This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, HPCS 2009, held in Kingston, Canad
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The author describes how as a high school student, he first met the "scientific approach to the study of the Gospels" and learned that the Gospel of St. Matthew was copied from an "older" document cal
It is September, 1940, and the Battle of Britain is not going well for the Germans. The RAF Spitfire, powered with a high performance carburetor made with platinum parts, is outperforming the Messersc
What’s the worst thing that can happen to a scientist? For Adam Boone, it was to see something that defied scientific explanation. When he was in high school, one of friends vanished during an autumn
Extraterrestrial life has been a philosophical issue that has not been high on the priority list for scientific study. Since the UFO issue revolves around possible alien visitors, however, it is essen
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies, PaCT 2005, held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in September 2005.The 38 revised full pape
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2012. The 15 pa
Summer jobs, vacation and fun times are approaching but the students of Hillside High must remain grounded while studying for upcoming exams. With second term nearly complete, these students are rarin
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Welcome to the world of Hillside High. High school is a word that conjures up all sorts of different images: fun, excitement, over-active hormones, nerds, jocks, bullies, sporting events, peer-pressur
Corinna M. Lindow substantiates, develops, and tests a strategic fit perspective on family firm performance in order to contribute to explaining previous inconclusive findings. In particular, she aims
What does it take to succeed in High School? You have four years to prove you want to go to college. It's called high school - and getting there is not as difficult as you might think. Make it Plain i
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Distributed computing paradigms for sharing resources such as Clouds, Grids, Peer-to-Peer systems, or voluntary computing are becoming increasingly popular. While there are some success stories such a
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2005, held in Lake Tahoe, NV, USA in December 2005.The 33 revised full papers and 26 poste
The chef's towering white toque, the high bonnet, is the mark of achievement to which every young sauce-stirrer aspires. Idwal Jones's urbane novel follows the young provincial Jean as he attempts to
With the Lapps in the High Mountains is an entrancing true account, a classic of travel literature, and a work that deserves wider recognition as an early contribution to ethnographic writing. Publi
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Un guide pour implanter la performance optimale: la bonne chose, avec le bon dosage, au bon momentMC. Que ce soit dans le sport, le travail, ou simplement dans la vie de tous les jours, vous tes toujo
Fast Compact Algorithms and Software for Spline Smoothing investigates algorithmic alternatives for computing cubic smoothing splines when the amount of smoothing is determined automatically by minimi
The controversy surrounding the origin of the universe, earth, and all living things is an ongoing debate in the public sphere. In "Gaining the High Ground over Evolutionism," author Robert J. O'Keefe
The controversy surrounding the origin of the universe, earth, and all living things is an ongoing debate in the public sphere. In "Gaining the High Ground over Evolutionism," author Robert J. O'Keefe
There is a strong need for team unit leaders to raise their functioning level as a performance facilitator and helping communicator.A study in March 2010 by Career Builder revealed that 27% of 5,700 w
Nine out of every ten medical students, residents, and fellows attempt to write a manuscript during their training. Yet, after finishing the training only 1 or 2 would continue to write scientific man
The LNAI series reports state-of-the-art results in artificial intelligence research, development, and education, at a high level and in both printed and electronic form. Enjoying tight cooperation wi
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It is shocking to realize that an enormous percentage of American high school students end up as only marginally literate, especially in large cities. The future well-being of the nation is in jeopard
This brief introduces the fundamental theory and development of managing radio resources using a water-filling algorithm that can optimize system performance in wireless communication. Geometric Water
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