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- iExpression 1.4.1 - Manage your ExpressionEngine content.. (Commercial)
- IJGI, Vol. 1, Pages 186-208: Using Crowdsourced Geodata for Agent-Based Indoor Evacuation Simulations
- Anomaly: Warzone Earth - PS3 Launch Trailer
- Guild Wars dev explains game bans
- StarCraft 2 For The Rest Of Us
- FaxyApp 1.0 - Send faxes via the internet.. (Commercial)
- A Better Finder Attributes 5.19 - Change file creation and modification dates.. (Shareware)
- Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Pages 641-653: Continuous Process for Biodiesel Production in Packed Bed Reactor from Waste Frying Oil Using Potassium Hydroxide Supported on Jatropha curcas Fruit Shell as Solid Catalyst
- IJMS, Vol. 13, Pages 10807-10827: Analysis of Genome Survey Sequences and SSR Marker Development for Siamese Mud Carp, Henicorhynchus siamensis, Using 454 Pyrosequencing
- YouTube to MP3 2.4.6 - Extract MP3 audio from YouTube videos.. (Free)
- Spells 3.0 - A D&D Spell lister/generator.. (Shareware)
- IJMS, Vol. 13, Pages 10771-10806: Adaptive Response, Evidence of Cross-Resistance and Its Potential Clinical Use
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11957-11965: Force Monitoring in a Maxilla Model and Dentition Using Optical Fiber Bragg Gratings
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11946-11956: Electrostatics of Planar Multielectrode Sensors with Application to Surface Elastometry
- Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 3218-3232: Impacts of Ventilation Ratio and Vent Balance on Cooling Load and Air Flow of Naturally Ventilated Attics
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11933-11945: A Highly Miniaturized, Wireless Inertial Measurement Unit for Characterizing the Dynamics of Pitched Baseballs and Softballs
- Cancers, Vol. 4, Pages 821-845: Characterization of the Tumor-Microenvironment in Patient-Derived Cervix Xenografts (OCICx)
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11922-11932: In Vivo Histamine Optical Nanosensors
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11910-11921: Slope Estimation during Normal Walking Using a Shank-Mounted Inertial Sensor
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11888-11909: Improving Service Management in the Internet of Things
| iExpression 1.4.1 - Manage your ExpressionEngine content.. (Commercial) Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:57 AM PDT  iExpression is a dedicated application integrated with the popular ExpressionEngine CMS (Content Management System). Supporting all of the standard EE fields iExpression allows you to upload and manage files, edit and create entries (regardless of whether or not they were created in iExpression, or using ExpressionEngines web interface). With a powerful rich-text editor, drag and drop file management and full iCloud support synchronising your content seamlessly between your various machines, iExpression brings native EE management to your desktop. Key features include:
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| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Crowdsourced geodata has been proven to be a rich and major data source for environmental simulations and analysis, as well as the visualization of spatial phenomena. With the increasing size and complexity of public buildings, such as universities or hotels, there is also an increasing demand for information about indoor spaces. Trying to stimulate this growing demand, both researchers and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) communities envision to extend established communities towards indoors. It has already been showcased that VGI from OpenStreetMap (OSM) can be utilized for different applications in Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) as well as for simple shortest path computations inside buildings. The here presented research now tries to utilize crowdsourced indoor geodata for more complex indoor routing scenarios of multiple users. Essentially, it will be investigated if, and to what extent, the available data can be utilized for performing indoor evacuation simulations with the simulation framework MATSim. That is, this paper investigates the suitability of crowdsourced indoor information from OSM (IndoorOSM) for evacuation simulations. Additionally, the applicability of MATSim for agent-based indoor evacuation simulations is conducted. The paper discusses the automatic generation simulation-related data, and provides experimental results for two different evacuation scenarios. Furthermore, limitations of the IndoorOSM data and the MATSim framework for indoor evacuation simulations are elaborated and discussed. |
| Anomaly: Warzone Earth - PS3 Launch Trailer Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:24 AM PDT Anomaly: Warzone Earth is now available on the PlayStation Store in Europe.
Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Anomaly: Warzone Earth - PS3 Launch Trailer" was posted by MikeTao on Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:24:51 -0700 |
| Guild Wars dev explains game bans Posted: 28 Aug 2012 11:52 PM PDT ArenaNet has taken action against inappropriate character names and chat used in its PC MMORPG; explains account suspensions in detail.
Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet has explained its account suspension policy following questions from players whose accounts were suspended since the game's launch two days ago.
