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Classification des compte-rendus mammographiques à partir d'une ontologie radiologique en OWL

Résumé. Dans cet article, nous proposons un système de classification des comptes-rendus mammographiques, reposant sur une ontologie radiologique décrivant les signes radiologiques et les différentes classes de la classification ACR des systèmes BIRADS dans le langage OWL. Le système est conçu pour, extraire les faits issus des textes libres de comptes-rendus en étant dirigé par l’ontologie, pu...

Modeling operon dynamics: the tryptophan and lactose operons as paradigms.

Understanding the regulation of gene control networks and their ensuing dynamics will be a critical component in the understanding of the mountain of genomic data being currently collected. This paper reviews recent mathematical modeling work on the tryptophan and lactose operons which are, respectively, the classical paradigms for repressible and inducible operons.

Cytokines and the function of the mature nervous system.

In addition to the role that cytokines (growth factors, interleukins, instructive factors) play in regulating neuronal survival, growth and gene expression during development, recent evidence suggests that these intercellular signals can also control similar functions in the normal, as well as the injured, adult nervous system. Some of this evidence is summarized here, with particular emphasis ...

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Alex Voorhoeve sets the stage for his book by quoting Plato's Phaedrus in which the “the living, breathing discourse of the man who knows” (1) is deemed superior to the written discourse. Socrates's vindication of the dialogue as the blessed form of philosophical investigation is thus presented as the inspiration for these eleven conversations with prominent thinkers on ethics ― most of them pr...

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