In man as well as in animals, diurnal rhythms are based on endogenous, periodic processes which can be considered self-sustained oscillations in a technical sense2). Evidence for this is given by the observation that, underconstant conditions, the rhythm continues a) undamped and b) with a frequency which deviates from that of the earth's rotation6). It is this deviation of the free-running 'ci...

The diurnal variation of the gross alpha (alpha) radioactivity in the air near the ground and the gamma (gamma) radioactivity emitted from the ground have been monitored in North-eastern Greece. Meteorological information comprising air temperature and humidity has been simultaneously recorded. Over a period of the 24h of a typical day, the variation of alpha-radioactivity reaches a peak in the...

The diurnal variation in cholesterol synthesis exhibited by rat liver has been examined in fed, fasted, and adrenalectomized animals. Fasting for 3 days caused a lowering of the rate of synthesis but did not abolish the diurnal rhythm. Adrenalectomy abolished the diurnal variation, and caused synthesis to remain at a uniformly high level. We suggest that corticosterone may play an essential rol...

Comparison of two numbers in RNS systems is a challenging task. In this paper, a new algorithm to compare the magnitude of two RNS numbers, using a clustering method has been proposed. In the clustering process, each inputted number is assigned to a cluster. To compare the magnitude of two numbers, first the clusters of these numbers and their differences are obtained. Then by comparing these c...

An investigation of gaseous elemental mercury concentration in atmosphere was conducted at Beijing and Guangzhou urban, Yangtze Delta regional sites and China Global Atmosphere Watch Baseline Observatory (CGAWBO) in Mt. Waliguan of remote continental area of China. High temporal resolved data were obtained using automated mercury analyzer RA-915+. Results showed that the overall hourly mean Hg0...

Botnets are large networks of bots (compromised machines) that are under the control of a small number of bot masters. They pose a significant threat to Internet's communications and applications. A botnet relies on command and control (C2) communications channels traffic between its members for its attack execution. C2 traffic occurs prior to any attack; hence, the detection of botnet's C2 tra...

In this paper, we obtain some exact solutions of Derivative Reaction-Diffusion (DRD) system and, as by-products, we also show some exact solutions of DNLS via Hirota bilinearization method. At first, we review some results about two by two AKNS-ZS system, then introduce Hirota bilinearization method to find out exact N-soliton solutions of DNLS and exact N-dissipaton solutions of the Derivative...

1 Track Record This is a collaborative proposal between the Universities of Kent and Brighton. The team is ideally positioned to carry out the proposed programme of research, bringing together leading researchers in layout, visual tools for diagrams and diagrammatic reasoning. The investigators have current experience of collaborating on the EPSRC grant “Reasoning with Diagrams” [GR/R63509, GR/...

Oscillating diurnal rhythms of gene transcription, metabolic activity, and behavior are found in all three domains of life. However, diel cycles in naturally occurring heterotrophic bacteria and archaea have rarely been observed. Here, we report time-resolved whole-genome transcriptome profiles of multiple, naturally occurring oceanic bacterial populations sampled in situ over 3 days. As antici...

Crook's fluctuation theorem (CFT) and Jarzynski equality (JE) are effective tools for obtaining free-energy difference ΔF(λ_{A}→λ_{B},T_{0}) through a set of finite-time protocol driven nonequilibrium transitions between two equilibrium states A and B [parametrized by the time-varying protocol λ(t)] at the same temperature T_{0}. Using the generalized dimensionless work function ΔW_{G}, we exte...