Problem Of Storage Space Research Articles

Increasing Space for Collections Storing: National Libraries Practice

Library collection development is directly related to the issues of placement, storage and delivery of documents. The eternal storage of the totality of documents that make up the national heritage is one of the functions of national libraries (NL), which solve the problem of placing materials with consideration to their financial and other capabilities.An overview of the successful national libraries’ practice in solving the lack of storage space problem is presented (Library of Congress, British Library, German National Library, National Diet Library of Japan, National Library of France, Royal Library of Sweden, Austrian National Library, National Library of the Czech Republic, Royal Library of the Netherlands). The experience of the Russian State Library in solving this problem is also analyzed.Finding place for growing collections with a tight of storing conditions is a challenge that requires not only constant attention, but also a flexible approach. Various options for solving this problem are being considered: construction of new (including remote) storage facilities; efficient use of existing premises (for example, an implementation of high density storage systems or co-opting of premises built for other purposes — idle exhibition centers functional conversion, etc.); lease of rentable areas.The research is based on the analysis of information from official websites of the national libraries.The appendix presents the results of the NL survey on the following issues: withdrawing of certain categories of materials, dispatching them to depositories; construction of new storage buildings; statistics concerning active use and actual availability of collections.

Performance analysis of a new fractal compression method for medical images based on fixed partition

Applications of image compression have been gaining importance over the years in medical fields. The medical imaging modalities produced a large amount of information on all levels of hospital care. This information, in the form of images, needs to be stored for future references. While compressing the medical images, it is necessary to maintain high diagnostic quality with a high compression rate. Several image compression approaches have been developed towards the direction of the storage space problem in such a way that the doctors accurately and reliably diagnose the patient’s diseases from the reconstructed image after decompression. A high compression ratio is required to reduce the storage space due to the large size of medical images. Fractal image compression is a lossy technique to compress the image in a coded form instead of pixels and is differentiated by its long encoding time with a high compression ratio, resolution-independent, fast decoding, and self-similarity. The main purpose of this paper is to present a comparative performance study of the three coding schemes of fractal compression for grayscale medical images based on fixed partition. The first two coding schemes are based on the pixel-pattern measure and the third scheme is a proposed method based on the fractal dimension for complexity measure of range and domain blocks. The comparative study included encoding time, peak signal to noise ratio, and compression ratio, as a result, has been accomplished.

아날로그 로그 검출기를 활용한 C-Scan 고주파 초음파 시스템 구현

In this paper, we implement a C-Scan 70 MHz ultrasonic system using an analog log detector, and we conduct experiments with this system. If a system with a 70 MHz ultrasonic system is implemented using conventional methods, the required sampling frequency ranges between 420 MHz to 700 MHz, which is 6 to 10 times the ultrasonic frequency. Instead, we propose a method to detect envelopes using an analog log detector in addition to a double probe structure to create a system with an ultrasonic frequency of 70 MHz. After implementing this system corresponding to the proposed method, we verified the performance of the system through the results. The results indicate that the sampling rate is approximately 0.057 times the ultrasonic frequency, resolving the data collection and storage space problem that is due to the high sampling rate found in high-frequency ultrasonic systems.

Towards effective implementation of interactive web-based extranet system in Nigerian tertiary institutions

The effectiveness of electronic transactions all over the world is highly contingent upon an information and communication technology infrastructure to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Hence, the current effort of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions aimed at becoming efficient in managing students’ academic records. The infrastructure that allows such transactions to thrive and grow is an interactive web-based extranet system and not just a site for transactions. The infrastructure must be carefully planned and developed from the outset of Extranet modeling, particularly in a university environment. Tertiary institutions in Nigeria are faced with one form of problem or the other as a result of the manual method of keeping students’ academic records. This system is associated with slow processing of students’ results, transcripts generation and problem of storage space. This paper adopted an interactive web-based extranet system for effective implementation of students’ academic records in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions and to close the implementation gaps and improve students’ academic records access and computation online, rather than physical contacts.

