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Provision of quality of service for active services [PDF]

Computer Networks, 2001
A novel approach to quality of service control in an active service network (application layer active network) is described. The approach makes use of a distributed genetic algorithm based on the unique methods that bacteria use to transfer and share genetic material. We have used this algorithm in the design of a robust adaptive control system for the
Ian W. Marshall, Chris M. Roadknight
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Economic valuation of ecosystem services in a Himalayan protected area

Discover Sustainability
Protected areas play a crucial role in the conservation of biodiversity and provide precious ecosystem services. The protected areas in the Himalaya—a global biodiversity hotspot—provide life-supporting ecosystem services, and the latter have remained ...
Tajamul Islam, Irshad A. Nawchoo, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo   +2 more
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Online VNF Scaling in Datacenters [PDF]

, 2016
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology that promises to significantly reduce the operational costs of network services by deploying virtualized network functions (VNFs) to commodity servers in place of dedicated hardware ...
Lau, Francis, Le, Franck, Li, Zongpeng, Liu, Alex, Wang, Xiaoke, Wu, Chuan   +5 more
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Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges, Kelly A. Duffy, Sara McDonough, Evelyn Kurpiewski, R. Jennifer Randall, Allison Barz Leahy, Haley M. Newman, Joyce P. Lee, Stephen P. Hunger, Anne F. Reilly, David T. Teachey, Susan R. Rheingold, Daniel J. Zheng   +12 more
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Ecosystem Supporting Services Can Directly and Indirectly Affect the Well-Being of Ethnic Minority Rural Residents: A Case Study in the Oasis Region of Western China

Agriculture
Understanding ecosystem services (ES) and human well-being interactions is vital for sustainability, yet the impact of supporting services is often overlooked or considered to be insignificant.
Wenfeng Ji, Yu Ma, Ling Li, Mengxue Liu, Hejie Wei   +4 more
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A Cloud Platform-as-a-Service for Multimedia Conferencing Service Provisioning

, 2016
Multimedia conferencing is the real-time exchange of multimedia content between multiple parties. It is the basis of a wide range of applications (e.g., multimedia multiplayer game).
Alam, Ahmad F. B., Elbiaze, Halima, Glitho, Roch, Salahuddin, Mohammad A., Soltanian, Abbas, Yangui, Sami   +5 more
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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nature‐reliant, low‐income households face the highest rates of woody‐plant encroachment in South Africa

People and Nature, 2022
Woody‐plant encroachment is an under‐recognized consequence of land degradation. This phenomenon is common in rangeland ecosystems, where woody plants outcompete grasses, resulting in a shift to more wooded ecosystems.
Joseph D. M. White, Nicola Stevens, Jolene T. Fisher, Sally Archibald, Chevonne Reynolds   +4 more
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Valuation of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services in India

Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal, 2022
Coastal and marine ecosystems provide a host of services that are of vital importance to human well-being. We estimate the values of several provisioning, regulating, and recreational services using a combination of valuation methods.
Kavi Kumar K.S., Bhatta R.C., Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Anneboina L.R., Naren P., Megha Nath, Abhijit Sharan, Santadas Ghosh, da Costa V., Sulochana Pednekar   +9 more
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Flexible coordination techniques for dynamic cloud service collaboration [PDF]

, 2012
The provision of individual, but also composed services is central in cloud service provisioning. We describe a framework for the coordination of cloud services, based on a tuple‐space architecture which uses an ontology to describe the services. Current
Creaner, Gary, Pahl, Claus
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