A Survey of Localization Systems in Internet of Things

Mobile Networks and Applications - With the rapid development in wireless technologies and the Internet, the Internet of Things (IoT) is envisioned to be an integral part of our daily lives....     

The influence of disorder on magnetocaloric effect and the order of transition in ferromagnetic manganite (La1−x Nd x )2/3(Ca1−y Sr y )1/3MnO3

Magnetocaloric effect and order of transition in (La_1?x Nd _x )_2/3(Ca_1?y Sr _y )_1/3MnO₃, prepared by conventional solid-state reaction, have been investigated. Using Banerjee criterion, we demonstrate first-order transition for (J1) and (J2 ) as well as second-order transition for (J3 ), (J4 ), and (J5 ) samples. The ΔS _M ^max is ranging between 9.18 Jkg^?1 K^?1 and 4.87 when Nd and Sr content changes leading to relative cooling power (RCP) varying between 330 and 229.35 J/kg. Both ΔS _M ^max and the RCP are found sensitive to the disorder σ ². The universal behavior obtained from ΔS variation curves confirmed the first-order transition for (J1) and (J2 ) samples and second-order transition for (J3), (J4), and (J5 ) samples obtained by Banerjee criterion. All samples with second-order phase transition exhibit inhomogeneous character estimated from local exponent n.     

Content fragile watermarking for H.264/AVC video authentication

Discrete cosine transform is exploited in this work to generate the authentication data that are treated as a fragile watermark. This watermark is embedded in the motion vectors. The advances in multimedia technologies and digital processing tools have brought with them new challenges for the source and content authentication. To ensure the integrity of the H.264/AVC video stream, we introduce an approach based on a content fragile video watermarking method using an independent authentication of each group of pictures (GOPs) within the video. This technique uses robust visual features extracted from the video pertaining to the set of selected macroblocs (MBs) which hold the best partition mode in a tree-structured motion compensation process. An additional security degree is offered by the proposed method through using a more secured keyed function HMAC-SHA-256 and randomly choosing candidates from already selected MBs. In here, the watermark detection and verification processes are blind, whereas the tampered frames detection is not since it needs the original frames within the tampered GOPs. The proposed scheme achieves an accurate authentication technique with a high fragility and fidelity whilst maintaining the original bitrate and the perceptual quality. Furthermore, its ability to detect the tampered frames in case of spatial, temporal and colour manipulations is confirmed.     

Flux calculation in LSNAA using an <Superscript>241</Superscript>Am-Be source

The CITATION code based on neutron diffusion theory is used for flux calculation inside voluminous sample in prompt gamma activation analysis with an isotopic neutron source (²⁴¹Am-Be). The code used the specific parameters related to energy spectrum source, irradiation system materials (shielding, reflector, etc.), geometry and elemental composition of the sample. The flux distribution (thermal and fast) was calculated on three-dimensional geometry for the system: source, air, and polyethylene and water cylindrical sample of 125 liters. The thermal flux was calculated in series of points inside the sample, and agreed with the results obtained by measurements with good statistical uncertainty. The maximum thermal flux was measured at distance of 4.1 cm and calculated at 4.3 cm by the CITATION code. Beyond a depth of 7.2 cm, the ratio of thermal flux to fast flux increases up to twice and allows us the optimization of the detection system in the scope of in-situ PGNAA.     

Theoretical study of LiK and LiK+ in adiabatic representation

The potential energy curves have been calculated for the electronic states of the molecule LiK within the range 3 to 300 a.u., of the internuclear distance R. Using an ab initio method, through a semiempirical spin-orbit pseudo-potential for the Li (1s ²) and K (1s ²2s ²2p ⁶3s ²3p ⁶) cores and core valence correlation correction added to the electrostatic Hamiltonian with Gaussian basis sets for both atoms. The core valence effects including core-polarization and core-valence correlation are taken into account by using an l-dependent core-polarization potential. The molecular orbitals have been derived from self-consistent field (SCF) calculation. The spectroscopic constants, dipole moments and vibrational levels of the lowest electronic states of the LiK molecule dissociating into K (4s, 4p, 5s, 3d, and 5p) + Li (2s, 2p, 3s, and 3p) in ^{1, 3}Σ, ^{1, 3}Π, and ^{1, 3}Δ symmetries. Adiabatic results are also reported for ²Σ, ²Π, and ²Δ electronic states of the molecular ion LiK⁺ dissociating into Li (2s, 2p, 3s, and 3p) + K⁺ and Li⁺ + K (4s, 4p, 5s, 3d, and 5p). The comparison of the present results with those available in the literature shows a very good agreement in spectroscopic constants of some lowest states of the LiK and LiK⁺ molecules, especially with the available theoretical works. The existence of numerous avoided crossing between electronic states of ²Σ and ²Π symmetries is related to the charge transfer process between the two ionic systems Li⁺K and LiK⁺.     

Estimate of the Fourier–Bessel Multipliers for the Poly-axially Operator

We prove the analogue of H?rmander–Mikhlin multiplier theorem for the multidimensional Fourier–Bessel transform associated with the Poly-axially operator.     

Asymptotic Behaviors for Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions Associated to Stokes Operator in the Presence of Small Boundary Perturbations

We consider the Stokes eigenvalue problem in a bounded domain of \(\mathbb {R}^{n}\), n = 2,3 with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The aim of this paper is to advance the development of high-order terms in the asymptotic expansions of the perturbations in the eigenvalues for the Stokes system caused by small perturbations of the boundary or due to interface changes of an inclusion. Our derivation is rigorous and proved by layer potential techniques.     

Nonlinear Degenerate Anisotropic Elliptic Equations with Variable Exponents and L1 Data

This paper is devoted to the study of a nonlinear anisotropic elliptic equation with degenerate coercivity, lower order term and L¹ datum in appropriate anisotropic variable exponents Sobolev spaces. We obtain the existence of distributional solutions.