Central to the Model Management (MM) function is the creation and maintenance of a knowledge-based model repository. The Model Knowledge Base (MKB) provides the basis by which information about models can be shared to facilitate consistent and controlled utilization of existing models for decision making, as well as the development of new models. Various schemes for representing individual mode...

Much have been said about metadata which is “data about data” used for classification and retrieval of information. However, metadata is not created by itself. This paper will present the design, interface and implementation of our own metadata tool called Metadata Management System, MMS that was developed to facilitate the creation, maintenance and storage of metadata. This metadata tool suppo...

Ab&m+--The. petrology and geochemistry of twenty-three chondritic dust particles with masses of l47 pg (sizes 100-400 pm) were recovered from blue ice near Cap Prudhomme, Antarctica, and studied by INAA, ASEM, EMPA, and optical microscopy. Sample selection criteria were irregular shape and (for a subsample) black color, with the aim of stud~ng as many unmelted micrometeo~~s (MI&) as possible. O...

BACKGROUND The United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) was the biggest ovarian cancer screening trial to date. A non-significant effect of screening on ovarian cancer was reported, but the authors noted a potential delayed effect of screening, and suggested the need for four years further follow-up. There are no UK-based cost-effectiveness analyses of ovarian ca...

The paper describes the results of a project specifically designed to evaluate the utility of Prolog for industrial software production. The project was financed by the IBM Canada Laboratory and the work was done by the University of Montréal in collaboration with the Computer Research Institute of Montréal (CRIM). Initially, the objective was to compare the industrial implementation of a telec...

The searches for classical Dirac Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) at accelerators, for GUT superheavy MMs in the penetrating cosmic radiation and for Intermediate Mass MMs at high altitudes are discussed. Also the searches for nuclearites and Q-balls are considered.

The searches for classical Dirac Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) at accelerators, for GUT superheavy MMs in the penetrating cosmic radiation and for Intermediate Mass MMs at high altitudes are discussed. Also the searches for nuclearites and Q-balls are considered.

The Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) is the main application protocol of the MAP communication standard architecture. MMS covers the most important functions needed in manufacturing applications. It was initially designed to rely on an ISO protocol stack, but the OSI layering allows to consider MMS by itself, independently of its standard profile. As Internet protocols are wide spread ...

Bacillus subtilis was not inactivated and was able to replicate even though approximately 3 X 104 methyl groups added by methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) were bound to the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of each organism. No significant loss of methyl groups from the DNA occurred for several generations upon incubation of methylated wild-type or MMS-sensitive cells. Single-strand breaks were not obser...

Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is the gold standard for the excision of locally invasive cutaneous malignancies in human dermatological surgery. Using a unique horizontal sectioning technique, MMS enables 100% surgical margin assessment and provides the lowest recurrence rates for locally invasive tumours. The purposes of this preliminary study were to explore the feasibility of application of...