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A Classi cation of Various Approachesfor Object-Based Parallel andDistributed Programming

This paper aims at classifying and discussing the various ways along which the object paradigm is used in concurrent and distributed contexts. We distinguish the applicative approach, the integra-tive approach, and the reeective approach. The applicative approach applies object-oriented concepts, as they are, to structure concurrent and distributed systems through libraries. The integrative approach consists in merging concepts such as: object and activity, message passing and transaction, etc. The reeective approach integrates protocol libraries intimately within an object-based programming language. We discuss and illustrate each of these approaches and we point out their complementary levels and goals. Mr. President and fellow citizens of New York: The facts with which I shall deal this evening are mainly old and familiar; nor is there anything new in the general use I shall make of them. If there shall be any novelty, it will be in the mode of presenting the facts, and the inferences and observations following that presentation.
CONFIDENCE MEASURE BASED MODEL ADAPTATION FOR SPEAKER VERIFICATION

Confidence measures are expected give a measure of reliability on the result of a speech/speaker recognition system. Most commonly used confidence measures are based on posterior word or phoneme probabilities which can be obtained from the output of the recognizer. In this paper we introduced a linear interpretation of posterior probability based confidence measure by using inverse Fisher transformation. Speaker adaptation consists in updating model parameters of a speaker independent model to have a better representation of the current speaker. Confidence measures give a more reliable selection criteria to select the utterances which best represents the speaker. A linear interpretation of confidence measure is very important to select the most representative data for adaptation.
Directional coupler with high isolation bandwidth using electrical balance

A directional coupler using edge coupled lines is designed and fabricated on a two-layer PCB with isolation being achieved through electrical balance. Measured results show 4dB coupling and 34dB isolation at a frequency of 2.5GHz with 16% matching bandwidth (-10dB). Isolation varies between 31dB to 36dB in the 2.3GHz to 3GHz frequency range.
Robust stability analysis of nonlinear sampled-data control systems with time delay

Robust continuous-time control for nonlinear systems has been extensively studied over the past decades. A variety of robust controllers have been developed for a wide class of inter-connected systems. Nevertheless, it is a challenging task to digitally implement these controllers in many practical applications such as networked control systems where sampled data with possible time delay are available for feedback design. In this paper, a general framework based on input-to-state stability analysis is proposed to reveal the stability conditions for nonlinear sampled-data control systems with time delay.
Error coding and PaCT's

A new class of plug in classi cation techniques have recently been developed in the statistics literature. A plug in classi cation technique (PaCT) is a method that takes a standard classi er (such as LDA or nearest neighbors) and plugs it into an algorithm to produce a new classi er. The standard classi er is known as the Plug in Classi er (PiC). These methods often produce large improvements over using a single classi er. In this paper we investigate one of these methods and give some motivation for its success.
The social motivation for phonological convergence in three Arabic dialects

The Arabic dialects of Bahrain have received a good deal of attention recently, both from a descriptive, historical perspective (Prochazka 1981; Al-Tajir 1982; Holes 1983a, 1984) and because they afford a fruitful site for sociolinguistic investigation into language Variation and change in a rapidly modernizüig state (Holes 1980, 1981, 1983b). This paper attempts to show how the patterns of binary choice which Bahrainis make between variants at two different points in the phonological structure of their dialects show both nonrandom interdependence between the choices made (though there is no prima fade phonological reason for this interdependence) and a clear correlation between linguistic choice and social identity. 'Social identity' in the sense used here corresponds only partially to the array of stable characteristics such äs age, level of education, and occupation which has provided the framework for much correlational sociolinguistic research in the US and Europe (e.g. Labov 1972a, 1972b; Trudgill 1974). It is also a question of the 'image' which a Speaker wishes actively to project äs (let us say) a supporter of tribal or village values on the one hand, or äs a protagonist of a modern, technological, and secular outlook on the other. It will be argued that the change-in-progress of which this paper gives a 'snapshof cannot be explained simply äs the effect of more widespread education and the consequent exposure of the population toprestigiousnonlocalvarietiesof Arabic, butshould be seen in terms of a developing socioeconomic class System (cf. Khuri 1980: 134-153) to which individualshave different attitudes, and which only roughly corresponds to the older sectarian/dialect division between the so-called Bahärna (monolingual Arabic-speaking Shi'is who form the oldest layer of Bahrain's population) and the 'Arab (Sunni descendants of the Bedouin tribes which began emigrating to Bahrain from the late 18th Century on, and from whom the present ruling family are drawn). Although Bahrain appears to be experiencing a period of sociolinguistic 'realignment' there is no doubt that the major linguistic demarcation lines still
Face Tracking by Means of Continuous Detection

