We describe here an implemented small programming language, called Alma-0, that augments the expressive power of imperative programming by a limited number of features inspired by the logic programming paradigm. These additions encourage declarative programming and make it a more attractive vehicle for problems that involve search. We illustrate the use of Alma-0 by presenting solutions to a nu...

The mass of ISM in high redshift Galaxies is a major determinant of their morphology, star formation activity and how they will evolve to low redshift. Measurement of the CO lines at z > 0.5 are time consuming, even with the sensitivity of ALMA, and the derived ISM masses are subject to uncertainty in the CO-to-H2 conversion factor. Here I describe a much faster technique—measuring the long wav...

Debris disks are optically thin dust disks around stars produced by ongoing collisions of planetesimals left over from the planet formation process. They help us to improve our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems. Our Herschel open time key program DUNES (DUst around NEarby Stars) aims at detecting debris disks with a fractional luminosity similar to the Edgeworth-...

We discuss our experiences in using ALMA, our method for Architecture-Level Modifiability Analysis. Like many other methods for software architecture analysis, such as SAAM and ATAM, our method is scenario-based. We found that the scenario elicitation process is tricky, and depends on the goal set for the analysis. Also, our experience in applying ALMA to business information systems indicates ...

The 1978 Alma Ata Conference presented the manifesto to attain global health for the next century by providing basic health care aimed at the urban and rural poor of the developing world. While the goals of Alma Ata were noble, they were untenable. Today, developing countries face serious issues of equity in health care delivery and fairness in health care management with even a greater need to...

In this memo we argue that interoperability between the existing radio-interferometry packages provides a fast, robust, flexible, complete, and user-friendly data reduction package for ALMA. We discuss the meaning of these terms from the point of view of the end-user, the data reduction specialist, and the package maintainer, and show that an open software environment provides a cost effective,...

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), a world-wide project (64x12m-dishes operating from 84 to 720GHz, to be completed by 2011) will represent a jump of almost two orders of magnitude in sensitivity and angular resolution as compared to present millimeter/submillimeter interferometers, and will thus undoubtedly produce a major step in astrophysics. The main objectives will be the origins o...

We describe here an implemented small programming language, called Alma-0, that augments the expressive power of imperative programming by a limited number of features inspired by the logic programming paradigm. These additions encourage declarative programming and make it a more attractive vehicle for problems that involve search. We illustrate the use of Alma-0 by presenting solutions to a nu...

The aim of the Alma project is the design of a strongly typed constraint programming language that combines the advantages of logic and imperative programming. The rst stage of the project was the design and implementation of Alma-0, a small programming language that provides a support for declarative programming within the imperative programming framework. It is obtained by extending a subset ...

Title of thesis: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUSES ISOLATED FROM HUMANS IN ALMA-ATA, KAZAKHSTAN. Rangarajan Padmanabhan, Master of Science, 2009. Thesis directed by: Associate Professor Dr.Daniel Perez, Department of Veterinary Medicine, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Maryland, College Park. Continuous surveillance of influenza becomes important ...