In this ‘feasibility study’ the influence of roasting on the sulfur speciation in Mexican coffee beans was investigated by sulfur K-XANES spectroscopy. Spectra of green and slightly roasted beans could be fitted to a linear combination of ‘standard’ reference spectra for biological samples, whereas longer roasting obviously involves formation of additional sulfur compounds in considerable amounts.

The theorems of this paper show that the main results in the structure and representation theory of Jordan algebras and of alternative algebras are valid for a larger class of algebras defined by simple identities which obviously hold in the Jordan and alternative cass. A new unification of the Jordan and associative theories is also achieved.

've listed below a number of possible topic areas that might be appropriate for your "class project"; obviously, this is not exhaustive of the things that might be considered. In each instance the emphasis should be on a topic's probabilistic/statistical aspects, particularly as it might relate to ethical practice and/or psychology. Expansions would be expected.

Obviously, data management is critical for appropriate and effective utilization of large volumes of data. In scientific and engineering computing problems today there are considerable independent efforts for data collection and simulation. To properly understand a phenomenon of interest, one much consider a notion of data fusion, by which these disparate sources can be utilized. For example, s...

SonaRes is a decision support system for ultrasound diagnostics. The resulting report is the obviously unique result of the ultrasound investigation that can be printed or saved for further reviewing. In this article is presented the structure of medical image report, the methods and techniques for SonaRes report generation.

Bayesian networks provide a probabilistic seman­ tics for qualitative assertions about likelihood. A qualitative reasoner based on an algebra over these assertions can derive further conclusions about the influence of actions. While the conclusions are much weaker than those computed from complete probability distributions, they are still valuable for suggesting potential actions, eliminating o...

Objective: To study and analyse changes of serum CXCL12 in patients with acute cerebral infarction and its clinical significance. Methods: According to diagnosis criteria and exclusive conditions, 60 patients with acute cerebral infarction first had been diagnosed by clinic were recruited as experimental group. 60 healthy physical examination whose clinical indexes had no statistical difference...

The influence of transmembrane ion fluxes on mycoplasma membrane potentials was studied. Fluorescence intensity of potential-sensitive carbocyanine dyes was calibrated vs. electric membrane potential. Potassium and sodium ion diffusion potentials significantly contributed to mycoplasma membrane potential. Chloride ions were obviously freely permeable across mycoplasma membranes. Under growth co...

Airway inflammation is central to the pathogenesis of allergic asthma, and molecules that mediate this process obviously represent targets for therapy. In the present article, we discuss our experiments, which point to CD4+ T cells and IL-5-driven eosinophilia as potential targets for the relief of bronchial hyperreactivity in late-phase asthma.

When Dr. Carl Pulfrich 1909 introduced the “Vacation Course in Stereophotogrammetry”, terrestrial photogrammetry has driven most applications. He, the founder of stereophotogrammetry, was convinced, that after the introduction of the stereo comparator (1901) a new milestone was needed to improve the accuracy of photogrammetric object reconstruction. Obviously, there is nothing better than initi...