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    OO-Correspondence as Cumulativity

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    Both Sympathy constraints and OO-correspondence constraints are types of correspondence constraints, and both can induce opaque phenomena. Yet, Sympathetic constraint interaction is mediated by a special type of correspondence constraints (cumulativity constraints), while OO-correspondence is mediated by ordinary correspondence constraints. This paper argues that cumulative constraints can also be used in OO-correspondence. It is also argued that this is desirable for two reasons: (i) It unifies these two kinds of non-IO-correspondence. (ii) Certain types of OO-correspondence induced opacity that are possible with ordinary correspondence constraints, are excluded if cumulative constraints are used. Cumulative OO-correspondence constraints therefore result in a more restrictive theory.The definitive version of this paper was published in Carpenter, A., Coetzee, A., and de Lacy, P. (Eds.). University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers 26, Papers in Optimality Theory II (2003), pp. 27-57

    Coq Implementation of OO Verification Framework VeriJ

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    We implement an OO specification and verification framework VeriJ in the proof assistant Coq. This framework covers the main OO features like encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. It can modularly specify and verify programs, while only one specification per method is necessary. In this paper, we introduce the framework VeriJ, our tool in Coq, and an example to illustrate how to specify/verify the program in a modular and abstract way.EICPCI-S(ISTP)[email protected]; [email protected]

    Does OO sync with the way we think?

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    Given that corrective-maintenance costs already dominate the software life cycle and look set to increase significantly, reliability in the form of reducing such costs should be the most important software improvement goal. Yet the results are not promising when we review recent corrective-maintenance data for big systems in general and for OO in particular-possibly because of mismatches between the OO paradigm and how we think

    Improving Hadoop MapReduce Performance Using Speculative Execution Strategy in a Heterogeneous Environment

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    MapReduce is currently a parallel computingframework for distributed processing of large-scaledata intensive application. The most importantperformance metric is job execution time but it canbe seriously impacted by straggler machines.Speculative execution is a common approach for thisproblem by backing up slow tasks on alternativemachines. Some schedulers with speculativeexecution have been proposed but they have someweaknesses:(i) they cannot calculate the progressrate accurately because the progress scores of thephases are set to constant values which may betotally different for heterogeneous environment, (ii)they define the stragglers by specifying a staticthreshold value which calculates the temporaldifference between an individual task and theaverage task progression. To get the betterperformance, this paper proposes an algorithmidentifying the stragglers by the more accurateprogress of each job based on its own historicalinformation and using a dynamic threshold valueadjusting the continuously varying environmentautomatically

    ROVIBRONIC BANDS OF THE A~X~\tilde {A}\leftarrow \tilde {X} TRANSITION OF CH3_{3}OO and CD3_{3}OO DETECTED WITH CAVITY RINGDOWN NEAR 1.2 μ\mu M

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    Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, TaiwanWe have recorded several rovibronic bands of the A~X~\tilde {A}\leftarrow \tilde {X} transition of CH3_{3}OO and CD3_{3}OO near 1.2 μ\mu m with the cavity ringdown technique. The light source was a Raman-shifted beam from a dye laser pumped with a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser. The 7017_0^1 band shows partially resolved rovibronic lines which, when coupled with rotational parameters of the lower state determined recently by Endo and coworkers, can be fitted to yield spectral parameters of the upper states: ν\nu = 8269.6 ±\pm 0.5 cm1^{-1}, A{'} = 1.526 cm1^{-1}, B{'} = 0.388 cm1^{-1}, and C{'} = 0.323 cm1^{-1} for CH3_{3}OO, and ν\nu = 8195.5 ±\pm 0.5 cm1^{-1}, A{'} = 1.169 cm1^{-1}, B{'} = 0.329 cm1^{-1}, and C{'} = 0.28 cm1^{-1} for CD3_{3}OO. The vibrational spacing of 886.8 cm1^{-1} for the ν7\nu _{7} mode of CH3_{3}OO is more precise than a previous report of 896 ±\pm 9 cm1^{-1} using conventional absorption spectroscopy; this mode is associated with the C{-}O stretching mode rather than the O{-}O stretching mode assigned previously. Two additional vibronic bands of CD3_{3}OO were also detected for the first time; tentatively identified vibrational wave numbers of the A~\tilde {A} state of CD3_{3}OO are 953 (ν6)\nu _{6}) and 970 (ν5)\nu _{5}) cm1^{-1}, consistent with quantum-chemical calculations. Hot bands associated with excitation of the torsional mode were also observed

    Attribute-Oriented Induction based Data Generalization for Relational Databases

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    Data Mining is the task of discovering interestingpatterns from large amounts of data where the datacan be stored in relational databases. Datageneralization is a process that abstracts a large set ofdata in a database from a relatively low level to higherconceptual levels. The attribute-oriented induction(AOI) is a data mining technique to extract generalizedknowledge from relational databases and the user’sbackground knowledge. AOI facilitates users inexamining the general behavior of the data. AOIallows the users to view the data at more meaningfulabstractions compared to the primitive level

    Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Myanmar: The Role of the State

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    The prevention of Conflict-related Sexual Violence (CRSV) often relies on states to lead prevention and response mechanisms at the domestic level. However, state actors, such as the military, are frequently responsible for this violence. Can states play an effective role in preventing and responding to CRSV? Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Myanmar: The Role of the State provides a deeper understanding of the state's role as a prevention actor and explains why strategies aimed at preventing CRSV often fail and can sometimes even result in more harm. Myanmar is a politically complex state that has experienced several decades of armed conflict, persistent military regimes, and a high prevalence of CRSV incidents committed by the state armed forces, the Tatmadaw. The book offers unique insights into CRSV prevention efforts in Myanmar, tracing the implementation process of the Joint Communiqué (JC), an agreement signed between the Myanmar government and the United Nations to effectively prevent and respond to CRSV. This book is based on a comprehensive qualitative analysis of internal and public documents, and interviews with multiple stakeholders over a two-year period. It reveals how the gendered power structure and formal and informal practices of Myanmar’s state institutions constantly impeded the implementation process of the JC and offered a very limited political opportunity structure for local women’s CSOs to be involved in the JC implementation. A significant portion of the data in this book was collected in 2021 following the military coup in Myanmar. The author describes her experiences as a local researcher in solidarity with the local research participants experiencing the brutality of the military crackdown and conducting data collection in a particularly challenging context.No Full Tex

    UV SPECTRUM AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF THE SIMPLEST CRIEGEE INTERMEDIATE CH2_2OO

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    Author Institution: Department of Chemsitry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323In the troposphere, ozonolysis of ethene as well as other terminal alkenes, such as isoprene, results in formation of the simplest Criegee intermediate, CH2_2OO, which gives rise to many products of atmospheric significance. In the laboratory, CH2_2OO is prepared in a quartz capillary tube reactor using a new synthetic route, 204 (2012).} based on 248 nm photolysis of CH2_2I2_2 and subsequent reaction with O2_2. The CH2_2OO and other products undergo supersonic expansion, and are detected using fixed frequency VUV ionization (118 nm) with mass (m/z=46) and isomer selectivity. Spectroscopic studies of CH2_2OO are carried out by UV laser excitation on the B 1^1A^\prime-X 1^1A^\prime transition prior to photoionization, which results in significant depletion of the ion signal (approaching 100\%) near the peak of a broad absorption profile centered at 335 nm., 20045 (2012).} The large depletion and broad absorption are indicative of rapid dissociation, consistent with the repulsive B 1^1A^\prime state potential in the O-O coordinate that has been computed theoretically. The experimental spectrum is in very good agreement with the absorption spectrum calculated using the one-dimensional reflection principle. The atmospheric lifetime of CH2_2OO due to solar photolysis at midday is estimated to be \sim 1 s. These findings provide a UV spectral signature of the strong π\pi^\ast-π\pi transition associated with the four π\pi electrons on the carbonyl oxide group in CH2_2OO. Extensions of this work to methyl substituted Criegee intermediates reveal similar absorption features arising from the COO π\pi -system
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