Peptide-analogues of the A and B families of silkmoth chorion proteins form amyloid fibrils under a variety of conditions [Iconomidou, V.A., Vriend, G. Hamodrakas, S.J. 2000. Amyloids protect the silkmoth oocyte and embryo. FEBS Lett. 479, 141-145; Iconomidou,V.A., Chryssikos, G.D.,Gionis, V., Vriend, G., Hoenger, A., Hamodrakas, S.J., 2001. Amyloid-like fibrils from an 18-residue peptide-analo...

In this lecture we discuss the problem of constructing a protocol for computing a function whose input is divided among a number of parties. This protocol must retain the privacy of data of each of the participants, even when some of the other parties try to get this data. We define the notion of a protocol that privately computes a function. We show a protocol that privately computes any funct...

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Satiety, which is the inhibition of eating following the end of a meal, is influenced by a number of food characteristics, including compositional and structural factors. An increased understanding of these factors and the mechanisms whereby they exert their effects on satiety may offer a food-based approach to weight management. Water and gas, which are often neglected in nutrition, are major ...

Problems from Review of Set Theory Notes 3 (c) We prove that A× (B −C) = (A×B)− (A×C). We show that A× (B −C) ⊂ (A×B)−(A×C), and (A×B)−(A×C) ⊂ A×(B−C). For the first containment, let x ∈ A× (B − C). Then x = (a, b) where a ∈ A and b ∈ B − C. We certainly have x ∈ A × B, and since the second coordinate of x is not in C, we conclude that x / ∈ A× C. For the second containment, let x ∈ (A× B)− (A×...

Soil disturbance of wildlands sites during construction or erosion often results in loss of nutrientrich topsoils and decreased plant available nitrogen (N). When soil organic matter is removed, the content, decomposition and cycling of organic N within soils is also decreased, reducing long-term sources of plant available N. Yard waste composts are a potential resource for replacement of deple...