Dans le cadre du projet PIMI 1, notre objectif est de faciliter la gestion et l’utilisation des informations personnelles (Personal Information PI) par les utilisateurs. Un espace d’informations personnelles (Personnal Information Space PIS) doit permettre de modéliser et structurer les PI en différents points de vue (e.g., social, travail, famille). Par ailleurs, il est important de prendre en...

This paper intends to introduce the concept of pervasive information systems (PIS) and the issues that arise from the software development for pervasive information systems. The model driven approach is generally described and its benefits to the software design are identified. Finally, some future directions for the usage of model driven methodologies within the development of PIS are highligh...

This paper posits that performance indicators (PIs) are conceptual technologies that shape what issues academics think about and how academics think about those issues by embedding normative assumptions into the selection and structure of those indicators. Exploring the assumptions embedded in Alberta’s (Canada) PIs yields an initial typology of assumptions that academics can apply to performan...

INTRODUCTION Recent single-site studies and case reports have linked atazanavir (ATV) with the occurrence of nephrolithiasis. The purpose of this study was to estimate and compare the incidence rate of nephrolithiasis and to characterize the occurrence of subsequent renal failure among patients on ATV, other protease inhibitors (PIs) and PI-free regimens using real world data. MATERIALS AND M...

Histopathological malignancy grading of human gliomas is limited by subjective interpretation of the morphological criteria. Assessment of mitotic activity is a cornerstone of grading these tumours, but mitotic figures can be hard to identify in haematoxylin-eosin stained sections. Thus, determining proliferative activity by means of Ki-67/MIB-1 immunostaining has become a useful supplement. Ho...

This paper is in continuation with the very recent work of Prasad et al. [14], wherein new realizations of grounded and floating positive inductor simulator using current differencing transconductance amplifier (CDTA) are reported. The focus of the paper is to provide alternate realizations of lossless, both positive and negative inductor simulators (PIS and NIS) in grounded form using z-copy c...

Tremendous strides were made in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV infection with the introduction of protease inhibitor (PI) therapy. However, limitations in the tolerability and potency of initial PIs quickly emerged. The development of newer agents in this class attempts to address these concerns, offering less frequent dosing, lower pill burdens, and increased potency ...

Scientific and engineering research increasingly involves multidisciplinary collaboration, sometimes across multiple organizations. Technological advances have made such crossboundary projects possible, yet they can carry high coordination costs. This study investigated scientific collaboration across disciplinary and university boundaries to understand the need for coordination in these collab...