This paper describes a novel framework for managing connections to mobile hosts in the Internet. The framework, SLM, integrates the notions of Quality of Service management and mobility management and forms a base for overall session management. We compare SLM with the currently most widely adopted mobility management framework Mobile IP, and show how some of Mobile IP’s deficiencies are overco...

Increasing the knowledge of the semen characteristics in the alpaca will contribute to understanding one of the many factors that affect the poor fertility rate in this species. Ten adult male alpacas, 2.6-10 years of age, average weight 64.7 +/- 4.7 kg were used. The animals were distributed randomly into two groups of five each and submitted alternatively to two semen collections, using an ar...

This paper describes a project that uses constructionist technologies to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. Specifically, the project involves Logo programming as well as the assembly and utilization of the so-called GoGoBoard. The GoGoBoard is used in our project as the heart of an intelligent bedroom. In this room, a person with physical disabilities can control various ...

Color is the critical factor in seismic data interpretation and geological targets visualization. And recently, ideas of color blending have brought the enlightenment in attribute combinations for reservoir characterization in petroleum engineering. In this paper, we present this approach of color blending in different color modes and its application in subsurface channel detection by using sei...

The paper deals with an analysis of visibility records collected from 210 European airports to obtain a realistic estimation of the availability of Free Space Optical (FSO) data links. Commercially available optical links usually operate in the 850nm waveband. Thus the influence of the atmosphere on the optical beam and on the visible light is similar. Long-term visibility records represent an ...

Photon shot noise is the main noise source of optical microscopy images and can be modeled by a Poisson process. Several discrete wavelet transform based methods have been proposed in the literature for denoising images corrupted by Poisson noise. However, the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) has disadvantages such as shift variance, aliasing, and lack of directional selectivity. To overcome th...

light is one of the many wonders in the architecture iranian houses. it is a major tool for space creation anddesign. an important consideration in the iranian architecture, which takes a functional and conceptual approach to the extensive subject of light, has been that light should create a beautiful and spiritual space in addition to being functional. the light used in a house should be plea...

Project ILATO focuses on Improving Limited Angle computed Tomography by Optical data integration in order to enhance image quality and shorten acquisition times in X-ray based industrial quality inspection. Limited angle computed tomography is indicated whenever specimen dimensions exceed cone beam limits or the object is impenetrable from certain angles. Thus, acquiring only a subset of a full...

Introduction: The evaluation of X-ray and light field coincidence in linear accelerators as a quality control test is often performed subjectively, involving the manual marking of films and their visual inspection following the irradiation. Therefore, the present study aimed to develop an objective method for the performance of this test leading to the increased levels...

Light and trace metals are critical growth factors for algae but how the interdependence of light quality and metal availability affects algal growth remains largely unknown. Our previous studies have demonstrated the importance of Ni and Fe on the growth of Trichodesmium and Symbiodinium, respectively, two important marine primary producers inhabiting environments with high light intensities. ...