While some MMOGs are worlds in their own right, i.e. where the game world and background story is designed for the particular game, other games may be derived from familiar popular culture narratives and other media forms such as films and literature. The MMOG Star Wars Galaxies (SWG) is an example of this trend and is based on the Star Wars Universe which has featured in 6 blockbuster films, b...

We made an in vitro model of a wooden foreign body using both fresh and dry pine wood in both fat and soft-tissue background mediums. Air/wood/background medium interfaces were studied with MR and CT to determine which method provided the best image contrast for detecting a wooden foreign body. CT was demonstrated to be superior to MR in the evaluation of the orbit in the in vitro model.

The problem of determining the molecular weight of DNA samples by sedimentation equilibrium in a buoyantcdensity gradient is considered for the case of DNA samples with density heterogeneity. By determining apparent molecular weights in two or more buoyant mediums, quantitative measure of the amount of density heterogeneity can be determined. This method may be employed to determine both the tr...

We report on a nonthermal mechanism for counterion partitioning driven by dielectric contrasts in a charged system. This mechanism allows objects to remain charged even in very low dielectric mediums and at low temperatures, if a nearby high dielectric environment can host its counterions. This nonthermal counterion partitioning leads to an attractive counterion pressure that is usually much la...

Gentelligent Parts are components that function as storage mediums. They can record information, save it, process it and communicate it. Due to these characteristics, Gentelligent Parts can serve as decentralized Enterprise Information System (EIS). It follows that along the product’s evolutionary process and during the utilization phase extensive potential for improving the logistic and techni...

In today's modern world, computers are everywhere. Often, these computers are required to communicate with other devices though purpose built ad hoc networks. With the various routing protocols, resource limitations, and different communications mediums utilized by these networks, security is typically not at the forefront of their design. By examining the potential security issues faced by the...