Cache optimization is a crucial technique for most numerical code to exploit the performance of modern processors. It can be classified into improving access locality, and prefetching. Inherent algorithm constrains often limit the first approach which typically uses a blocking technique. While there exist automatic prefetching mechanism in hardware and/or compilers, they can not complement bloc...

This communication describes a single-step electrospraying technique that generates core-shell microspheres (CSMs) with encapsulated protein as the core and an amphiphilic biodegradable polymer as the shell. The protein release profiles of the electrosprayed CSMs showed steady release kinetics over 3 weeks without a significant initial burst.

The Kleinschmidt technique has been used to observe reovirus cores that have synthesized messenger RNA. Some individual viral cores probably synthesize all ten messenger RNA molecules in vitro. Each messenger RNA molecule appears to be attached to a different site on the core surface, implying that there are probably a number of different enzymic sites in each core.

— An overview of the ab initio no-core shell model is presented. Recent results for light nuclei obtained with the chiral two-nucleon and three-nucleon interactions are highlighted. Cross section calculations of capture reactions important for astrophysics are discussed. The extension of the ab initio no-core shell model to the description of nuclear reactions by the resonating group method tec...

In this paper, we present a new technique that estimates the slant in handwritten words while a new word core-region detection method is introduced as part of the proposed technique. The proposed core-region detection algorithm can be also used independently to detect the upper and lower baselines of a word. Our method takes advantage of the orientation of the nonhorizontal strokes of Latin cha...

More than 217 UMTS licenses have been issued by June 2007. Mobile operators, especially those with GSM legacy networks, prefer UMTS R4 technique to evolve their existing 2G GSM networks. UMTS R4 technique provides a smooth path to bridge legacy TDM-based network to an IP-based soft-switched network. This paper describes the basic architecture and topology of UMTS R4 core network and introduces ...

A Multiple Structural Alignment algorithm is presented. The algorithm accepts an ensemble of protein structures and nds the largest substructure (core) of C atoms whose geometric connguration appear in all the molecules of the ensemble (core). Both the detection of this core and the resulting structural alignment are done simultaneously. Other large enough multi-structural superimpositions are ...

The optimum technique for histological confirmation of the nature of a parotid mass remains controversial. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), which has traditionally been used, is associated with high non-diagnostic and false negative rates, and ultrasound (US)-guided core biopsy and frozen section have been explored as alternatives. US-guided core biopsy is more invasive than FNAC, but is...

Poor cache memory management can have adverse impact on the overall system performance. In a Chip Multi-Core (CMP) scenario, this effect can be enhanced as every core has a private cache apart from a larger shared cache. Replacement policy plays a key role in managing cache data. So it needs to be extremely efficient in order to extract the maximum potential of the cache memory. Over the years ...