Romani Mirka Kovača

Romani Global Diaspora

It has long been obvious that the general health status of Roma is much worse than that of non-Roma. Surveys have found that European Roma are disproportionately unvaccinated, have poorer-than-average nutrition, and experience higher rates of infant mortality and tuberculosis. Estimates in 12 European Union (EU) member states suggest that Roma live 7–20 fewer years than non-Roma.1 However, the ...

Lecture 24 Lecturer : Brendan Juba Scribe : Renee Mirka

We will assume in our ”factored POMDP” that X={0, 1} and M is a masking process, i.e. it takes an input boolean vector to a partial boolean vector. We will take the convention that M doesn’t hide the (propositional representation of) the action α, i.e. M(− →x , α) = ρ {0, 1, ∗} x {0, 1}|A|. We will consider goals in our POMDP of the form reach a state− →x t X such that a goal condition G(− →x t...

Romani genetic linguistics and genetics: Results, prospects and problems

The Vela Pulsar in the Ultraviolet1 Roger W. Romani

We describe time-tagged observations of the Vela pulsar (PSR B0833−45) with the HST STIS MAMA-UV detectors. Using an optimal extraction technique, we obtain a NUV light curve and crude FUV phase-resolved spectra. The pulse is dominated by complex non-thermal emission at all phases. We obtain approximate spectral indices for the brightest pulse components, relate these to pulsations observed in ...

Molecular genetics of retinitis pigmentosa in two Romani (Gypsy) families.

PURPOSE To identify the disease-causing mutations in two large Bulgarian Romani (Gypsy) pedigrees: one with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) with partial penetrance and the other with severe X-linked RP (xlRP). METHODS Detailed clinical investigations were undertaken and genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples. DNA was analyzed by PCR amplification with gene-specific primer...