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Business process models are a suitable means to describe the temporal and logical order of tasks for achieving a given goal. Therefore they become crucial in the coordination of intervention actions to efficiently recover from a disaster or tragic event. Past experience is vital in handling these scenarios, but every new emergency would almost always present peculiar characteristics. So althoug...

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We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa, and that these changes are often a result of concessions made as a result of the riots. This provides evidence that low-intensity conflict can have a substantial short-run impact on democratic change, and supports the “window of opportunity” hypothesis: droughts lead to an incre...

Last level caches (LLCs) account for a substantial fraction of the area and power budget in many modern processors. Two recent trends — dwindling die yield that falls off sharply with larger chips and increasing static power — make a strong case for a fresh look at LLC design. Inclusive caches are particularly interesting because many commercially successful processors use inclusion to ease coh...

BACKGROUND Chlamydia trachomatis infections can lead to serious and costly sequelae. Because chlamydia is most often asymptomatic, many infected youth do not seek testing. Entry to a detention system provides an opportunity to screen and treat many at-risk youth. GOAL The goal of this study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of screening male youth for chlamydia on entry to detention. ST...