Preface Computer networking is a fascinating field that has interested many for quite a few years. The purpose of this brief book is to give a general, non-mathematical, introduction to the technology of networks. This includes discussions of types of communication, many networking standards, popular protocols, venues where networking is important such as data centers, cloud computing and grid ...

The theory of tree automata was established in the late sixties by Thatcher and Wright [53] and Doner [19]. They showed that the basic logical and algorithmic properties of standard automata theory can be transferred from the domain of finite words to the domain of finite trees (or terms), leading to a theory of regular tree languages. Quoting from the introduction of [53], where the theory of ...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) is one of the leading causes of community-acquired pneumonia and can cause a number of extrapulmonary manifestations in the absence of pneumonia. In this regard, primary care physicians should know how to suspect, diagnose, and manage patients with Mp infection. This review gives a general overview of the basic clinical aspects of Mp infection with special reference t...

We consider the dynamics of three point masses, where we assume that the mass of the third body is so small that it does not affect the motion of the primaries. In the framework of the restricted three–body problem, we investigate the collisional trajectories, which correspond to a singularity of the equations of motion. We investigate the regularizing techniques known as Levi–Civita, Kustaanhe...

Fault simulation is a powerful yet not well understood tool for generating test vectors. This tutorial describes the principles of fault simulation, fault modeling techniques and the economic benefits of fault simulation. The section on principles of fault simulation includes serial, parallel, and concurrent fault simulation algorithms along with descriptions of digital faults, fault coverage, ...

The fundamental assumption of Mendelian genetics is that behavior of an allele is identical whether it arrives to a zygote through paternal or maternal germline pathway. Gametic imprinting phenomena discovered and studied in mammals show limitations of the classical view in special cases. Two sources of evidence were essential to describe gametic imprinting. The first approach based on genetic ...

Power MOSFETs have become the standard choice for the main switching devices in a broad range of power conversion applications. They are majority carrier devices with no minority carrier injection, superior to Power Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) and Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) in high frequency applications where switching power losses are dominant. They can be paralleled b...