Self-Organized Proactive Routing Protocol for Non-Uniformly Deployed Underwater Networks.

Electromagnetic (EM) waves cannot propagate more than few meters in sea water due to the high absorption rate. Acoustic waves are more suitable for underwater communication, but they travel very slowly compared to EM waves. The typical speed of acoustic waves in water is 1500 m/s, whereas speed of EM waves in air is approximately 3 × 10 m/s.

Post-mortem toxicology in the diagnosis of sudden death in young and middle-aged victims.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the impact of the toxicological results found in cases of sudden death (SD) and to correlate the clinical, autopsy and genetic findings with the toxicology results.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive SD in people aged between 16 and 50 years with medico-legal autopsies and toxicology studies were included over a 3-year period. The comparison between the toxicological data and demographic characteristics, clinical circumstances, autopsy, and genetic results were taken into account.

Self-Organizing and Scalable Routing Protocol (SOSRP) for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks.

Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UASN) have two important limitations: a very aggressive (marine) environment, and the use of acoustic signals. This means that the techniques for terrestrial wireless sensor networks (WSN) are not applicable. This paper proposes a routing protocol called "Self-Organizing and Scalable Routing Protocol" (SOSRP) which is decentralized and based on tables residing in each node.

Self-Organized Fast Routing Protocol for Radial Underwater Networks.

An underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) is an emerging technology for environmental monitoring and surveillance. One of the side effects of the low propagation speed of acoustic waves is that routing protocols of terrestrial wireless networks are not applicable. To address this problem, routing strategies focused on different aspects have been proposed: location free, location based, opportunistic, cluster based, energy efficient, etc.

Early Experience with the Latest-Generation Biological Prosthesis, the Trifecta™ GT.

Background: The study aim was to assess the hemodynamic results and implantation technique for the latest-generation St. Jude Medical aortic valve bioprosthesis, the Trifecta™ GT, which was first marketed in 2016.

Methods: The first 100 patients (mean age 74.