Today, with the proliferation of switch-based local area network standards, such as ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), HIPPI (HIgh Performance Parallel Interface) and Fibre Channel, the issue of the eecient interconnection among connection-oriented switches arises. This paper presents a study of eecient arrangements of switches intended to support a local area network environment. This multi-swi...

BACKGROUND The association between body composition (e.g. sarcopenia or visceral obesity) and treatment outcomes, such as survival, using single-slice computed tomography (CT)-based measurements has recently been studied in various patient groups. These studies have been conducted with different software programmes, each with their specific characteristics, of which the inter-observer, intra-ob...

UPFC is a versatile FACTS controller that can regulate the Power Flow through the Line by controlling its Series and shunt parameters. In shunt it is having STATCOM and in series SSSC are employed can independently control the Line Power Flow. Two Converters improves the flexibility and provide additional degree of freedom in Power System. With the application of UPFC, Transient stability of th...

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a promising technique for the broadband wireless communication system. However, the inter-carrier-interference (ICI) produced by the phase noise of transceiver local oscillator is a serious problem. The variations in Time Offset (TO) can lead to inter-symbolinterference (ISI) in case of frequency selective channel. Literature survey of any re...

BACKGROUND Voice change is one of the earliest features of Parkinson's disease. However, quantitative studies of vocal fold dynamics which are needed to provide insight into disease biology, aid diagnosis, or track progression, are few. METHODS We therefore quantified arytenoid cartilage movements and glottic area during repeated phonation in 15 patients with Parkinson's disease (symptom dura...

Octahedral PbSe colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) are used to assemble a solid. Because of the special feature of the apexes of the octahedrons, the cross-sectional area of the inter-dot tunneling junctions is much smaller than that formed between spherical NCs. The inter-dot separation between NCs is easily adjusted by mild thermal treatment. Like a spherical NC-solid, the resistance of the octahed...

Groundwater, a special hydrological variable and freshwater resource is completely inter-reliant with hydro-metorological, topographic, land use and hydro-geological components of hydrologic cycle. Trend of hydrologic componentsfor future prediction is attempted to confer in this study using Man-Kendall test, linear regression and geometric progression analysis on recorded data collected from r...

The root is an important plant part contributing to peanut productivity underwater-limited conditions. Root volume, root surface area and root diameter may becharacters responding to pre-flowering drought (PFD) in peanut. The objectives ofthis study were to investigate the responses to PFD for root surface area, rootvolume and root diameter and to determine the inter-relationships among theresp...

Variations in a lake area constitute an important indicator of the modifications of the lake hydrology. This paper explores the inter-annual variations of the Poyang Lake area during the dry seasons occurringwithin the 1961 to 2010 period and further quantifies the severity of dryness recently endured during the 2000s. A physically based hydrodynamic model of Poyang Lake established the relatio...