A novel dynamic pricing scheme for contributing peers in the VoD system

In this paper we have proposed a dynamic pricing scheme for the contributing peers in the Video on Demand (VoD) system. The scheme provides an effective mechanism to maximize the profit through the residual resources of the contributing peers. A utilization function is executed for each contributing peer to estimate the utility factor based on the parameters such as initial setup cost, holding cost, chaining cost and salvage cost. In this paper, we urge an effective dynamic pricing algorithm that efficiently utilizes a range of parameters with a varying degree of complexity. The key findings of the algorithm are (i) each contributing peers are benefitted by the monetary based on its resource contributions to the VoD system and (ii) a high degree of social optimum is established by proficiently aggregating the contributing peer’s resources with the overall resources of the VoD system. We validate our claim by simulating the proposed dynamic pricing scheme with other standard pricing schemes such as altruism, cost model and game theory perspective. The result of our dynamic pricing scheme shows the best utility factor than other standard pricing schemes.     

Chip-on board technology for low temperature environment. Part II: Thermomechanical stresses in encapsulated ball-wedge bond wires

Wire-bonded chip-on-board (CoB) multi chip modules consist of die and bond wires that are encapsulated to protect them from mechanical and chemical damage. This paper describes a rapid-assessment model for the prediction of thermomechanical strains developed in the encapsulated ball-wedge bond wires due to thermal expansions experienced during curing or subsequent environmental changes. The wire profile is modeled using a piece-wise continuous polynomial function (cubic spline) with appropriate boundary conditions at the two bond sites. Plastic deformation is ignored in the current analysis as a first-order approximation. Then a 2D Raleigh-Ritz (RR) model is developed to estimate the thermomechanical stresses in the bond wire due to temperature cycling in the presence of an encapsulant. The purpose of the model is to provide a rapid ranking of the thermomechanical robustness of different wire-bond design options. Results are validated by detailed 2D finite element analysis (FEA) and are compared to fatigue failure data available from thermal cycling tests.     

Utilizing Space-Time Diversity for Wireless Communications

In this paper we consider the use of multiple antennas for wireless communication over fading channels.The fading we consider is quasi-static flat Rayleigh fading. For such a scenario optimal SNR schemes are derived when the transmitter knows the channel and when the transmitter does not know the channel. But in both cases the receiver has to estimate the channel. When the SNR during channel estimation is reasonably high we derive expressions to show the impact of channel estimation errors on SNR.     

Joint beam selection and user association strategy for beam space millimetre wave downlink systems

Beam space multiple‐input multiple‐output (B‐MIMO) systems operating at mmWave frequency in downlink uses different beam selection techniques for reducing the required number of radio frequency chains without apparent performance loss. In this paper, a joint beam selection and user association scheme with the objective of sum rate maximization is proposed. The proposed work on beam selection is based on a norm and uncorrrelation based approach, which considers channel correlation among the users so as to avoid inter‐user interference. Two different methods for beam user association with one modelled as a balanced assignment problem based on average sum assignment method and the other method that associates an optimal beam to every user by considering their channel gain values are also proposed along with beam selection. The proposed beam assignment methods are less complex and efficient in finding a suitable beam to every user within the cell. Simulation results show that the proposed method accomplish comparable performance in terms of sum rate and energy efficiency with appreciably low computational complexity relative to the existing methods in a correlated environment.     

Optical and electrical properties and phonon drag effect in low temperature TEP measurements of AgSbSe2 thin films

Polycrystalline thin films of silver antimony selenide have been deposited using a reactive evaporation technique onto an ultrasonically cleaned glass substrate at a vacuum of 10-5 torr. The preparative parameters, like substrate temperature and incident fluxes, have been properly controlled in order to get stoichiometric, good quality and reproducible thin film samples. The samples are characterized by XRD, SEM, AFM and a UV-vis-NIR spectrophotometer. The prepared sample is found to be polycrystalline in nature. From the XRD pattern, the average particle size and lattice constant are calculated. The dislocation density, strain and number of crystallites per unit area are evaluated using the average particle size. The dependence of the electrical conductivity on the temperature has also been studied and the prepared AgSbSe2 samples are semiconducting in nature. The AgSbSe2 thin films exhibited an indirect allowed optical transition with a band gap of 0.64 eV. The compound exhibits promising thermoelectric properties, a large Seebeck coefficient of 30 mV/K at 48 K due to strong phonon electron interaction. It shows a strong temperature dependence on thermoelectric properties, including the inversion of a dominant carrier type from p to n over a low temperature range 9-300 K, which is explained on the basis of a phonon drag effect.     

