the available methods for predicting mechanical characteristics of pavement layers are categorized into two general groups, destructive and non-destructive. in destructive method, using coring and pavement subgrade and performing necessary experiments on them, the quantities of layers properties will be identified. in non-destructive method, the attained deflection is measured by applying the l...

Many complex systems can be represented as networks consisting of distinct types of interactions, which can be categorized as links belonging to different layers. For example, a good description of the full protein-protein interactome requires, for some organisms, up to seven distinct network layers, accounting for different genetic and physical interactions, each containing thousands of protei...

We study the security provided by various types of Wireless Networks in perspective of using that information in designing a secure personal environment which may contain networks based on different standards. Typically in wired networks, the security issues are left to the application developer and the layers below do not provide any support. In wireless networks, the security issues are consi...

To optimize the number of decomposition layers in wavelet threshold denoising for ultrasonic signals, we propose a self-adaptive algorithm of determining the number of decomposition layers based on singular spectrum analysis and wavelet entropy. First the noise-containing signals are decomposed by discrete wavelet transform. The slope of the singular value spectrum for each layer is estimated. ...

We present the University at Buffalo’s Software-Defined Airborne Networking and Communications Testbed (UB-ANC). UB-ANC is an open software/hardware platform that aims to facilitate rapid testing and repeatable comparative evaluation of various airborne networking and communications protocols at different layers of the network protocol stack. In particular, it combines quadcopters capable of au...

Cloud environments often provide dynamic resource allocation techniques. These can be used to scale single components or even whole software systems according to their current workload. Fluctuating workloads can occur in different layers of the software architecture and need appropriate handling to meet performance requirements. Scaling workload-intensive components in combination with load-bal...