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Comprehending Open Source Software (OSS) projects requires dealing with huge historical information stored in heterogeneous repositories, such as source code versioning systems, bug tracking system, mailing lists, and revision history logs. In this paper, we present Binoculars, a prototype tool which aims to provide a platform for graph based visualization and exploration of OSS projects. We de...

The chaotic synchronization between two bi-directionally coupled external cavity single-mode semiconductor lasers is investigated. Numerical simulation shows that anticipating synchronization and lag synchronization coexist in certain parameter regime. The anticipating time with different effects that were discussed quite differently in the previous theoretical analysis and experimental observa...

Expert finding system is a challenging problem in the enterprise environment. This paper introduce our research and experiments on TREC 2006’s expert searching track. In our experiments, we find some interesting features of the community structures in the mailing list network. We also use some link analysis approaches to rank the candidates in the social networks. In our experiments, we choose ...

Mailing Address: Rodrigo nunes lamounier • Rua Castor da Silva, 39 05586-020 – São Paulo, SP, Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received June 14, 2005; revised manuscript received February 6, 2006; accepted March 17, 2006 Biochemical and physiological processes are involved in the maintenance of a homeostasis state aiming at the survival of the human body. The alterations in this...

Methods The survey questionnaires were developed through consensus meetings of the SHARE consortium partners and consultations with experts from across PReS Working Groups. The Surveys have been stratified into 4 levels: Country-wide, Centre-specific, Disease-specific and Personal. Final survey texts were transformed into electronic web-based system hosted by PRINTO and presented to paediatric ...

An integrated semantic dissemination system based on dynamic taxonomies is presented. The system supports conceptual information pull through an easily understood visual interface. A similar interface is used to express user interests at a conceptual level so that precise push strategies can be implemented. This system is currently used to manage the announcements coming from DBWorld, one of th...

A decision support system with over one billion rows of data has been developed at Lands’ End using the IBM DATABASE 2” (DB2@) relational database management system. This corporate database is a subset of an Information Warehouse” framework and functions as both a decision support system server and an application enabler. The corporate database uses operational data gathered from order processi...

Study developed in the Department of Biomechanics, Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Locomotor System of Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo-FMRP-USP. Mailing Address: Marisa de Cássia Registro Fonseca, Departamento de Biomecânica, Medicina e Reabilitação do Aparelho Locomotor. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo FMRP-USP. Av. Ban...