The main contribution of this work is a new view to face-tracking namely to associate the independent detection results obtained by applying a real-time detector to each frame of a sequence. This differs fundamentally from traditional tracking which is mostly understood as finding the location of a target object given its previous position and a correspondence finding algorithm either with or without a prior object model. This traditional notion has two major problems namely the initialization problem and the lost-track problem. We show that the advent of new rapid detection algorithms may change the need for traditional tracking. Furthermore the mentioned problems have a natural solution within the presented tracking by continuous detection approach. The only assumption on the object to track is it's maximal speed in the image plane, which can be set very generously. From this assumption we derive three conditions for a valid state sequence in time. To estimate the optimal state of a tracked face from the detection results a Kalman filter is used. This leads to an instant smoothing of the face trajectory. It can be shown experimentally that smoothing the face trajectories leads to a significant reduction of false detections compared to the static detector without the presented tracking extension. We further show how to exploit the highly redundant information in a natural video sequence to speed-up the execution of the static detector by a temporal scanning procedure which we call "slicing". A demo program showing the outcomes of our work can be found in the internet under http://www.iis. fraunhofer.de/bv/biometrie/ for download.
Finding and Comparing Syntenic Regions among Arabidopsis and the Outgroups Papaya, Poplar, and Grape: CoGe with Rosids1[W]

In addition to the genomes of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and poplar (Populus trichocarpa), two near-complete rosid genome sequences, grape (Vitis vinifera) and papaya (Carica papaya), have been recently released. The phylogenetic relationship among these four genomes and the placement of their three independent, fractionated tetraploidies sum to a powerful comparative genomic system. CoGe, a platform of multiple whole or near-complete genome sequences, provides an integrative Web-based system to find and align syntenic chromosomal regions and visualize the output in an intuitive and interactive manner. CoGe has been customized to specifically support comparisons among the rosids. Crucial facts and definitions are presented to clearly describe the sorts of biological questions that might be answered in part using CoGe, including patterns of DNA conservation, accuracy of annotation, transposability of individual genes, subfunctionalization and/or fractionation of syntenic gene sets, and conserved noncoding sequence content. This précis of an online tutorial, CoGe with Rosids (http://tinyurl.com/4a23pk), presents sample results graphically.
Differential roles of IL-16 and CD28/B7 costimulation in the generation of T-lymphocyte chemotactic activity in the bronchial mucosa of mild and moderate asthmatic individuals.

