This position paper on the (meta-)theory of Structural Operational Semantic (SOS) is motivated by following two questions: (1) Is SOS dying out as a research field? (2) If so, it possible to rejuvenate this field with redefined purpose? In article, we will consider answers those questions first analysing history EXPRESS/SOS workshops and data concerning authors presentations featured in edition...

OBJECTIVES To define the target population of patients who have suspicion of sepsis (SOS) and to provide a basis for assessing the burden of SOS, and the evaluation of sepsis guidelines and improvement programmes. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of routinely collected hospital administrative data. SETTING Secondary care, eight National Health Service (NHS) Acute Trusts. PARTICIPANTS Hospita...

During the first ten years of the SOS program, the major focus in research was on regional oxidant (especially ozone) pollution and the earliest objectives were to identify ozone-related chemical and meteorological factors that were unique to the SOS region – such as the large quantities of biogenic VOC emissions, greater frequencies of air stagnation days, and abundant NOx-producing lightning ...

Activation of Ras proteins underlies functional decisions in diverse cell types. Two molecules, Ras-GRP and SOS (Ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing protein and Son of Sevenless, respectively), catalyze Ras activation in lymphocytes. Binding of active Ras to the allosteric pocket of SOS markedly increases the activity of SOS. Thus, there is a positive feedback loop regulating SOS. Combining in sil...

Achieving a flexible and efficient geospatial Sensor Observation Service (SOS) is difficult, given the diversity of sensor networks, the heterogeneity of sensor data storage, and the differing requirements of users. This paper describes development of a service-oriented multi-purpose SOS framework. The goal is to create a single method of access to the data by integrating the sensor observation...

During the first ten years of the SOS program, the major focus in research was on regional oxidant (especially ozone) pollution and the earliest objectives were to identify ozone-related chemical and meteorological factors that were unique to the SOS region – such as the large quantities of biogenic VOC emissions, greater frequencies of air stagnation days, and abundant NOx-producing lightning ...

Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS), previously known as veno-occlusive disease, is relatively rare subsequent to liver transplantation (LT). SOS refractory to medical therapy, however, can result in centrilobular fibrosis, portal hypertension and liver failure. Although sinusoidal endothelial cell damage around central venules (zone 3) occurs early in the development of SOS, the detailed mec...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To assess a new multisite quantitative ultrasound (QUS) device (Sunlight Omnisense 7000 S) suitable for the measurement of speed of sound (SOS) in the phalanges, radius, and tibia. METHODS The study group consisted of 270 healthy Caucasian postmenopausal patients (mean age: 60.0 +/- 7.6 years) and 53 Caucasian postmenopausal patients (mean age: 67.2 +/- 7.4 years) wit...

We introduce Dynamic SOS as a framework for describing semantics of programming languages that include dynamic software upgrades. Dynamic SOS (DSOS) is built on top of the Modular SOS of P. Mosses, with an underlying category theory formalization. The idea of Dynamic SOS is to bring out the essential differences between dynamic upgrade constructs and program execution constructs. The important ...

Stress-induced mutagenesis is a collection of mechanisms observed in bacterial, yeast, and human cells in which adverse conditions provoke mutagenesis, often under the control of stress responses. Control of mutagenesis by stress responses may accelerate evolution specifically when cells are maladapted to their environments, i.e., are stressed. It is therefore important to understand how stress...