This paper briefly presents the prototype of a software framework permitting different multi-disciplinary user communities to take advantage of the power of the Grid computing. The idea behind the project is to offer a software infrastructure allowing an easy, quick and customizable access to the Grid to research groups or organizations that need to simulate big amount of data.

Taking photographs of microscope slides generally requires expensive equipment and a lot of effort. We demonstrate a technique to take clear, focused pictures of microscope slides with a smartphone. This could facilitate exchange of information between providers, allow for quick second opinions, and improve patient care.

This paper provides a game-theoretic model of probabilistic voting and then examines the incentives faced by candidates in a spatial model of elections. In our model, voters’ strategies form a Quantal Response Equilibrium (QRE), which merges strategic voting and probabilistic behavior. We first show that a QRE in the voting game exists for all elections with a finite number of candidates, and t...

Quantal response equilibrium (QRE) has become a popular alternative to the standard Nash equilibrium concept in game theoretic applications. It is well known that human subjects do not regularly choose Nash equilibrium strategies. It has been hypothesized that subjects are limited by strategic uncertainty or that subjects have broader social preferences over the outcome of games. These two fact...

  Background and Aims:Nosocomial infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality and pose high financial burden on healthcare systems. Although surface contact, surgical incisions, wounds and catheters are responsible for a high percentage of nosocomial infections, bacterial and fungal air contaminations in hospitals have an important role in development of hospital infections. The p...