University of Avignon

About: University of Avignon is a education organization based out in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Speaker recognition. The organization has 1526 authors who have published 3766 publications receiving 88928 citations.

Energy Power-Aware Routing in OLSR Protocol

Abstract: In ad hoc networks, where there is no infrastructure, batteries lifetime are scare resource. However, many routing protocols in ad hoc networks have been proposed to provide and maintain routes without taking into account energy consumption. Recently, power control in mobile ad-hoc networks has been the focus of extensive research. In this paper, we propose a new scheme to make energy aware routing in OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing Protocol). OLSR is one of the routing protocols under study by the IETF MANET Working Group. We develop a new heuristic that allow OLSR to find an optimal power path in which the maximum energy consumption on that path is smaller among the maximum energy consumption of all possible paths. We discuss via simulation the interplay between routing in new OLSR protocol and the medium access control (MAC). Also we study the over-hearing impact on the energy power-aware routing protocol. Simulation results show that our scheme improves classical OLSR routing while taking into account lifetime of the network.

Heat tolerance in mediterranean land snails: histopathology after exposure to different temperature regimes

Abstract: The physiological and biochemical adaptation mechanisms of heat-tolerant snail species are poorly known. We investigated cellular adaptations to heat stress in four heat-exposed snail populations (two of Xeropicta derbentina, one each of Cernuella virgata and Theba pisana). Snails were exposed to different temperature regimes (25, 33, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50 and 528C) in the laboratory for 8 h. After exposure, immobility rates were determined and a qualitative and semi-quantitative histopathological analysis of the digestive gland (calcium and digestive cells) and mucocytes in the foot was conducted. In addition, the coloration of the shells was densitometrically determined. The shells of T. pisana were significantly darker than the shells of the other populations. The immobility rates and histopathological examinations showed that X. derbentina (both populations) was slightly better adapted to heat than C. virgata, and much better adapted than T. pisana. The observed differences in heat tolerance seemed to be connected to the ability for rapid and extreme proliferation of calcium cells in the digestive gland.