BACKGROUND IL-16 is an important T-cell chemotactic cytokine in asthmatic airways; its release from allergen-stimulated bronchial mucosa in mild asthma has been shown to be dependent on CD28/B7 costimulation. OBJECTIVE We have extended our previous studies to investigate the role of IL-16 and CD28/B7 costimulation in T-lymphocyte chemotactic activity (TLCA) released from the bronchial mucosa in more severe asthma. METHODS TLCA was determined in the supernatants of induced sputum and allergen-stimulated bronchial mucosal explants from healthy volunteers and volunteers with mild and moderately severe asthma by means of a Boyden chamber technique. The contribution of IL-16 to the activity was evaluated through use of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody; the contribution of CD28/B7 costimulation to allergen-induced release of TLCA was determined through use of CTLA4-Ig fusion protein and neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to CD80 (B7.1) and CD86 (B7.2). RESULTS Induced sputum and unstimulated explants from asthmatic subjects generated significant spontaneous TLCA (P <.05). Both mild and moderate asthmatic explants showed significantly elevated Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus -induced release of TLCA, but only in mild asthma could sputum and allergen-stimulated explant TLCA be inhibited by anti-IL-16 (median inhibition, 39% and 59%; P <.05). In addition, allergen released significant quantities of IL-16 from mild asthmatic explants (P <.05) but not from moderate asthmatic explants. Antibodies to the CD28 counter-ligands CD80 and CD86 inhibited allergen-induced release of TLCA in mild asthmatic explants by 94% (P <.05) and 62%, but TLCA release from moderate asthmatic explants was unaffected by CTLA4-Ig. CONCLUSION These results show that TLCA release in moderate asthmatic airways, in contrast to mild asthmatic airways, is not dependent on CD28/B7 costimulation and does not involve IL-16.
Cancellation strategy in Dynamic Framed Slotted ALOHA for RFID system

The anti-collision mechanism plays a kernel role in random access systems such as RFID, which is usually implemented by MAC protocols such as Dynamic Framed Slotted ALOHA (DFSA). In some standards, there used to define an instruction to cancel the frame in the current interrogation round, such as the QUERYADJUST command in EPCglobal HF Gen 2 [2]. In this paper, we study how to optimally cancel the current frame to maximizing the system throughput, according to optimal stopping time principle, and then propose a suboptimal cancellation strategy, which is easily implemented in practical applications. We further put forward the algorithm of the cancellation strategy in some well-known DFSA protocols to compare the performance via simulations.
Wiener-Hopf analysis of a rectangular slot antenna

The paper presents an effective analytical approach in order to perform the analysis of the electromagnetic behavior of a rectangular slot antenna by a suitable application of the Wiener-Hopf technique in the spectral domain. The key issue is to obtain a closed form solution to the considered problem through the development of a general analytical approach that can be applied even for considering the possible presence of any kind of linear stratified structure as loading medium of the rectangular slot in both the semivolumes. In order to do that, the double spatial Fourier transform is introduced, leading to a suitable formalism in the spectral domain rephrasing the electromagnetic problem in an equivalent circuit network model problem. The circuit network approach in the spectral domain yields a sort of Wiener-Hopf equation that can be analytically solved, in some cases, through a suitable extended version of the Wiener-Hopf approach, or numerically faced and interactively solved with the requested accuracy through the method of moments in the spectral domain.
A note on D1-D5-J system and 5D small black ring

The "small" black ring in 5D obtained by giving angular momentum to the D1-D5 system compactified on S1 × K3 is a very interesting object in the sense that it does not have an event horizon in the supergravity limit whereas it microscopically has a finite entropy. The microscopic origin of this small black ring can be analyzed in detail since it is constructed by adding angular momentum to the well-studied D1-D5 system. On the other hand, its macroscopic, geometrical picture is difficult to study directly. In this note, by duality transformations and the 4D-5D connection, we relate this 5D small black ring to a 4D small non-rotating black hole, where the latter is known to develop a non-vanishing horizon due to stringy R2 corrections to the supergravity action. The entropy of the 4D small black hole agrees with the microscopic entropy of the 5D small black ring, which supports the validity of the 4D-5D connection even for small black objects. These results give an indirect evidence that a non-vanishing horizon is formed for the 5D small black ring.
Career Development and Social Inclusion at St Patrick's College: A Case Study

Consistent with the Commonwealth government's social inclusion agenda, the mission statement of St Patrick's College advocates the development and delivery of career development services and programs that promote social justice and social inclusion. This case study describes the evolving career development program at St Patrick's College, which has an intentional focus on promoting social justice and achieving social inclusion outcomes. The St Patrick's College career development program offers some examples of practical ways in which schools can implement the Commonwealth government's social inclusion agenda.
Effect of Substrate Parasitic Inductance on Silicon-Based Transmission Lines and On-Chip Inductors

