... optimal or near optimal route The basic IWD algorithm forms the aggregation tree with the re-enforcement of attracting other water drops in the next round of the tree construction at the junction ... consumption for transmitting one bit data Ef s Multipath fading model of the energy consumption for transmitting one bit data Pp Power consumption for data processing of the microcontroller Pc The ... adoption of the natureinspired optimization method, called Intelligent Water Drops (IWD) algorithm The IWD algorithm imitates the flow of water drops in the streams or rivers that xii attempt to...
... significant impact in multivariate analysis, only Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions All authors participated in the design of the study ... experimental data describe glucocorticoids (GC) with its differentiated effects on the protein expression of the skin Application of different doses of GC altered the investigated set of proteins ... qualitative assessment of its effect, has not been identified Instead, GC show a broad field of interactions with hundreds of genes and proteins [3] Although we have to assume that most of the interferences...
... themselves therefore allowing incorporation of the uncertainty inherent in the parameters in the evaluation of the project The fitted distributions and the characteristic parameters are given in Table ... (Figure 1) The GAGD process uses the natural tendency of the gas to rise to the top and the descent of the injected water to the bottom by injecting gas into the reservoir using (existing) vertical ... • CAPEXt = Total capital expenditures in year t; • TAXt = Total taxes paid in year t; • OTHERt = Other costs paid in year tIn order to account for the time value of money the calculated cash...
... consumed in transmitting data without taking the datareceiving energy consumption into account If the datareceiving energy is ignored, the important fact that the cluster-head spends more energy than ... considered in this article The cluster-head is in charge of data aggregation Let Cagg(s,l) be the energy spent in aggregating s streams of l bits raw information into a single stream of l bits of aggregated ... Network parameters used for the evaluation are shown in Table The cost for data transmission to the next hop is set to one unit of energy On the other hand, the costs for data reception and data...
... the system to the user By performing the integration of devices in a WSN in furniture, and deploying it at home, it is feasible to integrate the ambient intelligent system in an environment in ... related to the ubiquity characteristic of the system; their possible integration into the furniture’s upholstery could further highlight the ubiquitous feature of a system like this The smart textiles ... to the user, to active elements providing the ability to interact with the user, and this translates in a greater quantity of applications and features that allow to monitor different aspects...
... in the group has to take part in their work going to each of the family in their neighbour to take the notes of the amount of energy they spent (water, electricity, ,oil,coal…) in a module of time ... from the chart • By the end of the lesson Ss.will be able to read the information from the chart and write a description from it • This design can help them to infinite the information in the ... collect the own amounts of the city habitants’energy consumption for their group’s chart Time on task : three days in maximum In put : words and phrases in coursebook with the structure of relative...
... contribution of that activity to the company’s overall revenue accounts for two thirds of the total The company also determines that activity to be the key for its sustainable development The others ... Scope of work This report mainly aims at: - Finding factors affecting import activities of Vietnam energy development support Joint Stock Company - Analyzing the situation of import activity of the ... illustrated in the figure below Unit: VND Criteria Total revenue Net income Gross profit Net profit from business activities Net profit from financing activities Other profit Corporate income tax...
... the root mean square error of training and test settings demonstrate that at the interaction 6.00e+5 the neural network starts to became stable and use higher interactions just bring to the model ... The creation of an ANN must comprise the following steps: patterns definition; network implementation; identificationof the learning parameters; training and network testing The conception of ... considered After the input data procedure the network is trained to obtain the weights and coefficients of bias and latter validation Many attempts of training, modifying the number of hidden calls,...
... trends in the daily temperature data of these two stations reported in previous research [12] The warming trends initiated in 1996 in Thessaloniki and 1998 in Helliniko (Athens) This study linked the ... in the future The building insulation is of typical insulating materials available to the Greek market, and the heat transfer coefficients of the building elements are as close to the Greek Insulation ... Insulation Code as possible The interior temperature of the building θint was set constant during all day and equal to 20ºC for the winter period and 26ºC for the summer period The rate of the ventilation...
... deprotonated state The PCR fragment containing the mutation N373D was constructed in a two-step protocol For the PCR fragment encoding the N-terminal part of the b subunit, primers Kpn2Ifor (5¢-GCTTCGGCGGCCTGCTCTCC-3¢) ... mutants are indicated in the box on the top right The scale for the velocity of the mutants is indicated on the left side and that for the wild-type enzyme on the right side The assay conditions ... compatible with the function of N373 as a Na+ binding ligand Sodium ions may still bind to the N373L mutant through coordination to the other ligands of the binding site (center I), but the binding...
