Wireless sensor networks are composed of a large number of sensor nodes with limited energy resources. One critical issue in wireless sensor networks is how to gather sensed information in an energy efficient way since the energy is limited. The clustering algorithm is a technique used to reduce energy consumption. It can improve the scalability and lifetime of wireless sensor network. In this ...

Large ceramic femoral heads offer several advantages that are potentially advantageous to patients undergoing both primary and revision total hip replacement. Many high-quality studies have demonstrated the benefit of large femoral heads in reducing post-operative instability. Ceramic femoral heads may also offer an advantage in reducing polyethylene wear that has been reported in vitro and is ...

We have measured the microsecond rotational motions of myosin heads in muscle cross-bridges under physiological ionic conditions at 4 degrees C, by detecting the time-resolved phosphorescence of eosin-maleimide covalently attached to heads in skeletal muscle myofibrils. The anisotropy decay of heads in rigor (no ATP) is constant over the time range from 0.5 to 200 microsecond, indicating that t...

Wireless sensor networks faces unbalanced energy consumption problem over time. Clustering provides an energy efficient method to improve lifespan of the sensor network. Cluster head collects data from other nodes and transmits it towards the sink node. Cluster heads which are far-off from the sink, consumes more power in transmission of information towards the sink. We propose Region Based Ene...

During the period of 7 years, 2001-2007, 110,273 heads of cattle and 3,055,654 heads of pigs were examined by veterinarians of the Polish Veterinary Inspection in Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodship. As a result of pre- and post-slaughter examination, 311 heads of cattle and 23 heads of pigs representing 0.279% and 0.00075% of the population respectively were considered unsuitable due to neoplastic ...

abstract the effect of different larval density of chilo suppressalis walker was evaluated through 2006-2008 on rice infestation in controlled condition of the cages. the results indicated that there were significant effects between dead hearts, white heads and crop yield. the highest dead hearts and white heads were related to the treatment of 32 larvae per m2 and the lowest ones were obtained...

This paper describes a method for cloning faces from two orthogonal pictures and for generating populations from a small number of these clones. An e cient method for reconstructing 3D heads suitable for animation from pictures starts with the extraction of feature points from the orthogonal picture sets. Data from several such heads serve to statistically infer the parameters of the multivaria...

In everyday life, many people believe that two heads are better than one. Our ability to solve problems together appears to be fundamental to the current dominance and future survival of the human species. But are two heads really better than one? We addressed this question in the context of a collective low-level perceptual decision-making task. For two observers of nearly equal visual sensiti...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Excessive wear of acetabular liners in hip replacements may lead to osteolysis and cup loosening. Different head materials are currently used. We measured differences in wear between alumina and cobalt-chrome heads with the same polyethylene liner. PATIENTS AND METHODS 39 patients (43 hips) with osteoarthritis were included in a study with 10-year follow-up. Wear was me...