Implementing binary methods in traditional object-oriented languages is difficult: numerous problems arise, such as typing (covariance vs. contravariance of the arguments), polymorphism on multiple arguments (lack of multi-methods) etc. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how those problems are either solved, or nonexistent in the Common Lisp Object System (Clos). Several solutions for ...

Wireless sensor networks are an efficient way of reading and transmitting information through a system of controls. They are used for a variety of purposes. The signals passed between each sensing unit and the central control unit needs to be theoretically nonexistent for perfect transmission but there are many hindrances like transmission techniques and physical disturbances which cause delay....

The question of whether hyperuricemia can induce chronic direct renal injury has been argued for many decades. Despite continued efforts and strong motivations to seek an answer, the current evidence still cannot definitively prove or refute the hypothesis. Recent data in rodents do favor causality between hyperuricemia and renal disease. Human epidemiologic data are quite varied, but positive ...

ABSTRACT Many authors argue that autonomy is nonexistent in a centralized education system, given it characteristic of decentralization, whereas schools decentralized system have more autonomy. The researchers compare the level curriculum granted to (Portugal) and those (Canada), based on interviews content analysis responsible for administration organization schools. It appears that, Portugues...

the main purpose of this essay is to review and criticize the paper published earlier in this journal, logical study, titled ‘the paradox of the informing from absolute unknown: analyzing the concept of information’ written by sharifzadeh and hodjati. in spite of having some useful points, the paper is, in several aspects, problematic. we review and criticize respectively such problematic point...

Various in vitro effects of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were mitigated by Bacillus anthracis edema toxin. In particular, levels of some SEB-induced cytokines (tumor necrosis factor alpha, gamma interferon) and chemokines (monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha [MIP-1alpha], MIP-1beta) were significantly dimi...

We show that there is a thermoinduced contribution to the magnetic moment of nanoparticles of antiferromagnetic materials. It arises from thermal excitations of the uniform spin-precession mode, and it has the unusual property that its magnitude increases with increasing temperature. This has the consequence that antiferromagnetism is nonexistent in nanoparticles at finite temperatures and it e...

In the color-flavor-locked (CFL) phase of the QCD superconductor we show that baryons behave as qualitons (called “superqualitons”) with quantum numbers B = (1 mod 2)/3, S = 1/2 and Y = B. Bound superqualitons may cause the superconducting gap in the CFL phase to be effectively nonexistent, a novel phenomenon not seen in conventional superconductors. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail:...