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Wisconsin Milwaukee - CSC - 780
A Study on Optimally Co-scheduling Jobs of Different Lengths on Chip MultiprocessorsKai Tian Yulian Jiang Xipeng Shen Computer Science Department College of William and Mary, VA, USA {ktian,jiang,xshen}@cs.wm.eduAbstractCache sharing in Chip Mult
Wisconsin Milwaukee - CSC - 780
Published in the Proceedings of ASPLOS IX, November 2000Symbiotic Jobscheduling for a Simultaneous Multithreading ProcessorAllan SnavelyUniversity of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093-0505Dean M. TullsenUnivers
Wisconsin Milwaukee - CSC - 780
C O V E RF E A T U R EThe Problem with ThreadsEdward A. LeeUniversity of California, BerkeleyFor concurrent programming to become mainstream, we must discard threads as a programming model. Nondeterminism should be judiciously and carefully i
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 892
ResourceDisease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsIn-Hyun Park,1,7 Natasha Arora,1,7 Hongguang Huo,1,7 Nimet Maherali,2,3,7 Tim Ahfeldt,2,5,7 Akiko Shimamura,4 M. William Lensch,1,7,9 Chad Cowan,2,6,7 Konrad Hochedlinger,2,7 and George Q. Dal
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 892
A unique life history among tetrapods: An annual chameleon living mostly as an eggKristopher B. Karsten*, Laza N. Andriamandimbiarisoa, Stanley F. Fox*, and Christopher J. Raxworthy*Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 7
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 580
Review in translational hematologyPlasticity of marrow-derived stem cellsErica L. Herzog, Li Chai, and Diane S. KrauseBone marrow (BM) contains hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which differentiate into every type of mature blood cell; endothelia
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 580
Vol 442|3 August 2006|doi:10.1038/nature04843LETTERSThe calmodulin pathway and evolution of elongated beak morphology in Darwin's finchesArhat Abzhanov1, Winston P. Kuo1,2,3, Christine Hartmann4, B. Rosemary Grant5, Peter R. Grant5 & Clifford J.
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 580
36Pollen-tube guidance: beacons from the female gametophyteTetsuya Higashiyamay, Haruko Kuroiwa and Tsuneyoshi KuroiwaThe sperm cell of a owering plant cannot migrate unaided and it must be transported by the pollen-tube cell before successful fe
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 421
Ecology, 85(2), 2004, pp. 519530 2004 by the Ecological Society of AmericaUSING A GENERALIZED VEGETATION MODEL TO SIMULATE VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN NORTHEASTERN USATHOMAS HICKLER,1,4 BENJAMIN SMITH,1 MARTIN T. SYKES,1 MARGARET B. DAVIS,2 SHINYA SUGI
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 572
PERSPECTIVES(for example, noggin, chordin, follistatin and Xnr3) and the Wnt pathway, which reduces BMP signalling, promote (dorsal) neural cell fates6,7 (but see REF. 9). The apparently autonomous acquisition of neural character on removal of inhib
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
Uprooting theTree of Lifeby W. Ford Doolittleharles Darwin contended more than a century ago that all modern species diverged from a more limited set of ancestral groups, which themselves evolved from still fewer progenitors and so on back to the
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
insight review articlesThe habitat and nature of early lifeE. G. Nisbet* & N. H. Sleep*Department of Geology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Uprooting theTree of Lifeby W. Ford Doolittleharles Darwin contended more than a century ago that all modern species diverged from a more limited set of ancestral groups, which themselves evolved from still fewer progenitors and so on back to the
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 95, pp. 97209723, August 1998Perspective Two empires or three?Ernst Mayr*Professor Emeritus, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138Contributed by Ernst Mayr, May
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
AL KAMAJIANCopyright 1995 Scientific American, Inc.Binary Neutron StarsThese paired stellar remnants supply exquisite confirmations of general relativity. Their inevitable collapse produces what may be the strongest explosions in the universeb
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
Snowball Earthby Paul F. Hoffman and Daniel P. SchragIce entombed our planet hundreds of millions of years ago, and complex animals evolved in the greenhouse heat wave that followedOur human ancestors had it rough. Saber-toothed cats and wooll
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
Primordial Deuterium and the Big BangNuclei of this hydrogen isotope formed in the first moments of the big bang. Their abundance offers clues to the early evolution of the universe and the nature of cosmic dark matterby Craig J. HoganThe big b
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
PerspectiveThe Cambrian explosion: Slow-fuse or megatonnage?Simon Conway Morris*Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United KingdomClearly, the fossil record from the Cambrian period is an invaluable tool fo
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
Planet of theProconsulDryopithecusSivapithecusA DIVERSITY OF APES ranged across the Old World during the Miocene epoch, between 22 million and 5.5 million years ago. Proconsul lived in East Africa, Oreopithecus in Italy, Sivapithecus in South
UMass (Amherst) - BIOL - 270
insight review articlesLife in extreme environmentsLynn J. Rothschild & Rocco L. MancinelliNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000, USA (e-mail: Lrothschild@mail.arc.nasa.gov; rmancinelli@mail.arc.nasa.gov)Each recent re
