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Events

Academic Visits

Seminar Titles:

1) Engineering Mathematics and Simulation with MapleSim
2) Physical domain modelling with MATLAB
3) Lifting your bioinformatics productivity with CLC bio*

* Please note that we only have a CLC bio seminar scheduled for the University of Otago at present and encourage academics at other universities to contact Leon if they wish to help organise a presentation at their institution either during the above visits or during another suitable time.

Visit www.hrs.co.nz/seminars for more info and to register.

to contact Leon if you are interested in helping to organise a visit to your institution.

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Public Seminars

Ray will be visiting the following cities on the dates below to present two days of seminar topics on our main products.

City Schedule

Christchurch - 14-15 October
Wellington    - 16-17 October
Auckland      - 21-22 October

Day One Seminars

10.00am - Easy, auditable calculations with Mathcad
01.00pm - Data analysis with MATLAB
03.00pm - Simulating Physical Systems with MATLAB

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Day Two Seminars

09.00am - Mathematics with Maple
11.00am - Modelling and Simulation with MapleSim
01.30pm - Make the most of your data with STATISTICA

Registration

Visit www.hrs.co.nz/seminars for more info and to register.

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Public Webinars

On 31 October (Changed to 4 November) 2008 you will be able to watch demonstrations of software from your office, while you talk to the presenter as he works.

10.00am - Data Analysis – STATISTICA or Excel?
02.00pm - Design Calculations and Documentation with Mathcad

Registration

Visit www.hrs.co.nz/seminars for more info and to register.

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Training Courses

We have several one-day training courses planned for November:

Please check our website at www.hrs.co.nz/training for more details and to register.

* Note: Please check our website address above for more details about these courses when they become available.

to contact Leon if you would like to find out about any in-house training courses.

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Upcoming Conferences

Here is a list of upcoming conferences that you or your colleagues may be interested in attending. Many of our customers attend these events as they provide an excellent forum for keeping up to date with advances in their industry. We have provided links to most of these conferences if you want to find out more.

If you live in a city where HRS will be exhibiting and you would like to meet with Ray, send an email to ray@hrs.co.nz, to arrange a place and time.

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HRS Sponsors NZ Statistics Association Conference Student Prizes

HRS continued its sponsorship of student prizes for the 2008 NZ Statistics Association Conference.

From left to right: Stephen Taylor, Kevin Chang, Dr Ray Hoare, and Gang (John) Xie. (Click image to enlarge). Stephen Taylor and Gang (John) Xie were joint winners ($350 each) of the best oral presentation and Kevin Chang was awarded $300 for his poster presentation

The conference was held at the University of Waikato in Hamilton on 1-2 September. You can visit the website for more information on the conference http://nzsa.rsnz.org/NZSA2008/index.htm, for details of future conferences, or to join the NZ Statistics Association.

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Product News

MATLAB 2008b Release

The MATLAB R2008b will be available early next month, with many updates and additions to the MATLAB range of tools.

• Includes new capabilities for symbolic computations, code generation, economic forecasting, compiling, and a new authoring language for physical modelling.
• Includes new features in MATLAB and Simulink, two new products, and updates and bug fixes to 91 other products
• PolySpace products and Student Version will also be released
• Subscribers to MathWorks Software Maintenance Service will be able to download updated products which they license for all versions
• Email notifications to Administrator contacts, users associated with licenses, and users with download permissions.

to contact Bruce if you wish to discuss MATLAB tools or the new release.

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MATLAB Neural Network Toolbox 6.0

Design and simulate neural networks

Neural Network Toolbox extends MATLAB with tools for designing, implementing, visualising, and simulating neural networks. Neural networks are invaluable for applications where formal analysis would be difficult or impossible, such as pattern recognition and nonlinear system identification and control. Neural Network Toolbox software provides comprehensive support for many proven network paradigms, as well as graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that enable you to design and manage your networks. The modular, open, and extensible design of the toolbox simplifies the creation of customised functions and networks.

to contact Bruce to discuss the Neural Network Toolbox.

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MATLAB User Story: The Max Planck Institute Reconstructs Key Protein Complexes Using MATLAB and Parallel Computing Toolbox

Challenge: To develop high-quality 3-D images of protein complexes

Solution: Use MathWorks tools to acquire, analyze, filter, combine, and display electron microscope images

Results:
* Research time cut by years
* Development time cut from weeks to days
* Workflow accelerated

Protein degradation is a key mechanism for controlling a variety of cellular functions and pathways. One critical pathway, protein breakdown, is regulated by the 26S proteasome. As part of a cell’s central mechanism for protein degradation, the 26S proteasome could become a key molecular compound for cancer therapies. However, the instability of the 26S complex and its consequent dissociation into minor subcomplexes make it a difficult structure to elucidate.

Structural and computational biologists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have reconstructed the 26S and other key protein complexes in 3-D from 2-D projections obtained by cryo-electron microscopy. This work was made possible by the streamlined procedures for image acquisition, filtering, processing, and 3-D reconstruction that the researchers developed using MathWorks tools.

"With MathWorks tools we can conduct the entire workflow in a single environment," says Andreas Korinek, scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. "Instead of converting coordinates and data between five or six different packages, we can use one platform for controlling instruments, acquiring and filtering images, and constructing 3-D structures in an accelerated process."

