This paper demonstrates an application of Conceptual Graphs (CGs) in the area of software engineering. We employ CGs as a meta-representation language to enhance consistency checking within a multiperspective development environment, i.e. one which employs and utilises a number of ViewPoints. We have built a ViewPoint-based prototype called the √iewer+CG to show such application of CGs. A ViewP...

Polyspermy is one of the unresolved problems that exist regarding pig oocytes matured and inseminated in vitro. Quantitative study of the changes in the cortical granule (CG) population in oocytes is essential for understanding the mechanism of how oocytes block polyspermic penetration and for developing the optimum conditions for in vitro maturation (IVM) and in vitro fertilization (IVF). The ...

This study tests the hypothesis that adenosine A2 receptor activation reduces reperfusion injury by inhibiting neutrophils in a canine model of ischemia and reperfusion. In 16 anesthetized, open-chest dogs, the left anterior descending coronary artery was ligated for 60 min and reperfused for 3 hr. An intracoronary infusion of either the selective adenosine A2 agonist CGS-21680 at 0.2 microgram...

The class of chain graphs (CGs) involving both undirected graphs (=Markov networks) and directed acyclic graphs (= Bayesian networks) was introduced in middle eighties for description of probabilistic conditional independence structures. Every class of Markov equivalent CGs (that is, CGs describing the same conditional independence structure) has a natural representative, which is called the la...

By considering electromagnetic scattering problems as examples, a study of the performance and scalability of the conjugate gradient squared (CGS) algorithm on two MIMD machines is presented. A modified CGS (MCGS) algorithm, where the synchronization overhead is effectively reduced by a factor of two, is proposed in this paper. This is achieved by changing the computation sequence in the CGS al...

The competitive excitatory amino acid antagonist cis-4-phosphonomethyl-2-piperidine-carboxylic acid (CGS 19755) increased the latency for monkeys to remove their tails from warm water (analgesia); larger doses produced ataxia, loss of righting, salivation, and eliminated reactivity to stimulation (anesthesia). CGS 19755 decreased tidal volume and had little effect on frequency of respiration. A...

A mi padre, también Técnico. El moderno protagonismo de las cadenas globales suministro (CGS) en el ámbito los flujos internacionales comercio y inversión directa exige un planteamiento teórico específico. Así, modelo aquí propuesto plantea que CGS vienen determinadas, su estructura complejidad, a vez, definidas por longitud grado internacionalización, conjunto riesgos afectan, manera variacion...

This study tests the hypothesis that cardioprotection exerted by adenosine A2-receptor activation and neutrophil-related events involves stimulation of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels on neutrophils during reperfusion. The adenosine A2 agonist CGS-21680 (CGS) inhibited superoxide radical generation from isolated rabbit polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in a dose-dependent manner from...

The number of children with disability is increasing gradually in Japan. Previous researches in other countries have reported that parents as caregivers (CGs) of children with disability have mental health problems, but the actual situation has not been examined nationwide in Japan so far. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between mental health of CGs who had children with d...