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A series of nine racemic trans-β-lactam ureas were analyzed for enantiomer separation by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). The separations were performed on three immobilized polysacchari...

Service Function Chain (SFC) is a framework that dynamically orchestrates Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and is essential to enhancing resource scheduling efficiency. However, traditional scheduling methods face several limitations, such as low mat...

The enantioseparation of syn- and anti-3,5-disubstituted hydantoins 5a–i was investigated on three immobilized polysaccharide-based columns (CHIRAL ART Amylose-SA, CHIRAL ART Cellulose-SB, CHIRAL ART Cellulose-SC) by high performance liquid chr...

In multi-access edge computing (MEC) networks, parallelized service function chains (P-SFCs) can provide low-delay network services for mobile users by deploying virtualized network functions (VNFs) to process user requests in parallel. These VNFs ar...

The autonomic composition of Virtual Networks (VNs) and Service Function Chains (SFCs) based on application requirements is significant for complex environments. In this paper, we use graph transformation in order to compose an Extended Virtual Netwo...

A reconfigurable match table (RMT) is a programmable pipeline architecture for packet processing. In order to enable the programmable data plane to support segment routing IPv6 (SRv6) and other network protocols, this paper extends the deparser based...

The rapid development of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enables network operators to deliver customized end-to-end services through Service Function Chains (SFCs). However, existing two-stage deployment strategies fail to jointly optimize the...

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is an emerging paradigm aiming to provide flexible service deployment, lifecycle management, and scaling in a micro-service architecture. SFC is defined as a logically connected list of ordered Service Functions (SFs)...

In network function virtualization, the resource demand of network services changes with network traffic. SFC migration has emerged as an effective technique for preserving the quality of service. However, one important problem that has not been addr...

With the continuous development of the civil aviation industry toward digitalization and intelligence, the closed architecture of traditional air traffic information networks struggles to meet the rapidly growing demands for air traffic services. Net...

Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite networks face unique challenges in service function chain (SFC) orchestration due to their dynamic topology and resource constraints, making traditional terrestrial network solutions inadequate. This study addresses th...

In order to achieve reliability, security, and scalability, the request flow in the Internet of Things (IoT) needs to pass through the service function chain (SFC), which is composed of series-ordered virtual network functions (VNFs), then reach the...

Network functions virtualization (NFV) has become the platform for decomposing the sequence of virtual network functions (VNFs), which can be grouped as a forwarding graph of service function chaining (SFC) to serve multi-service slice requirements....

In recent years the analysis of natural products has been carried out using a range of approaches, but mainly utilizing liquid chromatography (LC) or gas chromatography (GC). However, alternative approaches with orthogonal selectivity like capillary...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), owing to their flexible coverage expansion and dynamic adjustment capabilities, hold significant application potential across various fields. With the emergence of urban low-altitude air traffic dominated by UAVs, the...

In edge networks, hardware failures and resource pressure may disrupt Service Function Chains (SFCs) deployed on the failed node, making it necessary to efficiently migrate multiple Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) under limited resources. To address...

With the emergence of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN), Service Function Chaining (SFC) has evolved into a popular paradigm for carrying and fulfilling network services. However, the implementation of Mobile E...

Eicosanoids are lipid mediators generated from arachidonic acid with pro- and anti-inflammatory properties. Despite these lipid mediators being known for decades, quantitative determination in biological samples is still challenging due to low abunda...

Sodium ferrous citrate (SFC) is involved in the metabolism of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and enhances its anti-inflammatory effects. The effects of 5-ALA/SFC on inflammation in rats with endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) have yet to be elucidated. I...

The rapid increase in the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks has led to an exponential growth in data generation and an unprecedented demand for efficient resource management infrastructure. Ensuring end-to-end communication acros...

Over the past 15 years, small molecule isoprenylcysteine (IPC) analogs have been identified as a potential new class of topical anti-inflammatories. Clinical studies have demonstrated that IPCs are both safe and effective in promoting healthy skin wh...

As a core technology emerging from the convergence of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Service Function Chaining (SFC) enables the dynamic orchestration of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to support divers...

Dynamic service orchestration is becoming more and more necessary as IoT and edge computing technologies continue to advance due to the flexibility and diversity of services. With the surge in the number of edge devices and the increase in data volum...

The widespread adoption of network function virtualization (NFV) leads to providing network services through a chain of virtual network functions (VNFs). This architecture is called service function chain (SFC), which can be hosted on top of commodit...

Contemporary Service Function Chaining (SFC), and the requirements arising from privacy concerns, call for the increasing integration of security features such as encryption and isolation across Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) domains. Therefor...

Natural products are in high demand these days due to rising awareness among consumers. Healthy diets, especially those in emerging markets, growth in populations with nutritional deficiencies, and supporting government regulations provide high growt...

