Portable Programming Models for Heterogeneous Platforms

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of the Dissertation The Kontsevich Space of Rational Curves on Cyclic Covers of Pn

Suppose an urn contains n sets of beads, each set of size k. Beads are drawn from the urn one at a time without replacement. We derive a closed-form expression for the expected number of draws required to completely remove the first k-set, the second, the third, etc. We accomplish this by recasting the problem as a special kind of random walk through the integer points in [0, k]n and exploiting...

PURPOSE We examined predictors of intrinsic job satisfaction, overall satisfaction, and intention to leave the job among nursing assistants (NAs). DESIGN AND METHODS The study focused on NAs who worked 30 or more hours per week in a nursing home. Data on 2,146 NAs meeting this criterion came from the 2004 National Nursing Assistant Survey, the first telephone interview survey of NAs nationwid...

OF THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Science Civil Engineering The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico