of this project, a hardware monitor is being developed to observe the SAN traffic. This hardware monitor is therefore capable of delivering detailed information about the run-time communication behaviour of applications run on SMiLE clusters. The central part of this monitor consists of a content-addressable counter array managing a small working set of the most recently referenced memory regio...

We propose a novel method for learning Chinese word embeddings. Different from previous approaches, we investigate the effectiveness of the Chinese stroke-level information when learning Chinese word embeddings. Empirically, our model consistently outperforms several state-of-the-art methods, including skipgram, cbow, GloVe and CWE, on the standard word similarity and word analogy tasks.

Collaborative Working Environments (CWEs) enable an efficient collaboration between professionals, specially those settled in different locations of a company or stakeholders from different companies. This can be of great help for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as an effective way to share information. However, it can be difficult for SMEs to have access to a fully integrated CWE providin...

Whole glove testing for a metalworking fluid (MWF) in the field was performed for the first time. Green latex gloves used in a machine shop were exposed for 20 min to MWF. The permeated amount (1.0 +/- 0.5 microg/cm(2)) was higher than the threshold (0.25 microg/cm(2)) for the ASTM F739-99a closed-loop normalized breakthrough time.

European Respiratory Society guidelines on the management of work-related asthma recommend that occupational asthma with an allergic mechanism should be diagnosed by both identifying the workplace as the cause, and confirming sensitisation to the asthmagen by specific inhalational challenge (SIC), in the absence of any available specific IgE tests [1, 2]. Used (contaminated) metalworking fluid ...

Recently, several innovative tools have found their way into mainstream use in modern development environments. However, most of these tools have focused on creating and modifying code, despite evidence that most of programmers’ time is spent understanding code as part of maintenance tasks. If new tools were designed to directly support these maintenance tasks, what types would be most helpful?...

We present a new algorithm for solving basic parametric constructible or semi-algebraic systems like C = {x ∈ C, p1(x) = 0, , ps(x) = 0, f1(x) 0, , fl(x) 0} or S = {x ∈ R, p1(x) = 0, , ps(x) = 0, f1(x)> 0, , fl(x)> 0}, where pi, fi ∈Q[U , X], U = [U1, , Ud] is the set of parameters and X = [Xd+1, , Xn] the set of unknowns. If ΠU denotes the canonical projection onto the parameter’s space, solvi...

Despite the established volume of literature on human– robot interaction, the ways in which humans and robots work together as a team have been relatively understudied. This paper proposes a working framework for human–robot teams as a theoretical guide, based on IMOI (Inputs-Mediators-OutputsInputs) framework for teamwork in human teams. The proposed framework describes the developmental proce...

The main purposes of this study were to select a photochromic dye and to develop an active welding filter with a photochromic layer. A series of functionalized spirobenzopyranoindolins were synthesized and their photophysical and photochemical properties were investigated in a solution using absorption and emission spectroscopy. Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy measurements were used to ...

This study investigated the effect of moving from single-occupancy offices to a landscape environment. Thirty-two visual display unit (VDU) operators reported no significant change in visual discomfort. Lighting conditions and glare reported subjectively showed no significant correlation with visual discomfort. Experience of pain was found to reduce subjectively rated work capacity during VDU t...