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On the identification and investigation of homologous gene families, with particular emphasis on the accuracy of multidomain families
Updated: 30 Aug 2012
This dissertation addresses the identification and characterization of homologous gene families in large-scale, genomic data. Particular emphasis is paid to multidomain gene families, as multidomain sequences represent at least half of the sequence universe, but present an especially challenging case for family classification. Often, these sequences are excluded from analyses because they tend to interfere with classification performed with existing methods. This thesis develops the theoretical context for family classification of datasets that contain multidomain sequences, and demonstrates the implementation necessary for performing classification on large data sets.
Five primary results are presented in this work. First, a definition of homology that encompasses the evolutionary scenarios that result in multidomain families is formulated. Second, the techniques and implementation of family classification are presented. The methodology developed takes protein sequence data as input, and, by explicitly considering the evolutionary signal of gene duplication inherent in a sequence similarity network, derives a network that is an accurate estimate of homology. Third, the structure of this network is examined, and compared to the theoretical construct of a network of homology. Fourth, an approach for predicting families from this network is developed. Importantly, a statistical framework is presented for evaluation of the result using a limited set of curated families. Finally, the interplay between domains and the clustering result is examined using an information-theoretic approach.
RGB LED Color Calibration
Updated: 12 Feb 2012
This article documents some experiments with achieving accurate, characterized, color reproduction from Lamina Atlas RGB LED lamps.
During and since construction of my driving circuitry for RGB LEDs, I have wanted to characterize the color output, both (1) for my own edification, and (2) to facilitate calibration of the color output to a defined color space, such as the sRGB of a typical computer monitor.
I recently leased an X-rite Colormunki spectrophotometer suitable for this task. The following describes the data I was able to gather, and how I've used it to calibrate for accurate color reproduction from the lamps.
500mA 5-channel RGB LED Controller / Driver
Updated: 16 Apr 2010
This project is a revision of my previous High Power RGB LED Controller. It corrects several bugs in the software, facilitating faster color updates from the computer (~250fps), allowing experimentation with fast, but 'smooth', color changes, and implements 2-way communication with the microcontroller.
Additionally, and more significantly, the hardware has been redesigned to use switching current regulators (National Semi. LM3402) for accurate LED current control, and high efficiency. One board includes the PIC microcontroller, USB communications, and one TLC5940. This handles computer communications and 12-bit pulse width modulation (PWM) intensity control for 15 channels. Another board has the LED regulators, 15 in total, to provide 500mA to each of 5 Lamina Atlas RGB LEDs. This eliminates any need for current limiting resistors, allowing for accurate balance between the colors within an LED, and between LEDs. The result is that little color and white calibration is required, which, without more equipment, was an inexact science.
APC SmartUPS Battery Float Voltage Calibration
Updated: 06 Jul 2011
Too high a battery float voltage is a problem I've seen on many of my APC SmartUPS units, and one that appears to be rather common. Sealed lead acid batteries do not tolerate too high a standby voltage, and suffer from dramatically shortened lifespan when run at elevated voltages and temperatures. In the worst case, overcharging results in elevated temperatures and rupture of the battery case. Outside of warranty, APC is of no assistance, suggesting only that I purchase a new unit. (Helpfully, they offer a discount with the trade-in.) Nonetheless, I'd like to not think of $7-800 purchases as being disposable items.
I've long sought a manner to adjust or recalibrate the battery voltage on my SmartUPS SUA1500 RM2. It would also be nice to be able to adjust the battery charging voltage to use other types of batteries; e.g., flooded lead-acid marine or car batteries. This post describes, using information from a variety of sources, an approach to recalibrate the battery voltage and other measurements on SmartUPS devices by using the PROG mode available by serial connection. It also suggests a method for modifying the UPS circuit board when PROG doesn't work, as with my SU700 units.
Meter Reading With a Webcam
Updated: 17 Nov 2009
The goal of this project is to read a standard 6-dial analog natural gas meter. Data is captured using an inexpensive USB webcam, and processed (minimally) using Python. As I would like to be able to measure the amount of gas used on a minute-to-minute basis, directly reading the dials on the meter (by eye or computer) does not provide enough precision. That is, the finest enumerated dial reads increments of 1000 cubic feet, more than is consumed over several cold winter days. To get around this, rotations of the lower test dials are counted over successive images, and calibrated to correspond to overall.
