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A Flexible and Modular Framework for Implementing Infrastructures for Global Computing
We present a Java software framework for building infrastructures to support the development of applications for systems where mobility and network awareness are key issues. The framework is particularly useful to develop run-time support for languages oriented towards global computing. It enables platform designers to customize communication protocols and network architectures and guarantees transparency of name management and code mobility in distributed environments. The key features are illustrated by means of a couple of simple case studies
GMF: A Model Migration Case for the Transformation Tool Contest
Using a real-life evolution taken from the Graphical Modeling Framework, we
invite submissions to explore ways in which model transformation and migration
tools can be used to migrate models in response to metamodel adaptation.Comment: In Proceedings TTC 2011, arXiv:1111.440
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An ontological approach for recovering legacy business content
Legacy Information Systems (LIS) pose a challenge for many organizations. On one hand, LIS are viewed as aging systems needing replacement; on the other hand, years of accumulated business knowledge have made these systems mission-critical. Current approaches however are often criticized for being overtly dependent on technology and ignoring the business knowledge which resides within LIS. In this light, this paper proposes a means of capturing the business knowledge in a technology agnostic manner and transforming it in a way that reaps the benefits of clear semantic expression - this transformation is achieved via the careful use of ontology. The approach called Content Sophistication (CS) aims to provide a model of the business that more closely adheres to the semantics and relationships of objects existing in the real world. The approach is illustrated via an example taken from a case study concerning the renovation of a large financial system and the outcome of the approach results in technology agnostic models that show improvements along several dimensions
Influence of parameterized small-scale gravity waves on the migrating diurnal tide in Earth's thermosphere
Effects of subgrid-scale gravity waves (GWs) on the diurnal migrating tides
are investigated from the mesosphere to the upper thermosphere for September
equinox conditions, using a general circulation model coupled with the extended
spectral nonlinear GW parameterization of Yi\u{g}it et al (2008). Simulations
with GW effects cut-off above the turbopause and included in the entire
thermosphere have been conducted. GWs appreciably impact the mean circulation
and cool the thermosphere down by up to 12-18%. GWs significantly affect the
winds modulated by the diurnal migrating tide, in particular in the
low-latitude mesosphere and lower thermosphere and in the high-latitude
thermosphere. These effects depend on the mutual correlation of the diurnal
phases of the GW forcing and tides: GWs can either enhance or reduce the tidal
amplitude. In the low-latitude MLT, the correlation between the direction of
the deposited GW momentum and the tidal phase is positive due to propagation of
a broad spectrum of GW harmonics through the alternating winds. In the Northern
Hemisphere high-latitude thermosphere, GWs act against the tide due to an
anti-correlation of tidal wind and GW momentum, while in the Southern
high-latitudes they weakly enhance the tidal amplitude via a combination of a
partial correlation of phases and GW-induced changes of the circulation. The
variable nature of GW effects on the thermal tide can be captured in GCMs
provided that a GW parameterization (1) considers a broad spectrum of
harmonics, (2) properly describes their propagation, and (3) correctly accounts
for the physics of wave breaking/saturation.Comment: Accepted for publication in Journal of Geophysical Research - Space
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Cooperative cell motility during tandem locomotion of amoeboid cells.
Streams of migratory cells are initiated by the formation of tandem pairs of cells connected head to tail to which other cells subsequently adhere. The mechanisms regulating the transition from single to streaming cell migration remain elusive, although several molecules have been suggested to be involved. In this work, we investigate the mechanics of the locomotion ofDictyosteliumtandem pairs by analyzing the spatiotemporal evolution of their traction adhesions (TAs). We find that in migrating wild-type tandem pairs, each cell exerts traction forces on stationary sites (∼80% of the time), and the trailing cell reuses the location of the TAs of the leading cell. Both leading and trailing cells form contractile dipoles and synchronize the formation of new frontal TAs with ∼54-s time delay. Cells not expressing the lectin discoidin I or moving on discoidin I-coated substrata form fewer tandems, but the trailing cell still reuses the locations of the TAs of the leading cell, suggesting that discoidin I is not responsible for a possible chemically driven synchronization process. The migration dynamics of the tandems indicate that their TAs' reuse results from the mechanical synchronization of the leading and trailing cells' protrusions and retractions (motility cycles) aided by the cell-cell adhesions
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