design and analysis software solutions for composite structures for more than two decades. The software is continuously upgraded to reflect new research findings as well as to capitalize on advances in computing technology. Software applications such as CDS2.0, LIMS and MAT162 are used extensively by researchers at UD-CCM and industrial sponsors to predict material properties and behavior durin...

Developed by the Virginia Bioinformatics Consortium (VBC), GeneX Va is an open source, freeware database and bioinformatics analysis software for archiving and analyzing Affymetrix GeneChip data. It provides an integrated framework for management, documentation, and analysis of microarray experiments and data to support a range of users, from individual research laboratories to institutional mi...

Laboratory techniques for high-throughput sequencing have enhanced our ability to generate DNA sequence data from millions of natural history specimens collected prior to the molecular era, but remain poorly tested at shallower evolutionary time scales. Hybridization capture using restriction site-associated DNA probes (hyRAD) is a recently developed method for population genomics with museum s...

Structural genomics aims at the establishment of a universal protein-fold dictionary through systematic structure determination either by NMR or X-ray crystallography. In order to catch up with the explosive amount of protein sequence data, the structural biology laboratories are spurred to increase the speed of the structure-determination process. To achieve this goal, high-throughput robotic ...

BACKGROUND Since 2006, Burkina Faso has subsidized the cost of caesarean sections to increase their accessibility. Caesareans are performed by obstetricians, general practitioners, and nurses trained in emergency surgery. While the national caesarean rate is still too low (only 2 % in 2010), 12 to 24 % of caesareans performed in hospital are, in fact, not medically indicated. The objective of t...

Millions of tons reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and aggregate or inorganic binder stabilized (RAI) is produced every year in China. The cold recycled mixture (CRM) technology reduces fuel consumption, emissions, cost utilizes the high content RAP. In this paper, six types CRM with varying RAP/RAI composition binders were investigated. laboratory tests included strength indicators, temperature...

BACKGROUND Cell sorting of viable biological specimens has become very prevalent in laboratories involved in basic and clinical research. As these samples can contain infectious agents, precautions to protect instrument operators and the environment from hazards arising from the use of sorters are paramount. To this end the International Society of Analytical Cytology (ISAC) took a lead in esta...

Web-based learning environments often use games and simulations to enrich the learning process. Understanding the response of learners to these non-text-based environments is usually accomplished through laboratory testing or field surveys. The “click to submit” web-form questionnaire is a common method of gathering user feedback, however, these questionnaires are plagued by low response rates ...

This paper describes a method for the calculation of surface reflectance values via photometric stereo. Experimental results show that surfaces rendered with reflectance values calculated by the proposed method have more realistic appearances than those with constant albedo. 1 Center for Image Technology and Robotics Tamaki Campus, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. 2 Agilent Te...