Efforts Aimed at Establishing a Biogas Industry in Vietnam

Efforts aimed at reducing noise, data overload in microarrays.

Microarrays have helped researchers identify previously unrecognized sub-types of cancers, and more recently they have been put to the test to determine their ability to identify cancers with better or worse prognosis (see News, Vol. 97, No. 5, p. 331 , " Trial and Error: Prog-nostic Gene Signature Study Design Altered "). Now, researchers are working to fi nd the best way to take the tool to a...

Establishing Amyloid PET Imaging Biomarkers: Ongoing Efforts.

The concept of imaging biomarkers was conceived in the late 1990s. The process of deduction from “complex” imaging data to a few simpler indices is often required for biomarkers to be quantitative and reproducible. Widespread examples in the field of PET imaging include the standard uptake value (SUV) to represent tumor FDG uptake and quantitative statistical mapping methods by using the z scor...

Participation in XmL-Based Industry Standardization Efforts

XML-based vertical standards are an emerging compatibility standard for describing business processes and data formats in specific industries that have emerged in the past decade. Vertical standards, typically implemented using eXtensible Markup Language (XML), are incomplete products in constant evolution, continually adding functionality to reflect changing business needs. Vertical standards ...

Training aimed at nurses

Factors Affecting Process Temperature and Biogas Production in Small-scale Rural Biogas Digesters in Winter in Northern Vietnam

This study investigated the main factors influencing digester temperature and methods to reduce heat losses during the cold season in the subtropics. Four composite digesters (two insulated and two uninsulated) were buried underground to measure their internal temperature (°C) at a depth of 140 cm and 180 cm, biogas production and methane (CH4) concentration in biogas from August to February. I...