La plupart des systèmes distribués modernes sont à la fois à grande échelle et dynamiques. Cet article met en avant le passage des systèmes distribués classiques aux systèmes dynamiques à grande échelle. Bien que la réplication d’un objet (i.e., d’une donnée) à plusieurs endroits du réseau tolère les défaillances, cette technique implique un coût considérable à chaque modification de la valeur ...

OBJECTIVES accomplishment of the transcultural adaptation of the Parent-adolescent Communication Scale, which evaluates the frequency of communication between parents and children concerning the subjects related to sex, condom, DST, HIV and pregnancy. METHOD Methodological research of quantitative approach, accomplished with 313 adolescent pupils of the feminine sex in the 14 to 18 year age g...

Split earlobe usually results from sudden trauma or continuous use of heavy earrings. Among the various surgical techniques proposed for split earlobe correction, the choice will depend on the existing split, partial or total, and should offer a lower chance of recurrence. The total split corrections may be made with or without preservation of the earring orifi ce. Lobe fi xation during interve...

Ever since the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) implicated U.S. Army researcher Bruce Ivins in the 2001 anthrax letter attacks, U.S. scientists have been nervously anticipating tighter regulations for research involving dangerous pathogens and toxins. But an executive order issued by President Barack Obama earlier this month indicates that the regulations on these so-called select agents m...

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IN THE NEWS FOCUS STORY “WEATHER forecasts slowly clearing up” (9 November, p. 734), R. Kerr nicely summarizes how the growing improvement in prediction is coming from a focus on “more computer power, the assimilation of radar observations, and more physically realistic models.” He emphasizes that better assimilation of satellite data is a key element of improved forecasting. Unfortunately, the...

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T-14326A Abstract A decade ago, Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) was considered a novelty. Today it is commonly used in quality control worldwide, providing automated, high-resolution methods, with online detection. In the first part of this series of articles, we will illustrate an overview of CE in a modern quality control laboratory. The complete series of articles will address in depth the fo...

Interprocedural analyses can be classiied as either context-insensitive, which tend to sacri-ce precision to gain eeciency, or context-sensitive, which are more precise but also more expensive. This paper discusses a proole-guided approach to interprocedural analysis that is context-sensitive, and hence more precise, for the \important" call sites for a function, and context-insensitive, and he...