... and ADD were just two of the side of effects of the procedures that were performed on him to impress the Kelvan mental map over his developing human brain Great intelligence often came with a price ... time one of them would reproduce the works of Shakespeare Shakespeare was one thing, but two groups of monkeys knocking out a Preamble to the Constitution? Even on Earth the Constitution of the ... high number of humanoid species encountered in such a relatively small part of our galaxy.” He was simultaneously praised by some and denounced by others As one of his examples, he offered the...
... described Action plan is the sequence ofaction primitives as shown in Figure Of the 298 basic actions in the lexicon, we have currently described action plans for only 80 actions Most of them are actions ... interprets the action plan and produces the animation (ex chop an onion finely) Lexicon of Cooking Actions Action Matcher Action Plan Basic Action ``fry'' action plan 2.3 Goal The major goals of this ... be matched to one of the basic actions in the initial lexicon Table (A) shows the result of our survey The number of basic actions was 267 (a) Among these actions, 145 (54.3%) actions occurred...
... Aubry–Mather theory Proof The proof is a nice illustration of the use of variational methods in the construction of specific orbits for monotone twist maps Consider the finite action functional q−1 ... of surfaces 4.3 The minimal action near positive definite invariant tori 59 60 68 71 74 76 XII Contents The minimal action and Hofer’s geometry 81 5.1 Hofer’s ... we restrict the actionof a sequence (ξi )i∈Z to finite parts In analogy to the classical Principle of Least Action, we define minimal orbits in such a way that they minimize the action with the...
... shows an example of a sample subject of the oxygenation changes from rest to stimulation period in each of the four conditions Inter-condition analysis of the mean amplitude changes of Δ[O2Hb] and ... was approved by the ethics committee of the Canton of Zurich and was in accordance with the latest version of the Helsinki declaration Holper et al Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation ... duration of the experiment was approx 35 per subject We chose these irregular periodic alternations of 20 s stimulation and 30 s rest periods to avoid the induction of synchronization of the sequence...
... compensation oftransmitter and receiver impairments in OFDM systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol 6, no 1, pp 240–247, 2007 D Tandur and M Moonen, “Joint adaptive compensation oftransmitter ... for transmitter IQ imbalance Figure 4: BER versus SNR for OFDM system (a) D-FEQ based transmitter IQ imbalance compensation for a 16QAM OFDM system Frequency independent amplitude imbalance of ... obtained by taking the average of the BER curves over 104 independent channels Figure 4(a) considers the presence of only transmitter IQ imbalance in a 16QAM OFDM system The transmitter filter impulse...
... estimation error figure of merits with transmitter and receiver I/Q imbalances and received SNR of 20 dB, as a function of subcarrier index k in a × 256-subcarrier STC-OFDM system; extended vehicular ... data modulation and the number of OFDM subcarriers is N = 256, with subcarrier spacing of 120 kHz The powerdelay profiles of the individual radio channels between the transmitters and the receiver(s) ... rejection of state of the art RF-IC 40 39 Attenuation (dB) 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 Frequency (MHz) Figure 1: Measured mirror-frequency attenuation of state -of- theart...
... session and full session of the client part of XM2VTS Test accesses of 398 clients are obtained using full session (×2 shots) of the client part Using the impostor part of the database (70 impostors ... subtraction Subsequently, Lockwood and Boudy [27] applied spectral subtraction extensively to automatic speech recognition There are many approaches and applications of spectral subtraction Of ... President of the AFCP, the French Speaking Speech Communication Association (a Regional Branch of ISCA) He was the Chairman of the RLA2C workshop (1998) and a member of the Program Committee of Speaker...
... presence of glucose sensors in neurons of these brain areas Indeed, stimulation of glucoreceptors present in the neurons of the VMH, promotes the release of 40 Update on Mechanisms of Hormone Action ... alterations of white adipose tissue in obesity One of the consequences of the production and local release of cytokines and adipokines by adipocytes is the recruitment of large numbers of immune ... (period of motor quiescence), phase II (period of preceding irregular contractions) and phase III (period of clustered potent contractions) It has been shown that plasma concentration of motilin...
... means of a luciferase-based assay, the Lara et al Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2010, 8:1 http://www.jnanobiotechnology.com/content/8/1/1 Page of 10 Figure Inhibition of the gp120-CD4 interaction ... its mode ofaction was not fully elucidated Is gp120 its principal target? Do silver nanoparticles act as entry inhibitors? In this study, we investigated the mode of antiviral actionof silver ... gp120-CXCR4/CCR5 contact [4] By means of a viral adsorption assay, it was shown that silver nanoparticles’ mechanism of anti-HIV action is based on the inhibition of the initial stages of the HIV-1 cycle In...