We demonstrate that, in addition to the conventional high-order parasitic effects such as skin and proximity effect, as well as substrate coupling, a novel term of substrate parasitic inductance needs to be introduced in the equivalent circuit for silicon-based transmission lines and on-chip spiral inductors in order to fully describe the nonlinear features of substrate-characteristic functions at a high frequency. The present model is verified for inductors fabricated using a 0.18-mum CMOS process.
Degrees of freedom of MISO broadcast channel with perfect delayed and imperfect current CSIT

We consider the two-user MISO broadcast channel where the transmitter has imperfect knowledge on the current channel state, in addition to delayed channel state information. The degree of freedom region is completely characterized. The optimal scheme smoothly bridges between the scheme recently proposed by Maddah-Ali and Tse with no current state information and a simple zero-forcing beamforming with perfect current state information. The essential ingredients of this scheme lie in the quantization and multicasting of the overheard interferences, while broadcasting new private messages.
Minimal non-extensible precolorings and implicit-relations

In this paper I study a variant of the general vertex coloring problem called precoloring. Specifically, I study graph precolorings, by developing new theory, for characterizing the minimal non-extensible precolorings. It is interesting per se that, for graphs of arbitrarily large chromatic number, the minimal number of colored vertices, in a nonextensible precoloring, remains constant; only two vertices u, v suffice. Here, the relation between such u, v is called an implicit-relation, distinguishing two cases: (i) implicit-edges where u, v are precolored with the same color and (ii) implicit-identities where u, v are precolored distinct. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 05C15, 05C75 and Secondary 05C90, 05C69.
Challenging the orthodoxy of effective school leadership

The research reported in this paper, which collected and compared the perspectives of those who, in addition to principals themselves, arguably possess the closest working knowledge of leadership, i.e. teachers, parents, governors and students, reveals a different, more complex reality of effective headship than previous studies have revealed. It proposes a model of values led contingency leadership which takes into account the realities of successful principalship of schools in changing times, and moves beyond polarized concepts of transactional and transformational leadership.
Accelerated Business Transformation and the Role of the Organization Architect

New approaches to business transformation are emerging to address significant need and to serve as successors to reengineering, which has acquired a reputation for being slow and ineffective. These approaches require new, innovative methods that target, integrate, and rapidly implement total business solutions. This article presents one particular accelerated approach. Like other approaches, the key to success with an accelerated method is a closer blending among the business process redesign, information technology, and organization development disciplines to help clients pursue an appropriate course for dramatic business improvement. Within this method, the organization architect role plays a significant part in enhancing interdisciplinary work and accelerating business transformation.
Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Pregabalin in Healthy Volunteers

Pregabalin has shown clinical efficacy for treatment of neuropathic pain syndromes, partial seizures, and anxiety disorders. Five studies in healthy volunteers are performed to investigate single‐ and multiple‐dose pharmacokinetics of pregabalin. Pregabalin is rapidly absorbed following oral administration, with peak plasma concentrations occurring between 0.7 and 1.3 hours. Pregabalin oral bioavailability is approximately 90% and is independent of dose and frequency of administration. Food reduces the rate of pregabalin absorption, resulting in lower and delayed maximum plasma concentrations, yet the extent of drug absorption is unaffected, suggesting that pregabalin may be administered without regard to meals. Pregabalin elimination half‐life is approximately 6 hours and steady state is achieved within 1 to 2 days of repeated administration. Corrected for oral bioavailability, pregabalin plasma clearance is essentially equivalent to renal clearance, indicating that pregabalin undergoes negligible nonrenal elimination. Pregabalin demonstrates desirable, predictable pharmacokinetic properties that suggest ease of use. Because pregabalin is eliminated renally, renal function affects its pharmacokinetics.
THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF LET-7 , MIR-125 , MIR-205 , AND MIR-296 IN BREAST CANCER : AN UPDATE

