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A: Unfortunately, the built-in iPad Videos app offers very little in the form of organization, as it's designed to replicate the organization in iTunes within categories such as Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, and Podcasts. If your videos are stored as "Movies" in iTunes and you are syncing them on this way, they will simply appear as a single large collection of content.
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Dear Jesus, as I call on you today I realise that I often come asking for favours.
Today I'd like just to be in your presence.
Let my heart respond to Your Love.
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Dear Jesus, as I call on you today I realise that I often come asking for favours.
Today I'd like just to be in your presence.
Let my heart respond to Your Love.
God is not foreign to my freedom.
Instead the Spirit breathes life into my most intimate desires,
gently nudging me towards all that is good.
I ask for the grace to let myself be enfolded by the Spirit.
I ask how I am within myself today? Am I particularly tired, stressed, or off-form?
If any of these characteristics apply, can I try to let go of the concerns that disturb me?
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."
I begin to talk to Jesus about the piece of scripture I have just read. What part of it strikes a chord in me? Perhaps the words of a friend - or some story I have heard recently - will slowly rise to the surface in my consciousness. If so, does the story throw light on what the scripture passage may be trying to say to me?
I thank God for these few moments we have spent alone together and for any insights I may have been given concerning the text.
If you appreciated the daily prayer or have any suggestions or insights we will be glad to hear from you.
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs -
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
- Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins
This prayer helps us to put ourselves at God's disposal. Saint Ignatius describes this 'Preparatory prayer' as asking for 'the grace that all my intentions, actions and operations may be directed purely to the praise and service of the Divine Majesty.' (The Spiritual Exercises, no. 46) You might try these words:
Lord, I so wish to prepare well for this time.
I so want to make all of me ready and attentive and available to you.
Please help me to clarify and purify my intentions.
I have so many contradictory desires.
I get preoccupied with things that don't really matter or last.
I know that if I give you my heart,
whatever I do will follow my new heart.
In all that I am today, all that I try to do,
all my encounters, reflections - even the frustrations and failings
and especially in this time of prayer,
in all of this may I place my life in your hands.
Lord, I am yours. Make of me what you will. Amen.
What is a Review of Consciousness?
If it is true that God is at work in every detail of our lives, how do we begin to recognise his action and our reaction?
At the end of the day, especially before going to sleep, the mind, without any conscious effort on our part, tends to play back some of the events of the day so vividly that if the day has been particularly eventful we can find it difficult to get to sleep. We may find ourselves re-enacting a quarrel, thinking of the clever and cutting things we might have said if we had been more quick-witted, and so on.
The Review of Consciousness is based on this natural tendency of the mind. It can help us to be more aware of God's presence and action in our daily lives, and to be more sensitive to where we are cooperating with God's grace and where we are refusing it.
Let your mind drift over the last 24 hours, refraining from any self-judgement, whether of approval or disapproval, attending to and relishing only those moments of the day for which you are grateful. Even the most harrowing day includes some good moments, if only we take the trouble to look - it might be the sight of a raindrop falling, or the fact that I can see at all. When people attempt this exercise, they are usually surprised at the number and variety of good moments in the day which otherwise would have been quickly forgotten - obscured, perhaps, by any painful experience in the day. Having remembered the events for which you are grateful, thank and praise God for them.
After thanksgiving, the next step is to recall your inner moods and feelings, noting, if you can, what led to them, but again refraining from any self-judgement. Be with Christ as you look at these moods and beg him to show you the attitudes which underlie them. The important thing is not to analyse our experience, but to contemplate it in Christ's presence and let him show us where we have let him be in us and where we have refused to let him be. Thank him for the times we have 'let his glory through' and ask forgiveness for the times we have refused him entry. He never refuses forgiveness. He knows our weakness far better than we do. All we have to do is show it to him and he can transform our weakness into strength. We can conclude with a short prayer, that also looks forward to the day to come, and asks for God's help.
Lord, you know me better than I know myself. Your Spirit pervades every moment of my life. Thank you for the grace and love you shower on me. Thank you for your constant, gentle invitation to let you into my life. Forgive me for the times I have refused that invitation, and closed myself off from you. Help me in the day to come, to recognise your presence in my life, to open myself to you, to let you work in me, to your greater glory. Amen.
The opening verse of the Bible, Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep and God's spirit hovered over the water, is describing a present state of affairs, not a past event, and when I pray from the Scriptures I am letting the spirit of God hover over the chaos and darkness of my being.
