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5. Multidimensional adaptive & progressive indexes

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Nerone, M. (Matheus), Holanda, P.T. (Pedro), Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de, Manegold, S. (Stefan), Nerone, M. (Matheus), Holanda, P.T. (Pedro), Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de, and Manegold, S. (Stefan)

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Exploratory data analysis is the primary technique used by data scientists to extract knowledge from new data sets. This type of workload is composed of trial-and-error hypothesis-driven queries with a human in the loop. To keep up with the data scientist's productivity, the system must be capable of answering queries in interactive times. Given that these queries are highly selective multidimensional queries, multidimensional indexes are necessary to ensure low latency. However, creating the appropriate indexes is not a given due to the highly exploratory and interactive nature of such human-in-the-loop scenarios.In this paper, we identify four main objectives that are desirable for exploratory data analysis workloads: (1) low overhead over the initial queries, (2) low query variance (i.e., high robustness), (3) predictable index convergence, and (4) low total workload time. Given that not all of them can be achieved at the same time, we present three novel incremental multidimensional indexing techniques that represent three sample points on a Pareto front for this multi-objective optimization problem. (a) The Adaptive KD-Tree is designed to achieve the lowest total workload time at the expense of a higher indexing penalty for the initial queries, lack of robustness, and unpredictable convergence. (b) The Progressive KD-Tree has predictable convergence and a user-defined indexing cost for the initial queries. However, total workload time can be higher than with Adaptive KD-Trees, and per-query time still varies. (c) The Greedy Progressive KD-Tree aims at full robustness at the expense of only improving the per-query cost after full index convergence.Our extensive experimental evaluation using both synthetic and real-life data sets and workloads shows that (a) the Adaptive KD-Tree reduce

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2021
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6. The global abundance of tree palms

