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Scalable, Adaptable And Fast Estimation Of Transient Downtime In Virtual Infrastructures Using Convex Decomposition And Sample Path Randomization, Zhiling Guo, Jin Li, Ram Ramesh Jan 2020

Scalable, Adaptable And Fast Estimation Of Transient Downtime In Virtual Infrastructures Using Convex Decomposition And Sample Path Randomization, Zhiling Guo, Jin Li, Ram Ramesh

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Network function virtualization enables efficient cloud-resource planning by virtualizing network services and applications into software running on commodity servers. A cloud-service provider needs to manage and ensure service availability of a network of concurrent virtualized network functions (VNFs). The downtime distribution of a network of VNFs can be estimated using sample-path randomization on the underlying birth–death process. An integrated modeling approach for this purpose is limited by its scalability and computational load because of the high dimensionality of the integrated birth–death process. We propose a generalized convex decomposition of the integrated birth-death process, which transforms the high-dimensional multi-VNF process into …


Spatial Multi-Objective Land Use Optimization Toward Livability Based On Boundary-Based Genetic Algorithm: A Case Study In Singapore, Kai Cao, Muyang Liu, Shu Wang, Mengqi Liu, Wenting Zhang, Qiang Meng, Bo Huang Jan 2020

Spatial Multi-Objective Land Use Optimization Toward Livability Based On Boundary-Based Genetic Algorithm: A Case Study In Singapore, Kai Cao, Muyang Liu, Shu Wang, Mengqi Liu, Wenting Zhang, Qiang Meng, Bo Huang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this research, the concept of livability has been quantitatively and comprehensively reviewed and interpreted to contribute to spatial multi-objective land use optimization modelling. In addition, a multi-objective land use optimization model was constructed using goal programming and a weighted-sum approach, followed by a boundary-based genetic algorithm adapted to help address the spatial multi-objective land use optimization problem. Furthermore, the model is successfully and effectively applied to the case study in the Central Region of Queenstown Planning Area of Singapore towards livability. In the case study, the experiments based on equal weights and experiments based on different weights combination have …


An Exact Single-Agent Task Selection Algorithm For The Crowdsourced Logistics, Chung-Kyun Han, Shih-Fen Cheng Jan 2020

An Exact Single-Agent Task Selection Algorithm For The Crowdsourced Logistics, Chung-Kyun Han, Shih-Fen Cheng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The trend of moving online in the retail industry has created great pressure for the logistics industry to catch up both in terms of volume and response time. On one hand, volume is fluctuating at greater magnitude, making peaks higher; on the other hand, customers are also expecting shorter response time. As a result, logistics service providers are pressured to expand and keep up with the demands. Expanding fleet capacity, however, is not sustainable as capacity built for the peak seasons would be mostly vacant during ordinary days. One promising solution is to engage crowdsourced workers, who are not employed …


Secular Change And The Onset Of Plate Tectonics On Earth, Richard M. Palin, M. Santosh, Wentao Cao, Shan Shan Li, David Hernández-Uribe, Andrew Parsons Jan 2020

Secular Change And The Onset Of Plate Tectonics On Earth, Richard M. Palin, M. Santosh, Wentao Cao, Shan Shan Li, David Hernández-Uribe, Andrew Parsons

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Mind The Measure: On The Effects Of Antidumping Investigations In Egypt:, Nada Hazem, Chahir Zaki Jan 2020

Mind The Measure: On The Effects Of Antidumping Investigations In Egypt:, Nada Hazem, Chahir Zaki

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Imports From China On African Textile Exports:, Yong He Jan 2020

The Impact Of Imports From China On African Textile Exports:, Yong He

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.


Export Diversification Effects Of Aid For Trade In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Stein Masunda Jan 2020

Export Diversification Effects Of Aid For Trade In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Stein Masunda

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity And Economic Growth In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Esther N. Mwangi, Fuzhong Chen, Daniel M. Njoroge Jan 2020

Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity And Economic Growth In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Esther N. Mwangi, Fuzhong Chen, Daniel M. Njoroge

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.


Regional Integration And Growth Spillovers: Is Africa An Economic Space?:, Abdoulaye Seck, Founty Alassane Fall, Khadidiatou Aidara Jan 2020

Regional Integration And Growth Spillovers: Is Africa An Economic Space?:, Abdoulaye Seck, Founty Alassane Fall, Khadidiatou Aidara

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.


Exchange Rate Dynamics And Trade Balance In Selected African Countries:, Mohammed Shuaibu, Abdulrasheed Isah Jan 2020

Exchange Rate Dynamics And Trade Balance In Selected African Countries:, Mohammed Shuaibu, Abdulrasheed Isah

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.


Considerations For Rules Of Origin Under The African Continental Free Trade Area:, Landry Signé, Payce Madden Jan 2020

Considerations For Rules Of Origin Under The African Continental Free Trade Area:, Landry Signé, Payce Madden

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.