In 2008, first time we hypothesized that Let-7, miR-125, miR205, and miR-296 may be potential next-generation therapeutics in breast cancer. In recent years, various reports have supported our hypothesis and it seems that in near future these miRs are highly likely to be used for breast cancer therapy. This commentary summarized the recent findings towards establishing our report of 2008.
Regional Social Legitimacy of Entrepreneurship: Implications for Entrepreneurial Intention and Start-up Behaviour

Kibler E. , Kautonen T. and Fink M. Regional social legitimacy of entrepreneurship: implications for entrepreneurial intention and start-up behaviour, Regional Studies. A new understanding of the role of regional culture in the emergence of business start-up behaviour is developed. The focal construct is regional social legitimacy: the perception of the desirability and appropriateness of entrepreneurship in a region. The econometric analysis utilizes a combination of bespoke longitudinal survey data from 65 regions in Austria and Finland, and variables capturing regional socio-economic characteristics derived from official statistics. The study demonstrates that, and explains how, regional social legitimacy influences the relationships between individual entrepreneurial beliefs, intentions and start-up behaviour and how these interaction effects are conditioned by the socio-economic characteristics of the region.
Sequence-Based Prediction of DNA-Binding Residues in Proteins with Conservation and Correlation Information

The recognition of DNA-binding residues in proteins is critical to our understanding of the mechanisms of DNA-protein interactions, gene expression, and for guiding drug design. Therefore, a prediction method DNABR (DNA Binding Residues) is proposed for predicting DNA-binding residues in protein sequences using the random forest (RF) classifier with sequence-based features. Two types of novel sequence features are proposed in this study, which reflect the information about the conservation of physicochemical properties of the amino acids, and the correlation of amino acids between different sequence positions in terms of physicochemical properties. The first type of feature uses the evolutionary information combined with the conservation of physicochemical properties of the amino acids while the second reflects the dependency effect of amino acids with regards to polarity-charge and hydrophobic properties in the protein sequences. Those two features and an orthogonal binary vector which reflect the characteristics of 20 types of amino acids are used to build the DNABR, a model to predict DNA-binding residues in proteins. The DNABR model achieves a value of 0.6586 for Matthew's correlation coefficient (MCC) and 93.04 percent overall accuracy (ACC) with a 68.47 percent sensitivity (SE) and 98.16 percent specificity (SP), respectively. The comparisons with each feature demonstrate that these two novel features contribute most to the improvement in predictive ability. Furthermore, performance comparisons with other approaches clearly show that DNABR has an excellent prediction performance for detecting binding residues in putative DNA-binding protein. The DNABR web-server system is freely available at http://www.cbi. seu.edu. cn/DNABR/.
Comparison of Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy and Open Lumbar Surgery for Adjacent Segment Degeneration and Recurrent Disc Herniation

Objective. The goal of the present study was to examine the clinical results of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) and open lumbar surgery for patients with adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) and recurrence of disc herniation. Methods. From December 2011 to November 2013, we collected forty-three patients who underwent repeated lumbar surgery. These patients, either received PELD (18 patients) or repeated open lumbar surgery (25 patients), due to ASD or recurrence of disc herniation at L3-4, L4-5, or L5-S1 level, were assigned to different groups according to the surgical approaches. Clinical data were assessed and compared. Results. Mean blood loss was significantly less in the PELD group as compared to the open lumbar surgery group (P < 0.0001). Hospital stay and mean operating time were shorter significantly in the PELD group as compared to the open lumbar surgery group (P < 0.0001). Immediate postoperative pain improvement in VAS was 3.5 in the PELD group and −0.56 in the open lumbar surgery group (P < 0.0001). Conclusion. For ASD and recurrent lumbar disc herniation, PELD had more advantages over open lumbar surgery in terms of reduced blood loss, shorter hospital stay, operating time, fewer complications, and less postoperative discomfort.