The interactive track of the Initiative for the Evaluation of XML retrieval (INEX) aims at collecting empirical data about user interaction behaviour and to build methods and algorithms for supporting interactive retrieval in digital library systems containing structured documents. In this paper we discuss and compare the usability aspects of the web-based user interface used in 2004 with the a...

The fifty-second annual meeting of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, Euston Koad, corresponded with " Daffodil Day," which no doubt accounted for the profusion of those cheerful and effective blooms that decorated every ward table in the hospital on March 14 and brightened the large entrance hall, where tea lay in readiness for guests attending the meeting. The chair was taken by Lord Ki...

In this paper we present DiLAS, a dedicated service for the management of annotations, supporting complex collaborative applications in distributed environments. The mission of DiLAS is to foster change in users’ interaction with digital libaries (DL) and contribute to developing services for social infrastructures in DLs. We thus introduce a new independent annotation service for interactive k...

Treatment of daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) bulbs in a 0.37% formaldehyde water solution at 44 C for 240 minutes is a standard practice in California for management of the stem and bulb nematode, Ditylenchus dipsaci. Recent concern over the safety of formaldehyde and growers' requests for a shorter treatment time prompted a reevaluation of the procedure. The time (Y, in minutes) required ...

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