When I allow the word of God to hover over my preoccupations, then anything can happen, for he is the God of surprises. It is important that I do not hide my inner chaos from the word of God or from myself. We are often so trained that we think it wrong to allow any negative feelings entry into our prayer, especially negative feelings about God. We have to learn to grow out of this training, expressing our feelings and thoughts freely before God and trusting that he is big enough to take our tantrums. There is no point in pretending before God, who knows us better than we know ourselves.
There is no thought, feeling or desire within you which cannot become the substance of your prayer in the light of God's word, when you know that God loves the chaos that is you and that his Spirit working in you can do infinitely more than you can think or imagine.
Imagine you see Jesus sitting close to you. In doing this you are putting your imagination at the service of your faith. Jesus isn't here in the way you are imagining him, but he certainly is here, and your imagination helps to make you aware of this. Now, speak to Jesus .... if no one is around, speak out in a soft voice .... Listen to what Jesus says to you in reply, or what you imagine him to say .... That is the difference between thinking and praying. When we think, we generally talk to ourselves. When we pray, we talk to God.
Anthony de Mello SJ, Sadhana pages 78-79
Saint Ignatius calls this conversation a 'colloquy', and says:
A colloquy is made, properly speaking, in the way one friend speaks to another, or a servant to one in authority - now begging a favour, now accusing oneself of some misdeed, now telling one's concerns and asking counsel about them. .... In the colloquies we ought to converse and beg according to the subject matter; that is, in accordance with whether I find myself tempted or consoled, desire to possess one virtue or another, or to dispose myself in one way or another, or to experience sorrow or joy over the matter I am contemplating. And finally I ought to ask for what I more earnestly desire in regard to some particular matters.
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After the chapter's first gunfight and the resulting short cutscene, turn around and check the office with the three paintings on the wall. Check the laptop for a clue.
Clue 2: File on Fabiana
While still in Victor's office, check his desk for another clue.
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From Victor's office, turn and enter the other very similar office just across the way. If you look on the floor behind the L-desk you'll find a part.
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MD-97L: part 2
Just after the conversation between Max and Rodrigo, turn Max around. There's a gun part just behind him near the waterfall, one which you may have seen before the cutscene.
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- Release Date: Jun 13, 2003
- Summary: Tetris is taking the next step on next-generation platforms. Tetris Worlds takes the simple, yet addictive puzzle gameplay of Tetris and spices it up with beautiful 3D graphics and six variations. In Story mode, you play each variation of Tetris Worlds until your Tetriminos hit the top of the screen. Test your Tetris ranks in Arcade mode by reaching goals within a two-minute time limit and play multiplayer Tetris Worlds. And now you can play online against friends all over the world using Xbox Live.… Expand
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It's a very social game. This isn't a game where you'll be talking crap back and forth, nor is it a game where you'll be taking commands from a squad leader. It's a social event/game which is a lot of fun.
As an online game, Tetris Worlds works really well, and I never encountered a bit of lag. [Sept 2003, p.58]
The Xbox Live support is just the icing on a particularly tasty cake. So if youre a Tetris fan, this is the version I recommend you check out just remember my warnings when your dreams take a weird turn.
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The online mode is fun and can make the game last, but the offline modes are so bland and boring.
