Java has been described as a simple, object-oriented, distributed, interpreted, robust, secure, architectural neutral, portable, high-performance, multithreaded and dynamic language, prompting some to describe it as the rst buzzword-compliant programming language. We submit that to deserve full certi cation|and in the process establish itself as the natural choice for developing large-scale dis...

The UNICORE Grid system has been developed since the late 1990s to support distributed computing applications and emerging Grid infrastructures. Over the years, UNICORE has evolved to a full-grown and well-tested Grid middleware system, which today is used in daily production at many supercomputing centers worldwide. Also, the UNICORE technology serves as a solid basis in many European and Inte...

The paper describes the numerical coupling challenges in multiphysics problems like simulation of blood flow compliant arteries. In addition to an iterative between fluid and elastic vessel walls, i.e. fluid-structure interaction, also a detailed 3D local (arterial) model more global 0D (representing circulation) is analyzed. Most analysis formulated abstract setting electrical-network models. ...

Specimens of intact wall tubes of human common carotid arteries (CCA), internal carotid arteries (ICA) (n = 11, age 77.6 yr, SD 6.3), and related adventitia and media-intima tubes are mechanically examined. Cyclic, quasi-static extension-inflation tests at different axial stretches are performed on preconditioned tube specimens. Stress-free configurations show significant stress releases in the...

Standards have been deeply studied in economics in order to assure a certain quality of service in bilateral contracts. More specifically, in multi-agent systems performance standards may be used in order to articulate contracts among partners in environments dealing with uncertainty. However, little effort has been made on defining how standards are created and, what is more important, how to ...

Developing a mobile Web site represents an opportunity to reach a large part of the Web audience for an organization. It is also a challenge as Web engineers have to follow specific guidelines to make the mobile Web site usable. Nowadays, most mobile Web sites are not usable to varying degrees. Supporting Web engineers in their quest for mobile Web usability requires a Mobile Web Usability Stan...