TN-TIES: A system for extracting temporal information from emergency department triage notes.

The triage note field of the Emergency Department (ED) patient record describes the reason for the patient's visit, including specific symptoms and incidents. Here we present the Triage Note Temporal Information Extraction System (TN-TIES), which systematically processes triage note text and outputs a human and machine readable interpretation of the timing of the events leading up to the ED visit. TN-TIES consists of chunking, classification, and interpretation processing stages.

Bioactive principles in the bark of Pilidiostigma tropicum.

The crude dichloromethane bark extract of Pilidiostigma tropicum (Myrtaceae) from north Queensland, Australia, shows antibacterial and cytotoxic activity. Bioactivity-directed separation led to the isolation of rhodomyrtoxin B and ursolic acid-3-p-coumarate as the biologically active materials. The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis.

The relationship between the floristic composition of rain forests and the abundance of folivorous marsupials in north-east Queensland.

Three species of folivorous ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) inhabit higher elevation rain forests on the Atherton Tablelands, north-east Queensland, Australia. Each possum is thought to specialize on a restricted suite of host plants. It has been hypothesized that the absence of the possums from lowland forests may reflect the absence or 'inappropriate combination' of their host plants in lowland forests.

Structural Fruit Coloration in Delarbrea michieana (Araliaceae).

The brilliant blue fruit color of Delarbrea michieana (F. Muell.) F.