Continuing the Series on Scalable Computing launched in 1999, this volume presents five articles reviewing significant current developments in the field. The topics include the collaborative activities support system, parallel languages, Internet Java, the multithreaded dataflow machine, and task allocation algorithms.Contents:Coordination in Collaborative ActivitiesAdvances in Programming Languages for Parallel ComputingJAVM: Internet-Based Parallel Computing Using JavaDatarol: A Parallel Machine Architecture for Fine-Grain MultithreadingStatic Task Scheduling and Allocation AlgorithmsReadership: Researchers and educators in supercomputing and parallel computing.Key Features:The book is devoted to topics such as formation of drugs from plant constituents; cannabinoids and their biological activity; intense natural sweeteners; toxic constituents in marine sources; production of secondary natural products by microorganisms; sex-attractants in insects and mammals; and anticancer products from fungi, etc.These topics are not likely to be found in any organic chemistry coursesAmong the authors of the reviews is Professor Raphael Mechoulam, who received the Israel Prize for his work on active constituents (cannabinoids) of the Cannabis plant, and Professor Douglas Kinghorn from University of Chicago, who is the chief editor of Journal of Natural Products