Caching and optimized request routing in cloud-based content delivery systems

Geographically distributed cloud platforms enable an attractive approach to large-scale content delivery. Storage at various sites can be dynamically acquired from (and released back to) the cloud provider so as to support content caching, according to the current demands for the content from the different geographic regions. When storage is sufficiently expensive that not all content should be cached at all sites, two issues must be addressed: how should requests for content be routed to the cloud provider sites, and what policy should be used for caching content using the elastic storage resources obtained from the cloud provider. Existing approaches are typically designed for non-elastic storage and little is known about the optimal policies when minimizing the delivery costs for distributed elastic storage.In this paper, we propose an approach in which elastic storage resources are exploited using a simple dynamic caching policy, while request routing is updated periodically according to the solution of an optimization model. Use of pull-based dynamic caching, rather than push-based placement, provides robustness to unpredicted changes in request rates. We show that this robustness is provided at low cost. Even with fixed request rates, use of the dynamic caching policy typically yields content delivery cost within 10% of that with the optimal static placement. We compare request routing according to our optimization model to simpler baseline routing policies, and find that the baseline policies can yield greatly increased delivery cost relative to optimized routing. Finally, we present a lower-cost approximate solution algorithm for our routing optimization problem that yields content delivery cost within 2.5% of the optimal solution.     

Optimal capacity management and planning in services delivery centers

This paper considers human server systems of queues that arise within the information technology services industry. We develop a two-phase stochastic optimization solution approach to effectively and efficiently address the capacity management and planning processes of information technology services delivery centers. A large collection of numerical experiments of real-world human server system environments investigates various issues of both theoretical and practical interest, quantifying the significant benefits of our approach as well as evaluating the financial-performance trade-offs often encountered in practice.     

Immobilization of 2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐benzoyl‐oxypiperidine succinate over polyacrylic acid (PAA) gels. II. Study of quantitative characteristics of immobilization of succinate of 2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐benzoyl‐oxypiperidine over PAA

By use of a spectrophotometric method the quantity of binding of medicinal compound [succinate of 2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐benzoyl‐oxypiperidine (AK‐29)], over gels of polyacrylic acid, and liberation of medicinal compound (MC) from the gel phase were investigated. It was established that both concentration and pH dependency of AK‐29 sorption over PAA gels pass through a maximum and increase with increasing degree of gel crosslinking. The yield of MC from the gel phase, depending on the conditions, reaches 80% and accelerates at the change of the aqueous phase to a physiological one. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 96: 1187–1192, 2005     

Immobilization of 2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐benzoyl‐oxypiperidine succinate over polyacrylic acid (PAA) gels. I. Study of interaction between linear and network PAA with succinate of 2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐benzoyl‐oxypiperidine

The interaction of water‐soluble and crosslinked polyacrylic acid (PAA) with a medicinal compound (MC) of 2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐benzoyl‐oxypiperidine succinate was investigated. By methods of potentiometry, viscosimetry, and equilibrium swelling it was confirmed that the interaction of linear and network PAA with MC proceeds with complex formation. The degree of complex formation depends on the effect of pH, MC concentration, and degree of polyacid crosslinking. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 96: 1183–1186, 2005     

Insolubilization of sodium chondroitin sulfate by forming a semi‐interpenetrating polymer network with acrylic acid: A potential carrier for colon‐specific drug delivery

To reduce the highly hydrophilic property of chondroitin sulfate (ChS), a semi‐interpenetrating polymer network (semi‐IPN) of chondroitin sulfate/polyacrylic acid (PAA) was prepared as a drug carrier by crosslinking acrylic acid with diethyleneglycol diacrylate. The swelling properties of the semi‐IPNs with different concentrations of crosslinking agent were correlated. The moisture sorption profiles were evaluated using differential thermal analysis. Ketoprofen was used as a drug probe to evaluate the performance of the drug released from the semi‐IPN matrices. The prepared semi‐IPNs demonstrated significant swelling reduction properties with both gastric and intestinal fluids compared with those of both the pure ChS and the ChSAA blend without the crosslinking agent. The amount of accumulated drug released from the semi‐IPNs was less than 30 wt % at pH 1.2 and up to 80 wt % at pH 7.4. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 85: 114–122, 2002     

Emulsion polymer derived nanocomposite: a review on design and tailored attributes

ABSTRACT

Recently, fabrication of polymeric nanocomposite via emulsion polymerization process has become a research spotlight. This review highlights the capability of emulsion polymerization technique to produce polymeric nanocomposite with tailored nanostructures, advanced properties, and high performance. Initially, overview on emulsion polymerization is presented. Afterward, advances in nanocomposites through the use of nanoparticles in emulsion polymerization have been elaborated. Main focus is given on the influence of graphene, carbon nanotube, carbon black, nanoclay, and inorganic nanoparticles on the essential features of emulsion polymerized nanocomposite. These materials have wide-ranging applications in coatings, adhesives, foaming/anti-foaming agents, packaging, paper/textiles, construction, and drug delivery fields.     

