We present Cypress, a novel framework to archive and query massive time series streams such as those generated by sensor networks, data centers, and scientific computing. Cypress applies multi-scale analysis to decompose time series and to obtain sparse representations in various domains (e.g. frequency domain and time domain). Relying on the sparsity, the time series streams can be archived wi...

Northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) is an important commercial species with a high wildlife value, both as a food source and habitat for many bird and mammal species. Concerns have been expressed about its decreasing abundance across its range, and especially in mixedwood stands, where it has to compete with several other species and can suffer from heavy browsing. In this study, we qu...

Occupational asthma caused by western red cedar is a common problem in sawmill industries. The objective of this study was to examine a possible association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genetic markers with susceptibility or resistance to western red cedar induced asthma. The distribution of DRB1 and DQB1 HLA class II alleles and DRB1-DQB1 haplotypes was studied in 56 Caucasian pat...

The Center for Expanded Data Annotation and Retrieval (CEDAR) aims to revolutionize the way that metadata describing scientific experiments are authored. The software we have developed3⁄4the CEDAR Workbench3⁄4is a suite of Web-based tools and REST APIs that allows users to construct metadata templates, to fill in templates to generate high-quality metadata, and to share and manage these resourc...

We present Cypress, a novel framework to archive and query massive time series streams such as those generated by sensor networks, data centers, and scientific computing. Cypress applies multi-scale analysis to decompose time series and to obtain sparse representations in various domains (e.g. frequency domain and time domain). Relying on the sparsity, the time series streams can be archived wi...

Cereal Chem. 85(3):276–282 Rice quality can vary inexplicably from one lot to another and from year to year. One cause could be the variable temperatures experienced during the nighttime hours of rice kernel development. During the fall of 2004, a controlled temperature study was conducted using large growth chambers, testing nighttime temperatures of 18, 22, 26, and 30°C from 12 a.m. until 5 a...

Please cite this article in press as: Watts, A.C. Or Forest Ecol. Manage. (2012), http://dx.doi.org/1 Swamps, peatlands, and other wetland ecosystems can store vast amounts of carbon in organicallyderived peat soils. Wildfires during severe droughts can produce smoldering combustion in these soils, releasing large quantities of carbon to the atmosphere and causing dramatic changes at the local ...

Injection of a Japanese cedar pollen suspension into silkworm hemolymph kills the silkworms. A certain species of bacteria proliferated in the hemolymph of the dead silkworms. A 16S rDNA analysis demonstrated that the proliferating bacteria were Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus weihenstephanensis, and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Among them, B. cereus, B. thuringiensis, and B. w...

OBJECTIVE This double-blind, placebo-controlled comparative study was designed to investigate whether pranlukast dry syrup, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, has a protective effect against priming, controlled pollen exposure, and natural pollen exposure in children with Japanese cedar pollinosis. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Thirty children aged 12-15 years with Japanese cedar pollinosis (po...

introduction:oral lichen planus(olp)is a chronic mucocutaneus disease with an immunological etiology. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of cedar honey in treatment of erosive- atrophic olp.materials and methods: thirty patients with confirmed clinical and histopathologic of olp participated in a randomized clinical trial in mashhad dental school.patients were randomly allocated in...