... compare its actual level of import with its theoretical import capacity In that respect, it is interesting to note that Italy and Portugal have both high prices and a level of actual import that is ... network industries providing services of general interest and then considers to what extent the regulatory changes taking place in most of these industries are contributing to or hindering the ... Source: Thomson Financial Securities database 32 EN Interestingly, data for air transport also show that most of the M&A activities happened within the two above-mentioned periods, indicating that they...
... Certification Testing 63 Network Operating System Testing Migration Plan Testing 64 Network Ready for Use Testing Test Scoping 64 65 66 Step 1: Categorize the Type of Test to Be Completed Step ... refines your initial test plan The learning that happens during this step is often the most important part of the entire test Step 4: Execution The execution phase often proves to be the most intense ... Network Testing Understanding Your Test Tools: Quirks and Limitations Understanding the Different Types of Test Traffic RFCs Pertaining to Test Execution Tools to Execute Complex Testing 104...
... suggest that both tests were uninformative during this time period The AUC for Cardio Detect ® remained lower than TnT in the remaining groups, a finding that was not in keeping with previous studies ... similar characteristics, including the same cutoff point for a positive test to detect H-FABP It is not known certainly whether the initial and updated versions of the Cardio Detect® test kits were ... sensitivity of TnT was expected to be low during the early phase of chest pain, since cardiac troponin may not be detectable for up to h after the onset of chest pain The sensitivity of Cardio Detect...
... dealing with these incidents It is on this basis that the Flying Squad included in its strategy a differential response for maternity and neonatal incidents This evolved into the use of two intermediate ... developed infrastructure The findings in this study indicate that there are significant gains to be made by developing countries through the introduction of specialist retrieval teams The proof resides ... which in turn is determined by the quality and the accuracy of the information obtained By determining the manner in which an incident is captured and evaluated (i.e the development of predetermined...
... network coverage, these sites are very energy inefficient Assuming that the effective transmitted power of a typical 3-sector base station site is in the order of 120 W, while the total input ... equipment is replaced throughout the evolution of the network Is it possible for MNOs to actually meet their targets of reducing the energy consumption, while at the same time meeting growing traffic ... limitations of an energy saving feature such as switching off base station sites Results show that it is advisable for MNOs to upgrade the capacity of their networks through a solution that involves...
... profile The objective of these tests is to evaluate the impact of multicast routing in the traffic for different configurations of the testbed when the network is not fully congested Taking these two ... implicitly includes in data packet the identification of the route (in a fixed size field) that will be updated in each node in the ad hoc network towards the destination The fields containing information ... Independently of the routing protocol, the tree is proactively maintained and nodes always search for the shortest (best) path to the gateway Besides disseminating configuration information, the integration...
... of the cutting edge from the plane of the disc (mm), Rstr – distance from the disc rotation axis to the half length of the cutting edge of the knife (mm) The technological point of view (disintegration ... kinematic (α) – technological (β) The kinematic point of view defines a possibility of the log feed to the disc also during the activity of the knife, i.e not only in the position of a log situated ... (disintegration of wooden mass into “chips”) is defined by the thermal state and type of wood Approximately: βoptim ≅ 37° ⇒ in summer time βoptim ≅ 39°–40° ⇒ in winter time The incorrect setting of knives,...
... maximising opportunity for initiation and optimisation of treatment Identification and treatment of ADHD inmates is likely to reduce behavioural disturbance within the prison setting but additionally ... This suggests that there is something about ADHD itself that leads directly to an increased rate of critical incidents with prison/institutional settings, and these behavioural problems might ... during the meeting was the need for integrated care pathways between CJS agencies Excellent service provision in one setting is of little benefit without continued care through integrated pathways...
... optimal timing of RRT in AKI, we left the decision to start RRT to the treating bedside clinical team Furthermore, the mean blood urea nitrogen at initiation of RRT was lower than that reported ... recognize the limits of the treatment and shift our focus to other strategies for prevention and treatment of AKI Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Acknowledgements ... (RRT) and the number of switches in treatment modality It has been suggested that the application of continuous and intermittent therapies in the same protocol precludes a valid interpretation of...