UCSB - MATH - 206
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Berkeley - ASTRO - 00106107
Spectra Extracted from tstart=-3.150 tstop=8.850(Trigger Time, GPS=792470036.000000, Redshift, z=0.0)Power-Law Model FitNorm@15keV 2.8466e-02 (2.2751e-02 3.4875e-02)alpha -2.1852 (-2.4397 -1.9505)Energy Fluence (15-350 keV) 2.9386e-07 (2.5974e
Berkeley - ASTRO - 00106107
#file=swbz_15-350lc.txt dt=0.1 tstart=-3.150 tstop=8.850#t90 dt90 t50 dt50 rt90 drt90 rt50 drt50 rt45 drt45 tav dtav tmax dtmax trise dtrise tfall dtfall cts cts_err pk_rate dpk_rate band 10.300 0.543 4.700 0.909 5.500
UCCS - CS - 526
nesC 1.1 Language Reference ManualDavid Gay, Philip Levis, David Culler, Eric Brewer May 20031IntroductionnesC is an extension to C [2] designed to embody the structuring concepts and execution model of TinyOS [1]. TinyOS is an event-driven op
UCCS - CS - 526
Mica High Speed Radio StackNelson Lee, Philip Levis, Jason Hill September 11, 2002IntroductionThis document describes the TinyOS networking stack released in TinyOS 1.0. This stack provides variable length packets and data-link level synchronous
UCCS - CS - 526
MOBICOM 2002 Tutorial T5Wireless Sensor NetworksDeborah Estrin & Mani Srivastavadestrin@cs.ucla.edu, mbs@ucla.edu UCLAAkbar Sayeedakbar@engr.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin, MadisonCopyright 2002Tutorial Outline1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Introd
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
University of Victoria Department of Mechanical EngineeringMECH 390 Laboratory 1Stirling Engine- thermal engine - heat pump - refrigeration 1. ObjectiveThe goal of this lab is to measure the performance of an actual thermodynamic cycle. The lab
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
University of Victoria Department of Mechanical EngineeringMECH 390 Laboratory 2HVAC (Heat - Ventilation - Air-Conditioning)- refrigeration - psychrometrics1. ObjectiveThe objective of this lab is twofold: First, to investigate the performance
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 PROJECT ENERGY CONVERSIONAssigned Date: March 2, 2007 Due Date: March, 23, 2007 The project should be completed individually. The report should be typed and be accompanied with a CD including your code. It should not exceed 11 pages, append
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Table A-17 T (K) 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 u (kJ/kg) 142.56 149.69 156.82 164 171.13 178.28 185.45 192.6RUNEnter Temp. (K) Internal energy (kJ/kg)240 171.13RUNSee the comments in the code.Table A-17 T (K) 200 210 220 230 240 250 260
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Introduction Thermodynamics can be defined as the science of energy. And energy can be defined as the ability to cause changes. The first law of thermodynamics says that the total quantity of energy in the universe remains constant. This is the princ
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Tutorial, Week#2 Ideal Gas Consider a rigid, insulated tank with a movable piston. Initially side A contains 25kg of air at 250C and 500kPa, while side B contains 5kg of air at 70C and 50kPa. The piston then moves to a new position where th
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH390 Tutorial, Week#3 Application of the Second Law to an Open System Two alternative systems are under consideration for bringing a stream of air from 17C to 52C at an essentially constant pressure of 100 kPa. System 1: The air temperature is inc
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Assignment #1 (Review)Assignment date: Tuesday Jan 16, 2007 Due date: Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 Problem 1: (the 1st law) A tank with a volume of 1 m3 is initially evacuated. Atmospheric air at 101.3 kPa leaks into the tank through a weld imperfe
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Power Cycles Most power producing devices operate on cycles. To make simple thermodynamics analysis possible, we use the concept of ideal cycle. These idealized cycles serve as starting point for more in-depth studies. Heat engines are designed to co
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Assignment #2 (Cycles)Assignment date: Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 Due date: Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 Problem 1: (the Stirling cycle) Show that for an idealized Stirling cycle, the thermal efficiency is: th = 1 -TL THProblem 2: (Otto cycle) An ope
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH390 Tutorial, Week#5 Refrigeration Cycle A large refrigeration plant is to be maintained at -15C, and it requires refrigeration at a rate of 100kW. The condenser of the plant is to be cooled by liquid water, which experiences a temperature rise
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Assignment #3 (Refrigeration)Assignment date: Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 Due date: Tuesday Feb. 06, 2007 Problem 1: Figure below shows a steam jet refrigeration system that produces chilled water in a flash chamber. The chamber is maintained at a
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Open Gas-Turbine Cycle FuelCombustion chamber ShaftTurbineCompressorWnetAirCombustion products Fig.1: Schematic for an open gas-turbine cycle.Working Principal Fresh air enters the compressor at ambient temperature where its pressure an
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Tutorial, Week#6 Brayton Cycle with Intercooling, Reheat & Regeneration A regenerative gas turbine with intercooling and reheat operates at steady state. Air enters the compressor at 100 kPa, 300 K with a mass flow rate of 5.807 kg/s. The pr
