A Yankee Doctor in Paradise

Paradise SQL Queries Result Paradise Tuples Paradise Client Process Paradise

This paper describes the design and implementation of Paradise, a database system designed for handling GIS type of applications. The current version of Paradise, uses a client{server architecture and provides an extended{relational data model for modeling GIS applications. Paradise supports an extended version of SQL and provides a graphical user interface for querying and browsing the databas...

Sam Harvey Yankee Surgeon—Philosopher

1 Bidding Strategies in Internet Yankee Auctions

A bidding strategy commonly observed in Internet auctions, though not frequently in live auctions, is that of “jump-bidding,” or entering a bid larger than necessary to be a current high bidder. In this paper, we argue that the cost associated with entering on-line bids and the uncertainty concerning bidding competition -both of which distinguish Internet from live auctions -can explain this ph...

A Glimpse of Paradise

Having understood that most attractive programming paradigms introduced recently in declarative symbolic programming languagesneed not be provided at the detriment of one another, we also believe that they can and should coexist with the more conventional state-effecting style of explicit control and data processing of imperative programming. To this end, we language designers must provide thre...

Trouble in paradise.

Background: In 2003, artesunate-amodiaquine (AS+AQ) was introduced as the new first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Burundi. After confirmed diagnosis, treatment was delivered at subsidized prices in public health centres. Nine months after its implementation a study was carried out to assess whether children below five years of age with uncomplicated malaria were actually receiving...