Issue 10 Volume 41 May 16, 2003

20030032970 Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA
A Database Federation Platform for Gene Chips and the Human Genome Database
Fu, B.; Zhang, S.; Chuang, W.; Dewey, C. F., Jr; Oct 2001; 5 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A410356; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A01, Hardcopy
Data sources that are typical of the next generation of biological information entities are gene chips that identify the
individual genes in a given biological sample. These data are currently stored in a database format defined by the Genetic
Analysis Technology Consortium (GATC). To interpret the chip data, we also need information about the genes themselves,
as found in the Human Genome Database (HGDB). These two databases were conceived at different times to serve different
purposes, and their designs differ significantly. Extracting information simultaneously from multiple databases has proved to
be a very difficult problem. We have developed a system that will intelligently direct a single client query against a federation
of databases. Our solution uses software standards common in the field today - XML, CORBA, and Java - but these standards
by themselves are not sufficient. We have developed a new component called the Class Mapper, a software layer unique to
each database. Each Class Mapper represents its database as an object-oriented schema consistent with the schema level of
the federation. A Federation Platform reads the query, the Class Mappers execute the query across their respective databases,
and the Federation Platform returns results to the client.
DTIC
Data Bases; Genes; Genome; Chips (Electronics); Computer Programs; Human Beings
20030032971 Army Southeastern Regional Medical Command, Fort Gordon, GA, USA
Develop and Operationally Test a Digital Internet Based Information System for Theater Digital Force Health
Protection and Disease Surveillance
Whitlock, Warren; September 2002; 6 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A410209; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A02, Hardcopy
The medical objective was to provide for current command priorities which included daily DNBI reports by medical units
to the C2. The current DNBl reporting was performed in theater and used a daily handwritten count collected by visiting each
medical unit - BAS to the CSH in theater. Human error created several problems that could be solved utilizing a digital system
with primary identification data capability and automatic compiling for reporting. The system must meet with user needs and
with command needs, as well as fit the communications architecture and be supportable based on the level of personnel
training in theater.
DTIC
Information Systems; Internets; Diseases
20030032981 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
GALPROP: New Developments in CR Propagation Code
Moskalenko, I. V.; Jones, F. C.; Mashnik, S. G.; Strong, A. W.; Ptuskin, V. S.; 7 Mar. 2003; 1 pp.; In English; 28th ICRC,
31 Jul. - 7 Aug. 2003, Japan; Copyright; Avail: Other Sources; Abstract Only
The numerical Galactic CR propagation code GALPROP has been shown to reproduce simultaneously observational data
of many kinds related to CR origin and propagation. It has been validated on direct measurements of nuclei, antiprotons,
electrons, positrons as well as on astronomical measurements of gamma rays and synchrotron radiation. Such data provide
many independent constraints on model parameters while revealing some contradictions in the conventional view of Galactic
CR propagation. Using a new version of GALPROP we study new effects such as processes of wave-particle interactions in
the interstellar medium. We also report about other developments in the CR propagation code.
Author
Wave-Particle Interactions; Applications Programs (Computers); Computerized Simulation; Proving; Cosmic Rays
20030033007 Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Integrating Computerized Virtual Reality With Traditional Methods of Teaching Skull Anatomy
Todd, Bruce D.; Atchely, Karla; Dec. 2002; 67 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A410677; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A04, Hardcopy
No abstract available.
Education; Anatomy; Skull; Virtual Reality
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