This short position paper reports on our efforts to create an objectoriented language for concurrent and parallel programs based on the active object pattern. The resulting Joelle language is explicitly designed to enable smooth reuse of existing libraries, and intends to provide an evolutionary path for incrementally transitioning entire legacy programs into the multicore age.

The basic principles of ultrasonic B-mode imaging aresummarized. Tissue features that generate contrast andsystem features that control image quality are reviewed inthe context of breast cancer imaging. Approaches to signalmodeling, including B-mode and Doppler techniques, arereviewed to guide methodological design and clinical eval-uation. The article concludes with a b...

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Software development required for constructing multi-agent systems (MAS) usually becomes challenging and time-consuming due to the properties of autonomy, distributedness, openness these in addition complicated nature internal agent behaviors interactions. To facilitate MAS development, researchers propose various domain-specific modeling languages (DSMLs) by enriching metamodels with a defined...

Recall that RSA is a candidate trapdoor permutation (TDP) with the following algorithms: • Key-generation: On input 1, – Pick two k-bit primes p and q and let N = pq. – Find e relatively prime to φ(pq) = (p− 1)(q − 1) – Let d be such that ed ≡ 1 mod φ(N = pq). Recall that φ() is the Euler’s totient function. Such a d exists since e is relatively prime to N – Output PK = (N, e) and SK = d • Eval...

P osttreatment tooth movement is inevitable, but its degree depends on a variety of factors that are both iatrogenic and innate to each patient. Although various retention techniques have been developed to minimize posttreatment movement, it is unrealistic to believe that the entire dentition can be retained in all dimensions. Relapse is usually considered an adverse phenomenon, but some dimens...

High-quality dialysis does not always mean high efficiency; dialysis should maintain nutritional balance and full biocompatibility. In undergoing treatment with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and/or ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVAL) membrane dialysers, the body weight decrease caused by polysulfone membrane has been dramatically improved for those receiving predilution online haemodiafiltr...

The baseline approach in building phonotactic language recognition systems is to characterize each language by a single phonotactic model generated from all the available languagespecific training data. When several data sources are available for a given target language, system performance can be improved using language source-dependent phonotactic models. In this case, the common practice is t...

Acknowledgements The lead consultant and primary author of this report was Daniele Giovannucci; the lead evaluator for this evaluation was Paolo Silveri in collaboration with Lea Joensen. The Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is grateful to the select group of eminent scientists and experts, members of the Scientific Committee, that have tho...

In recent years, designing useful learning diagnosis systems has become a hot research topic. In order to help teachers and designers to create useful e-learning environment we tried to find an evaluation method that would evaluate an applications’ usefulness and also its pedagogical abilities. Because one evaluator (typically a teacher, designer or planer) can hardly be an expert on all fields...