Debating Yoga And Mindfulness In Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education Or Reestablishing Religion? (Book Review), Kathleen Van Tol Jan 2020

Debating Yoga And Mindfulness In Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education Or Reestablishing Religion? (Book Review), Kathleen Van Tol

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Reviewed Title: Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion? by Candy Gunther Brown. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2019. 441 pp. ISBN: 9781469648477.


Beyond Equilibrium Temperature: How The Atmosphere/Interior Connection Affects The Onset Of Methane, Ammonia, And Clouds In Warm Transiting Giant Planets, Jonathan J. Fortney, Channon Visscher, Mark S. Marley, Callie E. Hood, Michael R. Line, Daniel P. Thorngren, Richard S. Freedman, Roxana Lupu Jan 2020

Beyond Equilibrium Temperature: How The Atmosphere/Interior Connection Affects The Onset Of Methane, Ammonia, And Clouds In Warm Transiting Giant Planets, Jonathan J. Fortney, Channon Visscher, Mark S. Marley, Callie E. Hood, Michael R. Line, Daniel P. Thorngren, Richard S. Freedman, Roxana Lupu

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

The atmospheric pressure–temperature profiles for transiting giant planets cross a range of chemical transitions. Here we show that the particular shapes of these irradiated profiles for warm giant planets below ∼1300 K lead to striking differences in the behavior of nonequilibrium chemistry compared to brown dwarfs of similar temperatures. Our particular focus is H2O, CO, CH4, CO2, and NH3 in Jupiter- and Neptune-class planets. We show that the cooling history of a planet, which depends most significantly on planetary mass and age, can have a dominant effect on abundances in the visible atmosphere, often swamping trends one might expect based …


Witchcraft Accusations: A Challenge For Families, Communities, And Churches In Africa, Boubakar Sanou Jan 2020

Witchcraft Accusations: A Challenge For Families, Communities, And Churches In Africa, Boubakar Sanou

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Dentistry: Time For A New Meaning?, Nairn H.F. Wilson, Ian J. Mills Jan 2020

Dentistry: Time For A New Meaning?, Nairn H.F. Wilson, Ian J. Mills

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.


How Propaganda Became Public Relations: Foucault And The Corporate Government Of The Public, Cory Wimberly Jan 2020

How Propaganda Became Public Relations: Foucault And The Corporate Government Of The Public, Cory Wimberly

Philosophy Faculty Publications

How Propaganda Became Public Relations pulls back the curtain on propaganda: how it was born, how it works, and how it has masked the bulk of its operations by rebranding itself as public relations. Cory Wimberly uses archival materials and wide variety of sources — Foucault’s work on governmentality, political economy, liberalism, mass psychology, and history — to mount a genealogical challenge to two commonplaces about propaganda. First, modern propaganda did not originate in the state and was never primarily located in the state; instead, it began and flourished as a for-profit service for businesses. Further, propaganda is not focused …


Lifestyle Gambling, Indebtedness And Anxiety: A Deviant Leisure Perspective, Thomas Raymen, Oliver Smith Jan 2020

Lifestyle Gambling, Indebtedness And Anxiety: A Deviant Leisure Perspective, Thomas Raymen, Oliver Smith

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


Regulation Of Incorporated Trustees In Nigeria: The Jurisprudential Arguments, Chidi Halliday, Goodtime Okara Jan 2020

Regulation Of Incorporated Trustees In Nigeria: The Jurisprudential Arguments, Chidi Halliday, Goodtime Okara

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Power Of Power Of Attorney In Land Transactions: A Re-Evaluation, Uzodinma Frank-Igwe, Goodtime Okara, Amarachi Obunanim Jan 2020

The Power Of Power Of Attorney In Land Transactions: A Re-Evaluation, Uzodinma Frank-Igwe, Goodtime Okara, Amarachi Obunanim

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


Exploring Senior School Leaders And Parents Perspectives On Illegal School Exclusions Or 'Off Rolling' In England, E Done, Helen Knowler Jan 2020

Exploring Senior School Leaders And Parents Perspectives On Illegal School Exclusions Or 'Off Rolling' In England, E Done, Helen Knowler

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


La Frontera: A Way To Survive; A Photographic Essay, Miguel Gandert Jan 2020

La Frontera: A Way To Survive; A Photographic Essay, Miguel Gandert

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.


When D. W. Griffith And Mary Pickford Invaded Isleta: The Making Of A Pueblo Legend, Richard Melzer Jan 2020

When D. W. Griffith And Mary Pickford Invaded Isleta: The Making Of A Pueblo Legend, Richard Melzer

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Information And Communication Technology (Ict) And Its Impact On Students’ Learning In Public Sector Universities Of Peshawar, Sana Tabassum Sana, Amjad Reba Amjad, Jalal Ud Din Jalal Jan 2020

Information And Communication Technology (Ict) And Its Impact On Students’ Learning In Public Sector Universities Of Peshawar, Sana Tabassum Sana, Amjad Reba Amjad, Jalal Ud Din Jalal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined the impact of ICT on student-learning in public sector universities of Peshawar division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It sought out the relationship between ICT and student-learning particularly looking at the user- ability of ICT and their effects on students learning. The study was conducted through multistage sampling technique; data was collected through questionnaires, from a sample of 300 respondent students and 75 teachers out of a target population of 1400 students and 245 teachers. Majority of the students and teachers were of the view that using ICT tools have affected their learning. It was concluded from the findings that …


