Reducing Flow Table Update Costs in Software-Defined Networking.

In software-defined networking (SDN), the traffic forwarding delay highly depends on the latency associated with updating the forwarding rules in flow tables. With the increase in fine-grained flow control requirements, due to the flexible control capabilities of SDN, more rules are being inserted and removed from flow tables. Moreover, the matching fields of these rules might overlap since multiple control domains might generate different rules for similar flows.

Lower haemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width ratio is independently associated with frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The importance of blood cell markers in frailty has been studied. However, research on haemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width ratio (HRR) and frailty in older persons is still limited. We investigated the association between HRR and frailty in older adults.

Comprehensive analysis of the tumor-promoting effect and immune infiltration correlation MAZ from pan-cancer to hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Myc-associated zinc-finger protein (MAZ) is a transcription factor, which has been confirmed to be abnormally expressed in many tumors and involved in regulating the proliferation, migration, apoptosis, and autophagy of tumor cells. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive analysis of MAZ in pan-cancer, and the mechanism of MAZ in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its association with immunotherapy remains unclear.

Methods: The expression, prognostic mutation, sCNA, and tumor immunity characteristics of MAZ in 33 types of tumors were analyzed by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), GEPIA, and TIMER databases.

Hydrophobicity of Polyacrylate Emulsion Film Enhanced by Introduction of Nano-SiO₂ and Fluorine.

This study proposes to utilize modified Nano-SiO₂/fluorinated polyacrylate emulsion that was synthesized with a semi-continuous starved seed emulsion polymerization to improve the hydrophobicity, thermal stability, and UV-Vis absorption of polyacrylate emulsion film. To verify the proposed method, a series inspection had been conducted to investigate the features of the emulsion film. The morphological analysis indicated that Nano-SiO₂ was surrounded by a silane molecule after modification, which can efficiently prevent silica nanoparticles from aggregating.