A novel set of 3D descriptors, based on local grid-based COSMO s-profiles (LSPs), has been recently proposed as a promising alternative to force-field based MIFs in 3DQSAR [1]. These descriptors are grounded in the quantum chemistry-based COSMO-RS theory, which has become one of the methods of choice for the prediction of fluid phase equilibrium constants (e.g., partition coefficients, solubili...

This study aims to extract the instantaneous shoreline from remote sensing data acquired with very high resolution multispectral and SAR sensors. The capabilities of IKONOS, GeoEye and COSMO-SkyMed for shoreline detection are tested in the Venice littoral (Italy) by classifying the imagery into its land/water components. GPS measurements synchronously to the COSMO-SkyMed acquisitions are carrie...

The recently discovered O(d; d) symmetry of the space of (slowly-varying) cosmo-logical string vacua in d + 1 dimensions is shown to be preserved in the presence of bulk string matter. The existence of O(d; d) conserved currents allows all the equations of string cosmology to be reduced to rst-order diierential equations. The perfect-uid approximation is not invariant under O(d; d) transformati...

BACKGROUND In the course of occurrence of cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoidal hemorrhage episodes, periodicities resembling those found in the solar and geomagnetic activity were observed by Kovác and Mikulecký in 2005. OBJECTIVES To investigate putative relationships between two indices of solar activity and one index of geomagnetic activity on one side and the occurr...

For an adequate choice or design of ionic liquids, the knowledge of their interaction with other solutes and solvents is an essential feature for predicting the reactivity and selectivity of systems involving these compounds. In this work, the activity coefficient of water in several imidazolium-based ionic liquids with the common cation 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium was measured at 298.2 K. To c...

The success of software development projects to a large extent depends on the quality of the models that are produced in the development process, which in turn depends on the conceptual and practical support that is available for modelling, design and analysis. This paper focuses on model-driven support for service-oriented software development. In particular, it addresses how services and comp...

In this paper, X-band COSMO-SkyMed© synthetic aperture radar (SAR) wind field retrieval is investigated, and the obtained data are used to force a coastal ocean circulation model. The SAR data set consists of 60 X-band Level 1B Multi-Look Ground Detected ScanSAR Huge Region COSMO-SkyMed© SAR data, gathered in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea during the summer and winter seasons of 2010. The SAR-base...

Lifelike animated agents for knowledge based learning environments can provide timely cus tomized advice to support students problem solving Because of their strong visual presence they hold signi cant promise for substantially increasing students enjoyment of their learning experiences A key problem posed by lifelike agents that inhabit arti cial worlds is deictic believability In the same man...