Posting on Reddit, ArenaNet explained that while the number of account blocks is small (less than 0.01 percent of the total player base), it felt obligated to explain its account suspension policy to those players who found themselves banned from the game, reiterating that racist names, hate speech and other unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated. The developer said it had already suspended some accounts displaying offensive character names or using inappropriate chat. "When an account is blocked for a chat offense, the account is given a three-day suspension," the developer said in the post. "When an account is blocked for an offensive name, the player is required to rename the character name and, in most cases, the account is also given a three-day suspension." "In a few posts on Reddit and on fan forums, players have claimed they were suspended for using a harmless-sounding character name, when in fact they were suspended for a different and truly offensive character name on their account. Others claimed that they were not told why they were suspended, but the game does give a message that states the reason for the suspension. In every case we have double-checked, the action taken on the account was appropriate." ArenaNet has invited players who feel they were unfairly suspended to post their character names or chat segment that led to their suspension under the Reddit post, saying it will reply "in graphic detail" with the reason for the block. Prior to its launch two days ago, Guild Wars 2 had already achieved sales of more than one million. The game puts players into a persistent fantasy world driven by a range of dynamic events, demanding an up-front fee to play but not requiring a monthly paid subscription to continue playing. The Guild Wars 2 naming policy can be found here. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Guild Wars dev explains game bans" was posted by Laura Parker on Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:52:38 -0700 |
| StarCraft 2 For The Rest Of Us Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:57 PM PDT With patch 1.5.2 Blizzard has opened the doors to the StarCraft 2 arcade. Please, let us show you around I think you will find something you like.
Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "StarCraft 2 For The Rest Of Us" was posted by andyb on Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:57:15 -0700 |
| FaxyApp 1.0 - Send faxes via the internet.. (Commercial) Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:16 AM PDT  FaxyApp is integrated with system address book and provides archive functionality. HylaFAX client for OS X which allows you to submit faxes via internet. Features:
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| A Better Finder Attributes 5.19 - Change file creation and modification dates.. (Shareware) Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:22 AM PDT  A Better Finder Attributes is the ultimate file tweaking tool for Mac OS X. A Better Finder Attributes 5 combines photo shooting date and file date changing along with a few unique tricks of its own. Change EXIF Timestamps at Will A Better Finder Attributes 5 allows you to manipulate JPEG, CR2, NEF, ARF CRW and CIFF EXIF timestamps at will by setting them to specific times or batch adjusting them by adding and removing time (useful for correcting the timestamps of images taken with a digital camera with a incorrectly set clock and to compensate for timezone changes). Correct Finder Sorting for JPEG EXIF and RAW Photo A Better Finder Attributes 5 also allows to synchronize the file creation and modification dates with the shooting dates of JPEG EXIF as well as a wide variety of RAW formats, so that files sort properly in the Finder and other systems. Total File and Folder Creation and Modification Date Control A Better Finder Attributes 5 gives you total control over file creation and modification dates, setting them to specific times and dates, adding or removing time or simply removing them altogether. More File Magic On top of these features, A Better Finder Attributes 5 gives you control over:
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| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT The transesterification of waste frying oil (WFO) with methanol in the presence of potassium hydroxide catalyst supported on Jatropha curcas fruit shell activated carbon (KOH/JS) was studied. The catalyst systems were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method. The effects of reaction variables such as residence time, reaction temperature, methanol/oil molar ratio and catalyst bed height in packed bed reactor (PBR) on the yield of biodiesel were investigated. SEM images showed that KOH was well distributed on the catalyst support. The optimum conditions for achieving the conversion yield of 86.7% consisted of a residence time of 2 h, reaction temperature of 60 °C, methanol/oil molar ratio of 16 and catalyst bed height of 250 mm. KOH/JS could be used repeatedly five times without any activation treatment, and no significant activity loss was observed. The results confirmed that KOH/JS catalyst had a great potential to be used for industrial application in the transesterification of WFO. The fuel properties of biodiesel were also determined. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Siamese mud carp (Henichorynchus siamensis) is a freshwater teleost of high economic importance in the Mekong River Basin. However, genetic data relevant for delineating wild stocks for management purposes currently are limited for this species. Here, we used 454 pyrosequencing to generate a partial genome survey sequence (GSS) dataset to develop simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from H. siamensis genomic DNA. Data generated included a total of 65,954 sequence reads with average length of 264 nucleotides, of which 2.79% contain SSR motifs. Based on GSS-BLASTx results, 10.5% of contigs and 8.1% singletons possessed significant similarity (E value < 10–5) with the majority matching well to reported fish sequences. KEGG analysis identified several metabolic pathways that provide insights into specific potential roles and functions of sequences involved in molecular processes in H. siamensis. Top protein domains detected included reverse transcriptase and the top putative functional transcript identified was an ORF2-encoded protein. One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven sequences containing SSR motifs were identified, of which 422 qualified for primer design and eight polymorphic loci have been tested with average observed and expected heterozygosity estimated at 0.75 and 0.83, respectively. Regardless of their relative levels of polymorphism and heterozygosity, microsatellite loci developed here are suitable for further population genetic studies in H. siamensis and may also be applicable to other related taxa. |
