This report presents a survey of performance models for parallel al-gorithmic skeletons. First, higher-order functions (HOFs) are presented according to the modelled skeletons. Next, the corresponding parallel implementations (skeletons) for the HOFs are discussed with the performance models that were constructed for the skeletons.

Curcumin, an antioxidant compound found in Asian spices, was evaluated for its protective effects against ethanol-induced hepatosteatosis, liver injury, antiatherogenic markers, and antioxidant status in rats fed with Lieber-deCarli low menhaden (2.7% of total calories from ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)) and Lieber-deCarli high menhaden (13.8% of total calories from ω-3 PUFA) alcohol-l...

We describe an eecient implementation of a parallel algorithmic skeleton which supports set membership classiication problems in Constructive Solid Geometry. A performance modelling methodology is developed, which realistically predicts the asymptotic performance of speciic CSG applications.

In the early 1990s, Iijima (1991) discovered a onedimensional (1D) nanostructure, the carbon nanotube (CNT), which sparked an entirely new avenue within nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanowires (NWs) (Cui and Lieber 2001), nanorods (Li and Alivisatos 2003), nanotubes (Wang and Li 2003), and nanobelts (Pan et al. 2001) of various materials have been successfully synthesized shortly afterwards. ...

In this paper, we establish a unique correspondence between skeleton branches and subarcs of object contours. Based on this correspondence, a skeleton is pruned by removing skeleton branches whose generating points are on the same contour subarc. This has an effect of removing redundant skeleton branches and retaining all the necessary visual branches. We show that this approach preserves skele...