An increasing number of high-performance distributed systems are written in garbage collected languages. This removes a large class of harmful bugs from these systems. However, it also introduces high tail-latency do to garbage collection pause times. We address this problem through a new technique of garbage collection avoidance which we call BLADE. BLADE is an API between the collector and ap...

BACKGROUND Napkin dermatitis is a common condition that occurs in otherwise healthy infants. It causes discomfort to infants, anxiety to parents and caregivers and contributes to the load on the health care system. A large variety of napkins, both disposable and non-disposable, are available. Evidence is required to assist carers and health care workers in making informed decisions when balanci...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the direct cost of reusable and disposable aprons in a public teaching hospital. METHOD Cross-sectional study of quantitative approach, focusing on the direct cost of reusable and disposable aprons at a teaching hospital in northern Paraná. The study population consisted of secondary data collected in reports of the cost of services, laundry, materials and supplies divisi...

in order to help in the engineering design of rice harvesting machines, there is a need to have exact information concerning the physical and mechanical properties of rice stems. the cutting force for rice stems, therefore, was measured by designing and fabricating a static and dynamic shear test apparatus. the effects of moisture levels and the cross-sectional area of stem as well as the varie...

development of new technologies and combined with creativity and innovation, plays the fundamental role in developing of any community′s value. thus, in this research the design and production of hydroforming device was introduced. one of the best and most efficient technologies in the world of metal forming is wind turbine blade producing with hydroforming method which seems as an innovative m...

this research was conducted to study morphological and evaluation of genetic diversity of 15 grape cultivars in collections of agriculture and natural resources, research center of khorasan razavi based on completely randomized design with four replications. results showed extensive range of variations among cultivars and measured traits. in some key traits of tests for distinctness uniformity ...

By supplementing income explicitly through payments or implicitly through taxes collected, income-based taxes and transfers make disposable income less variable. Because disposable income determines consumption, policies that smooth disposable income also create welfare improving consumption insurance. With data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics we find that annual consumption variation i...

Day-case anaesthesia requires rapidly eliminated anaesthetics which are relatively expensive. This multinational, multicentre European study assessed the relative costs of propofol or sevoflurane anaesthesia in 211 patients. Anaesthesia was induced and maintained with propofol in group 1, with propofol and sevoflurane in group 2, and with sevoflurane in group 3. Drug and delivery costs were cal...

Polymer bulk hetero-junction solar cells of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) donor and (6,6)-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) acceptor are fabricated by blade coating in toluene solution. Desired donor–acceptor self-organization is achieved without the slow drying process and high boiling point solvent. Power conversion efficiency is 3.8%, much higher than the 2.6% obtained by spin coat...

SUMMARY The Denton two-dimensional and three-dimensional time marching blade-to-blade computer programs have been used at NGTE to analyse the flow past transonic turbine blading. In this work experience has been gained in operating the programs and this paper describes the major findings in respect of how the programs have performed. Solutions for several blade sections, giving Mach number dist...