вторник, 31 июля 2012 г.

Games

Games

RevolverHD 2.2.0 - Playback edited high definition movies on Playstation3.. (Demo)

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:22 AM PDT



RevolverHD allows you to playback your edited high definition movies from iMovie08 and Final Cut on the Playstation3. Also create Blu-ray compatible DVDs containing AVCHD content.

Version 2.2.0:
  • Updated to support OS X 10.8.


  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later
  • Quicktime 7.3 or later
  • Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC comes with iMovieHD and Final Cut)


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Toxins, Vol. 4, Pages 580-604: Molecular Motions as a Drug Target: Mechanistic Simulations of Anthrax Toxin Edema Factor Function Led to the Discovery of Novel Allosteric Inhibitors

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Edema Factor (EF) is a component of Bacillus anthracis toxin essential for virulence. Its adenylyl cyclase activity is induced by complexation with the ubiquitous eukaryotic cellular protein, calmodulin (CaM). EF and its complexes with CaM, nucleotides and/or ions, have been extensively characterized by X-ray crystallography. Those structural data allowed molecular simulations analysis of various aspects of EF action mechanism, including the delineation of EF and CaM domains through their association energetics, the impact of calcium binding on CaM, and the role of catalytic site ions. Furthermore, a transition path connecting the free inactive form to the CaM-complexed active form of EF was built to model the activation mechanism in an attempt to define an inhibition strategy. The cavities at the surface of EF were determined for each path intermediate to identify potential sites where the binding of a ligand could block activation. A non-catalytic cavity (allosteric) was found to shrink rapidly at early stages of the path and was chosen to perform virtual screening. Amongst 18 compounds selected in silico and tested in an enzymatic assay, 6 thiophen ureidoacid derivatives formed a new family of EF allosteric inhibitors with IC50 as low as 2 micromolars.

Icy Tower - Screenshots

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:15 AM PDT

FEATURES:
• Help Harold and his friends climb up to 4 different towers
o Icy Tower
o Skyscraper
o Clock Tower
o Power Tower
• Choose between 5 different avatars to play as
o Harold the Homeboy
o Wild Wendy
o Disco Dave
o Skating Scott
o Rick Recruit
• Tilt your phone and tap the screen to jump
• The faster you run the higher you jump
• Make your avatar do double or triple jumps to activate the combo mode and gain extra points
• Sign into Facebook connect to share scores
• 27 in-game achievements

Maia Preview: Mostly Harmful

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:31 AM PDT

Simon Roth has been building worlds for quite some time now. It seems he has a talent for crafting game engines, for coding procedural generation routines and for modelling complex systems.

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Voltaic 3.1.0 - Convert AVCHD movie clips into a Mac-friendly format (aka VoltaicHD).. (Demo)

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:13 AM PDT



Voltaic (also known as VoltaicHD) converts your AVCHD movie clips into a Mac-friendly format, ready for editing in iMovie (HD and 08)and Final Cut Express/Pro.

Version 3.1.0:
  • Updated to support OS X 10.8.
  • Fixed issues with 50p/60p files and with unsupported audio codecs.


  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later
  • QuickTime 7.4
  • Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)
  • iMovie (HD or 08) or Final Cut Express/Pro


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CaliBrate 1.8.2 - Create and batch process iCal events.. (Shareware)

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:00 AM PDT



CaliBrate allows you to create and batch process Calendar (iCal) events.
  • Batch process Calendar or iCal events.
  • Flexible search criteria & range match presets
  • Search for and remove duplicates.
  • Search for annual recurring events and delete later non-recurring duplicates.
  • Move or archive events to new calendars or delete them.
  • Auto-reformat, modify, or set event titles, notes, locations, and URLs.
  • Add or clear alarms and attendees.
  • Modify or clear recurrences.
  • Edit, create, and delete individual events in event drawer.
  • Use an existing event as a template to create a new event in event drawer.
  • Magic Hat: drag text to it to parse events.
  • Drag & drop text among fields on event drawer when editing or creating events.
  • Drag & drop date or time strings to event start and end dates / times.


Version 1.8.2:
  • Added feature to the "shift event in time" action to set an absolute year, month, or day.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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IJERPH, Vol. 9, Pages 2715-2727: Identification of the Appropriate Boundary Size to Use When Measuring the Food Retail Environment Surrounding Schools

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

This study included 6,971 students in grades 9 and 10 (ages 13 to 16 years) from 158 schools who participated in the 2009/2010 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. Students provided information on where they typically ate lunch. The number of food retailers was obtained for six road network buffer sizes (500, 750, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, and 5,000 meters) surrounding schools. Associations between the presence of food retailers near schools and students' lunchtime eating behaviours were examined using multilevel logistic regression. Comparisons of model fit statistics indicated that the 1,000 m buffer provided the best fit. At this distance, students with ≥3 food retailers near their schools had a 3.42 times greater relative odds (95% CI: 2.12–5.52) of eating their lunchtime meal at a food retailer compared to students with no nearby food retailers. Students who had ≥2 food retailers within 750 m of their schools had a 2.74 times greater relative odds (95% CI: 1.75–4.29), while those who had ≥1 food retailer within 500 m of their schools had 2.27 times greater relative odds of eating at food retailer (95% CI: 1.46–3.52) compared to those with no nearby food retailers. For distances greater than 1,000 m, no consistent relationships were found.

IJERPH, Vol. 9, Pages 2694-2714: Non-Genomic Effects of Xenoestrogen Mixtures

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Xenoestrogens (XEs) are chemicals derived from a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources that can interfere with endogenous estrogens by either mimicking or blocking their responses via non-genomic and/or genomic signaling mechanisms. Disruption of estrogens' actions through the less-studied non-genomic pathway can alter such functional end points as cell proliferation, peptide hormone release, catecholamine transport, and apoptosis, among others. Studies of potentially adverse effects due to mixtures and to low doses of endocrine-disrupting chemicals have recently become more feasible, though few so far have included actions via the non-genomic pathway. Physiologic estrogens and XEs evoke non-monotonic dose responses, with different compounds having different patterns of actions dependent on concentration and time, making mixture assessments all the more challenging. In order to understand the spectrum of toxicities and their mechanisms, future work should focus on carefully studying individual and mixture components across a range of concentrations and cellular pathways in a variety of tissue types.

Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 9090-9103: Synthesis of New Phosphorus-Containing (Co)Polyesters Using Solid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis and Product Characterization

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

This paper is directed towards the development of safe, and thermally stable solid polymer electrolytes. Linear phosphorus-containing (co)polyesters are described, including their synthesis, thermal analysis, conductivity, and non-flammability. Polycondensation of phenylphosphonic dichloride (PPD) with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG 12000) with and without bisphenol A (BA) was carried out using solid-liquid phase transfer catalysis. Potassium phosphate is used as base. Yields in the range of 85.0–88.0%, and inherent viscosities in the range of 0.32–0.58 dL/g were obtained. The polymers were characterized by gel permeation chromatography, FT-IR, 1H- and 31P-NMR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. Their flammability was investigated by measuring limiting oxygen index values. The polymers are flame retardants and begin to lose weight in the 190 °C–231 °C range. Solid phosphorus- containing (co)polyesters were complexed with lithium triflate and the resulting ionic conductivity was determined. Conductivities in the range of 10−7–10−8 S cm−1 were obtained.

