Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA; The Jackson Center for Heart Research, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA; The Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA; and Department of Chemist...

Jackson networks have been very successful in so many areas in modeling parallel and distributed systems. However, the ability of Jackson networks to predict performance with system changes remains an open question, since Jackson networks do not apply to systems where there are population size constraints. Also, the product-form solution of Jackson networks assumes steady state systems exponent...

“The escalating concern about resistance in C. rosaceana field populations has reinforced the need for continued resistance monitoring and identification of effective tools for integrated pest management programs.” The native North American pest, obliquebanded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is widely distributed and has a broad range of over 50 hosts, b...

severe aphid infestation (Wang et al., 1996). An additional threat posed by the aphid is its ability to transmit certain With an efficient greenhouse screening method, the first resistance plant viruses to soybean such as Alfalfa mosaic virus, Soyto the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) was found in cultivated soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] germplasm. No resistance was bean dwarf virus...

1. Jadavji T, Scheifele D, Halperin S; Canadian Paediatric Society/Health Cananda Immunization Monitoring Program. Thrombocytopenia after immunization of Canadian children, 1992 to 2001. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003;22:119-22. 2. Arya LS, Ghai OP, Saraya AK. Thrombocytopenic purpura following DPT vaccination. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1993;10:381-3. 3. Hsieh YL, Lin LH. Thrombocytopenic purpura foll...

The pattern of breathing during sleep could be a heritable trait. Our intent was to test this genetic hypothesis in inbred mouse strains known to vary in breathing patterns during wakefulness (Han F, Subramanian S, Dick TE, Dreshaj IA, and Strohl KP. J Appl Physiol 91: 1962-1970, 2001; Han F, Subramanian S, Price ER, Nadeau J, and Strohl KP, J Appl Physiol 92: 1133-1140, 2002) to determine whet...

Cougar (Puma concolor) management in Oregon is unique because hunting cougars with dogs was allowed through the 1994 hunting season, but thereafter Ballot Initiative Measure 18 prohibited the use of dogs to pursue cougars. Since 1995, hunting seasons have become increasingly longer withmore tags sold. The effects of changing management structure on survival rates and causes of mortality of coug...

Abstract Conflict between police, private security and political protesters is a topic that has been researched widely in criminology other disciplines (e.g., Choudry 2019; Gilmore et al. Goyes South 2017; Jackson 2018; Rigakos 2002; 1988; Weiss 1978). Adopting green criminological lens, this article seeks to contribute rich body of research by examining police responses campaigning against ope...

This paper deals with coexistence issues that may arise for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) operating at the 2.45 GHz ISM band. Two different sources of interference are considered: IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee). Firstly, these interfering networks are characterized both in the frequency and in the time domains. Then, the coexistence of a WBAN with these interfering systems...

We present a Shack-Hartmann (SH) centroid detection algorithm capable to measure in presence of strong noise, background illumination and spot modulating signals, which are typical limiting factors of traditional centroid detection algorithms. The proposed method is based on performing a normalization of the SH pattern using the spiral phase transform method and Fourier filtering. The spot cent...