Commercial Publisher eBook Platforms

Ebook Collection Analysis: Subject and Publisher Trends

Open access: the view of a commercial publisher

Believers in open access (OA) argue that the subscription-based journal model is like a clot blocking the free-flow of scientific research to vital research organs and the public, cutting off the supply of ideas and innovations. But believers in traditional journals argue that, with a single cut, there is a real risk that scientific research will leak in an uncontrolled fashion that would be im...

Evolving Persistent Applications on Commercial Platforms

This paper draws on the experience gained in designing and implementing the orthogonally persistent programming languages PS-algol and Napier88. They provide, amongst other facilities and within a strongly typed environment, the underlying mechanisms for programming the evolution of persistent application systems. The essence of the paper is to suggest how such provision may be taken from these...

Integrating Active Networking and Commercial-Grade Routing Platforms

Current network nodes enable connectivity between end-systems by supporting a static and well-defined set of protocols. The forwarding service provided by these network nodes is fixed, simple, and increasingly being implemented in hardware. Active network nodes, on the other hand, enable the unattended, dynamic instantiation of custom programs into the network node, allowing for the introductio...

Evaluation of gene expression measurements from commercial microarray platforms.

Multiple commercial microarrays for measuring genome-wide gene expression levels are currently available, including oligonucleotide and cDNA, single- and two-channel formats. This study reports on the results of gene expression measurements generated from identical RNA preparations that were obtained using three commercially available microarray platforms. RNA was collected from PANC-1 cells gr...