Legend of the Cryptids - Screenshots

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:35 AM PDT

Features:
- 300+ glamorous and beautiful creature cards and create the most powerful team of your own!
- Train Cryptids, and challenge other players to 'Battles'!
- 25+ fantastic areas of the fantasy world to explore!
- 100+ quests added in every EVENT.
- Collect and steal Treasure from other players before they will take yours!
- Work together with other Heroes, and create the world's best 'Guild'!
- Invite friends and make your guild even stronger!
- Full-color visuals and dazzling animations!
- Original fantasy music soundtrack!
- And much more!!

Finger Olympic - Screenshots

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:22 AM PDT

You will play as "DIGIT", the leading character that challenges 4 funny finger opponents Thumby, Pinky, Yubi and Toe, they are the "finger" athletes who compete for the Gold medal in the most demanding Olympic games for your fingers.
Run as fast as you can by tapping rapidly on your device's screen but be wise in your strategy making use of your energy.
FingerOlympic lets you share your best marks with your friends on Twitter & Facebook!
Also GameCenter Support to compete with "fingers" athletes from around the world.
Experience the thrill of competition your fingers can bring!
Take the challenge and win!

Zombie Run HD - Screenshots

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:29 AM PDT

Featuring:
- Brainless controls!
- 9 Unique characters!
- NEW The Unbrave One zombie!
- Jaw-dropping graphics!
- Lot of fun!

Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 9081-9089: Effects of Vitamin D Treatment on Skeletal Muscle Histology and Ultrastructural Changes in a Rodent Model

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Vitamin D is well known for its role in maintaining calcium and phosphorus homeostasis and in promoting bone mineralization; however, more of its pleiotropic effects have been described recently. The aim of the present investigation was to study the effect of vitamin D treatment on skeletal muscles changes under different dietary conditions using an animal model. Four groups of C57BL/6J mice (n = 11 each) were maintained on either low fat diet (LFD) or high fat diet ‎‎(HFD) with and without 1α,25–dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol) for 16 weeks. Animal weigh was recorded at baseline and then regular intervals, and at the end of the study, skeletal muscle tissues were harvested for the evaluation of the histopathological and ultrastructural changes. When control C57BL/6J mice were fed high-fat diet for 12 weeks, body weight gain was significantly increased compared with mice fed a LFD. (30.2% vs. 8.4%, p < 0.01). There was a significant gradual decrease in the weight of HFD fed mice that were treated with vitamin D as compared with a steady increase in the weights of controls (6.8% vs. 28.7%, p < 0.01). While the LFD group showed some ultrastructural changes, HDF fed on mice showed great muscle structural abnormalities. The whole sarcosome along with its membrane and cristae were severely damaged with scattered myocytes in HFD group. Furthermore, the mitochondria appeared weak and were on the verge of degenerations. The bands were diminished with loss of connections among myofibrils. These changes were attenuated in the HFD group treated with vitamin D with tissues have regained their normal structural appearance. The current findings indicate an important effect of vitamin D on skeletal muscle histology under HFD conditions.

Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 9070-9080: Evaluation of the Pharmacological Function of Ulinastatin in Experimental Animals

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Organ protection is a routine therapy in severe injuries. Our aim was to evaluate the beneficial effects of ulinastatin in experimental rats. Rats were randomly divided into a sham control, a model control and an ulinastatin-treated group. Malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels were determined. Serum amylase, serum aspartate aminotransaminase (AST), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and creatine kinase isoenzyme (CKMD) activities, interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), nitric oxide (NO) and cardiac troponin I (nTnl) levels were examined. Results showed that ulinastatin decreased MDA levels and ameliorated the down-regulation of SOD activity. In addition, ulinastatin pretreatment may decrease serum AST, LDH and CKMD activities, IL-8, TNF-α, and nTnl levels, and enhance NO level. Our results demonstrated that oxidative injury occurred after IR and that ulinastatin exhibits significant protective effects against these effects.

Sync Folders Pro 1.3 - Automatically sync any number of folders.. (Commercial)

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:41 PM PDT



Sync Folders Pro synchronizes any number of folders on the fly at the same time when there are changes, or connecting external drives at a set time or manually.The application synchronizes folders with or without filter for folder names and / or file names. The Sync Folders Pro is perfect for backing up to USB, memory cards, disks on remote computers on your network.

Install the VPN Server Configurator and you can synchronize folders on a remote Mac from anywhere in the world! Learn more at www.greenworldsoft.com.

Features:

  • Sync any number of folders same time.
  • 6 modes of synchronizing.
  • Automatic synchronization on the fly, when there are changes.
  • Schedule your synchronization for any time.
  • Powerful filter for files and/or folders on the entry and/or exclusion.
  • Saving the synchronized files in a specific location ("Del folders"). Using this mode you are insured against accidental deletion of files, and can always return all the files even if you are re-sync a few times. Structure of folders and subfolders stored in the "Del Folder".
  • Each sync task has the status showing when it was done last time.
  • Work in the background.
  • Logging of the synchronization process.


Version 1.1.5:

Please Note: A free upgrade to version 1.3 is available via the 'Download Update' link above.

  • Added tab "Last Changes".
  • Automatic creation of a network folder, if the remote computer has become available.
  • Added a mode for replacing files in the folder "Del Folder".
  • Optimization of memory, increase the speed synchronization.


  • OS X 10.7 or later
  • 64-bit processor


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DOTA 2 Diaries - Part 3

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:22 PM PDT

Zorine throws Ed into his first 5v5 co-op bot match and with a little help from their friends, attempts to teach him about what it means to work and communicate effectively in a DOTA team. How many times will he let them down?

 

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"DOTA 2 Diaries - Part 3" was posted by edmondt on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:22:24 -0700

Profile Leveling Reveal!

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:14 PM PDT

How to achieve profile levels revealed.

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"Profile Leveling Reveal! " was posted on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:14:56 -0700

Changes to the GameSpot user leveling system

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:14 PM PDT

After a number of years of what was quite frankly a broken user leveling system, we've made some changes. Find out more!

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"Changes to the GameSpot user leveling system" was posted by Lark Anderson on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:14:13 -0700

The OzSpot 31/07/12: New Aussie studios, second-hand games

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:06 PM PDT

In this week's OzSpot we look how two of Australia's biggest mobile developers joined forces; plus: what was the top-selling video game in Australia this year?

 

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"The OzSpot 31/07/12: New Aussie studios, second-hand games" was posted by Laura Parker on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:06:53 -0700

Orc: Vengeance Review

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:44 PM PDT

Orc: Vengeance is an engrossing dungeon-crawler wrapped up in some beautifully detailed visuals.

 

Score: 7.5 / good

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"Orc: Vengeance Review" was posted by Chris Schilling on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:44:41 -0700
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понедельник, 30 июля 2012 г.

Games

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Zig Zag Zombie - Screenshots

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:10 AM PDT

FEATURES
-60 Monstrous Levels!
-Three cool worlds: Monster School, Ghost Graveyard, and Evil Lab!
-Regular Updates
-Cute monster characters, all with their own unique powers!
-Creative Levels with crazy obstacles
-SECRET Levels, unlockable by collecting brains!
-Beautiful Backgrounds and Cinema Scenes
-Twitter show-off messages to your friends when you beat a level!
-Game Center leaderboards
-iPhone Retina graphics

Club News

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:11 AM PDT

Clair County Administrative Office Building auditorium, 200 Grand River Ave., Port Huron.

Out With the New, In With The Old: Video Game Rage

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:25 AM PDT

Everyone gets frustrated with video games sometimes. Some people just get extra frustrated. Gareth Robinson talks about his video game rage and thinks about the games and mechanics that cause it.

 

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"Out With the New, In With The Old: Video Game Rage" was posted by edmondt on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:25:18 -0700

Now Playing: Anarchy Reigns

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:55 PM PDT

Join Jonathan and Randy from GameSpot Asia as they show off the extreme over-the-top action of PlatinumGames' Anarchy Reigns.

