abstract improving nitrogen use efficiency (nue) is an important objective of the agroecosystem management. a field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different competition patterns on nitrogen balance in the wheat agroecosystem. experimental design was split–plot based on randomized complete blocks with four replications. the main plots consisted of different nitrogen rates (i.e. ...

A recent survey [1] has indicated an increasing usage of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route selection for interAutonomous System (AS) Traffic Engineering (TE) in response to changes in network conditions [2] such as traffic load and link capacities. The objective of inter-AS outbound TE is to control the flow of traffic exiting an AS, through optimal BGP route selection [3], so as to optimize ...

Scalable video coding (SVC) achieves layered coding structure with adaptive inter-layer prediction which causes high computational complexity. To decrease the computational complexity of SVC, we present a fast algorithm to speed up the inter-mode decision process for SVC. The proposed algorithm early terminates inter-mode decision in the enhancement layer by estimating the rate-distortion (RD) ...

In this letter, we propose an enhanced method for interlayer motion prediction in scalable video coding (SVC). For inter-layer motion prediction, the use of refined motion data in the Fine Granular Scalability (FGS) layer is proposed instead of the conventional use of motion data in the base quality layer to reduce the inter-layer redundancy efficiently. Experimental results show that the propo...

AIM To review the Auckland experience of childhood gonorrhoea, with particular regard to inter-agency management and medicolegal outcome. METHODS Retrospective review of medical records at a specialist child abuse assessment unit, and follow up with other agencies involved. RESULTS Twelve cases of genital gonorrhoea in pre-pubertal children in five years, in contrast to two cases in the pre...