To read the whole article, visit:
http://www.mathworks.com/company/user_stories/userstory17889.html?s_cid=MLD0908rowUS&s_v1=1-6VIV7R_1-45R3ZB

to contact Bruce to discuss how you can use MATLAB tools for bioinformatics.

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MapleSim Evaluation Copies Available

The MapleSim Pilot Program has ended, but you can now obtain an evaluation copy of MapleSim.

MapleSim uses cutting edge physical modelling techniques that can save hours, even days on complex applications.

Click here for more information about physical modelling.

to contact Glen for an evaluation copy of MapleSim.

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Maple Application Example: An Exact Solution For Diffusion Equation In Semiconductor Devices

Author: Mr. Seyed Mostafa Akrami

Analytical solution for a Diffusion equation in semiconductor devices and a complete solution for electrons and holes considering Diffusion, Drift, Recombination, Generation & recombination and carrier trapping.

Visit the following link to access Maple Worksheet Example:
http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/app_center_view.aspx?AID=2268&loc=0813triangle&P=TC-0813

to contact Glen to discuss Maple

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Maple Application Example: Geometrical View of Differential Equation dy/dx=f(x, y)

This worksheet gives you geometrical view of differential equations dy/dx=f(x, y). Direction vectors on all lattice points in a defined range are displayed. This shows direction field of a differential equation. If you try to draw direction field by hand, it is convenient to draw direction vectors on isoclines. The isoclines are lines defined as f(x, y)=C and all vectors on the same isocline have same dirrection. This worksheet illustrates how to draw vector fields on isoclines.

Visit the following link to access the Maple Worksheet Example:
http://www.maplesoft.com/applications
/app_center_view.aspx?AID=2257&loc=0813app5&P=TC-0813

to contact Glen to discuss Maple

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@RISK Example - Projecting Interest Rates and Other Trends: Random Trend and Random Walk

In this example, distribution functions are used to model uncertain trends. Both a simple random trend and a random walk are illustrated. For each iteration, a new value is sampled for each period in a trend. This allows your results to include the effects of all possible trend values as opposed to a single set of best estimates. In the random trend there is no correlation between periods. In the random walk, the value in each period is influenced by the value of the previous period.

You can download an example file from
www.hrs.co.nz/downloads/@RISK_Rate_Example.xls.

to contact Glen to discuss @RISK.

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Forecasting 101: Going Beyond Automatic Forecasting
Part 1: An overview of automated forecasting

In a three part series, Forecasting 101 will discuss the pros and cons of automatic time series forecasting and examine ways to improve your forecasting by using more sophisticated approaches. Many organisations utilise automated algorithms to generate forecasts based on historic data. These time series forecasts are typically either used directly or adjusted judgmentally to establish the final forecasts. This first article overviews automatic time series approaches, examines cases where there may be better approaches and discusses options for generating alternative forecasts.

To read the full article, visit: http://www.forecastpro.com/Trends/forecasting101September2008.html

to contact Glen to discuss ForecastPro.

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The CLC bio Combined Workbench is now called the CLC bio Main Workbench

CLC Main Workbench aggregates all features of CLC Protein Workbench, CLC RNA Workbench, and CLC DNA Workbench in one integrated software package.

CLC Main Workbench creates a software environment enabling users to make a large number of advanced protein, DNA, and RNA sequence analyses, combined with smooth data management, and excellent graphical viewing and output options.

CLC Main Workbench is available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms.

to contact Bruce to discuss the CLC bio Main Workbench.

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ChemOffice Commercial & Academic Annual Site Licenses

Wouldn't it be great if everyone at your company could download ChemOffice on their own? Wouldn't it be convenient if every student and professor at your university could use Bio3D at home as well as in the lab? Wouldn't it be more economical if you could purchase ChemDraw for one fixed price for the whole institution?

Well, the answer is YES to all of the above, by taking advantage of CambridgeSoft's Annual Site License program. CambridgeSoft announced the availability of Annual Site Licenses for academic institutions in 2004 and instituted the program for commercial users in 2005. The new Site Licenses enable CambridgeSoft's desktop chemistry and biology software to be loaded on any computer owned by the institution or by anyone with an e-mail address at the university or company.

to contact Bruce to discuss annual licenses for ChemOffice.

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General News & Working with HRS

HRS Sponsorship

HRS has sponsored many association and society events over the years and we will continue to do this for events where delegates have a strong need for our products.

If you or an associate are organising a conference where the delegates could benefit from using the many mathematics based products sold and supported by HRS, please contact Leon by emailing leon@hrs.co.nz or by calling him on 0800 477 776.

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User Stories

If you have any newsworthy user stories related to our products that you think our customers would be interested in reading, please contact Leon.

to email Leon or call him on 0800 477 776 to supply us with your product news.

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Advertising your events on the HRS Website

If we sponsor your event, or your delegates are likely to be using one of our products, contact Leon to place details of your conference on our website.

to email Leon or call him on 0800 477 776 to advertise your event.

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Best regards,

Leon Tepania
Marketing Manager
Hoare Research Software Ltd
Email: leon@hrs.co.nz

For all general enquiries
please phone us on 0800 477 776