 

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"Now Playing: Anarchy Reigns" was posted by edmondt on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:55:24 -0700

PS All-Stars Battle Royale roster leaked?

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:30 PM PDT

Files posted on NeoGAF and GameFAQs by users supposedly show previously unknown characters and stages of Sony's upcoming brawler; Sony has refused to comment.

 

A number of user-posted files have appeared on both NeoGAF and GameFAQs claiming to have uncovered screenshots of unannounced levels and characters from Sony's upcoming four-player brawler PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, supposedly obtained from a private beta of the game.

The data files and screenshots show what is supposed to be a previously unveiled list of characters, stages, minions, items, and game modes.

To date, the game's confirmed roster includes God of War's Kratos, Parappa the Rappa, Sly Cooper, Killzone's Colonel Radec, Twisted Metal's Sweet Tooth, the Fat Princess, Uncharted's Nathan Drake, and BioShock's Big Daddy.

According to the supposed leak, the game will also include Dante from Devil May Cry, Spike from Ape Escape, Raiden from Metal Gear Solid, and Nariko from Heavenly Sword, as well as a BioShock Infinite stage and a Twisted Metal stage.

Neither the screenshots nor the data files have been confirmed as real. When asked for comment, Sony told GameSpot: "This story is based on rumour and speculation, which is not something we comment on."

All-Stars Battle Royale will feature a number of single-player and multiplayer game modes, as well as cross-platform online play, complete with tournaments. The full list of supposed leaks from the game is below:

Characters:
Dante (DMC)
Evil Cole (InFamous)
Nariko (Heavenly Sword)
Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)
Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet)
Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank)
Sir Daniel Fortesque (MediEvil)
Spike (Ape Escape)

Items:
Atomizer (Resistance 3)
Baumusu Axe (The Mark of Kri)
Boots of Hermes (God of War III)
Freeze Missile (Twisted Metal)
Golf Club (Hot Shots Golf)
Gravity Shield (Wipeout)
Hedgehog Grenade (Resistance)
Dohvat Laser Designator (Killzone 3)
Leech Beem (Wipeout)
Murder of Crows (BioShock Infinite)
Railgun (Metal Gear Solid 4)
Razor Claws (Ratchet and Clank)
RPG (Uncharted)
Scythe (Fat Princess)
Spear (God of War)
Sonic Rift (ModNation Racers)
Sackbot (Little Big Planet)

Minions:
Captain Qwark (Ratchet & Clank)
Kai (Heavenly Sword)
Kat (Devil May Cry)
Kiya (MediEvil)
Monkey (Ape Escape)
Nix (InFamous 2)
Pierre (Doko Demo Issho)
Sackbot (LittleBigPlanet)
Sam (Metal Gear Rising)

Stages:
Alden's Tower (InFamous)
Black Rock Stadium (Twisted Metal)
Columbia (BioShock Infinite)
Franzea (LocoRoco)
Invasion (Killzone)
Paris (Sly Cooper)
San Francisco (Resistance)
Stowaways (Uncharted)
Time Station (Ape Escape)

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"PS All-Stars Battle Royale roster leaked?" was posted by Laura Parker on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:30:17 -0700

DesktopUtility 1.2.6 - Quickly access useful system tasks.. (Free)

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:38 AM PDT



DesktopUtility is a tiny application that allows you to hide your desktop, toggle file visibility, show your User Library (OS X 10.7) or force empty the trash, easily and conveniently from the system menu bar.

Version 1.2.6:
  • Fixed issues with changing keyCombos.
  • Fixed potential memory leak.


Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

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2-Bit Bub

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Platform: iOS — 2-Bit Bub Bub is dead, but like any good dog, he's not letting that keep him down. In this free iOS advergame for the upcoming ParaNorman movie, you control the ghostly pooch as he jumps, chomps, and swings his way through levels trying to retrieve the zombie bones he's lost so that their owners don't come looking for them when the sun goes down. Simple and straightforward but absolutely gorgeous, 2-Bit Bub is a ghoulishly good time. Tagged as: action, advergame, free, game, ios, ipad, iphone, laika, mobile, physics, platform, puzzle, rating-y, tablet

Polymers, Vol. 4, Pages 1416-1442: Simulating Controlled Radical Polymerizations with mcPolymer—A Monte Carlo Approach

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Utilizing model calculations may lead to a better understanding of the complex kinetics of the controlled radical polymerization. We developed a universal simulation tool (mcPolymer), which is based on the widely used Monte Carlo simulation technique. This article focuses on the software architecture of the program, including its data management and optimization approaches. We were able to simulate polymer chains as individual objects, allowing us to gain more detailed microstructural information of the polymeric products. For all given examples of controlled radical polymerization (nitroxide mediated radical polymerization (NMRP) homo- and copolymerization, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT)), we present detailed performance analyses demonstrating the influence of the system size, concentrations of reactants, and the peculiarities of data. Different possibilities were exemplarily illustrated for finding an adequate balance between precision, memory consumption, and computation time of the simulation. Due to its flexible software architecture, the application of mcPolymer is not limited to the controlled radical polymerization, but can be adjusted in a straightforward manner to further polymerization models.

Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 2745-2758: Exergy Analysis of Overspray Process in Gas Turbine Systems

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Gas turbine power can be augmented by overspray process which consists of inlet fogging and wet compression. In this study exergy analysis of the overspray process in gas turbine system is carried out with a non-equilibrium analytical modeling based on droplet evaporation and the second law of thermodynamics. This work focuses on the effects of system parameters such as pressure ratio, water injection ratio, and initial droplet diameter on exergetical performances including irreversibility and exergy efficiency of the process. The process performances are also estimated under the condition of saturated water injection ratio above which complete evaporation of injected water droplets within a compressor is not possible. The results show that the irreversibility increases but the saturated irreversibility decreases with increasing initial droplet diameter for a specified pressure ratio.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10326-10338: Multi-Sensor Fusion of Infrared and Electro-Optic Signals for High Resolution Night Images

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Electro-optic (EO) image sensors exhibit the properties of high resolution and low noise level at daytime, but they do not work in dark environments. Infrared (IR) image sensors exhibit poor resolution and cannot separate objects with similar temperature. Therefore, we propose a novel framework of IR image enhancement based on the information (e.g., edge) from EO images, which improves the resolution of IR images and helps us distinguish objects at night. Our framework superimposing/blending the edges of the EO image onto the corresponding transformed IR image improves their resolution. In this framework, we adopt the theoretical point spread function (PSF) proposed by Hardie et al. for the IR image, which has the modulation transfer function (MTF) of a uniform detector array and the incoherent optical transfer function (OTF) of diffraction-limited optics. In addition, we design an inverse filter for the proposed PSF and use it for the IR image transformation. The framework requires four main steps: (1) inverse filter-based IR image transformation; (2) EO image edge detection; (3) registration; and (4) blending/superimposing of the obtained image pair. Simulation results show both blended and superimposed IR images, and demonstrate that blended IR images have better quality over the superimposed images. Additionally, based on the same steps, simulation result shows a blended IR image of better quality when only the original IR image is available.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10309-10325: Detection of Formaldehyde in Water: A Shape-Effect on the Plasmonic Sensing Properties of the Gold Nanoparticles

