... constantly interacting with the program, are independent activities The performance of an application can be improved by creating a separate thread for performing each of these activities rather ... doing something, the other threads can handle the user inputs and perform the tasks For example, if a user wants to cancel bringing ina large amount of data from a web page, a single threaded ... have a basic understanding of how to build threaded applications, let’s examine Intel’s Hyper- Threading Technology The basic concept behind Hyper- Threading is that it enables a single physical...
... accounting creates an overlap between financial accounting and management accounting Cost accounting integrates with financial accounting by providing product costing information for financial statements ... homogeneous a What are the advantages of a pluralistic society in the global marketplace? b On balance, does America’s plurality give it a competitive advantage or place it at a competitive disadvantage? ... measurements, availability, assumptions • Operating Information: relevance and accuracy of measurements, availability, regulatory reporting • Financial Information: relevance and accuracy of measurements,...
... equal to slightly more than four years Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Bond Index (Global Bonds): The Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade ... benchmark for the tax-exempt bond market For inclusion, bonds must have a minimum credit rating of at least Baa, an outstanding par value of at least $5 million and be issued as part of a transaction ... ensure against loss Direct investment in indices is not available Foreign investments involve additional risks such as currency rate fluctuations, the potential for political and economic instability...
... Left-peripheral ellipsis wlth two NP remnants: (22) Max gave a nickel to Sally and a dime to Harvey (23) Max gave Sally a nickel and Harvey a dime (24) Jack calls Joe Mike and Sam Harry A3 (Gapping)Left-perlpheral ... constituents as in Albert Max spoke fluently, and Albert M a x wrote a novel, and Alex a (18) John drove his car through and completely demolished a plate glass window Max wrote a novel, and Alex Bob saw ... Mary in London As we stated above, (12) is not a case of Gapping; instead, we take "Sue and Mary" as a c o o r d i n a t e NP Nor is (13) a case of Gapping (14), h o w e v e r , cannot be treated...
... teachers who are producing material Standardization including learning platforms, material modules meta data, student administration and economical aspects The main result of the Finnish Virtual ... that these pages have a gray lining in conformance with the top menu, which also has a gray lining The colors highlight hierarchy or path, and demonstrate that something is available or not available ... goal was to use white as the main color Calm and non-disputable color combinations were chosen To make the reading and concentrating eas- 209 Teaching Network Security ina Virtual Learning Environment...
... Gas Transfer at the Air-Water Interface ina Turbulent Flow Environment Abstract The gas transfer process across the air-water interface ina bottom-shear-induced turbulent environment was investigated ... environmental engineering The problem areas range from natural geochemical cycling of materials to anthropogenic water quality (e.g reaeration) problems in rivers, lakes and coastal waters to applications ... eddies approaching the interface also enhance the gas transfer process although they not reach the interfacial layer The eddies have a random lifetime and will arrive within a random distance from...
... explicitly writing into the grammar WRD AND arcs at all In the course of parsing, whenever a finite verb is met, the NPs at the same level as the verb and havin~ been PUSHed into the **NP-STACK should ... arcs to take the ATN interpreter from just about every state in the network back toalmosteach preceding state on the same level, thus introducing large overheads in terms of additional arcs and ... constraint may prove inadiquate (eg, it cannot discriminate "American history and literature" and "American histolv and physics") Gazdar, G "Unbounded Dependencies and Coordinate Structure" Linguistic...
... accounting creates an overlap between financial accounting and management accounting Cost accounting integrates with financial accounting by providing product costing information for financial statements ... homogeneous a What are the advantages of a pluralistic society in the global marketplace? b On balance, does America’s plurality give it a competitive advantage or place it at a competitive disadvantage? ... measurements, availability, assumptions • Operating Information: relevance and accuracy of measurements, availability, regulatory reporting • Financial Information: relevance and accuracy of measurements,...
... these changes are an increased delay in reacting to environmental stimuli and in making voluntary movements Rapid movements are usually more slowly initiated, controlled, and concluded, coordination ... elderly and young groups in adaptation and de- adaptation phases MT E values MT E values for elderly and young groups in adaptation and de- adaptation phases Bottom side: after the removal of the ... prolonged training in the perturbing field learned to move producing a MUSC E torque larger than necessary and maintained this attitude also in the relearning phase, so that movements were characterized...
... like walking, sitting, standing up, bending and falling [12] Some application areas that involve visual activity analysis include behavioral biometrics, content-based video analysis, security and ... in elderly activity analysis They proposed a method for learning models of spatial context from tracking data A standard overhead camera was used to get tracking information and to define inactivity ... consecutively connecting the vertices Vi, i.e., V0 V1 , V1 V2 , , Vn−1 Vn = Vn−1 V0 An activity zone is normally in an irregular shape and is detected as a concave polygon Further, it may contain...
... department in France, where he was engaged in research on echo cancellation and adaptive filtering He has also served as a Teaching Assistant in several courses on communications, signal processing, ... Kalman parameters are adjusted using one noise parameter (variance and contamination constant) and one Gaussian term in the a posteriori pdf approximation of the plant noise This version is called ... Gif-sur-Yvette, France Her main research intere ests are in presently adaptive filtering, linear and nonlinear channel equalization, multiuser detection for CDMA systems, array processing, and spatio-temporal...
