Facilitating Flexible Link Layer Protocols for Future Wireless Communication Systems

This dissertation addresses the problem of designing link layer protocols which are flexible enough to accommodate the demands offuture wireless communication systems (FWCS).We show that entire link layer protocols with diverse requirements and responsibilities can be composed out of reconfigurable and reusable components.We demonstrate this by designing and implementinga novel concept termed Flexible Link Layer (FLL) architecture.Through extensive simulations and practical experiments, we evaluate a prototype of the suggested architecture in both fixed-spectrumand dynamic spectrum access (DSA) networks. FWCS are expected to overcome diverse challenges including the continual growthin traffic volume and number of connected devices.Furthermore, they are envisioned to support a widerange of new application requirements and operating conditions.Technology trends, including smart homes, communicating machines, and vehicularnetworks, will not only grow on a scale that once was unimaginable, they will also become the predominant communication paradigm, eventually surpassing today's human-produced network traffic. In order for this to become reality, today's systems have to evolve in many ways.They have to exploit allocated resources in a more efficient and energy-conscious manner.In addition to that, new methods for spectrum access and resource sharingneed to be deployed.Having the diversification of applications and network conditions in mind, flexibility at all layers of a communication system is of paramount importance in order to meet the desired goals. However, traditional communication systems are often designed with specific and distinct applications in mind. Therefore, system designers can tailor communication systems according to fixedrequirements and operating conditions, often resulting in highly optimized but inflexible systems.Among the core problems of such design is the mix of data transfer and management aspects.Such a combination of concerns clearly hinders the reuse and extension of existing protocols. To overcome this problem, the key idea explored in this dissertation is a component-based design to facilitate the development of more flexible and versatile link layer protocols.Specifically, the FLL architecture, suggested in this dissertation, employs a generic, reconfigurable data transfer protocol around which one or more complementary protocols, called link layer applications, are responsible for management-related aspects of the layer. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach, we have designed andimplemented a prototype of the FLL architecture on the basis ofa reconfigurable software defined radio (SDR) testbed.Employing the SDR prototype as well as computer simulations, thisdissertation describes various experiments used to examine a range of link layerprotocols for both fixed-spectrum and DSA networks. This dissertation firstly outlines the challenges faced by FWCSand describes DSA as a possible technology component for their construction.It then specifies the requirements for future DSA systemsthat provide the basis for our further considerations.We then review the background on link layer protocols, surveyrelated work on the construction of flexible protocol frameworks,and compare a range of actual link layer protocols and algorithms.Based on the results of this analysis, we design, implement, and evaluatethe FLL architecture and a selection of actual link layer protocols. We believe the findings of this dissertation add substantively to the existing literature on link layer protocol design and are valuable for theoreticians and experimentalists alike

Blood type examination of Cigentur community as efforts to realize community care for health

Counseling and early examination of blood type to the community at Cigentur village has not been done before. Blood transfusion from incompatible types can cause immunological transfusion reactions and clinical aspects such as the incompatibility of the blood type systems ABO. The community engagement method consists of direct information to the community by visiting every communities house (door to door). Besides, the engagement was also carried out quietly, namely, the residents came to the post directly located at the Wiswa Anak Yatim Piatu, At-Taqwa. After conducting a health test, people who provide personal information from the results of their blood tests. In addition to identifying blood types, this activity provides more knowledge about the health of each that is related to the utilization that has been identified by the group. The results of this activity can be in the form of initial information to determine the policies of each community in carrying out social activities such as blood transfusion. The types of rhesus tests from the communityof Cigentur must be done for information about blood type identification are complete

The Graphic design history archive project

Designs a feasibility study regarding a history archive at Rochester Institute of Technology. Involves the development of an image for the archive, research of other archives and other graphic design application

Research Participatory Action On Management Of Child Friendly Mosque In North Sumatera