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The effect of morphology on the plasmonic sensing of the presence of formaldehyde in water by gold nanostructures has been investigated. The gold nanostructures with two different morphologies, namely spherical and rod, were prepared using a seed-mediated method. In typical results, it was found that the plasmonic properties of gold nanostructures were very sensitive to the presence of formaldehyde in their surrounding medium by showing the change in both the plasmonic peaks position and the intensity. Spherical nanoparticles (GNS), for example, indicated an increase in the sensitivity when the size was increased from 25 to 35 nm and dramatically decreased when the size was further increased. An m value, the ratio between plasmonic peak shift and refractive index change, as high as 36.5 nm/RIU (refractive index unit) was obtained so far. An expanded sensing mode to FD was obtained when gold nanostructures with nanorods morphology (GNR) were used because of the presence of two plasmonic modes for response probing. However, in the present study, effective plasmonic peak shift was not observed due to the intense plasmonic coupling of closely packed nanorod structures on the surface. Nevertheless, the present results at least provide a potential strategy for response enhancement via shape-effects. High performance plasmonic sensors could be obtained if controlled arrays of nanorods can be prepared on the surface.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10292-10308: A Wireless Magnetic Resonance Energy Transfer System for Micro Implantable Medical Sensors

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Based on the magnetic resonance coupling principle, in this paper a wireless energy transfer system is designed and implemented for the power supply of micro-implantable medical sensors. The entire system is composed of the in vitro part, including the energy transmitting circuit and resonant transmitter coils, and in vivo part, including the micro resonant receiver coils and signal shaping chip which includes the rectifier module and LDO voltage regulator module. Transmitter and receiver coils are wound by Litz wire, and the diameter of the receiver coils is just 1.9 cm. The energy transfer efficiency of the four-coil system is greatly improved compared to the conventional two-coil system. When the distance between the transmitter coils and the receiver coils is 1.5 cm, the transfer efficiency is 85% at the frequency of 742 kHz. The power transfer efficiency can be optimized by adding magnetic enhanced resonators. The receiving voltage signal is converted to a stable output voltage of 3.3 V and a current of 10 mA at the distance of 2 cm. In addition, the output current varies with changes in the distance. The whole implanted part is packaged with PDMS of excellent biocompatibility and the volume of it is about 1 cm3.

Nutrients, Vol. 4, Pages 875-903: Cellular Mechanisms of Zinc Dysregulation: A Perspective on Zinc Homeostasis as an Etiological Factor in the Development and Progression of Breast Cancer

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Worldwide, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and is the leading cause of female cancer deaths. Zinc (Zn) functions as an antioxidant and plays a role in maintaining genomic stability. Zn deficiency results in oxidative DNA damage and increased cancer risk. Studies suggest an inverse association between dietary and plasma Zn levels and the risk for developing breast cancer. In contrast, breast tumor biopsies display significantly higher Zn levels compared with normal tissue. Zn accumulation in tumor tissue also correlates with increased levels of Zn importing proteins. Further, aberrant expression of Zn transporters in tumors correlates with malignancy, suggesting that altered metal homeostasis in the breast could contribute to malignant transformation and the severity of cancer. However, studies have yet to link dysregulated Zn transport and abnormal Zn-dependent functions in breast cancer development. Herein, we summarize studies that address the multi-modal role of Zn dyshomeostasis in breast cancer with respect to the role of Zn in modulating oxidative stress, DNA damage response/repair pathways and cell proliferation/apoptosis, and the relationship to aberrant regulation of Zn transporters. We also compare Zn dysregulation in breast tissue to that of prostate, pancreatic and ovarian cancer where possible.

Genes, Vol. 3, Pages 481-491: Transgenic Models of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10: Modeling a Repeat Expansion Disorder

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease with a spectrum of phenotypes. SCA10 is caused by a pentanucleotide repeat expansion of the ATTCT motif within intron 9 of ATAXIN 10 (ATXN10). Patients present with cerebellar ataxia; however, a subset also develops epileptic seizures which significantly contribute to the morbidity and mortality of the disease. Past research from our lab has demonstrated that epileptic SCA10 patients predominantly originate from or have ancestral ties to Mexico. In addition, a large proportion of epileptic SCA10 patients carry repeat interruptions within their SCA10 expansion. This paper outlines the variability in SCA10 phenotypes and our attempts to model these phenotypes using transgenic mouse models and highlights the benefits of using a transgenic model organism to understand the pathological mechanisms of a human disease.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10259-10291: FunBlocks. A Modular Framework for AmI System Development

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The last decade has seen explosive growth in the technologies required to implement Ambient Intelligence (AmI) systems. Technologies such as facial and speech recognition, home networks, household cleaning robots, to name a few, have become commonplace. However, due to the multidisciplinary nature of AmI systems and the distinct requirements of different user groups, integrating these developments into full-scale systems is not an easy task. In this paper we propose FunBlocks, a minimalist modular framework for the development of AmI systems based on the function module abstraction used in the IEC 61499 standard for distributed control systems. FunBlocks provides a framework for the development of AmI systems through the integration of modules loosely joined by means of an event-driven middleware and a module and sensor/actuator catalog. The modular design of the FunBlocks framework allows the development of AmI systems which can be customized to a wide variety of usage scenarios.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10248-10258: Harvesting Energy from the Counterbalancing (Weaving) Movement in Bicycle Riding

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Bicycles are known to be rich source of kinetic energy, some of which is available for harvesting during speedy and balanced maneuvers by the user. A conventional dynamo attached to the rim can generate a large amount of output power at an expense of extra energy input from the user. However, when applying energy conversion technology to human powered equipments, it is important to minimize the increase in extra muscular activity and to maximize the efficiency of human movements. This study proposes a novel energy harvesting methodology that utilizes lateral oscillation of bicycle frame (weaving) caused by user weight shifting movements in order to increase the pedaling force in uphill riding or during quick speed-up. Based on the 3D motion analysis, we designed and implemented the prototype of an electro-dynamic energy harvester that can be mounted on the bicycle's handlebar to collect energy from the side-to-side movement. The harvester was found to generate substantial electric output power of 6.6 mW from normal road riding. It was able to generate power even during uphill riding which has never been shown with other approaches. Moreover, harvesting of energy from weaving motion seems to increase the economy of cycling by helping efficient usage of human power.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10228-10247: Mosaicing of Hyperspectral Images: The Application of a Spectrograph Imaging Device

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Hyperspectral monitoring of large areas (more than 10 km2) can be achieved via the use of a system employing spectrometers and CMOS cameras. A robust and efficient algorithm for automatically combining multiple, overlapping images of a scene to form a single composition (i.e., for the estimation of the point-to-point mapping between views), which uses only the information contained within the images themselves is described here. The algorithm, together with the 2D fast Fourier transform, provides an estimate of the displacement between pairs of images by accounting for rotations and changes of scale. The resulting mosaic was successively georeferenced within the WGS-84 geographic coordinate system. This paper also addresses how this information can be transferred to a push broom type spectral imaging device to build the hyperspectral cube of the area prior to land classification. The performances of the algorithm were evaluated using sample images and image sequences acquired during a proximal sensing field campaign conducted in San Teodoro (Olbia-Tempio—Sardinia). The hyperspectral cube closely corresponds to the mosaic. Mapping allows for the identification of objects within the image and agrees well with ground-truth measurements.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10208-10227: A Distributed Reasoning Engine Ecosystem for Semantic Context-Management in Smart Environments

