The existing combinatorial methods for iso-surface computation are efficient for pure visualization purposes, but it is known that the resulting iso-surfaces can have holes, and topological problems like missing or wrong connectivity can appear. To avoid such problems, we introduce a graph-theoretical method for the computation of iso-surfaces on cuboid meshes in R. The method for the generatio...

Attached you find an SWG report on a possible new area of standardization activity: Web Collaboration At its June 2013 meeting SWG-P adopted this report, recognizing that it might still be too early to start standardization work right away. Instead we would like to get some feedback from the SC Chairmen on this report. In section 11 of the report SWG on Planning has identified a number of possi...

With a dataset of more than 600 million small RNAs deeply sequenced from mouse hippocampal and staged sets of mouse cells that underwent reprogramming to induced pluripotent stem cells, we annotated the stem-loop precursors of the known miRNAs to identify isomoRs (miRNA-offset RNAs), loops, non-preferred strands, and guide strands. Products from both strands were readily detectable for most miR...

ISOBUS-Systeme sind Anwendungen der ISO 11783. Diese Norm regelt Kommunikation und Schnittstellen für die geräteübergreifende elektronische Verbindung, Steuerung und Bedienung von Komponenten in Traktoren und Arbeitsmaschinen. Der Beitrag gibt einen systematischen Überblick über die Funktionen des komplexen Normenwerks.

Semantic technologies have become widely adopted in the last years. However, in order to correctly evaluate them we need to ground evaluations in a common quality model. This paper presents some first steps towards the definition of such quality model for semantic technologies. First, some well-known software quality models are described, together with methods for extending them. Afterwards, a ...

In order to correctly evaluate semantic technologies, which have become widely adopted in recent years, we need to put evaluations under the scope of a unique software quality model. This paper presents a quality model for semantic technologies. First, some well-known software quality models are described, together with methods for extending them. Afterwards, a new method for extending quality ...

Epithelial dysfunction is a key characteristic of acute lung injury (ALI). Isoflurane (ISO) confers lung protection via anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties. However, the specific role and potential mechanisms of subanesthetic ISO in lung epithelium protection during zymosan-induced ALI remain unclear. In this study, zymosan increased the expression and activity of beneficial heme ox...