The issue of child-friendly mosques is crucial when the phenomenon of the problem of violence against children emerges. Violence against children not only occurs in the household, school, but also various places, in cities, and villages, even in the mosques. The concept program of child-friendly mosque capacity building for BKM in Perumnas Simalingkar Village, Pancurbatu sub-district, carried out with Participatory Action Research approach. The mentoring strategies used in this study are three strategies, are, raising awareness, building commitment and capacity as well as participating groups and stakeholders. The findings of this study indicate that the critical thing to note in the problem identification process is the tendency to look at the socio-religious issues that exist at the site. From extracting the information facilitated by the Research Team, almost all participants directed the problem that was not directly related to the management of child-friendly mosques. In the activity of extracting opinions on actions and important steps carried out in the framework of managing child-friendly mosques in Simalingkar Housing, there seems to be a strong tendency to answer religious issues which emphasize increasing education and spiritual knowledge among the community, especially children and adolescent

Proceeding International Conference on University-Community Engagement

The 3rd International Conference on University-Community Engagement 2018 is administered by Ministry of Religious Affairs in cooperation with UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang as this year’s host institution. This conference may provide more opportunities not only related to the submissions of academic papers or articles, but also related to various activities in creating partnership involving the elements of academicians, researchers, social activists, policy makers, CSR mangers and others. ICONUCE conference includes numbers of advanced activities: 1) Community Service Expo which is a place to promote the community service activities conducted by LP2M/P3M PTKIN throughout Indonesia. Various facilitates are provided by the committee including the exhibition stands, 2) Community Service Clinic which is fully supported by KOMPAK, a non-profit organization focusing on mentoring field. The realization of this clinic thanks to Universitas Membangun Desa (Universities in developing the villages). The participants are heads of LP2M/P3M, 3) Community Service Journal Clinic which aims at strengthening and developing the ability to write articles and then submit them to various reputable journals. The materials ICONUCE conference is a significant step, which will, in the long run, contribute towards social changes. It is expected to facilitate the necessary changes to University-Community Engagement, to diminish the gaps between university and community

1960: Abilene Christian College Lectures - Full Text

Table of Contents: Theme Speeches: Christian Faith in the Modern World Basis of Faith - Leonard Mullens - 9 Authority in Christianity - John T. Smithson, Jr. - 27 Origin and Preservation of the Bible - Neil R. Lightfoot - 44 Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible - David H. Bobo - 62 The Unity of the Bible - Jack Meyer - 91 Faith and Reason - Joe Sanders - 115 The Reasonableness of Supernaturalism - Virgil Trout - 126 The Present Statue of the Doctrine of Organic Evolution - J.D. Thomas - 146 The Nature of Man - Roy F. Osborne, Jr. - 181 Modern Challenges to Christian Morals - Carl Spain - 199 The Christ, Whose Son is He? - Gordon Teel - 232 Special Speeches Teaching the Word of God in Korea - L. Haskell Chessfire - 255 The Influence of Christian Education - Judge Jack Pope - 276 Mission Opportunities in the Far East - Harry Robert Fox - 288 Mission Work in Austria - Robert Skelton - 303 Report from Switzerland - Heinrich Blum - 313 The Work in Nigeria - Rees Byrant - 320 The Training of Evangelists in Foreign Fields - Reiner Kallus - 331 Christian Scholarships - Everett Ferguson - 340 Evangelizing the World - A.R. Holton - 349 Panel Discussions The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls The Scrolls and the Text of the Bible - Paul Rotenberry - 357 The Relation between the Religion of the Essenes and that of Early Christians - Jay Smith - 366 Biblical Interpretation Expediency and Pattern Authority - J.W. Roberts - 381 Examples in Pattern Authority - Thomas B. Warren - 392 Mental Health and Sin The Present State of Mental Health Knowledge - Donald R. Sime - 409 The Relationship of Mental Health Problems to Sin - Paul Easley - 421 The Teenager The Problems of Youth - Mack Wayne Craig - 432 Influences for Good - Wyatt Sawyer - 443 The Benefits of Abilene Christian College To the Church - Hulen Jackson - 451 To The Home - Robert S. Bell - 459 \u27To the Community - Louie Welch - 465 Expenses At Abilene Christian College - James C. Kerr - 469 The Graduate School at Abilene Christian College What I Am Getting Now in the ACC Graduate Program - Harold Vanderpool - 475 How the ACC Graduate Program Has Stood Up - Everett Ferguson - 481 What the ACC Graduate Program Ought To Be - Frank Pack - 486 The Importance to the Church of the ACC Graduate Program A.R. Holton - 490 Beware: Large File Size Uploaded by Jackson Hage

Egyptian Religion under the Influence of Syro-Palestinian deities in the New Kingdom

