riesz MV-Algebras

The interconnection network considered in this paper is the complete WK-Recursive network that demonstrates many attractive properties, such as high degree of regularity, symmetry and efficient communication. Chen and Duh have proposed a distributed stack-base broadcasting algorithm for the complete WK-Recursive networks [Networks, 24 (1994) 303-317]. To perform this algorithm, a stack of O(log N) elements, where N is the number of nodes, to keep the labels of links is included in each message. Moreover, as a node receives the message, a series of O(log N) pop and push operations on the stack is required. In this paper, we present a novel broadcasting algorithm for the complete WKRecursive network, which is much simpler and requires only constant data included in each message and constant time to determine the neighbors to forward the message. Povzetek: Opisan je nov algoritem razposiljanja v rekurzivni mreži.
The Evolution of Digital Transformations: A Literature Review

Enterprise applications are complex architectures that assist leaders of organizations to make tactical and strategic business decisions. Many of the studies in the literature review investigated the history of ERP systems, the future of enterprise applications, implementation success, ERP implementations in small and medium environments, and managerial approaches during times of organizational change. The purpose of this literature review was to analyze and synthesize previous studies as they pertain to enterprise applications.
Neurologic Manifestations of Severe Respiratory Viral Contagions

Objectives: Endemic and pandemic viral respiratory infections have recently emerged as a critical topic of investigation given the recent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 outbreak. Data from such outbreaks indicate that severe systemic comorbidities including acute neurologic illness are associated with illness and lead to significant outcome differences. Herein, we will discuss the neurologic manifestations of severe viral respiratory infections including coronavirus, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, metapneumovirus, and enterovirus. Data Sources: PubMed and EMBASE were searched by two independent investigators up to March 2020. Study Selection: Data selection included preclinical and clinical studies detailing neurologic manifestations of viral respiratory infections. Data Extraction and Synthesis: Two independent investigators reviewed and extracted the data. Conclusions: Neurologic manifestations including seizures, status epilepticus, encephalitis, critical illness neuromyopathy, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, acute necrotizing encephalitis, Guillan-Barré syndrome, transverse myelitis, and acute flaccid myelitis have all been associated with severe viral respiratory infections. Having an understanding of the direct neurotropism of such viruses is imperative to understanding pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and potential treatment paradigms aimed at improving morbidity and mortality.
Hepatic Choline Transport Is Inhibited During Fatty Acid–Induced Lipotoxicity and Obesity

Choline is an essential nutrient and a critical component of the membrane phospholipid phosphatidylcholine (PC), the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, while also contributing to the methylation pathway. In the liver specifically, PC is the major membrane constituent and can be synthesized by the cytidine diphosphate–choline or the phosphatidylethanolamine N‐methyltransferase pathway. With the continuing global rise in the rates of obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, we sought to explore how excess fatty acids on primary hepatocytes and diet‐induced obesity affect choline uptake and metabolism. Our results demonstrate that hepatocytes chronically treated with palmitate, but not oleate or a mixture, had decreased choline uptake, which was associated with lower choline incorporation into PC and lower expression of choline transport proteins. Interestingly, a reduction in the rate of degradation spared PC levels in response to palmitate when compared with control. The effects of palmitate treatment were independent of endoplasmic reticulum stress, which counterintuitively augmented choline transport and transporter expression. In a model of obesity‐induced hepatic steatosis, male mice fed a 60% high‐fat diet for 10 weeks had significantly diminished hepatic choline uptake compared with lean mice fed a control diet. Although the transcript and protein expression of various choline metabolic enzymes fluctuated slightly, we observed reduced protein expression of choline transporter‐like 1 (CTL1) in the liver of mice fed a high‐fat diet. Polysome profile analyses revealed that in livers of obese mice, the CTL1 transcript, despite being more abundant, was translated to a lesser extent compared with lean controls. Finally, human liver cells demonstrated a similar response to palmitate treatment. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the altered fatty acid milieu seen in obesity‐induced fatty liver disease progression may adversely affect choline metabolism, potentially through CTL1, but that compensatory mechanisms work to maintain phospholipid homeostasis.
A Long-Term Evaluation on Transmission Line Expansion Planning with Multistage Stochastic Programming

The purpose of this paper is to apply multistage stochastic programming to the transmission line expansion planning problem, especially when uncertain demand scenarios exist. Since the problem of transmission line expansion planning requires an intensive computational load, dual decomposition is used to decompose the problem into smaller problems. Following this, progressive hedging and proximal bundle methods are used to restore the decomposed solutions to the original problems. Mixed-integer linear programming is involved in the problem to decide where new transmission lines should be constructed or reinforced. However, integer variables in multistage stochastic programming (MSSP) are intractable since integer variables are not restored. Therefore, the branch-and-bound algorithm is applied to multistage stochastic programming methods to force convergence of integer variables.In addition, this paper suggests combining progressive hedging and dual decomposition in stochastic integer programming by sharing penalty parameters. The simulation results tested on the IEEE 30-bus system verify that our combined model sped up the computation and achieved higher accuracy by achieving the minimised cost.
Functional Factors of Biomass Burning Contribution to Spring Aerosol Composition in a Megacity: Combined FTIR-PCA Analyses

Whether the spring season brings additional pollution to the urban environment remains questionable for a megacity. Aerosol sampling and characterization was performed in the urban background of the Moscow megacity in spring 2017, in a period of a significant impact of mass advection from surrounding fire regions. Parametrization of Angstrom absorption exponent (AAE) on low and high values provides periods dominated by fossil fuel (FF) combustion and affected by biomass burning (BB), respectively. The period identification is supported by air mass transportation from the south of Russia through the regions where a number of fires were observed. Functionalities in entire aerosol composition, assigned to classes of organic, ionic compounds, and dust, are inferred by diffusion refection infrared Fourier transmission (FTIR) spectroscopy. Functional markers of urban transport emissions relate to modern engine technology and driving cycles. Regional BB functionalities indicate the fire impacts to the spring aerosol composition. The development of the advanced source apportionment for a megacity is performed by means of combined ambient FTIR data and statistical PCA analysis. PCA of FTIR spectral data differentiate daily aerosol chemistry by low and high AAE values, related to FF- and BB-affected spectral features. PC loadings of 58%, 21%, and 11% of variability reveal the functional factors of transport, biomass burning, biogenic, dust, and secondary aerosol spring source impacts.
Suppression of Methane Production via the Promotion of Fe2+ Oxidation in Paddy Fields

ABSTRACT Methane is a greenhouse gas, mainly generated from paddy fields and lakes by methanogens using hydrogen and acetic acid as substrates. In anaerobic environments with adequate Fe3+, iron-reducing microorganisms utilize these substrates, thus suppressing methane generation. We promoted Fe2+ oxidation to Fe3+ by physically stirring paddy soil and using a chelating agent (nitrilotriacetic acid; NTA) to evaluate the feasibility of the suppression of methane generation using Fe3+-reducing bacteria. Under anaerobic conditions, Fe3+ reduction to Fe2+ began immediately in the slurry made by adding water into air-dried paddy soil. Methane generation began on the 6th day when most Fe3+ was reduced. Under anaerobic conditions for 10 days followed by aerobic conditions, Fe2+ oxidation hardly progressed under static conditions. On stirring the slurry, Fe2+ oxidation progressed over 12 h (67% Fe2+ oxidized to Fe3+). When NTA was added under anaerobic conditions followed by stirring under aerobic conditions, Fe2+ oxidation was promoted further. The idea of physical stirring of paddy soil in the actual environment was derived from the effects of paddy soil stirring by ducks in interrelated rice–duck farming. In such farming, paddy soil contains more Fe3+ in its surface water compared with normal farming, resulting in suppressed methane generation.
The role of ecdysteroids on diapause of Helicoverpa armigera.

The ecdysteroids in the haemolymph of larvae and pupae from diapause andi non-diapause destined Helicoverpa armlerra were measured by radioimmunoassay. It was found that the ecdysteroid titer in the prepupal stage of diapause-destined pupa was higher than that of non-diapause-destined one. There was magnificent difference in titer of ecdysteroids between diapause and non-diapause pupae of H. armigera, the ecdysteroid titer in the diapause pupae was much lower. Pupal diapause in H. armigera could be immediately terminated with the injection of 20-hydroxyecdysterone.