Bioinformatics has, out of necessity, become a key aspect of drug discovery in the genomic revolution, contributing to both target discovery and target validation. The author describes the role that bioinformatics has played and will continue to play in response to the waves of genome-wide data sources that have become available to the industry, including expressed sequence tags, microbial genome sequences, model organism sequences, polymorphisms, gene expression data an...
Indian Institute of Science ; Indian Institute of Science ; Par Informatatics
Government Reference Publication
Excerpt: Scientists say a clearer understanding of gene?toxicant interactions will provide significant new opportunities for protecting public health. But theres a catch: these toxicogenomics promises lie hidden in mountains of data. Thanks to technology advances, the nucleotide sequences that make up DNA, in addition to the amino acid sequences that make up proteins, are collected with robotic automation and stored by the millions in vast, expanding databases throughout...
Perl has seen widespread use in bioinformatics because of its ease of use, extensiblity, and its ability to scale to complex tasks. Being a scripting language, new programmers do not have to wrestle with the complexity of a compiled language and can quickly write scripts to achieve the small - medium sized tasks that they need to accomplish quickly. Perl was built to provide easy string manipulation and has simple I/O mechanisms making it ideal for formatting, searching,...
Abstract: The National Geodetic Survey (NGS), National Ocean Service, NOAA, is accumulating a list of Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) GPS data as a new product, Intended for postprocessing GPS users, the CORS data and coordinates with the precise GPS orbit data provide an easy and very accurate connection to the North American Datum of 1983 and to the International Earth Rotation Service Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF). The CORS sites can be used as ad...
Crowns (Dentistry) ; Bridges (Dentistry)
Orthodontics ; Teeth
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Excerpt: (U) A. Mission Description The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based radio positioning, navigation, and time distribution system. GPS User Equipment (UE) consists of standardized receivers, antennae, antenna electronics, etc., grouped together in sets to derive navigation and time information transmitted from GPS satellites. These receiver sets are used by all Services and D.O.D. RDT&E funds UE development and testing, studies and engineering to assis...
When newbie slayer Savannah Marshall lands her first assignment, she doesn't plan on meeting the vamp of her dreams. Staking Donatello Ravell might not have been the best way to start a relationship but it sure gets her in more trouble than she bargained for. With two days to stop an insane vampire from starting a war between vamps and humans, Savannah and Donatello discover there's more to life than saving the world -- like falling in love. www.DesertBreezePublishing.com
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Excerpt: A case with potentially far - reaching consequences to the travel industry has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Allison Haas, a participant in the Delta SkyMiles frequent - flier program, is suing the airline on behalf of all SkyMiles members who allegedly ?had Delta SkyMiles wrongfully confiscated or taken by Delta.? This class of persons could conceivably number in the thousands. According to her complaint - Haas v. ...
Excerpt: Why should you exhibit in GEAR EXPO 2005? Are you involved in any part of the gear manufacturing process? Do you want to reach many high - quality buyers at a modest cost? Are you interested in introducing new products and technology? If so, Detroit, Michigan, is the place to be Oct. 16 - 19, 2005, to profit from the international audience that attends ?The Worldwide Gear Industry Event.? Your colleagues, competitors, customers and prospects will be there ? so m...
Summary: This document contains temporary regulations relating to the election to expense the cost of property subject to section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code. The regulations reflect changes to the law made by section 202 of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section i...
Summary: In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations under section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the election to expense the cost of property subject to section 179. The temporary regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The text of those temporary regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations. This d...
Excerpt: This is a technical explanation of the Convention between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, signed on July 24, 2001 (the ?Convention?), as amended by the Protocol between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, signed on July 22, 2002 (the Protocol). References are made to the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kin...
Excerpt: The world's largest trade show devoted to the poultry and egg industry ? the International Poultry Exposition ? will draw nearly 4,500 international attendees to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, January 26 - 28, 2005.