Within the WHO European Programme for Monitoring and Assessment of Dietary Exposure to Potentially Hazardous Substances (GEMS/Food EURO), measures are undertaken to assure the reliability and comparability of data handled in this Programme. During the collation of contamination data on various food items and diets, there are always some analytical results which will be reported as non-detectabl...

The human gut is colonized with a myriad of microbes, with substantial interpersonal variation. This complex ecosystem is an integral part of the gastrointestinal tract and plays a major role in the maintenance of homeostasis. Its dysfunction has been correlated to a wide array of diseases, but the understanding of causal mechanisms is hampered by the limited amount of cultured microbes, poor u...

Mining patterns of gene expression provides a crucial approach in discovering knowledge such as finding genetic networks that underpin the embryonic development. Analysis of mining results and evaluation of their relevance in the domain remains a major concern. In this paper we describe our explorative studies in support of solutions to facilitate the analysis and interpretation of mining resul...

In this Perspective on the GEMS study by Kelly Baker and colleagues, Jonny Crocker and Jamie Bartram consider the implications of associations found and not found between diarrheal disease and sanitation and hygiene.

As distributed storage systems grow, the response time between the occurrence of a fault, detection, and repair becomes significant. Systems built on shared servers have additional complexity because of the high rate of service outages and revocation. Managing high replica counts in this environment becomes very costly in terms of the storage required and bandwidth consumption for file copies. ...

For the past six years the E-GEMS project has studied the design and use of computer games and activities for mathematics education in grades 4 to 8. Our research has involved researchers in education and computer science, professional game developers, teachers and thousands of children. The outcomes of this collaboration include a wide range of research studies as well as innovative prototype ...