One of the problems facing developers is the constant evolution of components that are used to build an application. This evolution is typical of any multi-person or multi-site software project. How can we program in this environment? More precisely, how can language design address such evolution? In this paper we attack two significant issues that arise from constant component evolution: we pr...

We report the draft genome sequence of the bacteriocin producer Enterococcus faecium strain CRL 1879, isolated from a northwestern Argentinian artisanal cheese. The draft genome sequence is composed of 73 contigs for 2,886,747 bp, with 3,140 protein-coding genes. Six biosynthetic clusters for bacteriocin class II production were found. Typical virulence determinants, which have relevance in foo...

This is the draft report for Robotic Manipulation’s class project. The chosen project aims to understand and implement Kevin Egan’s non-convex constraint[5] as an extended Linear Complementarity problem[6]. This draft contains all the background theories along with analysis needed to complete the project and the implementation progress.

Coral bleaching can be induced by many different stressors, however, the most common cause of mass bleaching in the field is high sea temperatures (SST). Here, we describe an unusual bleaching event that followed very calm sea conditions combined with higher than average sea surface temperatures (SST). Patterns of mortality differed from typical thermal bleaching in four ways: 1) mortality was ...

Body mass indices (BMIs) are applied to monitor weight status and associated health risks in populations. Binary or multinomial logistic regression models are commonly applied in this context, but are only applicable to BMI values categorized within a small set of defined ad hoc BMI categories. This approach precludes comparisons with studies and models based on different categories. In addit...

This paper reports on a study thatinvestigated Iranian EFL high school students’ perceptions of written grammar feedback to specify their reasons for preferring comprehensive or selective feedback and choosing some feedback strategies. A questionnaire was administered to 100 EFL intermediate high school students who were selected based on their scores on a proficiency test. Moreover, semi-struc...

Title: 1 Learning and Generalization in an Isometric Visuomotor Task 2 3 Authors: 4 Michele F. Rotella 5 Ilana Nisky 6 Margaret Koehler 7 Mike D. Rinderknecht 8 Amy J. Bastian 9 Allison M. Okamura 10 11 Departments and institutions: 12 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 13 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer...