Integrating resources into the Web is an important aspect of making them accessible as part of this global information system. The integration of physical things into the Web so far has not been done on a large scale, which makes it harder to realize network effects that could emerge by the combination of today’s Web content, and the integration of physical things into the Web. This paper prese...

Wireless geo sensor networks (WGSN) use different ways to publish their measured data in the Sensor Web to make time series of this data accessible by means of the World Wide Web (WWW). In earlier papers, we proposed the use of GeoMQTT, a spatiotemporal extension to the widely known and used “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) protocol Message Queue and Telemetry Transport (MQTT). In this paper, we prop...

Over the past several years, RNAi and its related phenomena have emerged not only as a powerful experimental tool but also as a new mode of gene regulation. Through a combination of genetic and biochemical approaches we have learned much about the mechanisms underlying dsRNA responses. However, many of the most intriguing aspects of dsRNA-induced gene silencing have yet to be illuminated. What ...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, It is my privilege and my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the Medical Staff to the practice and the teaching of the Royal Victoria Hospital on this the opening of a new session. You have chosen Medicine as your life's work. Let me congratulate you on your choice of career though I would remind you that Medicine is not an easy calling. It demands-over and above factual...

The microgravity experienced during space flight induces physiological changes that affect astronauts' health and performance. Simulations such as prolonged bed rest can mimic some of these changes and provide study conditions that are more accessible than during space flight itself. Previous studies, including several long and short-term bed-rest campaigns supported by ESA, have yielded signif...

A system consisting of two species in a fluctuating environment, when the interspecies competition for resources is strong, will have a stochastic outcome: only one of the species will survive, but there is no a priori way of knowing which one this will be. It is natural in such a situation to ask what will be the probability of one or another of the species surviving. This probability is calcu...