China’s Hukou Platform: Windows into the Family

Windows Filtering Platform

The goal of this paper is to analyze the functionality and usability of the Windows Filtering Platform introduced by Microsoft Corporation as set of API functions that are controlling the network stack of the Windows operating systems. The applications build on it are intended to be used as the windows firewall replacement, with additional functionality in terms of the logic of packet filtering...

Hukou and non-hukou migrations in China: comparisons and contrasts.

The household registration (hukou) system in China was studied using China's 1990 census 1% microdata and interprovincial migration studies. In doing this, the socioeconomic characteristics and geographical patterns of long-distance hukou and non-hukou migratory flows were compared before developing a framework of dual migration circuits. The framework uses a statistical model to evaluate mig...

Mycobacteriophages: Windows into Tuberculosis

Mycobacteriophages are viruses that infect mycobacterial hosts, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis [1]. Because the discovery and genomic characterization of mycobacteriophages has been the focus of integrated research and education programs, including the Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Educati...

Taking Advantage of the SAS System on the Windows Platform

The Windows operating system is a key environment for a majority of SAS users. Windows and related Microsoft products are undergoing significant changes and enhancements. The introduction of Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server editions, 64-bit Windows, the upcoming “Whistler” release, the announcement of the Microsoft.NET framework, Digital Dashboards and im...

Windows into non-Euclidean spaces