Power Aware Scheduling of Bag-of-Tasks Applications with Deadline Constraints on DVS-enabled Clusters
Power Aware Scheduling of Bag-of-Tasks Applications with Deadline Constraints on DVS-enabled Clusters ~ Power-aware scheduling problem has been a recent issue in cluster systems not only for operational cost due to electricity cost, but also for system reliability. As recent com- modity processors support multiple operating points under various supply voltage levels, Dynamic Voltage Scaling [...]
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Building Nutch: Open Source Search
Building Nutch: Open Source Search ~ can have high ongoing costs. They may require lots of hardware that consumes lots of Internet bandwidth and electricity. We discuss deployment costs in more detail in the next section, but for now it’s helpful to keep in mind a few ideas: • The cost of one part of [...]
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Comments Are More Important Than Code
Comments Are More Important Than Code ~ I discard the radical position taken by proponents of extreme programming (XP) to get rid of “unnecessary” documentation. To some programmers, asking for any documentation is seen as an impediment to getting the “real work” done. XP in general is nicely skewered by Matt Stephens and Doug Rosenberg [...]
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Manufacturers-Retailers: The New Actor in the US Furniture Industry. Characteristics and Implications for the Chinese Industry
Manufacturers-Retailers: The New Actor in the US Furniture Industry. Characteristics and Implications for the Chinese Industry ~ M&RC appeared during the 1990s when the U.S. furniture industry enjoyed a boom, and at the same time a restructuration process. Since this decade, American industries increased considerably their level of imports to supply its domestic market. U.S. [...]
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THE USE OF WAX FINISHES ON PRE-INDUSTRIAL AMERICAN FURNITURE
THE USE OF WAX FINISHES ON PRE-INDUSTRIAL AMERICAN FURNITURE ~ This study had several objectives. The first was to examine documentary evidence regarding the use of wax by American cabinetmakers. Second, with the aid of sophisticated analytical methods, confidently identify furniture with early wax coatings in place. And finally, to address some of the conservation [...]
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Guidelines for the Management of Latex Allergies and Safe Latex Use in Health Care Facilities
Guidelines for the Management of Latex Allergies and Safe Latex Use in Health Care Facilities ~ The reporting of allergic reactions to latex has dramatically increased in the past six years. The increased numbers of latex-allergic individuals have prompted the establishment of guidelines for patient care, such as those developed by the American College of [...]
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Camel Milk for Food Allergies in Children
Camel Milk for Food Allergies in Children ~ Objectives: To investigate the effect of camel milk in several children with severe food (mainly milk) allergies. Methods: We studied eight children with food allergies who did not benefit from conventional treatment. Their parents, or their physicians, decided to try camel milk as a last resort. The [...]
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Role of viral infections in the inception of asthma and allergies during childhood: could they be protective?
Role of viral infections in the inception of asthma and allergies during childhood: could they be protective? ~ In 1983 Gregg’ reviewed a long list of population surveys from all over the world on the prevalence of asthma and asthma-related syndromes. He observed that at least two patterns emerged from the data: (1) prevalence rates [...]
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Refashioning Television: Business Opportunities and Challenges of Webisodes
Refashioning Television: Business Opportunities and Challenges of Webisodes ~ Webisdoes have been defined as short, scripted episodic and experimental videos intended for the Internet (Kornblum, 2007). They are relatively cheap to produce, usually distributed wide, and less monitored by the FCC compared to broadcasting (e.g., Kornblum, 2007; Wang, 2009). They bring interactivity and personalization to [...]
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Synchronization Schemes for Digital Video Broadcasting System
Synchronization Schemes for Digital Video Broadcasting System ~ Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks provide an ideal platform for broadband communication services. The next generation digital cable broadcast systems are required to have higher data rate for new services, such as HDTV. At the same time, the system coexists with many other services on HFC network. [...]
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Television Goes Online: Myths and Realities in the Contemporary Context
Television Goes Online: Myths and Realities in the Contemporary Context ~ Portable screens, mobile viewing, and on-demand, in-control screen cultures have created a number of challenges and opportunities for the television industry and audiences. Some polemicists have gone so far as to proclaim that new viewing platforms signal the death of TV, as public discourse [...]
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Agricultural waste as a low cost adsorbent for heavy metal removal from wastewater
Agricultural waste as a low cost adsorbent for heavy metal removal from wastewater ~ Biosorption was carried out in a batch process to test the suitability of Amaranthus hybridus (African spinach) stalk and Carica papaya (pawpaw) seed for removal of Mn (II) and Pb (II) ions from aqueous solution. The amount of metal ions removed [...]
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