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Maintaining the genetic health of putative Barbary lions in captivity: an analysis of Moroccan Royal Lions
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Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
, 2009 , Article)
The last representatives of the Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo), once numerous in North Africa but exterminated from the wild by the 1940s, are believed to be the captive lions descended from the Moroccan Royal Collection, ...
Interestingness filtering engine: Mining Bayesian networks for interesting patterns
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2009 , Article)
In this paper, we present a new measure of interestingness to discover interesting patterns based on the user’s background knowledge, represented by a Bayesian network. The new measure (sensitivity measure) captures the ...
A Resolver Angle Estimator Based on Its Excitation Signal
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IEEE
, 2009 , Article)
A resolver generates a pair of signals proportional to the sine and cosine of the angular position of its shaft. A new low-cost method for converting the amplitudes of these sine/cosine transducer signals into a measure ...
Operational modeling of multistream heat exchangers with phase changes
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Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
, 2009 , Article)
Multistream heat exchangers (MSHE) enable the simultaneous exchange of heat among multiple streams, and are preferred in cryogenic processes such as air separation and LNG. Most MSHEs are complex; proprietary and involve ...
Developing Engineering Learning Objects Online Portal with LabVIEW and an Open Source Web Content Management System
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ASEE
, 2009 , Article)
Learning objects (LOs) are independent chunks of knowledge normally used for instructional or learning purposes. LOs are normally reusable in the sense that they can be adopted and adapted for various learning and instructional ...
One and two sample confidence intervals for estimating the mean of skewed populations: an empirical comparative study
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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
, 2009 , Article)
In this paper we consider and propose some confidence intervals for estimating the mean or difference of means of skewed populations. We extend the median t interval to the two sample problem. Further, we suggest using the ...
Interleukin-2: Evaluation of routes of administration and current delivery systems in cancer therapy
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Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
, 2009 , Article)
Despite the fact that different administration routes and delivery systems have been used for interleukin-2 (IL-2) delivery, little has been reported regarding the most efficient strategies used to deliver IL-2 in a nontoxic, ...
Functional Overexpression and Purification of a Codon Optimized Synthetic Glucarpidase (Carboxypeptidase G2) in Escherichia coli
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Springer US
, 2009 , Article)
Glucarpidase (former name: carboxypeptidase G2, or CPG2) is a bacterial enzyme that is widely used in detoxification of the cytotoxic drug, methotrexate, and in Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy for cancer treatment. ...
Security Dynamics of Cloud Computing
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Cutter Consortium
, 2009 , Article)
This paper explores various dimensions of cloud computing security. It argues that security concerns of cloud computing need to be addressed from the perspective of individual stakeholder. Security focuses of cloud computing ...
Addressing Cloud Computing in Enterprise Architecture: Issues and Challenges
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Cutter Consortium
, 2009 , Article)
This article discusses how the characteristics of cloud computing affect the enterprise architecture in four domains: business, data, application and technology. The ownership and control of architectural components are ...