We propose a new transaction execution model in a mobile environment where a subset of data items is cached by each mobile host. This execution model allows each mobile host to execute transactions locally and, before their commits, to request certification from the database server on the wired network. The database server certifies a commit request only when the execution of its pertaining tra...

In survivable optical networks, wavelength assignment is a major concern than assigning routes to the light path requests. Earlier wavelength assignment algorithm suffers from unbalanced utilization of wavelengths that leads to blocking probability for any connection request. This paper analyzes the performance of the wavelength assignment strategies to reduce the network block rate of the requ...

Previous correlational research shows that childhood adversity is associated with earlier age of reproduction in humans and other species. Such studies, however, cannot show that stressful conditions cause earlier reproduction. Using the cold-pressor task, we built on previous work to test the idea that acute stress influences human reproductive and marital ideals, and that individual stress re...

Content Delivery Networks (CDN) aim at overcoming the inherent limitations of the Internet. The main concept at the basis of this technology is the delivery at edge points of the network, in proximity to the request areas, to improve the user’s perceived performance while limiting the costs. This paper focuses on the main research areas in the field of CDN, pointing out the motivations, and ana...

The exchange of objects is a ubiquitous feature of children’s play. Yet we know little about how children choose amongst the plethora of strategies at their disposal for getting and maintaining control of objects in the play space. In the present study, the methods of conversation analysis are applied to reveal Aboriginal children in remote Central Australia relying heavily on two ‘toy getting’...