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Energetic tradeoffs between reproduction and longevity in the house mouse (Mus musculus)
(2015-07-21)
Energy investment in reproduction comes at the cost of other life history traits, including future reproductive output and ultimately, lifespan. The disposable soma theory suggests that there is a negative relationship ...
Energy Aware Task Scheduling on Heterogeneous Systems
(2007-12-15)
We consider the problem of scheduling directed a-cyclic task graphs (DAG) on heterogeneous distributed processor systems with the twin objectives of minimizing finish time and energy consumption. Previous scheduling ...
Energy Cost Reduction for Medical Facilities
(2012-11-07)
An intensive energy audit was performed on Russell Medical Center located in Alexander City, AL. It began in 2009 and was completed in 2012. The purpose of this audit is to find effective strategies to reduce energy costs ...
Energy Efficiency and Process Variation Tolerance of 45 nm Bulk and High-k CMOS Devices
(2011-04-18)
With transistor sizes being reduced to sub 45nm ranges, we have seen an improvement in speed, better performance, and deeper integration of digital circuits. However, there has been a corresponding increase in power ...
Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2007-05-15)
Wireless Sensor Networks are an emerging area of Communication
technology. These networks are made up of tiny wireless sensors that
collect and transmit data toward a sink node(s). Energy efficiency
in sensor networks ...
Energy Efficient Pre-Fetching - Models to Implementation
(2010-04-29)
With the rapid growth of the production and storage of large scale data sets
it is important to investigate methods to drive the cost of storage systems down. We are currently in the midst of an information explosion and ...
Energy Modeling and Management of Database System
(2018-04-10)
In this dissertation, we propose a toolkit called EDOM facilitating the evaluation and
optimization of energy-efficient multicore-based database systems. Two core components in
EDOM are a benchmarking toolkit and a ...
Energy Profiles of Java Collections Classes
(2016-04-22)
We created detailed profiles of the energy consumed by common operations done on Java List, Map, and Set abstractions. The results show that the alternative data types for these abstractions differ significantly in terms ...
Energy Source Lifetime Optimization for a Digital System through Power Management
(2010-11-16)
This work analyzes a typical battery powered digital electronic system and we propose a system level voltage scaling method and a functional power management method called instruction slowdown for low power. In the first ...
Energy Usage Pro ling and Topology-Based Scheduling for Clusters
(2017-11-30)
Energy saving is rapidly becoming one of the hottest topics in technology field within recent decades. With the development of technology, it brings a sheer increasing trend of data and the growth scale of clusters and ...
Energy-efficient Clustering Method for Wireless Sensor Networks
(2010-07-14)
Wireless sensor networks have recently emerged as an important computing platform. These sensors are power-limited and have limited computing resources. Therefore the sensor energy has to be managed wisely in order to ...
Energy-Efficient Computing and Modeling in Cloud Infrastructures
(2022-07-08)
Energy efficiency and carbon footprint control have grabbed significant attention worldwide. Today, the world has become intensely data intensive. The cloud computing infrastructures and the data centers are providing ...
Energy-Efficient Designs in Cyber-Physical Systems with a Control and Optimization Approach
(2013-03-06)
In modern cyber-physical systems (CPS), new dimensions of freedom are enabled to energy efficient solutions. We first focus on the energy delivery side within the smart grid paradigm for smart, efficient and reliable energy ...
Energy-Efficient Resource Management for High-performance Computing Platforms
(2008-08-15)
In the past decade, high-performance computing (HPC) platforms like clusters and computational grids have been widely used to solve challenging and rigorous engineering tasks in industry and scientific applications. Due ...
Energy-Efficient Traffic-Aware Routing in Underwater
(2008-08-15)
Underwater acoustic networks are a special type of wireless sensor networks deployed in a harsh oceanic environment for mission critical tasks. In this unique sensor network, energy efficiency is the most critical problem. ...
An Energy-Efficient Transmission Power Control Protocol for Cooperative Robotics
(2008-12-15)
Severe energy constraints inherent in multi-robot networks dictate that communication be performed as efficiently as possible to enable longer network lifetime and successful task execution. Therefore, energy-aware ...
Engaged Active Student Learning: A Tale of Two Design Case Studies
(2018-07-24)
Active learning, a constructivist approach to learning, can be an effective pedagogical tool. As active learning becomes more ubiquitous and begins to replace some lecture-style content delivery, the built environment ...
Engineered Colorectal Cancer Tissues Employing Patient-derived Cells for Recapitulating the Tumor Microenvironment
(2021-04-21)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the third most prevalent cancer and the third-highest cause of cancer-related deaths among both men and women in the United States. The development of pre-clinical CRC models is vital for ...
Engineered Treatment of As-Laden Regeneration Brine from Ion Exchange Processes
(2006-05-15)
Arsenic (As) contamination of drinking water sources has been one of the most challenging global environmental issues. In the United States, the newly revised maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 µg/L requires thousands ...
Engineering and Statistical Analysis of Solid and Liquid Missile Systems
(2022-12-05)
Engineering and statistical analysis is applied to gain insights and information regarding liquid and solid missile systems. This dissertation outlines five main key topic areas, physics modeling, data generation, model ...