Wireless Sensor Networks consist of multiple energy-constrained sensing devices called sensor nodes. Typically, the sensor nodes generate data that must reach a single data sink across multiple hops. The data from neighboring nodes are usually correlated and can be aggregated and compressed inside of the network. This process is referred to as data aggregation and requires the development of da...

Quality of service (QoS) mechanisms are needed in integrated networks so that the performance requirements of heterogeneous applications are met. In this paper, we outline a framework for predicting end-to-end QoS at the application layer based on mapping of QoS guarantees across layers in the protocol stack and concatenation of guarantees across multiple dissimilar sub-networks. Mapping is nee...

We have studied myoglobin (Mb) on graphite basal plane and on self-assembled didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) monoand multilayers with in situ tapping-mode AFM, cyclic voltammetry, and differential capacitance measurements. On graphite, Mb molecules adsorb and aggregate into chainlike features. The aggregation indicates an attractive interaction between the adsorbed molecules. In contra...

Generating software from abstract models is a prime activity in model-driven engineering. Adaptable and extendable code generators are important to address changing technologies as well as user needs. However, they are less established, as variability is often designed as configuration options of monolithic systems. Thus, code generation is often tied to a fixed set of features, hardly reusable...

protein aggregation is a problem in biotechnology. high temperature is one of the most important reasons to enhance enzyme inactivation and aggregation in industrial systems. this work focuses on the effect of tio2 and sio2 nanoparticles on refolding and reactivation of lysozyme. in the presence of tio2 and sio2 nanoparticles, after enzyme heat treatment at 98◦c for 30 min, not only aggregates ...

Generating software from abstract models is a prime activity in model-driven engineering. Adaptable and extendable code generators are important to address changing technologies as well as user needs. However, they are less established, as variability is often designed as configuration options of monolithic systems. Thus, code generation is often tied to a fixed set of features, hardly reusable...

In this work, gold nanoparticle/graphene oxide (AuNP/GO) nanocomposites are synthesized and used as anodic buffer layers in organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs). The application of thiol-terminated polyethylene glycol as a capping agent prevents the aggregation of AuNPs on the GO surface and further improves the solubility and stability of these nanomaterials in solutions. When AuNP/GO nanomater...

objective: to study the mechanisms involved in amyloid formation processes, we made a mammalian cell culture model of amylin aggregation and characterized its properties. materials and methods: amyloid fibrils were extracted from cho cells and binding affinity to thioflavin t and congo red was investigated. then the apple-green birefringence of extracted fibrils was detected under polarized li...