Features of cyanobacteria are introduced for non-specialists by highlighting topics in the various chapters. Aspects where much more is known now than a decade ago are pointed out, such as the importance of cyanobacterial nitrogen fi xation in the oceans. This is followed by an account of the recent molecular studies most relevant for ecologists, especially topics not mentioned elsewhere in the...

C oncerns about the quality of microarray data in three Duke University cancer trials have simmered for several years. Then in July, after evidence surfaced regarding alleged inconsistencies in reporting of credentials by one of the Duke researchers, the issue came to a boil: More than 30 bioinformatics and biostatistics specialists sent a letter to National Cancer Institute director Harold Var...

This paper details the substance and recommendations arising from a meeting convened by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in August 2009, to assess the challenges and opportunities of emergency department management of acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS). The assembled faculty represented a large cross section of medical professionals spanning the medical management continuum of pat...

Diet, nutrition, and obesity are important topics of current research. While many insect genome and/or transcriptome models are based on dietary specialists, the lady beetle Coleomegilla maculata, a common New World species, is highly omnivorous. C. maculata feeds on plants, fungi, insects and other arthropods; its diet frequently includes conspecific cannibalism. This study reports and discuss...

Biotechnology offers a variety of potential environmental, social and economic benefits but, it is the center of extreme public and political debate at present. A major field of discussion in biotechnology are genetically modified (GM) organisms. New medical, political, ethical and religious discussions arise over the production and consumption of these organisms. Many surveys have been conduct...

MDX is a medical diagnosis system, organized as a hierarchies collection of conceptual specialists, who cooperate to diagnose a case. The current domain of MDX is cholestasis, a syndrome involving the liver. MDX works in conjunction with a conceptually organized data base specialist (PATREC) and radiology consultant (RADEX). PROGRAM DESCRIPTION In the last IJCAI at Tokyo, we presented an approa...