Center for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems, and Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA. Department of Computer Science, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA. Robotics, Evolution, and Art Lab, IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark. Informatics ...

A brief review of various methods to calculate radiative accelerations for stellar evolution and an analysis of their limitations are followed by applications to Pop I and Pop II stars. Recent applications to Horizontal Branch (HB) star evolution are also described. It is shown that models including atomic diffusion satisfy Schwarzschild’s criterion on the interior side of the core boundary on ...

We have combined Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations of X2127+119, the low-mass X-ray binary in the globular cluster M15, with archival X-ray lightcurves to study the stability of the 17.1 hr orbital period. We find that the data cannot be fit by the Ilovaisky et al. (1993) ephemeris, and requires either a 7σ change to the period or a period derivative ˙ P /P ∼ 9 × 10 −7 yr −1. Given its r...

We present high resolution UVES+VLT spectroscopic observations of 61 stars in the extended blue horizontal branches of the Galactic globular clusters NGC 1904 (M79), NGC 2808, NGC 6093 (M80), and NGC 7078 M15). Our data reveal for the first time the presence in NGC 1904 of a sizable population of fast (vsini ≥ 20 km/s) horizontal branch (HB) rotators, confined to the cool end of the EHB, simila...

514 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 13, No. 3, March 2007 PCRs were performed with primers from the internal regions of bla CTX-M gene and primers for insertion sequences ISEcp1 and IS903 (4,5). Positive PCR products were obtained with primers ISEcp1F and CTX2 (943 bp); no amplified product was produced with primers CTX1 and IS903R. Sequencing of a 943-bp amplicon showed t...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a main public health problem causing chronic liver infection and subsequently liver cirrhosis and lethal hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Vaccination based on HCV capsid proteins has attracted a special interest for prevention of viral infections. The core protein is a basic and evolutionary most conserved protein, which regulates the cellular processes rela...

In this paper we revisit observational data concerning RR Lyrae stars in Galactic globular clusters, presenting frequency histograms of fundamentalized periods for the 32 clusters having more than 12 pulsators with well recognized period and pulsation mode. One finds that the range of fundamentalized periods covered by the variables in a given cluster remains fairly constant in varying the clus...

Intracortical electrodes record neural signals directly from local populations of neurons in the brain, and conduct them to external electronics that control prosthetics. However, the relationship between electrode design, defined by shape, size and tethering; and long-term (chronic) stability of the neuron-electrode interface is poorly understood. Here, we studied the effects of various commer...

background: hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a main public health problem causing chronic liver infection and subsequently liver cirrhosis and lethal hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). vaccination based on hcv capsid proteins has attracted a special interest for prevention of viral infections. the core protein is a basic and evolutionary most conserved protein, which regulates the cellular processes rel...