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Ovine foot rot is an infection of the feet of sheep, mainly caused by Dichelobacter nodosus. In its virulent form, it is highly contagious and debilitating, causing significant losses in the form of decline in wool growth and quality and poor fertility. Current methods of treatment are ineffective in complete eradication. Effective antibiotic treatment of foot rot is hence necessary to ensure b...

Metabolic network provides a unified platform to integrate all the biological information on genes, proteins, metabolites, drugs and drug targets for a comprehensive system level study of the relationship between metabolism and disease. In recent times, drug-target identification by in silico methods has emerged causing a phenomenal achievement in the field of drug discovery. This paper focuses...

BitTorrent is a recent, yet successful peer-to-peer protocol focused on efficient content delivery. To gain a better understanding of the key algorithms of the protocol, we have instrumented a client and run experiments on a large number of real torrents. Our experimental evaluation is peer oriented, instead of tracker oriented, which allows us to get detailed information on all exchanged messa...

We propose a human-area networking technology that uses the surface of the human body as a data transmission path and uses near-field coupling TRXs. This technology aims to achieve a „touch and connect” form of communication and a new concept of “touch the world” by using a quasi-electrostatic field signal that propagates along the surface of the human body. This paper explains the principles u...

W hy all the mystery surrounding baluns? Here’s some straight talk to dispel the rumors! The balun — to use, or not to use — is one of today’s hottest topics in Amateur Radio. Because certain aspects of the connection between a coaxial feed line and a balanced antenna have been ignored, misunderstanding still exists concerning the function of baluns. Many commercial baluns embody some form of i...

The conventional line commutated ac-to-dc converters/ inverters have square-shaped line current which contains higher-order harmonics. Moreover, it requires a costly and bulky dc inductor or choke. The line current with the high harmonic contents generates EMI and therefore it causes more heating of the core of distribution or power transformers. Alternatively, PWM based inverters using MOSFET/...