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Here comes the big brass band
No full textDitty about parade at Mardi Gras celebrationMarilyn Edwards, Angela Drake and Lillian Robere, "The History and Development of St. Lawrence" - an O.V.F. Project, p. 46
CHRONONYMS AND LOCONYMS AS REFLECTION OF CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN RUSSIAN DITTIES
No full textFolklore is a form of reflection of national collective consciousness, emotional perception of the world, axiological attitudes, and it is of particular interest for the study. A ditty (chastushka) is one of the few genres of folklore, which functions and develops in modern linguistic culture, changing under the influence of extralinguistic factors. It shows a rapid reaction in response to everything that happens in our society, transferring the attitude of the cumulative linguistic personality to the events of social, economic, and political situation in the country and the world in the traditional form of two-line or four-line rhymed poem ditty on some topical or humorous theme. In many ways, this popularity of the genre is due to the special representation of the basic concepts of. Space. and. Time.. Despite the relatively recent time of becoming an independent genre of folk art (mid-nineteenth century), ditties quickly gained popularity and remains an actively developing genre in our days. In the modern anthropocentric paradigm of philological research, the text of ditties is of a particular interest, and this is due to the fact that the author of ditties is a cumulative linguistic personality, it provides a better understanding of the subtleties of changes in ethnolinguistic consciousness over time. In this article we would like to consider some verbal means of realization of two fundamental non-discursive folklore concepts "Time" and "Space" in the Russian ditties and on this material to trace the sociological and cultural transformations.. (C) 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.U
Abstract 2894: XMT-1592, a site-specific Dolasynthen-based NaPi2b-targeted antibody-drug conjugate for the treatment of ovarian cancer and lung adenocarcinoma
No full textAbstract The Dolasynthen platform incorporates the highly potent anti-mitotic agent auristatin F-HPA (AF-HPA), with its associated DolaLock mechanism of controlled bystander effect, and enables the synthesis of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) with precise control of the drug-to-antibody ratio (DAR) and site-specific bioconjugation. XMT-1592 is a novel ADC comprised of an anti-NaPi2b antibody and Dolasynthen, conjugated in a site-specific manner to yield DAR 6. NaPi2b, also known as SLC34A2, is a transmembrane sodium-phosphate transporter that is broadly expressed on tumor cells in ovarian carcinoma, NSCLC lung adenocarcinoma and other tumor types. Recent studies have shown that NaPi2b expression is enriched in the EGFR and KRAS mutant subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma. Binding studies showed a specific, high-affinity interaction of XMT-1592 with NaPi2b that was not affected by conjugated Dolasynthen. XMT-1592 elicited potent and specific in vitro cytotoxicity against NaPi2b-expressing ovarian carcinoma cells. XMT-1592 exhibited potent and specific in vivo activity in NaPi2b-expressing tumor xenografts derived from ovarian carcinoma or lung adenocarcinoma. Consistent with the targeted delivery benefits of the ADC approach, XMT-1592 yielded high and sustained concentrations of AF-HPA to tumors but not normal tissues. To evaluate the benefits of site-specific bioconjugation of Dolasynthen, we conducted in vitro and in vivo comparisons of XMT-1592 to a stochastically conjugated version of the ADC. XMT-1592 had improved in vivo activity, pharmacokinetics, and clinical pathology relative to its stochastic counterpart. Taken together, these results support XMT-1592 as a development candidate for the treatment of NaPi2b-expressing tumors. Citation Format: Shawn Fessler, Anouk Dirksen, Scott D. Collins, Ling Xu, Winnie Lee, Jason Wang, Ron Eydelloth, Elena Ter-Ovanesyen, Jeffrey Zurita, Elizabeth Ditty, Barrett Nehilla, Susan Clardy, Susan Clardy, Tyler Carter, Kenneth Avocetien, Mark Nazzaro, Nam Le, Kalli C. Catcott, Alex Uttard, Bingfan Du, Chen-Ni Chin, Rebecca Mosher, Kelly Slocum, Liuliang Qin, David Lee, Dorin Toader, Marc Damelin, Timothy B. Lowinger. XMT-1592, a site-specific Dolasynthen-based NaPi2b-targeted antibody-drug conjugate for the treatment of ovarian cancer and lung adenocarcinoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 2894
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TABLE 6 in The lionfishes: Comparative development of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, and D. hemprichi (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and discrimination of their early life stages from non-pteroine scorpaenid genera in the Western North Atlantic
No full textTABLE 6. Recognition and identification of the early life stages (ELS) of some poorly known deep-water members of Scorpaenidae from the Western North Atlantic. ELS are expected to share some characteristics of other members of the subfamily. Characters identified are based on the descriptions of larvae or juveniles in Eschmeyer (1965, 1969), Eschmeyer & Randall (1975), Moser et al. (1977), Moser (1996), Hardy (2005), Motomura et al. (2011), and Mertzlufft (2021), and augmented by the personal observations of the senior author for Phenacoscorpius nebris and Trachyscorpia cristulata. Classification of subfamilies within Scorpaenidae follows van der Laan et al. (2023). Abbreviations: parietal spines (P), nuchal spines (N), posterior shelf of the preopercle (PPO), anal-fin origin (AFO), anal-fin base (AFB), infraorbital ridge (IO). “Shield” of pigment refers to the extent of pigmentation over the dorsolateral surface of the visceral mass in early larvae, which may be reduced or augmented with scattered blotches in larger larvae of some taxa. The parietal spines are typically two or more times longer than the nuchals, unless otherwise noted.
