In my recent article, "an the Genetic Manipllation of Animals, "[1] I argued that although current genetic experiments on sen­ tient non-human anirrals (hereafter, simply "anirrals") tivated by a thorough­ going, responsible respect and concern for senti...

Formal Verification is an important area in industry with getting more and more attention. Growing complexity of digital circuits and the use in safety critical systems are the reasons for the need of tools for checking the correctness of designs. In this paper we present a new approach for model evaluation. With our approach we are able to increase the belief of a designer in the right functio...

There are multiple complementary and redundant mechanisms to provide protection against photo-oxidative damage, including non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). NPQ dissipates excess excitation energy as heat by using xanthophylls in combination with changes to the light-harvesting complex (LHC) antenna. The xanthophylls are oxygenated carotenoids that in addition to contributing to NPQ can quench ...

Synthetic gene networks are the functional genetic 'programs' that will form the basis of increasingly sophisticated engineered organisms, cells and tissues. Important factors to consider in biologically engineering circuits are modularity and orthogonality of the components. We explore these factors experimentally by using TALEs as a synthetic transcription factor. We also designed an algorith...

Objective: There is a large theoretical literature regarding stock market manipulation. However, empirical evidence of manipulation remains scare especially in emerging markets like Iran. So, it is vital to detect and prevent. Manipulation distorts prices, thereby reducing market efficiency and harms public confidence. Distorted prices increase market volatility and risk. This study empirically...

The Nobel laureate Paul Berg initiated genetic manipulation and pioneered engineering. He was also one of the initiators setting up guidelines for carrying out recombinant DNA experiments. an innovative scientist cared impact science on society.