By using informetric tools, we evaluated the contribution and impact of the open source computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) software on sperm studies, especially pertaining to fish. The article was cited 125 times between 2007 and 2014 in four publication types (articles, doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, and books). Among articles, the number of citations increased at rate of three ...

and forestry. To solve some of the problems in forestry and agriculture, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Saarland Ministry of Economics founded the Cooperative Agents and Integrated Services for Logistic and Electronic Trading in Forestry and Agriculture (Casa) project. The Casa project focuses on developing an agentbased information and trading network (ITN). In ...

Software applications executing in highly dynamic environments are faced with the challenge of frequent and usually unpredictable changes in their execution environment. In order to cope with this challenge effectively, the applications need to adapt to these changes dynamically. CASA (Contract-based Adaptive Software Architecture) provides a framework for enabling dynamic adaptation of applica...

JIAC IV is a generic agent toolkit with an emphasis on the realisation of applications in the areas of telecommunications and electronic commerce. We motivate the need for open, scalable, and flexible systems and hence the advantages of agent technology in these areas. Then, we describe the basic architectural principles of CASA, which builds the structural and functional base of agents in JIAC...

Monitoring of precipitation using higher frequency radar systems such as X-band is becoming popular. At X-band frequency, weather radar signals are attenuated along their paths due to precipitation. A network-based reflectivity retrieval technique has been developed for the Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) system, which is a radar network that can observe a weather event simultaneously...

Study conducted in the Pediatric Orthopedics Group of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Central Hospital of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, “Pavilhão Fernandinho Simonsen”. Director: Prof. Dr. Osmar Avanzi Mailing address: Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo Grupo de Ortopedia e Traumatologia Pediátri...

In bacteria, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated (Cas) DNA-targeting complex Cascade (CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense) uses CRISPR RNA (crRNA) guides to bind complementary DNA targets at sites adjacent to a trinucleotide signature sequence called the protospacer adjacent motif (PAM). The Cascade complex then recruits Cas3, a nuclease...