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

To be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its changes. Modeling the context allows applications to better understand it and to adapt to its changes. In order to do this an appropriate formal representation method is needed. Ontologies have proven themselves to be one of the best tools to do it. Semantic inference provides a powerful framework to reason over the context data. But there are some problems with this approach. The inference over semantic context information can be cumbersome when working with a large amount of data. This situation has become more common in modern smart environments where there are a lot sensors and devices available. In order to tackle this problem we have developed a mechanism to distribute the context reasoning problem into smaller parts in order to reduce the inference time. In this paper we describe a distributed peer-to-peer agent architecture of context consumers and context providers. We explain how this inference sharing process works, partitioning the context information according to the interests of the agents, location and a certainty factor. We also discuss the system architecture, analyzing the negotiation process between the agents. Finally we compare the distributed reasoning with the centralized one, analyzing in which situations is more suitable each approach.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10196-10207: Behavior-Based Cleaning for Unreliable RFID Data Sets

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology promises to revolutionize the way we track items and assets, but in RFID systems, missreading is a common phenomenon and it poses an enormous challenge to RFID data management, so accurate data cleaning becomes an essential task for the successful deployment of systems. In this paper, we present the design and development of a RFID data cleaning system, the first declarative, behavior-based unreliable RFID data smoothing system. We take advantage of kinematic characteristics of tags to assist in RFID data cleaning. In order to establish the conversion relationship between RFID data and kinematic parameters of the tags, we propose a movement behavior detection model. Moreover, a Reverse Order Filling Mechanism is proposed to ensure a more complete access to get the movement behavior characteristics of tag. Finally, we validate our solution with a common RFID application and demonstrate the advantages of our approach through extensive simulations.

Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 9023-9042: Synthesis, Antigenicity Against Human Sera and Structure-Activity Relationships of Carbohydrate Moieties from Toxocara larvae and Their Analogues

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Stereocontrolled syntheses of biotin-labeled oligosaccharide portions containing the Galβ1-3GalNAc core of the TES-glycoprotein antigen obtained from larvae of the parasite Toxocara and their analogues have been accomplished. Trisaccharides Fuc2Meα1-2Gal4Meβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (A), Fucα1-2Gal4Meβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (B), Fuc2Meα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (C), Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (D) and a disaccharide Fuc2Meα1-2Gal4Meβ1-OR (E) (R = biotinylated probe) were synthesized by block synthesis using 5-(methoxycarbonyl)pentyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1®3)-2-azide-4-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-α-D-galactopyranoside as a common glycosyl acceptor. We examined the antigenicity of these five oligosaccharides by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Our results demonstrate that the O-methyl groups in these oligosaccharides are important for their antigenicity and the biotinylated oligosaccharides A, B, C and E have high serodiagnostic potential to detect infections caused by Toxocara larvae.
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Frustrated U.S. online-poker players bet on Costa Rica

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT

From his oceanfront balcony, Tyler Forrester glanced out at the Pacific surf on the beach.

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PDFpen 5.8.5 - Edit and annotate PDFs with ease.. (Shareware)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



PDFpen allows users to easily edit PDF's.

Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!

Features:

  • Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
  • Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF
  • Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders by applying signature image)
  • Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
  • Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop
  • Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDFs
  • Select and copy text across multiple columns
  • Fill out and save PDF forms
  • Add (and print) notes and comments
  • Markup documents with highlighting, underscoring and strike-through
  • Save frequently-used images, signatures, objects and text in the Library
  • Use with PageSender for a complete fax turn-around solution
  • Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
  • Available in English, Japanese, and German, with French and Italian coming soon!


Version 5.8.5:
  • OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion compatible
  • Fixes scanning on OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Fixes File -> New -> From HTML… on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Fixes case where resampling at lower resolution can result in larger saved file
  • Other minor fixes and improvements


  • Mac OS X 10.6 or later
  • 64-bit processor


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Duplicate Annihilator 4.0.2 - Find and delete duplicates in iPhoto.. (Shareware)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



Duplicate Annihilator takes on the time consuming task comparing the images in your iPhoto library using effective algorithms to make sure that no duplicate escapes.

When found, the duplicate will either be marked with a description of your choice to make it searchable or simply moved to iPhotos trashcan.



Version 4.0.2:
  • Improved error handling
  • Fixed bug with false originals


  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later
  • iPhoto 5 or later


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OnyX 2.6.0 - Maintenance and optimization tool.. (Free)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



OnyX is a multifunctional utility for Mac OS X. It allows you to verify the startup disk and the structure of its System files, to run miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, Spotlight, and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.

Version 2.6.0:
  • New version only for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion


  • OS X 10.8
  • 64-bit processor


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PDFpenPro 5.8.5 - Advanced PDF toolkit for HTML conversion and more.. (Shareware)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



PDFpenPro allows users to edit PDF's easily. Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!

Create fillable forms and tables of content with PDFpenPro!

The Pro version adds three additional features that the regular version does not:

  • Coverts websites into multi-page PDF documents
  • Creates PDF forms that can be shared with both Mac and PC users
  • Organizes PDFs with an easy Table of Contents feature

Features of PDFpenPro:

  • Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
  • Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF
  • Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders by applying signature image)
  • Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
  • Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop
  • Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDFs
  • Select and copy text across multiple columns
  • Fill out and save PDF forms
  • Add (and print) notes and comments
  • Markup documents with highlighting, underscoring and strike-through
  • Save frequently-used images, signatures, objects and text in the Library
  • Use with PageSender for a complete fax turn-around solution
  • Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
  • Available in English, Japanese, and German, with French and Italian coming soon!


Version 5.8.5:
  • OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion compatible
  • Fixes scanning on OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Fixes File -> New -> From HTML… on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Fixes case where resampling at lower resolution can result in larger saved file
  • Other minor fixes and improvements


  • Mac OS X 10.6 or later


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TotalFinder 1.3.11 - Adds tabs, hotkeys, and other tweaks to the Finder.. (Shareware)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



TotalFinder adds tabs, hotkeys, and other tweaks to the Mac OS X Finder in OS X 10.7 and 10.8.

Implemented features:

  • Tabs like in Google Chrome! (read more)
  • Add a dual-panel mode (like in good old Norton Commander)
  • Make Finder available system-wide on a hot-key (like Visor)
  • Stop creating .DS_Store litter (read more)
  • Show the folders always on top (read more)
Future goals:
  • Add a better keyboard shortcuts (for keyboard-oriented freaks like me)
  • Enable a cooperation mode with Terminal.app (for command-line lovers)
  • Add user friendly MacFUSE support
  • And what about better git/svn/hg integration?
  • and more satisfaction!


Version 1.3.11:
  • Real fix preventing frozen Finder windows under Mountain Lion


  • OS X 10.7 or later


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TypeIt4Me 5.3.1 - Completes partially typed words for you.. (Shareware)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:58 PM PDT



TypeIt4Me expands your abbreviations as you type, and works in all applications, not just one. It also lets you define meaningful abbreviations, so you can type them naturally, as part of your writing, without memorizing - or reaching for - obscure ⌃⌘xyz combinations.

Anytime you enter text in your Mac by typing it at the keyboard, TypeIt4Me can help you do it faster and more accurately. First you define a number of abbreviations and the full text entries that they represent, then you watch the Mac expand them on the fly even as you continue typing!

Student and Upgrade licenses are also available, for $13.99 and $8.99 respectively.



Version 5.3.1:

Note: The "Download Now" link yields the free demo of the app, which is at version 5.2.1. The commercial version of the app can be accessed via the "Buy Now" link, and is at version 5.3.1.

Bug fixes:
  • Issue with expansion of date/time abbreviations
  • When using TAB to trigger expansion in Safari, the text is now correctly inserted in the current field prior to tabbing to the next field
  • Add a clipping correctly saves the new clipping


  • Mac OS X 10.5 or later


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FinderPop 2.4.4 - A classic Mac utility, now a prefpane for OS X.. (Free)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



FinderPop is a Universal preference pane that extends OS X's contextual menus using a FinderPop Items folder much as the Apple Menu Items folder used to do for the Apple menu.

