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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583334103321

Autore

Sarbazi-Azad Hamid

Titolo

Advances in GPU research and practice / / edited by Hamid Sarbazi-Azad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-12-803788-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (776 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Emerging trends in computer science and applied computing

Soggetti

Graphics processing units - Programming

Imaging systems

Computer graphics

Image processing - Digital techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Advances in GPU Research and Practice focuses on research and practices in GPU based systems. The topics treated cover a range of issues, ranging from hardware and architectural issues, to high level issues, such as application systems, parallel programming, middleware, and power and energy issues. Divided into six parts, this edited volume provides the latest research on GPU computing. Part I: Architectural Solutions focuses on the architectural topics that improve on performance of GPUs, Part II: System Software discusses OS, compilers, libraries, programming environment, languages, and paradigms that are proposed and analyzed to help and support GPU programmers. Part III: Power and Reliability Issues covers different aspects of energy, power, and reliability concerns in GPUs. Part IV: Performance Analysis illustrates mathematical and analytical techniques to predict different performance metrics in GPUs. Part V: Algorithms presents how to design efficient algorithms and analyze their complexity for GPUs. Part VI: Applications and Related Topics provides use cases and examples of how GPUs are used across many sectors. Discusses how to maximize power and obtain peak reliability when designing, building, and using



GPUs Covers system software (OS, compilers), programming environments, languages, and paradigms proposed to help and support GPU programmers Explains how to use mathematical and analytical techniques to predict different performance metrics in GPUs Illustrates the design of efficient GPU algorithms in areas such as bioinformatics, complex systems, social networks, and cryptography Provides applications and use case scenarios in several different verticals, including medicine, social sciences, image processing, and telecommunications

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781098703321

Titolo

Consumer credit, debt and bankruptcy : comparative and international perspectives / edited by Johanna Niemi, Iain Ramsay and William C. Whitford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2009

ISBN

1-4725-6050-7

1-282-44446-8

9786612444463

1-84731-522-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (462 p.)

Disciplina

332.743

Soggetti

Consumer credit - Law and legislation

Debtor and creditor

Bankruptcy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected papers from the meeting of the Law and Society Association held in Berlin during July 2007

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Inequality and access to financial services / Gregory D Squires -- The political economy of consumer credit securitization : comparing predatory lending in home finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan / Christopher L Peterson -- Consumer overindebtedness in Brazil and the need for new consumer bankruptcy legislation / Claudia Lima-Marques



and Antonio Benjamin -- 'Wannabe WAGS' and 'credit binges' : the constructions of overindebtedness in the UK / Iain Ramsay -- Overindebted households and law : prevention and rehabilitation in Europe / Johanna Niemi -- 'A call to arms' : for regulation of consumer lending / Udo Reifner -- The political economy of the EC consumer credit directive / Sefa M Franklin -- Disclosure as an imperfect means for addressing overindebtedness : an empirical assessment of comparative approaches / Susan Block-Lied ... [et al.]. -- Prevention of overindebtedness and mechanisms for resolving overindebtedness of South African consumers /  Michelle Kelly-Louw -- The myth of the cautious consumer : law, culture, economics and politics in the rise and partial fall of unsecured lending in Japan / Souichirou Kozuka and Luke Nottage -- Making sense of nation-level bankruptcy filing rates / Ronald J Mann -- Overindebtedness and financial stress : a comparative study in Europe / Catarina Frade and Claudia Abreu Lopes -- Bankruptcy in Germany : filing rates and the people behind the numbers / Wolfram Backert ... [et al.] -- Elderly consumer weakness in 'withholding credit' / Johannes Doll -- Two decades, three key questions, and evolving answers in European consumer insolvency law : responsibility, discretion, and sacrifice / Jason Kilborn -- A law-in-action approach to comparative study of repayment forms of consumer bankruptcy / Jean Braucher -- Debt agreements from down under / John Duns and Rosalind Mason -- Personal bankruptcy in Korea /  Soogeun Oh --New labour : more debt : the political response / Michael Green -- Debt counseling in the shadow of the court : the Dutch experience / Nadja Jungmann and Nick Huls

