We develop an efficient technique for computing values at s = 1 of Hecke L-functions. We apply this technique to the computation of relative class numbers of non-abelian CM-fields N which are abelian extensions of some totally real subfield L. We note that the smaller the degree of L the more efficient our technique is. In particular, our technique is very efficient whenever instead of simply c...

BACKGROUND The traditional nasal cannula with bubble humidifier is limited to a maximum flow of 6 L/min to minimize the risk of complications. We conducted a bench study of 2 new Food and Drug Administration-approved nasal cannula/humidifier products designed to deliver at flows> 6 L/min. METHODS Using a digital psychrometer we measured the relative humidity and temperature of delivered gas f...

The adaptation of Lactobacillus sakei to a meat environment is reflected in its metabolic potential. For instance, the ability to utilize arginine through the arginine deiminase (ADI) pathway, resulting in additional ATP, represents a competitive benefit. In L. sakei CTC 494, the arc operon (arcABCTDR) shows the same gene order and organization as that in L. sakei 23K, the genome sequence of wh...

abstract use of empirical competition models is one of approaches in integrated weed management strategies. in order to investigation of this approach in simulation of yield loss of bean (phaseolus vulgari. l.) caused by jimson weed (datura stramonium l.) interference, an experiment was conducted in national bean research station, in khomein, in 2007. the experiment design was randomized comple...

In the primate retina, H1 horizontal cells form an electrically coupled network and receive convergent input from long- (L-) and middle- (M-) wavelength-sensitive cones. Using an in vitro preparation of the intact retina to record the light-evoked voltage responses of H1 cells, we systematically varied the L- and M-cone stimulus contrast and measured the relative L- and M-cone input strength fo...

The classical Csiszz ar{Kullback inequality bounds the L 1 {distance of two probability densities in terms of their relative (convex) entropies. Here we generalize such inequalities to not necessarily normalized and possibly non-positive L 1 functions. Also, our generalized Csiszz ar{Kullback inequalities are in many important cases sharper than the classical ones (in terms of the functional de...