some servers are to be located at nodes of a network. demand for services of these servers is located at each node and a subset of the nodes is to be chosen to locate one server in each. each customer selects a server with a probability dependent on distance and a certain amount of benefit is achieved after giving service to the customer. customers may waive receiving service with a known proba...

epilepsy is the most frequnt nearological affiction and afflicts 1% about of the worlds population. currently there is an urgent need for the development of novel anticonvulsants with higher levels of potency and lower levels of toxicity. in this paper, a series of new 6-(substituted-phenyl)thiazolo[3,2-b][1,2,4]triazole derivatives were synthesized and tested for their anticonvulsant activity ...

In anesthetized dogs, the vasoconstrictor nerves to the vessels of the hind limb left the spinal cord in the anterior spinal nerve roots from T-10 through L4 levels. Maximal vasoconstrictor responses occurred on stimulation of the T12, T-13, and L-l roots; none occurred on stimulation of roots caudal to L-4. The nerves first entered the lumbar paravertebral chain at or above L-l; the last point...

We prove that the number of minimal transversals (and also the number of maximal independent sets) in a 3-uniform hypergraph with n vertices is at most c, where c ≈ 1.6702. The best known lower bound for this number, due to Tomescu, is ad, where d = 10 1 5 ≈ 1.5849 and a is a constant.

Dynkin’s classification of maximal subalgebras of simple finite dimensional complex Lie algebras is generalized to matrix Lie superalgebras, i.e., the Lie subsuperalgebras of gl(p|q).

BkdR is the transcriptional activator of the bkd operon, which encodes the four proteins of the branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase multienzyme complex of Pseudomonas putida. In this study, hydroxyl radical footprinting revealed that BkdR bound to only one face of DNA over the same region identified in DNase I protection assays. Deletions of even a few bases in the 5' region of the BkdR-bind...

Background This study aimed at producing C6-C8 medium-chain carboxylates (MCCAs) directly from gaseous CO using mixed culture. The yield and C2-C8 product composition were investigated when CO was continuously fed with gradually increasing partial pressure. Results The maximal concentrations of n-caproate, n-heptylate, and n-caprylate were 1.892, 1.635, and 1.033 mmol L-1, which were achieved...

Long chain fatty acid:CoA ligase (EC 6.2.1.3.) was examined in human small intestinal mucosa using the hydroxamate-trapping method. With optimal assay requirements using palmitate as substrate a significant difference of specific activities could be detected in the total homogenate from duodenum, 40.9 +/- 11.6 nmol/min per mg protein versus upper jejunum, 51.9 +/- 13.7 (P less than 0.05). The e...

In this paper, which is a sequel of [BKLV], we study the convex-geometric properties cone pseudoeffective $n$-cycles in symmetric product $C_d$ smooth curve $C$. We introduce and Abel-Jacobi faces, related to contractibility morphism classical Brill-Noether varieties. investigate when faces are non-trivial, prove that for $d$ sufficiently large (with respect genus $C$) they form maximal chain p...