| YouTube to MP3 2.4.6 - Extract MP3 audio from YouTube videos.. (Free) Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:11 AM PDT  YouTube to MP3 is for users who like to listen to music on YouTube but want to do it offline or on their favorite portable player. You have found soundtrack of new movie on YouTube and want to save it to your music library as MP3. Then MediaHuman YouTube to MP3 Converter for Mac is a best choice for you. This software is extremely simple to use and allows you to extract audio track from your favorite videos and music clips. Besides of it this software is completely free. Version 2.4.6:
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| Spells 3.0 - A D&D Spell lister/generator.. (Shareware) Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:47 AM PDT  Spells is a Dungeons and Dragons spell lister and (non-graphical) layout application. Designed with PRD in mind. Version 3.0:
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| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Organisms and their cells are constantly exposed to environmental fluctuations. Among them are stressors, which can induce macromolecular damage that exceeds a set threshold, independent of the underlying cause. Stress responses are mechanisms used by organisms to adapt to and overcome stress stimuli. Different stressors or different intensities of stress trigger different cellular responses, namely induce cell repair mechanisms, induce cell responses that result in temporary adaptation to some stressors, induce autophagy or trigger cell death. Studies have reported life-prolonging effects of a wide variety of so-called stressors, such as oxidants, heat shock, some phytochemicals, ischemia, exercise and dietary energy restriction, hypergravity, etc. These stress responses, which result in enhanced defense and repair and even cross-resistance against multiple stressors, may have clinical use and will be discussed, while the emphasis will be on the effects/cross-effects of oxidants. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT The aim of this work is to show the possibility of using fiber optic sensors to instrument inside parts of an artificial maxilla and measure internal tension transmitted by the orthodontic and orthopedic appliances to the dentition and the adjacent bone. Bragg gratings written in a standard optical fiber were used to monitor the maxillary teeth and a multiplexed fiber was used to monitor the surface of the maxillary bone, transversally to the longest axis of the teeth. A Universal Test Machine was used to evaluate the sensitivity of the sensor to the vertical and lateral forces applied on the teeth. A wavelength shift of approximately 0.30 nm was detected when applying loads ranging from 0 to 20 N. By applying forces using the standard orthodontic appliances installed on the dentition it was possible to detect a range of forces between 0.025 N to 0.035 N during the activation of the arch wire and extra-oral forces. The use of the internal sensors in an artificial model made possible the monitoring of the resulting forces on the internal parts of the teeth and at the position where the strain takes place within the maxilla. The sensors detected that the orthodontic forces were not transmitted to the surface of the maxilla. This information is important to elucidate and to correlate undesirable effects as tooth root absorption and local pain during the orthodontic treatment. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Systems of planar electrodes arranged on dielectric or piezoelectric layers are applied in numerous sensors and transducers. In this paper electrostatics of such electrode systems is presented and exploited in the analysis of distributed piezoelectric transducer dedicated to surface elastometry of biological tissues characterized by large Poisson modulus. The fundamental Matlab® code for analyzing complex planar multiperiodic electrode systems is also presented. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT The impacts of ventilation ratio and vent balance on cooling load and air flow of naturally ventilated attics are studied in this paper using an unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. Buoyancy-driven turbulent ventilations in attics of gable-roof residential buildings are simulated for typical summer conditions. Ventilation ratios from 1/400 to 1/25 combined with both balanced and unbalanced vent configurations are investigated. The modeling results show that the air flows in the attics are steady and exhibit a general streamline pattern that is qualitatively insensitive to the variations in ventilation ratio and vent configuration. The predicted temperature fields are characterized by thermal stratification, except for the soffit regions. It is demonstrated that an increase in ventilation ratio will reduce attic cooling load. Compared with unbalanced vent configurations, balanced attic ventilation is shown to be the optimal solution in both maximizing ventilating flow rate and minimizing cooling load for attics with ventilation ratio lower than 1/100. For attics with ventilation ratios greater than 1/67, a configuration of large ridge vent with small soffit vent favors ventilating air flow enhancement, while a configuration of small ridge vent with large soffit vent results in the lowest cooling energy consumption. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Baseball and softball pitch types are distinguished by the path and speed of the ball which, in turn, are determined by the angular velocity of the ball and the velocity of the ball center at the instant of release from the pitcher's hand. While radar guns and video-based motion capture (mocap) resolve ball speed, they provide little information about how the angular velocity of the ball and the velocity of the ball center develop and change during the throwing motion. Moreover, mocap requires measurements in a controlled lab environment and by a skilled technician. This study addresses these shortcomings by introducing a highly miniaturized, wireless inertial measurement unit (IMU) that is embedded in both baseballs and softballs. The resulting "ball-embedded" sensor resolves ball dynamics right on the field of play. Experimental results from ten pitches, five thrown by one softball pitcher and five by one baseball pitcher, demonstrate that this sensor technology can deduce the magnitude and direction of the ball's velocity at release to within 4.6% of measurements made using standard mocap. Moreover, the IMU directly measures the angular velocity of the ball, which further enables the analysis of different pitch types. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Rationale: The tumor microenvironment (TME) is heterogeneous including both malignant and host cell components as well as regions of hypoxia, elevated interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) and poor nutrient supply. The quantitative extent to which the microenvironmental properties of primary tumors are recapitulated in xenograft models is not well characterized. Methods: Xenografts were generated by implanting tumor biopsies directly into the cervix of mice to create a panel of orthotopically-passaged xenografts (OCICx). Tumors were grown to ~1 cm (diameter) and IFP measurements recorded prior to sacrifice. Enlarged para-aortic lymph nodes (>1–2 mm) were excised for histologic confirmation of metastatic disease. Quantitative histological analysis was used to evaluate hypoxia, proliferation, lymphatic and blood vessels in the epithelial and stromal regions of the xenografts and original patient tumour. Results: IFP and nodal disease were not correlated with tumor engraftment. IFP measurements in the xenografts were generally lower than those in the patient's tumor. Lymphatic metastasis increased with passage number as did levels of hypoxia in the epithelial component of the xenografts. The blood vessel density in the stromal component of the xenografts increased in parallel. When all the markers were compared between the biopsy and the respective 3rd generation xenograft 10 of 11 tumors showed a good correlation. Conclusions: This ongoing study provides characterization about tumoral and stromal heterogeneity in a unique orthotopic xenograft model. |
| Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11922-11932: In Vivo Histamine Optical Nanosensors Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT In this communication we discuss the development of ionophore based nanosensors for the detection and monitoring of histamine levels in vivo. This approach is based on the use of an amine-reactive, broad spectrum ionophore which is capable of recognizing and binding to histamine. We pair this ionophore with our already established nanosensor platform, and demonstrate in vitro and in vivo monitoring of histamine levels. This approach enables capturing rapid kinetics of histamine after injection, which are more difficult to measure with standard approaches such as blood sampling, especially on small research models. The coupling together of in vivo nanosensors with ionophores such as nonactin provide a way to generate nanosensors for novel targets without the difficult process of designing and synthesizing novel ionophores. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT In this paper we propose an approach for the estimation of the slope of the walking surface during normal walking using a body-worn sensor composed of a biaxial accelerometer and a uniaxial gyroscope attached to the shank. It builds upon a state of the art technique that was successfully used to estimate the walking velocity from walking stride data, but did not work when used to estimate the slope of the walking surface. As claimed by the authors, the reason was that it did not take into account the actual inclination of the shank of the stance leg at the beginning of the stride (mid stance). In this paper, inspired by the biomechanical characteristics of human walking, we propose to solve this issue by using the accelerometer as a tilt sensor, assuming that at mid stance it is only measuring the gravity acceleration. Results from a set of experiments involving several users walking at different inclinations on a treadmill confirm the feasibility of our approach. A statistical analysis of slope estimations shows in first instance that the technique is capable of distinguishing the different slopes of the walking surface for every subject. It reports a global RMS error (per-unit difference between actual and estimated inclination of the walking surface for each stride identified in the experiments) of 0.05 and this can be reduced to 0.03 with subject-specific calibration and post processing procedures by means of averaging techniques. |
| Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 11888-11909: Improving Service Management in the Internet of Things Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT In the Internet of Things (IoT) research arena, many efforts are devoted to adapt the existing IP standards to emerging IoT nodes. This is the direction followed by three Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Working Groups, which paved the way for research on IP-based constrained networks. Through a simplification of the whole TCP/IP stack, resource constrained nodes become direct interlocutors of application level entities in every point of the network. In this paper we analyze some side effects of this solution, when in the presence of large amounts of data to transmit. In particular, we conduct a performance analysis of the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP), a widely accepted web transfer protocol for the Internet of Things, and propose a service management enhancement that improves the exploitation of the network and node resources. This is specifically thought for constrained nodes in the abovementioned conditions and proves to be able to significantly improve the node energetic performance when in the presence of large resource representations (hence, large data transmissions). |
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