Started in 1993, the Debian project is one of the oldest Free Software projects. Due to its volunteer nature, specialists from all fields contribute to the Debian GNU/ Linux distribution, which includes more than 30000 packages. The Debian packaging policy, its advanced package management system and the conservative release process lead to a stable basis which is ideal for customized environmen...

CAD software and similar modeling systems can show 3D object models created by designers, but these advanced 3D systems demand precise data about the 3D object, especially in the steps of inputting data and making freeform surfaces. Although it has become common to use CAD/CAM systems to increase the efficiency of the industrial design process, traditional sketching is often more efficient in t...

Basic chemometric methods for making empirical regression models for QSPR/QSAR are briefly described from a user's point of view. Emphasis is given to PLS regression, simple variable selection and a careful and cautious evaluation of the performance of PLS models by repeated double cross validation (rdCV). A demonstration example is worked out for QSPR models that predict gas chromatographic re...

The teaching of anatomy has consistently been the subject of societal controversy, especially in the context of employing cadaveric materials in professional medical and allied health professional training. The reduction in dissection-based teaching in medical and allied health professional training programs has been in part due to the financial considerations involved in maintaining bequest pr...

Three dimensional printing (3D printing) technology is increasingly used to improve results in many areas of medicine. Physical models produced by this technology allow better appreciation of complex anatomical and pathologic conditions. In cardiovascular medicine and surgery, 3D modeling has been reported to be of help in treatment planning of abdominal aortic aneurysm, especially in cases of ...

This thesis attempts the formation and systemization of a basis of knowledge and information, which is indispensable to turn a design support for kinetic structures into representation by means of a 3d animating program. Representation of kinetic structures by means of the existing ordinary software sources is possible; Nevertheless, such representation lacks of different important features and...

background : improvement of facial beauty is a major reason why patients with dentofacial problems opt for orthognathic surgery. people are eventually judged by their facial appearance by themselves, their friends & family and even surgeons. with the recent developments in technology, we now have a 3d structure that can build and analyze 3d images before & after surgery and review the extent of...

The central question of this paper is: How can design of Program Management contribute to the success of complex software implementations? Incomplete goal specifications, lack of communication, and underestimation of project complexity are signs of insufficient program and project management. To avoid these pitfalls, we will propose ways that have worked well in recent complex multi-project ERP...

Synchronous languages allow a high level, concurrent, and deterministic description the behavior of reactive systems. Thus, they can be used advantageously for the programming of embedded control systems. The runtime requirements of synchronous code are light, but several critical properties must be fulfilled. In this paper, we address the problem of the software implementation of synchronous p...

Welcome to the “OpenGL and X” column. This column is the outgrowth of my three-part series on programming OpenGL with the X Window System. The purpose of the column is to continue explaining how to put interactive 3D graphics into your X programs. In the past year, there’s been remarkable progress adopting OpenGL as the premier Application Programming Interface (API) for interactive 3D graphics...