It has other features too:

  • Control-free popup in the Finder - handy for those with one-button mice.
  • A launcher that takes up zero screen real estate, merely a click on any blank area of menubar away,
  • A handy filesystem browser, allowing quick and easy access to files and disks in the Finder,
  • A Processes menu (Command-click a blank menubar area.)
  • Fast access to 'Where's that dratted file I had on the Desktop?' (Shift-Click a blank menubar area.)
  • A comprehensive collection of vaguely beer-related aphorisms in the Aboutbox.

Please use the FinderPop Help button in the preference pane; there are many features in FP that are not immediately obvious. I'm working on it :-) The FAQ in the Help is also worth a read. Most UI elements have fairly comprehensive help tags, so just hover the mouse over something if you're not sure. The manual is also available online. Also note the FinderPop Support Forum.

Version 2.4.4:

  • fIf FinderPop's Use Finder Label Colors is enabled on 10.6/7/8, we now treat unlabelled items in FP menus in the Finder as if they had an invisible label, so the FinderPop menu item texts all start at the same horizontal offset. If you prefer the old way of showing labels, use defaults write com.finderpop.finderpop cocoaLabelSpaces false I will eventually get around to revamping the way FinderPop does menu labels in Cocoa, it's definitely a bodge at the moment.


Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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Bookends 11.3.1 - Reference management and bibliography software.. (Demo)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



Bookends is a full featured and cost-effective bibliography/reference and information management system for students and professionals.

Access the power of Bookends directly from Mellel, Nisus Writer Pro, or MS Word (including Word 2011): Bookends allows you to scan your existing word processor files and automatically generate finished manuscripts with properly formatted bibliographies. You can also scan Apple Pages '08 or '09 and OpenOffice 3 files, or RTF files saved from any word processor.

Bookends allows you to share your references over the Internet with anyone, on any platform. And with Bookends you can directly search and import references from numerous sources:

  • EndNote
  • PubMed
  • Web of Science
  • JSTOR
  • Google Scholar
  • Amazon
  • Library of Congress
  • arXiv
  • and hundreds of other online sources.

Or use a built-in browser to download references with pdfs and/or Web pages. Also, with automatic searches of PubMed you can discover articles as soon as they're published. Bookends allows for powerful group-based searches, with static, smart, and virtual groups.

Bookends also offers a robust assortment of file attachment features:

  • Attach any file (such as a pdf) to a reference and view or open it instantly.
  • Automatically rename and organize pdf files on-the-fly.
  • Automatically download and attach the pdf of an article from the Internet if you have access permission.
  • Automatically locate and attach pdfs on your hard drive.

Sync your library with Bookends On Tap on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, so that you have your references and pdfs with you, wherever you are.

Version 11.3.1:

  • New unified format window.
  • Works with Mellel Live Bibliography (citations and bibliographies update as you type).
  • Replace authors repeated in consecutive footnotes with Idem (or your own text).
  • When formatting, Bookends can output Ibid. (or the equivalent) in italic.
  • Single column sort settings are remembered between launches.
  • AppleScript support for obtaining unique ids from Bookends libraries.
  • Perform SQL searches of Bookends libraries with AppleScript.
  • Retrieve multiple references at once with an AppleScript.
  • A selection of pre-defined smart groups is provided.
  • If a text file with the extension .ris is dropped on the library window, Bookends will offer to import it using the RIS filter.
  • Convert PMID to PMCID has been updated to deal with changes made by PubMed Central.
  • Open pdf with PDFpen added to the "Open Attachments With" hierarchical menu.
  • You can perform an autocomplete paper for only one dropped pdf at a time.
  • BibTeX scans will recognize "onlinecite{" as indicating a temporary citation.
  • The temp citation metacharacter "[" will work with Mellel 3.0.1.
  • The maximum database cache is now 50 MB.
  • Updated the Google Scholar parser to deal with changes made by Google.
  • Bug fixes.


Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later

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Yasu 2.8.1 - System maintenance app performs many tasks.. (Shareware)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT



Yasu was originally created with System Administrators who service large groups of workstations in mind, Yasu (Yet Another System Utility) was made to do a specific group of maintenance tasks quickly within a few clicks, rather than needing to endlessly type shell script commands in the Terminal application.

Yasu allows system administrators, as well as the average user, to conveniently run various system level Unix shell scripts in order to perform maintenance routines and clear the many cache files used by OS X. Yasu was designed to be a simple, first line of attack for a workstation that has started "acting up." More often than not, a thorough purge of the cache files of a Mac will bring its behavior back into line.



Version 2.8.1:
  • Rebuilt as a Universal binary for PPC users.
  • Fixed an issue where main window would not open for some Lion & Mountain Lion Users.


Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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Aeon Timeline 1.0.9 - Timeline tool for creative thinking.. (Demo)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:29 PM PDT



Aeon Timeline is the timeline tool for creative thinking.

Most traditional timeline applications are designed to suit a single need: to create an attractive display of one- dimensional time. They are presentational, static, and perfectly suited to overhead slides and projectors.

Aeon Timeline aims to be different. Model relationships between people and events. Divide your events into concurrent arcs. Filter events based on people, places, and tags. Zoom to view the time scale you wish to see. Navigate and edit your timeline with a simple, intuitive interface. And when you are done, export data to a range of external formats.

Aeon Timeline is also the only timeline tool that allows you to create your own fantasy calendar systems.



Version 1.0.9:
  • Adds code-signing to work with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion's GateKeeper.
  • Added ability to turn off event lines in Preferences when Relationship Mode is switched off.
  • Added keyboard shortcut for "Toggle Items to match filter" to allow for fast switching of display sets.
  • Fixed several interface issues in Entity and Arc Managers..
  • Fixed potential crash when exiting application.


  • Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later


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Diary++X 1.2.1 - Manages your diary and/or private information.. (Shareware)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:23 PM PDT



Diary++X manages your diary and/or private information. It can manage dated articles (diary) and undated articles (memo). Each article can have a title, keywords and a color label. Articles are saved as Rich Text Format files.

You can retrieve an article form article list of each category (yearly, monthly, bookmark, smart bookmark, etc.) or can search articles using spotlight or multipule file text searching.

You can manage two or more article views by using the tab.



Version 1.2.1:
  • Bug fixed: could not complete save command on PowerPC Macs (write to files successfully but error alert shown and document dirty status not cleared because save method returns 'fail' value).


  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later


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djay 4.0.6 - Transform your Mac into a full-fledged DJ system.. (Demo)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:16 PM PDT



djay transforms your Mac into a full-fledged DJ system, allowing you to mix your iTunes music library on a hyper-realistic turntable interface. Perform live, record mixes on-the-go, or enable Automix mode and let djay mix your favorite playlist automatically. With unprecedented ease-of-use and innovative features like Harmonic Match, djay takes DJing to the next level and offers a unique experience for beginners and professionals alike.

