| The objective of this paper is to determine the minimum system dropping rate induced by variable frame TDMA schemes supporting time-constrained applications with common maximum cell delay tolerance. Expressions are derived for the induced (optimal) system dropping rate and the maximum number of users that can be admitted in the network without violating the maximum dropping rate constrain is ...

This paper proposes a novel call admission control scheme capable of providing a combination of call and packet level quality of service requirements in cellular packet networks. Specifically, we propose a distributed call admission control scheme called PFG, which maximizes the wireless channel utilization subject to a predetermined bound on the call dropping and packet loss probabilities for ...

OBJECTIVE To isolate and identify Cryptococcus from domestic Chicken dropping. DESIGN cross sectional study. SETTING Kabigeriet village, Olenguorone Division, Nakuru county, approximately 282 km from Nairobi, Kenya. SUBJECTS Sixty four domestic chicken droppings were sampled in thirty two homesteads after obtaining the farmers consent. RESULTS Two species of Cryptococcus were isolated. ...

In this paper, a simple, general method of adding auxiliary stochastic neurons to a multi-layer perceptron is proposed. It is shown that the proposed method is a generalization of recently successful methods of dropout [5], explicit noise injection [12,3] and semantic hashing [10]. Under the proposed framework, an extension of dropout which allows using separate dropping probabilities for diffe...

This paper proposes static and dynamic mechanisms by which MUF scheduling algorithm can be made more effective in overloaded soft real time systems (such as multimedia) using the concept of Random Dropping (RD) and negative laxity check. With introduction of RD, both algorithms result in higher values of DMTR as compared to without RD. Using negative laxity check and appropriate random dropping...

Dynamic drop test for studying the temporal lowering of hydrophobicity on the surface of silicone rubber with direct current voltage application was carried out. In this study, we evaluated the influence of the temporal lowering of hydrophobicity under various conductivities and dropping rates for water droplets. As a result, it was found that the dropping rate and the conductivity of water dro...

Gene synthesis providers affiliated with the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) voluntarily screen double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) synthesis orders over 200 bp to check for matches to regulated pathogens and to screen customers. Questions have been raised, however, about the continuing feasibility and effectiveness of screening. There are technical challenges (e.g., oligonucleotides and...

In this paper, we present a meta-cognitive approach for dropping and reconsidering intentions, wherein concurrent actions and results are allowed, in the framework of the time-sensitive and contradiction-tolerant active logic.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Standard operating procedures have been developed in many surgical practices to ensure quality of care as it relates to specimens removed from the body. Most of these specimens are sent to pathology. Some, such as calvarial bone harvested during craniotomy are replaced in the body. Free tissue transfer involves harvesting tissue from one body site, storage for a variable p...

Forward-backward selection is one of the most basic and commonly-used feature selection algorithms available. It is also general and conceptually applicable to many different types of data. In this paper, we propose a heuristic that significantly improves its running time, while preserving predictive accuracy. The idea is to temporarily discard the variables that are conditionally independent w...