Suppose the auto-correlations of real-valued, centered Gaussian process Z(·) are non-negative and decay as ρ(|s − t |) for some ρ(·) regularly varying at infinity of order −α ∈ [−1, 0). With Iρ(t) = ∫ t 0 ρ(s)ds its primitive, we show that the persistence probabilities decay rate of − logP(supt∈[0,T ]{Z(t)} < 0) is precisely of order (T/Iρ(T )) log Iρ(T ), thereby closing the gap between the lo...

1 A detailed description is given of the data analysis leading to the discovery of young massive star clusters (YMCs) in a sample of 21 nearby galaxies. A new useful tool, ishape, for the derivation of intrinsic shape parameters of compact objects is presented, and some test results are shown. Completeness tests for the cluster samples are discussed, and ishape is used to estimate cluster sizes...

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Cortisol is the primary corticosteroid in teleosts that is released in response to stressor activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-interrenal axis. The target tissue action of this hormone is primarily mediated by the intracellular glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a ligand-bound transcription factor. In developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos, GR transcripts and cortisol are maternally deposi...

The presence of cell-surface antigens on line10 hepatocarcinoma cells was demonstrated by immunoelectronmicroscopy (IEM) with the use of xenogeneic and syngeneic tumor-specific antibody and syngeneic BCG-induced antibody. This confirmed that in addition to tumor-specific antigen(s) there are common antigens between line-10 hepatocarcinoma cells and BCG organisms. The specificity of this cross-r...