With network function virtualization (NFV) expanding from network center to edge, the service function chain (SFC) will gradually approach users to provide lower delay and higher-quality services. User mobility seriously affects the quality of servic...

In recent years, the popularity of copaiba oil-resin has increased worldwide due to its medicinal value and wide applications in industry. Despite its popularity, the oil has not been standardized by industry or regulatory agencies. Product adulterat...

Network slicing has become a fundamental property for next-generation networks, especially because an inherent part of 5G standardisation is the ability for service providers to migrate some or all of their network services to a virtual network infra...

This paper proposes an auto-tuned constrained state-feedback controller (SFC) to attenuate periodic disturbances present in permanent magnet synchronous (PMSM) motor drives. An online auto-tuning process of SFC has been made using a powerful nature-i...

Future 6G networks will inherit and develop Network Function Virtualization (NFV) architecture. With the NFV-enabled network architecture, it becomes possible to establish different virtual networks within the same infrastructure, create different Vi...

With the development of network function virtualization (NFV), the resource management of service function chains (SFC) in the virtualized environment has gradually become a research hotspot. Usually, users hope that they can get the network services...

This article addresses the design of a robust H₂ state feedback controller (H₂-SFC) for the effective temperature control in the heating zone of the steel slab reheating furnace. Based on the available field data and system identification procedures,...

This study explores inlet-related installation effects on next-generation SST aircraft, focusing on supersonic business jets. Using a comprehensive framework with consistent thrust/drag bookkeeping and realistic modeling of inlet losses, including op...

The aim of this research was to select parameters for supercritical extraction with CO₂ of Medicago sativa L., considered as functional food, in quarter-technical plant, providing the highest concentration of bioactive polar constituents and simultan...

This paper proposes a novel control strategy in which Renewable Energy Sources (RES) considered in a new Dynamic Virtual Power Plant (DVPP) concept directly participate to Secondary Frequency Control (SFC). This allows full participation of these gen...

The aim of this research was to determine oxygen heterocyclic compounds in twenty-six Citrus- and cinnamon-flavoured foods using supercritical fluid chromatography in combination with triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry (SFC-QqQ-MS). According to the...

Pesticides are chemical substances widely used to control, prevent, or eliminate pests in agriculture, gardening, and other sectors. However, their use poses risks to human health, and recent regulatory efforts have focused on minimizing exposure and...

A local scale Aerothermodynamic Generic Cycle Model (AGCM) is proposed. The AGCM accounts for several improvements not considered in similar models, such as compressor bleed extraction for aircraft Environmental Control System (ECS), parasitic shaft...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has anxiolytic-like effects and facilitates the extinction of cued and contextual fear in rodents. We have previously shown that the intracerebroventricular administration of NPY reduces the expression of social fear in a mouse m...

A synthesis of the evolution of the Neoproterozoic belts or orogens surrounding the São Francisco craton (SFC) in northeastern and southeastern Brazil is presented. Emphasis is placed on recognizing the superposition of sedimentary basins, fro...

Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. (M. bealei) plays an important role in the treatment of many diseases. In the present study, a comprehensive method combining supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) fingerprints and chemical pattern recognition (CPR) fo...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has anxiolytic-like effects and facilitates the extinction of cued and contextual fear in rodents. We previously showed that intracerebroventricular administration of NPY reduces the expression of social fear in a mouse model of...

Metabolic profiling is an omics approach that can be used to observe phenotypic changes, making it particularly attractive for biomarker discovery. Although several candidate metabolites biomarkers for disease expression have been identified in recen...

The selection of a final operating point from a Pareto front set of marine diesel engine configurations relies on the critical task of translating operator priorities into quantitative criterion weights. This study isolates this pivotal weighting ste...

Azacitidine is widely used for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML). The analysis of azacitidine in biological samples is subject to interference by endogenous compounds. Previously reported high-per...

β-adrenergic antagonists (β-blockers) with at least one chiral center are an exceedingly important class of drugs used mostly to treat cardiovascular diseases. At least 70 β-blockers have been investigated in history. However, only a f...

Microfluidic chips represent a cutting-edge technology for manipulating fluids within micrometer-scale spaces and are gradually becoming a new favorite platform in life science research. Precise and fast zonal temperature control is essential for acc...

We calculate the baryon asymmetry value generated in the Scalar Field Condensate (SCF) baryogenesis model obtained in several inflationary scenarios and different reheating models. We provide analysis of the baryon asymmetry value obtained for more t...

Programmable logic controllers are commonly used in automation systems. Continuously growing demands result in the growth of control program complexity. The classic approach, based on programmatic serial-cyclic execution, results in an unacceptable e...