In this paper we test the hypothesis that organizational structure, and the history of that structure, influences mutual workload awareness. More specifically, we explored the congruence of workload awareness among a number of decision makers acting in two organizational structures (functional vs. divisional) with different histories (divisional followed by functional vs. functional followed by...

LetX be an algebraicK3 surface. Fix an ample divisorH onX ,L ∈ Pic(X) and c2 ∈ Z. Let MH(r;L, c2) be the moduli space of rank r, H-stable vector bundles E over X with det(E) = L and c2(E) = c2. The goal of this paper is to determine invariants (r; c1, c2) for which MH(r;L, c2) is birational to some Hilbert scheme Hilb(X).

A 39-year-old male suffered a minute long shock from a 7200-V power line with no sequelae other than mild quadriceps muscle strain. He had parked a truck next to a highway and was standing on asphalt. He reached into the truck and manipulated a plastic-topped hydraulic lift lever. Suddenly, he could not move or feel. He soon felt a shock and was thrown back. Physical examination was normal exce...

This paper introduces an iterative approach to producing flat-topped radio frequency (RF) pulses for driving the pulsed linear accelerators in the Swiss free electron laser (SwissFEL). The method is based on model-free iterative learning control which iteratively updates the input pulse shape in order to generate the desired amplitude and phase pulses at the output of the RF system. The method ...

Epidermolytic acanthoma (EA) is a benign cutaneous condition. It is characterized by warty or flat-topped, keratotic papules that show epidermolytic hyperkeratosis in histology. EA has been described to occur in various locations, namely the trunk, face, and genitoscrotal area. However, it has not been previously reported to involve the palmar area. To the best of our knowledge, we present the ...

Let C1, C2 be Cantor sets embedded in the real line, and let τ1, τ2 be their respective thicknesses. If τ1τ2 > 1, then it is well known that the difference set C1 − C2 is a disjoint union of closed intervals. B. Williams showed that for some t ∈ int(C1−C2), it may be that C1∩ (C2 + t) is as small as a single point. However, the author previously showed that generically, the other extreme is tru...

BACKGROUND A number of studies have reported relationships of CYP2E1 RsaI/PstI polymorphisms with susceptibility to lung cancer in Chinese population. However, the epidemiologic results have been conflictive rather than conclusive. The purpose of this study was to address the associations of CYP2E1 RsaI/PstI polymorphisms with lung cancer risk in Chinese population comprehensively. MATERIALS ...

An experiment was conducted to study the effects of an emulsifier (glycerol polyethylene glycol ricinoleate: GPGR) and different sources of fat on the performance of Khaki Campbell ducks. Ducks were assigned into five groups with three replicates (10 ducks/replicate) in each group. Treatments were a control diet (C1: without added oil and emulsifier), control diet added with 2% soybean oil (C2)...

Command and Contro l (C2) Agility is b ecoming incr easingly im portant f or m ilitary operations in the com plex environm ents preval ent today. Considerable effort has been put into defining concepts such as agility, adaptability and robustness; but a common understanding and the overall utility of the concepts are hampered by the different definitions, models, term inology and conceptual fra...

The emergence of virtual environments, in the early form of social networks, and recent, more elaborate incarnations such as Second Life and the Global Information Grid (GIG), create opportunities for new means of collaborating that negate the typical constraints of physical environments. Combined with previous work demonstrating the semi-automated formation of collaborative teams, this represe...