Systematic survey on evolution of cloud architectures

Cloud architectures are becoming an active area of research. The quality and durability of a software system are defined by its architecture. The architecture approaches that are used to build cloud-based systems are not available in a blended fashion to achieve an effective universal architecture solution. The paper aims to contribute to the systematic literature review (SLR) to assist researchers who are striving to contribute in this area. The main objective of this review is to systematically identify and analyse the recently published research topics related to software architecture for cloud with regard to research activity, used tools and techniques, proposed approaches, domains. The applied method is SLR based on four selected electronic databases proposed by (Kitchenham and Charters, 2007). Out of 400 classified publications, we regard 121 as relevant for our research domain. We outline taxonomy of their topics and domains, provide lists of used methods and proposed approaches. At present, there is little research coverage on software architectures for cloud, while other disciplines have become more active. The future work is to develop a secure architecture to achieve quality of service and service level agreements

Sonic islands: sound and responsiveness extending the dimensions of space

A gravidez corresponde a um período da vida da mulher em que as doenças infeciosas representam uma grave ameaça à sua saúde e do seu filho. A imunização materna através da vacinação permite a prevenção de tais doenças e das suas complicações maternas e fetais, bem como conferir imunidade passiva ao feto nos primeiros meses de vida. Os principais objetivos do trabalho são rever as recomendações mais recentes disponibilizadas pelo ACIP para cada vacina, os riscos/benefícios associados e perceber ainda as alterações imunológicas associadas à gravidez, como é realizada a vigilância da gestação, qual o papel dos Cuidados de Saúde Primários e quais os motivos que estão na base da fraca cobertura vacinal nesta população. A metodologia utilizada baseou-se numa pesquisa bibliográfica publicada online no PubMed, na pesquisa específica das recomendações do ACIP e no acesso a normas/protocolos de saúde Materno-Infantil da ARS do Centro e da DGS. O sistema imunitário materno sofre um processo de imunomodulação e a transferência de anticorpos maternos para o feto, que lhe confere imunidade passiva, é maior nas últimas quatro semanas de gestação. A vigilância da gravidez baseia-se num protocolo que deve ser partilhado entre os Cuidados de Saúde Primários e os Cuidados Hospitalares. Segundo o ACIP, as vacinas de bactérias ou vírus inativados, de toxoides e as imunoglobulinas não apresentam riscos para o feto. Já as vacinas de bactérias ou vírus vivos atenuados (LAIV, VASPR, Varicela, Zoster e BCG) apresentam riscos teóricos de infeção fetal, abortamento espontâneo, morte fetal, morte neonatal e malformações congénitas. Deste modo, as primeiras podem ser administradas durante a gravidez e as segundas estão contraindicadas. As vacinas recomendadas a todas as grávidas são a vacina Tdap/Td e a vacina inativada contra o vírus influenza. No entanto, dado que os estudos não revelam preocupações em termos de segurança, mesmo para as vacinas contraindicadas, se a mulher for inadvertidamente vacinada, não existem razões relacionadas com a vacinação para interromper a gravidez. A cobertura vacinal das mulheres grávidas continua a não ser prática constante dos cuidados de saúde e as principais razões para tal são a falta de incentivo pelos profissionais de saúde que alegam falta de informação e questões de segurança das vacinas. Tendo em conta a estreita relação entre a grávida e os Cuidados de Saúde Primários, estes devem rever o seu estado de imunização, informar adequadamente a grávida acerca dos benefícios e riscos da vacinação e proporcionar todo o apoio que seja necessário, incluindo também o agregado familiar da grávida.Pregnancy is a time in a woman's life that infectious diseases pose a serious threat to your health and your child's health. Maternal immunization through vaccination allows the prevention of such diseases and their maternal and fetal complications, as well as to provide passive immunity to the fetus in the first months of life. The main objectives of this study are to review the latest guidelines provided by ACIP for each vaccine, the risks/benefits associated and understand the immunological changes associated with pregnancy, how is performed the surveillance of pregnancy, the role of Primary Health Care and the reasons that underlie the low vaccination coverage in this population. The methodology used was based on a literature research published online in PubMed, in research of specific ACIP guidelines and in access to standards/protocols of Maternal and Child Health of Center ARS and DGS. The maternal immune system undergoes a process of immunomodulation and the transfer of maternal antibodies to the fetus, that confers passive immunity, is higher in the last four weeks of pregnancy. Surveillance of pregnancy is based on a protocol that must be shared between the Primary Health Care and the Hospital Care. According to the ACIP, the vaccines of inactivated bacteria or viruses, toxoids and immunoglobulins present no risk to the fetus. Bacterial or viruses live attenuated vaccines (LAIV, MMR, Varicella, Zoster and BCG) present theoretical risk of fetal infection, miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death and congenital malformations. Thus, the first can be administered during pregnancy and the latter are contraindicated. The Tdap/Td and the TIV vaccines are recommended for all pregnant women. However, as studies reveal no concerns about safety, even for vaccines contraindicated, if the woman is inadvertently vaccinated there are no reasons related to vaccination to interrupt the pregnancy. The vaccination coverage of pregnant women is still not a consistent practice of health care and the main reasons for this are the lack of encouragement by health professionals who claim lack of information and safety issues of vaccines. Given the close relationship between the pregnant and Primary Health Care, they should review immunization status of pregnant women, adequately inform about the benefits and risks of vaccination and provide whatever support is necessary, also including the household of pregnant

