In this paper, we propose a new active queue management algorithm, called Average Rate Early Detection (ARED). An ARED gateway measures/uses the average packet enqueue rate as a congestion indicator, and judiciously signals end hosts of incipient congestion, with the objective of reducing packet loss ratio and improving link utilization. We show (via simulation in ns-2) that the performance of ...

BACKGROUND It is well known that smells have marked effects on behavior, cognition and on emotional responses. Therefore, it is very useful to have at our disposal instruments that allow us the measure these effects. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Spanish version of the Affective Impact of Odors scale (AIO) and the Odor Awareness Scale (OAS). MATERIAL AND ...

We designed and synthesized All-in-One (AIO) reactive azide reagents for bioorthogonal reactions with highly efficient Cu(I) ligand moieties, an azido group, and functional tags for imaging or purification. The AIO reagents displayed fast and efficient click ligation and can be applied in a wide range of in vivo systems.

The availability of a simple, sensitive, and rapid test using whole blood to facilitate processing and to reduce the turnaround time could improve the management of patients presenting with chest pain. The aim of this study was an evaluation of the Innotrac Aio! second-generation cardiac troponin I (cTnI) assay. The Innotrac Aio! second-generation cTnI assay was compared with the Abbott AxSYM f...

Asynchronous IO (AIO) allows a process to continue to do other work while an IO operation initiated earlier completes. AIO allows a large number of random IO operations to be issued at once, allowing the disk subsystem to order access to data on disk, reducing average seek times considerably, as well as allowing much better utilization of disks in a multi-disk RAID environments where reads can ...

This indirect method for determination of desferrioxamine (DFO, deferoxamine, Desferal) and its chelated compounds ferrioxamine (FO) and aluminoxamine (AIO) in biological fluids involves metal chelate formation and solvent extraction, the metal being determined by Zeeman atomic absorption spectrometry (Zeeman-AAS). Special attention was paid to the pH and recovery of extraction, iron-aluminum i...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this work was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of second-line treatment with weekly high-dose 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) as a 24-hour infusion (24-h inf.) and folinic acid (FA) (AIO-regimen) plus Oxaliplatin (L-OHP) after pre-treatment with the AIO regimen, focusing in particular on the efficacy of palliative first- and second-line treatment in colorectal carcinoma ...

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a feeding mode suitable for children that do not achieve requirements via the enteral route. For this intervention to be successful, healthcare professionals require: knowledge on nutrient requirements; access to an aseptic compounding facility; and a system that ensures adequate and safe delivery of PN. Previously, it was thought that individualised PN was the "gol...

A new facultative chemolithoautotrophic arsenite (As(III))-oxidizing bacterium TCC9-4 was isolated from a hot spring microbial mat in Tengchong of Yunnan, China. This strain could grow with As(III) as an energy source, CO2-HCO3 (-) as a carbon source and oxygen as the electron acceptor in a minimal salts medium. Under chemolithoautotrophic conditions, more than 90% of 100 mg/L As(III) could be ...