... degradation All the paths are active at all times (unless a path fails) • In an active/passive disk array, one storage path is actively servicing a given volume The other storage path acts as backup ... paths to a storage array and collapses it to one single active path (regardless of how many paths are available) All other available paths are marked as standby Path change detection is automatic ... a virtual NIC (vNIC), a virtual hardware device presented to the virtual machine by VMware’s hardware abstraction layer While a vNIC is solely a virtual device, it can leverage the hardware acceleration...
... challenges in creating and applying valid indicators that reflect the quality and extent of deep and meaningful approaches to learning facilitated ina computer-conferencing environment The challenge ... GARRISON, ANDERSON, AND ARCHER An awareness of the critical thinking and inquiry dynamic is an essential metacognitive ability that encourages students to approach a problem strategically and actively ... express a willingness to maintain and prolong contact, and tacitly indicate interpersonal support, encouragement, and acceptance of the initiator This type of interactive behavior is realized in CMC...
... establishing a viable transparent business model obtaining statistical data on the driving patterns and availability of EVs Modelling Load Shifting Using Electric Vehicles ina Smart Grid Environment ... supply and demand guaranteeing the availability and controllability of EV and V2 G capacity creating optimal incentives for EV owners and system operators to adopt load shifting and V2 G ensuring ... communication technologies Features of a smart grid include grid monitoring and management, advanced maintenance, advanced metering infrastructure, demand response, renewables integration, EV integration,...
... biogeochemically complex coastal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel Results from statistical analyses, numerical radiative transfer modeling, and application of a semianalytical optical closure algorithm ... spectral absorption data We thank Derek Manov and Frank Spada for their engineering support, Dave Romanko for CHARM optical data processing and support, Songnian Jiang for CHARM physical data processing, ... (4Adv), several plumes (4P1 and 4P2; note that record rainfall was recorded in 2005), and a bloom (4B) (Fig 5) The advective event was characterized as relatively turbid and highly backscattering...
... Implementing Provenance Awarenes i0 PreProcessing d2 Process Control m i1 Parameter Variation i2 Data Server d1 Simulation i4 Visualization i3 Interactions: State: Process Flow Monitoring Data Management ... Slide > Provenance Implementation ina Scientific Simulation Environment > Guy K Kloss 30 April 2006 Implementing Provenance Awarenes PreProcessing Parameter Variation Simulation Visualization Slide ... Provenance Implementation ina Scientific Simulation Environment > Guy K Kloss 30 April 2006 Implementing Provenance Awarenes Data Server Process Control PreProcessing Parameter Variation Simulation...
... 0.0006 A Garc a- Abril et al Current Diam Incr._ last 15 years 828 Uneven-aged data * Mature even-aged data Plantation data Uneven-aged Even-aged Plantation 0 Stand Uneven-aged Mature even-aged Plantation ... GR/AMB/0267/2004) We also thank Luis Orofino, Pablo Orofino, Jaime Hernandez, Alvaro Sanchez, Maria Estirado, Alvaro Ruiz, Elena Sanchez, Tania Lopez, Tania Caballero and Vanesa Jalvo for their assistance in field ... suggested a greater diameter and basal area growth of Scots pine in the uneven-aged stand than in the even-aged stand and the plantation Additional research using this kind of approach might be warranted,...
... enhanced both height and basal diameter of the seedlings This positive effect was particularly noticeable in the mechanical terraces with USR Survival rates Survival rates approximated 100% in all ... Murcia Province (southeast Spain) The climate is semi-arid Mediterranean, with extremely hot and dry summers The average annual rainfall is 300 mm, occurring mostly in autumn and spring The mean annual ... epipedons are eliminated and there is a negative impact on landscape (Finkel, 1986; Garc a Abril et al, 1989; Garc a Salmerón, 1990) Organic amendment is a proven method of improving the physical and...
... Shrivastava SK, Mahantshetty U, Engineer R, Deshpande DD, Jamema SV, Vanetti E, Clivio A, Nicolini G, et al: A treatment planning study comparing volumetric arc modulation with RapidArc and fixed ... homogeneity as compared to IMRT Better overall plan quality including target coverage, homogeneity inside the PTV, as well as OAR sparing could be achieved with dual arc VMAT Even the relative volume of ... Ghosh-Laskar S, Agarwal JP, Upreti RR, Budrukkar A, Murthy V, Deshpande DD, et al: Volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy for carcinomas of the oro-pharynx, hypopharynx and larynx: a treatment planning...
... typically: (i) keeping competitive advantage in obtaining territorial concessions; (ii) maintaininga stable and peaceful working environment during critical industrial operations; (iii) improving ... Illness and healing in Southern Ijaw InA study into the health seeking behaviour of the Ijaw living in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State Médecins Sans Frontières in collaboration ... qualitative approach than the rather vague notion of primary intent It highlights instead the importance of analysing values, operating principles, legitimacy and operational spaces, as well as...