`Decadentismo - simbolismo' in the work of Eugenio de Castro

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Can genetic algorithms improve trading decisions in financial markets?

Over the last years, trading systems are widely used for market assessment however parameter optimization of these systems has adopted little concern. This paper, paper provides an answer to the question Can Genetic Algorithms Improve Trading Decisions in Financial Markets? Our proposed MATLAB based tool uses the power of genetic algorithms to generate fast and efficient solutions in real trading terms. By testing our trading system extensively on historical data of Emerging Stock markets we found that GATradeTool outperformed commonly used, non-adaptive, software tools with respect to the stability of return and time saving over the whole sample period

Energy Estimation with SystemC: A Programmer's Perspective

Abstract:- A modification to the SystemC library to enable power estimation of digital systems built upon a set of primitive logic gates is proposed. Acknowledging both the intense requirement for low power systems as well as the increasing use of SystemC as a modeling methodology, an approach for obtaining the dynamic power consumption of SystemC modules is presented. In order to correctly handle glitches during energy estimation, a simulation approach based on guarded evaluation is used. Emphasis is given to the fact that extensions to SystemC can be performed in a simple manner broadening the design and analysis possibilities of circuit designers. Even computer science students, with limited background on digital electronics, can easily grasp the concept of energy consumption and implement enhancements to SystemC, justifying its use as a common modeling platform between HW and SW designers. Key-Words:- SystemC, energy consumption, low power, simulation, C++, modeling, object-oriented languages 1

Towards dynamic and cooperative multi-device personal computing

In the 2WEAR project we have explored the paradigm of cooperative multi-device personal computing, where different wearable, portable and infrastructure elements communicate with each other in an ad-hoc fashion. The physical decoupling of the elements that form the system results in great flexibility, making it possible for the user to change its configuration in a simple way and at any point in time. However, it is precisely due to this dynamic nature of the system that makes the exploitation of the distributed available resources difficult. An additional challenge is to achieve this without forcing the user to (continuously) provide input to the various devices of the system in an explicit manner. Towards this objective, advanced mechanisms were developed on top of an open communication and discovery framework, which address key issues of distributed user interface and storage management on behalf of the application programmer. For the interested reader, a more elaborate introduction of the syntax-based protocols is given in (Gutknecht 2003). The UI framework is described in detail in (Savidis and Stephanidis 2005a; Savidis and Stephanidis 2005b). Finally, work on different aspects of core runtime support for personal area network computing and a more updated version of the storage management facility is reported in (Karypidis and Lalis 2005) and (Karypidis and Lalis 2006), respectively. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

Ottoman Transcultural Memories: Introduction

This introduction lays out the context and aims for the special issue’s focus on Ottoman transcultural memories. We explain the pertinence of transcultural memories for the Ottoman Empire, and we discuss contemporary politicizations of Ottoman nostalgia, or neo-Ottomanism. We define the key terms in our analyses, rooting our approach in memory studies, and distinguishing a transcultural approach to memory from comparable approaches in postcolonial studies. The introduction further sets out how the special issue refigures memory studies, transcultural and Ottoman studies. The issue’s contents are outlined, with the interdisciplinary and transmedial contributions necessarily driven by the diverse archives of Ottoman transcultural memories. Creative selections are informed by the affective resonance of Ottoman transcultural memories, in turn refiguring postmemory