Organometallic L-Alanine Cadmium Iodide Crystals for Optical Device Fabrication

Single crystals of L-alanine cadmium iodide (LACI) were grown by the slow evaporation technique at room temperature. A single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SXRD) model was used to evaluate the crystal structure of the as-grown LACI crystal. The energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis and ultraviolet-visible-near infrared (UV-vis-NIR) transmittance studies were carried out, and the results reveal the presence of elements in the title compound. From the transmittance data, the optical bandgap as a function of photon energy was estimated, and the different optical constants were calculated. A fluorescence study was performed for the LACI crystal. Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses have also been studied to investigate the thermal property of the LACI crystal. The efficiency of the second harmonic generation (SHG) of the title crystal was investigated. The magnetic and electrical properties were estimated by the vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) analysis and impedance study, respectively.     

蓝牙模块的测试方案

测试项目在蓝牙环境中，哪些方面需要测试？蓝牙模块包括连接到主机设备的无线电 (硬件)和堆栈 (软件)。协议是构成堆栈的一套代码，在生产车间中将不会测试协议。修订系统软件可能会改变硬件性能，但必须在设计集成阶段对其进行粼选。需要使用的一些重要参数，如误码率(BER)、功率电平等对功能进行测试。选择测试必需理解由于无线电的设计方式哪些内容可能会改变，并根据测试的项目查看其发挥的作用。它是否提供了独特的功能？没有提供哪些功能？如打印机使用的蓝牙链路。在技术得到验证前，打印机可能仍会通过电缆提供打印功能，因此测…     

Low‐field NMR: A tool for studying protein aggregation

Low‐field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin–spin relaxation (T₂) measurements were used to study the denaturation and aggregation of β‐lactoglobulin (β‐LG) solutions of varying concentrations (1–80 g L^?1) as they were heated at temperatures ranging from ambient up to 90 °C. For concentrations of 1–10 g L^?1, the T₂ of β‐LG solutions did not change, even after heating to 90 °C. A decrease in T₂ was only observed when solutions having higher concentrations (20–80 g L^?1) were heated. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and fluorescence tests using the dye 1‐anilino‐8‐naphthalene sulfonate (ANS) on 0.2 and 1 g L^?1 solutions, respectively, indicated there were changes in the protein's secondary and tertiary conformations when the β‐LG solutions reached 70 °C and above. In addition, dynamic light scattering (DLS) showed that protein aggregation occurred only at concentrations above 10 g L^?1 and for heating at 70 °C and above. The hydrodynamic radius increased as T₂ decreased. When excess 2‐mercaptoethanol was added, the changes in both T₂ and the hydrodynamic radius followed the same trend for all β‐LG protein concentrations between 1 and 40 g L^?1. These observations led to the conclusion that the changes in T₂ were due to protein aggregation, not protein unfolding. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Lactobacillus acidophilus</Emphasis> fermented yam (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Dioscorea opposita</Emphasis> Thunb.) and its preventive effects on gastric lesion

This study was carried out to find the possibility of fermenting yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.) with Lactobacillus acidophilus and the protective role on stomach lesion of rats. The solutions of raw and extracted yam used were 2 and 6%, and they were fermented by L. acidophilus at 37°C for 0, 12, 24, and 36 h. At intervals (0, 12, 24, and 36 h), viscosity, titratable acidity (TA), allantoin, and diosgenin were examined. In the results, it was observed the most desirable data at 12 h with 6% fermented raw yam (FRY) without any change in the content of allantoin and diosgenin. In the animal study by rats (Sprague-Dawley), the inhibition ratios on gastric lesion were 53.41% in FRY. Based on these data, it confirmed that raw yam powder fermented by L. acidophilus would be a functional food with the supplement of viable cells and nutraceutical component of allantoin and diosgenin.     

Analysis of colour strength,colour fastness and antimicrobial properties of silk fabric dyed with natural dye from red prickly pear fruit

In the present study, a natural dye is extracted from red prickly pear fruit (Opuntia ficus-indica) and is applied on the silk fabric using natural (myrobalan) and synthetic (copper sulphate) mordant. The dyeing of silk fabric is carried out using two different routes, namely, pre-mordanting and post-mordanting at different mordant concentrations and the dyed silk fabric was evaluated for its colour strength, colour fastness and antibacterial properties. The colour strength (K/S) was found to be higher in the post-mordant-processed fabric with the use of synthetic mordant compared to pre-mordanting and with the use of natural mordants and highest colour strength was observed at the mordant concentration of 6% and at a pH of 6 in all the cases. The colour fastness properties of the fabric also found to be improved in post-mordanting with use of synthetic mordants. The antimicrobial efficacy was also evaluated both in terms of zone of inhibition (qualitative analysis [SN195920]) and bacterial reduction % (quantitative analysis [AATCC 100]), against dyed silk fabric samples against on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.