High definition video transmission is one of the prime demands of modern day communication. Changing needs demand diverse features to be offered by the video codec standards, H.264 fits to these requirements for video compression. In this work, an attempt has been made to optimize the inter prediction along with improved intra prediction to ensure the minimal bit rates thereby reduction in the channel bandwidth, which is required in most of the wireless applications. In intraprediction, only DC prediction mode is chosen out of 9 modes with 4*4 luma blocks that reduces the coding complexity towards optimal logic utilization in order to support typical FPGA board for hardware implementation. Most significantly, Inter prediction is carried out utilizing the M9K blocks efficiently with proper timing synchronization to reduce the latency in the encoding operation. Experimental set up comprising of two Altera DE2-115 boards connected through Ethernet cable demonstrated the video transmission. These optimized intra prediction and inter prediction stages resulted in significant improvement in the video compression possessing good subjective quality and increased video compression.

The article examines two Aramaic contracts found on the island Elephantine and dating from the early fifth century B.C. The first one is a loan contract providing for payment of compound interest on silver lent: interest not paid timely is to be added to the capital and itself becomes interest-bearing at the same rate until actual repayment. If this is not done at an agreed date, the remaining debt is doubled. The second contract concerns delivery of barley and lentils from a ship to a royal store-house deserving a garrison. The parties are the ship-officer and functionaries acting on behalf of the store-house, where barley and lentils are supposed to be brought. It is a contract of delivery combining its acceptation on the ship and the foreseen completion of the contract in the store-house with expected financial results. Both contracts refer to silver “by the stone-weights of Ptah” and record its alloy.