NFL teams spend massive sums to ensure they are prepared for the future, but how should they determine whom that future includes? This study set out to find what predicts NFL success more accurately – collegiate in-game performance or the NFL Draft Combine. In the sample of 2007-2012 first-round picks, 191 athletes were measured in three NFL Draft Combine drills, two physical components, and a varying amount of ingame collegiate and NFL performance statistical categories, dependent on position. Secondarily, this work examined Power 5 and non-Power 5 players to determine if attending a more prolific program was predictive of NFL success. Findings included that 40-yard dash and vertical jump are predictive of offensive linemen and cornerback NFL success, that in-game collegiate statistics are most indicative of NFL success amongst defensive players, and that Power 5 prospects are no more prepared for NFL success than those coming from non-Power 5 schools.

Gossypium herbaceum is a species of cotton native to Africa and Asia. As part of a larger effort to investigate structural variation in assorted diploid and polyploid cotton genomes we have sequenced and assembled the genome of G. herbaceum. Cultivated G. herbaceum is an A1-genome diploid from the Old World (Africa) with a genome size of approximately 1.7 Gb. Long range information is essential in constructing a high-quality assembly, especially when the genome is expected to be highly repetitive. Here we present a quality draft genome of G. herbaceum (cv. Wagad) using a multi-platform sequencing strategy (PacBio RS II, Dovetail Genomics, Phase Genomics, BioNano Genomics). PacBio RS II (60X) long reads were de novo assembled using the CANU assembler. Illumina sequence reads generated from the PROXIMO library method from Phase Genomics, and BioNano high-fidelity whole genome maps were used to further scaffolding. Finally, the assembly was polished using PILON. This multi-platform long range sequencing strategy will help greatly in attaining high quality de novo reconstructions of genomes. This assembly will be used towards comparative analysis with G. arboreum, which is also a domesticated A2-genome diploid. Not only will this provide a quality reference genome for G. herbaceum, it also provides an opportunity to assess recent technologies such as Dovetail Genomics, Phase Genomics, and Bionano Genomics. The G. herbaceum genome sequence serves as an example to the plant genomics community for those who have an interest in using multi-platform sequencing technologies for de novo genome sequencing.

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In order to produce an Interactive MultiMedia Application (IMMA), the developer of that application needs a set of tools for such tasks as capturing, modifying, editing, sequencing, synchronizing, archiving, versioning, and backing up. The heart of this set of tools is an Integrator which can be used by the developer to assemble various multimedia objects into an IMMA and provide the end-user with ways of interacting with that IMMA. This work focuses on that essential tool - the multimedia Integrator. The Integrator uses a graphical interface that exploits a notation like that of a musical score. The IMMA produced by the Integrator is inherently parallel and includes elements required to define the asynchronous nature of applications, along with a standard set of multimedia objects. The timing and synchronization representation used by the Integrator is based on the model presented by the HyTime standard group. We also have explored the representation of our objects and their attributes according to the Multimedia Hypermedia Expert Group (MHEG) standard model as defined by the MHEG committee. This work formalizes the design of the Integrator and its constructs using the HyTime Draft International Standard (ISO/IEC DIS 10744). Multimedia application objects and their attributes are described, timing and synchronization aspects of the Integrator and some examples of IMMAs are explained, and several of these examples using the HyTime document structuring language are given. / Master of Science

Yes / Dickeya sp. strain 2B12 was isolated from a freshwater lake in Malaysia. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Dickeya sp. 2B12 sequenced by the Illumina MiSeq platform. With the genome sequence available, this genome sequence will be useful for the study of quorum-sensing activity in this isolate. / University of Malaya High-Impact Research( HIR)grants(UMC/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/01[no.A-000001- 50001] and UM-MOHE HIR UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/14/1 [no. H-50001-A000027])

Yes / Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Aeromonas caviae strain L12, which shows quorum-sensing activity. The availability of this genome sequence is important to the research of the quorum-sensing regulatory system in this isolate. / High Impact Research Grants from the University of Malaya (A000001-50001; UM-MOHE HIR Grant UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/14/1, H-50001-A000027)

Yes / Aeromonas hydrophila has emerged worldwide as a human pathogen. Here, we report the draft whole-genome sequence of a freshwater isolate from Malaysia, A. hydrophila strain M062, and its N-acylhomoserine lactone genes are also reported here. / University of Malaya via High-Impact Research Grants (UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/01, no. A-000001- 50001), and aUM-MOHEHIR grant (UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/ 14/1, no. H-50001-A000027)

Yes / Dickeya chrysanthemi is well known as a plant pathogen that caused major blackleg in the European potato industry in the 1990s. D. chrysanthemi strain L11 was discovered in a recreational lake in Malaysia. Here, we present its draft genome sequence. / University of Malaya High Impact Research (HIR) Grants UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/01 (grant no. A-000001-50001) and UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/14/1 (grant no. H-50001-A000027)

Yes / We report the draft genome sequence of Pandoraea sp. strain E26 isolated from a former landfill site, sequenced by the Illumina MiSeq platform. This genome sequence will be useful to further understand the quorum-sensing system of this isolate. / University of Malaya High-Impact Research (HIR) grants (UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/01, grant A-000001- 50001 and UM-MOHE HIR UM C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/14/1, grant H-50001-A000027)