This paper deals with Fountain codes, and especially with their encoding matrices, which are required here to be invertible. A result is stated that an encoding matrix induces a permutation. Also, a result is that encoding matrices form a group with multiplication operation. An encoding is a transformation, which reduces the entropy of an initially high-entropy input vector. A special encoding ...

A simple, fast, sensitive and versatile method for the analysis of phenols in water is proposed using microfluidic precolumn derivatization with the fluorogenic label coumarin-6-sulfonyl chloride (C6SCl) and HPLC separation on monolithic columns. Phenols react with C6SCl within 3.0 min in the microreactor at ambient temperature to produce phenol-coumarin sulphonamides derivatives which were sep...

Simulations of an isolated Milky Way-like galaxy, in which supernovae power a galactic fountain, reproduce the observed velocity and 21 cm brightness statistics of galactic neutral hydrogen (H i). The simulated galaxy consists of a thin H i disk, similar in extent and brightness to that observed in the Milky Way, and extra-planar neutral gas at a range of velocities due to the galactic fountain...

In this thesis, the problem of transmitting data in the form of multicast and broadcast traffic has been studied. The traffic can be from a real-time application which has a short block length or it can be a general broadcast traffic in an ad-hoc network. The goal is to reduce the total number of transmissions which results in reducing the delay and improving the energy efficiency of the system...

During its near-ground hovering phase a Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft creates a complex three-dimensional flow field between jet streams, the airframe surface and the ground. A proper understanding and numerical prediction of this flow is important in the design of such aircraft. In this paper an experimental facility, used to gather validation data suitable for testing C...

ABSTRACT We use a dynamical model of galactic fountain to study the neutral extraplanar gas (EPG) in nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2403. have modelled EPG as combination material ejected from disc by stellar feedback (i.e. fountain) and accreting inner circumgalactic medium (CGM). This accretion is expected occur because cooling/condensation hot CGM (corona) triggered fountain. Our reproduces distri...

In this paper, we propose an effective path virtualization system using Fountain code that provides the highest possible data rate with satisfactory delay and block loss rate constraints to enhance video quality. Basically, Fountain code and video codec H. 264 are tightly coupled to efficiently use the path diversity over existing heterogeneous wireless networks. Finally, the proposed system is...

In this paper, we consider the existence of multiple solutions for the following p(x)-Laplacian equations with critical Sobolev growth conditions { −div(|∇u|p(x)−2 ∇u) + |u|p(x)−2 u = f(x, u) in Ω, u = 0 on ∂Ω. We show the existence of infinitely many pairs of solutions by applying the Fountain Theorem and the Dual Fountain Theorem respectively. We also present a variant of the concentration-co...

This case-control study investigated a cluster of respiratory illness among patrons of a restaurant. Of 173 patrons interviewed, 117 (68%) were ill. Symptoms included myalgias (93%), headache (87%), and fatigue (79%). The mean incubation period was 49 h and the mean duration of illness was 71 h. Patrons aged >15 years were more likely to have been ill than younger patrons (odds ratio [OR], 2.96...