We provide a parametric modelling approach suitable for various kinds of hierarchical networks based on random geometric graphs. In these networks, we have two kinds of components, so-called high-level components (HLC) and low-level components (LLC). Each HLC is associated with a serving zone and all LLC within this area are connected to the corresponding HLC. So-called sparse LLC networks, whe...

Tasks running on a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) multicore processor can suffer significant execution time variations due to inter-core interference in accessing shared hardware resources such as shared last-level cache (LLC). Page-coloring is a well-known OS technique, which can partition the LLC space among the cores, to improve isolation. In this paper, we evaluate the effectiveness of pag...

In this paper a modified form of the most efficient resonant LLC series parallel converter configuration is proposed. The proposed system comprises of an additional LC circuit synchronized with the existing resonant tank of LLC configuration (LLC-LC configuration). With the development of power electronics devices, resonant converters have been proved to be more efficient than conventional conv...

BACKGROUND Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) is considered to be useful for the diagnosis of myocarditis, and the Lake Louise Criteria (LLC) has been proved to be of significance as the standard of diagnosis. However, the diagnostic performance of LLC-based CMRI for myocarditis compared with endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) has not been quantitatively evaluated in a meta-analysis. MATERIAL A...

Lung cancer accounts for 13% (1.6 million) of the total cases and 18% (1.4 million) of the deaths in 2008. Crizotinib (PF-02341066) is identified as an ATP competitive small-molecular inhibitor for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved crizotinib to be used for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ALK-positive NSCLC in 2011...

GoldSim is a powerful and flexible Windows-based computer program for carrying out probabilistic simulations of complex systems to support management and decision-making in engineering, science and business. The program is highly graphical, highly extensible, able to directly represent uncertainty, and allows you to create compelling presentations of your model. Although GoldSim can be used to ...