Negotiation is a technique for reaching mutually beneficial agreement among autonomous entities. A concurrent negotiation problem occurs when one entity is negotiating simultaneously with several other entities to reach agreement. In the paper of Internet-based services, we present a protocol to support concurrent negotiation over multiple issues. By extending existing...
This paper proposes dialog-based protocol for the study of the cognitive activities during software development and evolution. The dialog-based protocol, derived from the idea of pair programming, is a significant alternative to the common think-aloud protocol, because it lessens the Hawthorne and placebo effects. Using screen-capturing and voice recording instead...
This paper reveals that small insertions or deletions InDels constitute a ubiquitous class of sequence polymorphisms found in eukaryotic genomes. Here, the paper present an automated high-throughput genotyping method that relies on the detection of fragment-length polymorphisms FLPs caused by InDels. The protocol utilizes standard sequencers and genotyping software. It...
The American Petroleum Institute Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 5.7 (API 5.7) specifies a testing protocol for differential pressure flow measurement devices. The protocol was written to apply to all flow measurement devices that measure single-phase fluid flow based on the detection of a differential pressure created in the...
This white paper basically presents the design and implementation of protocols for constructing efficient overlays among participating end systems in a self-organizing manner. The scale of nodes involved, and the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of the internet make the design of these protocols different than traditional distributed algorithms. The paper...
This paper describes a decentralized consistency protocol for survivable storage that exploits local data versioning within each storage-node. Such versioning enables the protocol to efficiently provide linearizability and wait-freedom of read and write operations to erasure-coded data in asynchronous environments with Byzantine failures of clients and servers. Measurements of a...
This white paper presents the design and experimental performance analysis of a verifiable secret redistribution protocol for threshold sharing schemes. The protocol redistributes shares of data from old to new, possibly disjoint, sets of servers, such that new shares generated by redistribution cannot be combined with old shares to reconstruct...
This white paper document presents a protocol that enables locations to prevent trail re identification without revealing identified or sensitive data. Instead, locations communicate encrypted versions of their datasets, such that decrypted data is never revealed until completion of the protocol. Via the protocol, every piece of sensitive data, released...
This paper aims at presenting the activity carried out in the framework of the GEOCAST IST project for implementing reliable multicast transport protocols in a geostationary satellite system operating at Ka-band. More precisely, this paper describes the results obtained in GEOCAST to assess the performance of these multicast protocols through...
A new functional MRI protocol that integrates variable echo time TE acquisition and a block-design paradigm is proposed and evaluated with finger-tapping motor task. Simulations and experimental data show that the blood oxygenation level-dependent BOLD sensitivity achieved with this approach is comparable to that achieved using a conventional constant-TE protocol....
This paper is a review of field monitoring of the effectiveness of oil spill dispersants. The purpose of monitoring is to determine if a dispersant application was relatively effective or not. The most common protocol now is the NOAA SMART monitoring protocol. The protocols currently consist of visual criteria and...
This white paper attempts to answer the following question: Is it possible to redesign the traditional protocols to take on very different operating modes when faced with different environments? The paper presents a case for such multi-modal protocols. Specifically, the paper discusses multi-modal reliability and routing and shows the feasibility...
This paper presents a protocol that allocates resources in communication networks in order to assure specific QoS characteristics as requested by new connections. The design takes into consideration the possibility for the network allocation to adapt to application requirements. The proposed protocol uses a Bandwidth Preemptive Algorithm that permits adaptive...
One of the main challenges to breakthrough ideas happens because these ideas sit outside the most efficient financing structures. That's the theme of a long response to my post Silicon Valley is Dead, about the new book "Closing the Innovation Gap," by Judy Estrin. In my post, I mentioned the...
INTRODUCTION With the increasing dependence on the Internet in many aspects of their daily lives, users demand ubiquitous, high performance Internet access whether they are at work, at home, or on the move. Moreover, users on the move are often interested in forming ad hoc networks to collaborate...
INTRODUCTION The Kyoto Protocol contains market mechanisms that enable industrialized countries to invest in greenhouse gas emission GHG reduction projects on the territory of other countries, either developing, or industrialised, such as the Clean Development Mechanism CDM and the Joint Implementation JI (1). Given the double...
Though nearly every major medical and nursing association in the country urges or mandates training and the development of agency protocols related to intimate partner violence for its members, no medical or nursing school in the nation provides a comprehensive education program on the topic. To address this issue, the...
With increased competition for scarcer consumer dollars, manufacturers find themselves scrambling to add features, and one attribute that quickly sets one product above another is wireless capability. Hence, the mad dash to integrate Bluetooth technology into existing hard-wired applications. Greasing the skids for Bluetooth's entry into new territory-both...
New York State Court of Appeals Jury Selection People v. MacShane No. 220 SSM 40 Appealed from the Appellate Term Background: The defense counsel asserts that the prosecutor eliminated two male prospective jurors "for...
Jeff Rudolph, Partner in Charge, Sikich,Technology division, and James Yang, founder of LiteTechnology, Inc.,announced the acquisition of LiteTechnology by Sikich. The firm will offeran expanded range of technology and professional services and support andwill have a combined staff of 294 located in offices in Illinois, Indianaand Missouri. Both firms have...
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