(Plectropomus spp.), are specialized predators of fishes. The evidence that any exploited fishes are significant predators of A. planci is circumstantial or anecdotal. Fishing commonly removes large predators and has led to trophic cascades involving multiple trophic levels in other marine systems (for example [9]). A study comparing near-shore fish communities in no-take and in fished areas on...

Twenty-one galactocerebrosides (1-21), including sixteen new compounds (3-7, 9-17, 19, 21), were identified from a cerebroside molecular species obtained from the chloroform/methanol extract of pyloric caeca dissected from the starfish Protoreaster nodosus. The structures of these galactocerebrosides were determined on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidences. Especially, one-pot GC-MS...

Open Mathematical Engine Interface (OMEI) aims to establish a uniform application programming interface specification (API) for heterogeneous mathematical computation systems. OMEI can play an essential role in making mathematical engines easily accessible by front-ends, tools, and servers. The interface enables the development of individual applications that can serve different engines. The mo...

The condenser is one of the main components in most transmitted light compound microscopes. In this Letter, we show that such a condenser can be replaced by a programmable LED array to achieve greater imaging flexibility and functionality. Without mechanically scanning the sample or changing the microscope setup, the proposed approach can be used for dark-field imaging, bright-field imaging, mi...

While a variety of checkpointing techniques and systems have been documented for long-running programs, they are typically not available for programmers that are non systems experts. This paper details a project that integrates three technologies, NetSolve, Starfish, and IBP, for the seamless integration of faulttolerance into long-running applications. We discuss the design and implementation ...