Object-oriented class-based languages provide mechanisms for the initialization of newly created objects. These mechanisms specify how an object is initialized and what information is needed to do so. The initialization protocol is usually implemented as a list of constructors. It is often the case that the initialization protocol concerns some orthogonal properties of objects. Unfortunately, i...

The development of the Object-Protocol Model (OPM) and OPM data management tools started in 1992. The main motivation for developing OPM at the time was the need to provide data management support for large scale DNA sequencing laboratories. We designed the protocol class as a construct for modeling sequencing, as well as other scientific, experiments. Since objectbased data models were well su...

The RObust Header Compression (ROHC) protocol provides an efficient, flexible and future-proof header compression concept. It is designed to operate efficiently and robustly over various link technologies with different characteristics. RFC 3095 defined the ROHC framework along with an initial set of compression profiles. To improve and simplify the specification, it has been agreed that the fr...

We address the question of how well end-to-end transport connections perform in a satellite environment composed of one or more satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) or low-altitude earth orbit (LEO), in which the connection may traverse a portion of the wired Internet. We first summarize the various ways in which latency and asymmetry can impair the performance of the Internet’s Transmission...

We present a cognitive spectrum access solution for FH-CDMA ad hoc networks. Building on a cluster-based split phase multi-channel MAC protocol, we propose a mechanism for local interference avoidance through distributed hopset adaptation. Its goal is to identify and substitute channels not suitable for reliable communication. Substitution rules replace channels by locally unused hopsets. This ...

The yeast split-ubiquitin system has previously been shown to be suitable to detect protein interactions of membrane proteins and of transcription factors in vivo. Therefore, this technology complements the classical split-transcription factor based yeast two-hybrid system (Y2H). Success or failure of the Y2H depends primarily on the ability to avoid false-negative and false-positive hits that ...

The purpose of this prospective observational study was to evaluate whether cone beam CT (CBCT) is a useful tool for analyzing the fracture line in a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO). The patient group consisted of 40 consecutive patients (9 males and 31 females) with a mandibular hypoplasia who underwent a BSSO advancement (Hunsuck modification; n=80 splits) between September 2006 and...