HIBROWSE for Hotels: bridging the gap between user and system views of a database

Database theory and technology has traditionally been concerned with issues such as consistency and efficiency rather than usability. This has led to interaction styles which focus on the structure of the database, which is system-based, rather than the user's view of its content Therefore the problem that needs to be addressed is that of bridging the gap between the user's model of the data and that of the system. The system presented here. approaches this problem by presenting the user with a domain oriented view of the database. Access is then achieved by manipulating the contents of the database rather than the structure

The restructuring and privatisation of British Rail Was it really that bad?

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Lamb1a regulates atrial growth by limiting second heart field addition during zebrafish heart development

During early vertebrate heart development the heart transitions from a linear tube to a complex asymmetric structure, a morphogenetic process which occurs simultaneously with growth of the heart. Cardiac growth during early heart morphogenesis is driven by deployment of cells from the Second Heart Field (SHF) into both poles of the heart. Laminin is a core component of the extracellular matrix (ECM), and although mutations in laminin subunits are linked with cardiac abnormalities, no role for laminin has been identified in early vertebrate heart morphogenesis. We identified tissue-specific expression of laminin genes in the developing zebrafish heart, supporting a role for laminins in heart morphogenesis. Analysis of heart development in lamb1a zebrafish mutant embryos reveals mild morphogenetic defects and progressive cardiomegaly, and that Lamb1a functions to limit heart size during cardiac development by restricting SHF addition. lamb1a mutants exhibit hallmarks of altered haemodynamics, and blocking cardiac contractility in lamb1a mutants rescues heart size and atrial SHF addition. Together this suggests that laminin mediates interactions between SHF deployment and cardiac biomechanics during heart development and growth in the developing embryo

HIBROWSE for bibliographic databases A study of the application of usability techniques in view-based searching

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Translating the idea of the egovernment one-stop-shop in Indonesia

This study aims to understand how the idea of an eGovernment one- stop-shop (OSS) has been translated into a new setting. Since the beginning of 2000, this idea has been implemented in a variety of ways by Indonesian local governments. Using an interpretive case study in the city of Yogyakarta, the study revealed that the specificity of each setting influences the translation process of the idea of OSS during its institutionalization. It also identified a set of editing rules used during the translation process. These include the editing rules concerning context (e.g., internal readiness); logic (e.g., corruption eradi- cation); and formulation (e.g., standardized processes). The study also found that the idea translation was not a single round process