This paper presents the architecture and implementation of XTREAM, a high-performance streaming multimedia system. XTREAM is supported by its three core components: IO Scheduler, Request Handler, and Admission Controller. Via extensive experiments, we show that, thanks to these core components, XTREAM can achieve low response time as well as high throughput and high-quality service to simultane...

This document presents insights from extensive reverse engineering efforts of the memory management mechanisms of Windows XP. The focus lies on (1) the mechanisms which are used to map executable modules into the address space and (2) the role of the page fault handler in this context.

Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired. We investigated an outbreak in which a food handler, food specimen, and three ill patrons were culture positive for the same toxin-producing strain of MRSA. This is the first report of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by community-acquired MRSA.

Mateo, J.M., Estep, D.Q. and McCann, J.S., 1991. Effects of differential handling on the behaviour of domestic ewes ( Ovis aries ). Appl. .,tnim. Behav. Sci., 32: 45-54. Thirty-three Suffolk and Suffolk × Hampshire ewe lambs raised under two different management systems were subjected to one of three handling regimens for 3 weeks. One group of 11 animals was exposed daily to gentle handling, wh...

Growing next generation sequencing (NGS) throughput and new, sophisticated multiplexing strategies have significantly increased the number of samples users can prepare. The demand for reproducible and reliable data requires consistency between libraries. To achieve this, the VERSA Mini NGLP, liquid handling workstation has been optimized for NGS library preparation. Using NEXTflexTM library pre...

Distributed multimedia presentation, involving different media objects on different servers, must strictly follow its defined temporal scenario. Out of synchronization is a fundamental problem in case of distributed multimedia. In this paper, we introduce a distributed QoS handler, whose aim is to distribute the QoS adaptation tasks among all the servers holding the media object. In this case, ...

The chapter shall present principles of a structured approach to real-time software development. A typical software architecture of a real-time system will be discussed, including all major components: external process interface, user interface, communication link, mass storage handler, processing component and timer. Characteristics to real-time systems design patterns will be discussed, inclu...