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Muscarella, R., Emilio, T., Phillips, O.L., Lewis, S.L., Slik, F., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Eiserhardt, W.L., Svenning, J.-C., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aiba, S.-I., de Almeida, E.C., de Almeida, S.S., de Oliveira, E.A., Álvarez-Dávila, E., Alves, L.F., Alvez-Valles, C.M., Carvalho, F.A., Guarin, F.A., Andrade, A., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Murakami, A.A., Arroyo, L., Ashton, P.S., Corredor, G.A.A., Baker, T.R., de Camargo, P.B., Barlow, J., Bastin, J.-F., Bengone, N.N., Berenguer, E., Berry, N., Blanc, L., Böhning-Gaese, K., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Bradford, M., Brambach, F., Brearley, F.Q., Brewer, S.W., Camargo, J.L.C., Campbell, D.G., Castilho, C.V., Castro, W., Catchpole, D., Cerón Martínez, C.E., Chen, S., Chhang, P., Cho, P., Chutipong, W., Clark, C., Collins, M., Comiskey, J.A., Medina, M.N.C., Costa, F.R.C., Culmsee, H., David-Higuita, H., Davidar, P., del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Van Do, T., Doucet, J.-L., Dourdain, A., Drake, D.R., Ensslin, A., Erwin, T., Ewango, C.E.N., Ewers, R.M., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T.R., Ferreira, J., Ferreira, L.V., Fischer, M., Franklin, J., Fredriksson, G.M., Gillespie, T.W., Gilpin, M., Gonmadje, C., Gunatilleke, A.U.N., Hakeem, K.R., Hall, J.S., Hamer, K.C., Harris, D.J., Harrison, R.D., Hector, A., Hemp, A., Herault, B., Pizango, C.G.H., Coronado, E.N.H., Hubau, W., Hussain, M.S., Ibrahim, F.-H., Imai, N., Joly, C.A., Joseph, S., Anitha, K., Kartawinata, K., Kassi, J., Killeen, T.J., Kitayama, K., Klitgård, B.B., Kooyman, R., Labrière, N., Larney, E., Laumonier, Y., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lawes, M.J., Levesley, A., Lisingo, J., Lovejoy, T., Lovett, J.C., Lu, X., Lykke, A.M., Magnusson, W.E., Mahayani, N.P.D., Malhi, Y., Mansor, A., Peña, J.L.M., Marimon-Junior, B.H., Marshall, A.R., Melgaco, K., Bautista, C.M., Mihindou, V., Millet, J., Milliken, W., Mohandass, D., Mendoza, A.L.M., Mugerwa, B., Nagamasu, H., Nagy, L., Seuaturien, N., Nascimento, M.T., Neill, D.A., Neto, L.M., Nilus, R., Vargas, M.P.N., Nurtjahya, E., de Araújo, R.N.O., Onrizal, O., Palacios, W.A., Palacios-Ramos, S., Parren, M., Paudel, E., Morandi, P.S., Pennington, R.T., Pickavance, G., Pipoly J.J., III, Pitman, N.C.A., Poedjirahajoe, E., Poorter, L., Poulsen, J.R., Rama Chandra Prasad, P., Prieto, A., Puyravaud, J.-P., Qie, L., Quesada, C.A., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Razafimahaimodison, J.C., Reitsma, J.M., Requena-Rojas, E.J., Correa, Z.R., Rodriguez, C.R., Roopsind, A., Rovero, F., Rozak, A., Lleras, A.R., Rutishauser, E., Rutten, G., Punchi-Manage, R., Salomão, R.P., Van Sam, H., Sarker, S.K., Satdichanh, M., Schietti, J., Schmitt, C.B., Marimon, B.S., Senbeta, F., Nath Sharma, L., Sheil, D., Sierra, R., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Silveira, M., Sonké, B., Steininger, M.K., Steinmetz, R., Stévart, T., Sukumar, R., Sultana, A., Sunderland, T.C.H., Suresh, H.S., Tang, J., Tanner, E., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J.W., Theilade, I., Timberlake, J., Torres-Lezama, A., Umunay, P., Uriarte, M., Gamarra, L.V., van de Bult, M., van der Hout, P., Martinez, R.V., Vieira, I.C.G., Vieira, S.A., Vilanova, E., Cayo, J.V., Wang, O., Webb, C.O., Webb, E.L., White, L., Whitfeld, T.J.S., Wich, S., Willcock, S., Wiser, S.K., Young, K.R., Zakaria, R., Zang, R., Zartman, C.E., Zo-Bi, I.C., Balslev, H., Muscarella, R., Emilio, T., Phillips, O.L., Lewis, S.L., Slik, F., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Eiserhardt, W.L., Svenning, J.-C., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aiba, S.-I., de Almeida, E.C., de Almeida, S.S., de Oliveira, E.A., Álvarez-Dávila, E., Alves, L.F., Alvez-Valles, C.M., Carvalho, F.A., Guarin, F.A., Andrade, A., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Murakami, A.A., Arroyo, L., Ashton, P.S., Corredor, G.A.A., Baker, T.R., de Camargo, P.B., Barlow, J., Bastin, J.-F., Bengone, N.N., Berenguer, E., Berry, N., Blanc, L., Böhning-Gaese, K., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Bradford, M., Brambach, F., Brearley, F.Q., Brewer, S.W., Camargo, J.L.C., Campbell, D.G., Castilho, C.V., Castro, W., Catchpole, D., Cerón Martínez, C.E., Chen, S., Chhang, P., Cho, P., Chutipong, W., Clark, C., Collins, M., Comiskey, J.A., Medina, M.N.C., Costa, F.R.C., Culmsee, H., David-Higuita, H., Davidar, P., del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Van Do, T., Doucet, J.-L., Dourdain, A., Drake, D.R., Ensslin, A., Erwin, T., Ewango, C.E.N., Ewers, R.M., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T.R., Ferreira, J., Ferreira, L.V., Fischer, M., Franklin, J., Fredriksson, G.M., Gillespie, T.W., Gilpin, M., Gonmadje, C., Gunatilleke, A.U.N., Hakeem, K.R., Hall, J.S., Hamer, K.C., Harris, D.J., Harrison, R.D., Hector, A., Hemp, A., Herault, B., Pizango, C.G.H., Coronado, E.N.H., Hubau, W., Hussain, M.S., Ibrahim, F.-H., Imai, N., Joly, C.A., Joseph, S., Anitha, K., Kartawinata, K., Kassi, J., Killeen, T.J., Kitayama, K., Klitgård, B.B., Kooyman, R., Labrière, N., Larney, E., Laumonier, Y., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lawes, M.J., Levesley, A., Lisingo, J., Lovejoy, T., Lovett, J.C., Lu, X., Lykke, A.M., Magnusson, W.E., Mahayani, N.P.D., Malhi, Y., Mansor, A., Peña, J.L.M., Marimon-Junior, B.H., Marshall, A.R., Melgaco, K., Bautista, C.M., Mihindou, V., Millet, J., Milliken, W., Mohandass, D., Mendoza, A.L.M., Mugerwa, B., Nagamasu, H., Nagy, L., Seuaturien, N., Nascimento, M.T., Neill, D.A., Neto, L.M., Nilus, R., Vargas, M.P.N., Nurtjahya, E., de Araújo, R.N.O., Onrizal, O., Palacios, W.A., Palacios-Ramos, S., Parren, M., Paudel, E., Morandi, P.S., Pennington, R.T., Pickavance, G., Pipoly J.J., III, Pitman, N.C.A., Poedjirahajoe, E., Poorter, L., Poulsen, J.R., Rama Chandra Prasad, P., Prieto, A., Puyravaud, J.-P., Qie, L., Quesada, C.A., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Razafimahaimodison, J.C., Reitsma, J.M., Requena-Rojas, E.J., Correa, Z.R., Rodriguez, C.R., Roopsind, A., Rovero, F., Rozak, A., Lleras, A.R., Rutishauser, E., Rutten, G., Punchi-Manage, R., Salomão, R.P., Van Sam, H., Sarker, S.K., Satdichanh, M., Schietti, J., Schmitt, C.B., Marimon, B.S., Senbeta, F., Nath Sharma, L., Sheil, D., Sierra, R., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Silveira, M., Sonké, B., Steininger, M.K., Steinmetz, R., Stévart, T., Sukumar, R., Sultana, A., Sunderland, T.C.H., Suresh, H.S., Tang, J., Tanner, E., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J.W., Theilade, I., Timberlake, J., Torres-Lezama, A., Umunay, P., Uriarte, M., Gamarra, L.V., van de Bult, M., van der Hout, P., Martinez, R.V., Vieira, I.C.G., Vieira, S.A., Vilanova, E., Cayo, J.V., Wang, O., Webb, C.O., Webb, E.L., White, L., Whitfeld, T.J.S., Wich, S., Willcock, S., Wiser, S.K., Young, K.R., Zakaria, R., Zang, R., Zartman, C.E., Zo-Bi, I.C., and Balslev, H.

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Aim: Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily, morphologically and physiologically distinct from other trees, and these differences have important consequences for ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage) and in terms of responses to climate change. We quantified global patterns of tree palm relative abundance to help improve understanding of tropical forests and reduce uncertainty about these ecosystems under climate change. Location: Tropical and subtropical moist forests. Time period: Current. Major taxa studied: Palms (Arecaceae). Methods: We assembled a pantropical dataset of 2,548 forest plots (covering 1,191 ha) and quantified tree palm (i.e., ≥10 cm diameter at breast height) abundance relative to co-occurring non-palm trees. We compared the relative abundance of tree palms across biogeographical realms and tested for associations with palaeoclimate stability, current climate, edaphic conditions and metrics of forest structure. Results: On average, the relative abundance of tree palms was more than five times larger between Neotropical locations and other biogeographical realms. Tree palms were absent in most locations outside the Neotropics but present in >80% of Neotropical locations. The relative abundance of tree palms was more strongly associated with local conditions (e.g., higher mean annual precipitation, lower soil fertility, shallower water table and lower plot mean wood density) than metrics of long-term climate stability. Life-form diversity also influenced the patterns; palm assemblages outside the Neotropics comprise many non-tree (e.g., climbing) palms. Finally, we show that tree palms can influence estimates of above-ground biomass, but the magnitude and direction of the effect require additional work. Conclusions: Tree palms are not only quintessentially tropical, but they are also overwhelmingly Neot

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2020

7. Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests

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Sullivan, M.J.P., Lewis, S.L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Castilho, C., Costa, F., Sanchez, A.C., Ewango, C.E.N., Hubau, W., Marimon, B., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Qie, L., Sonké, B., Martinez, R.V., Baker, T.R., Brienen, R.J.W., Feldpausch, T.R., Galbraith, D., Gloor, M., Malhi, Y., Aiba, S.-I., Alexiades, M.N., Almeida, E.C., de Oliveira, E.A., Dávila, E.Á., Loayza, P.A., Andrade, A., Vieira, S.A., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arets, E.J.M.M., Arroyo, L., Ashton, P., Aymard C, G., Baccaro, F.B., Banin, L.F., Baraloto, C., Camargo, P.B., Barlow, J., Barroso, J., Bastin, J.-F., Batterman, S.A., Beeckman, H., Begne, S.K., Bennett, A.C., Berenguer, E., Berry, N., Blanc, L., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Bradford, M., Brearley, F.Q., Brncic, T., Brown, F., Burban, B., Camargo, J.L., Castro, W., Céron, C., Ribeiro, S.C., Moscoso, V.C., Chave, J., Chezeaux, E., Clark, C.J., de Souza, F.C., Collins, M., Comiskey, J.A., Valverde, F.C., Medina, M.C., da Costa, L., Dančák, M., Dargie, G.C., Davies, S., Cardozo, N.D., de Haulleville, T., de Medeiros, M.B., Del Aguila Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Doucet, J.-L., Dourdain, A., Droissant, V., Duque, L.F., Ekoungoulou, R., Elias, F., Erwin, T., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Fauset, S., Ferreira, J., Llampazo, G.F., Foli, E., Ford, A., Gilpin, M., Hall, J.S., Hamer, K.C., Hamilton, A.C., Harris, D.J., Hart, T.B., Hédl, R., Herault, B., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Hladik, A., Coronado, E.H., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Huasco, W.H., Jeffery, K.J., Jimenez-Rojas, E., Kalamandeen, M., Djuikouo, M.N.K., Kearsley, E., Umetsu, R.K., Kho, L.K., Killeen, T., Kitayama, K., Klitgaard, B., Koch, A., Labrière, N., Laurance, W., Laurance, S., Leal, M.E., Levesley, A., Lima, A.J.N., Lisingo, J., Lopes, A.P., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Lovejoy, T., Lovett, J.C., Lowe, R., Magnusson, W.E., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Manzatto, ÂG., Marimon B.H., Jr, Marshall, A.R., Marthews, T., de Almeida Reis, S.M., Maycock, C., Melgaço, K., Mendoza, C., Metali, F., Mihindou, V., Milliken, W., Mitchard, E.T.A., Morandi, P.S., Mossman, H.L., Nagy, L., Nascimento, H., Neill, D., Nilus, R., Vargas, P.N., Palacios, W., Camacho, N.P., Peacock, J., Pendry, C., Peñuela Mora, M.C., Pickavance, G.C., Pipoly, J., Pitman, N., Playfair, M., Poorter, L., Poulsen, J.R., Poulsen, A.D., Preziosi, R., Prieto, A., Primack, R.B., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Reitsma, J., Réjou-Méchain, M., Correa, Z.R., de Sousa, T.R., Bayona, L.R., Roopsind, A., Rudas, A., Rutishauser, E., Abu Salim, K., Salomão, R.P., Schietti, J., Sheil, D., Silva, R.C., Espejo, J.S., Valeria, C.S., Silveira, M., Simo-Droissart, M., Simon, M.F., Singh, J., Soto Shareva, Y.C., Stahl, C., Stropp, J., Sukri, R., Sunderland, T., Svátek, M., Swaine, M.D., Swamy, V., Taedoumg, H., Talbot, J., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Thomas, R., Thomas, S.C., Torres-Lezama, A., Umunay, P., Gamarra, L.V., van der Heijden, G., van der Hout, P., van der Meer, P., van Nieuwstadt, M., Verbeeck, H., Vernimmen, R., Vicentini, A., Vieira, I.C.G., Torre, E.V., Vleminckx, J., Vos, V., Wang, O., White, L.J.T., Willcock, S., Woods, J.T., Wortel, V., Young, K., Zagt, R., Zemagho, L., Zuidema, P.A., Zwerts, J.A., Phillips, O.L., Sullivan, M.J.P., Lewis, S.L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Castilho, C., Costa, F., Sanchez, A.C., Ewango, C.E.N., Hubau, W., Marimon, B., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Qie, L., Sonké, B., Martinez, R.V., Baker, T.R., Brienen, R.J.W., Feldpausch, T.R., Galbraith, D., Gloor, M., Malhi, Y., Aiba, S.-I., Alexiades, M.N., Almeida, E.C., de Oliveira, E.A., Dávila, E.Á., Loayza, P.A., Andrade, A., Vieira, S.A., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arets, E.J.M.M., Arroyo, L., Ashton, P., Aymard C, G., Baccaro, F.B., Banin, L.F., Baraloto, C., Camargo, P.B., Barlow, J., Barroso, J., Bastin, J.-F., Batterman, S.A., Beeckman, H., Begne, S.K., Bennett, A.C., Berenguer, E., Berry, N., Blanc, L., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Bradford, M., Brearley, F.Q., Brncic, T., Brown, F., Burban, B., Camargo, J.L., Castro, W., Céron, C., Ribeiro, S.C., Moscoso, V.C., Chave, J., Chezeaux, E., Clark, C.J., de Souza, F.C., Collins, M., Comiskey, J.A., Valverde, F.C., Medina, M.C., da Costa, L., Dančák, M., Dargie, G.C., Davies, S., Cardozo, N.D., de Haulleville, T., de Medeiros, M.B., Del Aguila Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Doucet, J.-L., Dourdain, A., Droissant, V., Duque, L.F., Ekoungoulou, R., Elias, F., Erwin, T., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Fauset, S., Ferreira, J., Llampazo, G.F., Foli, E., Ford, A., Gilpin, M., Hall, J.S., Hamer, K.C., Hamilton, A.C., Harris, D.J., Hart, T.B., Hédl, R., Herault, B., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Hladik, A., Coronado, E.H., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Huasco, W.H., Jeffery, K.J., Jimenez-Rojas, E., Kalamandeen, M., Djuikouo, M.N.K., Kearsley, E., Umetsu, R.K., Kho, L.K., Killeen, T., Kitayama, K., Klitgaard, B., Koch, A., Labrière, N., Laurance, W., Laurance, S., Leal, M.E., Levesley, A., Lima, A.J.N., Lisingo, J., Lopes, A.P., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Lovejoy, T., Lovett, J.C., Lowe, R., Magnusson, W.E., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Manzatto, ÂG., Marimon B.H., Jr, Marshall, A.R., Marthews, T., de Almeida Reis, S.M., Maycock, C., Melgaço, K., Mendoza, C., Metali, F., Mihindou, V., Milliken, W., Mitchard, E.T.A., Morandi, P.S., Mossman, H.L., Nagy, L., Nascimento, H., Neill, D., Nilus, R., Vargas, P.N., Palacios, W., Camacho, N.P., Peacock, J., Pendry, C., Peñuela Mora, M.C., Pickavance, G.C., Pipoly, J., Pitman, N., Playfair, M., Poorter, L., Poulsen, J.R., Poulsen, A.D., Preziosi, R., Prieto, A., Primack, R.B., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Reitsma, J., Réjou-Méchain, M., Correa, Z.R., de Sousa, T.R., Bayona, L.R., Roopsind, A., Rudas, A., Rutishauser, E., Abu Salim, K., Salomão, R.P., Schietti, J., Sheil, D., Silva, R.C., Espejo, J.S., Valeria, C.S., Silveira, M., Simo-Droissart, M., Simon, M.F., Singh, J., Soto Shareva, Y.C., Stahl, C., Stropp, J., Sukri, R., Sunderland, T., Svátek, M., Swaine, M.D., Swamy, V., Taedoumg, H., Talbot, J., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Thomas, R., Thomas, S.C., Torres-Lezama, A., Umunay, P., Gamarra, L.V., van der Heijden, G., van der Hout, P., van der Meer, P., van Nieuwstadt, M., Verbeeck, H., Vernimmen, R., Vicentini, A., Vieira, I.C.G., Torre, E.V., Vleminckx, J., Vos, V., Wang, O., White, L.J.T., Willcock, S., Woods, J.T., Wortel, V., Young, K., Zagt, R., Zemagho, L., Zuidema, P.A., Zwerts, J.A., and Phillips, O.L.

