This paper discusses issues of personalization of presence services in the context of Internet Telephony. Such services take into consideration the willingness and ability of a user to communicate in a network, as well as possibly other factors such as time, address, etc. Via a three-layer service architecture for communications in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) standard, presence system...

A preferred-handed helical conformation was induced to poly(9,9-dioctylfluoren-2,7-diyl) (PDOF) in a thin film form upon irradiation with single-handed circularly polarized light (CPL) where the induction was reversible.

Female sex workers in Korea can generally be divided into one of two categories, namely, historically rooted brothel-based prostitutes (BBPs) and a newly developed category of freelance prostitutes (FLPs). Though some social differences are known, there have been few reports of distinguishing biological characteristics between the two groups. We examined the chlamydial plasmid loads (CPLs) and ...

This paper summarizes the development of a micro-CPL designed for chip-level cooling. This research indicates that there are numerous fundamental issues regarding the thermofluid dynamics at small scales that are poorly understood. These issues, which can often be ignored at macroscales, will be critical as devices such as micro-CPL’s and heat pipes are optimized in order to handle the increasi...

Surgical treatment of advanced cancers of the hypopharynx inevitably impairs swallowing, respiration and phonation. The purpose of this study was to analyze the functional results after circumferential pharyngolaryngectomy (CPL) and flap reconstruction, in order to offer decisional guidelines for the choice of the most effective reconstructive method. We performed a retrospective analysis on th...

Constant power loads (CPLs), interfaced through active rectifiers can be used for improving the stability of induction generator (IG)-based wind turbines under balanced grid voltage dips by providing the reactive power. Under asymmetrical grid faults, the negative sequence voltage produces additional generator torque oscillations and reduces the lifetime of the installed equipment. This article...

A detailed investigation into the mechanochemical synthesis of coordination pillared-layer frameworks (CPLs), particularly CPL-1, was carried out. In the case of CPL-1, a two-step reaction was observed (from the starting reactants to the final product). In the conventional solution process, no intermediate state was detected. We found that moisture is essential in both the reaction steps. After...

Lipids play a pivotal role in embryogenesis as structural components of cellular membranes, as a source of energy, and as signaling molecules. On the basis of a collection of temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal mutants, a systematic database search, and a subsequent microscopic analysis of >300 interference RNA (RNAi)-treated/mutant worms, we identified a couple of evolutionary conserved gen...

Formulating queries to access multiple databases can be a formidable task, especially when many terms from various databases and complex constraints are involved. To specify a multidatabase query, the user usually has to search through documents for exact database terms and learn the multidatabase language. This report presents QUICK (QUery Interface to CPL-Kleisli), a graphical user interface ...

Cucumber seedling growth under constant and fluctuating photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) light (CPL FPL, respectively) was examined to discuss whether plants can acclimate CPL versus FPL. The FPL created in a chamber by artificially reproducing fluctuations ground-level sunlight PPFD using phosphor-converted white LEDs. daily mean at the canopy surface photoperiod were same for grown t...