Large-scale datacenters that handle continuous data streams require scalable and flexible communication infrastructure. The scalability of publish/subscribe (pub/sub) middleware coupled with fine-grained quality-of-service (QoS) support and adaptive transport protocols constitutes a promising area of research to address the challenges of these types of large-scale datacenters. This paper descri...

The McMurdo Dry Valleys constitute the largest ice free area of Antarctica. The area is a polar desert with an annual precipitation of ∼ 3 cm water equivalent, but contains several lakes fed by glacial melt water streams that flow from four to twelve weeks of the year. Over the past ∼20 years, data have been collected on the lakes located in Taylor Valley, Antarctica as part of the McMurdo Dry ...

We investigated the influence of riparian and whole watershed land use as a function of stream size on surface water chemistry and assessed regional variation in these relationships. Sixty-eight watersheds in four level III U.S. EPA ecoregions in eastern Kansas were selected as study sites. Riparian land cover and watershed land use were quantified for the entire watershed, and by Strahler orde...

The spherically symmetric, static spacetime generated by a cross-flow of non-interacting null dust streams can be conveniently interpreted as the radiation atmosphere of a star, which also receives exterior radiation. Formally, such a superposition of sources is equivalent to an anisotropic fluid. Therefore, there is a preferred time function in the system, defined by this reference fluid. This...

In recent years, there have been some interesting studies on predictive modeling in data streams. However, most such studies assume relatively balanced and stable data streams but cannot handle well skewed (e.g., few positives but lots of negatives) and skewed distributions, which are typical in many data stream applications. In this paper, we propose an ensemble and cluster based sample method...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether advertising for food influences choices made by children, the strength of these influences, and whether they might be easily undone by parental influences. STUDY DESIGN Children between 3 and 8 years of age (n=75) were randomized to watch a series of programs with embedded commercials. Some children watched a commercial for a relatively healthy food item, the oth...

The idea that symmetry in facial traits is associated with attractiveness because it reliably indicates good physiological health, particularly to potential sexual partners, has generated an extensive literature on the evolution of human mate choice. However, large-scale tests of this hypothesis using direct or longitudinal assessments of physiological health are lacking. Here, we investigate r...

<p>In this work Rain Drop Optimization (RDO) Algorithm is projected to reduce power loss. Proceedings of drop have been imitated model the RDO algorithm. Natural action rain flowing downwardsform peak and it may form small streams during headway from mountain or hill. As by gravitation principle raindrop flow as stream then river mountains hill reach sea global optimum. Proposed evaluated...

Surface mount chip resistors are amongst the simplest and most inexpensive of all components used in electronic circuits and systems. Typically, resistor failure modes include open circuits, resistive shorts or variations in resistance indicating parametric drift or intermittent failure, which in some applications result in overall system failure. Corrosion is currently believed to be the numbe...

With demand for health services continuing to grow as populations age and new technologies emerge to meet health needs, healthcare policy-makers are under constant pressure to set priorities, ie, to make choices about the health services that can and cannot be funded within available resources. In a recent paper, Smith et al apply an influential policy studies framework – Kingdon’s multiple str...