Neoliberalism, Violence And Capital Accumulation, Reem M. El Barbary Jan 2020

Neoliberalism, Violence And Capital Accumulation, Reem M. El Barbary

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation looks into the violent, self-serving legal (neocolonial) order that revolves around wealth accumulation and the defense and sustainability of the status quo. The starting point and core idea that guides my discussion is the “redemptive” ideological framework and commitment to free market economies and profit-making. I thus look into the narratives upon which an alliance between development, progress, human rights and neoliberalism rests, in a manner that limits and restricts involvement and action; and normalizes and legitimizes suffering, ill-doing and irresponsibility through law. I examine the interdisciplinary and multilayered reality of repression that state sponsored, and supported, bodies …


Exploiting Feedback Information In Cognitive Radio Systems, Sara Abozeid Attlla Jan 2020

Exploiting Feedback Information In Cognitive Radio Systems, Sara Abozeid Attlla

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, we consider a cognitive radio (CR) network where the primary network's feedback information is utilized to design access schemes for the secondary network, to exploit the underutilized primary spectrum resources. Secondary users (SUs) identify the spectrum opportunities by sensing the spectrum for primary users (PUs) activities and by listening to the PUs feedback. The feedback signals monitored in this research work are the channel quality indicator (CQI) and automatic repeat request (ARQ) available in the PUs network. For detecting the PUs activities, SUs employ hard/soft energy sensing. The secondary access decisions are optimized to maximize the SUs …


Net Neutrality And Consumer Welfare: Divergent Approaches To The Egyptian Telecommunication Regulation, Mennatullah Helmy Hamada Jan 2020

Net Neutrality And Consumer Welfare: Divergent Approaches To The Egyptian Telecommunication Regulation, Mennatullah Helmy Hamada

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the implications of the debate on net neutrality on telecommunication policy in Egypt. I argue that consumer welfare should be the main determining factor of the effects of net neutrality obligations on the telecom sector. Consumer welfare must remain the focus of any regulator while applying net neutrality obligations. Consumers in any telecom market care about three elements, namely, prices, quality and speed of the internet, and openness and accessibility of the content available over the internet. Meanwhile, the main controllers of the telecom market are torn between preserving the nature of the internet and their own …


Exploring Cryotherapy As A Therapeutic Approach For Stress-Induced Tension Headaches In College Students, Mona Hassan Abdelaal Jan 2020

Exploring Cryotherapy As A Therapeutic Approach For Stress-Induced Tension Headaches In College Students, Mona Hassan Abdelaal

Nursing

ABSTRACT Tension-type headaches and stress are common problems for students. It is one of the most neglected headache types, with prevalence of ~ 15–20% in population-based studies. Alternative and complementary medicine such as cryotherapy is effective for relieving physical and psychological pain; using ice compresses by placing it at the back of the neck, leads to relief of tension and anxiety, and gives the feeling of relaxation and full of energy for doing daily life activities. The findings from this study provide the basis for the formulation of future research questions that can explore the effect of cryotherapy on the …


Inside The Margins: Favelas Beyond The Tourist Lens, Maria Clara Pedroza Santos Jan 2020

Inside The Margins: Favelas Beyond The Tourist Lens, Maria Clara Pedroza Santos

2025 Award Winners

No abstract provided.


Repository Analytics And Metrics Portal (Ramp) Workflow Documentation And Data Definition, Jon Wheeler, Kenning Arlitsch Jan 2020

Repository Analytics And Metrics Portal (Ramp) Workflow Documentation And Data Definition, Jon Wheeler, Kenning Arlitsch

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The Repository Analytics & Metrics Portal (RAMP) is a web service that leverages Google Search Console (GSC) data to provide a set of baseline search engine performance metrics for a global, cross-platform group of institutional repositories (IR). Since launching in 2017, RAMP has grown from 3 to more than 50 participating repositories. The underlying data are unique in scope and size, and offer many opportunities for novel analyses of IR search engine performance. The data may be augmented to enable additional analyses including metadata mining and bibliometrics. In November 2019, the RAMP team released a publicly available subset of the …


Culturally Inclusive Online Learning For Capacity Development Projects In International Contexts, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena Jan 2020

Culturally Inclusive Online Learning For Capacity Development Projects In International Contexts, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This paper explores cultural inclusivity in online learning design by discussing two international capacity development projects: an online tutor mentor development program in Sri Lanka and a hybrid physician assistant training program in Ghana. Inclusivity involves establishing partnerships and conducting needs assessments to maximize the capacity that already exists within a given context, and addressing cultural factors that impact online learning- — developing a learning community, negotiating identity, power, and authority, generating social presence, supporting collaboration, engaging in authentic inquiry-based learning, navigating interactions in a second language, and developing co-mentoring relationships to support learning. The paper provides a framework, WisCom …