The glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are major phase II detoxification enzymes found mainly in the cytosol. They catalyze the initial step in the formation of N-acetylcysteine (mercapturic acid) derivatives of a diverse group of foreign compounds. In addition to their role in catalyzing the conjugation of electrophilic substrates to glutathione (GSH), these enzymes also carry out a range of ot...

Determination of the outcome of an IT project in a developing nation is often based on sectoral models and highly aggregated data. This paper offers an example of a replicable methodology to go to the grass roots—the user level—to obtain valuable insights from the individual and group data that are masked by the aggregate statistics.

Definitions of functional food vary but are essentially based on foods’ ability to enhance the quality of life, or physical and mental performance, of regular consumers. The worldwide use of coffee for social engagement, leisure, enhancement of work performance and well-being is widely recognised. Depending on the quantities consumed, it can affect the intake of some minerals (K, Mg, Mn, Cr), n...

This paper describes an approach to ontology negotiation between information agents. Ontologies are declarative (data driven) expressions of an agent’s “world”: the objects, operations, facts, and rules that constitute the logical space within which an agent performs. Ontology negotiation enables agents to cooperate in performing a task, even if they are based on different ontologies. The proce...

The debate featured in this issue highlights the complexity of identifying the ‘appropriate’ denominator for estimating gestational-age-specific risk of postnatal endpoints. According to Caughey and Snowden, interpretable estimates for most neonatal endpoints can only be obtained with live births as the denominator. Smith notes how neither live births nor fetuses perfectly capture the populatio...

hsr Proceedings in intensive care and cardiovascular anesthesia 2011, Vol. 3 Corresponding author: Prof. Michael John Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Via Olgettina, 48 20132 Milan, Italy e.mail: [email protected] The example in Figure 1 is, of course, how you should not write the cover letter. This poor effort would certainly not help the editor in question to seriously deem your paper fi...

The Economics of Workaholism: We Should Not Have Worked on This Paper A large literature examines the addictive properties of such behaviors as smoking, drinking alcohol and eating. We argue that for some people addictive behavior may apply to a much more central aspect of economic life: working. Workaholism is subject to the same concerns about the individual as other addictions, is more likel...

“I Can’t Recommend This Paper Highly Enough”: Valence-Shifted Sentences in Sentiment Classification

This paper describes a method of Automatic Arabic Character Recognition (ACR). This system is articulated around four distinct modules which are the main image processing given by: a module of treatment, a module of segmentation, a module of recognition and a module of detection of symbols of classification. For classification; we have used Fuzzy Logic (FL), Genetic Algorithm (GA), and Expert S...