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- iVI Pro 3.333 - Add videos to iTunes with a simple drag-and-drop. (Demo)
- iVI 3.333 - Easily convert and import video files into iTunes or iMovie. (Demo)
- Energies, Vol. 6, Pages 1590-1603: Understanding the Mechanism of Cypress Liquefaction in Hot-Compressed Water through Characterization of Solid Residues
- Energies, Vol. 6, Pages 1568-1589: Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-Oil by Reacting with Olefins and Alcohols over Solid Acids: Reaction Paths via Model Compound Studies
- Antibiotics, Vol. 2, Pages 73-82: Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii Exhibiting Phenotypic Heterogeneous Growth against Meropenem in a Murine Thigh Infection Model
- CIS Chairman visits Belgium
- Biology, Vol. 2, Pages 399-418: Drought, Deluge and Declines: The Impact of Precipitation Extremes on Amphibians in a Changing Climate
- Remote Sensing, Vol. 5, Pages 1235-1257: Intercomparison of Leaf Area Index Products for a Gradient of Sub-Humid to Arid Environments in West Africa
- Molecules, Vol. 18, Pages 3168-3182: Dynamic Motion and Rearranged Molecular Shape of Heme in Myoglobin: Structural and Functional Consequences
- Energies, Vol. 6, Pages 1554-1567: A Novel Pumped Hydro Combined with Compressed Air Energy Storage System
- Molecules, Vol. 18, Pages 3152-3167: Synthesis and Characterization of the in Situ Bulk Polymerization of PMMA Containing Graphene Sheets Using Microwave Irradiation
- JSAN, Vol. 2, Pages 156-171: “And Then, the Weekend Started”: Story of a WSN Deployment on a Construction Site
- Gaming Meme History - Our Princess Is In Another Castle!
- iFFmpeg 3.6.1 - Convert multimedia files between formats. (Shareware)
- DesktopActivity 1.4.0 - Monitor your system from your desktop. (Commercial)
- Task Coach 1.3.27 - To-do list manager. (Free)
- Online poker bill in a holding pattern despite optimism for federal action
- NewsLife 2.1 - Streamline your RSS viewing. (Shareware)
- TrackRunner 2.0.0.2.264 - GPS-enabled exercise logbook (beta). (Free)
- BarracudaDrive 6.1 - Remotely upload, download and manage files on your Mac. (Free)
| iVI Pro 3.333 - Add videos to iTunes with a simple drag-and-drop. (Demo) Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:17 AM PDT  iVI Pro makes adding video files or DVDs to your Mac iTunes library as simple as drag and drop. iVI converts all video file formats into native Mac formats for iTunes or other Mac software. iVI also automatically finds and fills in useful information for Movies and TV Shows like artwork, show and season numbers and episode titles. iVI is also great for converting videocam or other other video to a Mac compatible format so you can edit it in iMovies or Final Cut Pro. Version 3.333: Improvements:
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| iVI 3.333 - Easily convert and import video files into iTunes or iMovie. (Demo) Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:06 AM PDT  iVI will convert and import video files into iTunes or iMovie with a simple drag and drop. iVI will identify TV shows and movies and add metadata automatically such as poster artwork, episode details, cast lists etc. iVI will format the video for all Apple platforms automatically including Mac, AppleTV, AppleTV 2, iPad, iPhone and iPod. iVI supports surround sound, multiple audio tracks (for various languages) and subtitles too. Converted files can be imported directly into iTunes or saved for further video editing. Supported video formats include AVI, MKV, MTS, FLV, AVCHD, MOD, TOD, MTS, M2TS, 3GP, MP4, MPG and most videocam formats. Features include:
Version 3.333: Note: The downloadable version is 3.333. The Mac App Store version is currently 3.2. Improvements:
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| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT The mechanism of hydrothermal liquefaction of cypress was investigated by examining the effects of temperature and retention time on the characteristics of the solid residues remaining after liquefaction. The solid residues were divided into acid-soluble and acid-insoluble residues. Results showed the polymerization reactions also mainly occurred at low temperatures. The reactive fragments transformed into acid-insoluble solid residue in the form of carbon and oxygen through polymerization reactions. The process of cellulose degradation consists of two steps: an initial hydrolysis of the more solvent- accessible amorphous region and a later hydrolytic attack on the crystalline portion. Hemicelluloses were decomposed into small compounds during the initial stage of the cypress liquefaction process, and then these compounds may rearrange through polymerization to form acid-insoluble solid residues above 240 °C. The higher heating value of the solid residues obtained from liquefaction at 260–300 °C was 23.4–26.3 MJ/kg, indicating that they were suitable for combustion as a solid fuel. