Executive Summary The iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) protocol is a translation layer for operating iSCSI over RDMA transports, such as iWARP/Ethernet or InfiniBand. This paper presents iSER performance results comparing iWARP RDMA over 40Gb Ethernet and FDR InfiniBand (IB). The results demonstrate that iSER over Chelsio’s iWARP RDMA adapters achieves consistently superior results in throughpu...

In collaboration with the Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies center (SUMMIT), Immersion Corporation has designed and developed a new haptic simulation interface for minimally invasive surgical simulators. This device, shown in Figure 1, features two similar master manipulators that each have five degrees of freedom equipped with haptic feedback. The centers of the gi...

(SC)RMI: A (S)emi-(C)lassical (R)elativistic (M)otion (I)integrator, to model the orbits of space probes around the Earth and other planets Abstract Today, the motion of spacecrafts is still described according to the classical Newtonian equations plus the so-called relativistic corrections, computed with the required precision using the Post-(Post-) Newtonian formalism. The current approach, w...

Current B This conversion sacrifi ces color vision in favor of improved sensitivity in motion detection. Love spot R7s are modifi ed in two main ways: fi rst, they now respond to a broad spectrum instead of narrower ranges of color; and second, they connect to the motion-processing and spatial vision pathways of the brain — to the lamina instead of the medulla. This rewiring of the brain contri...

This paper examines the role of interviewers’ experience, attitudes, personality traits and inter-personal skills in determining survey co-operation. We take the perspective that these characteristics influence interviewers’ behaviour and hence influence the doorstep interaction between interviewer and sample member. We use a large sample of 842 face-to-face interviewers working for a major sur...

in the second half of 20th century, the german thinker wolfgang iser developed a theory of reading literary texts that opened up new horizons in literary studies. by focusing on the reader instead of the writer, iser introduced new ways of reading. he subsequently extended his literary studies, went beyond the conventional domains, and developed a novel area of research which he named “literary...