Grid-Controlled Lightpaths for High Performance Grid Applications

Grid applications call for high performance networking support. One attractive solution is to deploy Grids over optical networks. However, resource management in optical domains is traditionally very rigid and cannot successfully meet the requirements of Grid applications, such as flexible provisioning and configuration. In this paper, we present a customizable resource management solution for optical networks where users can create lightpaths on demand and manage their own network resources. Thanks to a Grid-centric system architecture, lightpath resources can be shared among users and easily integrated with data and computation Grids.     

新式笔记本电脑

有谁相信Intel和MIcrosoft所说的一切吗7我也不相信。所以我对过去两周PC Magazine实验室的结果感到吃惊：配备新型1.6GHz Intel Pentium M CPU的centnno系统堪与配备3.06GHz台式机芯片的笔记本媲美，Centrino系统的电池寿命几乎是近期的高端笔记本的两倍。Centrino笔记本几乎具备我们所希望的以及Intel所声称的一切优点。     

更好的浏览器

就性能而非市场份额来说,Opera一直是MicrosoftInternet Explorer的强有力的替代产品在过去两周,我一直在使用Opera 7.1作为我的主要浏览器。我想说它给我的印象深刻。就性能而非市场份额来说,Opera(www.opera.com) 一直是Microsoft InternetExplorer的强有力的替代产品。我感觉Opera比IE要快,并且它还有一个很棒的下载管理器,在一个单独的屏幕上保留着下载文件。再加上一个弹出式阻截器和带有标签的界面,可以将你打开的页面限定在Opera主窗口内。多元搜索窗口把你的搜索请求发送到Google 和AlltheWeb,然后在并列的窗口显示结果。对O…     

2003年采购指南

现在名牌笔记本电脑也卖到1000美元以下了,你也该想想你的下一台PC是否应该是笔记本     

Using network hacking techniques to disrupt military operational networks

It starts in a small way. An Internet-originated electronic mail message received by various technical ratings and Combat Information Center (CIC) officers on a ship deployed in a very high threat area of the Persian Gulf relays news of a natural disaster involving their families that supposedly occurred during a cookout:     

Personal security

I am sitting on a plane, listening to two executives outline their strategy for a major buyout of a bridge/router vendor. Since I am a geek and understand what they are talking about, it's an interesting set of tactics that they are considering to get the price of the company down to something they want. What's even more interesting is how open they are with what they are talking about and, even more, I know the president of the company which they are planning to acquire. It would be very easy for me to make a phone call when we land and completely trash all their plans.     

Particle Swarm Optimisation for Protein Motif Discovery

In this paper, a modified particle swarm optimisation algorithm is proposed for protein sequence motif discovery. Protein sequences are represented as a chain of symbols and a protein sequence motif is a short sequence that exists in most of the protein sequence families. Protein sequence symbols are converted into numbers using a one to one amino acid translation table. The simulation uses EGF protein and C2H2 Zinc Finger protein families obtained from the PROSITE database. Simulation results show that the modified particle swarm optimisation algorithm is effective in obtaining global optimum sequence patterns, achieving 96.9 and 99.5 classification accuracy respectively in EGF and C2H2 Zinc Finger protein families. A better true positive hit result is achieved when compared to the motifs published in PROSITE database.     

Album: Two Editorials

Abstract

There is good reason to be curious about modern creative photography in England. There has been very little .... Robert M. Doty, Infinity     

Eumelanin for nature‐inspired UV‐absorption enhancement of plastics

In the human body, the black‐brown biopigment eumelanin blocks harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. In the plastics industry, additives are often added to polymers to increase their UV‐absorption properties. We herein report an assessment of the biopigment eumelanin as a nature‐inspired additive for plastics to enhance their UV absorption. Since eumelanin is produced by natural sources and is nontoxic, it is an interesting candidate in the field of sustainable plastic additives. In this work, the eumelanin‐containing films of commercial ethylene–vinyl acetate copolymer, a plastic used for packaging applications, were obtained by melt compounding and compression molding. The biopigment dispersion in the films was improved by means of the melanin free acid treatment. It was observed that eumelanin amounts as low as 0.8 wt% caused an increase of the UV absorption, up to one order of magnitude in the UVA range. We also evaluated the effect of eumelanin on the thermal stability and photostability of the films: the biopigment proved to be double‐edged, working both as UV‐absorption enhancer and photo‐prooxidant, as thermogravimetric analysis and infrared spectroscopy revealed. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry