Probabilistic databases are databases where the value of some attributes or the presence of some records are uncertain and known only with some probability. Applications in many areas such as information extraction, RFID and scientific data management, data cleaning, data integration, and financial risk assessment produce large volumes of uncertain data, which are best modeled and processed by a probabilistic database. This book presents the state of the art in representation formalisms and query processing techniques for probabilistic data. It starts by discussing the basic principles for representing large probabilistic databases, by decomposing them into tuple-independent tables, block-independent-disjoint tables, or U-databases. Then it discusses two classes of techniques for query evaluation on probabilistic databases. In extensional query evaluation, the entire probabilistic inference can be pushed into the database engine and, therefore, processed as effectively as the evaluation of standard SQL queries. The relational queries that can be evaluated this way are called safe queries. In intensional query evaluation, the probabilistic inference is performed over a propositional formula called lineage expression: every relational query can be evaluated this way, but the data complexity dramatically depends on the query being evaluated, and can be #P-hard. The book also discusses some advanced topics in probabilistic data management such as top-k query processing, sequential probabilistic databases, indexing and materialized views, and Monte Carlo databases. Table of Contents: Overview / Data and Query Model / The Query Evaluation Problem / Extensional Query Evaluation / Intensional Query Evaluation / Advanced Techniques

The10thInternationalSymposiumonDatabaseProgrammingLanguages,DBPL 2005, was held in Trondheim, Norway in August 2005. DBPL 2005 was one of 11 meetings to be co-located with VLDB (the International Conference on Very Large Data Bases). DBPLcontinuesto presentthe verybest workat the intersectionofdatabase andprogramminglanguageresearch. DBPL2005accepted17papersout ofa- talof 63submissions;anacceptancerateof27%. Everysubmissionwasreviewed by at least three members of the program committee. In addition, the program committeesoughtthe opinionsof51additionalreferees,selectedbecauseoftheir expertise on particular topics. The ?nal selection of papers was made during the last week of June. All authors of accepted papers submitted corrected versions, which werecollected in aninformalproceedings anddistributed to the attendees of DBPL 2005. As is traditional for DBPL, this volume was produced after the meeting and authors were able to make improvements to their papers following discussions and feedback at the meeting. The invited lecture at DBPL 2005 was given by Giuseppe Castagna en- tled "Patterns and Types for Querying XML Documents"; an extended version of the lecture appears in this volume. Given the topic of this invited lecture, we invited all attendees of the Third International XML Database Symposium (XSym 2005), also co-located with VLDB, to attend. Continuing this colla- ration, we organized with the co-chairs of XSym 2005 a shared panel session to close both meetings. The invited panel discussed "Whither XML, c. 2005?" and consisted of experts on various aspects of XML: Gavin Bierman (Microsoft Research), Peter Buneman (University of Edinburgh), Dana Florescu (Oracle), H. V.

The notion that God, Yahweh, concluded a "Covenant" or "Contract" with his people of Israel plays a prominent part in the Old Testament. Numerous correspondences between the texts of Ancient Oriental contracts and the Book of Deuteronomy suggest that political treaties served as model for the theology of the biblical covenant. Using extant source material, the present study attempts to trace the complicated path into the Old Testament taken by an instrument used for the exercise of power in the Ancient Orient.

Qualitat als wissenschaftliche Superidee" und als generalisierbares Ideal der Medizin ist theoretisch und praktisch unhaltbar und unfruchtbar, weil Qualitat nicht letztgultig ableitbar oder legitimierbar und daher auch alles andere als kritikresistent ist. Das schmerzt gerade im Fall der Medizin, die uns wie kaum eine andere Disziplin und menschliche Tatigkeit existenziell betrifft und wo Willkur und Beliebigkeit keinen Platz haben durfen und doch in diesem oder jenem Fall immer wieder unterstellt werden konnen. Der Ruf nach Qualitat in der Medizin ist daher vielleicht auch ein nostalgischer Reflex auf die zunehmende Komplexitat der Gesellschaft, in der wir leben. Dennoch, als Effekt einer praktisch-systematisch waltenden medizinischen Vernunft fur das Gemeinwesen und fur den Einzelnen, als das, was bei uns als Gut" und gut" ankommt, bleibt sie fundamental. Sie ist das Movens der Medizin, was sie treibt und was unverzichtbar ist fur die gluckliche Entwicklung regionaler und globaler Gesellschaftsneuordnungen. Wider den vorherrschenden Wirtschafts-, Markt-, Medien- und Politikdruck zahlt und bleibt das, was beim Menschen fraglos als dessen ureigener Gesundheitserhalt, gewissermassen als Gesundheitszugewinn oder Gesundheitswiedergewinn der Fall ist. Dafur, um dies fur unsere Zeit deutlicher zu sehen, dieser Band."

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Scholarly Paper aus dem Jahr 1999 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1- (A-), Veranstaltung: Cable Communications, 31 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: MTV - an "all encompassing mediator of popular culture" (Goodwin, 1992) or as the Washington Post once put it "perhaps the most influential single cultural product of the eighties]" (McGrath 1996, p. 8). A trademark that has become a synonym for modern television, fast moving pictures and even a certain lifestyle. 'MTV generation', 'MTV-like', 'I want my MTV' etc. But MTV is more than entertainment for teenagers and music with colorful pictures around it - It is not only the world's fastest growing network but also a powerful gatekeeper. It influenced traditional cable television and revolutionized the advertising industry. Whoever makes it onto the playlist of the network can expect his CD sales to skyrocket and his concerts to be sold out. With thousands of bands releasing hundreds of records each year, of course some kind of selection process has to take place. But who makes these decisions? What role does the record industry play? What are the criteria for a successful (and suitable) video that airs on MTV? Is MTV making its own rules or are there also pressures on the network from the outside? This paper tries to find some answers to these and other questions about the exciting and influential cable network. Its role as an powerful gatekeeper for the multi-million music industry will be examined as well as its strong influence on the content of songs and video clips. Many has been written about MTV, so finding appropriate literature wasn't really a problem, although not all of it was always up-to-date. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get in contact with some MTV executives. In the last chapter, however, an interview with radio veteran Dave Robbins from CBS Columbus can be found, who has some interesting views on the cable net