This article presents SAGE, an adaptive interface agent for the Web-based SATELIT system. This system is dedicated to developing and browsing a Web-based catalogues in the fields of natural sciences working with taxonomies. The SAGE learning agent was developed as a part of the SATELIT adaptive interface and deals with the general hypermedia problem of « getting lost in hypermedia space ». SAGE...

The numbers of older adults are growing rapidly globally with the rate of increase larger in less developed countries. As life expectancies increase around the world, it is a priority to determine if more of the extra years being added are healthy years or years that are likely to be spent in poor health. The Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) ...

In these lectures I discuss the possibility that superstrings of cosmic length might exist and be observable. I first review the original idea of cosmic strings arising as gauge theory solitons, and discuss in particular their network properties and the observational bounds that rule out cosmic strings as the principal origin of structure in our universe. I then consider cosmic superstrings, in...

There are several reasons to explain why transmission system loading is less than 100%. These reasons include: (i) reliability, (ii) uncertainties associated with the demand growth forecast and (iii) different dispatch scenarios due to Renewable Energy Sources (RES), i.e., hydroelectricity, modern biomass, wind and solar power. The combination of these facts leads to high investments in the tra...

In March 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) identified the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) as a candidate species for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) because of habitat loss and fragmentation and that regulatory mechanisms needed to protect the species and its habitat were inadequate. However, after further review of on-going range wide...

Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats being developed for oil and gas reserves are inhabited by sagebrush obligate species-including the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) that is currently being considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Numerous studies suggest increasing oil and gas development may exacerbate species extinction risks. Therefore, ...

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada. Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4, Canada. Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toron...

The Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) occupies the sage brush habitats of Western North America. Large population declines in the last several decades have made it a candidate for possible listing under the Endangered Species Act. Listing was recently avoided in part because seventy local working groups are developing long-range management plans in conjunction with federal and loc...

The SAGE (Standards-Based Active Guideline Environment) project was formed to create a methodology and infrastructure required to demonstrate integration of decision-support technology for guideline-based care in commercial clinical information systems. This paper describes the development and innovative features of the SAGE Guideline Model and reports our experience encoding four guidelines. I...

The article deals with the issues of comparing teachings Tolstoy and Lao-zi according to criterion palingenesis, which is basis for construction entire ideological corpus most important treatise Taoism “Tao de jing”. formulated lapidary formula palingenesis in fortieth zhang this treatise, recreating a picture harmonization Middle Kingdom, arguing that return movement Tao, weakening action Tao....