High Power RGB LED Controller
Updated: 17 Nov 2009
This is an ongoing project to control a number (currently 5) of Lamina Atlas high power (350-500mA) LEDs. Current progress includes:
- PCB artwork (in Eagle) with connections for 5 RGB LEDs.
- Firmware for a Microchip PIC16f887 microcontroller to interface between the FTDI 245R USB chip and a number of Texas Instruments TLC5940 constant current LED drivers.
- Python ctypes interface to libftdi.
- A simple Python interface to communicate color commands by USB
- Ongoing work includes an intuitive graphical user interface, music synchronization, and a reworking of the hardware to utilize switching constant current regulators.
See 500mA 5-channel RGB LED Controller / Driver, for an updated design.
No, I'm not on Facebook
Updated: 17 Nov 2009
No, I'm not on Facebook -- but I once was.
Some years ago, I did succumb to the Facebook peer pressure and joined the site. Unsure of any other value, this did cease the flood of invitations by email. Eventually, I added a photo, listed my contact information, and confirmed friendship with, well, my friends. In time, I became increasingly cynical: Why should I have Facebook friends when I can have real friends? Is Facebook only a popularity contest? Did I have an interest in spying on old pals' online social lives? (Simply, no.) Perhaps most importantly, how does publishing a network of my (virtual) friends erode my privacy?
1-Wire Relay / Lighting Controller
Updated: 17 Nov 2009
An 8-channel 120V relay controller, this project was originally intended only as a brewing and vinification process controller.
Since its construction was concurrent with a dance party, it was first tested as a dance floor lighting controller. The controller is comprised of a DS2408 8-channel switch, and eight 20A relays.
Adding SSL Certificates to a Motorola Slvr
Updated: 17 Nov 2009
Motorola provides no method of permanently accepting SSL certificates or documented method of adding certificate authorities to the phone. For many services, I cannot justify the expense of signed SSL certificates. Often, I'm one of very few users and am happy to install or manually accept such a certificate when needed. With my previous cellular telephones, particularly the Nokia 6600, adding certificates proved trivial. However, upon switching to a Cingular-branded Motorola Slvr L7, warnings of such self-signed certificates while accessing my email and web services seemed unavoidable. Alas, I have installed a new CA...
LED Water Lamp
Updated: 17 Nov 2009
Construction of a computer-controlled color LED bubbling water lamp. Three LED channels (RGB) are controlled by PWM for 24-bit color support. A 16F88 PIC is used to control a MAX6966 PWM LED chip. Computer communication is by the Dallas 1-Wire interface, via a DS2408 PIO chip.


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Albert was on the phone with his sister on a sunny afternoon last week, telling her about the trip they had gone on over the weekend and his wife's bingo winnings at the local senior's centre that week, when suddenly she interrupted. "Albert, don't be silly."
"What are you talking about?" he replied.
"Albert, I can't understand you, what's going on?" He was confused - he was speaking perfectly fine, as far as he could tell.
His wife walked into the room, and noticed that he was indeed slurring all his words, and rushed him to their naturopath. The naturopath saw his mouth drooping on one side, and told him he knew exactly what was going on. He promptly gave him a glass of water, into which she had mixed several spoonfuls of salt, and told him to drink up, and encouraged him to do this over the next several days. Why?
Because, as the wife explained to me, "Well, when the left side of the mouth droops, he has a deficiency of sodium. And when the right side droops, he is low in potassium, you see. When both droop, then he needs more calcium."
Sure enough, in about half an hour, his droop had resolved, and his speech returned to normal. So the naturopath was right, right?
Unfortunately, in this case, his naturopath was wrong. Because he'd had a heart attack in the past, and his heart muscle didn't contract the way it should anymore, giving salt to this patient was a bad decision. In fact, research shows that patients with heart failure have worsening of their symptoms when they have salt in their diet, and the most recent heart association guidelines recommend low-salt diets for these patients.
