A network processor for a learning based routing protocol

Recently, Cognitive Packet Networks (CPN) is proposed as an alternative to the IP based network architectures and shows similarity with the discrete active networks. In CPN, there is no routing table, instead reinforcement learning (Random Neural Networks) is used to route packets. CPN routes packets based on QoS, using measurements that are constantly collected by packets and deposited in mailboxes at routers. The applicability of the CPN concept has been demonstrated through several software implementations. However, higher data traffic and increasing packet processing demands require the implementation of this new network architecture in hardware. In this paper, we present a network processor architecture which supports this learning based protocol. ©2004 IEEE

Strictly singular operators and isomorphisms of Cartesian products of power series spaces

V. P. Zahariuta, in 1973, used the theory of Fredholm operators to develop a method to classify Cartesian products of locally convex spaces. In this work we modify his method to study the isomorphic classification of Cartesian products of the kind E0p(a)×E¥ q(b) where 1 £ p,q £ ¥, p ¹ q, a = (an)n=1¥ and b = (bn)n=1¥ are sequences of positive numbers and E0p(a), E¥ q (b) are respectively lp-finite and lq-infinite type power series spaces

Women Health and Psychological Functioning in Different Periods of Life: Evaluation of Nursing Approach

World Health Organization describes health as the state of being completely fine corporally, socially and psychologically. The state of being completely fine which is indicated in this description of health has been criticised by many scientists and with the idea that noone shall ever realise tha state of being completely fine corporally and psychologically, it was emphasized that individuals could be evaluated to be “healthy” as long as they are productive. Starting from the intrauterine period, woman passes through different periods such as childhood, adolescence, adulthood, elderliness and she experiences some physical, psychological and social differences in each of these periods within the frame of life cycle. While these differences influence productivities and life qualities of women negatively, they also make them more inclined to psychiatric illnesses. Therefore, psychological problems are more common among women and they last longer. Considering the fact that among the medical personnel, it is the nurses who spend time with patients during the phases of diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation the most, it could be said that nurses have a significant role in intervening in problems that affect the psychological health of woman. The nurse has responsibilities such as determining the problem the woman goes through, providing protective care, getting an early diagnosis, making the convenient remedial intervention and consigning, when necessary. In this article, significant woman health problems that could be experienced starting from the intrauterine life until the end of life by woman, the effects of this problem to the psychological health of the woman and nursing approaches in view of these problems are discussed

Evaluation of strain values of critical anatomic regions for two different pterygomaxillary approaches in Le Fort I osteotomy : an experimental study

The purpose of this experimental study was to measure stresses both on the pterygoid plates and the skull base following two different pterygomaxillary approaches in Le Fort I osteotomy. The prepared skull models were randomly divided into 2 groups of 7. In the first group (A), the pterygomaxillary area was left intact. In the second group (B), pterygomaxillary separation was performed with a fine bur. The stresses were measured by using strain gauges. These strain gauges were attached to 6 different anatomical sites. The skull models were mounted on a servo-hydraulic testing unit. Each model was then subjected to a continuous linear tension until a plastic deformation was seen. The statistical analyses showed that there were no significant differences (p >.05) between the 2 groups regarding the strain values. Moreover, no statistical differences (p >.05) were found between the two groups in terms of maximum applied forces. Considering the clinical conditions, the present study shows that when Le Fort I osteotomy performed without pterygomaxillary separation, there is no significant stress on the skull base during the downfracture. Moreover, it is considered that there is no need for an excessive force applied to perform downfracture in Le Fort osteotomies without pterygomaxillary separation

Dissipative current in SIFS Josephson junctions

We investigate superconductor/insulator/ferromagnet/superconductor (SIFS) tunnel Josephson junctions in the dirty limit, using the quasiclassical theory. We consider the case of a strong tunnel barrier such that the left S layer and the right FS bilayer are decoupled. We calculate quantitatively the density of states (DOS) in the FS bilayer for arbitrary length of the ferromagnetic layer, using a self-consistent numerical method. We compare these results with a known analytical DOS approximation, which is valid when the ferromagnetic layer is long enough. Finally we calculate quantitatively the current-voltage characteristics of a SIFS junction.Comment: Proceedings of the Vortex VI conference, to be published in Physica

Factorization of unbounded operators on Köthe spaces

The main result is that the existence of an unbounded continuous linear operator T between Kothe spaces lambda(A) and lambda(C) which factors through a third Kothe space A(B) causes the existence of an unbounded continuous quasidiagonal operator from lambda(A) into lambda(C) factoring through lambda(B) as a product of two continuous quasidiagonal operators. This fact is a factorized analogue of the Dragilev theorem [3, 6, 7, 2] about the quasidiagonal characterization of the relation (lambda(A), lambda(B)) is an element of B (which means that all continuous linear operators from lambda(A) to lambda(B) are bounded). The proof is based on the results of [9) where the bounded factorization property BF is characterized in the spirit of Vogt's [10] characterization of B. As an application, it is shown that the existence of an unbounded factorized operator for a triple of Kothe spaces, under some additonal asumptions, causes the existence of a common basic subspace at least for two of the spaces (this is a factorized analogue of the results for pairs [8, 2])