Abstract The advent of the Big Data era has brought considerable challenges to storing and managing massive data. Moreover, distributed storage systems are critical pressure capacity costs. Ceph cloud system only selects data nodes based on node capacity. This selection method results in load imbalance limited scenarios heterogeneous systems. Therefore, we add heterogeneity, network state, as p...

We present a single-chip, MPEG-2 Main Profile at Main Level, audio and video encoder and decoder. It combines a RISC core, a 24-bit DSP, video and audio interface units, and several dedicated processing units. A programmable video interface unit supports multiple modes of preand post-processing and on-screen display (OSD). The codec has been implemented using a standard-cell library in 0.18 m C...

by M.P. Brocklebank, J. Lam, and P. Mehta This article describes a new configuration for the layout of an OSD facility that closely integrates all of the facility contents plus optional R&D and administration areas. It presents a number of operating and GMP advantages, as well as potential capital and operational cost savings. Introduction Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) facilities producing tablets an...

(NRO) builds, launches, and operates systems which collect information from space. It responds to requirements from the Joint Staff, CINCs, DOD agencies, Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Council, operational and service intelligence elements, Department of State, and other members of the intelligence community. In this maelstrom of requirements, systems developers such as NRO ...

Background: Presently large amoebic liver abscesses are treated by intravenous antibiotics coupled with less invasive procedure like pigtail drainage. Pigtail drainage may not be adequate enough to drain thick pus and solid necrotic component in good number of abscesses. In these cases, severe sepsis, open surgical is a life saver game changer. Aim this study was determine whether critically il...

A second major effort is currently underway toward the development of vehicles with autonomous capabilities. The Autonomous Land Vehicle and Advanced Ground Vehicle Technology programs highlighted the first efforts in autonomous vehicles. The second push is fueled by the Office of the Secretary of Defense's (OSD) Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) program. The Surrogate Teleoperated Vehicle and Demo...

The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), an emerging human coronavirus, causes severe acute respiratory illness with a 35% mortality rate. In light of the recent surge in reported infections we have developed asymmetric five-primer reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assays for detection of MERS-CoV. Isothermal amplification assays will fac...

Active storage can largely reduce the network traffic and application execution time. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of an active storage architecture called Oasa for object-based storage system. Compared with previous work, Oasa has the following features.(1) It provides a flexible and efficient way for user to process data. User functions can process data of one user ...

Direct inversion of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectra RIXSS has been carried out using a numerical method for solving first-kind Fredholm integral equations. Hereby, the oscillator strength distribution OSD , which is proportional to the empty density of states at the absorption edge, has been obtained from the experimental Cu 1s2p RIXSS of CuO. In particular, the inversion of RIXSS m...

OBJECTIVE To identify prognostic factors for pain and endometrioma recurrence after complete laparoscopic excision of endometrioma(s). DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Tertiary care university hospital. PATIENT(S) One-hundred sixty-six consecutive women affected by uni- or bilateral ovarian endometrioma(s). INTERVENTION(S) Laparoscopic conservative treatment of endometrio...