The Evolution Grid, or EvoGrid is a computer simulation framework for distributed artificial chemistry (AC) supporting computational origins of life (COoL) research. The EvoGrid consists of a number of small experiments running on short time scales pruned by aggressive tree-branching searches supported by random parametric re-seeding and temporal backtracking. The EvoGrid is designed to converg...

The aim of the COCOON project is to investi gate the design of an object oriented data model with main emphasis on e cient implementation of queries and updates While the nested rela tional kernel of DASDBS is the target physical storage system for COCOON the model is also implemented on top of commercial database sys tems as rst prototypes and to analyze feasibility and compare performance Thi...

250 words) A single exposure to menthol can, depending on concentration, enhance both cool sensations and encourage body heat storage. This study tested whether there is an habituation in either response after repeated-daily exposures. Twenty-two participants were assigned to one of three spray groups: Control (CON; n=6), 0.05% l-menthol (M0.05%; n=8), 0.2% lmenthol (M0.2%; n=8). On Monday (20°...

Post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables in developing countries are mostly as a result of in proper storage facilities. While refrigerated cool-stores are the best method of preserving fruits and vegetables, they are expensive to buy and run. Consequently, in developing countries there is an interest in simple low-cost alternatives, many of which depends on evaporative cooling, which is si...

an SH3 domain, followed by a tandem arrangement of Background: Cloned-out of library-2 (Cool-2)/PAK-interDbl homology (DH) and Pleckstrin homology (PH) doactive exchange factor ( -Pix) was identified through mains [6]. This arrangement of DH and PH domains is its ability to bind the Cdc42/Rac target p21-activated characteristic of the Dbl family of guanine nucleotide kinase (PAK) and has been i...