Designing efficient search algorithms is a key challenge in unstructured peer-to-peer networks. Flooding and random walk (RW) are two typical search algorithms. Flooding searches aggressively and covers the most nodes. However, it generates a large amount of query messages and, thus, does not scale. On the contrary, RW searches conservatively. It only generates a fixed amount of query messages ...

This paper proposes a high performance reversible watermarking (RW) scheme based on a novel compensation strategy. RW embeds data into a host image by modifying its pixel values slightly. It is found that certain modified pixels can be compensated to their original values during the proposed embedding procedure. The compensation effect in the RW scheme can improve the marked image quality signi...

We examined the molecular and metabolomic effects of voluntary running wheel activity in late middle-aged male Sprague Dawley rats (16-17 months). Rats were assigned either continuous voluntary running wheel access for 8 weeks (RW+) or cage-matched without running wheel access (RW-). The 9 RW+ rats averaged 83 m/day (range: 8-163 m), yet exhibited both 84% reduced individual body weight gain (4...

The study discusses a new supplementary method of masking cloud-affected pixels in satellite ocean color imageries. Pixels, typically found around cloud edge, sometimes have anomalous features either in chlorophyll a concentration or in-water reflectance estimates caused by residual error of inter-band registration correction, or more generally, by differences in the band-wise field-ofview of t...

This work assesses the efficiency of the Codacs system actuator (Cochlear Ltd., Sydney Australia) in different inner ear stimulation modalities. Originally the actuator was intended for direct perilymph stimulation after stapedotomy using a piston prosthesis. A possible alternative application is the stimulation of middle ear structures or the round window (RW). Here the perilymph stimulation w...

2014 The present paper considers the VLF radiation characteristics from a thin dipole antenna in a warm magnetoplasma. Formal solutions are derived for the portions of the dipole radiation resistance due to the thermal modes (Rt) and the whistler mode (Rw). In this derivation the ions are assumed to be cold, and the effects of finite electron temperatures are included by means of a scalar press...

Designing efficient search algorithms is a key challenge in unstructured peer-to-peer networks. Flooding and random walk (RW) are two typical search algorithms. Flooding searches aggressively and covers the most nodes. However, it generates a large amount of query messages and, thus, does not scale. On the contrary, RW searches conservatively. It only generates a fixed amount of query messages ...

Background: The pathogenic mechanisms of atopic dermatitis (AD) and recurrent wheezing (RW) during infancy are not fully understood. Objective: We evaluated immunological markers associated with AD and RW during infancy. Methods: We followed a cohort (n=314) from birth to 14 months of age. Some of the participants underwent a physical examination and blood test at 6 and 14 months of age. Univar...

Cardiovascular disease is common in asthmatic patients but often is attributed to respiratory drug therapy. With mounting evidence for an inflammatory role in the development of cardiovascular disease, we hypothesized that the inflammation associated with asthma adversely affects the cardiovascular system independent of therapeutic interventions. The hypothesis was tested in a murine model of m...