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Wireless networks with the shared media require Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol that provides contention resolution mechanism. The design of MAC protocol in underwater sensor networks is a challenging issue because of limited energy source and high propagation delay. The most important goal of the MAC design for underwater sensor networks is to resolve data packet collision efficiently with respect to energy consumption. So, selection of MAC protocol is an important task because it has significant impact on the system efficiency. A suitable MAC protocol must consider some factors such as fairness, energy consumption, latency and throughput based on various applications. The bandwidth in... 

Clay liners are widely used as porous membrane barriers to control solute transport and to prevent the leakage of leachate both in horizontal and vertical flow scenarios, such as the isolated base and ramps of sanitary landfills. Despite the primary importance of saturated hydraulic conductivity in a reliable simulation of fluid flow through clay barriers, there is no model to predict hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils permeated with saline aqueous solutions because most of the current models were developed for pure water. Therefore, the main motivation behind this study is to derive semi-empirical models for simulating the hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils in the presence of... 

Solid waste is often buried in landfills isolated with a bentonite-based clay barrier to guarantee the high quality of groundwater. As the efficiency of clay barriers is highly dependent on solute concentration, this study aims to modify membrane efficiency, effective diffusion, and hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-based clayey barriers exposed to saline environments for numerical investigation of solute transport in such barriers. Therefore, the theoretical equations were modified as a function of solute concentration instead of constant values. First, a model was extended for membrane efficiency as a function of void ratio and solute concentration. Second, an apparent tortuosity model... 

A pH-responsive drug delivery system based on core shell structure of mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSN) and chitosan-PEG copolymer was prepared and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and high-resolution transmission microscope (HR-TEM) techniques. In order to improve compatibility MSN and drug, mesoporous nanosilica was modified by 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane. The release of erythromycin (a macrolide antibiotic) as a model drug was investigated in two pHs, 7.4 and 5.5  

Background and objective: L-Sorbose, as a precursor of ascorbic acid, can be biologically produced using Gluconobacter oxydans. The aim of this study was to optimize production of L-Sorbose by controlling concentration of the substrates and starter cultures. Material and methods: In this study, effects of three various fermentation parameters on the concentration of L-sorbose were assessed using fermenter (28°C, 1.4 vvm) and response surface methodology. These parameters included quantities of D-sorbitol (120-180 g lDw-1) (Deionized water) and yeast extract (6-18 g lDw-1) and inoculum/substrate ratios (5-10%). Results and conclusion: Results showed that the fitted model with high values of... 

This paper proposes an innovative robust-fuzzy method for multi-objective, multi-period supplier selection problem under multiple uncertainties. This approach integrates robust optimization and fuzzy programming. Uncertain parameters are modeled as random variables that take value within a symmetrical interval. However, due to the complexity or ambiguity of some real world problems and especially the nature of some of the available input data, the length of interval is also highly uncertain. This ambiguity motivated us to present a new approach, which could be applicable to multiple uncertainties conditions. Thus, in our approach, the half-length of these intervals is also represented by... 

On-chip interconnections play an important role in multi/many-processor systems-on-chip (MPSoCs). In order to achieve efficient optimization, each specific application must utilize a specific architecture, and consequently a specific interconnection network. For design space exploration and finding the best NoC solution for each specific application, a fast and flexible NoC simulator is necessary, especially for large design spaces. In this paper, we present an FPGA-based NoC co-simulator, which is able to be configured via software. In our proposed NoC simulator, entitled DuCNoC, we implement a Dual-Clock router micro-architecture, which demonstrates 75x-350x speed-up against BOOKSIM....