TaxonRelative size & length of spines (P)arietal & PPO (N)uchalOpercle spine(s)“Shield” of pigment over gutPectoral fins Contour & Pigmentation lengthSlit behind 4 th gill archOther characteristicsScorpaeninaeIdiastion kyphosP> N likelyUnknownUpper & lower marginsUnknownLongest rays near upper part of fin; tips not beyond anal spinesUnknownYesPronounced gap between PPO-1 and -2. Membrane between dorsal spines low, about 50% of each spine exposed. Tips of lower 10 pectoral-fin rays free from membrane; tips of pelvic-fin rays short of AFO.Neomerinthe spp. 1P> NPPO-1 longest; gap between PPO-1 and -2 wider than those belowUpper & lower marginsUnlikelyFan-shaped; tips not beyond midAFBUnknownYes 2Stout parietal ridge, small nuchals. IO ridge with series of 3–4 stout, laterally projecting spines. Tips of pelvic-fin rays short of AFO.Phenacoscorpius nebrisP> NTypically, PPO-1 adjacent to IO ridge longest; PPO-2 “knob-like” or absentUpper & lower marginsScattered blotches likelyMiddle rays longest; tips of longest rays perhaps to midAFB, others to about AFOFin base & inner half of rays, or some part thereofYesSeries of 5–6 stout, laterally projecting spines along IO ridge. Tips of pelvic-fin rays short of AFO. Pigment between fifth & ninth dorsal spines; fin base & inner half of dorsal & anal fins dusky. Very short lateral line.SebastolobinaeTrachyscorpia cristulataN> PPPO-1 about two times longer than PPO-2, those below progressively shorterUpper & lower marginsDusky shield, or scattered blotches likelyUpper rays longest; tips to or slightly beyond AFOFin base & inner half of rays, or some part thereofNoParietal ridge elevated, terminates in longer nuchal than parietal spine. Series of 7–8 stout, laterally projecting spines along IO ridge. High modal pectoral-fin count of 22–23 rays. Peritoneum dusky. Lateral line complete.
1 Most head spines and other structures in 18.4 mm juvenile from south-central Pacific same as those of adults per Motomura et al. (2011)
2 Applies to Atlantic species only because some Pacific species lack said character per Motomura et al. (2011
Mark M. Michalski: Editorial
No full textThe Journal of Business and Public Administration wel-comes and is pleased to introduce two new Editors: Dr Jaro-slaw Wenancjusz Przybytniowski of the Department of Man-agement at Jan Kochanowski University as an Academic (Theme) Editor and Dr Dominik Dziekanski of Economic Department at Jan Kochanowski University as a Technical Editor.Journal opens with an article by professor Przybyt-niowski, titled: Competitiveness of financial distribution channels in the time of the ongoing crisis. It presents an as-sessment of service provision by insurance companies. The author shows a critical link between customers’ expectations and relationship management as of paramount importance in cultivating loyalty and continuous flow of profitable busi-ness. Just as a ditty tells us: there is no better business than repeat business. Insurance companies form a system of channels to provide the insurance services in the most opti-mal way to achieve their own goals. They allow the potential customers to use the services of channels with which the in-surance company distributes its products. Managing cus-tomer relationships is an important element of nurture loy-alty. However, it must be accompanied by appropriate measures to maintain the relationship at every level of or-ganization. The aim of this article is to analyze the insurance market in Poland from side of insurance an insurance medi-ation
1997 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Sleuths on the Screen
No full textMarsha Pollak and Robert Steele welcomed the Sub-Librarians to the Holiday Inn for afternoon tea once again and reminded them to take a look at the shadow boxes representing Sherlockian stories and the re-creation of 221B sitting room after the program. Greetings from various scions were given: Steele from the Scowrers and Molly Maguires, Michael Kean from the Diogenes Club of Monterey, and Ray de Groat of the Persian Slipper Club. Everyone then stood and sang God Save the Queen.
The traditional toasts were given to Sherlock Holmes, to Lomax by Maxine Reneker, to Hill Barton by Don Yates, to Baron Gruner by Frank Sadowsky, and to Kitty Winter by Rosemary Michaud. This last was a particularly rousing ditty, a tribute in song to Kitty, sung expressively by Michaud.
Our first speaker, Ron Miller, is the award winning, syndicated television columnist for The San Jose Mercury News. The author of Mystery! A Celebration: Stalking Public Television\u27s Greatest Sleuths, he spoke on detectives on the small screen.
Paula Brown, our next speaker, is a well-known Sherlockian who started a scion called The Noble West Enders. Paula is an expert on, and paid tribute to, the late Jeremy Brett, portrayer of Holmes on Mystery!
The meeting ended with the singing of A Song for Sub-Librarians and the reading of Vincent Starrett\u27s poem 221B. Many then walked across the hall to the S.Holmes Esq. Pub for a drink and more conversation
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TABLE 5 in The lionfishes: Comparative development of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, and D. hemprichi (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and discrimination of their early life stages from non-pteroine scorpaenid genera in the Western North Atlantic
No full textTABLE 5. Discrimination of early life stages of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, D. hemprichi, D. “ bellus,” and D. zebra from non-pteroine scorpaenids in the Western North Atlantic. Scorpaenids typically have five spines along the posterior shelf of the preopercle (PPO), although early larvae of some taxa may have three, and add one or two spines in subsequent life stages. “Elongate” spine(s) refer to those about two or more times longer than the next longest spine, or all spines that extend well beyond the posterior margin of the operculum or ventral margin of body, depending on orientation. “Robust” spines refer to “elongate” spines, as defined above, that are structurally stout and broadbased, whereas spines of short to moderate length are typically “slender” with a relatively narrow base. “Elongate” fins refer to those whose tips extend to, and typically well beyond, the posterior margin of the anal-fin base, whereas “short” fins may extend to, but seldom beyond, the origin of the anal-fin base. The pectoral fins are precocious, unless otherwise noted. “Shield” of pigment refers to the extent of pigmentation over the dorsolateral surface of the visceral mass in early larvae, which may be reduced or augmented with scattered blotches of pigment in larger larvae of some taxa. The parietal spines are typically two or more times longer than the nuchals, unless otherwise noted. Classification of subfamilies within Scorpaenidae follows van der Laan et al. (2023). Abbreviations: parietal spines (P), nuchal spines (N), anal-fin origin (AFO), anal-fin base (AFB). Characters compiled from Sánchez & Acha (1988); Moser (1996); Hardy (2005); Fahay (2007); Baldwin (2013); Kojima (2014); Mertzlufft (2021); and include the personal observations of the senior author.
