In this document, we discuss the philosophy, theory, and practice of scheduling computational processes on target hardware in the context of the Adaptive Image Manager (AIM) project. Emphasis is placed on (a) operational constraints, (b) highand low-level structure and functionality of technique, (c) algorithms and statistical analysis, and (d) design and performance analysis of the prototype a...

It appears that the official policy of the US government for federally funded studies of human embryo stem (ES) cell researchwill exclude the derivation of ES cells (National Institute of HealthGuidelines for ResearchUsingHumanPluripotent StemCells, 65 FR 69951 (November 21, 2000)). In taking this decision, theNational Institutes of Health (NIH) is not to be blamed, nor should wewring our hands...