OGSA-DAI (Open Grid Services Architecture Data Access and Integration) is a framework for building distributed data access and integration systems. Until recently, it lacked the built-in functionality that would allow easy creation of federations of distributed data sources. The latest release of the OGSA-DAI framework introduced the OGSA-DAI DQP (Distributed Query Processing) resource. The new...

One important contribution to the community that is developing Grid middleware is the definition and implementation of benchmarks and tools to assess the performance and dependability of Grid applications and the corresponding middleware. In this paper, we present an experimental study that was conducted with OGSA-DAI, a popular package of middleware that provides access to remote data resource...

The paper deals with 21 valid species of the genus Thagria from Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. Eight new species are described and illustrated: T. biprocessa Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. decussata Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. irregularis Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. multispinosa Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. paramultipars Fan & Li, sp. nov., T. triangula Fan & Li, sp. nov., T. trifasciata Fan & Li, sp. nov. and ...

The OGSA-DAI project has developed a client toolkit for the OGSA-DAI middleware. This toolkit comprises of a set of high-level APIs intended to protect application developers from changes in Grid specifications that impact upon OGSA-DAI and remove the requirement to manipulate XML documents either by hand or programmatically. In doing so, the client toolkit aims to improve the usability and sho...

The life cycle of Belonolaimus longicaudatus was observed in vitro on excised roots of Zea mays. Roots were cultured on Gamborg's B5 medium in petri dishes with 1.5% agar adjusted to pH 5.8 and incubated at 28 degrees C in darkness. Second-stage juveniles (J2) fed on the roots and started the second molt (M2) to the third-stage juveniles 2 days after inoculation (DAI). The third molt (M3) to th...

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a common mechanism of traumatic brain injury (TBI) for which there is no well-accepted anatomic measures of injury severity. The present study aims to quantitatively assess DAI by measuring white matter lesion volume visible in fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) weighted images and to determine whether higher lesion volumes are associated with unfavorable...

The study was done to assess the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment needs using Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) among 12-15 years old school children in Davangere, Karnataka – India. A total of 2010 high school students (991 males and 1019 females) randomly selected from public and private schools were examined for malocclusion using Dental Aesthetic Index by single examiner.The ...

Neonatal exposure to genistein (GEN), an isoflavone abundant in soy, favorably modulates bone mineral density (BMD) and bone strength in mice at adulthood. The study objective was to determine whether early exposure to a combination of the soy isoflavones daidzein (DAI) and GEN that naturally exists in soy protein-based infant formula results in greater benefits to bone at adulthood than either...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between dental aesthetic index (DAI) and self - satisfaction with dental appearance, smile and desire for orthodontic care. METHODS A survey of 103 school children, 51 boys and 52 girls was carried out in Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram. The subjects were interviewed using a questionnaire consisting of questions concerning smi...

The ox-cat cycle of Sarcocystis hirsuta was studied by killing 18 calves between 7 and 110 days after inoculation (DAI) with sporocysts from cats. At 7 DAI, sporozoites were found free and within leukocytes in the lumen of arteries associated with mesenteric lymph nodes and in endothelial cells of mesenteric arteries. First-generation meronts were found 7-23 DAI in arteries associated with mese...