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT Catalytic refining of bio-oil by reacting with olefin/alcohol over solid acids can convert bio-oil to oxygen-containing fuels. Reactivities of groups of compounds typically present in bio-oil with 1-octene (or 1-butanol) were studied at 120 °C/3 h over Dowex50WX2, Amberlyst15, Amberlyst36, silica sulfuric acid (SSA) and Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40 supported on K10 clay (Cs2.5/K10, 30 wt. %). These compounds include phenol, water, acetic acid, acetaldehyde, hydroxyacetone, d-glucose and 2-hydroxymethylfuran. Mechanisms for the overall conversions were proposed. Other olefins (1,7-octadiene, cyclohexene, and 2,4,4-trimethylpentene) and alcohols (iso-butanol) with different activities were also investigated. All the olefins and alcohols used were effective but produced varying product selectivities. A complex model bio-oil, synthesized by mixing all the above-stated model compounds, was refined under similar conditions to test the catalyst's activity. SSA shows the highest hydrothermal stability. Cs2.5/K10 lost most of its activity. A global reaction pathway is outlined. Simultaneous and competing esterification, etherfication, acetal formation, hydration, isomerization and other equilibria were involved. Synergistic interactions among reactants and products were determined. Acid-catalyzed olefin hydration removed water and drove the esterification and acetal formation equilibria toward ester and acetal products. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT Acinetobacter baumannii may exhibit phenotypic heterogeneous growth under exposure to antibiotics. We investigated the in vitro characteristics of A. baumannii isolates grown heterogeneously in the presence of meropenem and their virulence evaluated in experimental infections treated with meropenem. Five clinical A. baumannii isolates and the respective heterogeneously grown subpopulations were tested by agar dilution minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) testing, pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), population analysis using meropenem and growth curves. The virulence of isolates and the therapeutic efficacy of three meropenem dosing schemes was evaluated in a neutropenic murine thigh infection model. The clinical isolates were meropenem-susceptible (MICs 1 to 4 mg/liter) and exhibited three distinct PFGE patterns. In all clinical isolates, population analysis yielded heterogeneously grown colonies. After seven subcultures in antibiotic-free media, resistant MIC levels were retained in two isolates (heteroresistant), while three isolates were reversed to susceptible MICs (persisters). Clinical isolates and heterogeneous subpopulations had similar growth rates. The heterogeneously grown A. baumannii subpopulations had reduced virulence, killing considerably fewer animals than the respective clinical isolates without treatment. The meropenem treatment outcome was similar in infections caused by the clinical and the heterogeneous isolates, irrespective to their MICs. In vitro meropenem exposure induces phenotypic heterogeneous growth in A. baumannii. Compared with the parental clinical isolates, the heterogeneously grown subpopulations exhibited lower virulence, killing fewer mice and responding equally to meropenem treatment, despite their higher MICs. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 01:52 AM PDT CIS Chairman and FIDE Vice President Ali Nihat YAZICI, has made a visit to Belgium from 5 to 9 March 2013. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT The Class Amphibia is one of the most severely impacted taxa in an on-going global biodiversity crisis. Because amphibian reproduction is tightly associated with the presence of water, climatic changes that affect water availability pose a particularly menacing threat to both aquatic and terrestrial-breeding amphibians. We explore the impacts that one facet of climate change—that of extreme variation in precipitation—may have on amphibians. This variation is manifested principally as increases in the incidence and severity of both drought and major storm events. We stress the need to consider not only total precipitation amounts but also the pattern and timing of rainfall events. Such rainfall "pulses" are likely to become increasingly more influential on amphibians, especially in relation to seasonal reproduction. Changes in reproductive phenology can strongly influence the outcome of competitive and predatory interactions, thus potentially altering community dynamics in assemblages of co-existing species. We present a conceptual model to illustrate possible landscape and metapopulation consequences of alternative climate change scenarios for pond-breeding amphibians, using the Mole Salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum, as an example. Although amphibians have evolved a variety of life history strategies that enable them to cope with environmental uncertainty, it is unclear whether adaptations can keep pace with the escalating rate of climate change. Climate change, especially in combination with other stressors, is a daunting challenge for the persistence of amphibians and, thus, the conservation of global biodiversity. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT The Leaf Area Index (LAI) is a key variable in many land surface and climate modeling studies. To date, a number of LAI datasets have been developed based on time series of medium resolution optical remote sensing observations. Global validation exercises show the high value of these datasets, but at the same time they point out shortcomings, particularly in the presence of persistent cloud coverage and dense vegetation. For regional modeling studies, the choice of an ideal LAI input dataset is not straightforward as global validation, and intercomparison studies do not necessarily allow conclusions on data quality at regional scale. This paper provides a comprehensive relative intercomparison of four freely available LAI products for a wide gradient of ecosystems in