Rotational bands with (πh 11/2) 1 (νh 11/2) 1 configurations are studied using a particle-rotor model in which a proton and a neutron quasiparticles interacting through a zero-range force are coupled with a triaxial rotor. It is shown for 124 Cs that one can reproduce the signature dependence of energy and B(M1)/B(E2) ratio best when one takes into account γ-deformations with irrotational-flow ...

Serological results obtained from 907 serum samples collected from unvaccinated cattle of at least 6 months of age in the savannah-forest region of Ivory Coast were used to investigate risk factors associated with bovine brucellosis seropositivity. Serum samples were tested using the Rose Bengal test (RBT) and indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA). Using a parallel interpretation,...

BACKGROUND Family risk analysis can provide an improved understanding of the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), attending to the comorbidity with conduct disorder (CD). METHODS We compared rates of psychiatric disorders in relatives of 78 control probands without ODD and CD (Control, N=265), relatives of 10 control prob...

Pairing frequencies of a single telosome in groups of two, three, four, five and six equally related homoeologues were calculated for a range of values of c (the ratio of actual chiasma frequency to the total possible number of chiasmata, as described by Driscoll, Bielig and Darvey 1979). At low c values, the frequency of telosome pairing is little affected by the number of homoeologues. At hig...

An investigation of Unequal Error Protection (UEP) methods applied to JPEG image transmission using turbo codes is presented. The JPEG image is partitioned into two groups, i.e., DC components and AC components according to their respective sensitivity to channel noise. The highly sensitive DC components are better protected with a lower coding rate, while the less sensitive AC components use a...

H. M. El-Masri,1 P. M. Walker,1,∗ G. D. Dracoulis,2 T. Kibédi,2 A. P. Byrne,2 A. M. Bruce,3 J. N. Orce,3 A. Emmanouilidis,3 D. M. Cullen,4 C. Wheldon,5 and F. R. Xu6 1Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom 2Department of Nuclear Physics, RSPhysSE, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia 3School of Engineering, University of B...

The use of Frege-Russell style definite descriptions for giving meaning to functions has been long established and we investigate their use in the development of Functional Programs and from these to the development of correct imperative programs. In particular, we investigate the development of a functional program for a problem, "Odd powers of odd integers", discussed by Dijsktra. If the corr...

We consider the question of giving an asymptotic estimate for the number of odd parity quadratic twists of a fixed elliptic curve that have (analytic) rank greater than 1. The use of Waldspurger’s formula and modular forms of weight 3/2 has allowed the accrual of a large amount of data for the even parity analogue of this, and we use the method of Heegner points to fortify the data in the odd p...