Recent innovations in Web technologies enable end-users to easily use various services through their Web browsers. Examples of such services include various kinds of database service and various sorts of analysis tools. This evolution in Web applications causes difficulty in reusing functions embedded in Web applications. The purpose of this study is to develop an environment where even an end-...

Off-the-shelf (OTS) components are increasingly used in application areas with high dependability requirements. We propose a general approach to developing protective wrappers, in order to integrate OTS items with the rest of the system without reducing the system dependability.

Eukaryotic cells use a process called endocytosis to take up materials from their environment and package them for use within the cell. The best-studied form of endocytosis—receptor-mediated endocytosis—has several stages. In the first step, the cell’s outer membrane dimples to form a pocket. A protein collar then assembles around this pocket, forming a thin neck leading to a bulb of membrane. ...

We construct various examples of 14 -BPS giant gravitons embedded into the type IIB supergravity background AdS3×S +×S −×S with pure R-R flux: two D1-brane giants wrapping 1-cycles in AdS3 and S 3 +×S −, and one D5-brane giant wrapping a 4-cycle in S3 + × S3 − and the S1. These D-branes are supported by angular momenta αP on one 3-sphere and (1−α)P on the other. We then construct a general clas...