100 Delay Reduction Techniques for Playout Bu ering Cormac J. Sreenan, Jyh-Cheng Chen, Member, IEEE, Prathima Agrawal, Fellow, IEEE, and B. Narendran Abstract| Receiver synchronization of continuous media streams is required to deal with delay di erences and variations resulting from delivery over packet networks such as the Internet. This function is commonly provided using per-stream playout ...

Sharing of healthcare related information among the different healthcare providers is a crucial aspect for the continuity of the provided care The purpose of this study is the presentation of a system appropriate to be used upon the transition or the referral of a patient, and especially in transition from hospital to homecare. The function of the developed system is based upon the creation of ...

Successful climate change mitigation will involve not only technological innovation, but also innovation in how we understand the societal and individual behaviors that shape the demand for energy services. Traditionally, individual energy behaviors have been described as a function of utility optimization and behavioral economics, with price restructuring as the dominant policy lever. Previous...

We compared estimates of net primary production (NPP) from the MODIS satellite with estimates from a forest ecosystem process model (PnET-CN) and forest inventory and analysis (FIA) data for forest types of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The regional means were similar for the three methods and for the dominant oak-hickory forests in the region. However, MODIS underestimated NPP ...

Intensive researches in seismology and earthquake engineering are ongoing in Korea since the mid 1990s.This paper summarizes recent R&D; results regarding the improvement of earthquake catalog, seismicityand tectonics, ground motion, and PSHA methodology. The effect of the R&D; results on the seismichazard was studied for the Ulchin NPP site. Results showed much improvement in the...

Liang Bua 1 (LB1) exhibits marked craniofacial and postcranial asymmetries and other indicators of abnormal growth and development. Anomalies aside, 140 cranial features place LB1 within modern human ranges of variation, resembling Australomelanesian populations. Mandibular and dental features of LB1 and LB6/1 either show no substantial deviation from modern Homo sapiens or share features (rece...

The smoothness of the pavement surface approaching a Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) scale directly affects the device’s ability to accurately estimate static loads from measured dynamic forces. Lack of smoothness creates difficulties in obtaining an acceptable weighing error. Efforts were made in this study to determine appropriate threshold values of profile length and roughness approaching the WIM. Ro...

Using a global ocean biogeochemical model combined with a forecast of physical oceanic and atmospheric variables from the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, we assess the skill of a chlorophyll concentrations forecast in the Equatorial Pacific for the period 2012-2015 with a focus on the forecast of the onset of the 2015 El Niño event. Using a series of retrospective 9-month hindcast...