1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465403403316

Titolo

Distributed Computing [[electronic resource] ] : 16th International Conference, DISC 2002. Toulouse, France, October 28-30, 2002, Proceedings / / edited by Dahlia Malkhi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2002

ISBN

3-540-36108-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 378 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 2508

Disciplina

004/.36

Soggetti

Computer communication systems

Computers

Computer programming

Operating systems (Computers)

Algorithms

Computer Communication Networks

Theory of Computation

Programming Techniques

Operating Systems

Computation by Abstract Devices

Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early-Delivery Dynamic Atomic Broadcast -- Secure Computation without Agreement -- The Lord of the Rings: Efficient Maintenance of Views at Data Warehouses -- Condition-Based Protocols for Set Agreement Problems -- Distributed Agreement and Its Relation with Error-Correcting Codes -- On the Stability of Compositions of Universally Stable, Greedy Contention-Resolution Protocols -- Transformations of Self-Stabilizing Algorithms -- Simple Wait-Free Multireader Registers -- An Efficient Universal Construction for Message-Passing Systems -- Ruminations on Domain-Based Reliable Broadcast -- Stateless Termination Detection -- RAMBO: A Reconfigurable Atomic Memory Service for Dynamic Networks -- Ad



Hoc Membership for Scalable Applications -- Assignment-Based Partitioning in a Condition Monitoring System -- Tight Bounds for Shared Memory Systems Accessed by Byzantine Processes -- Failure Detection Lower Bounds on Registers and Consensus -- Improved Compact Routing Scheme for Chordal Graphs -- A Practical Multi-word Compare-and-Swap Operation -- Failure Detection Sequencers: Necessary and Sufficient Information about Failures to Solve Predicate Detection -- Bounding Work and Communication in Robust Cooperative Computation -- Minimal Byzantine Storage -- Wait-Free n-Set Consensus When Inputs Are Restricted -- The Repeat Offender Problem: A Mechanism for Supporting Dynamic-Sized, Lock-Free Data Structures -- On the Impact of Fast Failure Detectors on Real-Time Fault-Tolerant Systems.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777420003321

Titolo

Toxicity of alternatives to chlorofluorocarbons [[electronic resource] ] : HFC-134a and HCFC-123 / / Subcommittee to Review Toxicity of Alternatives to Chlorofluorocarbons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, : Available from [the] Committee on Human Rights, 1996

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.)

Disciplina

547.01046

Soggetti

Air - Pollution

Chlorofluorocarbons - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Toxicity of Alternatives to Chlorofluorocarbons: HFC-134a and HCFC-123""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""ASSESSMENT OF MODEL FOR CARDIAC SENSITIZATION""; ""EXPOSURE GUIDANCE LEVELS FOR HFC-134A""; ""EXPOSURE GUIDANCE LEVEL FOR HCFC-123""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""STATEMENT OF TASK""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""Emergency Exposure Guidance Level""; ""Continuous Exposure Guidance Level""; ""STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT""; ""2



Evaluation of the Dog Cardiac Sensitization Test ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MECHANISM OF ACTION FOR CHEMICALLY INDUCED ARRHYTHMIAS""

""PROTOCOL FOR A CARDIAC SENSITIZATION SCREENING STUDY""""CARDIAC SENSITIZATION EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING SELECTED HALOCARBONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Exposure Guidance Levels for Hydrofluorocarbon-134a ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND INFORMATION""; ""Physical and Chemical Properties""; ""Occurrence and Use""; ""TOXICOKINETICS""; ""TOXICITY INFORMATION""; ""Acute Toxicity""; ""Cardiac Sensitization""; ""Subacute Toxicity""; ""Subchronic Toxicity""; ""Developmental Toxicity""; ""Reproductive Toxicity""; ""Genotoxicity""; ""Carcinogenicity""; ""SUMMARY""

""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPOSURE GUIDANCE LEVELS""""REFERENCES""; ""4 Exposure Guidance Levels for Hydrochlorofluorocarbon-123 ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPOSURE GUIDANCE LEVELS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Appendix A""; ""SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE EXPOSURE GUIDANCE LEVELS FOR HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON-123""; ""BACKGROUND INFORMATION""; ""Physical and Chemical Properties""; ""Occurrence and Use""; ""TOXICOKINETICS""; ""TOXICITY INFORMATION""; ""Effects in Humans""; ""Effects in Animals""; ""Single-Exposure Studies""; ""Repeat-Exposure Studies""; ""EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT""

""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPOSURE GUIDANCE LEVEL""""REFERENCES""; ""ATTACHMENT 1 MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET""; ""ATTACHMENT 2 HALOTHANE""; ""BACKGROUND INFORMATION""; ""Physical and Chemical Properties""; ""Occurrence and Use""; ""ACUTE TOXICITY INFORMATION""; ""Acute Toxicity and CNS Depression""; ""Cardiac Sensitization""; ""Effects in Humans""; ""Malignant Hyperthermia""; ""Hepatotoxicity""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""HCFC-123 AND Halothane Comparison""; ""Acute Toxicity and CNS Depression""; ""Cardiac Sensitization""; ""Malignant Hyperthermia""; ""Hepatotoxicity""; ""REFERENCES""

""ATTACHMENT 3 SUMMARY OF TOXICITY STUDIES OF HCFC-123""""I. ANIMAL STUDIES: SINGLE EXPOSURE""; ""II. ANIMAL STUDIES: REPEAT EXPOSURE""; ""III. REFERENCES""; ""ATTACHMENT 4 SUMMARY OF ACUTE PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY OF HCFC-123 IN DOGS BY INHALATION""; ""OBJECTIVE""; ""MATERIALS AND METHODS""; ""Exposure System""; ""Blood and Tissue Sampling""; ""Analysis of Blood and Tissue Samples""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSION""