Ada has been successfully used in many dependable real−time applications, which have undoubtedly benefit of its major strengths: The well defined language semantics [1], the strong type checking, structuring mechanisms like packages and not to forget the Ada Semantic Interface Standard [2] supporting the development of code analysis, verification and testing tools. But an Ada system can not be ...

We read with interest the article by Hikari et al (March 2004)1 comparing the markers of tuberculosis in pleural effusions. We wish to express our disagreement with their statement that interferon (IFN)should be measured routinely in all suspected cases of pleural tuberculosis. They have based their conclusion on the basis of a perfect area under the curve of 1.000 on receiver operator characte...

A specification/generation software tool for building hard real-time distributed systems was redeveloped to generate Ada 95 rather that Ada 83 and targeted to the GNAT Ada 95 compiler under Sun Solaris. The resulting simulator was tested with missile flight simulation code. Language issues discovered and paradigms used are discussed with recommendations in the paper. Performance data is

Agent-oriented technology is a rising paradigm for developing quality software in complex domains. Currently, no Ada interface or middleware exist for the development of agent-based applications. In this paper, an Ada binding for developing agent and multi-agent-based applications in Ada is proposed. This binding is compatible with an existing open-source agent platform named SPADE.

Human fibroblast lysosomes, purified on Percoll density gradients, contain an adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity that accounts for approximately 10% of the total ADA activity in GM0010A human fibroblasts. In assays of lysosomal ADA, the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional to incubation time and the amount of lysosomal material added to reaction mixtures. Maximal activi...

Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency is a disorder of the purine metabolism leading to combined immunodeficiency and systemic alterations, including skeletal abnormalities. We report that ADA deficiency in mice causes a specific bone phenotype characterized by alterations of structural properties and impaired mechanical competence. These alterations are the combined result of an imbalanced rece...

Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is an essential enzyme of purine metabolism that is enriched at the maternal-fetal interface of mice throughout postimplantation development. During early postimplantation stages Ada is highly expressed in both maternally derived decidual cells and zygotically derived trophoblast cells. For the current study we utilized genetically modified mice to delineate the relati...

OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate whether a low-fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Individuals with type 2 diabetes (n = 99) were randomly assigned to a low-fat vegan diet (n = 49) or a diet following the American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines (n = 50). Participants were evaluated a...

Adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA) is a rare, inherited disorder of purine metabolism characterized by immunodeficiency, failure to thrive and metabolic abnormalities. A lack of the enzyme ADA allows accumulation of toxic metabolites causing defects of both cell mediated and humoral immunity leading to ADA severe combined immune deficiency (SCID), a condition that can be fatal in early infanc...

ion and offers a better O-O programming style, but some of its features may cause degradation in program efficiency (Barr, 1999). Also, such a new generation O-O language is not readily available for the small embedded systems, primarily because of the overheads inherent in the O-O approach, e.g. CPU-time overhead (Pont, 2003). Despite that Ada was a leading language that provided full support ...