In [13], a new model of plant taxonomy (Prometheus) was designed; it supports multiple overlapping classifications, and distinguishes the process of naming from classifying. The concepts identified in this taxonomic model necessitated the design of a new database model (POOM) to represent and manipulate the data. POOM is an extended object oriented model which emphasises relationships, thereby ...

This report presents the Prometheus database model. The model is designed to satisfy the requirements expressed in a previous document [RKB99]. The new model is based on a graph model and is extended with some mechanisms existing in other models (e.g. the differentiation between association and aggregation) and some new mechanisms not found anywhere (e.g. synonymy at all levels).

This paper presents a model of stochastic growth in which the probability of adverse shocks to production is inversely related to the aggregate stock of capital per capita. Postulating this endogenous relationship, justified by empirical evidence, the model yields long-run predictions consistent with the recent findings of cross-country club convergence and intra-distribution mobility.

nanoDSF, the miniaturized differential scanning fluorimetry technology, is a revolutionary method to determine the thermostability of proteins by following changes in their intrinsic fluorescence. In this comparative study, the Prometheus NT.48 was used to determine the thermal stability of the membrane esterase PA2949 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa in presence of various detergents. The detergent...

The Prometheus Design Tool (PDT) is a graphical tool that is used to design a Multi-Agent System following the Prometheus Methodology. This paper describes the latest version of PDT which is now integrated into the Eclipse platform, enabling the users to accomplish the full development life-cycle of an agent-oriented application in one IDE and also inherit the rich set of product development fe...

Model discovery systems are able to use collected domain data to either revise existing models (Prometheus), or create new models (Lagramge). However, these systems do not provide the ability to explicitly obtain and use feedback during model searches. Creating a system able to use this feedback explicitly would allow a user who was not entirely certain of the final form of their model to use s...

Summerskill-Walshe-Tygstrup syndrome is a rare benign chronic liver disease characterized by recurring cholestasis with jaundice and severe pruritus. Due to insufficient conservative treatment, liver dialysis by Prometheus(®) was applied to a 45-year-old female patient with resistant pruritus. Initially, other possible liver diseases were excluded and the patient was treated symptomatically sin...