Abstract: A method for assessing a risk of suffering from a gout of a subject is provided. The method includes steps of obtaining a nucleotide sample from the subject; determining a genetic polymorphism of one of a Urate transporter 1 (URAT1) gene and an alpha-kinase 1 (ALPK1) gene in the nucleotide sample, wherein the genetic polymorphism is associated with an occurrence of the gout; and comparing the genetic polymorphism with a predetermined genetic polymorphism so as to assess the risk of suffering from the gout of the subject.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for displaying the progress of a hierarchically structurable group of tasks is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of displaying a hierarchical representation of the group of tasks, delimiting a task in the group of tasks when the task has been processed, and displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation. In one embodiment, an icon is also displayed in the hierarchical representation to indicate whether the task completed normally or not. In another embodiment, the window displaying the progress of the hierarchically structured group of tasks further comprises an additional area to present additional information about the process, such as diagnostic information. The article of manufacture comprises a data storage device tangibly embodying instructions to perform the method steps described above.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture of an object-oriented tool for displaying, within one window of a monitor connected to a computer, both a graphical and textual trace of an object-oriented model during execution. The invention has three sections, an object/operation/argument selection section, a graphical trace section, and a textual trace section. The object selection section displays a list of all available objects. The graphical trace view displays a graphic of the objects passing operations back and forth. The textual trace displays a log of activity during execution.