As the mobility and the number of affordable, powerful, and highly portable devices becoming networked increases, so will the amount of networked services offered, managed and discovered. In this paper, we discuss the need and use of service discovery mechanisms in future fixed and mobile networks. In particular, we choose to focus on future enterprise networks that we anticipate would need to ...

the present article describes a case of prosthetic rehabilitation with the new technique of prefabricated osteo-cutaneous free fibula flap for reconstructing a maxillary defect which had resulted from ameloblastoma. the fibula and a cuff of 6-8 mm were prepared with its pedicle intact. the bone flap was left in place with its pedicle intact for 2 to 3 months; the skin graft and the flap were fr...

OBJECTIVES To compare the value of a series of cardiovascular measurements in patients with symptomatic disease receiving an effective treatment (rate responsive pacing). PATIENTS 12 pacemaker dependent patients with VVIR units. INTERVENTIONS Single blind crossover between VVI and VVIR. OUTCOME MEASURES Exercise capacity was assessed by treadmill tests (modified Bruce protocol and a fixed...

A simple reproducible protocol for detecting multiple copy human genes and viral DNA in routine formalin fixed paraffin embedded tonsil and brain, by in situ hybridisation with biotinylated probes, is described. The protocol consists of digestion of formalin fixed paraffin sections, with 0.4% pepsin in 0.01 M hydrochloric acid for one hour at 37 degrees C, followed by hybridisation with biotiny...

The Election paradigm can be used as a building block in many practical problems such as group communication, atomic commit and replicated data management where a protocol coordinator might be useful. The problem has been widely studied in the research community since one reason for this wide interest is that many distributed protocols need an election protocol. However, despite its usefulness,...

A simple reproducible protocol for detecting multiple copy human genes and viral DNA in routine formalin fixed paraffin embedded tonsil and brain, by in situ hybridisation with biotinylated probes, is described. The protocol consists of digestion of formalin fixed paraffin sections, with 0 4% pepsin in 0 01 M hydrochloric acid for one hour at 37°C, followed by hybridisation with biotinylated pr...

Statistical examinations of deterministic and stochastic response propensity assert that a sample case's propensity is determined by fixed respondent characteristics. The perspective of this article, that of dynamic response propensities, differs, viewing sample cases' propensities as evolving over the course of the data collection. Each sample case begins the data collection period in a " base...

A new multiple access protocol is developed for optical local area networks based on a passive star topology. The protocol uses wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), and combines the advantages of both random-access and scheduled-access sharing schemes, e.g., fixed pre-assigned TDMA and WDM, into a protocol that is highly bandwidth-efficient. No central control is required among users, and th...

We introduce the Open-source Fixed-point Model Checker OFMC for symbolic security protocol analysis, which extends the Onthe-fly Model Checker (the previous OFMC). The native input language of OFMC is the AVISPA Intermediate Format IF. OFMC also supports AnB, a new Alice-and-Bob-style language that extends previous similar languages with support for algebraic properties of cryptographic operato...

PURPOSE To report on the effect of immediate implant loading with fixed prostheses compared to early and conventional loading on implant and prosthesis survival, failure, and complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic and manual search was conducted to identify randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) as well as prospective and retrospective studies involving rough surface implant...