Sonic Islands: Sound and Responsiveness Extending the Dimensions of Space

Designing space is an activity for all the senses, This chapter unpacks multidimensional designing, new ways to think.of designing architectures and spaces using sound and interaction (or responsiveness) as additional dimensions in negotiating and experiencing spaceand hence in its conception. Islands are unique and exciting.This discussion raises three different possibilities for integrating the sonic and interactive potential of space to elaborate the essence of the Urban Island

Function Of The Bio: Computational Biology For Evolutionary Spatial Systems

Tez (Doktora) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2014Thesis (PhD) -- İstanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, 2014Tarih boyunca artistik, felsefi ve bilimsel alanlardan çıkarılan estetik prensiplerin kullanımı, mekansal sanatlar alanında ön plana çıkan etmenlerdir. Benzer şekilde mimarlıkta da aynı prensip geçerlidir. Fakat bilimsel temelli şemalar genellikle sadece biçim-bulma teknikleri olarak lanse edilirler. İşin biyoloji boyutuna girdiğimizde ise bu sentez ister istemez biçimsel durumları akla getirir, ve çoğunlukla biyolojik bir sistemin bütününü oluşturan parçalarını ihmal etmemize neden olur. Biyolojik paradigma üzerinden mekansal sanat ve mimarlığın birlikteliğinin dirilişi, çoklu biçimsel modellerin eşzamanlı gerçekleşebileceği dinamik mekansal sistemlerin oluşma potansiyelini arttırır. Bu yanıyla oluşan mekanlar biyolojik modelin fonksiyonu ile daha yakın bir ilişki kurmaktadır. 19. Yüzyılın başında ortaya çıkan “Gesamtkunstwerk” hareketinin tanımından ve özellikle Kiesler’in “On Correalism and Biotechnique” çalışmalarından yola çıkarak, bu tezin mimarlık alanına yapacağı kavramsal ve teorik katkı, çoklu model ve bunu izleyen mekansal usullerin içine sokulmuş biyolojik tutumun oluşturduğu açık-uçlu bir kurgudur. Bu çeşitlilik arz eden ifade modları, yeni medya ve hesaplamalı mimarlığı tek bir mekan içinde birleştirir. Aynı zamanda yeni medya ve mekan arasında bütünleşik ve aynı anda her yerde olan biyolojik bir örgüyü, biyolojik bedensel tasarımı yaratır. Bu tez evrimsel stratejiler ve mekansal sistemler hipotezinin ilişkili kullanımıyla “Biyonun Fonksiyonu”nun ne olabileceğini araştırır. Bu araştırma biyolojik bir motivasyonla tasarlanmış bir anlayış için teorik ve formel bir yaklaşımı temin edebilir.Throughout history, the use of aesthetic principles derived from artistic, philosophical and scientific domains are emphatic factors in the field of spatial arts. Similarly, architecture falls under the same principle however, its scientific-based schemes are often simply introduced as form-finding techniques. By focusing into the biological realm, this procedural synthesis intentionally extracts formal aspects often neglecting integral parts of the biological system. Thus the combination of spatial art and architecture through a biological paradigm potentiates dynamic spatial systems that can simultaneously acquire multiple formal models. This aspect draws a closer relation to the function of the biological model. By departing from the definition of the “Gesamkunstwerk” and in particular F. Kiesler’s work “On Correalism and Biotechnique”, the theoretical and conceptual contribution to the field of architecture is an open-ended construct that embeds the biological stance into multiple models and subsequent modalities of space. These diverse modes of expression combine a biological body of design that is a ubiquitous and integrated network between new media and space. The dissertation describes an exploration of what is the “Function of the Bio” through the correlated use of evolutionary strategies and spatial systems hypothesis, which provides theoretical and a formal approach to the understanding of biological driven design.DoktoraPh

Cloud Computing and Cloud Automata as A New Paradigm for Computation

Cloud computing addresses how to make right resources available to right computation to improve scaling, resiliency and efficiency of the computation. We argue that cloud computing indeed, is a new paradigm for computation with a higher order of artificial intelligence (AI), and put forward cloud automata as a new model for computation. A high-level AI requires infusing features that mimic human functioning into AI systems. One of the central features is that humans learn all the time and the learning is incremental. Consequently, for AI, we need to use computational models, which reflect incremental learning without stopping (sentience). These features are inherent in reflexive, inductive and limit Turing machines. To construct cloud automata, we use the mathematical theory of Oracles, which include Oracles of Turing machines as its special case. We develop a hierarchical approach based on Oracles with different ranks that includes Oracle AI as a special case. Discussing a named-set approach, we describe an implementation of a high-performance edge cloud using hierarchical name-oriented networking and Oracle AI-based orchestration. We demonstrate how cloud automata with a control overlay allows microservice network provisioning, monitoring and reconfiguration to address non-deterministic fluctuations affecting their behavior without interrupting the overall evolution of computation