This paper is composed of a survey on wearable computers and a research agenda to further pursue topics in the communication area. We begin with a brief walk-through of the terminology and examples, followed by motivation originated from two historical trends – enhancing human biological ability and increasing resource accessibility. Then, we investigate the existing technologies and relevant r...

Over the past decade, stem cell therapy has been extensively studied for clinical application for heart diseases. Among various stem cells, adipose tissue-derived stem cell (ADSC) is still an attractive stem cell resource due to its abundance and easy accessibility. In vitro studies showed the multipotent differentiation potentials of ADSC, even differentiation into cardiomyocytes. Many pre-cli...

We present an extension of the standard partition function approach to RNA secondary structures that computes the probabilities Pu[i, j] that a sequence interval [i, j] is unpaired. Comparison with experimental data shows that Pu[i, j] can be applied as a significant determinant of local target site accessibility for RNA interference (RNAi). Furthermore, these quantities can be used to rigorous...

Notwithstanding conclusive psychological and corpus evidence that at least some aspects of anaphoric and referential interpretation take place incrementally, and the existence of some computational models of incremental reference resolution, many aspects of the linguistics of incremental reference interpretation still have to be better understood. We propose a model of incremental reference int...

The ClinicalTrials.gov registry is a public resource that contains valuable information about clinical research, yet most of the data lacks structure or easy accessibility. We aim to create an interface that allows researchers, trial sponsors, and patients and their physicians to easily understand the state of clinical research on particular conditions or at a specific institution. Ideally this...

Multimedia transmission over wide-area networks currently only considers the server and network resource constraints and client device capabilities. It is also essential that the accessibility of the multimedia content for different users with diverse capabilities and disabilities be considered. In this paper we develop a transcoding technique to present the multimedia content to suit diverse d...

An exponential increase in the global population has seriously put pressure on land and water resources. It is projected that 33% of worldwide people will be highly water-stressed by 2050s if effective strategies are not developed. The study assessed urban domestic demand supply Edo North senatorial district State, Nigeria. This with view exploring some critical resource variables to determine ...

Based on URIs, HTTP and RDF, the Linked Data project [3] aims to expose, share and connect related data from diverse sources on the Semantic Web. Linked Open Data (LOD) is a community effort to apply the Linked Data principles to data published under open licenses. With this effort, a large number of LOD datasets have been gathered in the LOD cloud, such as DBpedia, Freebase and FOAF profiles. ...

Background The current distribution of and access to health services along with the future health needs of the population have prompted wide application of Geographic Information Systems (GISs). During recent years, GIS has been used in public health management for planning and organization of healthcare services. This study investigates geographical accessibility of residential areas in Bandar...

cities are a focal point of energy consumption. accessibility to public services has a significant impact on the balance of public and private energy uses, which are two sectors that are directly affected by urban planning (the third is industrial). this paper establishes the relative magnitudes of service accessibility enhancement on urban energy efficiency in comparison to other factors, and ...