The evolution of cholesterol testing provides an example of a systematic approach that developed to relate the medical use of a laboratory test with the analytical performance requirements for that test. Laboratories today have the capability to perform cholesterol testing with the accuracy and precision necessary to meet medical needs. This statement can be made because (a) a standard diagnost...

The cellulosic biomass in the form of agricultural waste, is a renewable and abundant resource with great potential for bioconversion to value-added bioproducts . It can be degraded by cellulase produced by cellulolytic bacteria to more useful products, such as single-cell protein for use in animal feeds or ethanol for use as a fuel or chemical feedstock.. This enzyme has various industrial app...

Building up community web sites for sensor-based application like weather portals, traffic information, or stock data are problematic when the members of the community have little knowledge about data processing and visualization. Available middlewares and platforms do offer sufficient services to help users to fulfill important tasks on the way to their own community platform like filtering, a...

We give a model of parallel distributed genetic improvement. With modern low cost power monitors; high speed Ethernet LAN latency and network jitter have little effect. The model calculates a minimum usable mutation effect based on the analogue to digital converter (ADC)’s resolution and shows the optimal test duration is inversely proportional to smallest impact we wish to detect. Using the ex...

Genetic Programming (GP) has long been applied to several SBSE problems. Recently there has been much interest in using GP and its variants to solve demanding problems in which the code evolved by GP is intended for deployment. This paper investigates the application of genetic improvement to a challenging problem of improving a well-studied system: a Boolean satisfiability (SAT) solver called ...

Every physician would like to believe that his or her in-office lab executes tests properly and delivers results reliably. Unfortunately, a recent multiyear study identified a number of consistent errors in lab tests waived by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program. The study, done by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control a...

Information on the genetic identity and interrelationships of different Morus spp. genotypes is essential for their proper conservation and utilization. Hence, the present investigation was undertaken with genetically more reliable DNA markers to study the genetic relationship among eleven selected genotypes of mulberry collected from Japan, India and Italy. Using ten RAPD and ten ISSR primers,...

While seed source selection is an important initial step in the genetic improvement of Christmas trees, continuously returning to seed collections from natural stands precludes any further improvement in genetic quality. In addition, the genetic variation within most seed sources is tremendous and varies from year to year. In order for the Christmas tree industry to move past the current level ...

The domestication of trees for agroforestry approaches to poverty alleviation and environmental rehabilitation in the tropics depends on the expansion of the market demand for non-timber forest products. This paper reviews published data on the nutritive values of the ̄esh, kernels and seedoils of the seventeen fruit tree species that have been identi®ed, in four ecoregions of the tropics, by s...