In a memorable story about his friend Alypius, Augustine presents a portrait of both the strong appeal of viewing violence and our ineffectual struggle to resist it. Alypius, who “had been carried away by an incredible passion for gladiatorial shows,” became deeply ashamed of his fascination with the gruesome contests and vowed never to return to the “games.” Then one evening some of Alypius’s ...

In one view, high performance and large data visualization is largely an exercise in the efficient use of bandwidth. Terascale visualization problems involve movement of large amounts of data from spinning disk to software components that transform the data into visible pixels. End-to-end, problems of this magnitude require a staggering amount of bandwidth and processing power. When the data, s...

The main purposes of this study were to analyze the attitude and behavior consumers regarding purchase organic food, socio-economic comparison consuming non-consuming or-ganic food determine consumption in consideration different regions. This research was carried out by a questionnaire with 1494 consumers, non-organic products six regions accordance their development index values. By making us...