Web 2.0: Nothing Changes…but Everything is Different

For some, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution of the current web; for others, Web 2.0 is a real revolution. Web 2.0 is, in fact, a "revolutionary evolution." Technically speaking, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution because it is not a technical "breakthrough," as it is essentially based on an aggregation of existing technologies. However, the impact of Web 2.0 is such that it can actually be described as an evolution that will shake our sociological, economic and legal bases. This paper addresses the legal aspects of Web 2.0 and tries to explain that while Web 2.0 is not a lawless domain, it is highly likely to create a legal tsunami.Web 2.0; regulation; law; case law; blogs; liability; intellectual property; personal data; knowledge management; collaborative space and employment law

SUREVEG: Europese projectgroep bezoekt proefhoeve Inagro en workshop levert belangrijke input

Van 24 tot 26 september vond de tweede projectmeeting van het Core Organic project SUREVEG plaats. In dit project worden strokenteelt en gecomposteerde plantaardige reststromen onderzocht als nieuw teeltsysteem voor biologische volleveldsgroenten. Op 25 september bezocht de projectgroep de proef op het proefbedrijf van Inagro. Op 10 oktober werd een workshop georganiseerd op het biobedrijfsneterk

SUREVEG - Strip-cropping and recycling of waste for biodiverse and resoURce-Efficient intensive VEGetable production

The rise in demand for organically grown vegetables requires further optimization of the current organic cultivation systems, with even more attention for biodiversity and soil fertility. That is why this year the new, European partnership SUREVEG is starting. The focus is on strip-cropping and on the use of vegetable residual streams as soil improvers and as fertilizers

Plasmons in nanoparticles: atomistic Ab Initio theory for large systems

205 p.El trabajo realizado en esta tesis doctoral se centra en la implementación de nuevos algoritmos y de suaplicación en diferentes tipos de nanoestructuras. El programa científico en el que se han llevado a cabolas extensiones es una implementación eficiente de la teoría funcional de densidad dependiente deltiempo, conocida como MBPT-LCAO.Las principales extensiones realizadas son las siguientes: implementación de la espectroscopía de pérdidade energía de electrones en el espacio real, mejora del procedimiento iterativo para permitir cálculos degran tamaño sin precedentes, cálculo del campo eléctrico inducido e implementación de la espectroscopíade dispersión Raman.Estas implementaciones se han utilizado en agregados y agregados dímeros de sodio y plata, así como ennanotubos de carbono y nitruro de boro. Se han calculado tanto el espectro de absorción como los camposeléctricos inducidos para todos estos sistemas. De esta forma, este trabajo nos ha permitido entendermejor la respuesta de tales nanoestructuras bajo la influencia de una perturbación externa

Strokenteelt en vast rijpadensysteem beloftevolle nieuwe technieken in biolandbouw

De moderne bioboer draagt misschien nog wel lekker warme geitenwollensokken maar zit tegenwoordig ook op zijn tractor achter een hoogtechnologische machine. Joran Barbry van Inagro vertelt hoe een innovatieve techniek als strokenteelt in combinatie met een vast rijpadensysteem positieve effecten heeft op de productiviteit, de biodiversiteit en de bodemkwaliteit

KTA : a framework for integrating expert knowledge and experiment memory in transcriptome analysis

International audienceThis paper addresses the problem of the integration of expert knowledge in a data mining process. We present the KTA ( integrating expert Knowledge in Transcriptome analysis) framework which allows the mining process to be driven by prior knowledge on the application domain. KTA is embedded in the MEDIANTE project for evaluating and using DNA microarrays, the CORESE semantic search engine and the ANNOT module which annotates scientific publications.Cet article propose une solution au problème de l’intégration de la connaissance experte dans le processus de data mining. Nous présentons KTA (integrating expert Knowledge in Transcriptome Analysis) qui permet au processus de data mining d’être conduit par des connaissances à priori sur le domaine d’application. KTA est une composante du projet MEDIANTE dont le but est d’évaluer et utiliser des biopuces à ADN

Web 2.0: Nothing Changes…but Everything is Different

For some, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution of the current web; for others, Web 2.0 is a real revolution. Web 2.0 is, in fact, a "revolutionary evolution." Technically speaking, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution because it is not a technical "breakthrough," as it is essentially based on an aggregation of existing technologies. However, the impact of Web 2.0 is such that it can actually be described as an evolution that will shake our sociological, economic and legal bases. This paper addresses the legal aspects of Web 2.0 and tries to explain that while Web 2.0 is not a lawless domain, it is highly likely to create a legal tsunami

DNA CODING FOR IMAGE STORAGE USING IMAGE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

International audienceLiving in the age of the digital media explosion the urge for finding new efficient methods of data storage increases significantly. Existing storage devices such as hard disks, flash, tape or even optical storage have limited durability in the range of 5 to 20 years. Recent studies have proven that the method of DNA data storage introduces a strong candidate to achieve data longevity. The DNA's biological properties permit the compression of a great amount of information into an extraordinary small volume while also promising efficient data storage for millions of years with no loss of information. This work proposes a new encoding scheme especially designed for the encoding of still images, extending the existing algorithms of DNA data storage by introducing image compression techniques

Web 2.0: Nothing Changes…but Everything is Different

For some, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution of the current web; for others, Web 2.0 is a real revolution. Web 2.0 is, in fact, a "revolutionary evolution." Technically speaking, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution because it is not a technical "breakthrough," as it is essentially based on an aggregation of existing technologies. However, the impact of Web 2.0 is such that it can actually be described as an evolution that will shake our sociological, economic and legal bases. This paper addresses the legal aspects of Web 2.0 and tries to explain that while Web 2.0 is not a lawless domain, it is highly likely to create a legal tsunami