And why did he get better? It had nothing to do with chugging brine. He'd had a TIA, or a transient ischemic attack, exactly like a stroke except it's just that - transient. The brain is starved of oxygen for a short time because of low flow or a small clot blocking an artery, but then the flow is restored before brain tissue dies. Had this lasted long enough to kill the brain tissue, it would have been called a stroke; in his case, the symptoms - temporary paralysis of his facial nerve innervating the orbicularis oris muscle, causing a mouth droop on one side - went away about half an hour after he drank the salt water. Though it looked like the natural treatment worked, it in fact had nothing to do with his symptoms resolving.
But, because of this advice, his wife faithfully gave him several spoonfuls of salt every day, causing more and more water to build up in his blood vessels. And it wasn't long before his failing heart couldn't cope with this excess salt. He soon could walk shorter and shorter distances without having to stop for air, and would wake up gasping for breath in the middle of the night. His heart muscle's ability to pump blood, which had been measured right after his heart attack as still being still quite reasonable, couldn't cope with the extra water in his blood vessels and took a drastic turn for the worse.
I saw him when he came into the hospital with his wife, unable to breathe, but it was too late. Despite receiving massive amounts of diuretics, vasodilators, and being placed on a breathing machine, it was too little too late. A few weeks later his heart gave out completely, he died with his lungs full of water instead of air, with a look of panic on his face, gasping for oxygen, because of the misinformation the wife had been told naturopath.
It doesn't worry me that naturopaths provide a whole-person approach, and attempt to treat the cause of patients' ailments rather than the symptoms.
It does worry me when they cause harm to patients, and make their health worse.
Any doctor that prescribed salt to a patient with heart failure... not to mention miss the diagnosis of a stroke... could be sued, successfully, for malpractice.
It also worries me that out on the western coast of this country, in British Columbia, naturopaths have been given the right to prescribe medications,which not only seems to go against their entire profession's objective of treating things naturally, but is possibly dangerous given that they are quite simply not trained in this area.
But going back to the story...you know what the worst part is? Had he seen a physician earlier, this could have been avoided... but the wife didn't see it that way. She left the hospital, without her husband, thinking that traditional medical treatment had failed to save her husband, when in fact the damage had been done long before he got to the hospital. Hopefully, her stronger belief in natural therapy doesn't kill her too.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
First do no harm...unless you haven't gone to medical school
Posted at 15:15
Labels: death, naturopaths, patients, third year
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If this story is true, surely the person who she told the salt story to would have told her what was actually going on?? Anyway who ever has a sodium deficiency these days (unless you drink 20 cups of water and don't eat)?
- Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:05:00 pm
That has got to be one of THE most frustrating things... people's willingness to believe something, the first thing that they are told, and assume everything else is wrong.
- Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:34:00 pm
- Ken said...
Please, oh please tell me this isn't a true story.
- Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:20:00 pm
This is a very sad story. My mother ran into a similar situation, although it did not prove fatal. She was told that extensive "biological terrain" testing was necessary for diagnosing her- the test consisted of taking the pH of several fluids (sweat, urine, you get the idea)with a strip. The "practitioner" wanted $320 for this diagnostic procedure that has gone "undiscovered" by physicians today. Luckily I convinced her not to waste money but it is so much worse to hear about a life being wasted.
- Friday, April 17, 2009 6:31:00 am
With regards to BC naturopaths prescribing, there are many posts by med students/residents/physicians in the following forum:
http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31755 - Friday, April 17, 2009 9:46:00 am
- Matthew said...
That someone would take a man who has very obviously had a stroke to a NATUROPATH is sickening.
- Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:15:00 pm


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As we head into springtime, many curlies apprehensively anticipate the return of humidity — and frizz.
Weather is a constant variable that can toss a kink into the best of hair days. Who among us hasn't left the house with perfectly coiffed curls, only to step out into a hot, sticky afternoon or a damp, foggy morning and see our hair lose all recognizable shape, inflate to twice its normal size and develop the texture of a piece of steel wool?
