Recent Linux kernels o er a wide variety of tra c control functions, which can be combined in a modular way. We have designed support for Di erentiated Services based on the existing tra c control elements, and we have implemented new components where necessary. In this document we give a brief overview of the structure of Linux tra c control, and we describe our prototype implementation in mor...

Objective/Context: China’s rise has generated a profound debate on the impact of its growing presence international scene. There is broad discussion whether China will become new hegemon or it establish post-hegemonic scenario. However, these approaches assume that hegemony an objective and universal concept. This article presents critique concept sought to explain rise. It considers paradigmat...

AIM This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a parent education program, the Happy Parenting program, for Chinese preschool children with developmental disabilities. METHODS This study adopted randomized controlled trial design without blinding. Participants were randomized into intervention group (n=62) who were offered the Happy Parenting program delivered by educational psychologists a...

Recent heightened interest in the nature of IS as a discipline and what constitutes its theoretical basis offers a novel moment to reflect upon the role of philosophical knowledge in the evolution of IS as discipline. The debate on the "IS as a discipline" has taken multiple turns as reflected in arguments around relevance vs. rigor dilemma, or what constitutes a necessary theoretical core for ...

Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from Infected Animals Reveal Genetic Exchange in Unisexual, Mating Type Populations † Tien Bui, Xiaorong Lin,‡ Richard Malik, Joseph Heitman, and Dee Carter* Discipline of Microbiology, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; Post Graduate Foundation of Veterinary Science and Faculty of Vet...

Art is a valuable learning tool, regardless of discipline, that is often neglected in the college classroom. This article describes an artistic group exercise that required students enrolled in a homicide class to illustrate “warning” posters, depicting various explanations for why people kill. The author explores how this innovative group project enhanced a traditional classroom lecture on the...

This paper describes a teaching experience aimed at providing interactivity to the technique of field diary by using a virtual learning environment. The educational proposal derives from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)'s Teaching Training Program of the Stricto Sensu Post-Graduation Program in Nursing, in which the author, a Master's degree candidate, oriented by her advisor...

Over the past 50 years, increased interest in the discipline of surgical infection has resulted in advances in post-surgical infection control. Early investigations focused on the importance of anaerobic microflora to postoperative infection and paved the way for significant improvements in prophylactic and therapeutic antibiotic treatment of surgical patients. Later research centered on the id...

In this paper, I ask whether securitization really contributes to better risksharing. To do this, I first propose an outcome-based formalization of the concept of market discipline. Then, I compare securitization, which consist of the transfer of risk from existing loans, with other mechanisms that differ in the timing of risk-transfer. I find that, for securitization to be an efficient risk-sh...