Task pools have many important applications in distributed and parallel computing. Pools are typ-ically implemented using concurrent queues, which limits their scalability. We introduce CAFÉ, Con-tention and Fairness Explorer, a scalable and wait-free task pool which allows users to control thetrade-off between fairness and contention. The main idea behind CAFÉ is to maintain a list...

In recent years, many new cafés have emerged onto the market. Other than view cafés, beautiful cafés that seem as if they came from Paris or New York have gradually appeared in leisure and quiet residential areas, in alleyways, in peripheral areas, and in local commercial areas. In particular, leisure is trendy at present, and modern restaurants innovate in terms of their food, leisure, and con...

Task pools have many important applications in distributed and parallel computing. Pools are typically implemented using concurrent queues, which limits their scalability. We introduce CAFÉ, Contention and Fairness Explorer, a scalable and wait-free task pool which allows users to control the trade-off between fairness and contention. The main idea behind CAFÉ is to maintain a list of TreeConta...

OBJECTIVES To describe the research methods for the development of a new open source, cross-platform tool which processes data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Norfolk Food Frequency Questionnaire (EPIC-Norfolk FFQ). A further aim was to compare nutrient and food group values derived from the current tool (FETA, FFQ EPIC Tool for Analysis) with the previousl...

A 40-year-old woman presented with an itchy erythematosquamous change of a café-au-lait spot in her face. The onset of this change occurred just after her relocation. The café-au-lait spot had been irradiated by laser approximately 20 years ago. Clinically, there was a coin-sized erythema with a slight scale on the pigmented lesion in the left lateral orbital region. Histopathologically, the le...

OBJECTIVE To engage the public to understand how to improve the care of critically ill patients. DESIGN A qualitative content analysis of an open community forum (Café Scientifique). SETTING Public venue in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. PARTICIPANTS Members of the general public including patients, families of patients, health care providers, and members of the community at large. METHODS A...

A 33-year-old woman visited Ajou University Hospital with a history of multiple café-au-lait spots and skin neurofibromas. She had a family history of NF1; her grandfather, mother, aunt, and younger sister had been diagnosed with NF1 (Fig. 1). Her growth and development were normal, and she had no history of surgery. However, physical examination revealed multiple café-au-lait spots, axillary f...

The purpose of this paper is to interpret a case study of the unexpected educational impact of an Internet Café – Cyber – in the slum of Kibera, Kenya. Our focus is here to examine the transformation of ICT in development country, and more specific in Nairobi, in Kenya. We consider this an interesting illustration of the spread of globalization to a local community in a development country and ...

A café table is a traditional setting for conversation. Tabletop displays may have an active role in this connection. In particular for a museum scenario, conversation after the visit is important for a joint elaboration of a small group visit experience. We propose the museum café as the location to introduce a tabletop display meant to foster and support conversation about the visit. The goal...