Recent improvements in the accessibility of high-throughput genotyping have brought a great deal of attention to disease association studies[6]. It is believed that more accurate disease association is achieved with inferred haplotypes rather than with directly available genotypes. The main goal of disease association analysis is to identify gene variations or, in general, haplotypes which cont...

Nuclear analyses have been performed for the baseline design of the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE). Nuclear heating, structural radiation damage, and magnet insulator dose were evaluated. Critical issues requiring additional R&D effort include low-temperature embrittlement of copper and identifying insulators that can handle a dose as high as 1.5x10 Rads under the FIRE load conditio...

Collaborative e-learning has a set of characteristics which requires interaction and negotiation among learners and teachers. It also needs support to achieve high-level requirements for learning content and systems such as accessibility, reusability, interoperability and adaptability. The focus of this paper is to investigate three commonly used standards in e-learning which are: SCORM, IMS-LD...

We have established an RNA Mapping Database (RMDB) to enable a new generation of structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic studies from quantitative single-nucleotide-resolution RNA structure mapping (freely available at http://rmdb.stanford.edu). Chemical and enzymatic mapping is a rapid, robust, and widespread approach to RNA characterization. Since its recent coupling with high-throughput seque...

The accessibility and availability of patient clinical information are a constant need. The Agency for Interoperation, Diffusion and Archive of Medical Information (AIDA) was then developed to ensure the interoperability among healthcare information systems successfully. AIDA has demonstrated over time the need for greater control over its agents and their activities as the need for monitoring ...

Manganese/zirconium mixed oxides catalysts (MnZrOx), characterized by high Mn loading (up to 50%), along with high specific surface area, have been investigated in the transesterification reaction of sunflower oil. Catalysts were found to be very active by operating at low catalyst/oil ratio (1 wt.%). The high activity was justified on the basis of both the marked basic character of such system...

regarding the importance of competitive advantages among the transportation systems, improving the costumer’s satisfaction is an important factor in attracting them to these systems. in this research, we focus on the effects of constructing new stations on users and a new mathematical model is proposed for this problem. in the proposed model, two simultaneous effects on customers by constructin...

certain conditions limit the independence of deprived people. however, those conditions do not limit the right of these people to receive dental care. portable dental units may make it possible for the deprived and elderly to receive the care they deserve in more areas. this study aimed to explore dentists' perceptions of the use of portable dental units in community outreach programs as a prec...

Unlike knowledge representation in modal logic, human tends to introduce new modalities on ad hoc basis in communication. Similar challenges arise from applications of distributed computing and hybrid systems that involve several time domains. This paper presents a parameterized approach for algebraic manipulation of modalities. Each pair of modalities of possibility and necessity is determined...