0140-3664/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2008.07.002 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 5148037134. E-mail addresses: hichem-ayed.harhira@polymtl [email protected] (S. Pierre). Admission control algorithms are crucial for ensuring a near optimal resource allocation while guaranteeing the required Quality of Service (QoS) constraints. In this paper, a new routing and ...

0140-3664/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2011.12.010 q This work was supported by National Science Co No. NSC 100-2221-E-001-004. ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 27872364; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (W.-H. Chu The rationale behind a green network is that it should effectively reduce energy consumption, while maintaining the level of services fo...

0140-3664/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2011.05.010 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 443 766 9648. E-mail addresses: [email protected], fsenel1@u cs.umbc.edu (M. Younis). Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have many applications which operate in hostile environments. Due to the harsh surroundings, WSNs may suffer from a large scale damage that causes many nodes to ...

0140-3664/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2009.08.015 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 514 340 3240x468 E-mail addresses: [email protected] [email protected] (A. Quintero), Samuel.Pierre@po The next generation mobile networks (4G) is expected to integrate a large number of heterogeneous wireless systems. Practically, metropolitan networks will play a...

0140-3664/$ see front matter Crown Copyright 2 doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2010.07.026 * Corresponding author. Tel./fax: +98 641 6261796 E-mail address: [email protected] (E. Pourfak In recent years wireless mesh networks have been deployed and grown in popularity in many metropolitan areas. The deployment of such networks has allowed clients to gain access to publicly available broadband networks....

Risk stratification using number, size, and histology of colorectal adenomas is currently suboptimal for identifying patients at increased risk for future colorectal cancer (CRC). We hypothesized that molecular markers of carcinogenesis in adenomas, measured via immunohistochemistry, may help identify high-risk patients. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a retrospective, 1:1 matched case-co...

0140-3664/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2011.02.005 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 312 567 3916x799 E-mail addresses: [email protected] (Y. Liu), zhou@iit (Y. Cheng). Integration of optical and wireless networks is considered as one of the promising technologies for next generation Internet access. In this paper, we consider the integrated points placement problem ...

Context.—A common laboratory practice is to repeat critical values before reporting the test results to the clinical care provider. This may be an unnecessary step that delays the reporting of critical test results without adding value to the accuracy of the test result. Objectives.—To determine the proportions of repeated chemistry and hematology critical values that differ significantly from ...

0140-3664/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2008.08.008 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 214 208 5951. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (W. Yu), ch pan), [email protected] (X. Wang), xuan@cs Active worms continue to pose major threats to the security of today’s Internet. This is due to the ability of active worms to automatically propagate themselves and co...