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The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global climate change. Although short-term drying and warming are known to affect forests, it is unknown if such effects translate into long-term responses. Here, we analyze 590 permanent plots measured across the tropics to derive the equilibrium climate controls on forest carbon. Maximum temperature is the most important predictor of aboveground biomass (-9.1 megagrams of carbon per hectare per degree Celsius), primarily by reducing woody productivity, and has a greater impact per °C in the hottest forests (>32.2°C). Our results nevertheless reveal greater thermal resilience than observations of short-term variation imply. To realize the long-term climate adaptation potential of tropical forests requires both protecting them and stabilizing Earth's climate.

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2020

10. PDG13 CURRENT PRESCRIPTION PROFILE OF RIBAVIRIN FOR HEPATITIS C IN BRAZIL AND THE BUDGET IMPACT ANALYSIS ON UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITS USE BETWEEN 2020 AND 2024 IN THE BRAZILIAN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM

Author

Tonini, K., primary, Pinheiro dos Santos, B., additional, Dahrug Barros, T., additional, Tonini, M.L., additional, Mosimann, G., additional, Araújo Guimarães Lemos, M., additional, Gomes, J.N., additional, Monzani Vivaldini, S., additional, Fernandes, N., additional, de Almeida, E.C., additional, and Mendes Pereira, G.F., additional

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2020
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13. Cracking KD-Tree: The first multidimensional adaptive indexing

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Holanda, P.T. (Pedro), Nerone, M. (Matheus), Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de, Manegold, S. (Stefan), Holanda, P.T. (Pedro), Nerone, M. (Matheus), Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de, and Manegold, S. (Stefan)

Abstract

Workload-aware physical data access structures are crucial to achieve short response time with (exploratory) data analysis tasks as commonly required for Big Data and Data Science applications. Recently proposed techniques such as automatic index advisers (for a priori known static workloads) and query-driven adaptive incremental indexing (for a priori unknown dynamic workloads) form the state-of-the-art to build single-dimensional indexes for single-attribute query predicates. However, similar techniques for more demanding multi-attribute query predicates, which are vital for any data analysis task, have not been proposed, yet. In this paper, we present our on-going work on a new set of workload-adaptive indexing techniques that focus on creating multidimensional indexes. We present our proof-of-concept, the Cracking KD-Tree, an adaptive indexing approach that generates a KD-Tree based on multidimensional range query predicates. It works by incrementally creating partial multidimensional indexes as a by-product of query processing. The indexes are produced only on those parts of the data that are accessed, and their creation cost is effectively distributed across a stream of queries. Experimental results show that the Cracking KD-Tree is three times faster than creating a full KD-Tree, one order of magnitude faster than executing full scans and two orders of magnitude faster than using uni-dimensional full or adaptive indexes on multiple columns.

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2018
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14. Near-data filters: Taking another brick from the memory wall

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Gomes Tomé, D. (Diego), Kepe, T.R. (Tiago), Alves, M.A.Z. (Marco), Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de, Gomes Tomé, D. (Diego), Kepe, T.R. (Tiago), Alves, M.A.Z. (Marco), and Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de

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In this paper, we use the potential of the near-data parallel computing presented in the Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) to process near-data query filters and mitigate the data movement through the memory hierarchy up to the x86 processor. In particular, we present a set of extensions to the HMC Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) to filter data in-memory. Our near-data filters support vector instructions and solve data and control dependencies internally in the memory: internal register bank and branch-less evaluation of data filters transform control-flow dependencies into data-flow dependencies (i.e., predicated execution). We implemented the near-data filters in the select scan operator and we discuss preliminary results for projection and join. Our experiments running the select scan achieve performance improvements of up to 5.64x with an average reduction of 80% in energy consumption when executing a micro-benchmark of the 1 GB TPC-H database.

Published
2018

15. HIPE: HMC Instruction Predication Extension Applied on Database Processing

Author

Gomes Tomé, D. (Diego), Santos, P.C. (Paulo), Carro, L. (Luigi), Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de, Alves, M.A.Z. (Marco), Gomes Tomé, D. (Diego), Santos, P.C. (Paulo), Carro, L. (Luigi), Almeida, E.C. (Eduardo) de, and Alves, M.A.Z. (Marco)

Abstract

The recent Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) is a smart memory which includes functional units inside one logic layer of the 3D stacked memory design. In order to execute instructions inside the Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC), the processor needs to send instructions to be executed near data, keeping most of the pipeline complexity inside the processor. Thus, control-flow and data-flow dependencies are all managed inside the processor, in such way that only update instructions are supported by the HMC. In order to solve data-flow dependencies inside the memory, previous work proposed HMC Instruction Vector Extensions (HIVE), which embeds a high number of functional units with a interlock register bank. In this work we propose HMC Instruction Prediction Extensions (HIPE), that supports predicated execution inside the memory, in order to transform control-flow dependencies into data-flow dependencies. Our mechanism focus on removing the high latency iteration between the processor and the smart memory during the execution of branches that depends on data processed inside the memory. In this paper we evaluate a balanced design of HIVE comparing to x86 and HMC executions. After we show the HIPE mechanism results when executing a database workload, which is a strong candidate to use smart memories. We show interesting trade-offs of performance when comparing our mechanism to previous work.

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2018
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18. Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

Author

Fauset, Sophie, Johnson, Michelle O., Gloor, Emanuel, Baker, Timothy R., Monteagudo, Abel, Brienen, Roel Jacobus Wilhelmus, Feldpausch, Ted R., Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Malhi, Yadvinder, Ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Baraloto, Christopher, Engel, Julien, Petronelli, Pascal, Andrade, Ana, Camargo, Jose Luis C., Laurance, Susan G.W., Laurance, William F., Chave, Jérôme, Allie, Elodie, Nuñez Vargas, Percy, Terborgh, John, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Silveira, Marcos, Aymard, Gerardo A., Arroyo, Luzmila, Bonal, Damien, Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Neill, David, Hérault, Bruno, Dourdain, Aurélie, Torres-Lezama, Armando, Marimon, Beatriz S., Salomão, Rafael P., Comiskey, James A., Rejou-Mechain, Maxime, Toledo, Marisol, Licona, Juan Carlos, Alarcón, Alfredo, Prieto, Adriana, Rudas, Agustin, van der Meer, Peter J., Killeen, Timothy J., Marimon, Ben Hur Junior, Poorter, Lourens, Boot, R.G.A., Stergios, Basil, Vilanova, Emilio, Costa, Flávia R.C, Levis, Caroline, Schietti, Juliana, Souza, Priscila, Groot, N., Arets, Eric J. M. M., Chama Moscoso, Victor, Castro, Wendeson, Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N., Peña-Claros, Marielos, Stahl, Clément, Barroso, Jorcely, Talbot, Joey, Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia, Van Der Heijden, Geertje, Thomas, R., Vos, Vincent, Almeida, E.C., Alvarez Davila, Esteban, Aragao, Luiz E.O.C., Erwin, Terry, Morandi, Paulo, Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar, Valadaõ, Marco B.X., Zagt, Roderick, van der Hout, Peter, Alvarez Loayza, Patricia, Pipoly, John, Wang, Ophelia, Alexiades, Miguel N., Cerón, Carlos, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Di Fiore, Anthony, Peacock, Julie, Pallqui Camacho, Nadir C., Umetsu, Ricardo Keichi, Barbosa de Camargo, Plínio, Burnham, Robyn J., Herrera, Rafael, Quesada, Carlos Alberto, Stropp, Juliana, Vieira, Simone Aparecida, Steininger, Marc, Reynel Rodriguez, Carlos, Restrepo, Z., Esquivel Muelbert, Adriane, Lewis, Simon L., Pickavance, Georgia C., Phillips, Oliver L., Fauset, Sophie, Johnson, Michelle O., Gloor, Emanuel, Baker, Timothy R., Monteagudo, Abel, Brienen, Roel Jacobus Wilhelmus, Feldpausch, Ted R., Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Malhi, Yadvinder, Ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Baraloto, Christopher, Engel, Julien, Petronelli, Pascal, Andrade, Ana, Camargo, Jose Luis C., Laurance, Susan G.W., Laurance, William F., Chave, Jérôme, Allie, Elodie, Nuñez Vargas, Percy, Terborgh, John, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Silveira, Marcos, Aymard, Gerardo A., Arroyo, Luzmila, Bonal, Damien, Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Neill, David, Hérault, Bruno, Dourdain, Aurélie, Torres-Lezama, Armando, Marimon, Beatriz S., Salomão, Rafael P., Comiskey, James A., Rejou-Mechain, Maxime, Toledo, Marisol, Licona, Juan Carlos, Alarcón, Alfredo, Prieto, Adriana, Rudas, Agustin, van der Meer, Peter J., Killeen, Timothy J., Marimon, Ben Hur Junior, Poorter, Lourens, Boot, R.G.A., Stergios, Basil, Vilanova, Emilio, Costa, Flávia R.C, Levis, Caroline, Schietti, Juliana, Souza, Priscila, Groot, N., Arets, Eric J. M. M., Chama Moscoso, Victor, Castro, Wendeson, Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N., Peña-Claros, Marielos, Stahl, Clément, Barroso, Jorcely, Talbot, Joey, Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia, Van Der Heijden, Geertje, Thomas, R., Vos, Vincent, Almeida, E.C., Alvarez Davila, Esteban, Aragao, Luiz E.O.C., Erwin, Terry, Morandi, Paulo, Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar, Valadaõ, Marco B.X., Zagt, Roderick, van der Hout, Peter, Alvarez Loayza, Patricia, Pipoly, John, Wang, Ophelia, Alexiades, Miguel N., Cerón, Carlos, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Di Fiore, Anthony, Peacock, Julie, Pallqui Camacho, Nadir C., Umetsu, Ricardo Keichi, Barbosa de Camargo, Plínio, Burnham, Robyn J., Herrera, Rafael, Quesada, Carlos Alberto, Stropp, Juliana, Vieira, Simone Aparecida, Steininger, Marc, Reynel Rodriguez, Carlos, Restrepo, Z., Esquivel Muelbert, Adriane, Lewis, Simon L., Pickavance, Georgia C., and Phillips, Oliver L.

