System Area Networks (SANs), which usually accept irregular topologies, have been used to connect nodes in PC/WS clusters or high-performance storage systems. Although routing algorithms for SANs usually find out alternative paths, SANs usually accept only deterministic routings. Thus, path selection algorithm, which chooses a single path from alternative paths, becomes essential for advanced r...

Bitstream Vera was designed by Jim Lyles of Bitstream, Inc., in cooperation with the Gnome Foundation as a high quality scalable free font for use with free open-source software [4]. The Bitstream Vera family includes serif, sans serif, and monospaced fonts,1 and all three fonts have normal, oblique, bold, and bold oblique faces. Bitstream Vera is primarily intended as a screen font (though it ...

1 Operational Research Unit, Medical Department, Operational Centre Brussels, Medecins sans Frontieres, MSFLuxembourg, Luxembourg, Germany 2 Medecins sans Frontieres, Geneva, Switzerland 3 Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Flemish Institute of Biotechnology, Brussels, Belgium 4 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium 5 Medecins Sans Frontier...

The role of small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS and SANS) in the characterization of cement is briefly reviewed. The unique information obtainable from SANS analysis of C–S–H gel in hydrating cement is compared with that obtainable by other neutron methods. Implications for the nature of C–S–H gel, as detected by SANS, are considered in relation to current models. Finally, the applic...