Features:

  • Seamless iTunes integration
  • Easy-to-use drag and drop interface
  • Automix mode
  • Harmonic Match (Key detection and matching)
  • BPM Sync: automatic beat and tempo matching
  • Mix Recording
  • Sampler (with built-in sound pack)
  • Pre-cueing with headphones
  • Live Microphone
  • Audio FX: Flanger, Phaser, Echo, Gate, Bit Crusher, Filter (High Pass, Low Pass)
  • Beat-matched Looping
  • Multiple Cue Points
  • Key Lock / Pitch Shifting
  • Auto-Gain (automatic volume normalization)
  • Visual waveforms
  • High-quality scratching
  • Mixer, tempo, and EQ controls
  • Song history (with export to iTunes + PDF)
  • iCloud integration
  • Multi-Touch trackpad control
  • MIDI learn
  • Support for external audio interfaces and controllers (USB, Firewire, MIDI)
  • Support for all major audio formats including MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF (restricted support for DRM protected songs)
  • Fully optimized for OS X Lion


Version 4.0.6:
  • Fully optimized for Retina display
  • Improved compatibility with AirPlay on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Fixed playlist folders not being shown in djay Remote app


  • Mac OS X 10.5 or later


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Currency Converter 1.9.2 - Widget calculates currency conversions.. (Free)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:38 PM PDT



Currency Converter is a very useful widget to easily calculate currency conversions between more than 200 world currencies (I think every traded currency in the world, more than any other converter available!), including all the old legacy european currencies, some world legacy currencies too, and even virtual and unrecognized currencies! Support interface themes, inverse currency conversion & expressions evaluation.

Features:

  • Automatically updated exchange rates
  • Support all the traded currencies of the world
  • Support the old legacy european currencies (like italian lira, deutsch mark, french francs) and other legacy currencies of the world
  • Support multiple currencies conversions (you can add all the currencies you want to the conversion table)
  • Support multiple widget instances, so that you can keep open more than a conversion table, each with a set of preferred currencies
  • You can choose the desired decimal precision, from 1 to 5 decimals
  • You can evaluate expressions (ex. 10+10, 10*3,2, etc.)
  • You can sort currencies by name, by ISO code or by countries (all the countries of the world are listed!)
  • You can calculate the exchange taxes setting the exchange taxes rate (for example 2% for credit cards)
  • You can do inverse conversion, too! Just enter * in a currency value field and you'll get the current rate for that currency vs the other currencies in the table
  • Localized in English, Italian, Portuguese, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Greek, Serbian, Russian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese and Japanese (all the currency names are localized, too). Help me with the localization in other languages
  • You can choose an interface theme between Blackboard (the new default theme), Blackboard basic (without the currency sign and currency flag), Mini (useful for small screens), Mini translucid (semitransparent) and European (the old default theme). More will be added in the future, you can suggest me your ideas about them
  • Data can also be updated manually clicking on the orange button on the bottom left of the widget: anyway, starting from version 0.9.5, this only works once per hour, to avoid the overload of my server. Anyway, other products only allow you to download data once or twice a day



Version 1.9:
  • Fixed support for version of OS X prior to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Note: This release of the widget no longer supports PowerPC Macs. Version 1.8 that does support PPC can be downloaded above via the 'Download PPC' link.

  • Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later


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Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.3 - Multilingual word processor w/indexing.. (Demo)

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 10:42 PM PDT



Nisus Writer Pro is a powerful multilingual word processor, similar to its entry level products, but brings new features such as Table of Contents, Indexing, Bookmarks, Widow and Orphan control, Cross References, Line Numbering, and Text Wrap around images.

Familiar Classic features are also on board, like attribute sensitive Find and Replace, an upgraded Nisus Macro Language, and Glossaries.

We have also improved a number of existing features. For example, we've added a variety of additional options to control the display of notes. Footnotes can now also span across pages.

Version 2.0.3:

Highlighted changes:

