Abstract Trophic niche theory predicts that species in competition for a limiting resource will evolve adaptations allowing them to consume alternative resources and occupy new space. partitioning is often identified by differences the morphology of feeding structures across species; however, these may not always be readily observable. Due their constrained polyp morphology, octocorals are view...

BACKGROUND Transformed cells of Escherichia coli DH5-alpha with pGFPuv, induced by IPTG (isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside), express the green fluorescent protein (gfpuv) during growth phases. E. coli subjected to the combination of selective permeation by freezing/thawing/sonication cycles followed by the three-phase partitioning extraction (TPP) method were compared to the direct applica...

Semivolatile organic and inorganic aerosol species partition between the gas and aerosol particle phases to maintain thermodynamic equilibrium. Liquid-liquid phase separation into an organic-rich and an aqueous electrolyte phase can occur in the aerosol as a result of the saltingout effect. Such liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) affect the gas/particle partitioning of the different semivolatile co...

Algorithms for scheduling tasks onto the heterogeneous processors must achieve remarkable performance in terms of scheduling length. Most of the scheduling algorithms do not provide the mechanism about minimum communication overhead. This paper introduces Optimal Task Partitioning Strategy with Duplication (OTPSD) that minimizes the scheduling length as well as communication overhead. The propo...

The formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) results from the absorption of gasphase organic oxidation products by airborne aerosol. Historically, modeling the formation of SOA has relied on relatively crude estimates of the capability of given parent hydrocarbons to form SOA. In more recent work, surrogate organic oxidation products have been separated into two groups, hydrophobic and hydr...