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Assignment #4 (Gas-turbine)Assignment date: Tuesday Feb. 06, 2007 Due date: Tuesday Feb. 13, 2007 Problem 1: An ideal gas-turbine cycle with ideal regeneration and with n-stage of compression (with intercooling) and expansion (with reheatin
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Quiz #1Name: . Time: 45 minutes or less. Develop answers on available place. The quiz has 5% (bonus) of the total mark. Closed books & closed notes.Problem 1 (15%):A 2 kg mass of a substance is at a pressure P for which the specific satu
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Exergy Exergy is the theoretical limit for the work potential that can be obtained from a source or a system at a given state when interacting with a reference (environment) at a constant condition. A system is said to be in the dead state when it is
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Assignment #5 (Exergy)Assignment date: Tuesday Feb. 13, 2007 Due date: Friday Feb. 16, 2007 Problem 1: A system undergoes a refrigeration cycle while receiving Qc by heat transfer at temperature Tc and discharging energy QH by heat transfer
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Solving Thermodynamics ProblemsSolving thermodynamic problems can be made significantly easier by using the following process. 1. Summarize given data in own words, leave out unneeded information 2. Clearly understand/identify what is being asked fo
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Gas Vapor Mixtures and HVAC Atmospheric air normally contains some water vapor (moisture). The dry-air contains no water. Although the amount of water vapor in the air is small, it plays a major role in human comfort and thus in air-conditioning appl
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Tutorial, Week#8 Gas Refrigeration Cycles A refrigeration system using air as the working fluid, consists of an ideal Brayton cycle run in reverse with a temperature and pressure at the inlet of the compressor of 37C and 100 kPa. The compres
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Tutorial, Week#9 Non-Reacting Mixtures Psychrometrics Applied to a Cooling Tower Water exiting the condenser of a power plant at 45C enters a cooling tower with a mass flow rate of 15000 kg/s. A stream of cooled water is returned to the con
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390Assignment #7 (Non-Reacting Mixtures and HVAC)Assignment date: Tuesday March 12, 2007 Due date: Tuesday March 19, 2007 Problem 1: A system consists, initially of nA moles of gas A at pressure P and temperature T and nB moles of gas B separa
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390Assignment #7 (Non-Reacting Mixtures and HVAC)Assignment date: Tuesday March 12, 2007 Due date: Tuesday March 19, 2007 Problem 1: A system consists, initially of nA moles of gas A at pressure P and temperature T and nB moles of gas B separa
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Tutorial, Week#10 - Rankine Cycle Consider a coal-fired steam power plant that produces 300MW of electric power. The power plant operates on a simple ideal Rankine cycle with turbine inlet conditions of 5 MPa and 450C and a condenser pressur
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
Chemical Reactions When analyzing reacting systems, we need to consider the chemical internal energy, which is the energy associated with the destruction and formation of chemical bonds between the atoms. Thermodynamic analysis of reactive mixtures i
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390 Tutorial, Week#12 Reacting Mixtures Question 1: Determine the mole fractions of the products of combustion when octane, C8H18, is burned with 200% theoretical air. Also, determine the dewpoint temperature of the products if the pressure is 0
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390Assignment #10 (Combustion)Assignment date: Tuesday April 3, 2007 Due date: Tuesday April 10, 2007 Problem 1: Liquid octane at 25C and 1 atm enters a well-insulated reactor and reacts with air entering at the same temperature and pressure.
Virgin Islands - MECH - 390
MECH 390Assignment #10 (Combustion)Assignment date: Tuesday April 3, 2007 Due date: Tuesday April 10, 2007 Problem 1: Liquid octane at 25C and 1 atm enters a well-insulated reactor and reacts with air entering at the same temperature and pressure.
Cal Poly - BUSFAC - 303
A New Twist in Tax Avoidance: Firms Send Best Ideas Abroad By Glenn R. Simpson. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Jun 24, 2002. pg. A.1 Full Text (1472 words) Copyright Dow Jones & Company Inc Jun 24, 2002 HAMILTON, Bermuda - Wh
Cal Poly - BUSFAC - 302
Italian Banks Reassess Smaller FirmsBy CRISTINA RANIERIDOW JONES NEWSWIRESMILAN - Small companies make up a large part of Italy's economy, but they have struggled to get money to expand. That may be about to change, thanks in part to the troubles
Cal Poly - BUSFAC - 302
Against the Grain: A Rice Scam Tramples On Japanese Tradition; Mr. Mashiko Mixed Good Stuff With Cheap U.S. Variety; 'What Can We Trust?' Martin Fackler. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Oct 30, 2003. pg. A.1 KORIYAMA, Japan -
Cal Poly - BUSFAC - 302
CULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL: A NINE COUNTRY STUDY OF LOCUS OF CONTROL AND INNOVATIVENESSSTEPHEN L. MUELLERFlorida International University, Miami, FLANISYA S. THOMASFlorida International University, and Stockholm School of Economics, S