SPSS Releases Enzyme Kinetics Module for SigmaPlot; Module Provides Custom Graphing Capabilities to Aid Drug Research and Discovery.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2000 Expanding its solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) today announced a specialized SigmaPlot module for medical researchers and life scientists. The Enzyme Kinetics Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of chemical reactions that are catalysed by enzymes. The study of an enzyme's kinetics provides insights into the catalytic mechanism of this enzyme, its role in metabolism, how its activity is controlled in the cell and how drugs and Module from SPSS Science extends SigmaPlot's curve fitting Curve fitting is finding a curve which matches a series of data points and possibly other constraints. This section is an introduction to both interpolation (where an exact fit to constraints is expected) and regression analysis. Both are sometimes used for extrapolation. and graphing capabilities, and includes specialized analytics and graphs tailored to the study of enzyme reactions--reactions which are widely studied in drug research and development and in the life science and medical research disciplines. The release of this module means that medical and drug researchers can use SigmaPlot 2000's award-winning graphing and curve-fitting capabilities to analyze and present enzyme kinetic kinetic /ki·net·ic/ (ki-net´ik) pertaining to or producing motion. ki·net·ic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by motion. kinetic pertaining to or producing motion. data. This is the second in a series of specialized SigmaPlot modules and is expected to ship in late September. "This module has been highly requested from our SigmaPlot customers who do enzyme kinetics research," said Rakhi Advani, marketing manager for SPSS Science. "The Enzyme Kinetics Module integrates seamlessly with the SigmaPlot 2000 environment, enabling users to perform specialized functions for enzyme kinetics analysis, while still taking advantage of SigmaPlot's powerful analytical, graphing and presentation capabilities."
New features in the Enzyme Kinetics Module include:
-- Streamlined data entry - The Data Entry Wizard provides
streamlined data entry into the SigmaPlot worksheet. Data can
be cut and pasted from other software packages or entered
manually. Replicate velocities may be entered and, for
inhibition studies, the substrate concentrations or inhibitor
concentrations can be varied for each series.
-- Built-in library of equations - The module contains 11
different equation groups with a total of 35 built-in model
types tailored to enzyme kinetic research. The customized
models improve accuracy and save tremendous amounts of time by
not requiring any equation programming.
-- Select from a wide range of graph types - Built-in graph types
including Michaelis Menten, Lineweaver Burke, Eadie Hofstee,
Dixon, Scatchard, Hanes-Woolf, Hill and more display research
data and enable more complete understanding of enzyme
reactions. SigmaPlot's graph customization feature allows
researchers to customize these graphs and present data the way
they want.
-- Comprehensive results reports - The Enzyme Kinetics Module
includes three reports--non-linear curve fit, data and model
comparison--which detail results and enable researchers to
easily evaluate which models best describe their reaction.
About SigmaPlot SigmaPlot is SPSS' award-winning scientific graphing software. SigmaPlot makes it easier for users to present their findings accurately using precise, publication-quality graphs, data analysis and presentation tools. SigmaPlot offers numerous scientific options such as automatic error bars, regression lines Noun 1. regression line - a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line regression curve , confidence intervals confidence interval, n a statistical device used to determine the range within which an acceptable datum would fall. Confidence intervals are usually expressed in percentages, typically 95% or 99%. , axis breaks, technical axis scales, non-linear curve fitting and a data worksheet for powerful data handling. SigmaPlot is used in a wide range of fields including medical research, life sciences, chemistry, engineering, environmental science and physics. SigmaPlot has won several awards including eight consecutive Reader's Choice Awards from Scientific Computing computing - computer and Instrumentation (SC&I), SC&I's Top 5 Data Analysis Products of 1998, NASA Tech Briefs NASA Tech Briefs is a magazine published by the National Aeronautics and Space Agency of the United States. This magazine is available, in either print form or electronically as PDF files, for free. Product of the Month and Computers in Physics Product of the Month. Charlie Schick, software editor for HMS Beagle For other uses of "HMS Beagle", see HMS Beagle (disambiguation). HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the beagle, a breed of dog. describes SigmaPlot as a "must-have for programming-savvy data analysts" and said, "I have yet to see a program that can match the strength of the regression package in SigmaPlot." System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. The Enzyme Kinetics Module requires SigmaPlot 2000 and a minimum 5 MB hard disk space. Pricing and Availability The Enzyme Kinetics Module is expected to ship in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at the end of September and worldwide in October. It is priced at $499 for a single user license. Multi-user licensing and academic discount information is available by calling SPSS Science at (800) 621-1393. About SPSS Science SPSS Science, an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of SPSS Science, provides award-winning software designed for technical professionals. In addition to the capabilities offered by SigmaPlot, users can develop more meaningful conclusions and present compelling results with SPSS' signal analysis, statistical, graphing, curve fitting, image analysis, peak separation and fitting and gel electrophoresis gel electrophoresis n. Electrophoresis performed in a gel composed of agarose, polyacrylamide, or starch. packages. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc. enables organizations to develop more profitable customer relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions integrate and analyze market, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one , market research and the public sector. Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 70 on Forbes 1999 list of the "200 best small companies" and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; 1999 World Class Solution award in business intelligence and named "best decision support system for business intelligence" in the 1999 RealWare award competition; No. 14 in DM Review's 1999 Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Soft-letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; and No. 115 in the 2000 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine; listed on Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for 2000. For more information, visit www.spss.com. SPSS information is available on the World Wide Web through the SPSS Press Center at: www.spss.com/press |
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