Introduction -- Johanna Niemi, Iain Ramsay, William C Whitford -- I Changing Consumer Credit Markets -- 1. Inequality and Access to Financial Services Gregory D Squires -- 2. The Political Economy of Consumer Credit Securitization: Comparing Predatory Lending in Home Finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan Christopher L Peterson -- 3. Consumer Overindebtedness in Brazil and the Need for New Consumer Bankruptcy Legislation Cláudia Lima-Marques and Antoˆnio Benjamin -- 4. 'Wannabe WAGS' and 'Credit Binges': The Construction of Overindebtedness in the UK Iain Ramsay -- II Topics in Consumer Credit Regulation -- 5. Overindebted Households and Law: Prevention and Rehabilitation in Europe Johanna Niemi -- 6. 'A Call to Arms'-For Regulation of Consumer Lending Udo Reifner -- 7. The Political Economy of the EC Consumer Credit Directive Sefa M Franken -- 8. Disclosure as an Imperfect Means for Addressing Overindebtedness: An Empirical Assessment of Comparative Approaches Susan Block-Lieb, Richard Wiener, Jason A Cantone and Michael Holtje -- 9. Prevention of Overindebtedness and Mechanisms for Resolving Overindebtedness of South African Consumers Michelle Kelly-Louw -- 10. The Myth of the Cautious Consumer: Law, Culture, Economics and Politics in the Rise and Partial Fall of Unsecured Lending in Japan Souichirou Kozuka and Luke Nottage -- III Consumer Overindebtedness and Insolvencies -- 11. Making Sense of Nation-Level Bankruptcy Filing Rates Ronald J Mann -- 12. Overindebtedness and Financial Stress : A Comparative Study in Europe Catarina Frade and Claudia Abreu Lopes -- 13. Bankruptcy in Germany: Filing Rates and the People behind the Numbers Wolfram Backert, Ditmar Brock, Götz Lechner and Katja Maischatz -- 14. Elderly Consumer Weakness in 'Withholding Credit' Johannes Doll -- 15. Two Decades, Three Key Questions, and Evolving Answers in European Consumer Insolvency Law: Responsibility, Discretion, and Sacrifice Jason Kilborn -- IV Repayment Plans -- 16. A Law-in-Action Approach to Comparative Study of Repayment Forms of Consumer Bankruptcy Jean Braucher -- 17. Debt Agreements Down



Under John Duns and Rosalind Mason -- 18. Personal Bankruptcy in Korea Soogeun Oh -- 19. New Labour: More Debt-The Political Response Michael Green -- 20. Debt Counselling in the Shadow of the Court: The Dutch Experience Nadja Jungmann and Nick Huls

Sommario/riassunto

After a long period of prosperity and steady economic growth, the world's leading economies are now in crisis, and although there will be debate about its origins, the scale and seriousness of the crisis is in no doubt. There is also no doubt that excessive amounts of consumer credit, allied to a weak understanding of how globalised credit markets might react to a crisis, have played a significant part. This book, which is primarily about credit, debt and the trouble they have led to, is written by authors who have specialised in researching into over-indebtedness, that is, situations in which an individual's debt burden has become overwhelming. For these authors the plight of individuals is a primary concern, but the wider issue is how credit is used and how it changes societies. The essays in this volume, addressing topics which are fundamental to our understanding of the current crisis, range widely across the whole sector of consumer finance, including mortgages, 'credit-binges', the regulation of consumer lending, insolvency, repayment plans, debt counselling and much more besides. The conclusions drawn from the book are equally wide-ranging, but above all the lesson learned from these essays is that the financialisation of contemporary life ensures that issues of the appropriate role of credit remain of critical importance in society