Abstract

While Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, the abundance of trees is skewed strongly towards relatively few 'hyperdominant' species. In addition to their diversity, Amazonian trees are a key component of the global carbon cycle, assimilating and storing more carbon than any other ecosystem on Earth. Here we ask, using a unique data set of 530 forest plots, if the functions of storing and producing woody carbon are concentrated in a small number of tree species, whether the most abundant species also dominate carbon cycling, and whether dominant species are characterized by specific functional traits. We find that dominance of forest function is even more concentrated in a few species than is dominance of tree abundance, with only ≈1% of Amazon tree species responsible for 50% of carbon storage and productivity. Although those species that contribute most to biomass and productivity are often abundant, species maximum size is also influential, while the identity and ranking of dominant species varies by function and by region.

Published
2015

19. Desempenho e balanço de nitrogênio de suínos em terminação que receberam dieta restrita ou à vontade, com diferentes teores de lisina

Author

Almeida, E.C., Zangeronimo, M.G., Fialho, E.T., Cantarelli, V.S., Wolp, R.C., and Rodrigues, V.V.

Subjects
nutrition, restrição alimentar, relação aminoacídica, metabolismo, metabolism, amino acid ratio, feed restriction, nutrição
Abstract

Dois experimentos foram realizados para avaliar a influência de duas porcentagens de lisina associada à restrição alimentar sobre o desempenho e balanço de nitrogênio de suínos em terminação. No experimento I, foram utilizados 48 suínos machos castrados, com média de peso de 76,2±2,3kg, distribuídos em delineamento em blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial 2x2 (duas porcentagens de lisina total - normal ou com 30% a mais - e duas formas de arraçoamento - à vontade ou com restrição). Com 28 dias, a porcentagem de inclusão de lisina não influenciou o ganho de peso, mas a porcentagem mais alta resultou em menor consumo e melhor conversão alimentar. A restrição alimentar diminuiu o ganho de peso sem afetar a conversão alimentar. No experimento II, 24 suínos machos castrados, com média de peso de 74,1±2,5kg, foram alojados em gaiolas de metabolismo para receber os mesmos tratamentos. Aos 14 dias de experimento, as dietas não influenciaram a absorção de nitrogênio e a ureia plasmática, porém a dieta ad libitum com a maior porcentagem de lisina reduziu a retenção de nitrogênio. Aos 28 dias, essa mesma dieta aumentou a concentração de ureia plasmática. Conclui-se que o aumento da lisina nas rações melhora o desempenho de suínos machos castrados em terminação, independentemente da forma de arraçoamento, e que a restrição alimentar, nesta fase, não é benéfica. Two experiments were led to evaluate the influence of two percentages of lysine associated to feed restriction over performance and nitrogen balance of finishing barrows. In experiment I, 48 barrows were used, weighing 76.2±2.3kg, distributed in a randomized blocks design in factorial scheme 2x2 (two levels of total lysine - normal or added in 30% - and two feed programs - restricted or ad libitum). At 28 days, the levels of lysine did not influence weight gain, but the higher level provided lesser feed intake and better feed:gain. The feed restriction decreased the weight gain without affecting feed:gain. In Experiment II, 24 barrows, weighing 74.1±2.5kg, were put in metabolic cages to receive the same previously described treatments. At 14 days of the experiment, the diets did not influence the nitrogen absorption and the plasmatic urea, however, the ad libitum diet associated at the higher lysine level reduced nitrogen retention. At 28 days, this same diet increased the plasmatic urea concentration. It was concluded that the increase of lysine levels in diets improves performance in finishing barrows, regardless of the feed program, and feed restriction, in this phase, is not beneficial.

