In this work we present EasyGenetic, a genetic solver based on template metaprogramming, that enables the user to configure the solver via templates. The framework allows to combine flexibility with efficiency. The framework is designed to be applied to problems for which a master-slave solution strategy can be defined. In the realm of combinatorial optimization, such problems can be those for ...

Coarse-grained reconfigurable architectures (CGRA) provide flexible and efficient solution for data-intensive applications. Loop kernels of these applications always consume much execution time of the whole program. However, mapping loop kernels onto CGRA is still hard to meet performance/cost constraints. This paper proposes a novel approach for automatically mapping loop kernels onto CGRA wit...

BACKGROUND The thermal stability of iron oxide nanowires, which were obtained with a hard template method and are promising elements of Li-ion based batteries, has been investigated by means of thermogravimetry, infrared and photoemission spectroscopy measurements. RESULTS The chemical state of the nanowires is typical of the Fe2O3 phase and the stoichiometry changes towards a Fe3O4 phase by ...

The controlled integration of organic and inorganic components confers natural bone with superior mechanical properties. Bone biogenesis is thought to occur by templated mineralization of hard apatite crystals by an elastic protein scaffold, a process we sought to emulate with synthetic biomimetic hydrogel polymers. Cross-linked polymethacrylamide and polymethacrylate hydrogels were functionali...

Transition-metal-oxide materials possessing ordered mesoporosity have recently attracted significant research interest due to their numerous potential applications. Among them, ordered mesoporous zinc oxide (ZnO) is a very tempting material because of the importance of ZnO in heterogeneous catalysis. Here, first results of the preparation of ordered mesoporous ZnO materials by using different t...

Sandwich structured graphene modified TiO2 mesoporous single crystals (GR-MSCs) were obtained by using the graphene embedded silica spheres as the hard template, via a hydrothermal treatment. The selective photocatalysis of TiO2 can be achieved by controlling the location of graphene in TiO2 mesoporous single crystals. The sandwich structured graphene-TiO2 composite has a photooxidation surface...

Unlike Internet portals, a typical Web Information System contains lots of user operations. However, existing Web design frameworks focus exclusively on data presentation: the process of user operations is still achieved through low-level programming. That makes WIS hard to be constructed or maintained. In a Web Information System auto-construction Environment (WISE), the translation of user op...

We briefly describe the methods used in compiling a set of high galactic latitude background data. The characteristics and limitations of the data which affect their use as a template for analysing extended objects are described. We briefly describe a spectral fitting analysis of the data which reveals a normalisation for the extragalac-tic background of 11.4 keV cm −2 s −1 sr −1 , which implie...

This paper investigates on the possible advantages of applying generative programming in a component based development process: if a component oriented approach is applied, then generative programming can be used to automatically compose and assemble components. In part one of this paper, I present the application of Generative Programming from an engineering point of view, using a simple but c...

Certain organic solvents, such as DMSO and betaine, have been reported to enhance PCR amplification, particularly for hard-to-amplify high-GC templates. As a result of extensive structure-activity studies between two groups of compounds--amides and sulfones--we have recently discovered several other potent PCR enhancers. Here we describe the effects of a series of different sulfoxides on GC-ric...