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The Inductor current is particularly important for PWM, as the signal sensed from the inductor current is mandatory to combine with the artificial ramp signal in order to avoid sub harmonic oscillation in current-mode control PWM converter. 3 PWM Converters with Switch Model Inserted (a) Buck Converter (b) Boost Converter (c) Flyback Converter 4 Current-Sensing Techniques for DC-DC Converters Current sensing is one of the most important functions on a smart power chip. Regardless of the type of feedback control, almost all DC-DC converters and linear regulators sense the inductor current for over-current (over-load) protection. Additionally, the sensed current is used in current-mode control DC-DC converters for loop control. Conventional current sensing methods insert a resistor in the path of the current to be sensed; This method incurs significant power losses, especially when the current to be sensed is high. Lossless current-sensing methods address this issue by sensing the current without dissipating the power that passive resistors do. We'll now review Six available lossless current sensing techniques. 5 1. Series Sense Resistor This technique is the conventional way of sensing current. It simply inserts a Sense Resistor in series with the inductor. If the value of the resistor is known, the current flowing through the inductor is determined by sensing the voltage across it. This method obviously incurs a power loss in Rsense, and therefore reduces the efficiency of the DC-DC converter. For accuracy, the voltage across the sense resistor should be roughly 100mV at full load because of input-inferred offsets and other practical limitations. If full-load current is 1A, 0.1W is dissipated in the sense resistor. Main Disadvantage: For an output voltage of 3.3V, the output power is 3.3W at full-load and hence the Sense Resistor reduces the system 6 efficiency by 3.3%. 2. MOSFET RDS Current Sensing MOSFETs act as resistors when they are "ON" and they are biased in the ohmic (non-saturated) region. Assuming small VDS, as is the case for MOSFETs when used as switches: W I D COX (VGS VT ) VDS ; for : VDS (VGS VT ) L L The equivalent resistance of the device is: RDS W COX (VGS VT ) RDS in this case should be known ; VDS is measured. Main Disadvantage: The RDS of the MOSFET is inherently nonlinear: It usually has significant variation because of: COX , VT, and exponential variations across temperature 7 (35% variation from 27°C to 100°C). 3. Filter-Sense the Inductor A simple low-pass RC network filter the voltage across the Inductor and sense the current through the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the inductor. The Voltage across the Inductor is: v L ( RL sL ) I L The Voltage across the feedback Capacitor is: ( RL sL ) I L 1 sL / RL vc vL RL I L RL 1 sT I L 1 sR f C f 1 sR f C f 1 sR C 1 sT1 f f Forcing: T T1 vc RL iL Vc iL Main Disadvantage: L and RL need to be known Not appropriate for IC, but it is a proper design for a discrete/custom solution 8 4. Sensorless (Observer) Approach This method uses the Inductor voltage to measure the Inductor current. di Since the Voltage-Current relation of the Inductor is: vL L , the dt Inductor current can be calculated by integrating the voltage over time. Main Disadvantage: As at the previous method, The value of L also should be known for this technique. 9 5. Average Current This technique uses RC LPF at the junction of the switches of the converter. Since the average current through the resistor is zero, the Output averaged–current is: I o I L Vout Vc RL If RL is known (not the case of IC designers), the output Average current can be determined. Main Disadvantage: Only average current can be measured. 10 6. Current Transformers The use of this technique is common in high power systems. The idea is to sense a fraction of the high Inductor current by using the mutual inductor properties of a transformer. Main Disadvantages: Increased cost and size and non-integrablity. The transformer also cannot transfer the DC portion of current, which make this method inappropriate for over current protection. 11 7. SENSEFETs This method is the practical technique for Current sensing in new power MOSFET applications. The idea is to build a current sensing FET in parallel with the power MOSFET (Current Mirror). The effective width (W) of the sense MOSFET (SENSEFET) is significantly smaller than the power FET, and therefore linearly reduces ID per the MOSFET known equation: I C W (V V ) V D OX GS T DS L The voltage of nodes M and S should be equal to eliminate the Current-Mirror non-ideality resulting from channel length modulation The width (W) of the Power MOSFET is X100-1000 times the width of SENSEFET to guarantee it's low power consumption. 12 Complete Current Sensing - SENSEFETs circuit The Op amplifier is used to force VDS of M1 and M3 to be equal. As the width of the main MOSFET and SENSEFET increases, the accuracy of the circuit decreases. Main Disadvantage: Relatively low Bandwidth Proper layout scheme should be designed to minimize coupling between the transistor (which can induce significant error). Advantages: Lossless Integrable Practical Relatively good accuracy 13 Comparative overview of Current-Sensing Techniques For Voltage mode control, which current sensing is only needed for over-load current protection, RDS method can be used. In current-mode control for desktops (no power dissipation constraint), we can use RSENSE technique. RDS and SENSEFET are the dominant techniques were power consumption is critical (portable applications); SENSEFET is much more accurate. 14 The Current-mode Buck Converter = Vg*DON The next few slides focus on few design issues of the Current–Mode Buck converter: Pole-Zero cancellation. 1 4 On-Chip Inductor current sensing. 3 Subharmonic oscillations. 2 Pulsewidth Generator The output of the Compensator, Compensation ramp, and Sensed Inductor current pass through the modulator and the digital control block to define 15 d(t). 