The mechanism of electron transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms is a topic under intense study and debate. Although some proteins were found to be essential for current production, the specific role that each one plays in electron transport to the electrode remains to be elucidated and a consensus on the mechanism of electron transport has not been reached. In the present paper, to und...

Of all the differences that distinguish people, the most obvious and most intriguing one is their sex. The relationship between males and females has had a profound influence on human civilization, causing wars and societal up heavals, and inspiring countless works of art, music and literature. For as long as humans have both struggled with and enjoyed the existence of the two sexes, they have ...

The identification of individuals who are at high risk of chronic heart failure (HF) is a medical art of growing concern. Cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing (CPX) has become an important clinical tool to predict outcome. The value of peak oxygen consumption rests in the fact that it integrates elements of cardiac adaptations, and skeletal muscle, pulmonary, and endothelial dysfunctions mor...

We directly investigate a subject of much recent debate: do word sense disambigation models help statistical machine translation quality? We present empirical results casting doubt on this common, but unproved, assumption. Using a state-ofthe-art Chinese word sense disambiguation model to choose translation candidates for a typical IBM statistical MT system, we find that word sense disambiguati...

incerely welcome to the first international workshop on Trust and Privacy in Digital Business (Trustbus’02) held in conjunction with the DEXA 2002 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Being the first of a planned series of workshops it is our goal that this workshop initiates a successful forum to bring together researchers from academia and commercial developers from industry to discuss the state of th...

Despite the relatively low incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in adults, large national and international collaborations have recently improved our understanding of how to treat ALL in adults. This article documents and examines the current evidence base for a "state of the art" therapy in both Philadelphia chromosome-negative and -positive adult ALL. The article comments upon area...

The emerging debate over identification and the selection of technology to authenticate individuals and enterprises alike is among the most important issues that is shaping the information age today. A review of the current state of the art of research around digital identification on both the Web and the Grid is presented as a background in order to propose a novel and innovative framework for...

at the same time fundamental public criticism of it and a need for alternative therapies (cf. pp. 31 9f.). Labisch sees two ways out of this situation: a new concentration on medicine as an art that deals with human beings, and permanent ethical self-contemplation. This comprehensive and concise history of health in the modem period can contribute to a better informed and more objective debate ...