In this paper, we propose Objects, Containers, Gestures, and Manipulations (OCGM, pronounced like Occam’s Razor) as universal foundational metaphors of Natural User Interfaces. We compare OCGM to existing paradigms using SRK behavior classification and early childhood cognitive development, and justify the “universal” and “foundational” descriptors based upon cognitive linguistics and universal...

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of pupil dilation on ocular parameters measured by optical biometry and intraocular lens (PC IOL) power calculation using third-generation (SRK/T) fourth-generation (Haigis) formula. Methods: 40 eyes patients indicated for cataract surgery were included in this study. Each patient was examined biometer firstly without artificial mydriasis (AM) then after AM, w...

Self-incompatibility (SI) in Brassica species is controlled by a single polymorphic locus (S) with multiple specificities. Two stigmatically expressed genes that have been cloned from this region encode the S locus glycoprotein (SLG) and S receptor kinase (SRK). Both appear to be essential for the operation of SI. It is believed that rejection of incompatible pollen grains is effected by recogn...

In one of the simplest metazoan organisms, the sponge Spongilla lacustris, at least four different src-related kinase genes (srk1-4) are expressed, all of which show a high degree of similarity to the c-src genes of vertebrates. Whereas srk2 and srk3 are clearly unrelated at the nucleic acid level, srk1 and srk4 share identical sequences in the 5' parts of their cDNAs. The cloning of several pr...

As a starting point for a phylogenetic study of self-incompatibility (SI) in crucifers and to elucidate the genetic basis of transitions between outcrossing and self-fertilizing mating systems in this family, we investigated the SI system of Arabidopsis lyrata. A. lyrata is an outcrossing close relative of the self-fertile A. thaliana and is thought to have diverged from A. thaliana approximate...

We have investigated, in a previous work, the transition dipole moments (TDM) of 13 1Σ+ states (SrK)+ molecular ion by using ab initio method based on pseudo-potential approach. The radiative lifetimes for all vibrational levels A and C1Σ+ been calculated such curves. included bound-free emissions probabilities further to bound–bound transitions. determined exactly, Franck–Condon approach, then...

In many angiosperms, outcrossing is enforced by genetic self-incompatibility (SI), which allows cells of the pistil to recognize and specifically inhibit "self" pollen. SI is often associated with increased stigma-anther separation, a morphological trait that promotes cross-pollen deposition on the stigma. However, the gene networks responsible for coordinate evolution of these complex outbreed...

We study the segregation of variants of a putative self-incompatibility gene in Arabidopsis lyrata. This gene encodes a sequence that is homologous to the protein encoded by the SRK gene involved in self-incompatibility in Brassica species. We show by diallel pollinations of plants in several full-sib families that seven different sequences of the gene in A. lyrata are linked to different S-all...

The S locus, a single polymorphic locus, is responsible for self-incompatibility (SI) in the Brassicaceae family and many related plant families. Despite its importance, our knowledge of S-locus evolution is largely restricted to the causal genes encoding the S-locus receptor kinase (SRK) receptor and S-locus cysteine-rich protein (SCR) ligand of the SI system. Here, we present high-quality seq...