1. Pole-Zero Cancellation Compensator The Power stage of Current-mode Converters has Control-to-output Transfer function of two separated real poles. The Pole from the output filtering capacitor is heavily dependent on the equivalent resistance of the output load – RL. For dynamic response consideration, Pole-Zero cancellation is preferable as the bandwidth can be extended with Pole-Zero cancellation Speed up the response time. v 1 sC R The Transfer Function of the Compensator is: A( s) bv g R 1 sC R ; R R a m 0 c z 0 z 0 c 0 R0 is the Output resistance of the Operational Transconductance Amp 16 Calculation of the two frequency compensation components – RZ , CC The general purpose of introducing Zeros and Poles in the compensator is to cancel Poles and Zeros in the control-to-output function, respectively. This will yield an average -20 dB/decade closed-loop gain response with sufficient phase margin below the unity gain freq. When determining the unity gain frequency, it should not be too close to the converter's switching frequency as the amplifier would amplify the output ripple voltage; A safe value of unity gain frequency is below 20% of the switching frequency. Since the dominant pole shifts inversely proportional to the load resistance, the lowest frequency occurs at the highest load resistance, two frequency compensation components - RZ and CC can be calculated using the corresponding Transfer Function. 17 2. Subharmonic oscillation are eliminated by Compensation Ramp - mc Subharmonic oscillation is a well-known problem for current- mode switching converters with the duty ratio – D > 0.5. To avoid Subharmonic oscillation, the slope of the compensation ramp must be larger than half of the slope of inductor current during the second subinterval D'T. The Compensation ramp (Ramp signal) and the Inductor current signal (Sensed signal) are summed together. 18 3. On-Chip Current Sensing Circuit PMOS Op Amp enforces: VA=VB L & C are off-chip I1,I2 are small and equal, pull current from VA,VB 'ON' state: M1 – ON , IL is mirrored to M2 VDS and current density of M1, M2 are almost the same. Due to different Aspect ratios of M1, M2 (WM2:WM1 = 1:1000) IS is much smaller and proportional to IL: IL VSENSE I SENSE RSENSE RSENSE 19 1000 On-Chip Current Sensing Circuit - Continue I2 (Small Biasing current) << IS PMOS I SENSE I S I L For Current mode DC-DC Converters, only VSENSE is needed in the control feedback loop during the ON-State (ramp up of the inductor current) MS2 tie VA to Vg during the OFF-State ISENSE~0. The output of the Op Amp should be able to go up to Vg in order to make the Transistors – Mrs & MCS5 operate in Saturation region. 20 Current Sensing - Design Issues The accuracy of the sensed Inductor current depends on the Current Mirror of transistors M1 and M2 and in the on-chip Poly Resistor - RSENSE. The matching of transistors M1 and M2 depends on the process parameters such as Mobility, Oxide Capacitance (COX) and Threshold voltage (VT). Therefore, proper layout technique should be well considered, especially the location of the transistor M2, to minimize error. In the suggested design, M2 is surrounded by 500 fingers of M1. Of course, This on-chip current-sensing circuit can be extended to sense power NMOS transistor by simply building a complement circuit for other topologies (as Boost, Buck-Boost). 21 Pulsewidth Generator This Implementation deals with the Startup situation in which both inputs are high In this situation, the Latch is SET. 22 Measurements Results - 1 The Converter is supplied with an Input voltage of 3.6V, and Switching frequency of 500KHz. Attached Steady-state measurements with: Maximum Loading current = 300mA ; RSENSE = 400 Ohm Output voltage = 2.1V and Duty Ratio > 0.5 (Subharmonic oscillation zone) Inductor Current Inductor Current Sensing Voltage Inductor Voltage (Vx) 23 Measurements Results - 1 DC Output Voltage = 2.12V Output Ripple Voltage = 6.4mV 24 Measurements Results - 2 Output voltage = 1.4V and Duty Ratio < 0.5 Inductor Current Inductor Current Sensing Voltage Inductor Voltage (Vx) 25 Measurements Results - 2 DC Output Voltage = 1.4V Output Ripple Voltage = 3.17mV 26 Circuit Efficiency and Performance The Current Sensing circuit performs accurately and the absolute error between the sensing signal and the scaled inductor current is less than 4% (10mA with load current of 300 mA); This absolute error is mainly due to the mismatch of transistors M1 and M2 in the sensing circuit. The efficiency is shown with the Conduction Loss Input voltage of 3.6 V and the Output voltage of 2.0 V. The maximum efficiency is 89.5% at loading current 300 mA. There are two major power dissipations: 27 Conduction loss and switching loss Conclusions & Summary Experimental results show that the converter regulates properly with duty ratio – D larger and smaller than 0.5. Using the internal Current-Sensing technique, it not only reduces the external pins for the monolithic controller, but also reduces the complexity of the design. Due to the accurate Sensing performance, a compensation ramp can be added to the sensing signal without any consideration on the variation of the sensing performance. The accurately sensed Inductor current can also be used for over-current protection and Load-dependent mode-hopping schemes for optimizing power efficiency. In addition, this current-mode DC–DC buck converter with internal current sensor can operate from 300 kHz to 1MHz with the input voltage range from 3 to 5.2 V, which is suitable for lithium-ion battery supply applications. 28 References A Monolithic Current-Mode CMOS DC–DC Converter With On-Chip Current-Sensing Technique. Cheung Fai Lee and Philip K. T. Mok, Senior Member, IEEE, IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, VOL. 39, NO. 1, JANUARY 2004. On-Chip Current Sensing Technique for CMOS Monolithic Switch-Mode Power Converters. Cheung Fai Lee and Philip K. T. Mok, In IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, vol. 5, Scottsdale, AZ, May 2002, pp. 265–268. Current-Sensing Techniques for DC-DC Converters. Hassan Pooya Forghani-zadeh, Student member, IEEE, and Gabriel A. Rincón-Mora, Senior member, IEEE, 29 Georgia Tech Analog Consortium. 30


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You will be seduced by the authenticity and charm of the picturesque port of Brusc;
You will see the sunsets on the almost-island and the island of Embiers;
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again
by John Keats
O golden-tongued Romance with serene lute!
