Asian Culture and History, Vo. 1, No. 2, July, 2009. All in one PDF file.

Cover Vol.6, No.1, Februery 2009

pdf-all

0

File Concepts for Parallel VO

The subjcct of I/O has often been neglected in the design of parallel computer systems, although for many problems UO ram will limit the speedup attainable. The UO problem is addressed here by considering the role of files in parallel systems. The notion of parallel files is introduced. Parallel files provide for concurrent access by multiple processes, and utilize parallelism in the 1/0 system...

Cityscape Volume 11 Number 2 - July 2009

It is expected that the final Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act rule will encourage shopping, increase efficiency, lower housing costs, and promote the purchase of loans that are more suited to a household’s needs. The transfer of markups from firms charging excessive fees to consumers has been estimated to be approximately $670 per loan (a total of $8.35 billion) but could be as high as $1...

Cityscape Volume 11 Number 2 - July 2009

This article relies on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics matched to U.S. census data to explain the factors contributing to homeownership transitions for a sample of renters who first left their parents’ homes during the years 1978 through 1987. The article employs continuous time duration models to explain first-time homeownership transitions as a function of various individual and ...