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multiple laboratory systems. Sapphire is readily tailored to manage an organisation’s laboratory information across its worldwide R&D pipeline and
manufacturing supply chain. Among the new features
are eForms, which provide a configurable approach to creating and filling out forms electronically.
MATHEMATICS, SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Updated release for engineering environments
The MathWorks has launched Release 2010a (R2010a) of its Matlab and Simulink product families. Key in this release are new streaming capabilities for signal processing and video processing in Matlab, nonlinear solvers for standard and large- scale optimisation, and expanded Simulink support for large teams designing complex systems. R2010a also introduces Simulink PLC Coder, which helps industrial control system engineers generate IEC 61131 structured text. This release updates 83 other products, including PolySpace code verification products. Advancements for the Matlab family that are part of the R2010a release include: new system objects for stream processing in Matlab supporting more than 140 algorithms; nonlinear solvers for more complex and realistic problems and the ability to use parallel computing to accelerate time-to-solution; and stochastic approximation expectation-maximisation (SAEM), dosing schedules support, and performance enhancements for improved data fitting and modelling for pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD). R2010a reflects a continued focus on performance within the Matlab product family, including multicore support and performance enhancements for more than 50 functions in Image Processing Toolbox, and additional multithreaded maths functions in Matlab. There are also enhancements to file sharing and the desktop in Matlab.
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With this release, Simulink offers expanded support for large design teams, enabling them to design complex systems more efficiently. These capabilities include tuneable parameter structures for management of large parameter sets and triggered model blocks and function-call branching for component-based modelling.
www.mathworks.co.uk
Quantitative analysis in multiple languages
Palisade Corporation has released its DecisonTools Suite software in five additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Japanese. Palisade claims to be the only developer to offer comprehensively translated software tools for quantitative analysis in these important languages. The DecisionTools Suite is used by professionals for forecasting, strategic planning, and managing operations in industries such as energy, finance, and manufacturing. Palisade’s new release of the DecisionTools Suite, version 5.5.1,
makes its seven quantitative analysis tools accessible to businesses on a worldwide basis, those operating globally as well as nationally. The tools – @ RISK, PrecisionTree, TopRank, NeuralTools, StatTools, Evolver and RISKOptimizer – have been translated in all their features and functions throughout. In addition to translations, the new version of the DecisionTools Suite offers a new feature that allows users to launch any of the tools from within a tool that’s up and running.
www.palisade.com
3D seismic analysis
ffA (Foster Findlay Associates), a Scottish provider of 3D seismic analysis software and services to the oil and gas industry, has released its latest advanced 3D seismic analysis and volume interpretation software – SVI Pro and SEA 3D Pro 2010, for Windows and Linux platforms. This release synchronises the capabilities of the two applications, allowing
SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Scientific business intelligence solution
IDBS has released InforSense Suite 5.1, the latest version of its scientific business intelligence solution, incorporating data integration, analysis and visualisation. New features in InforSense Suite 5.1 allow users to load their own data, add their own views using VisualSense charts, customise the views and share them with other end users. InforSense Suite 5.1 now enables
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scientists to find services and visualisation using a new portal search engine, which enables users to easily view, analyse and retrieve data. Researchers can understand and navigate through large amounts of data quickly and combine data from any source inside or outside an organisation, improving sharing and collaboration. By creating an ecosystem of scientists working together, company knowledge and new insights are quickly
incorporated into everyone’s activities. In addition, a new connector
to the R statistics package enables this powerful platform to be accessed via InforSense Suite 5.1, allowing pre-built and new R algorithms to be used via VisualSense interfaces. This capability is especially useful for the analysis of gene expression experimental results where R is widely used.
www.idbs.com
www.scientific-computing.com
ffA’s software users to work with the same tools on both their interpretation workstation and their mobile workstations. Support for Windows XP and Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 & 5 (64-bit) and full project compatibility between SVI Pro and SEA 3D Pro makes deployment and use of the software straightforward. Users will also benefit from software enhancements including addition of ‘one-click’ geology-driven workflows, which allow preconfigured processing workflows to be built rapidly based on interpretation goals and a number of additional workflows for noise reduction, channel and fault delineation, and improved well-log loading and visualisation capabilities. This is the first Linux release to provide rapid seismic attribute computation using GPU- accelerated volume processing with Nvidia Cuda, and it includes compatibility with Halliburton’s GeoProbe R5000 release.
www.ffa.co.uk
More new products online at www.scientific-computing.com/products
Also, Grid Data Entry uses dynamic techniques to allow real-time rich-data visualisation via a grid/ spreadsheet-enabled interface. The LIMS also contains
Protocol Management and Kit Management functions, as well as those for Study Management and Configuration Reporting.
www.labvantage.com
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