Plug-in architectures and platforms represent a promising approach for building software systems which are extensible and customizable to the particular needs of the individual user. For example, the Eclipse platform, as the most prominent representative of plug-in systems, is based on a unique plug-in and extensibility concept and has succeeded in establishing itself as the leading platform fo...

The ROBODOC system is a promising new method for removing cement with high-speed milling. Heat is generated during the milling process. This study was designed to measure temperatures in the cutting area, and to assess the risk of heat injury and the effectiveness of irrigation. We measured temperatures at the bone-cement cutting area in three experimental settings, two involving the proximal a...

We have built an agent service-based enterprise infrastructure: FTRADE. With its online connectivity to huge real stock data in global markets, it can be used for online evaluation of trading strategies and data mining algorithms. The main functions in the F-TRADE include soft plug-and-play, and back-testing, optimization, integration and evaluation of algorithms. In this paper, we’ll focus on ...

Purpose. To describe a surgical technique using amniotic membrane transplant (AMT) with fibrin glue (FG) for treating smaller corneal perforations more practically and appropriately filling the defect. Method. A patient with noninfectious central corneal perforation, in 1 mm in diameter, was treated with FG-assisted AMT-plug. An AMT was folded in on itself twice by using FG then a small piece o...

The capillary electromigration method is an important analytical technique known for its simplicity, sensitivity, and selectivity. We have investigated electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA) in plug-plug and continuous formats for the determination of phenolic compounds. The azocoupling reactions of phenol, 3-aminophenol, and resorcinol with 4nitrophenyldiazonium fluoroborate were ca...

The complexity of modern software systems increases. Among other reasons this is due to the goal of software engineers to satisfy actual and future needs of many different users with one single system. In order to cope with the complexity of such systems it is a common solution in real-world software systems to integrate a plug-in system. A plug-in system enables users to adapt a slim core syst...

Gravisto, the Graph Visualization Toolkit, is more than a (Java-based) editor for graphs. It includes data structures, graph algorithms, several layout algorithms, and a graph viewer component. As a general toolkit for the visualization and automatic layout of graphs it is extensible with plug-ins and is suited for the integration in other Java-based applications. Overview: Gravisto is a new ap...

We present a patient with ampullary pyogenic granuloma caused by spontaneous migration of a silicone lacrimal plug. A 43-year-old woman with severely dry eyes was treated with non-absorbable silicone punctal plugs insertion in both superior and inferior puncta. Irritation and purulent discharge gradually developed 3 weeks after implantation. A pink, fleshly ampullary lesion over the left superi...

A new approach for an automatic consistency check in the development of prototypes in the automotive industry is presented. It is based on the observation that inconsistencies between adjacent parts of the prototype can be located at the plugs connecting these parts. This paper describes the PLUG software system whose idea is to assign intelligence to every plug in the system in order to contin...