ions, aggregations and groupings of the code architecture view elements build the higher-level view (i.e., first the module view, then the conceptual view). The higher level or abstracted entities and relations can be mapped to concrete ones at the code level. During architecture recovery activities, code architecture view and the execution architecture views produce a lot of facts about the so...

We analyse two basic strategies for the development of tightly coupled, federated information systems: top-down and bottom-up. Both approaches are compared relative to the specific requirements of information integration in evolving environments, such as the intention of treating different kinds of heterogeneity, preserving source autonomy and enabling change management while ensuring consisten...

The concept of oncolytic virus (OV)-mediated cancer therapy has been shifted from an operational virotherapy paradigm to an immunotherapy. OVs often induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) of cancer cells, and they may interact directly with immune cells as well to prime antitumor immunity. We and others have developed a number of strategies to further stimulate antitumor immunity and to productive...

Research on innovative methods for Conceptual Design of Control Strategies (CDCS) is of great theoretical and engineering meaning. In this paper, TRIZ-aided innovation in CDCS was proposed. At first, a systematic approach to build a new theory of inventive problem solving specialized for control strategies (TRIZ-CS) was proposed with its systemic structure was given. Then the Block-Signal analy...

Despite recent currency crises, most of the Asia-Pacific economies continue to be among the most attractive markets in the world and now appear to be recovering rapidly. An important element in understanding the dynamics of firm strategies in Asia is the nature of nonmarket strategies, which concern efforts to respond to and influence the political-economic-social environment. To examine such n...

INTRODUCTION Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a recently discovered class of non-coding functional RNA which has attracted immense research interest. The growing corpus of literature in the field provides ample evidence to suggest the important role of lncRNAs as regulators in a wide spectrum of biological processes. Recent evidence also suggests the role of lncRNAs in the pathophysiology of ...

The sophistication of technical and organizational networking enables not only a broader range of business networks and business strategies, but also allows for their faster adaptation to innovations. By increasing the degree of formalization of strategy modeling, model consistency can be enhanced and specifications can be reused in subsequent business engineering phases like process (re-)desig...

The use of OVSF codes in WCDMA systems has offered opportunities to provide variable data rates to flexibly support applications with different bandwidth requirements. Two important issues in such an environment are the code placement problem and code replacement problem. The former may have significant impact on code utilization and, thus, code blocking probability, while the latter may affect...