... determined by visual reading For determination of inhibition of HA binding, a 25-μl aliquot of fetuin or PVP-I serially diluted in PBS was preincubated with 25 μl of virus (4 HAU) in 96-well U-bottom ... directly, 100 mg/ml of PVP-I was added to a well of a 24-well flat-bottom plate to give a final concentration of 1.25, 2.50, 3.75 or 5.00 mg/ml, followed by addition of μl of virus (214 HAU) to ... acetate buffer (pH 6.0) at 37°C for 15 Enzymatic reaction was started by addition of μl of MUNA to a final concentration equivalent to a Km value of Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes)...
... whereas treatment The effect of acetylation of histone on the regulation of PTEN expression As histone acetylation is one of the important mechanisms for the effect of glucocorticoids [22], we ... mechanism ofaction is proposed for the anti-inflammatory effect of glucocorticoids in asthma treatment Specific regulation of PTEN expression in human airways may be useful for the treatment of asthma ... model of asthma All experimental procedures conformed to international standards of animal welfare, and were approved by the Institute Animal Care and Use Committee of Shanghai University of Traditional...
... inserted (Rgj of 10 MΩ) Again, the rising phase of the APs of the cells were nearly superimposed C: 100 gj-channels (Rgj of 100 MΩ) With less coupling, the rising phase of the APs of the cells ... transfer of excitation to the contiguous cell, without the requirement of gap-junction (g.j.) channels Propagation of excitation can occur by the EF mechanism alone, even when the excitability of the ... repolarization in this model of simulated action potentials (APs) Propagation of repolarization is a phenomenon that occurs in cardiac muscle [23] It has been shown that propagation of vasodilation occurs...
... criterion of buffering action A simple quantitative criterion of buffering action. (See main text for detailed explanation) A, Communicating vessels model of partitioning processes In a system of two ... representation of two-partitioned systems of functions Graphical representation of two-partitioned systems of functions The unordered combination of two functions π1(x), π2(x) of a single independent ... between slope of the transfer function and slope of the sigma function, equivalent to a "fractional" slope or rate of change (taking the slope of the sigma function as "total" slope or rate of change)...
... concentrations of H+ ions in an aqueous solution of a weak acid as a function of free H+ ion concentration Subsequently, we reformulate the concentrations of free and bound H+ ions as functions of total ... The prototype of Langmuir buffering is the buffering of H+ ions in a solution of a weak acid A, Relation between the three variables of a "Langmuir"-type buffer Concentrations of free ligand ... i.e., the (differential) fraction of added ligand that enters the pool of free ligand Middle panel, right: Buffering coefficient b, i.e., the (differential) fraction of added ligand that becomes...
... values of 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 MΩ correspond to the number of gj-channels of 1,000, 100, 10, 1.0 and For the purpose of graphic presentation, runs were also made for Rgj values of 30, ... transmission of excitation from one cell to the next had to be by the electric field (EF) developed in the narrow junctional cleft The ends of the chain had a bundle termination resistance (RBT) of 1.0 ... phase) of the first cell and that of the last cell crossed -20 mV; the cell length was assumed to be 150 µm http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/48 Figure (BB-2), affected the duration of the of delay...
... European Countries) xxxiii Introduction A Third Transition Costs of Climate Action 10 The Elements of a Climate Action Strategy 12 Outline of the Report 14 Spotlights16 Notes16 References17 Spotlight ... these principles, climate action can be seen as a co-benefit, as an investment, and as an insurance policy Climate Action as a Co-Benefit Advocates of climate action often seek to promote climate ... environmental FIGURE 1.5 Elements of a Climate Action Strategy Achieving climate action objectives Making climate action consistent with other objectives Climate action priorities Development objectives...
... 2013 iii Table of Contents Chapter The Rise ofAction Heroine Cinema Introduction: The Action Heroine Phenomenon Past Images: A Change of Rules Chapter Action or Heroine? ... of identification becomes the meeting-point of apparatus theory and psychoanalytic theorization of Lacan via the notion of the mirror phase The process of viewing is equated to the illusion of ... this oxymoronic representation ofaction heroine constitutes the object and the starting point of this research in its further enquiry of the reasons for the emergence of such representations, as...