In this work we formulate strategic decision models describing when and how many reserved instances should be bought when outsourcing a workload to an Infrastructureas-a-Service (IaaS) provider. Current IaaS providers offer various pricing options for leasing computing resources. When decision makers are faced with the choice and most importantly with uneven workloads, the decision at which tim...

u n d o u b t e d l y, i n t h e l a s t d e c a d e s, t h e a s s e t p r i c i n g m o d e l i so n e o f m o s t i m p o r t a n t a n d, a t t h e s a m e t i m e, a t t r a c t i v e, f i n a n c e a r e a s. c a p m h a s b e e n t h e d o m i n a n t m o d e l i n t h i s s e c t i o n f o r m o r e t h a n 40 y e a r s. o n e r e a s o n i s i t s s t r o n g b a s e, w h i c h h a s b...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a useful genetic marker that can be used for species identification. The cytochrome b (Cyt b) gene is a suitable mtDNA candidate gene for use in phylogenetic analyses due to its sequence variability, which makes it appropriate for comparisons at the subspecies, species, and genus levels. This study was conducted to develop a rapid molecular method for species identi...

The kouprey is a rare and enigmatic forest ox discovered by scientists in Cambodia only in 1937. Numerous morphological hypotheses have been proposed for the origin of the kouprey: that it is a species closely related to banteng and gaur, two other wild oxen of southeast Asia; a morphologically divergent species placed in a separate genus, named Novibos; a wild species linked to aurochs and dom...

Background/introduction MR temperature mapping based on the proton resonance frequency (PRF) shift is used in MR-guided focused ultrasound procedures for dosimetry and safety monitoring. While conventional PRF-shift thermometry is based on calculating a phase difference between two reconstructed MR images, Gaur et al [1,2] have recently described two algorithms that estimate temperatureinduced ...

transvestic fetishism is having a sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing. this case report describes a 17-year-old male with transvestic fetishism who suffered from obsessive thoughts and subsequent masturbation as compulsion. he was managed successfully with fluoxetine. declaration of interest: none citation: usmani ma, gaur rk, azmi sa, gangwar sh. treatment of transvestic fetishism with...

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