In this present study an attempt has been made to evaluate glyceryl monostearate (GMS) as a rate retarding material to sustain the release ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from the matrix tablet. The solubility of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride was studied. The physical parameters of the prepared tablets were also evaluated. Release kinetics of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from this sustained release ma...

MOTIVATION Genome resequencing and short read mapping are two of the primary tools of genomics and are used for many important applications. The current state-of-the-art in mapping uses the quality values and mapping quality scores to evaluate the reliability of the mapping. These attributes, however, are assigned to individual reads and do not directly measure the problematic repeats across th...

We investigate quantum aspects of Gopakumar-Minwalla-Strominger (GMS) solutions of noncommutative field theory (NCFT) at large noncommutativity limit, θ → ∞. Building up quantitative Weyl-Moyal map between operator formulation of 2-, respectively, (2+1)-dimensional NCFTs and large N matrix models of c = 0, respectively, c = 1 noncritical strings, we show that GMS solutions are quantum mechanica...

The United States is trending away from traditional mine rescue contest training toward hands-on skills training that focuses on being better prepared for an actual mine emergency response. New technologies and engaging training exercises are providing more realistic experiences to mine rescue teams. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with LightsOn...

BACKGROUND The emergence of skin substitutes provides a new approach for the treatment of wound repair and healing. The consistent and steady release of angiogenic factors is an important factor in the promotion of angiogenesis in skin substitutes, which usually lack, yet need, a vascular network. METHODS In this study, ginsenoside Rg1, a natural compound isolated from Panax notoginseng (PNS)...

This paper presents the state of e-commerce infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The state of e-commerce is comprised of factors not only technological, but also economic, social, commercial, legal, and regulatory. Based on the assessment of its current state, an attempt is made at projecting the future prospects for e-commerce in the GMS. E-commerce in the GMS countries is min...

This paper presents our approach to reducing the power consumption in our Gait Measurement System (GMS), which is the foundation for various monitoring and assistive systems. Our GMS is a small foot-mounted device based on an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), containing an accelerometer and a gyroscope. It can compute gait parameters in real-time, including cadence, velocity and stride length, b...

This qualitative study is an exploratory attempt to investigate hotel general managers’ (GMs) perceived work–family balance/interface issues from a strategic perspective. Based on 49 in-person, in-depth, in-office, interviews with full-service hotel GMs, the authors identify current strategic issue perceptions (SIPs) of hotel GMs and explore potential relationships between these SIPs and work–f...

Issues concerning the application of psychiatric measures across cultures are discussed in the light of the authors experiences with the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) and the WHO Quality of Life Instrument (WHOQOL). The aceptability of the GMS to non - literate populations are examined in the context of culture, age ascertainment, education and cognition and variances between the GMS - psychiatr...

In this paper a new fuzzy method for 2D texture classification is proposed. A fuzzy rule base system is designed based on computed Geometric Moments (GMs), which are rotation, scale and translation invariant, for each texture class. Although GMs are applied to classify texture, utilizing fuzzy inference system (FIS) to make decision, develops much more robust classifier. Where GMs are inputs an...