Virtual Interacting Network CommunIty (Vinci) is an abstract architecture to share in a secure way an ICT infrastructure among several user communities, each with its own applications and security requirements. To each community, Vinci allocates a network of virtual machines (VMs) that is mapped onto the computational and communication resources of the infrastructure. Each network includes seve...

Rector, D. M., C. A. Richard, R. J. Staba, and R. M. Harper. Sleep states alter ventral medullary surface responses to blood pressure challenges. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 278: R1090–R1098, 2000.— Ventral medullary surface (VMS) activity declines during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, suggesting a potential for reduced VMS responsiveness to blood pressure challenges durin...

Virtualization-based cloud computing platforms allow multiple virtual machines (VMs) running on the same physical machine. Efficient allocation of limited underlying resources has been a key issue. In order to improve the CPU resources utilization, this paper presents a workload-aware CPU resources scheduling method (WARS). WARS uses the allocated credits and consumed credits to diagnose the CP...

The PATHWORKS for VMS file server integrates industry-standard personal computers with VAX VMS systems over a communications network. It implements Microsoft's server message block (SMB) core protocol, which provides resource sharing using a client-server model. The server provides transparent network access to VAX VMS FILES-11 files from a PC's native operating system. The architecture support...

Recent versions of Rdb VMS have shown dramatic performance increases compared with earlier versions Performance enhancements have culminated in an improvement between Rdb VMS V and Rdb VMS V when executing on the same hardware This has vaulted Rdb VMS to an industry leadership position in TPS and to a very competitive position in peak TPS While code paths have been shortened the primary means o...

Ventral medullary surface (VMS) activity declines during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, suggesting a potential for reduced VMS responsiveness to blood pressure challenges during that state. We measured VMS neural activity, assessed as changes in reflected 660-nm wavelength light, during pressor and depressor challenges within sleep/waking states in five adult, unrestrained, unanesthetized cats...

Molecular signaling of cardiac autonomic innervation is an unresolved issue. Here, we show that glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) promotes cardiac sympathetic innervation in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, ventricular myocytes (VMs) and sympathetic neurons (SNs) isolated from neonatal rat ventricles and superior cervical ganglia were cultured at a close distance. Then, morphologic...

The high degree of storage consolidation in modern virtualized datacenters requires flexible and efficient ways to allocate IO resources among virtual machines (VMs). Existing IO resource management techniques have two main deficiencies: (1) they are restricted in their ability to allocate resources across multiple hosts sharing a storage device, and (2) they do not permit the administrator to ...

BACKGROUND We report a female patient with endocrine abnormalities, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and amazia (breasts aplasia/hypoplasia but normal nipples and areolas) in a rare syndrome: Van Maldergem syndrome (VMS). CASE PRESENTATION Our patient was first evaluated at age 4 for intellectual disability, craniofacial features, and auditory malformations. At age 15, she presented with no brea...

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare vascular disorder characterized by multiple venous malformations (VMs) of the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs. To date, several cases of sporadic BRBNS involving various parts of the pregnant woman's body have been reported; however, BRBNS in pregnancy with spinal epidural involvement has not been reported. Here, we describe the c...