Owing to its sensitivity and noninvasiveness, far-field fluorescence microscopy would be almost ideal for biological imaging if the resolution of its established variants were not limited by diffraction toDr l=ð2n sinaÞ, with l denoting the wavelength of light, n the index of refraction, and a the aperture angle of the objective lens. The first concept to overcome these limits in a fundamental ...

The primary somatosensory cortex (S1 area) is one of the key brain structures for central processing of somatic noxious information to produce pain perception. However, so far, the spatiotemporal characteristics of neuronal activities associated with peripheral persistent nociception have rarely been studied. In the present report, we used c-Fos as a neuronal marker to analyze spatial and tempo...

Let W be an infinite irreducible Coxeter group with (s1, . . . , sn) the simple generators. We give a simple proof that the word s1s2 · · · sns1s2 · · · sn · · · s1s2 · · · sn is reduced for any number of repetitions of s1s2 · · · sn. This result was proved for simplylaced, crystallographic groups by Kleiner and Pelley using methods from the theory of quiver representations. Our proof only usin...

Web services are a cornerstone of the distributed computing infrastructure that the VO is built upon yet to the newcomer, they can appear to be a black art. This perception is not helped by the miasma of technobabble that pervades the subject and the seemingly impenetrable high priesthood of actual users. In truth, however, there is nothing conceptually difficult about web services (unsurprisin...

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, that has been more frequently diagnosed lately and whose importance has been gradually understood better, is a widespread health problem. This syndrome has been accompanied by obesity frequently. In the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, it has been known that hypoxia and sometimes hypercarbia additionally has been observed, nevertheless cardiovascular problems ...

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India Center for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India USDA-ARS Conservation & Production Research L...

A well-established finding in research on concepts and categories is that some members are rated as better or more typical examples than others. It is generally thought that typicality reflects centrality, that is, that typical examples are those that are similar to many other members of the category. This interpretation of typicality is based on studies in which participants had little knowled...