TaxonRelative size & lengthOpercle spine(s)Visceral massPectoral finsSlit behind 4 th gill archOther characteristics(P)arietal & (N)uchal spinesPPO spines“Shield” of pigmentContour & length PigmentationPteroinaePterois volitansP> NMiddle pair longer than outer; none distinctly elongateNoneNoElongate, fan-shaped; tips to or beyond terminal margin of AFBLight to mottledNoPigmentation sparse, typically concentrated along body midlines (until late transformation). Elevation of parietal & nuchal spines ~30° above longitudinal axis of head.Dendrochirus spp.N ≥ PUpper 3–4 subequal, none distinctly elongate; all about evenly spacedNoneNoElongate, fan-shaped; tips to or beyond terminal margin of AFBLight to mottledNoPigmentation sparse until transformation, then saddles along dorsal & ventral margins. Elevation of parietal & nuchal spines low on head (≤15°).(P)arietal & (N)uchal spinesPPO spines“Shield” of pigmentContour & lengthPigmentationScorpaeninaePontinus spp.P> NOne or more elongate & robust, spine near shelf angle typically longestPair near upper margin onlyNo 1Wing-shaped (upper rays longer than lower); tips to about mid-AFBVariable, develops through sequential stagesYesInitially, three robust PPO’s about evenly spaced along shelf. Some species may have one or more enlarged APO & supplemental PPO spines. Supraocular spine stout, may be forward-angled (if unbroken). Parietals enlarged, stout, nuchals minute (develop late). Pigment on spinous dorsalfin becomes streak or blotch. Liver area may be dark or dusky.Scorpaena spp.P> NVariableUpper & lower marginsYesFan-shaped; tips to AFO seldom beyondSome to most of fin darkNoTips of pelvic fins short of anus. Inner half to most of pectoral fins well pigmented, distal margin may be unpigmented or sparsely so.Scorpaenodes spp.N ≥ P2–4 stout, moderately elongate spinesPair near upper margin onlyNo 1Fan-shaped; tips to about mid-AFBSome to most of fin darkPresent or absentParietal ridge crest-like, nuchal & parietal spines pronounced. Heavy pigmentation makes pectoral fins appear superficially larger than in other genera.SebastinaeHelicolenus dactylopterusP> N3–5 relatively stout, middle longest; none distinctly elongateSingle, small to tiny near upper margin only, if presentYesFan-shaped; tips to or slightly beyond AFOSparse to noneYesCharacteristic mass of spongy tissue below spinous dorsalfin base. Caudal fin precedes pectoral fin development.(P)arietal & (N)uchal spinesPPO spines“Shield” of pigmentContour & lengthPigmentationSebastes spp. 2P> NVariable, spine atSingle, small toYesFan-shaped; tips to orSparse to noneNoProminent cluster of pigments onangle often longest;tiny near upperslightly beyond AFOdorsal surface of head; postanalnone distinctlymargin only, ifseries of melanophores alongelongatepresentdorsal & ventral midlines ofbody. Caudal fin developmentprecedes that of pectoral fin.High count of 29–32 myomeres.SetarchinaeEctreposebastesP> NInitially, threeUpper & lowerNo 1Elongate, fan-shaped;Most of fin,YesSupraocular spine may be stout,imusrobust, about evenlymarginstips to or beyondbut becomesforward-angled (if unbroken).spaced, longest nearterminal margin of AFBmore distal atParietals about three times longerangle; one or twolarger sizesthan nuchals. Tip of lower jawadded in later lifejuts out slightly beyond upperstagesjaw. Cranium cavernous, weaklyossified, transparent.SetarchesP> NUpper 3–4 subequal,Upper & lowerUnknownElongate, fan-shaped;UnknownYesHigh modal count of 22–24guentheri 3all about evenlymarginstips likely to or beyondpectoral-fin rays. Craniumspaced; noneterminal margin of AFBcavernous, weakly ossified,distinctly elongatetransparent. Pigment scatteredover upper & lower surfaces ofvisceral mass likely.
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1 Deeply embedded medial blotch just above pectoral-fin base expands to cover dorsal surface of gas bladder (Moser et al. 1977)
2 Nuchals, if present, small to tiny & form late, often posterior to base of parietals
3 Some characters based on limited description in Mertzlufft (2021
Milestones Mark 50-Year Story
No full textNewspaper Article - 'Milestones Mark 50-Year Story'. The Edmonton Journal, May 29, 1959. Milestones down the 50-year road of the Alberta Women's Institute.AWI CollectionWi Jubilee Anniversary
Milestones Mark
50- Year Story
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SECTION TWO EDMONTON, ALBERTA, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1959
Milestones down the 50- year
road of the Alberta Women's
Institutes indicate the organization
is on a broad highway
after starting down a narrow
path, from past presidents'
reminiscences at the jubilee
convention meeting in Convocation
Hall Thursday evening.
Projects have expanded, horizons
broadened and the organization
has repeatedly sent
representatives to the conventions
of the Associated Country
Women of the World.
The story told Thursday
evening by special speaker,.
