Today, a “computer”, without further qualifications, denotes a rather well-specified kind of object; we’ll consider a computer “non-conventional” if its physical substrate or its organization significantly depart from this de facto norm. Thus, the thousands of literate Greeks that ended up in Rome as secretaries and accountants after the “liberation” of Greece in the second century b.c. would b...

The article takes its cue from models of quantitative research applied to complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) and pinpoints some innovative features in the case at issue (Portugal). It goes on to outline new research scenarios moving beyond the either biomedical or CAM framework.

To the present day, the performance of microprocessors has progressed dramatically. Recently, almost all computer systems use reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architectures. However, about 30 years ago, complex instruction set computer (CISC) architectures were widely used for almost all computer systems. The advantages and successes of RISC architectures are attributable to their simpli...

The calculation of carbon emissions is important to determine the footprint and environmental impact manufacturing processes assess which steps could be further optimized make greener more sustainable. A previously published holistic approach was applied in conventional laser-based material removal most intensive one. were calculated results show that drilling than drilling, while reverse true ...

statement of problem: fixed orthodontic appliances in the oral cavity make tooth cleaning procedures more complicated. objectives: this study aimed to compare the efficacy of computerized oral hygiene instruction with verbal technique among fixed orthodontic patients referred to the evening clinic of orthodontics of shiraz dental school. materials and methods: a single-blind study was performed...

Modern microprocessors achieve high application performance at the acceptable level of power dissipation. In terms of power to performance trade-off, the instruction window is particularly important. This is because enlarging the window size achieves high performance but naive scaling of the conventional instruction window can severely increase the complexity and power consumption. In this pape...

Information provision, which is a common behavior-change strategy, is only effective if the information is credible. Infectious disease prevention messages that rely on the germ theory may fail to persuade people who are unfamiliar with microbes. A novel program in rural Pakistan augments conventional hygiene instruction by demonstrating with microscopes that microbes exist. Through a randomize...