A novel CPU scheduling policy is designed and implemented. It is a configurable policy in the sense that a tunable parameter is provided to change its behavior. With different settings of the parameter, this policy can emulate the first-come first-serve, the processing sharing, or the feedback policies, as well as different levels of their mixtures. This policy is implemented in the Linux kerne...

Pocket beaches (PBs) are among the most attractive tourist sites and economic development contributors in coastal areas; however, they negatively impacted by combined effects of climate change anthropogenic activities. Generally, research on PBs is conducted from beach towards offshore. Studies land use/land cover (LULC) limited currently lacking. Such studies deserve more investigation due to ...

Policy-based Signatures (PBS), which were introduced by Bellare and Fuchsbauer, enable signers to sign messages that conform to some policy, yet privacy of the policy is maintained. Bellare et al. defined the policy in any NP language. In PBS schemes for NP language, one should have a valid witness for the policy checking and signing algorithms. In this work, we consider the case of PBS for P l...

The recently developed planar architecture (ITO/ZnO/PbS-TBAI/PbS-EDT/Au) has greatly improved the power conversion efficiency of colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics (QDPVs). However, the performance is still far below the theoretical expectations and trap states in the PbS-TBAI film are believed to be the major origin, characterization and understanding of the traps are highly demanded to devel...

We present the synthesis of a series of six new glycoluril derived molecular clips and acyclic CB[n]-type molecular containers (1–3) that all feature SO3(−) solubilizing groups but differ in the number of glycoluril rings between the two terminal dialkoxyaromatic sidewalls. We report the X-ray crystal structure of 3b which shows that its dialkoxynaphthalene sidewalls actively define a hydrophob...

We present new kind of microwave phase shifters (MPS) based on dispersion of PbS colloidal quantum dots (QDs) in commercially available photoresist SU8 after a ligand exchange process. Ridge PbS-SU8 waveguides are implemented by integration of the nanocomposite in a silicon platform. When these waveguides are pumped at wavelengths below the band-gap of the PbS QDs, a phase shift in an optically...

The sub-micrometer PbS with anisotropic microstructures including fishbone-like dendrites, multipods, cubes, corallines, and hopper cubes were successfully prepared by the solvothermal process. Different morphologies can be obtained by adjusting the reaction temperatures or using the nontoxic controlled reagents which can tune the relative growth rate in the <100> direction and the <111> direct...

Retroviruses use a cellular tRNA molecule as primer for reverse transcription. The complementarity between the 3' end of this tRNA and a sequence near the 5' end of the viral RNA, the primer-binding site (PBS), allows the primer to anneal onto the viral RNA. During reverse transcription 18 nucleotides of the tRNA primer are copied into the viral cDNA, thereby regenerating the PBS sequence of th...

A one-pot synthesis for the growth of PbS nanocubes and octahedra has been developed by heating an aqueous mixture of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), thioacetamide (TAA), lead acetate, and nitric acid at 90 °C for 3 h. The method allows for direct large-scale production of small and uniform PbS nanocubes. The PbS cubes and octahedra exhibit different surface properties, as evidenced by z...

This paper explores the relationship between organisational knowledge, organisational culture, and Process Based Systems (PBS), in the U.K. National Health Service (NHS). Links between PBS and organisational culture have been observed before(Perry, 2003); the contribution made by PBS to organisational knowledge has also been suggested (Perry, 2004). However, links between organisational knowled...