Fair plumed Syren! Queen of far away!
Leave melodizing on this wintry day,
Shut up thine olden pages, and be mute:
Adieu! for once again the fierce dispute,
Betwixt damnation and impassion'd clay
Must I burn through; once more humbly assay
The bitter-sweet of this Shakespearian fruit.
Chief Poet! and ye clouds of Albion,
Begetters of our deep eternal theme,
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Global trends in human infectious disease: Rising number of outbreaks, fewer per-capita cases
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Chinese state-owned enterprises in Africa: Ambassadors or freebooters?
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Non-communicable diseases: The role of global food, tobacco, soft drink and alcohol industries
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Progress on global health goals: Mixed evidence and troubling patterns of inequality
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China's rise as a major contributor to science and technology
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United Nations Development Programme: Key trends in global poverty and health
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Save to My Recipes
Turkey Club with Fried Stuffing
This creative sandwich uses two leftovers: turkey and stuffing.
Published: November 2013 Servings: Makes 1
- 3–4 slices bacon slices
- slice of cold stuffing
- 2 slices marble rye, toasted
- Mayonnaise
- Baby arugula
- Sliced turkey
- Tomato slices
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Cook bacon in a small skillet until brown and crisp; remove. Pour off most of the fat in skillet; cook stuffing (packing together if needed) until browned on both sides and warmed through. Build sandwich with marble rye, mayonnaise, bacon, baby arugula, turkey, fried stuffing (standing in as middle slice of bread), and tomato slices.
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text: DSpace Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/1936 2014-11-28T18:22:03Z MAX-MIN based buffer allocation for VANETs http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24820 Title: MAX-MIN based buffer allocation for VANETs Authors: Urquiza Aguiar, Luis; Vázquez Rodas, Andrés; Tripp Barba, Carolina; Aguilar Igartua, Mónica; Cruz Llopis, Luis Javier de la; Sanvicente Gargallo, Emilio Abstract: Many proposals have studied the optimization of the EDCA mechanism used by the IEEE 802.11p MAC layer to provide QoS. In this work, we focus on the queuing process done by the different Access Categories (ACs). We propose the use of a single common buffer with a prioritized buffer allocation algorithm inspired on the MAX-MIN principle for a fair sharing of a common resource. We test the proposed algorithm with a fixed and a dynamic guaranteed queue size for each AC. Results obtained from simulations in a multihop VANET scenario show that our approach outperforms traditional queuing used in MAC 802.11p. 2014-11-24T15:26:31Z Utilizando certificados implícitos para asignar identidades en Overlays P2P http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24716 Title: Utilizando certificados implícitos para asignar identidades en Overlays P2P Authors: Caubet, Juan; Muñoz Tapia, José Luis; Esparza Martín, Óscar Abstract: Desde hace ños, la seguridad en las redes P2P estructuradas está siendo cuestionada, y por ello se han propuesto muchos trabajos con el objetivo de proporcionar enrutamiento seguro, sistemas de reputaci´on, control de acceso, confidencialidad de los datos, etc. Sin embargo, el proceso de asignaci´on de identidades se ha dejado casi totalmente olvidado. Estas redes est´an dise ˜nadas para que cada usuario tenga un identificador ´unico (nodeID), pero la mayor´ia de los sistemas existentes permiten que los usuarios puedan obtener un conjunto de ellos, e incluso seleccionarlos. Ambas actuaciones provocan problemas importantes de seguridad, ya que gracias a ello los usuarios pueden alterar el adecuado funcionamiento de la red. En este trabajo proponemos un protocolo de asignaci´on de nodeIDs basado en la emisi´on de certificados impl´icitos. Nuestro prop´osito es proporcionar servicios de seguridad que permitan luchar contra la mayor´ia de las amenazas que sufren estas redes, con especial atenci´on a la asignaci´on de identidades. Este protocolo se basa en el uso de certificados y la generaci´on conjunta de nodeIDs por parte la Autoridad de Certificaci´on (CA) y el nuevo usuario. 