Africa. The region of investigation, West Africa, comprises typical African sub-humid to arid landscapes. The selected LAI time series are the Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre-VEGETATION (SPOT-VGT)-based Carbon Cycle and Change in Land Observational Products from an Ensemble of Satellites (CYCLOPES) LAI, the SPOT-VGT-based Bio-geophysical Parameters (BioPar) LAI product GEOV1, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) product MOD15A2, and the Meteosat-SEVIRI-based Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis (LSA-SAF) LAI. The comparative analyses focus on data gap occurrence, on the consistency of temporal LAI profiles, on their ability to adequately reproduce the phenological cycle and on the plausibility of LAI magnitudes for major land cover types in West Africa. A detailed quantitative validation of the LAI datasets, however, was not possible due to insufficient ground LAI measurements in the study region. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT Myoglobin, a simple oxygen binding protein, was reconstituted with various types of synthetic hemes to manipulate the heme-globin interactions. From the paramagnetic NMR analysis, small heme was found to rotate rapidly about the iron-histidine bond upon. This is a novel and typical example for the fluctuation of protein. The dynamic NMR analysis indicated that the 360° rotational rate of a small heme was 1,400 s−1 at room temperature. The X-ray analyses revealed that the tertiary structure of globin containing the smallest heme was closely similar to that of native protein despite extensive destruction of the specific heme-globin interactions. The functional analyses of O2 binding showed that the loose heme-globin contacts do not significantly affect the oxygen binding. On the other hand, the rearrangement of tetrapyrrole array and the non-planar deformation in porphyrin ring significantly affect the functional properties of myoglobin. These results, taken together, indicate that the essential factors to regulate the myoglobin function are hidden under the molecular shape of prosthetic group rather than in the nonbonded heme-globin contacts. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT A novel pumped hydro combined with compressed air energy storage (PHCA) system is proposed in this paper to resolve the problems of bulk energy storage in the wind power generation industry over an area in China, which is characterised by drought and water shortages. Thermodynamic analysis of the energy storage system, which focuses on the pre-set pressure, storage volume capacity, water air volume ratio, pump performance, and water turbine performance of the storage system, is also presented. This paper discovers how such parameters affect the performance of the whole system. The ideal performance of this novel system has the following advantages: a simple, highly effective and low cost structure, which is comparable to the efficiency of a traditional pumped hydro storage system. Research results show a great solution to the current storage constraints encountered in the development of the wind power industry in China, which have been widely recognised as a bottleneck in the wind energy storage industry. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT Polymethylmethacrylate–graphene (PMMA/RGO) nanocomposites were prepared via in situ bulk polymerization using two different preparation techniques. In the first approach, a mixture of graphite oxide (GO) and methylmethacrylate monomers (MMA) were polymerized using a bulk polymerization method with a free radical initiator. After the addition of the reducing agent hydrazine hydrate (HH), the product was reduced via microwave irradiation (MWI) to obtain R-(GO-PMMA) composites. In the second approach, a mixture of graphite sheets (RGO) and MMA monomers were polymerized using a bulk polymerization method with a free radical initiator to obtain RGO-(PMMA) composites. The composites were characterized by FTIR, 1H-NMR and Raman spectroscopy and XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA and DSC. The results indicate that the composite obtained using the first approach, which involved MWI, had a better morphology and dispersion with enhanced thermal stability compared with the composites prepared without MWI. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are versatile monitoring systems that can provide a large amount of real-time data in scenarios where wired infrastructures are inapplicable or expensive. This technology is expected to be handled by domain experts, who perceive a WSN as a (promised to be) easy to deploy black box. This work presents the deployment experience of a WSN, as conducted by domain experts, in a ground improvement area. Building upon off-the-shelf solutions, a fuel cell powered gateway and 21 sensor devices measuring acceleration, inclination, temperature and barometric pressure were installed to monitor ground subsidence. We report about how poor GSM service, malfunctioning hardware, unknown communication patterns and obscure proprietary software required in-field ad-hoc solutions. Through the lessons learned, we look forward to investigating how to make the deployment of these systems an easier task. |
| Gaming Meme History - Our Princess Is In Another Castle! Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:34 PM PDT Thank you GameSpotters! But our video is on another pag- wait, no. Join Jess McDonell right here as she revisits this classic Nintendo meme!