Miss Isabel Noble of Wichita,
Kansas, organizer of the WI
in 1909 and president for the
first eight years, was of a nebulous
beginning.
WITHIN 50 TEARS
Fifty years later, Mrs. T. H.
Howes, Millet, completing her
term as president, attended the
ACWW meeting in Ceylon and
the immediate past president,
Mrs. S. Lefsrud, Viking, who
also attended an ACWW conference
in Toronto, referred to
a recent trip she made to Russia.
Between the beginning at
home and the world viewpoint,
the convention relived their
activities in reports of presidents
who served during war
years and depression. The story
took the audience on many adventures
along Alberta's early
highways as the presidents
travelled to unite the scattered
branches of the WI.
Speakers included Mrs. W.
McParlane who read a report
from Mrs. A. G. McGorman,
Penhold. president from 1R49
to 1953. and Airs. M. L. Thompson.
Lethbridge, president from
1941 to 1945.
On behalf of Mrs. Susan D.
Stewart of Peace River, president
from 1937 to 1941, Mrs.
A. H. Rogers was the speaker.
Mrs. J. C. Ferguson, Trochu,
president from 1933 to 1937
also addressed the meeting.
The past presidents paid
tribute to the tremendous accomplishments
of the late Mrs.
E. E. Morton, Vegreville, president
from 1945 to 1949. Mrs.
M. G. Roberts of Hanna was
chairman.
BORROWED CONSTITUTION
Telling of the organization
days of the WI Miss Noble,
the special speaker said, " I
thought constitutions were for
quarrelsome people." recalling
how at first the WI worked on
an adopted constitution from
when she travelled south giving
demonstrations on c a n n i ng
vegetables. In one district the
women arrived, some two on a
horse, some carrying shoes and
S t o c k i n g s . This is a poor
district, she thought, but went
ahead with her talk to a most
indifferent audience. Question
time came and they asked why
ahe spoke in that vein when
they hadn't had a crop in asven
years.
Nor had they the money to
pool together to buy vegetables.
Help? Send us a nurse they
urged, and so rural organization
was begun to supply district
nurses.
Miss Noble's talk was a gay
remembrance of anecdote in
the early days. She also cited
distress cases where the WI
helped as neighbors.
WI CREED
' " sHeToIcTof how the creed of
the WI now repeated the world
over, was given first to her by
a neighbor in Daysland, her
Alberta home, before she moved
to Wichita. " I have heard
t h a t creed repeated in Britain
and in Asia," she said.
During her term as president.
1933 to 1937 there were hard
times and poverty, Mrs. J. C.
Ferguson of Trochu reminded.
She recalled how the WI helped
supply layettes for mothers
in need, and referred to a visit
from Lady Tweedsmuir when a
WI library for shipping packages
of books to rural homes
was inaugurated.
Mrs. Rogers' message from
Mrs. Stewart of Peace River
was a lively account of how the
graduate of Glasgow University
came as a bride to Peace River,
and took up WI work. She
served as AWI president from
1937 to 1941. Later her war effort
was to work ih Ottawa
censoring German mail. Offered
the presidency of the Federated
WI of Canada she refused
" because it was not Alberta's
turn."
WAR SERVICE
Mrs. Thompson recalled the
work of the WI during the
war years; service for the Red
Cross, making ditty bags for
th « merchant marine; how they
cancelled a convention and
bought bonds with the money
saved; how they saved a dollar
each in Christmas money, and
sent $ 1,000 to sister Wis in
bombed areas in Britain.
RUSSIA, PIONEERING
Mrs. Lefsrud's description of
the ACWW meeting in Toronto
turned then to her personal
trip to Russia which she saw,
she said, as a pioneer country
with the people looking ahead.
Moscow she said was a fascinating
metropolis. She urged that
the four freedoms in the covenant
of the ACWW, freedom
from want, freedom of thought,
speech and expression be remembered
in judging Russia.
Milestones In her presidency
included taking up the cause of
Alberta's Indians.
Speaking on behalf of Mrs.
W. McGorman, Red Deer, Mrs.
W. McFarlane referred to establishing
a scholarship in
music in memory of the late
Mrs. H. J. Montgomery, president
from 1929 to 1933, and of
obtaining sponsors for handicrafts.
Mrs. McGorman was a
delegate to the ACWW conference
in Copenhagen, Denmark
during her presidency.
