Currently there is not enough work on the Internet weighted fair bandwidth sharing without per-flow management, especially when both UDP and TCP flows of different RTTs and different bandwidth targets coexist. This paper contains two contributions: 1 ) A mechanism called SCALE-WFS, Scalable Core with Aggregation Level labEling Weighted Fair bandwidth-Sharing, is presented to achieve near-optima...

Membrane surface electrostatic interactions impose structural constraints on imported proteins. An unprecedented sensitive dependence on these constraints was seen in the voltage-gated import and channel formation by the C-terminal pore-forming domain of the bacteriocin, colicin E1. At physiological ionic strengths, significant channel current was observed only in a narrow interval of anionic l...

Two series of novel boron difluoride adducts (BDFs), namely [BF(2)(OO(R(n)))] (type I) and [BF(2)(OO(2R(n)))] (type II) (R = C(6)H(4)OC(n)H(2n+1); n = 10-18), containing β-diketonate ligands bearing 4-alkoxyphenyl substituents in position 1 or in positions 1,3 of the β-diketonate core, respectively, have been prepared. All of them display a strong interaction between the ligand and the BF(2) gr...

The introduction of Enlist E3 soybean allows growers to use postemergence (POST) applications low-volatile formulations 2,4-D choline (Enlist One) for in-season control glyphosate-resistant weeds. POST One and glyphosate (Roundup PowerMax) mixture can be tank-mixed with clethodim (Select Max) or quizalofop (Assure II) both grass broadleaf weed control. However, reduced species has previously be...

In this paper we aim at developing a solution to fairly allocating bandwidth among unicast and multicast flows. For this purpose, we propose the anycast max-min fairness criterion, which is based on the well known max-min fairness criterion for unicast. We then present an efficient implementation of the proposed criterion: the Multicast Fair Bandwidth Allocation (MFBA) architecture. The MFBA ar...

End-stage heart failure is an increasing clinical problem with only a few satisfactory therapeutic options. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is associated with a progressive decline in cardiac function. Our hypothesis was to arrest this worsening of cardiac function by mechanical containment of the dilating heart. In 16 pigs (50+/-7 kg) DCM with congestive heart failure was initiated by rapid ventr...

Aqueous solutions of benzoic acid (BA) were evaluated by two methods: (i) sensory profile: a descriptive test of sensory attributes combined with semiquantitative analysis; and (ii) pungency intensity measures as a function of time: a computerized recording using specific software. Kinetic parameters evaluated were maximal intensity (I(MAX)), total time of pungency (Ttot), rates of increase (V1...

This study investigates data standardization methods based on the grid search (GS) algorithm for energy load forecasting, including zero-mean, min-max, max, decimal, sigmoid, softmax, median, and robust, to determine hyperparameters of deep learning (DL) models. The considered DL models are convolutional neural network (CNN) long short-term memory (LSTMN). procedure is made over (i) setting con...

AIM To investigate the hypothesis that mitochondrial efficiency (i.e. P/O ratio) is higher in type I than in type II fibres during submaximal rates of respiration. METHODS Mitochondria were isolated from rat soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles, representing type I and type II fibres, respectively. Mitochondrial efficiency (P/O ratio) was determined with pyruvate (Pyr) or palmit...

The structure of protostellar cores can often be approximated by isothermal Bonnor-Ebert spheres (BES) which are stabilized an external pressure. For the typical pressure $10^4k_B\,\mathrm{K\,cm^{-3}}$ to $10^5k_B\,\mathrm{K\,cm^{-3}}$ found in molecular clouds, with masses below $1.5\,{\rm M_\odot}$ stable against gravitational collapse. In this paper, we analyze efficiency triggering a collap...