MOTIVATION In recent years, several methods have been proposed for aligning two protein sequence profiles, with reported improvements in alignment accuracy and homolog discrimination versus sequence-sequence methods (e.g. BLAST) and profile-sequence methods (e.g. PSI-BLAST). Profile-profile alignment is also the iterated step in progressive multiple sequence alignment algorithms such as CLUSTAL...

Many software projects are inevitably associated with various types and degrees of uncertainty. It is not uncommon to see software project spiral out of control with escalated resource requirements. Thus, risk management techniques are critical issues to information system researchers. Previous empirical studies of US software firms support the adoption of development standardization and user r...

As part of the process to test a new release of an application, the performance testing team need to confirm that the existing functionalities do not perform worse than those in the previous release, a problem known as performance regression anomaly. Most existing approaches to analyse performance regression testing data vary according to the applied workload, which usually leads to the need fo...

BACKGROUND Recent national policy changes have provided greater flexibility in GPs' contracts. One such policy is salaried employment, which offers reduced hours and freedom from out-of-hours and administrative responsibilities, aimed at improving recruitment and retention in a labour market facing regional shortages. AIM To profile salaried GPs and assess their mobility within the labour mar...

This paper reports the development of the Profile of Hearing Aid Performance (PHAP), a 66-item self-administered inventory that quantifies performance with a hearing aid in everyday life using both seven-score and four-score profiles. The profiles assess experience with amplification in terms of speech communication in three types of listening situations and in terms of reactions to amplified e...

Motivation: In recent years, several methods have been proposed for aligning two protein sequence profiles, with reported improvements in alignment accuracy and homolog discrimination versus sequence-sequence methods (e.g. BLAST) and profile-sequence methods (e.g. PSIBLAST). Profile-profile alignment is also the iterated step in progressive multiple sequence alignment algorithms such as CLUSTAL...

Influence of vibration on mechanical power and electromyogram activity in human arm flexors muscles. Effect of acute whole body vibration treatment on mechanical power, electromyogram and hormonal profile of male athletes. of whole body vibration on mechanical behavior of skeletal muscle and hormonal profile. Musculo Skeletal Interactions; basic and clinical aspects. The effects of vibrations o...

The contribution compares different FEC schemes in terms of data throughput under different ARQ scenarios. System is assumed to implement adaptive modulation and coding, i.e. adaptive burst profile selection. Among several interesting conclusions, it is shown that the coding scheme specified in the current working document provides good support for systems without ARQ but is disadvantageous for...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of lipid profile screening according to the mode of financing of medical appointments - public or private. METHODS A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out with a multi-stage sampling strategy. The study included 3,136 adults (>or=20 years old) from the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in 2006. The following indicators were calculated: co...