基于pH敏感型葡聚糖水凝胶微球的药物载体

以葡聚糖为原料,采用反相微乳液技术制备了一种含有席夫碱结构的葡聚糖基水凝胶纳米微球作为载体,通过交联剂聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)的静电吸附作用对药物模型8-羟基芘-1,3,6-三磺酸三钠盐(HPTS)进行了包埋,利用FTIR、SEM和DLS等对微球的结构和形貌进行了表征。结果表明,这种葡聚糖纳米水凝胶载药前后均具有良好的球形结构,平均粒径分别在459和648 nm左右。载药效果及药物释放行为研究发现,该葡聚糖纳米水凝胶可对HPTS进行有效负载,且其释放行为具有明显的酸性环境敏感性,酸性越强,释放越快。含有席夫碱结构的葡聚糖纳米凝胶微球可作为pH敏感型载体应用于药物递送领域。     

基于智能网络与虚拟化计算的移动办公系统信息安全的研究与应用简

本文基于政府行业3G网络和云计算环境移动办公系统的应用实例,重点讨论了构建以网络通信、区域边界、云计算环境、安全管控中心为基础的信息安全平台,为移动办公系统提供一个安全稳定的可信可控可管的移动应用环境的可行性,     

Efficient Gene Transfection into Mammalian Cells Mediated by Cross-linked Polyethylenimine

25 kDa branched polyethylenimine (PEI) has successfully been used for in vitro and in vivo gene delivery approaches, but it is cytotoxic. Smaller PEIs are usually non-cytotoxic but less efficient. In order to enhance the gene delivery efficiency and minimize cytotoxicity of PEI, we explored to synthesize cross-linked PEIs with degradable bonds by reacting amines of small branched 2000 Da PEI with small diacrylate (1,4-butanediol diacrylate or ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) for 2–6 hours. The efficiency of the cross-linked PEIs during in vitro delivering plasmid containing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene reporter and their cytotoxicity were assessed in melanoma B16F10 cell and other cell lines. In vivo gene delivery efficiency was evaluated by direct injection delivery of the EGFP plasmid/cross-linked PEI complexes into mice and by estimating the EGFP expression in animal muscles. Compared to commercially available 25-kDa branched PEI, the cross-linked PEIs reported here could mediate more efficient expression of reporter gene than the 25-kDa PEI control, 19-fold more efficiently in B16F10 cells, 17-fold in 293T cells, 2.3-fold in 3T3 cells, and they exhibited essentially nontoxic at their optimized condition for gene delivery. Furthermore the transfection activity of polyplexs was preserved in the presence of serum proteins. The muscle transfected with the cross-linked PEI prepared here exhibited normal morphology and excellent gene expression. The cross-linked PEIs reported here were evidently more efficient than the commercial 25-kD PEI control and had less cytotoxicity in gene delivery in vitro and in vivo.     

Preparation of porous poly(lactic acid)/Sio2 hybrid microspheres

With 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) as coupling agent, poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/SiO₂ hybrid material was prepared to produce poly(lactic acid)/SiO₂ hybrid microspheres (PLAHs) with porous structure bythe oil‐in‐water, single‐emulsion solvent evaporation method. Field scanning electron microscopy results show that the PLAHs were porous microspheres about 20 μm in diameter. The holes in the PLAHs opened outside and were not complicated. A nitrogen adsorption–desorption experiment showed that the nitrogen adsorbed in the holes was easily desorbed, and the specific surface area of the PLAHs was calculated to be 6.87 m²/g according to the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller equation. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results show that PLA was amidated with APTES successfully and formed a kind of organic–inorganic hybrid material by hydrolysis and con‐condensation with tetraethoxysilane. Moreover, the molecular structure of the hybrid material was confirmed by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Differential scanning calorimetry results show that the melting point ofthe PLAHs was higher than that of PLA by about 11.2°C. These PLAHs may be used in the controlled release of drugs by the embedding of the drugs in the holes of the PLAHs, and the drug loading amount can be controlled by the size and number of holes in the PLAHs. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 679–683, 2006