This paper describes the principles and the functionalities of the Minotaur system. Minotaur is a generic interactive environment based on the integration of the Centaur system and the FNC-2 system, two systems widely used to specify syntax and semantics of programming languages and generate eecient semantic tools from these speciications. We show how Attribute Grammars techniques can be adequa...

Introduction: Neonatal sepsis (NS) is a systemic infection exhibiting 25% lethality among infected children, and it poses a higher risk in preterm than in full-term neonates. Routine microbiological culture, hematological quantification, IL-6, IL-8, C-reactive protein and procalcitonin determinations are the most commonly used tests to diagnose sepsis. However, these methods have substantial li...

Introduction. Pseudohypertension is a condition which mainly occurs due to thickening-calcification of tunica intima of the arterial wall, leading to a faulty measurement of the intra-arterial blood pressure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report in literature, of a pseudohypertension-like presentation in association with Morphea en plaque. Case Presentation. This is a rar...

Palmitoleic acid is a minor monounsaturated fatty acid in the human diet and in blood plasma. Because macadamia oil is at least one potentially large source of palmitoleic acid, we tested its effect on plasma lipid levels against two other dietary fatty acids, oleic acid and palmitic acid. The dietary adjustments, through the use of supplements, provided comparisons of the three test fatty acid...

Wing polyphenism in ants is the ability of a single genome to produce winged or wingless castes in a colony in response to environmental cues. Although wing polyphenism is a universal and homologous feature of ants, the gene network underlying wing polyphenism is conserved in the winged castes, but is labile in the wingless castes, that is, the network is interrupted at different points in the ...

We study analytically a simple model of a self-organized critical evolution. The model considers both extinction and speciation events leading to the growth of phylogenetic-like trees. Through a mean-field like theory, we study the evolution of the local configurations for the tree leaves. The fitness threshold, below which life activity takes place through avalanches of all sizes is calculated...

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      This paper describes 3D-QSAR analysis and biological evaluation of 1,5-benzodiazepine analogues. Benzodiazepine nucleus with its simple...

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Declarative grammar is essentially unable to specify the variety of coordinative structures in natural languages adequately. Parsers nevertheless can be upgraded to handle coordination more subtly than by brute force. This upgrading involves knowledge of the grammar to be parsed and differentiation of parsing stages. 1. COORDINATION AS A GRAMMAR PROBLEM Natural languages have structures of the ...