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| iFFmpeg 3.6.1 - Convert multimedia files between formats. (Shareware) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:59 PM PDT  iFFmpeg is a graphical front-end for FFmpeg, a command-line tool used to convert multimedia files between formats. The command line instructions can be very hard to master/understand, so iFFmpeg does all the hard work for you. This allows you to use FFmpeg without detailed command-line knowledge. Version 3.6.1:
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| DesktopActivity 1.4.0 - Monitor your system from your desktop. (Commercial) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:24 PM PDT  DesktopActivity is one kind of monitoring software. It presents much information of your system for you with vivid animation, which is concise and artistic, fusing together with your desktop background. At the present, it can do the following things for you:
DesktopActivity can be used in English, Chinese and Japanese and more languages and functions will be presented in the future to be expected.
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| Task Coach 1.3.27 - To-do list manager. (Free) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:10 PM PDT  Task Coach is a free open source todo manager. It grew out of frustration that other programs do not handle composite tasks well. In addition to flexible composite tasks, Task Coach has grown to include prerequisites, prioritizing, effort tracking, category tags, budgets, notes, and many other features. However, users are not forced to use all these features; Task Coach can be as simple or complex as you need it to be. Task Coach is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux; and there is a companion iOS app. Task Coach is Free Software licensed under GNU GPLv3. Version 1.3.27: Bugs fixed:
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| Online poker bill in a holding pattern despite optimism for federal action Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:42 PM PDT Congressman Joe Heck, R-Nev., smiles as someone's ringtone plays George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" during a town hall meeting with constituents at Pacific Pines Senior Apartments in Henderson on Tuesday, Feb. |
| NewsLife 2.1 - Streamline your RSS viewing. (Shareware) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:41 PM PDT  NewsLife is a super easy to use RSS news aggregator for Mac OS X. NewsLife's simple interface, composed of three panes is intuitive and easy to use. The source list lets you organise your feeds how ever you want. The content area presents each article to you complete with thumbnails, quick navigation links and more. The side bar contains useful features like a search field, quick view buttons, filtering controls and the news bin, which acts as a scrapbook for any articles you have dragged into it. You can also choose to quickly email these items, Digg them, post them to your weblog editor or have them read aloud by your Mac.
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| TrackRunner 2.0.0.2.264 - GPS-enabled exercise logbook (beta). (Free) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:24 PM PDT  TrackRunner is an exercise logbook for Mac, designed to help runners and cyclists to organize and analyze their training data better. Coupled with a GPS receiver and using LoadMyTracks from ClueTrust to connect to your GPS device, you'll be able to log your workouts and keep track of distance, time, elevation, heart-rate etc. Activities can be organized into categories, and by location. TrackRunner can display your tracks on satellite images or custom made maps, it lets you analyze your training data in details in various graphs and it enables you to edit your data to correct bad readings. TrackRunner is free for you to try, but is considered Donationware. So if you enjoy the software and find it helps you train better please consider donating. Supported GPS devices:
Version 2.0.0.2.264: Bug fixes:
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| BarracudaDrive 6.1 - Remotely upload, download and manage files on your Mac. (Free) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:07 PM PDT  BarracudaDrive transforms your home or business Mac computer into a powerful and secure online storage system, letting you access and share files from any connected computer or device in the world. No software needs to be installed on the client computer that you use when connecting to your home/business server since BarracudaDrive is based on open standards. Access and share inbound and outbound private documents, photos, videos, or other files, from your smart phone or tablet (iPhone, iPad, Android, Nook, Kindle, Blackberry), Windows, Mac, and Linux on your own secure BarracudaDrive server. Features:
Version 6.1:
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