During the evening Miss
Jeanette MacDonall, winner of
the first Montgomery scholarship,
sang several selections.
Gifts were presented by Mrs.
Howes to Mrs. A. H. Rogers
and to Miss MacDonall. Mrs.
Howes also presented a life
membership pin to Mrs. Per-,
guson, Trochu.
The meeting concluded with
roll call of branches and a coffee
party at which the AWI
cut and served their anniversary
cake.
NEW OFFICERS IN AWI — The concluding
day, Friday, of the Alberta Women's
Institutes' four- day convention brought elections
at the morning sessions at Convocation
Hall. Mrs. W. R. Ford, Coutts, Alberta, pictured
at centre, was elected preside
M. G. Roberts, Drumheller, left, w
vice- president and Mrs. John Rich
Deer, secretary. — Photo by Goe
Minimizing impracticality of complex modeling via web service execution within a cloud-based platform
No full text2015 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.Assessing the stability of stream banks is an important issue for those living within a floodplain, participating in activities such as hunting, rafting, and fishing, and for transporting water from one place to another safely. A stream’s stability is influenced by frequency and magnitude of streamflow, particle size, sediment transport, bed slope, and depth of the water (Allen, P.M., Arnold, J.G., Stinchcomb, 2012). Streams of all sizes adapt to streamflow regimes by continually altering channel properties such as channel’s shape and channel depth. As a result, assessing stream stability requires quantifying hydrologic factors that influence the stream’s shape and depth, especially under conditions of urbanization. Changes in climate and land use further complicate assessing a stream’s stability. This complication is due partly to humanity’s knowledge gaps or negligence in maintaining solutions of existing infrastructure (Vijay P. Singh, 2002). The most common cause of stream instability is the increase in surface runoff entering a stream due to urbanization. Engineers use models as a tool to help manage, address, or mitigate problems such as increasing surface runoff entering the streams. The primary goal of this research is to integrate an existing model (SWAT-DEG) as a web-based modeling tool to assess the hydrologic response to changes in climate and land use. Specific objectives of the study are: 1. To compliment an existing model by integrating the model into service oriented architecture. 2. To compliment an existing model by deploying a model utilizing web-services. 3. To explore the benefits of deploying an existing model as a web-based tool within a service-oriented architecture. Web services provide access to SWAT-DEG at any internet-accessible location, limits version control, independent of operating system, and eliminate desktop installations. Currently, SWAT-DEG is hosted by eRAMS.com’ (eRAMS) platform. eRAMS is an internet site that hosts and executes various models. The model is executed within a cloud environment to ensure the model can scale to increasing, simultaneous users. The cloud environment obtains scalable models by reducing the total time per request for a given model. The total time per request is defined as the time that elapses from when the user executes a function till the function is completed. For example, the total time per request spent for executing a model is the time spent between clicking run and the return of output from the model. To accomplish a reduction in total time per request, the execution of SWAT-DEG is parallelized within Cloud Services Innovation Platform (CSIP) (Lloyd, W, David, O, Lyon, J, Rojas, K.W., Ascough II, J.C., Green, T.R., Carlson, J.R., 2012) CSIP is a cloud infrastructure trying to implement modeling-as-a-service. Modeling-as-a-service is an attempt to provide the ability to scale various web-based models for large amounts of simultaneous users and/or expensive computational models. SWAT-DEG is broken up into two separate main functions within the source code, stochastic and deterministic. The stochastic part of SWAT-DEG executes the Monte Carlo (Ronald iii Christensen, Wesley Johnson, Adam Branscum, 2011; Yang, 2011) approach as the means to do uncertainty analysis. The deterministic approach is the same as the desktop version of SWAT-DEG. Scalability testing was applied to SWAT-DEG’s stochastic and deterministic services. The deterministic service showed clear benefits when executing multiple simultaneous users within the CSIP environment. However, a single user executing a deterministic service on the cloud is slower than a local computer. The stochastic service also saw a slight benefit from executing within the CSIP environment. The stochastic service did not receive a greater benefit due to a bottleneck in the output map reduction. Output map reduction is the process of taking multiple files and reducing them to a manageable size. SWAT-DEG processes this phase within one virtual machine (VM). A virtual machine is an online computer processor unit. Thus, by removing the limitation of executing map reduction within one VM, executing stochastic analysis within the cloud environment will result in far smaller total time per request
Iowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