Genomic big data hitting the storage bottleneck

During the last decades, there is a vast data explosion in bioinformatics. Big data centres are trying to face this data crisis, reaching high storage capacity levels. Although several scientific giants examine how to handle the enormous pile of information in their cupboards, the problem remains unsolved. On a daily basis, there is a massive quantity of permanent loss of extensive information due to infrastructure and storage space problems. The motivation for sequencing has fallen behind. Sometimes, the time that is spent to solve storage space problems is longer than the one dedicated to collect and analyse data. To bring sequencing to the foreground, scientists have to slide over such obstacles and find alternative ways to approach the issue of data volume. Scientific community experiences the data crisis era, where, out of the box solutions may ease the typical research workflow, until technological development meets the needs of Bioinformatics.

국내 구급차 내 수납공간의 문제점과 개선방안을 위한 디자인 연구

This research proposed a design direction for the ambulance interior storage space based on the placement and access to the equipment to facilitate an emergency medical practice taking into account the safety and efficiency by the emergency medical technician ergonomic factors. Therefore, through a field survey for the current derivation of the storage space problem 'placement', 'enable', 'management' like these three items resulting clarity, accessibility, simplicity and functionality of the four functional elements by targeting ambulances in operation in this country. First, there is a need to improve standardized of cabinet sizes fit to loaded meet emergency equipment standards. Currently, the equipment designed to use a simple storage cabinet has had problems in the usability. Second, it must be located in the continuous exposure in progress to the user's traffic line. Third, the problem was the insufficient function of the cabinet to ensure the safety of patients by paramedics from the emergency rescue equipment and due to the leaning of the ambulance driving. Besides, it was pointed out that in addition to the proposed alternatives, including the agenda, states that safety belt replacement equipment, emergency personnel and patients with the handle of a guardian for the efficient use storage space within the 119 ambulance. However, in the present study suggest that there is a state proceeds mainly limited usability in the field, having been installed.

SC-LSH: An Efficient Indexing Method for Approximate Similarity Search in High Dimensional Space

Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) is one of the most promising techniques for solving nearest neighbour search problem in high dimensional space. Euclidean LSH is the most popular variation of LSH that has been successfully applied in many multimedia applications. However, the Euclidean LSH presents limitations that affect structure and query performances. The main limitation of the Euclidean LSH is the large memory consumption. In order to achieve a good accuracy, a large number of hash tables is required. In this paper, we propose a new hashing algorithm to overcome the storage space problem and improve query time, while keeping a good accuracy as similar to that achieved by the original Euclidean LSH. The Experimental results on a real large-scale dataset show that the proposed approach achieves good performances and consumes less memory than the Euclidean LSH. Keywords—Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search, Content based image retrieval (CBIR), Curse of dimensionality, Locality sensitive hashing, Multidimensional indexing, Scalability.

P2P and grid computing: opportunity for building next generation wireless multimedia digital library

Abstract Nowadays digital libraries have become the source of information, sharing across the globe in the fields of education, research and knowledge. The full usage of digital libraries will be realized only when people can have access to the material from any location. The advantage of multimedia is that people of all ages can understand more clearly by seeing or hearing rather than reading. Considering the exponential growth in various technologies, developing a multimedia digital library in wireless is not an complicated task. Grid computing enables the virtualization data resources, process network bandwidth and storage capacities to create a single system image granting the user a seamless access to vast IT capabilities. By adopting peer-to-peer overlay networks, which are taking a central position in information systems, the storage space problem can be solved and by using grid computing the security can be maintained. In this article, we propose a framework for wireless multimedia digital library, built using Grid and P2P technology. Using this proposed framework, the digital data is stored in a cluster built of commodity components and users can access those data from anywhere, anytime securely. Advantages of this framework are: (i) existing capital investments are used for storing the multimedia files, (ii) increased access to data, (iii) balancing workloads among different systems connected in pGrid nodes, (iv) authenticated and secured transfer of files. Benchmarks used to test this framework are: (i) file size vs. download time, (ii) simultaneous connections, (iii) band-width utilization, (iv) security, (v) scalability, and (vi) robustness.

Storage, Display and Access – Innovations at the Harry Daly Museum and the Richard Bailey Library of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists, Sydney

Open storage with simple access to collection items and books is a well-established form of museum display. It is particularly suited to collections in which many examples of slightly differing artefacts are acquired during the process of research and field work. In the long run, open storage saves curatorial time, relieves storage space problems and increases visitor interest and participation. Simple access procedures are essential when busy professionals require information for their ongoing research or immediate application.