2014-11-13T13:12:01Z Infrastructureless smart cities. Use cases and performance http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24681 Title: Infrastructureless smart cities. Use cases and performance Authors: Paradells Aspas, Josep; Gómez Montenegro, Carlos; Seyfettin Demirkol, Ilker; Oller Bosch, Joaquim; Catalan Cid, Maria Luisa Abstract: Smart cities are a hot topic nowadays for several reasons. For city managers and citizens a smart city is a concept that should allow providing better services and/or with more efficiency. For technicians a smart city represents one of the large-scale deployments of equipment for data capturing, storage and processing. For Internet researchers a smart city can become the first massive installments of the Internet of Things concept. Smart cities are commonly implemented in several parts: the data acquisition and actuation, the aggregation networks that connect sensors/actuators with the general purpose network, the platform where data is stored and processed and the application that use the information for informing the city managers and citizens. The most costly parts of a smart city are the sensor/actuator and the aggregation network. This cost is due mainly due to the deployment and maintenance of the equipment on the city street. This paper describes the different alternatives for building the aggregation networks and provides a novel approach to facilitate the deployment of a smart city. This new solution has been tested in a real scenario achieving satisfactory results. © 2014 IEEE. 2014-11-11T13:41:51Z Neural network-based autonomous allocation of resources in virtual networks http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24150 Title: Neural network-based autonomous allocation of resources in virtual networks Authors: Mijumbi, Rashid; Gorricho Moreno, Juan Luis; Serrat Fernández, Juan; Claeys, Maxim; Famaey, Jeroen; De Turck, Filip Abstract: Network virtualisation has received attention as a way to allow for sharing of physical network resources. Sharing resources involves mapping of virtual nodes and links onto physical nodes and links respectively, and thereafter managing the allocated resources to ensure efficient resource utilisation. In this paper, we apply artificial neural networks for a dynamic, decentralised and autonomous allocation of physical network resources to the virtual networks. The objective is to achieve better efficiency in the utilisation of substrate network resources while ensuring that the quality of service requirements of the virtual networks are not violated. The proposed approach is evaluated by comparison with two static resource allocation schemes and a reinforcement learning-based approach. 2014-09-24T13:19:24Z A topic on simulation in telecommunications engineering http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23362 Title: A topic on simulation in telecommunications engineering Authors: Barceló Arroyo, Francisco; Martín Escalona, Israel; Zola, Enrica Valeria Abstract: Topics on network simulation are often offered as elective topics or short seminars of programs on computer sciences and telecommunications engineering. In other programs simulation is offered as part of a general core topic (e.g. probability and statistics, network performance, etc.). It is not frequent to find simulation as a core topic. At the Faculty of Telecommunications in Barcelona it was decided to include network simulation as a core topic in the former integrated master (5 academic years) on telecommunication engineering. This paper deals with the reasons after that decision. The goal of the paper is to present and discuss how the topic evolved through the years and how it has been migrated to the new careers with separated degree and master after the Bologna process. 2014-07-01T10:44:21Z Tracing traitors by guessing secrets. The q-ary case http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23120 Title: Tracing traitors by guessing secrets. The q-ary case Authors: Fernández Muñoz, Marcel; Soriano Ibáñez, Miguel; Cotrina Navau, Josep Abstract: In this paper we present, by solving a variant of the guessing secrets problem defined by Chung, Graham and Leighton [3], a sequential traitor tracing scheme equipped with an efficient identification algorithm. Sequential traitor tracing schemes are used to detect piracy in multimedia content broadcast systems, where the traitors illegally rebroadcast the content they receive to unauthorized users. 2014-06-02T12:19:08Z A note about the traceability properties of linear codes http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23108 Title: A note about the traceability properties of linear codes Authors: Fernández Muñoz, Marcel; Cotrina Navau, Josep; Soriano Ibáñez, Miguel; Domingo, Neus Abstract: We characterize the traceability properties of linear codes. It is well known that any code of length n and minimum distance d is a c-TA code if c 2¿<¿n/(n¿-¿d). In this paper, we show that a less restrictive condition can be derived. In other words, there exists a value Z C , with n¿-¿d¿=¿Z C ¿=¿c(n¿-¿d), such that any linear code is c-TA if c¿<¿n/Z C . We also prove that in many cases this condition is also necessary. These results are applied to cyclic and Reed-Solomon codes. 