This paper initially presents a brief but fairly exhaustive survey of solutions to the concurrency control problem for B-trees. We then propose a new solution, which is characterized by the use of variable-length indices, the employment of a single lock type for the usual access operations and preemptive splits as well as delayed catenations and subdivisions. We also introduce a new compaction ...

Growing main memory sizes have facilitated database management systems that keep the entire database in main memory. The drastic performance improvements that came along with these in-memory systems have made it possible to reunite the two areas of online transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP): An emerging class of hybrid OLTP and OLAP database systems allows to p...

Telomeres, repetitive DNA sequences at chromosome ends, are shielded against the DNA damage response (DDR) by the shelterin complex. To understand how shelterin protects telomere ends, we investigated the structural organization of telomeric chromatin in human cells using super-resolution microscopy. We found that telomeres form compact globular structures through a complex network of interacti...

– The aging dynamics and the fluctuation-dissipation relation between the spontaneous diffusion induced by a random noise and the drift motion induced by a small stirring force are numerically investigated in a 3D schematic model of compacting powder: a gravity-driven lattice-gas with purely kinetic constraints. The compaction dynamics is characterized by a super-aging behaviour and, in analogy...