Extended Huffman machines implemented with basic gates present an optimum latency time and only use the standard-cell technology. Due to the limitations of the existent synthesis methods for asynchronous controllers, these machines are only used for applications where there is limited concurrence between inputs and outputs (I/O concurrence). In these cases, the interaction with the environment ...

Recently there is an emergence of many Internet applications such as distributed interactive simulations (DIS), and high-performance scientific computations such Grid computing. These applications require huge amount of bandwidth and a viable communication paradigm to coordinate with multiple sources and destinations. In this work we propose variation of multicasting called quorumcasting or man...

Distinguishing between different signals conveyed in a single sensory modality presents a significant problem for sensory processing. The weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus use electrosensory information to encode both low-frequency signals associated with environmental and prey signals and high-frequency communication signals between conspecifics. We identify a mechanism whereby th...

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the innate immune response of avian heterophils. We previously used the pharmacological inhibitors genistein, verapamil, chelerythrine, and pertussis toxin to investigate the upstream signaling events involved in TLR2-mediated oxidative burst in chicken heterophils. Only chelerythrine, a protein kinase C inhibitor, was found to significantly ...

Optical Burst Switching (OBS) is a promising technology for the future generation Internet. Control architecture and Contention resolution are the main issues faced by the Optical Burst Switching networks. In this paper we are only taking care of the Contention problem and to overcome this issue we propose PreDeflection Routing with Control Packet Signal Scheme for Contention Resolution in Opti...

The rapid release of HzOz by elicited plant cells, recently termed the oxidative burst, was investigated in suspension-cultured soybean (Glycine max Merr. cv Kent) cells stimulated with a purified polygalacturonic acid (PCA) elicitor. Examination of the elicited cells by fluorescence microscopy revealed that virtually every living cell participates in the elicitor-induced H202 burst. Measuremen...

Voice onset time (VOT) is defined as the time difference between the onset of the burst and the onset of voicing. When voicing begins preceding the burst, the stop is called prevoiced, and the VOT is negative. When voicing begins following the burst the VOT is positive. While most of the work on automatic measurement of VOT has focused on positive VOT mostly evident in American English, in many...

OBJECTIVE Premature complexes (PCs) in the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal have been reported for myocardial contrast echocardiography and also for burst mode (physical therapy) ultrasound with gas body contrast agents at lower peak rarefactional pressure amplitudes (PRPAs). For contrast echocardiography, irreversibly injured cardiomyocytes have been associated with the arrhythmia. The objective...

Rapid release of H,O, may constitute an initial defense response mounted by a plant. lnauguration of this oxidative burst is known to occur upon stimulation with chemical elicitors, but the possibility of mechanical elicitation arising from pathogen penetration/weakening of the cell wall has never been examined. To introduce an adjustable mechanical stress on the plasma membrane, cultured soybe...