In the Standard Model of electro-weak and strong forces, parity is broken explicitly by the choice of inequivalent representations for leftand right-handed fermions. Within the frame work of Yang-Mills-Higgs models this is certainly an aesthetic draw back that physicists have tried to correct by the introduction of left-right symmetric models. These are Yang-Mills-Higgs models where parity is b...

Pure Holsteins (n = 380) were compared to Normande/Holstein crossbreds (n = 245), Montbeliarde/Holstein crossbreds (n = 494), and Scandinavian Red/Holstein crossbreds (n = 328) for 305-d milk, fat, and protein production during first lactation. Scandinavian Red was a mixture of Swedish Red and Norwegian Red. Cows were housed at 7 commercial dairies in California and calved from June 2002 to Jan...

We describe exbar, a powerful new algorithm for the exact inference of minimal deterministic automata from given training data. This algorithm achieves the highest performance ever on a set of graded benchmark problems that has been posted by Arlindo Oliveira. In addition, we note that the inexact program ed-beam, which resulted from the Abbadingo DFA learning competition, also does well on thi...

We praise the article by Mokhtari-Zaer et al. (2015) published in the Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine on the effects of saffron on smooth muscle activity (Mokhtari-Zaer et al., 2015). It was a well-designed and interesting study on the therapeutic properties of Crocus sativus which is a precious plant cultivated in our country. We do believe that along with all other medicinal effects, saffro...

Elsa Vieira-Sousa1,2, João Cavaleiro3, Ana Filipa Mourão4, 5, Ana M. Rodrigues2,5,6 António Albino-Teixeira7, Fernando M Pimentel-Santos4,5, Filipa Oliveira-Ramos1,2, Helena Canhão5, Joaquim Polido Pereira1,2, João Eurico Fonseca1,2, José António Pereira da Silva8, José Carlos Romeu1,2, José Melo Gomes9, Lúcia Costa10, Luís Graça2, Maria José Leandro11, Maria José Santos12, Pedro M. Machado13, ...

D.K.Park, Sahng-Kyoon Yoo, Soo-Young Lee, Jae-Rok Kahng, Chang Soo Park, Eui-Soon Yim, and C.H.Lee a Department of Physics, Kyungnam University, Masan, 631-701, Korea b Department of Physics, Seonam University, Namwon, 590-170, Korea c Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, Korea d Department of Physics, Dankook University, Cheonan, 330-180, Korea e Department of Physics, Semy...

This paper delivers a precise recommendation for how presidential candidates should allocate their resources to maximize the probability of gaining a majority in the Electoral College. A two-candidate, probabilistic-voting model reveals that more resources should be devoted to states which are likely to be decisive in the electoral college and, at the same time, have very close state elections....

Quantifying the flows generated by the pulsations of jellyfish bells is crucial for understanding the mechanics and efficiency of their swimming and feeding. Recent experimental and theoretical work has focused on the dynamics of vortices in the wakes of swimming jellyfish with relatively simple oral arms and tentacles. The significance of bell pulsations for generating feeding currents through...

The development of a rowing jellyfish biomimetic robot termed as "Robojelly", has led to the discovery of a passive flexible flap located between the flexion point and bell margin on the Aurelia aurita. A comparative analysis of biomimetic robots showed that the presence of a passive flexible flap results in a significant increase in the swimming performance. In this work we further investigate...

The synaptonemal complex (SC) was analyzed in four F, hybrids of Bos taurus taurus and B. faurus zndicus including Gyr-Simmental (G-S), Nelore Simmental (N-S), Gyr-Holstein-Friesian (G-H) and Nelore-Piemontese (N-P). We analysed the frequency of various types of SC abnormalities and the frequency of cells with SC abnormalities. The results were compared with similar observations made on purebre...