1 Department of Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo s/n, Boadilla del Monte, 28660 Madrid (Spain). {jlsierra,mmolina}@dia.fi.upm.es Abstract. This paper describes the adaptation approach of reusable knowledge representation components defined in the KSM environment for the formulation and operationalisation of structured knowledge models. Reusable kno...

Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD), African swine fever (ASF), classical swine fever (CSF) and swine vesicular disease (SVD) can cause significant economic and social costs and severe trade limitations. A number of commodities may be contaminated with these hazards, including meat and meat products derived from infected animals. Great Britain (GB) enforces a number of regulations to prev...

We discuss the potential pros and cons of using importation biological control against the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphididae). Importation of exotic organisms for biological control is never completely risk-free, but the potential negative impacts of not achieving biological control of invasive pests may exceed the risks associated with a biological control introduct...

Border control is the primary method to prevent rabies emergence. This study developed a quantitative risk model incorporating stochastic processes to evaluate whether border control measures could efficiently prevent rabies introduction through importation of cats and dogs using Taiwan as an example. Both legal importation and illegal smuggling were investigated. The impacts of reduced quarant...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine if communities in Nunavut that prohibit the importation of alcoholic beverages have less violence relative to communities that allow alcohol importation. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cross-sectional study based on community-level records of violent crimes known to the police. METHODS Violence was measured using community-level records of...

BACKGROUND The continuing circulation of MERS in the Middle East makes the international dissemination of the disease a permanent threat. To inform risk assessment, we investigated the spatiotemporal pattern of MERS global dissemination and looked for factors explaining the heterogeneity observed in transmission events following importation. METHODS We reviewed imported MERS cases worldwide u...

All mitochondrial tRNAs in Leishmania tarentolae are encoded in the nuclear genome and imported into the mitochondrion from the cytosol. One imported tRNA (tRNA(Trp)) is edited by a C to U modification at the first position of the anticodon. To determine the in vivo substrates for mitochondrial tRNA importation as well as tRNA editing, we examined the subcellular localization and extent of 5'- ...