Concurrent programming is hard. One of the most important reasons is nowadays’ popular programming languages are heavily relied on shared memory for currency. Although shared memory approach is efficient and easy for transaction control, it also leads to the problem of deadlocks, race conditions, etc. In addition, it does not quite fit for distributed computing and web services, which are inher...

BACKGROUND Associations have been made between obesity and reduced intestinal numbers of members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, but there is no direct evidence of the role these bacteria play in obesity. Herein, the effects of Bacteroides uniformis CECT 7771 on obesity-related metabolic and immune alterations have been evaluated. METHODS AND FINDINGS Adult (6-8 week) male wild-type C57BL-6 mice...

We report work in progress on adding affect-detection to an existing e-drama program, a text-based software system for (human) dramatic improvisation in simple virtual scenarios, for use primarily in learning contexts. The system allows a human director to monitor improvisations and make interventions, for instance in reaction to excessive, insufficient or inappropriate emotions in the characte...

Full: HTML / PDF (435K) Select Citation Analysis of Chlorothalonil and Three Degradates in Sediment and Soil Michelle L. Hladik and Kathryn M. Kuivila pp 2310 2314; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/jf703695s Abstract Full: HTML / PDF (230K) BIOACTIVE CONSTITUENTS Select Citation http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/toc.page?incoden=jafcau&indecade=0&involume=56&inissue=7 (5 of 16)24/4/2551 11:37:57 Journal ...