Network-aware applications, i.e., applications that adapt to network conditions in an application specific way, need both static and dynamic information about the network to be able to adapt intelligently to network conditions. The CMU Remos interface gives applications access to a wide range of information in a network-independent fashion. Remos uses a logical topology to capture the network i...

As the human genome is sequenced and annotated, an important step in future genetic studies of complex traits and diseases will be the identification of relevant candidate genes. To enable such compilations, it would be useful to collate all necessary and available genetic information for each candidate gene. To this end, we have created a web tool (http://genome.cwru.edu/gist/gist.html+ ++) to...

BitTorrent is a free peer-to-peer (P2P) content-sharing application with a complex and dynamic overlay structure due to loose coupling, high churn rate, and varying responsiveness of nodes. The complexity and the dynamic nature of the overlay structure can mask the problems in the network, making errors difficult to detect and diagnosis in a timely manner. Furthermore, the heavy reliance of cli...

Information overload is one of the major challenges of management in the information age. Usually, the emphasis in the literature is on incoming information, whereas the creation of information or data is rarely discussed. This paper presents the measurement paradox and demonstrates how managerial decisions, or monitoring conventions, cause collection of tremendous amounts of unnecessary data. ...

The Internet offers a plethora of freely available information for possible use in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) operations. However, along with this information come challenges in finding relevant information and overcoming information overload. This paper presents the results of an ongoing research in a Tailored Information Delivery Services (TIDS) system that aids users in retrieving rele...

Marital status is often probed in epidemiological, public health, and social surveys, and has been shown to be associated with various health outcomes. However, in the past 25 years there has been a trend towards cohabitation, and higher rates of divorce and remarriage. Birth registration data also show that nearly 40% of births are outside marriage, a large proportion of which are to cohabitin...

This article marries the study of serious leisure pursuits with library and information science’s (LIS) interest in people’s everyday use, need, seeking, and sharing of information. Using a qualitative approach, the role of information as a phenomenon was examined in relation to the leisure activity of hobbyist collecting. In the process, a model and a typology for these collectors were develop...

Protein chains are known to fold into topologically complex shapes, such as knots, slipknots or complex lassos. This complex topology of the chain can be considered as an additional feature of a protein, separate from secondary and tertiary structures. Moreover, the complex topology can be defined also as one additional structural level. The LinkProt database (http://linkprot.cent.uw.edu.pl) co...

Despite the nowadays widespread availability of various medical information in computerreadable formats, it still remains challenging to structure and employ this information in order to improve medical services. For online health websites it is crucial to dispose of clear and concise medical information that can be served on a variety of levels to different users. With the advent of the ”infor...