Published
2011

20. Fruit production of Carapa guianensis: a multiple-use timber species of the Amazon forest

Author

Kanashiro, Milton, Melo, S.M., Almeida, E.C., Smelo, Marcelo, Ruschel, Ademir R., and Sist, Plinio

Subjects
Arbre à buts multiples, Meliaceae, K10 - Production forestière, Zone tropicale
Abstract

Carapa guianensis# is a multiple use monoecious species commercially used both for its high timber value and for the oil extracted from its seeds. This species is widely distributed throughout the Amazon, with spatial clumped pattern. Fruit production generally occurs during the rainy season from February to March, although scarce production occurs throughout the year. In the region of Santarem (Brazil), we monitored 101 trees with dbh =>10 cm during the fruit dispersion peak season, which occurred from February to March 2009. Fruit production was assessed according to characteristics such as diameter at breath height (dbhl, crown form, crown position, and presence of lianas. On average, 65% of the trees produced fruits, and the average production per tree was 7.5 kg of seed. However, individuals with 30-60 cm dbh showed the highest mean production (8.6 kg/tree), whereas smaller (10-30 cm dbh) and larger trees (dbh > 60 cm) produced significantly fewer fruits. Our results suggest that trees with dbh 30-60 cm should be preferred for seed collection and preserved from logging, while larger individuals with dbh > 60 cm could be selected for logging. (Texte intégral)

Published
2010

35. Raman validity for crystallite size L a determination on reticulated vitreous carbon with different graphitization index

Author

Baldan, M.R., Almeida, E.C., Azevedo, A.F., Gonçalves, E.S., Rezende, M.C., and Ferreira, N.G.

Subjects
*RAMAN spectroscopy, *X-ray diffraction, *CARBON, *HEAT treatment of metals
Abstract

Abstract: The graphitization index provided by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectrometry for reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC) substrates, carbonized at different heat treatment temperatures (HTT), is investigated. A systematic study of the dependence between the disorder-induced D and G Raman bands is presented. The crystallite size L a was obtained for both X-ray diffraction and Raman spectrometry techniques. Particularly, the validity for L a determination, from Raman spectra, is pointed out comparing the commonly used formula based on peaks amplitude ratio (I D/I G) and the recent proposed equation that uses the integrated intensities of D and G bands. The results discrepancy is discussed taken into account the strong contribution of the line broadening presented in carbon materials heat treated below 2000°C. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2007
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36. Enhancement of the electrochemical performance of a Li-intercalated V2O5 xerogel doped with Eu

Author

Almeida, E.C., Abbate, M., and Rosolen, J.M.

Subjects
*CLATHRATE compounds, *LITHIUM
Abstract

We studied the electrochemical response of a Li-intercalated V2O5 xerogel doped with Eu. We found that the electrochemical performance of the rare-earth doped xerogel is improved. This is attributed to bonding of the rare-earth ions to the residual H2O in the xerogel structure. The electronic structure of the original V2O5 xerogel is not drastically affected by the rare-earth doping. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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2003
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38. Homogeneous micro and nanocrystalline diamond coating on reticulated vitreous carbon treated at different temperatures

Author

Baldan, M.R., Ramos, S.C., Almeida, E.C., Azevedo, A.F., and Ferreira, N.G.

Subjects
*NANOCRYSTALS, *DIAMONDS, *MICROCRYSTALLINE polymers, *NUCLEATION
Abstract

Abstract: Diamond film grown on reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC), as a three dimensional composite, was investigated. RVC substrates were obtained at three different heat treatment temperatures (HTT) which promoted different structural organization indexes on their turbostratic carbon (TC) structure. Homogeneous microcrystalline (MCD) and nanocrystalline (NCD) diamond grains were formed and showed that are strongly affected by the substrate HTT. Particularly, the changes in diamond films properties were discussed as a function of the film nucleation and morphology evolution for growth times of 1 and 3 h. Scanning electron microscopy images confirmed the continuous films with high nucleation rate, including on RVC struts edges which actuality demand higher film growth rate. The high nucleation rate, typical of NCD formation in the first stage of film growth, was mainly attributed to the different graphitization indexes of such carbon substrates which were etched by atomic hydrogen on RVC prism or basal planes. Micro-Raman spectra also confirmed the features of NCD coating. The high contribution of NCD population in diamond Raman peak at 1332 cm−1 promoted its asymmetry with some tailing towards lower wavelength shifts, better observed for diamond grown on RVC treated at 1300 K. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2008
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