In this paper, we present the recent developments on the design and implementation of the data-parallel programming language CGiS. CGiS is devised to facilitate use of the data-parallel resources of current graphics processing units (GPUs) for scientific programming.

This paper proposes an adaptation of the RINS MIP heuristic which explicitly explores pre-processing techniques. The method systematically searches for the ideal number of fixations to produce subproblems of controlled size. These problems are explored in a Variable Neighborhood Descent fashion until a stopping criterion is met. Preliminary experiments implemented upon the open source MIP solve...

This cross-cultural study explored along with various personality factors the relationship between laughter and disease prevalence. Previous studies have only determined the effect of laughter on various health dimensions, whereas, this study quantified the level of laughter that was beneficial or detrimental to health. There were a total of 730 participants between the ages of eighteen and thi...

This article addresses the U.S. Supreme Court's central purpose formulation in Reporters Committee v. Department of Justice under the federal Freedom of Information Act. By examining all lower federal court opinions interpreting Reporters Committee and by analyzing the effects of the Court's opinion on the implementation of the FOIA, the paper finds that the Court's opinion has greatly narrowed...

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OBJECTIVE To assess cost-effectiveness of conventional cytology and HPV DNA testing for cervical-cancer screening in Colombia. MATERIAL AND METHODS The National Cancer Institute of Colombia (NCIC) in 2007 developed a Markov model on the natural history of cervical cancer; no screening, conventional cytology, and HPV DNA testing were compared. Only direct costs were used. Outcomes comprise cer...

Many cite CGIS and Tomlinson as the origin of GIS, yet it is instructive to examine the community of practice into which this idea was presented in 1967. A group of practitioners in CSIRO Lands Directorate had evolved a scheme for integrated land evaluation. This paper considers the track not taken, and the delicate connection between technology and conceptual frameworks. This story has particu...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify the characteristics of social networking service (SNS) users and to assess the relationship of those factors to user satisfaction with the SNSs of the National Cancer Information Center (NCIC) in South Korea. METHODS A Web-based survey was completed by 1,670 users of the NCIC SNSs, who provided data on the sources they consulted for information about ca...

In the fall of 2008, light was shed on the practice of syringe re-use occurring in western Canada (Government of Alberta, 2009). In this situation, syringes had been re-used between patients to administer sedating medication through patient intravenous (IV) lines (Government of Alberta, 2009). Later it was reported that other incidents of syringe re-use had occurred in Canada (CBC News-Edmonton...