Information systems used in archaeological research have several needs that can be summarized as follows: interoperability among diverse, heterogeneous systems, making information available without significant delay, providing a sustainable approach to longterm preservation of data, and providing a suite of services to users of the system. In this thesis, we describe how digital library techniq...

Inexact computing aims to compute good solutions that require considerably less resource – typically energy – compared to computing exact solutions. While inexactness is motivated by concerns derived from technology scaling and Moore’s law, there is no formal or foundational framework for reasoning about this novel approach to designing algorithms. In this work, we present a fundamental relatio...

INtrODUctION The science of Archaeology has been in existence for a long time and the way an archaeological excavation is conducted hasn't changed much. However, the way archaeological data is recorded has changed dramatically by the progress of technology and the widespread use of computers. Nowadays, almost any archaeological excavation uses databases to record not only the objects which have...

Automation is an important issue when integrating heterogeneous collections into archaeological digital libraries. We propose an incremental approach through intermediaryand mapping-based techniques. A visual schema mapping tool within the 5S framework allows semi-automatic mapping and incremental global schema enrichment. 5S also helped speed up development of a new multi-dimensional browsing ...

Using a calibrated general equilibrium overlapping generations model, which explicitly accounts for di erences between immigrants and natives, this paper investigates if an immigration policy reform alone could resolve the scal problems associated with the ageing of the baby boom generation. Such policies are found to exist and are characterized by increased in ow of working-age highand medium-...

Approximately 85% of lung cancers are non–small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), which are often diagnosed at an advanced stage and associated with poor prognosis. Currently, there are very few therapies available for NSCLCs due to the recalcitrant nature of this cancer. Mutations that activate the small GTPase KRAS are found in 20% to 30% of NSCLCs. Here, we report that inhibition of superoxide dis...

Most of the cultural sites hidden under dense vegetation in the mountains of China have been destroyed. In this paper, we present a microtopographic feature analysis (MFA)-based Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data processing approach and an archaeological pattern-oriented point cloud segmentation (APoPCS) algorithm that we developed for the classification of archaeological objects and terr...

I argue that group identity may be used to address fundamental anthropological concepts that are critical for understanding Pacific Island peoples and their cultures from a long-term perspective. Specifically, I explore foodways as a locus of archaeological material culture through the theoretical lens of materiality. I examine archaeological and ethnographic data that illuminate foodways in th...