In this paper we present two novel approximation methods for the performance analysis of selective repeat (SR) ARQ protocol with any size of buffer. The methods are called sequential method (SM) and stable function method (SFM). Both SM and SFM methods provide highly accurate results as compared to other conventional methods of analysis. However, between SM and SFM methods, it is observed that ...

This paper proposes a novel model of support function machine (SFM) for time series predictions. Two machine learning models, namely, support vector machines (SVM) and procedural neural networks (PNN) are compared in solving time series and they inspire the creation of SFM. SFM aims to extend the support vectors to spatiotemporal domain, in which each component of vectors is a function with res...

Super Flexible Messaging (SFM) provides a powerful and elegant message passing abstraction for transferring arbitrary data between remote processes. SFM achieves the simplicity of stream-oriented mechanisms and the ability to transfer structured data as found in high-level remote object invocation systems. Leveraging off of dynamic typing and named arguments in functions, SFM offers a simple sy...

The quality and completeness of 3D models obtained by Structure-from-Motion (SfM) heavily depend on the image acquisition process. If the user gets feedback about the reconstruction quality already during the acquisition, he can optimize this process. We propose an online SfM approach that allows the inspection of the current reconstruction result on site. To guide the user throughout the acqui...

In this paper the multiscale kernel principal component analysis (MSKPCA) based on sliding median filter (SFM) is proposed for fault detection in nonlinear system with outliers. The MSKPCA based on SFM (SFM-MSKPCA) algorithm is first proposed and applied to process monitoring. The advantages of SFM-MSKPCA are: (1) the dynamical multiscale monitoring method is proposed which combining the Kronec...

Moving dots can evoke a percept of the spatial structure of a three-dimensional object in the absence of other visual cues. This phenomenon, called structure from motion (SFM), suggests that the motion flowfield represented in the dorsal stream can form the basis of object recognition performed in the ventral stream. SFM processing is likely to contribute to object perception whenever there is ...

The silk fibroin (SF) nanofibrous membrane is a good candidate for clinical application in bone and periodontal regenerative therapy. Strontium (Sr), as a natural element in human bone, can hinder osteoclast activity and promote bone formation. This study aims to evaluate in vitro and in vivo the feasibility of strontium-loaded silk fibroin nanofibrous membrane (Sr-SFM) for guided bone regenera...

the presence of microbial load and high fiber content in various non conventional feedstuffs limit their utilization in poultry feed. in the present study, the feedstuffs were treated with acidified sodium chlorite (asc) and its impact on  the microbial load and metabolizable energy availability was assessed in  the chickens. the effect of supplementation of feed grade enzyme was also evaluated...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of heat damage, achieved by autoclaving, on the nutritional composition and on the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of AA in sunflower meal (SFM) and cottonseed meal (CSM) fed to growing pigs. The second objective was to establish a relationship between the concentration of SID AA in SFM and CSM and the concentration of fiber compone...

BACKGROUND This marmoset study addresses concerns about feeding human male infants with soy formula milk (SFM). METHODS From age 4 to 5 days, seven male co-twin sets were fed standard formula milk (SMA) or SFM for 5-6 weeks; blood samples were subsequently collected at 10-week intervals. Testes from co-twins killed at 120-138 weeks were fixed for cell counts. RESULTS SFM- and SMA-fed twins ...