Building on the theory of elliptic operators, we give a unified treatment of the following topics: • the problem of homotopy invariance of Novikov's higher signatures on closed manifolds; • the problem of cut-and-paste invariance of Novikov's higher signatures on closed manifolds; • the problem of defining higher signatures on manifolds with boundary and proving their homotopy invariance.

To simplify the selection of remote targets on large displays, a novel technique called ShifTable is presented in this paper. With ShifTable, users move a finger or a pen towards a desired target, and the whole screen carrying the target shifts faster in the opposite direction, towards the finger or pen. We conducted two experiments to compare ShifTable with unaided direct selection (baseline),...

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Introduction RTI Biologics, Inc. (RTI) currently produces allograft demineralized bone matrix (DBM) paste products that are manufactured under strict aseptic conditions using single donors. All donors are subjected to rigorous screening, prior to processing, to ensure that no transmissible pathogens are present in donor material. In addition, a terminal sterilization procedure has been introduc...

Utus paste was used to induce abortion in 83 women. It was successful in all but two. Pain was a prominent symptom in many cases. Complications included three cases of septicaemia and one of perforation of the uterus leading to death. This experience shows the complications of abortion induced by Utus paste to be too serious to justify its further use.

The highly halotolerant and allopolyploid yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii is industrially used for the food production in high concentrations of salt, such as brewing soy sauce and miso paste. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Z. rouxii NBRC 1876 isolated from miso paste.

Comparison of different methods of producing bambara (Voandzeia subterranean L. Thou) flours for preparation of ‘moin-moin’ Bambara nut was subjected to different treatments prior to mechanical dry dehulling and milling into flours. Physicochemical properties of the flours and sensory attributes of moin-moin prepared from the flours were compared with that of moin-moin from fresh pastes from co...

We propose Inflate-Paste – a new technique for generating orthogonal polygons with a given number of vertices from a unit square based on gluing rectangles. It is dual to Inflate-Cut – a technique we introduced in [12] that works by cutting rectangles.

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The BOROZAR-P boronizing paste is used for thermo chemical treatment of steel machine tools and parts for enhancing their wear-resistance, i.e. extending their useful life-time. Boronizing in this case leads to hardening of the thermally treated surfaces. This new method comprises the formation of wearand corrosionresistant surface layer with minimum loss of time and expenses. The thus obtained...