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Rad Hourani : Self-Titling
Get PDF"“Self-titling” is a result of Rad Hourani’s observations on the art market made while attending art fairs, auctions and gallery openings. This series of artworks is a study of how art collectors and gallerists present and title themselves, with gendered names, nationalities, professions, hereditary privileges and possessions, rather than simply beings. These labels define their interactions. with this creation, Rad Hourani questions the self-assigned and illusionary categories that humans place themselves into by presenting their identities in everyday life; through this lens, he examines the purpose of creating art today.
Using the most spoken languages worldwide, the artworks are numbered in decreasing order and identified with the most common country-specific names and highest-paying positions in the most economically established places in the world. The buyer or seller thus becomes the curated work of art itself in a form of self-titled advertisement, which raises the question of whether art is created for the purpose of limitless expression or rather for the market, to be sold as a form of decoration for different clients of different statuses." -- Artist's websit
Special features of RAD Sequencing data:implications for genotyping
No full textRestriction site-associated DNA Sequencing (RAD-Seq) is an economical and efficient method for SNP discovery and genotyping. As with other sequencing-by-synthesis methods, RAD-Seq produces stochastic count data and requires sensitive analysis to develop or genotype markers accurately. We show that there are several sources of bias specific to RAD-Seq that are not explicitly addressed by current genotyping tools, namely restriction fragment bias, restriction site heterozygosity and PCR GC content bias. We explore the performance of existing analysis tools given these biases and discuss approaches to limiting or handling biases in RAD-Seq data. While these biases need to be taken seriously, we believe RAD loci affected by them can be excluded or processed with relative ease in most cases and that most RAD loci will be accurately genotyped by existing tools
RAD Applied in the Context of Investment Banking
Get PDFRAD as a methodology for implementing information systems has been used in a broad range of domains utilizing technology as an informational backbone but perhaps one of the main areas where this approach has been proven to be a natural fit has been in the investment banking (IB) industry, most notably when applied to trading systems. This paper introduces some of the main tenants of RAD development and focuses on a number of case studies where RAD has proven to be an extremely suitable method for implementing solutions required in the IB industry as well as explaining why RAD may be more successful than other classic de-velopment methods when applied to IB related solutions.RAD, Information Systems, Investment Banking, Trading Systems
An investigation into the applicability of the RAD methodology when applied to the development of an information system
Get PDFWithin any software-related environment many tools, techniques and SDMs (Software Development Methodologies) can be applied to help control the software development lifecycle. The aim of this thesis is to assess the applicability of the RAD (Rapid Application Development) SDM to software development when designing an MIS (Management Information System) for Philips Components Washington. Both positive and negative characteristics of the approach were examined. This thesis provides detailed conclusions on each of the identified characteristics together with more general analysis of the use of SDMs. Research into several SDMs has been carried out in parallel with the development of the MIS, however the RAD SDM was predominantly used throughout the project. This study has been carried out through the analysis of information requirements around the Philips factory with an aim to providing one central system by which all production figures can be collated and reported upon. Prior to this study no standards for the choice of SDM were in place for software design, however previous SDMs used tended to be more traditional and structured in nature. Through this study, additional areas of analysis have been identified in order to further investigate the RAD SDM. Recommendations have also been provided for any future software projects that Philips may undertake with the application of the RAD methodology
Identification of a sex-linked SNP marker in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) using RAD sequencing
Get PDFThe salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837)) is a parasitic copepod that can, if untreated, cause considerable damage to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758) and incurs significant costs to the Atlantic salmon mariculture industry. Salmon lice are gonochoristic and normally show sex ratios close to 1:1. While this observation suggests that sex determination in salmon lice is genetic, with only minor environmental influences, the mechanism of sex determination in the salmon louse is unknown. This paper describes the identification of a sex-linked Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) marker, providing the first evidence for a genetic mechanism of sex determination in the salmon louse. Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) was used to isolate SNP markers in a laboratory-maintained salmon louse strain. A total of 85 million raw Illumina 100 base paired-end reads produced 281,838 unique RAD-tags across 24 unrelated individuals. RAD marker Lsa101901 showed complete association with phenotypic sex for all individuals analysed, being heterozygous in females and homozygous in males. Using an allele-specific PCR assay for genotyping, this SNP association pattern was further confirmed for three unrelated salmon louse strains, displaying complete association with phenotypic sex in a total of 96 genotyped individuals. The marker Lsa101901 was located in the coding region of the prohibitin-2 gene, which showed a sex-dependent differential expression, with mRNA levels determined by RT-qPCR about 1.8-fold higher in adult female than adult male salmon lice. This study's observations of a novel sex-linked SNP marker are consistent with sex determination in the salmon louse being genetic and following a female heterozygous system. Marker Lsa101901 provides a tool to determine the genetic sex of salmon lice, and could be useful in the development of control strategies
Rad Hourani : Seamless
Get PDF"The Phi Centre is pleased to present the Rad Hourani Seamless exhibition, a five-year of unisex retrospective that reveals the social content of the Rad Hourani multidisciplinary vision through photography, design, and video. A unique event to underline the work of this important creator." -- Page [5] of documen
Reconstruction of MaxEnt images from pet camera
No full textWe study here one of the imaging techniques, used in nuclear medicine, called a Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) imaging that provides information about many biological processes that are essential to the functioning of the organ that is being visualized. Our emphasis is given to applications of the maximum entropy image reconstruction method called “Cambridge MaxEnt Package” (CMEP) for recovering images of the human brain from data obtained by PET camera. Computer simulations demonstrate its usefulness. © RAD Conference Proceedings. All rights reserved
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