All rights reserved, whether the whole or part of the program is concerned. Permission to use, copy, and modify this software and its documentation is granted for academic use, provided that: i. this copyright notice appears in all copies of the software and related documentation; ii. the reference given below (Frishman and Argos, 1995) must be cited in any publication of scientific results based in part or completely on the use of the program; iii. bugs will be reported to the authors. The use of the software in commercial activities is not allowed without a prior written commercial license agreement. WARNING: STRIDE is provided "as-is" and without warranty of any kind, express, implied or otherwise, including without limitation any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will the authors be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of data or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software.