The representation of biological knowledge in databases is a necessity for modern biomedical research. Historically, there has been very little collaboration or coordination between different database providers. Although many grandiose schemes for the "integration" of biological databases have been proposed over the years, none have been practical to the point of implementation. Yet the need fo...

Introduction: Bone embrittlement due to γ-irradiation sterilization (25-35kGy range) is a concern for tissue banks (product quality) and for orthopaedic surgeons (clinical effectiveness and outcomes). This is especially true in cases of large structural allografts (e.g. massive intercalary defect reconstruction) because only approximately 20% of such a graft will be invaded and remodelled by ho...

Modelling the environmental factors influencing spatial variation of fish early life stages density and their drift history can identify key biological physical processes for recruitment variability. Distance-based linear multivariate techniques were used to characterize spawning areas European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in Gulf Cadiz (GoC). Chlorophyll is variable that best characterized i...

This study describes the design and application of a range online clinical vignettes for measuring impact Continuing Education Training (CET) identifying unwarranted variation in optometric decision-making concerning referrals to secondary care. Twenty computerised were developed assess referral management decisions taken primary care optometry. The system was specifically designed present (ten...

Glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC) is an uncommon jaw bone cyst of odontogenic origin described in 1987 by Gardner et al. It is a cyst having an unpredictable and potentially aggressive behaviour. It also has the propensity to grow to a large size and tendency to recur with only 111 cases having been reported thus far. The first case occurred in a 42-year-old female and presented as a localized s...

BACKGROUND Previous one-dimensional network modeling of the cerebellar granular layer has been successfully linked with a range of cerebellar cortex oscillations observed in vivo. However, the recent discovery of gap junctions between Golgi cells (GoCs), which may cause oscillations by themselves, has raised the question of how gap-junction coupling affects GoC and granular-layer oscillations. ...

Production of cold active lipase by semisolid state fermentation involves the use of agroindustrial residues. In the present study, semisolid state fermentation was carried out for the production of cold active lipase using Micrococcus roseus, isolated from soil samples of Gangotri glaciers, Western Himalayas. Among various substrate tested, groundnut oil cake (GOC) favored maximal yield of lip...

Local learning of sparse image models has proven to be very effective to solve inverse problems in many computer vision applications. To learn such models, the data samples are often clustered using the K-means algorithm with the Euclidean distance as a dissimilarity metric. However, the Euclidean distance may not always be a good dissimilarity measure for comparing data samples lying on a mani...