Wouldn't it be spectacular if there was some crystal ball that could tell us each morning what the weather patterns would be and what exact products to use that would enable us to circumvent this seemingly unavoidable hair disaster? Although that might not be realistic, there are some clues available to us in the morning weather report or on NaturallyCurly's Frizz Forecast. Learning some basic facts about humidity, humectants and the dew point can arm you with the knowledge you need to select the right types of products to keep your curls looking their best, whether the weather is bone dry or warm and muggy.
What is humidity?
I am neither a meteorologist nor an expert in the thermodynamics of gaseous mixtures, but I am going to tackle this topic even though it makes my brain hurt. Water coexists in the atmosphere with the gaseous mixture (primarily oxygen and nitrogen"> that makes up our air. We all are aware of the fluctuating levels of moisture in our air — especially those of us living here in the great southern swamplands of the United States.
A description of the moisture content in the air can be expressed using different terms and based upon various calculations. The two most familiar to us are relative humidity and dew point, which are both typically disclosed in our local daily weather report. Even armed with all this information, it can be confusing for one to understand just exactly how humid it is.
Relative humidity is key
Relative humidity expresses the relationship between the vapor pressure or vapor density (g/m3″> of the water in the air at a specific temperature versus the saturated vapor pressure of water at that temperature.
RH = (actual H2O vapor pressure/saturated H2O vapor pressure"> x 100
The saturated vapor pressure for water changes substantially with temperature. So as the temperature increases or decreases, the value for relative humidity changes, even if the overall water content in the air remains unchanged.
Example: We have an actual vapor density of 6.6 g/m3, and a temperature of 86°F. The saturated vapor density for water at this temperature is approximately 30.4 g/m3. This gives a relative humidity of approximately 21.7 percent. If the temperature increases to 98.6, the saturated vapor density increases to 44 g/m3, and the relative humidity becomes 15 percent. Conversely, if the temperature were to decrease substantially to 55°F, the saturated water density decreases to 11.35, and the RH increases to a value of 50 percent! If the temperature is gradually decreased to approximately 37°F, the relative humidity approaches 100 percent.
(See this site for a great chart and all sorts of additional information">.
What is the Dew Point?
Oxygen and nitrogen are always gases at the temperatures found in our atmosphere, and the molecules bounce around in the air exhibiting ideal gas behavior (conforming to certain thermodynamic laws">. Water, with its relatively high boiling point, exists in all of its phases at our atmospheric temperatures. Primarily, in our atmosphere, it is constantly exchanging between its liquid state and its gaseous state. One way of thinking about dew point is that it is the temperature at which the number of gaseous water molecules being formed is equal to the number of liquid water molecules being formed (Evaporation rate = condensation rate">. When the temperature reaches the dew point, the relative humidity is 100 percent. If the temperature decreases below the dew point, water must condense out of the air, and fog, dew, or clouds are formed.
We can see by a quick review of our previous example that had we chosen a greater value for our actual water density (meaning a higher level of water in the air">, our relative humidity values would all have been higher, and our dew point would also be shifted to a higher value.
So we can conclude that a higher value for our dew point necessarily means a higher concentration of water vapor in the atmosphere, and a lower dew point means less moisture is in the air.
A common question among curlies is at which dew points are humectants helpful and desirable, and at which dew points are they perhaps harmful and undesirable? Before answering that question, let's review humectants and touch on "anti-humectants" as well.
What are Humectants?
We have spent significant time in the past discussing the chemical and physical nature of humectants and their relevance to the health and beauty of curly hair. To summarize quickly, humectants are molecules that possess atoms and groups of atoms that attract and bind water to themselves. They can have benefits and drawbacks for curly hair, and their performance is often very dependent upon the amount of moisture in the environment. This variable performance is due to the driving force in nature to reach and maintain a state of equilibrium.
Dry hair, placed in a wet, humid environment, quickly absorbs water from the air. Unprotected hair can quickly lose all of its internal moisture and become very dry in an arid environment. Humectants applied to the hair draw water to themselves from whichever source is greater — the atmosphere or the hair.
For more in-depth information on this topic, read this article.
What is an Anti-humectant?
An ingredient may be called an anti-humectant if it fulfills several requirements. First, it must not be hygroscopic, meaning it must not possess molecular traits that cause it to attract water molecules to itself. Second, it must be water repellent, which necessarily means insoluble in water. This property allows it to lock out or prevent the intrusion of moisture into the hair from a humid environment. Additionally, these ingredients typically coat, flatten, and seal the external cuticle layer of the hair strands. The anti-humectant ingredient will most likely be higher on the list of ingredients, and may be problematic for those on a shampoo free routine.
In many formulations, the ingredients used for this anti-humectant task are silicones. This is because they not only perform the anti-humectant duties in a superior manner, but they also provide excellent lubrication of the hair and add a high degree of gloss (shine">. Esters (such as isopropyl palmitate"> are another category of ingredient used for their water-resistant properties in products designed to function well in high humidity climates. There are also many natural ingredients that work well for this purpose, such as hydrogenated castor oil, beeswax, and plant triglycerides such as coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil, and shea butter. I have included the ingredient lists for a couple of different hair pomades and anti-humectant products that I found interesting.
Hair Pomade by John Masters Organics
Ingredients: Extra virgin olive oil, organic beeswax, mango butter, babassu oil, jojoba, wheat germ oil, pure essential oils of bay laurel, cedar atlas, fir balsam and massoia, vitamins A, C & E. Certified Organic Ingredients.
Aveda Brilliant Anti-Humectant Pomade
Ingredients: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride; Isopropyl Palmitate; C18-36 Acid Triglyceride; Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-1; Bis-Diglyceryl Polacyladipate-2; Castor (Ricinus Communis"> Oil; Phenyl Trimethicone; Cyclomethicone; Fragrance (Parfum">; Glyceryl Laurate; Rice (Oryza Sativa"> Bran Oil
How to style curly hair, depending on the dew point
It would be great if there were a magical mathematical formula to tell you exactly which ingredients to use in which temperature and humidity conditions. The best I can do is provide you with some loose recommendations on that topic. As always, you will need to do some experimentation with your own hair to find the combination of conditions and product that give the results you prefer.
Dew points below 35°F
If the dew point is below 35°F or so, the moisture content in the air is sufficiently low that a humectant applied to your hair might be irresistibly drawn to the moisture in your hair and make every attempt to steal it from you (by drawing it out of your hair and binding it to itself">. This can result in dry, fly-away hair, split ends, and broken strands. This effect can often be compensated for by using plenty of moisturizing products, not over-drying your hair (leave it somewhat moist after washing">, and layering leave-in conditioners with humectant-containing styling product.
Dew points from 35°F to 60°F
Curly hair seems to really thrive in moderate climactic conditions, and dew point ranges of approximately 35°F to 50°F seem to be optimal. In this type of weather, most curlies find that they can get really pleasant results by using products that contain some humectants. There is just enough moisture in the air that the humectants can grab a little from the environment, which can enhance the curl and create a bouncy feeling to the hair.
Dew points of 60°F or above
When the dew point for your area is at 60°F or above, it might be a good idea to apply some product with anti-humectant properties. These products will seal the hair shaft, flatten the cuticle and prevent atmospheric moisture from absorbing into the interior of your strands. Most of these products will contain ingredients that are water insoluble. However, many of these products contain ingredients which are easily removed with an extremely mild shampoo or perhaps even a thorough conditioner wash.
The key to having the best curls in any weather is to have extremely well-hydrated and moisturized hair. This will protect your hair from losing too much moisture in dry weather, and it will prevent your hair from absorbing excess moisture in humid conditions. Another important factor is the overall condition of your hair. Hair that is damaged will necessarily be more porous, and thus more susceptible to climactic conditions. Smooth strands with a sealed, flat cuticle layer will be naturally more impervious to atmospheric conditions as well.


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Jane B. Wood Crime Victims Coordinator 1120 Government St. Baton Rouge, La 70802 Phone: (225) 239-7850 Fax: (225) 227-2839 Email Crime Victims
Jane B. Wood became Victim Services Coordinator for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office in October of 2014. She assesses the needs of victims of crime in East Baton Rouge Parish and ensures they are made aware of their rights as a crime victim as stated in the Louisiana State Constitution. Additionally, through this division, direct services are offered to victims of crimes through Crime Victims' Reparations. This program provides financial compensation to innocent victims of certain crimes.
