We have all seen the heartbreaking pictures of the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Nargis on the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta region in Burma. However what all of us cannot understand is the refusal by the Burma's military Junta to accept aid
The majority of these days will need a number of loans to fund their college education and a substantial number will also need to find loans that do not need a cosigner.
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Time and again, "citizen scientists" - members of the public who voluntarily help scientific studies - have made a real difference to research, for example by meticulously collecting data.
Durham University) Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth's crust.
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena succeeded in capturing syntrophic microorganisms that are known to dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane
American Geophysical Union) In this issue: Did global sea level rise start centuries ago" Clues suggest U.S. east coast subsided, Wind-launched ocean eddies, Ancient Antarctic dust reveals past wind patterns, Lab tests show plate-slip progression, Atlantic surface temperatures linked to
The paper presents an original experimental optical method to characterise, using fractal dimension, cell nuclei size distribution for virus-infected and non infected cells. Here is described the solution to design an optical system, which allow backscattering Mie diffusion spectra determination
Multiplanar Reformatting (MPR) of 3D biomedical images is an important technique in visualising, editing, and interacting with volumetric data. To obtain near real time interactions with the data in many applications such as telemedicine and teleconsultation, the MPR slices are
Computational simulation can help improve our understanding of the knee biomechanics and orthopedic practice. However few computational knee models include a patient specific deformable menisci model. We present two new methods for simulating and visualising menisci-femur contact area during gait
Brain imaging studies of the Corpus Callosum (CC) in autism have yielded inconsistent results. This paper explores the CC abnormalities in autism. The CC is segmented from 2D MRIs using our newly developed semiautomatic method, and a subsequent contour stitching
Protein sequence motifs are gathering progressively attention in the sequence analysis area. The conserved regions have the potential to determine the conformation, function and activities of the proteins. We develop a new method combines the concept of granular computing and
This research describes a non-interactive process that applies several forms of computational intelligence to classifying biopsy lung tissue samples. Three types of lung cancer evaluated (squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and bronchioalveolar carcinoma) together account for 65 70% of diagnoses. Accuracy
High throughput sequencing and molecular imaging technologies marked the beginning of a new era for modern translational medicine and personalised healthcare. The impact of having the human sequence and personalised digital images in hand has also created tremendous demands of