  • Changed: requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 (or later) and an Intel computer.
  • Changed: Nisus Writer is now signed using an Apple Developer ID, so it runs under Gatekeeper (OS X 10.8 Lion).
  • Added: improved hyphenation for many non-English languages (including Danish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and more).
  • Fixed: splash screen can incorrectly stay visible after Nisus Writer finishes launching.
  • Fixed: styles: possible hangs when switching to stylesheet view when running on OS X 10.8 Lion.
  • Opt: faster subsequent launches.
Export Changes in version 2.0.3:
  • Fixed: a variety of issues when making a PDF/printout:
  • Incorrect page numbers can appear in the generated TOC, index, or cross-references.
  • Errant unwanted whitespace can appear near the bottom of pages.
  • Page numbers inside tables inside headers/footers can incorrectly display clipped.
  • Fixed: chapters headings (eg: paragraphs at the root TOC level) should trigger a page/chapter break in EPUB.
  • Fixed: page breaks should be preserved when exporting an EPUB.
  • Fixed: floating images should not go missing when exporting an EPUB or HTML.
  • Added: when saving a PDF, note references should be linked to their respective note content, and vice versa.
  • Added: export: when exporting a generated TOC with no page numbers to PDF, HTML, or EPUB, each TOC's entry text should be linked to the document content.
Other Changes in version 2.0.3:
  • Fixed: some problems with semibold font faces being converted to full (or "faked") bold.
  • Fixed: typing over (replacing) a selected word that was an island of formatting (eg: just the selected word was bolded) should insert new text that is formatted exactly the same.
  • Fixed: images: formatting applied to linked images (ie: images whose content resides outside of Nisus Writer) can be lost after saving and reopening a file.
  • Fixed: shapes: paragraph borders/shading should not draw on top of floating shapes.
  • Fixed: if more than one Apple font typography (AAT) case changing feature has been applied, all but one of the settings can be lost when saving and reopening a file.
  • Fixed: shapes: ordering established by shape commands "Send to Back" or "Bring to Front" could be lost after saving and reopening a file.
  • Fixed: custom selection caret (insertion point) color is not respected in draft view.
  • Added: inserting a cross-reference to a bookmarked image should duplicate the image, not a text-only image name.
  • Added: links to files can be relative URLs, eg: "file://relative/subfolder/linked.pdf"
  • Fixed: quickfix: smart quotes can curl incorrectly if no whitespace is present between adjoining characters, eg: My question?"Start
  • Changed: import: fixed a problem where the .doc/docx importer would not make progress loading when Nisus Writer is inactive.
  • Fixed: some types of images that had been resized to quite different sizes (as compared to their native/natural size) could reopen with slightly changed size.
  • Added: if a font does not contain the non-breaking hyphen character, we should instead display a regular hyphen (but keep the "non-breaking" functionality) instead of performing font substitution, which can adversely affect line height, baseline, etc.
  • Fixed: indexing: if two indexing entries (for the same index style) overlap, page numbers in the generated index could become invalid as show as "-PAGE-" when file saved and reopened.
  • Changed: lists: if the user deletes the list style's bullet entirely, display whitespace, not an asterisk.
  • Fixed: when saving certain tables, a cell's horizontal text alignment could be lost/reverted upon reopening the file.
  • Fixed: styles: deleting style attribute bubbles in stylesheet view should update palettes/GUI.
  • Fixed: toc: if a generated TOC is marked with a TOC bookmark, page number links should not be lost upon saving and reopening the file.
  • Fixed: footnote content can incorrectly duplicate itself upon saving & reopening a file if the "include in TOC" attribute was enforced via an inherited style. We should not assign/emit TOC handles/fields for notes or other content that cannot be included in the TOC.
  • Fixed: notes: footnotes that have their numbering set to restart per-page can show incorrectly after a file is first opened.
  • Fixed: fixed some cases where text could be distributed unevenly between balanced columns.
  • Fixed: switching to Full Screen on OS X 10.7 Lion should keep the tool drawer open if it was open in regular viewing mode.
  • Changed: default keyboard shortcut for adding a hyperlink should be Command + "K", to match Apple apps.
  • Fixed: loc: some German zoom tag menu percentages are wrong (eg: 128%, 400%).
  • Fixed: styles: deleting a list item from a paragraph style's preview should either remove the list style from the style definition, or the list item should be regenerated.
  • Fixed: choosing to Update All Stale Content should update TOC and Index numbers.
  • Changed: the autosave crash recovery folder name has changed from "Backups" to "Autosave Temp Files". Also, this folder should be deleted when the application is quit cleanly.
Minor Changes in version 2.0.3:
  • Fixed: when opening a document that requires the progress/status panel, the just opened document window should always be frontmost.
  • Fixed: hyperlinks with a fragment (eg: "page.html#fragment") were not saved so all other apps could read them (eg: Word, TextEdit, etc).
  • Fixed: Nisus specific PDF/print options (eg: print invisibles) should be remembered in saved document.
  • Fixed: sections: adjusting a section's starting page option (eg: "Next Page", "Odd Page", etc) should force a repagination.
  • Fixed: shapes: if a floating image is selected, should be able to paste in a new image.
  • Fixed: shapes: floating shapes set to draw behind the text should not respond to mouse clicks unless clicked in a whitespace region (ie: clicks should generally select the text).
  • Fixed: notes: note references saved inside text marked with field codes (eg: bibliographic inclusion) can be lost upon reading/reopening a file.
  • Fixed: if a paragraph without borders/shading followed one that has borders/shading, and no other paragraph formatting had changed (eg: rulers, styles, tabs, etc), the borders/shading could bleed from one paragraph to the other when a file was saved and reopened.
  • Fixed: if the user enters in an absurdly long author name in the preferences (or Nisus Writer encounters such a name in a file), it is truncated to prevent Microsoft Word from choking on the name (Word fails to open files with very long author names).
  • Fixed: styles: tracked change annotations for styles can use improperly large style-type icons.
  • Fixed: styles: if default font size enforced by Normal is not 12pts, and text in the document doesn't actually have any paragraph style applied, then font size can incorrectly revert when file saved and reopened.
  • Fixed: styles: if document has no styles applied, and Normal specifies a non-12pt font size, the font size menu is incorrect, and one can't change font size of text to 12pt.
  • Fixed: palettes: mixed bold/italic font state should be shown with grey highlight (blue is for full non-mixed state).
  • Fixed: toc: TOC style setting to not include page numbers is lost when reopening a file.
  • Fixed: doc man: sort order for a group can fail to be recorded and restored when relaunching Nisus Writer.
  • Opt: doc man: don't bothering resolving recorded aliases if a file exists at the unresolved (stale) file path.
  • Fixed: if the user has a global text appearance color set (eg: show all text in Full Screen as magenta), that coloring should not override any manually applied text color formatting.
  • Fixed: track changes: if doing a Replace All and the replace with text is empty (to delete multiple matches), and track changes is enabled, some matches can fail to be replaced.
  • Fixed: track changes: toolbar icon for tracked changes that badges the count should include style changes.
  • Fixed: import: when importing page breaks enforced via formatting, the breaks should appear in Nisus Writer, even if they are converted to hard/character breaks for now (we interpret the "pagebb" control as a break character).
  • Fixed: shapes: fixed some issues with copy/paste as plain text not being operational for (or skipping) floating text boxes.
  • Fixed: adjusting footnote tab stops using the ruler can scroll an incorrect page/area into view.
  • Fixed: track changes: internal rescinding/rejecting of tracked changes (eg: when deleting text with enclosed tracked changes) could trigger exceptions if certain types of changes overlapped.
  • Fixed: notes: undoing some note operations could crash if the note was deleted and then restored via undo (eg: change custom note reference, delete note, then undo both).
  • Fixed: error messages when creating a new toolbar icon should be more specific.
  • Fixed: user should not be able to run more than one Open file dialog at a time.
  • Changed: feedback/error reporter switched to using external NisusFeedback shared framework.
  • Fixed: using the font face popup menu in the palette to remove formatting (eg: removing an italic face) from a list style's level can fail and cause strange experiences (an exception is thrown).
  • Fixed: adjusting the paper margins incorrectly overwrites the prior action's undo menu name/title with "Change Margins".
  • Fixed: undo menu should have action names/titles for applying styles, pasting ruler/character attributes, and removing attributes.
  • Fixed: shapes: selecting a floating shape/content shouldn't autoscroll if the shape is already visible.
  • Fixed: images: top-edge resize hotspots for inline images was not correct if line height spacing was greater than 1x lines.
  • Fixed: staring a drag-copy by holding down the Option key at the start of a drag is no longer prevented by Nisus-speific code that enters rectangular selection mode instead. This may still not behave properly on some versions of OS X, where Apple itself decides to enter rectangular selection mode instead of initiating the drag-copy.
  • Fixed: import: intra-document links (eg: hyperlinks or TOC references) with underscores in the bookmark name would not import correctly.
  • Fixed: import: table cell borders from WordPerfect files can incorrectly be so faint as to look invisible.
  • Added: macros: new command "addNewStyle" on the "Document" object.
  • Fixed: styles: if style preview/sample text is empty, we should supply the default preview. This fixes the problem where paragraph styles with no preview text do not show a list item.
  • Opt: spelling: removed some inline spellchecking (aka "Check Spelling While You Type") inefficiencies if there were multiple large spellchecking regions (eg: main body and footnotes).
  • Fixed: images: inserting a linked image should replace the selected text, not insert the image after the selected text.
  • Fixed: images: inserting a linked image should never clear the existing formatting.
  • Fixed: shapes: pasting text with floating shapes/content in Page View can sometimes incorrectly shift the position of the first floating shape.
  • Added: Nisus Writer Pro will import Flat OpenOffice/OpenDocument/ODT files (ie: ".fodt" files), and Microsoft Word OOXML Documents with Macros (ie: ".docm").
  • Changed: more reliable font/typography panel updating code.
  • Fixed: line numbers could improperly restart at page boundary instead of desired section restart when using same-page section breaks.
  • Changed: comments: if a comment author name is blank, we now save it as a space. This works around a Microsoft Word issue where it uses the wrong author name for comments with blank author names.
  • Fixed: RTL text can display incorrectly in tooltips (eg: letting the mouse cursor linger over a footnote references with mixed LTR/RTL text).
  • Fixed: zooming out in Draft View, so all text fits on a single line, can fail to redraw/clear stale text past the first line.
  • Fixed: if the page zoom is set large enough so the horizontal scrollbar needs to appear, some of the automatic scrolling behavior can be annoying/erratic.
  • Fixed: loc: corrected English typo, message "To switch to this keyboard, you need to ENABLED it..." should be "...you need to ENABLE it..."
  • Fixed: tracked changes: certain situations involving tracked changes and list styles could prevent files from opening (an invalid tracked change range was generated).
  • Changed: import: Nisus Writer should recognize and import ".dotx" template files.
  • Fixed: images: floating image borders and horizontal offset not read properly from files saved by Pro versions 1.4.1 and under.
  • Changed: better attempt at preserving all characters when letter "case change" formatting is applied.
  • Fixed: styles: the note style's "multi-page threshold" should use the document ruler's units (eg: inches), not points.
  • Fixed: styles: paragraph style indents should use the same display accuracy/rounding as the paragraph palette.
  • Fixed: styles: changing the document ruler units did not always refresh the style property display as needed.
  • Opt: notes: deleting one or more footnotes/endnotes shouldn't require waiting for the entire document to be relaid (even if such relayout needs to occur in the background).
  • Fixed: possible hang when changing formatting for smart objects that can disallow formatting changes over certain ranges.
  • Fixed: possible crash while visiting columns/bodies on page.
  • Fixed: try to catch out of memory errors when saving.
  • Changed: resource file names should be more descriptive, eg: changed "help" to "Nisus Writer Pro Help". Same for license and release notes files.
  • Opt: more memory efficient when decoding hex images in RTF files.


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