This thesis takes a hermeneutic approach in examining how six Syro-Palestinian deities Baal, Reshef, Hauron, Anat, Astarte and Qadesh - were worshipped and integrated into Egyptian religion, predominantly from the New Kingdom onwards. Chapter I introduces general observations about Syro-Palestinian deities venerated in New Kingdom Egypt with a history of previous research on this topic, as well as explanation of sources and methodology applied in this research: comparative studies and the 'translative adaptation' theory. Chapter 2 consists of three sections discussing the six Syro-Palestinian deities in their Egyptian contexts. Section 1 presents the iconographical and textual materials showing these six deities in Egyptian contexts. The analyses on each deity are further synthesised in succeeding sections. In Section 2, an iconographical approach is conducted, and Section 3 demonstrates the result of a conceptual approach to these six deities in New Kingdom Egypt. Needless to say, these tasks require us to make comparisons with the way of existence of these six deities in Syria-Palestine in order to evaluate them in Egypt. Chapter 3 focuses on these six deities in selected Egyptian royal contexts during the New Kingdom. The investigation concludes that the six Syro-Palestinian deities are employed by Egyptian kings not necessarily just as war-gods and warrior goddesses, although this view has been central to previous interpretation of them. They are also involved in royal ideological and theological discourses in order to claim and sustain Egyptian royal dignity. The political and religious circumstances at the time would probably be reflected in the appearance of the six Syro-Palestinian deities in New Kingdom Egypt. In another sphere, it is demonstrated in Chapter 4 that these six Syro-Palestinian deities are also revered with Egyptian styles ofworship among ordinary people in the New Kingdom. Chapter 5 illustrates the fact that the six Syro-Palestinian deities are interpreted and integrated into the Egyptian indigenous pantheon by 'translation' of their attributes into those of Egyptian deities, and in some cases, with the assistance ofHorus and Hathor playing the role ofmediators. Consequently Chapter 6 concludes that it is possible to interpret the six Syro-Palestinian deities in New Kingdom Egypt by a hermeneutic approach with the employment of two anthropological theories. It is attested that the 'tributary relationship' exists between Egyptian kings and five Syro-Palestinian deities (except for Qadesh) as well as between the kings and Egyptian indigenous deities. This can be expanded to the relationship between ordinary people and the six deities. Also, it is very clear that the six Syro-Palestinian deities are integrated into the Egyptian religious framework by 'translative adaptation'. Furthermore, it can be assumed that the six Syro-Palestinian deities in question may have been singled out for theoretical accordance with the Egyptian cosmos: the Heliopolitan theology and Osirian myth

Relationships amongst science, ethics and polis in pre-modern times

The emergence of the Modern Age is depicted as a replacement of a long standing political philosophy by a distinctly new one. Foundational meanings are attributed to key terms Science, Ethics and Polis, nuance in these terms is traced against those attributed meanings, and the integrating impact of that nuance on relationships amongst key terms is interpreted as changing political philosophy. Speculative questioning reflection is expressed about the nature of the next Polis

The CEO in post-merger situations : an emerging theory on the management of multiple realities

After four decades of M&A experience most M&A still fail to deliver on their promise. The reasons often lie in the social, psychological and cultural challenges of the post merger process. Why is it that corporations so often do not seem to get the grasp of this important and popular company strategy? And what is the part of the Chief Executive (CEO) in such projects? In a seven-year empirical research project in Germany and Switzerland on CEOs in international post-merger situations, this thesis uncovered some of the powerful learning inhibitors these executives face in their complex and challenging global integration endeavours. The author identifies three generic types of executive behavioural patterns – the Cartel, the Aesthetic and the Videogame Executive – and proposes a taxonomy of leadership behaviours that seem particularly propitious to post-merger performance. Seven impressionist tales of typical post-merger situations – a bank, an airline company, a car manufacturer, an IT company, an industrial conglomerate, a life sciences group and a large public event – are described and discussed in a first ethnographic research loop. In the second part of the study the actors themselves, 20 CEOs and top executives of global companies speak up and candidly share with the reader how they go about solving problems, how they struggle between art and science in their thought processes. Their rich insights are a valuable contribution to the academic and practical discussion of the Chief Executives' role in the management of international combinations.UBL - phd migration 201