The Earth’s atmosphere near both the geographic and magnetic equators and at altitudes between 120 and 200 km is called the low-latitude valley region (LLVR) and is among the least understood regions of the ionosphere/thermosphere due to its complex interplay of neutral dynamics, electrodynamics, and photochemistry. Radar studies of the region have revealed puzzling daytime echoes scattered from ...

A large-scale system that prioritizes high availability over extensive synchroniza- tion must make a design trade-off and implement a weaker form of consistency. Conflict-free Replicated Data Types(CRDTs) can enable replicas in the sys- tem to communicate asynchronously and achieve strong eventual consistency. SynQLite aims to implement CRDTs on top of relational databases with its addition of ...

SynQLite is a relational database (RDB) built on SQLite. Using conflict-free replicated relations (CRR) to apply conflict-free replicated data types (CRDT) to augment the SQLite database. With SynQLite sites update their local replica without coordination from others sites, and sites converge once they have applied the same sets of updates. These sets of updates are fetched from the CRR and ...

Wrongful removal of tracheostomy tubes is often associated with high drama for all parties involved. With children's repository system being under-documented, there is no consensus on when these tubes should be removed for children at different ages. Measuring the pressure generated by these children can help doctors make better decisions and give the tools for helping medical researchers reach a ...

When patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are physically active, they encounter an issue with keeping their blood glucose (BG) stable. Generally, their blood glucose level (BGL) will drop, causing hypoglycaemia which can have fatal consequences. The simple solution is to consume carbohydrates in the form of liquids or food, but during physical activities, it can be difficult to follow their BGL at ...

Users of software applications expect fast response times and high availability. This is despite several applications moving from local devices and into the cloud. A cloud-based application that could function locally will now be unavailable if a network partition occurs. A fundamental challenge in distributed systems is maintaining the right tradeoffs between strong consistency, high availability, ...

Edge computing is an emerging paradigm within the field of distributed computing, aimed at bringing data processing capabilities closer to the data-generating sources to enable real-time processing and reduce latency. However, the lack of representative data in the literature poses a significant challenge for evaluating the effectiveness of new algorithms and techniques developed for this paradigm. A ...

States are security-seekers vis-a-vis ‘significant others’ who are cast as enemies in the international system. Usually, the study of the enemy image is connected with relative equilibrium concerning power capabilities. Less attention was given to a situation of a decisive power imbalance. Thus, a question arises whether such a situation will lead to a uniform enemy image? Concomitantly, what is the ...

Comparing helicopter-borne surface temperature maps in winter and optical orthomosaics in summer from the year-long Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate expedition, we find a strong geometric correlation between warm anomalies in winter and melt pond location the following summer. Warm anomalies are associated with thinner snow and ice, that is, surface depression ...

For Norway to reach the emission limits in the Paris Agreement, a substantial amount of CO2 must be reduced. Road traffic alone accounts for a high percentage of the total emissions during 2021. This thesis will focus on electrifying the transport sector and analyzing charging infrastructure for heavy-duty electric vehicles. New charging infrastructure for heavy-duty Electric Vehicles (EVs) provides ...