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  • Ian said he thought of the name ROS from the television show "Friends" in which one of the characters is named Ross.

    TheSunNews.com: Local 2009

  • The PR2 platform uses a powerful open-source software library known as ROS, which the team was able to use to quickly adapt FastFiz for their own use.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Everyone's successes will be written into the PR2's open-source software platform, called ROS (Robot Operating System), or built into new versions of the robot.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • Everyone's successes will be written into the PR2's open-source software platform, called ROS (Robot Operating System), or built into new versions of the robot.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • Hospital spokeswoman Joan Carroza said the benefits of using the da Vinci - called ROS, or Robot of Surgery - include smaller incisions, less blood loss, less scarring, faster recovery, shorter hospital stays, a quicker return to normal activities and less risk of impotence and incontinence in prostatectomy.

    TheSunNews.com: Local 2009

  • Specifically, these superoxides lead to the creation of a toxic molecule called "reactive oxygen species" or ROS, which is shown to be particularly harmful to muscle tissue, and may lead to problems ranging from aging and frailty to Parkinson's disease and cancer.

    innovations-report 2009

  • The compound is a manganoporphyrin that contains a positively-charged manganese metal ion that is able to accept and give electrons to and from reactive oxygen species ( "ROS") and reactive nitrogen species ( "RNS").

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • The compound is a manganoporphyrin that contains a positively-charged manganese metal ion that is able to accept and give electrons to and from reactive oxygen species ( "ROS") and reactive nitrogen species ( "RNS").

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was raised while glutathione was depleted and the redox state became more oxidised, suggestive of oxidative stress. (for my non-technical readers, it suffices to say that none of this is good for the egg or the zygote).

    Maternal Excess Weight Stresses Oozytes | Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes 2010

  • Just to be pedantic last week, I submitted an ROS file for a dodgy headlight, and a rickety bumper.

    ACPO blames front-line cops for doing their job SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

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  • robot operating system. Open source software that provides "a common platform so developers can smoothly swap apps." --"Jargon Watch," Wired (17.12), 32

    February 22, 2010