Effects of the synergists piperonyl butoxide (PBO) and S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithioate (DEF) on propoxur pharmacokinetics were examined in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.). Treatment of adult male German cockroaches with the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase inhibitor, PBO, or the esterase inhibitor, DEF, increased propoxur toxicity by 2- and 6.8-fold, respectively, implicating hyd...

Many program analyses perform better and produce more precise results when they are given precise pointer information. One dimension of precision is flow-sensitive pointer analysis (i.e., an analysis that respects a program’s control-flow), which has been shown to be useful for important applications such as program verification and understanding, among others. However, this type of pointer ana...

Let V be a non empty metric structure. We say that V is convex if and only if the condition (Def. 1) is satisfied. (Def. 1) Let x, y be elements of the carrier of V and r be a real number. Suppose 0 ¬ r and r ¬ 1. Then there exists an element z of the carrier of V such that ρ(x, z) = r · ρ(x, y) and ρ(z, y) = (1 − r) · ρ(x, y). Let V be a non empty metric structure. We say that V is internal if...

The opposite category of a category, contravariant functors and duality functors are defined. Next we state the proposition (1) the objects of C, the morphisms of C, the cod-map of C, the dom-map of C, (the composition of C),the id-map of C is a category. Let us consider C. The functor C op yielding a strict category is defined by the condition (Def. 1). (Def. 1) C op = the objects of C, the mo...

Soluble, dimeric peptide-MHC chimeras were shown to induce Ag-specific T cell anergy in vitro and in vivo. In this study, we describe a mechanism by which a soluble, dimeric peptide MHC class II chimera (DEF) induces Ag-specific T cell anergy. The anergic cells showed a displacement of the CD4-p56(lck) signaling module from the GM1-rich plasma membrane microdomains (lipid rafts), and subsequent...

This paper investigates hedge funds’ exposures to various financial and macroeconomic risk factors through alternative measures of factor betas and examines the performance of these factor betas in predicting the cross-sectional variation in hedge fund returns. The results indicate a positive and significant link between default premium beta (DEF beta) and future hedge fund returns as well as a...

We apply a theorem of Geronimus to derive some new formulas connecting Schur functions with orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle. The applications include the description of the associated measures and a short proof of Boyd’s result about Schur functions. We also give a simple proof for the above mentioned theorem of Geronimus. 1. Schur functions In what follows we adopt the following nota...

The notation and terminology used here are introduced in the following papers: [18], [13], [17], [14], [19], [7], [1], [8], [6], [20], [3], [9], [2], [10], [15], [16], [5], [11], [4], and [12]. Let us observe that there exists a lattice which is finite. Let us mention that every lattice which is finite is also complete. Let L be a lattice and let D be a subset of the carrier of L. The functor D...

This study was conducted to observe effects of two methods of setting positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) based on the pressure-volume (PV) curve. After lung injury was induced by oleic acid in six mongrel adult dogs, the inflation PV curve was traced and the lower inflection point (LIP) was measured. The 'PEEP(INF)' was defined as LIP+2 cmH(2)O. After recruitment maneuver to move the lung ...

The articles [3], [1], [4], and [2] provide the notation and terminology for this paper. In this paper x, y, X , Y are sets. We introduce G-net structures which are extensions of 1-sorted structure and are systems 〈 a carrier, an entrance, an escape 〉, where the carrier is a set and the entrance and the escape are binary relations. Let N be a 1-sorted structure. The functor echaos(N) yields a s...