Eduard Ayguad´ e Computer Sciences Dept. Arquitectura de Computadors Computer Sciences Barcelona Supercomputing Center Universitat Polit` cnica de Catalunya Barcelona Supercomputing Center e Barcelona‚ Spain Barcelona‚ Spain Barcelona‚ Spain {muhammad.shafiq‚ miquel.pericas}@bsc.es nacho@ac.upc.edu eduard.ayguade@bsc.es Abstract—In the race towards computational efficiency‚ accelerators are achieving prominence. Among the different types‚ accelerators built using reconfigurable fabric
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"Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks: but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house" (Henri Poincare). Although bricks are the basic essentials of constructing a house‚ a house is not purely made out of bricks. Through simply stacking bricks on top of each other will not lead to a house. Without a proper foundation and something to stick the bricks together‚ it is likely that the house will collapse. In accordance with Poincare’s
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Describe what was built in Part A. Name and describe the mechanisms of each simple machine included. In Part A‚ a vehicle was created. The vehicle used gears and two wheel and axles. The gears turned as the front wheels rotated. The axles ran through the width of the vehicle‚ and the wheels connected to the axle on either side of the vehicle. Each wheel and axle was placed at different ends of the machine‚ however the vehicle has a short wheel base‚ since the vehicle is small. Each wheel had a
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Australia Facts: Interesting Facts About Australia The Land Down Under is an anomaly in many regards. It is an island‚ a country‚ and a continent at the same time. Keep reading to learn some very interesting facts about Australia. Situated in the Southern Hemisphere‚ the Commonwealth of Australia comprises the continental mainland‚ the Tasmanian island‚ and many other smaller islands. One of the interesting facts about Australia is that the oldest skeleton found in Australia is reportedly more
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We are in the age of science and technology. Man cannot live without the aid of science. Science has so much engulfed our lives that nothing can take place in our day to day work without the help of science. Our food‚ transport‚ learning‚ administration‚ recreation and social life are all linked with science in various ways. There are many advantages of scientific discoveries in our daily life .Nowadays there are gadgets to remove drudgery. Electricity‚ communications‚ transport‚ entertainment and
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In this book “A Paradise Built in Hell: the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster‚” by Rebecca Solnit. Solnit discusses the human nature of individuals amongst disasters. Solnit writes in her first chapter “A millennial good fellowship: The San Francisco Earthquake” captures different accounts of individuals from the 1906 earthquake. There are five sections in this chapter that Solnit will discuss the traits of people in catastrophes. “The Mizpah Café” Solnit describes the kind acts of
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Citations: with direct quotes - Author and quote together Students needed "parental permission” (Abbott‚ 2005‚ p. 25). The research found that the training built "sequentially and developmentally" (Jones & Ifill‚ 2010‚ Conclusions section‚ para. 6). - Author and quote separated Yi (2004) stated that the “IL Model needed to be implemented” (p. 34). Lee (2007) stated‚ “The data is unreliable” (Methods section
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BOOK REVIEW SUCCESS BUILT TO LAST: Creating A Life That Matters By Jerry Porras‚ Stewart Emery‚ and Mark Thompson Summary Success Built to Last builds on over 200 interviews with highly successful people to discern patterns on how they define success and how they achieved it. The authors spoke to remarkable people that were trimmed down from initial thousand lists to hundreds who were able to sustain success for over a 20 year period. The interviewees were Nobel Laureates‚ Pulitzer‚ Grammy
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INTRODUCTION Science (Latin‚ scientia‚ from scire‚ “to know”)‚ term used in its broadest sense to denote systematized knowledge in any field‚ but usually applied to the organization of objectively verifiable sense experience. The pursuit of knowledge in this context is known as pure science‚ to distinguish it from applied science‚ which is the search for practical uses of scientific knowledge‚ and from technology‚ through which applications are realized. For additional information‚ see separate
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POLITICAL SCIENCE AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE Political Science is in part a social science‚ and in part a humanity. Both are important. In this topic‚ we will look at the basics of social science inquiry‚ and then proceed to show how this differs from‚ on the one hand‚ inquiry in the natural sciences and‚ on the other‚ inquiry in the humanities. Social Science Social science inquiry seeks to develop empirical theory. �Empirical�
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