The Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an intriguing architectural concept focused on the loose coupling of integrated elements. SOA’s aim is to minimize unnecessary dependencies among systems and software elements while maintaining functionality. Consider how a DVD player, which can connect to virtually any television, can also play a myriad of DVD movies. Those same DVDs can be played on ...

Inhibiting ErbB2 signaling with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) or small molecules is an established therapeutic strategy in oncology. We have developed anti-ErbB2 Dual Variable Domain Immunoglobulin (DVD-Ig) proteins that capture the function of a combination of two anti-ErbB2 antibodies. In addition, some of the anti-ErbB2 DVD-Ig proteins gain the new functions of enhancing ErbB2 signaling and c...

Recent papers have shown that, in contrast to ―the Long Tail‖ theory, movie sales remain concentrated in a small number of hits. These papers have argued that concentrated sales can be explained, in part, by heterogeneity in quality and increasing returns from social effects. Our research analyzes an additional explanation: how incomplete information may skew sales patterns. We use the movie br...

Mobile Multi-Media (MMM) is a term used in the automotive industry to describe the growing use of consumer electronics, satellite-based navigation systems and Internet applications in the automobile. As an example of the thermal challenges that confront the use of such systems in the automotive environment, the mounting of a digital video disc (DVD) player on the roof of an automobile is consid...

We have formalised the Sturm-Tarski theorem (also referred as the Tarski theorem): Given polynomials p, q ∈ R[x], the Sturm-Tarski theorem computes the sum of the signs of q over the roots of p by calculating some remainder sequences. Note, the better-known Sturm theorem is an instance of the Sturm-Tarski theorem when q = 1. The proof follows the classic book by Basu et al. [1] and Cyril Cohen’...

BACKGROUND Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is caused by narrowing of the arteries in the lower extremities. Limited data exist concerning the impact of diffuse vascular disease (DVD) on prognosis and costs. Thus, the objective of this study is to estimate the impact of DVD on morbidity, mortality and costs. METHODS PAD was identified between 1985 and 1995 and classified by extent of DVD at ...

A category of new photochromatic storage material has been found suitable for rewritable digital video disc (DVD). The ratio of transmissivity before and after the write-in process is 3:1 at X = 450 n m (blue) and 1:7 at X = 650 nm (Ed), with a transition time of 2-3 ns. The number of write-erase cycles is about 1,000. MO aor PC can have the same advantage. However, since there are some specid ...

In this paper, a Reed–Solomon Product-Code (RS-PC) decoder for DVD applications is presented. It mainly contains two frame-buffer controllers, a (182, 172) row RS decoder, and a (208, 192) column RS decoder. The RS decoder features an area-efficient key equation solver using a novel modified decomposed inversionless Berlekamp–Massey algorithm. The proposed RS-PC decoder solution was implemented...

The movement of an ensemble edge dislocations in metals with a high hydrogen content under conditions high-speed deformation (high strain rate deformation) is theoretically analyzed. Within the framework theory dynamic interaction defects (DVD) (DID), analytical expression obtained for dependence yield strength on concentration atoms. Keywords: dislocations, hydrogen, deformation, metals.