With the emergence of inexpensive commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts, heterogeneous multi-processor HPC platforms have now become more affordable. However, the effort required in developing real-time applications that require high-performance and high input/output bandwidth for the HPC systems is still difficult. Honeywell Inc. has released a suite of tools called the Systems and Application...

A method is reported for enhancing the sensitivity of NMR of dissolved xenon by detecting the signal after extraction to the gas phase. We demonstrate hyperpolarized xenon signal amplification by gas extraction (Hyper-SAGE) in both NMR spectra and magnetic resonance images with time-of-flight information. Hyper-SAGE takes advantage of a change in physical phase to increase the density of polari...

To profit in today’s market, small manufacturers must be efficient and agile to minimise cost and to meet variable market demand. This paper discusses an envisaged Semantic, Ambient, Generic and Extensible framework (SAGE) focused on the manufacturing environment. SAGE is based on the ambient intelligence philosophy which means it is focused on the human actor with the aim of aiding them to opt...

We present a computer program, termed V-SAGE (Virtual-SAGE), designed to facilitate the analysis of gene expression profiles by combining elements of SAGE (Serial Analysis of Gene Expression) with high-throughput EST analysis. The program re-iteratively correlates sequence tags adjacent to poly(A) tail sequence strings with a second or several tags located within the cDNA adjacent to the recogn...

This article presents SAGE, an adaptive interface agent for the Web-based SATELIT system. This system is dedicated to developing and browsing a Web-based catalogues in the fields of natural sciences working with taxonomies. The SAGE learning agent was developed as a part of the SATELIT adaptive interface and deals with the general hypermedia problem of « getting lost in hypermedia space ». SAGE...

The numbers of older adults are growing rapidly globally with the rate of increase larger in less developed countries. As life expectancies increase around the world, it is a priority to determine if more of the extra years being added are healthy years or years that are likely to be spent in poor health. The Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) ...

In March 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) identified the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) as a candidate species for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) because of habitat loss and fragmentation and that regulatory mechanisms needed to protect the species and its habitat were inadequate. However, after further review of on-going range wide...

Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats being developed for oil and gas reserves are inhabited by sagebrush obligate species-including the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) that is currently being considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Numerous studies suggest increasing oil and gas development may exacerbate species extinction risks. Therefore, ...

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada. Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4, Canada. Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toron...

The Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) occupies the sage brush habitats of Western North America. Large population declines in the last several decades have made it a candidate for possible listing under the Endangered Species Act. Listing was recently avoided in part because seventy local working groups are developing long-range management plans in conjunction with federal and loc...