Poly(A) has significant relevance to mRNA stability, protein synthesis and cancer biology. The ability of two phenothiazinium dyes azure A (AA) and azure B (AB) to bind single-stranded poly(A) was studied by spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques. Strong binding of the dyes and the higher affinity of AA over AB were ascertained from absorbance and fluorescence experiments. Significant pertur...

MapReduce distributed data processing architecture has become the de-facto data-intensive analysis mechanism in compute clouds and in commodity clusters, mainly due to its excellent fault tolerance features, scalability, ease of use and the simpler programming model. MapReduceRoles for Azure (MR4Azure) is a decentralized, dynamically scalable MapReduce runtime we developed for Windows Azure Clo...

In this paper we describe our experience of using Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform for static analysis. We start by extending Static Driver Verifier to operate in the Microsoft Azure cloud with significant improvements in performance and scalability. We present our results of using SDV on single drivers and driver suites using various configurations of the cloud relative to a local mach...

Azure dye-impregnated sheep's wool keratin (keratin azure) was incorporated in a high pH medium and overlaid on a keratin-free basal medium. The release and diffusion of the azure dye into the lower layer indicated production of keratinase. Fifty-eight fungal taxa, including 49 members of the Arthrodermataceae, Gymnoascaceae and Onygenaceae (Order Onygenales), were assessed for keratin degradat...

GIS vector-based spatial data overlay processing is much more complex than raster data processing. The GIS data files can be huge and their overlay processing is computationally intensive. Meager amount of work has been done on processing large volume of vector geospatial data through parallel/distributed computing, and none has been on cloud platforms. We have created Crayons system, which we ...