Breakup of thin threads is widely observed in nature and technology. As a surfactant-covered liquid jet approaches breakup, its profile consists of a periodic pattern of drops connected by thin threads. Near the locations where the threads join the drops, simulations show that a series of thinner threads arise as the jet breaks. That threads can continue to form repeatedly without addition of n...

Non-linear interactive access to video is very important in video information management. The term non-linear refers to that there are more than one video streams delivering to users. To access video in a non-linear interactive way, it will involve issues such as: hyper-link to the external text source, synchronization between audio and video, hyper-link to external video, parameter passing, bu...

This paper refers to two new approaches conceive the relationship between technological innovation and society as one of anchoring: The TASC concept (Technologies Anchors for Societal Conflicts) aims show how societal conflicts are anchored in technologies that, such, not responsible conflict. ‘Anchoring Innovation’ research program Dutch Research School Classical Studies (OIKOS) explain in- no...

Two contrasting attributes of transportation costs are introduced in this analysis. These are categorized as internal and external to the firm or the industry. It is shown that the trade-off interaction between agglomeration economies and transportation costs in established location theory solely refers to the external nature of transportation costs to the firm. This paper reveals that there is...

The viscous capture threads produced by over 4000 species of orb-weaving spiders are formed of regularly spaced aqueous droplets supported by a pair of axial fibers. These threads register increased stickiness when spans of increasing lengths contact a surface, indicating that adhesion is recruited from multiple droplets. This study examined threads produced by five species to test the hypothes...

The use of multithreading can enhance the performance of a software system. However, its excessive use can degrade the performance. For example, a thread-per-job approach might lead to a large amount of threads with increased associated overheads. In this paper we explore the use of the Parallelism Viewpoint to support one possible strategy to reduce the number of threads, namely finding candid...