2014-05-30T11:47:54Z A new class of codes for fingerprinting schemes http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23107 Title: A new class of codes for fingerprinting schemes Authors: Fernández Muñoz, Marcel; Soriano Ibáñez, Miguel; Cotrina Navau, Josep Abstract: In this paper we discuss the problem of collusion secure fingerprinting. In the first part of our contribution we prove the existence of equidistant codes that can be used as fingerprinting codes. Then we show that by giving algebraic structure to the equidistant code, the tracing process can be accomplished by passing a modified version of the Viterbi algorithm through the trellis representing the code. 2014-05-30T11:45:24Z Software Enabled Future Internet – challenges in orchestrating the future Internet http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23098 Title: Software Enabled Future Internet – challenges in orchestrating the future Internet Authors: Galis, Alex; Rubio-Loyola, Javier; Clayman, Stuart; Mamatas, Lefteris; Kuklinski, Slawomir; Serrat Fernández, Juan; Zahariadis, Theodore Abstract: This position paper presents SoftINTERNET an initiative for a service-aware and management-aware network control infrastructure for heterogeneous networks (i.e., wired and wireless) that uses software driven features for the elaboration, development, and validation of networking concepts. The proposed infrastructure aims to optimally integrate the connectivity and management layers. It operates across multiple network environments and on top of private and public network clouds utilising fixed and mobile virtual resources, OpenFlow enabled network devices like switches and routers, and networks of Smart Objects. In this position paper, we discuss the motivation, architecture and research challenges for such a promising concept. 2014-05-29T12:21:45Z A privacy-protecting architecture for collaborative filtering via forgery and suppression of ratings http://hdl.handle.net/2117/22975 Title: A privacy-protecting architecture for collaborative filtering via forgery and suppression of ratings Authors: Parra Arnau, Javier; Rebollo Monedero, David; Forné Muñoz, Jorge Abstract: Recommendation systems are information-filtering systems that help users deal with information overload. Unfortunately, current recommendation systems prompt serious privacy concerns. In this work, we propose an architecture that protects user privacy in such collaborative-filtering systems, in which users are profiled on the basis of their ratings. Our approach capitalizes on the combination of two perturbative techniques, namely the forgery and the suppression of ratings. In our scenario, users rate those items they have an opinion on. However, in order to avoid privacy risks, they may want to refrain from rating some of those items, and/or rate some items that do not reflect their actual preferences. On the other hand, forgery and suppression may degrade the quality of the recommendation system. Motivated by this, we describe the implementation details of the proposed architecture and present a formulation of the optimal trade-off among privacy, forgery rate and suppression rate. Finally, we provide a numerical example that illustrates our formulation. 2014-05-13T17:16:36Z A privacy-preserving architecture for the semantic web based on tag suppression http://hdl.handle.net/2117/22973 Title: A privacy-preserving architecture for the semantic web based on tag suppression Authors: Parra Arnau, Javier; Rebollo Monedero, David; Forné Muñoz, Jorge Abstract: We propose an architecture that preserves user privacy in the semantic Web via tag suppression. In tag suppression, users may wish to tag some resources and refrain from tagging some others in order to hinder privacy attackers in their efforts to profile users' interests. Following this strategy, our architecture helps users decide which tags should be suppressed. We describe the implementation details of the proposed architecture and provide further insight into the modeling of profiles. In addition, we present a mathematical formulation of the optimal trade-off between privacy and tag suppression rate. 2014-05-13T16:53:19Z New considerations about the correct design of turbo fingerprinting codes http://hdl.handle.net/2117/22971 Title: New considerations about the correct design of turbo fingerprinting codes Authors: Tomás Buliart, Joan; Fernández Muñoz, Marcel; Soriano Ibáñez, Miguel Abstract: Since the introduction of turbo codes in 1993, many new applications for this family of codes have been proposed. One of the latest, in the context of digital fingerprinting, is called turbo fingerprinting codes and was proposed by Zhang et al.. The main idea is a new fingerprinting code composed of an outer turbo code and an inner code based on the Boneh-Shaw model. The major contribution of this paper is a new analysis of this new family of codes that shows its drawbacks. These drawbacks must be considered in order to perform a correct design of a turbo fingerprinting scheme otherwise the scheme cannot retrieve the traitor users which is the main goal of digital fingerprinting scheme. Moreover, the identification of these drawbacks allows to discuss an entirely new construction of fingerprinting codes based on turbo codes. 2014-05-13T16:44:52Z Nuevo criterio para la estimación de información de estado de certificados en MANET http://hdl.handle.net/2117/22970 Title: Nuevo criterio para la estimación de información de estado de certificados en MANET Authors: Muñoz Tapia, José Luis; Parra Arnau, Javier; Hernández Gañán, Carlos; Jáimez, Marc Abstract: In general, certificate status validation is a critical operation but it is particularly complex in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs). MANET users require solutions to manage both the lack of fixed infrastructure inside the network and the possible absence of connectivity to trusted authorities when the certification validation has to be performed. However, certificate validation implies checking the validity of certificates in realtime, that is, when a particular certificate is going to be used. In such MANET environments, a node might be disconnected from the status data source when queries are required. Proposals in the literature suggest the use of caching mechanisms so that the node itself or a neighbor node has some status checking material. In this paper, we analyze how to deploy a certificate status checking PKI service for MANET. Besides, it is proposed a novel criteria that is much more appropriate and absolute than time. This criteria takes into account the revocation process and is based on risk to evaluate cached status data. 2014-05-13T16:37:05Z Red de sensores pervasiva para el bienestar basada en RaspberryPi http://hdl.handle.net/2117/22940 Title: Red de sensores pervasiva para el bienestar basada en RaspberryPi Authors: Vilches, Ruben; Oller Arcas, Antonio; Bajet Mena, Marc Antoni; Alcober Segura, Jesús Ángel Abstract: Las redes de sensores "pervasivas" permiten convivir con los usuarios ofreciendo servicios de manera transparente y sin la necesidad que los usuarios interactúen de manera directa. Este trabajo define una arquitectura que permite la creación de productos y servicios para ofrecer funcionalidades domóticas a un gran sector de la población. Se ha diseñado una plataforma, sobre un dispositivo de bajo coste y alta capacidad de computación, como base de una red de sensores transparente e indistinguible. La plataforma dispone de métodos de configuración muy simples y es capaz de albergar múltiples servicios; desde automatización de persianas, control de la iluminación, seguridad; hasta mecanismos para la monitorización de la salud de un paciente. La primera aplicación desarrollada es un servicio de recordatorio y aviso de medicación totalmente transparente al usuario. Este servicio reproducirá, en el momento configurado, un recordatorio a través de los altavoces. El usuario, simplemente realizando la acción (tomarse la píldora) finalizará el evento, gracias a la información transmitida por un dispositivo situado en el cajón de los medicamentos. Por otro lado, si se olvidara, se le iría recordando cada cierto tiempo. 2014-05-09T11:41:28Z Multilayered reinforcement learning approach for radio resource management http://hdl.handle.net/2117/22891 Title: Multilayered reinforcement learning approach for radio resource management Authors: Kevin, Collados; Gorricho Moreno, Juan Luis; Serrat Fernández, Juan; Hu, Zheng Abstract: In this paper we face the challenge of designing self-tuning systems governing the working parameters of base stations on a mobile network system to optimize the quality of service and the economic benefit of the operator. In order to accomplish this double objective, we propose the combined use of fuzzy logic and reinforcement learning to implement a self-tuning system using a novel approach based on a two-agent system. Different combinations of reinforcement learning techniques, on both agents, have been tested to deduce the optimal approach. The best results have been obtained applying the Q-learning technique on both agents, clearly outperforming the alternative of using non-learning algorithms. 2014-05-07T14:11:07Z


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How to Flirt With Your Husband
Flirting shouldn't be retired once you've got the ring. We asked relationship expert Harlan Cohen, as well as real husbands, the best way to keep the sparks flying.
By Anna Davies
Keep up the fight
"I love the way my wife's mind works, especially when she disagrees with me. Sometimes, what starts as a joke becomes a months-long argument. We saw The Hunger Games, which I didn't like, and now, whenever there's a positive review or mention of it, she sends the link to prove her point. It's a cool reminder that even the stuff that we don't have in common connects us." — Matt H., 33, Highlands Ranch, CO
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Vineyard Town $5,000,000
Beds 2
Baths 1.00
Ft2 493
Year Built 2011/2012
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