Optimal algorithms are derived for safisficing problem-solving search, that is, search where the goal is to reach any. solution, no distinction being made among differ-ent solutions. This task is quite different from search for best solutions or shortest path solutions. L:onstraints mav be placed on the order in which sittes may be searched. This paper treats salisficing searches through partia...

Results 42 children with HAIDS in age between 2 and 17 years were identified in 3 years. Age of onset ranged from 0 to 16 years, on an average 5.1 years old. The average age at diagnosis was 8.2 years old. The following diseases were identified: Behcet’s disease (BD) 16 children (male/female (M/F) 12/4); Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS): Muckle-Wells syndrome 4 (M/F 0/4 ); CINCA/N...

Nylon-3 polymers (poly-β-peptides) have been investigated as synthetic mimics of host-defense peptides in recent years. These polymers are attractive because they are much easier to synthesize than are the peptides themselves, and the polymers resist proteolysis. Here we describe in vitro analysis of selected nylon-3 copolymers against Clostridium difficile, an important nosocomial pathogen tha...