She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Science from LSU. From 1991 through 2010, she served as Director of the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Rape Crisis Center (now STAR); she also served as Director of the District Attorney's Victim's Assistance Bureau from 2010-2012. She was responsible for implementing the OLOL Hospital Pediatric ER and Woman's Hospital Assessment Center staff training and collection of evidence on pediatric and female adult sexual assault cases. This improvement in policy and protocol resulted in an increase of sexual assault convictions for the District Attorney's Office. A few of the Boards she served on are: Louisiana Foundation against Sexual Assault, BR Children's Advocacy Center, Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response (STAR), BR Human Trafficking Task Force, I CARE, and Charles W. Lamar, Jr. YMCA.
Crime Victims Assistant Coordinator Rikee Ruffin Email Rikee
You may apply if you:
1. Believe you are a victim of a violent crime.
2. Are the victim's legal representative (his attorney or the person legally responsible for the expenses).
3. Are the victim's dependant.
4. A claim may be filed regardless of whether the offender is known, has been arrested, and/or has been found guilty.
The crime must:
1. Involve the use of force or threat of use of force AND
2. result in personal injury, death, or catastrophic property loss AND
3. result in expenses covered by the statute and not reimbursable by any other source.
Vehicular crimes (motor vehicle, boat or aircraft) are not included unless you are:
1. The victim of a DWI driver.
2. The victim of a hit and run driver.
3. The victim of a driver who is fleeing apprehension by law enforcement.
4. The victim whose injuries were intentionally inflicted with a vehicle.
Application Requirements:
1. The crime must have been committed in Louisiana after July 16, 1982, or happened to a Louisiana resident in a place with no compensation program.
2. You must have reported the crime to law enforcement officials within 72 hours unless there was a valid reason for a later reporting.
3. You must file the application within one year from the date of the crime.
4. You must provide the required information on the application.
5. Your losses must not be reimbursable from any other source such as insurance, sick or annual leave, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, civil suit, or restitution. If you have access to any of these of other resources, you must use those first.
6. You must cooperate with the reasonable requests of law enforcement officials.
You may not receive an award if:
1. You do not comply with the application requirements above.
2. You are the offender or an accessory, or an award could unjustly benefit either the offender or the accessory.
3. You are confined to any type of correctional facility.
Your award could be denied or reduced if:
1. The Board finds the implication of your behavior at the time of the crime or your past criminal activity caused or contributed to the incident.
2. You were operating a vehicle at the time of the crime without the required insurance.
3. You were not wearing a seatbelt as required by state law.
4. You were a willing passenger in a vehicle driven by an intoxicated driver.
Expenses for which you may be reimbursed include those:
1. For personal injury:
a. medical, hospital, nursing physical therapy, psychiatric care, or counseling;
b. actual loss of past earnings and anticipated loss of future earnings because of a disability resulting from the personal injury;
c. care of child(ren) enabling a victim or the spouse, but not both, to engage in gainful employment.
2. As a consequence of death:
a. funeral, burial, cremation expenses;
b. loss of support to one or more dependents not otherwise compensated for personal injury loss;
c. care of child(ren) enabling a victim or the spouse, but not both, to engage in gainful employment, where that expense is not otherwise compensated for personal loss;
d. counseling or therapy for any surviving family member of the victim or any person in close relationship with such victim, if the person was physically present and directly observed the commission of the crime.
3. Expenses of the victim associated with the collection and securing of crime scene evidence.
Expenses which may not be reimbursed for any reason include:
1. Property losses except for a catastrophic property loss which is limited to the loss of your current residence provided it is owned and occupied by you;
2. Pain and suffering;
3. Attorney's fees except when they are part of an order from a hearing or awarded by a court of law.
Applications can be obtained from:
Completed applications are to be returned to the Sheriff's Office in the parish where the crime occurred. If in doubt, call the Board Office at (225) 342-1749 or go to lcle.la.gov/programs/cvr.asp for the name of the Sheriff's Office contact person in the appropriate parish. Please see the LAVNS explaination for more information on LAVNS.