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The de-facto standard for programming distributed memory parallel architectures are the PVM and MPI message passing libraries. Their low level of abstraction makes the programmer''s task error-prone and reduces application portability. SODA is a novel programming model that presents a much higher level of abstraction and manages most low-level distribution and parallelism details implicitly. SODA is based on an extension of the active objects ...

Semiconductors form the backbone of all modern-day microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. These devices get exposed to various types of radiation when they are used in radiation environments. Exposure to radiation can cause degradation to the performance of these devises leading to their failure. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the performance of semiconductor devices under radiation environments. This monograph deals with an exper...

Demands on water supplies in the arid west are continuing to grow even though most rivers are already fully appropriated. Agriculture being the largest and least valued user of this resource will continue to be targeted to fulfill these increased demands. For water supplies to be transferred efficiently from agriculture to other beneficial uses it is necessary to determine the value of water in agriculture across different regions, uses, and l...

Rising worldwide obesity rates have generated massive amounts of policy concern and public interest. In this book, we use two household surveys (British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and Household and Income Dynamics of Australia (HILDA)) to empirically analyse: 1) the relationship between obesity and economic incentives that influence individual and household behaviour, 2) the role of the environment and economic incentives on discretionary a...

The coming revolution in physics' is the authors latest monograph expanding his concepts and arguments about the misunderstanding and misuse of time in physics. Blankson argues that since most of us accept that the earth-year is a valid unit of time, we have to accept, also, that time is necessarily discrete, since the year is only one unit of time that has to be repeated for time to continue. Discrete time cannot march, so history is not the ...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809 -1894) was an American physician, professor, lecturer and author. Holmes wrote his first book of essays entitled "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table in 1831. While in medical training Holmes was able to write another two essays detailing life as seen from his boarding house breakfast table. This collection describing many topics discussed at the Boston boarding house breakfast table.

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Antoine Méliot, 42 Jahre alt, kann mit sich zufrieden sein - eine schöne Frau, zwei bezaubernde Kinder, echte Freunde, auf die er sich jederzeit verlassen kann, ein erfülltes Berufsleben, ein hübsches Haus in einem Pariser Vorort und genügend Geld. Eines Tages jedoch zerstört er all das an einem einzigen Wochenende: sein Glück, seine Familie, seine Freunde, seine Karriere. Keiner versteht, warum. Die berühmte Midlife-Crisis? Ein Anfall von Wah...

An excellent introduction to the main themes of social work and mental health. It provides a comprehensive summary of contemporary debates and perspectives around mental health practice. I would recommend this to all social work students.' - Philip O'Hare, University of Central Lancashire "This book is a timely restatement of the central role of social work in mental health. In this important work, Coppock and Dunn have developed a well writt...

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Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, poet, and playwright writing in the mid 19th century. His writing was very popular consisting of 27 novels, 50 short stories, 15 plays, and over 100 poems. His best-known works were The Woman in White, The Moonstone and Armadale. Man and Wife was first published in 1870 and was a biting attack on Victorian marriage laws in England. The plot centers on a woman who fears that the outdated laws concerning m...