Cord blood volume reduction using an automated system (Sepax) vs. a semi-automated system (Optipress II) and a manual method (hydroxyethyl starch sedimentation) for routine cord blood banking: a comparative study

Background With the development of cord blood banking, solutions have to be found to solve the storage space problem, by reducing the volume of cord blood units (CBU). Methods We compared total nucleated cell (TNC) and CD34(+) cell counts before and after processing with three different CBU volume reduction methods used consecutively in our bank: a manual method based on hydroxyethyl starch sedimentation (HES) (n=447), a top-and-bottom (TB) semi-automated method (n=181) using Optipress II, and the Sepax automated method (n=213). Statistical analysis was done using t-tests, linear regression and Spearman correlation coefficients. Adjusted variables included TNC, CD34(+) cell counts, CD34(+) cell percentage and CB volume before processing. Results TNC recovery was higher with Sepax (80.3+/-7.7%) than with HES (76.8+/-9.1%) and TB (60.7+/-13.5%) (P<0.0001, both). It was higher with HES than with TB (P<0.0001). CD34(+) cell recovery was higher with Sepax (86+/-11.6%) than with HES (81.5+/-12.5%) and TB (82.0+/-17.7%) (P<0.008 and <0.0001, respectively) and results with HES and TB were not significantly different (P=0.7). Interestingly, with Sepax, TNC and CD34(+) cell recoveries were not correlated with pre-processing values (P=0.8 and 0.4, respectively). Discussion In conclusion, the Sepax volume reduction method allows higher TNC and CD34(+) cell recoveries.

Analysis and modelling of a production line in a corrugated box factory

This study deals with the development of a model for a production line in a corrugated box factory. The main feature of the study is to combine different problems in a single model. The problems considered in the model were; minimizing the waste resulting from cutting the paper rolls into carton boards for the products (cutting stock problem), utilizing the limited storage capacity to enable the corrugated board dry for a specified period of time (storage space problem), and utilizing the converting machines fully during a shift (machine loading problem). After a detailed analysis of the factory, a linear programming (LP) model was developed to obtain solutions to the above mentioned problems. A case example was selected based on the actual data from the factory records and solved using the LP model developed.

Patent information situation in the Czech Republic

The office of the Czech Republic, formerly part of the Federal Office of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, is now independent and is building up its documentation and resources to provide comprehensive services to business and the public. Its paper documentation is being complemented by CD-ROMs in view of storage space problems and the office and library are being modernized with the aid of the EPO. In addition to the usual services in the public study room, patent searches for novelty and state-of-the-art are offered as well as selective dissemination of information services.

Patent information situation in the Czech Republic

The office of the Czech Republic, formerly part of the Federal Office of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, is now independent and is building up its documentation and resources to provide comprehensive services to business and the public. Its paper documentation is being complemented by CD-ROMs in view of storage space problems and the office and library are being modernized with the aid of the EPO. In addition to the usual services in the public study room, patent searches for novelty and state-of-the-art are offered as well as selective dissemination of information services.

Numerical modeling of two-dimensional device structures using Brandt's multilevel acceleration scheme: application to Poisson's equation

In expanding numerical modeling for electronic and optoelectronic devices from a single dimension to multiple dimensions, a large increase in machine storage space is required. Solution approaches based on relaxation techniques are typically used to minimize this increase, but they can be slow to converge. Presented is an adaption of Brandt's multilevel acceleration scheme for control volume discretizations coupled with solvers based on either Stone's strongly implicit method or the Gauss-Siedel (G-S) method to overcome this speed and storage space problem. This approach is demonstrated by solving Poisson's equation in a two-dimensional amorphous silicon thin-film transistor structure. The structure has a generalized density of states function whose occupancy is computed using nonzero degree Kelvin Fermi-Dirac statistics. It is shown that the use of the multilevel acceleration algorithm gives more than an order of magnitude increase in the asymptotic rate of convergence for the potential distribution in this thin-film transistor. Numerical results of the analysis are presented.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

PICAP–A System Approach to Image Processing

Image processing puts heavy demands on computational speed and storage space. The PICAP system of Linkoping University has been designed to meet these demands in an interactive image processing environment, utilizing state-of-the-art hardware and software components. PICAP is a multiuser system, and computational speed is achieved through parallelism at both global and local levels. A virtual image memory alleviates the problem of storage space. The users can invoke the PICAP facilities by means of a menu-based language or a general-purpose high-level language. The modular and open-ended architecture of PICAP makes it highly adaptive to future advances in both hardware and software technologies.