We present a sorting algorithm that works in-place, executes in parallel, is cache-optimal, avoids branch-mispredictions, and performs work O(n logn) for arbitrary inputs with high probability. We ran extensive experiments and show that our algorithm scales linearly in the number of cores on various multi-socket machines with 32 cores. On large inputs, we outperform our closest inplace competit...

CONTEXT In January 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance requiring more detailed financial conflict of interest disclosure at advisory committee meetings. OBJECTIVES To characterize financial conflict disclosures at drug-related meetings, and to assess the relationship between conflicts and voting behavior at meetings that considered specific products. DESI...

Aldosterone receptors from rat kidney slices were utilized in a competitive binding technique to analyze the contribution of various steroids to plasma "mineralocorticoid" activity and to assess their possible role in hypertension. To consider simultaneously the plasma binding, steroids were incubated with slices in undiluted plasma; competitor activities for [3H]aldosterone binding were aldost...

Competitor identification tries to find competitors of some entity in a given field, which is the key to the success of market intelligence. Manually collecting competitors is labor-intensive and time consuming. So automatic approaches are proposed for this purpose. However, these approaches suffer from the following two main challenges. Competitor information might not only be contained in sem...

We have developed a simple gene quantification system using the competitive polymerase chain reaction (CPCR) followed by microtiter format analysis. CPCR is carried out using a mutant competitor with the same size as the target DNA product, and a minimal base exchange to insure the same amplification kinetics. One primer is aminated at the 5' end to produce PCR products that are captured onto c...

Caching food is an economic, decision-making process that requires animals to take many factors into account, including the risk of pilferage. However, little is known about how food-storing animals determine the risk of pilferage. In this study, the authors examined the effect of a dominant competitor species on the caching and behavior of Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami). The autho...