Traffic grooming in a WDM network consists of assigning to each request (lightpath) a wavelength with the constraint that a given wavelength can carry at most C requests or equivalently a request uses 1/C of the bandwidth. C is known as the grooming ratio. A request (lightpath) needs two SONET add-drop multiplexers (ADMs) at each end node; using grooming, different requests can share the same A...

The functionality of ADMS-Airport and details of its use in the Model Inter-comparison Study of the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow Airport (PSDH) have previously been presented, Carruthers et al (2007). A distinguishing feature is the treatment of jet engine emissions as moving jet sources rather than averaging these emissions into volume sources as is the case in some othe...

BACKGROUND Subclinical infections, manifest as biofilms, are considered an important cause of capsular contracture. Acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) are frequently used in revision surgery to prevent recurrent capsular contractures. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify an association between capsular contracture and biofilm formation on breast prostheses, capsules, and ADMs in a tissue expander/im...

Financial assets exhibit dependence structures, i.e., movements of their prices or returns show various correlations. Knowledge assets’ price dependencies can help investors to create a diversified portfolio, aiming reduce portfolio risk due the high volatility financial market. Since asset dependency changes with time in complex patterns, forecast is an essential problem finance. In this paper...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative infections are a major complication associated with tissue-expander-based breast reconstruction. The use of acellular dermal matrix (ADM) in this surgery has been identified as a potential reservoir of infection, prompting the development of sterile ADM. Although aseptic and sterile ADMs have been investigated, no study has focused on the occurrence and clinical outco...

Different anti-diabetic medications (ADMs) may modify cancer risk and mortality in patients with diabetes. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the magnitude of association and quality of supporting evidence for each ADM. A total of 265 studies (44 cohort studies, 39 case-control studies, and 182 randomized controlled trials (RCT)) were identified, involving approximat...

We consider the role of switching in minimizing the number of electronic ports (e.g., SONET ADMs) in an optical network that carries sub-wavelength traffic. Providing nodes with the ability to switch traffic between wavelengths, such as through the use of SONET cross-connects, can reduce the required number of electronic ports. We show that only small switches distributed among the nodes in the...

Declining inpatient admissions have serious consequences on hospital financial stability as well the health of patients. Thus, identifying factors associated with is crucial to properly manage healthcare services. The major objective this research demonstrate a systematic methodology using regression analysis and no free lunch (NFL) theorem identify most significant non-COVID-19 ADMs which them...

One of the most crucial tasks measuring top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiative flux is to understand relationships between radiances and fluxes, particularly for reflected shortwave (SW) fluxes. The radiance-to-flux conversion accomplished by constructing angular distribution models (ADMs). This depends on solar-viewing geometries as well scene types within field view. To date, comprehensive observa...

Abstract. Under the GOES-R activity, new algorithms are being developed at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Center for Satellite Applications Research (STAR) to derive surface top-of-the-atmosphere (TOA) shortwave (SW) radiative fluxes from Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), primary instrument on GOES-R. This paper describes a support effort in development evaluation of ABI c...