PAULO A.V. BORGES1†, ROSALINA GABRIEL1†, ANA M. ARROZ1†, ANA COSTA2, REGINA T. CUNHA2, LUÍS SILVA2, ENÉSIMA MENDONÇA1, ANTÓNIO M. F. MARTINS2, FRANCISCO REIS3 & PEDRO CARDOSO1,4 1Azorean Biodiversity Group – CITAA, Departmento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, 9701-851 Angra do Heroı́smo, Terceira, Açores, Portugal 2CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) – Pól...

Cocoon System AG's light steel thin-walled structures have proven their worth in numerous superstructures, extensions, exterior wall and ceiling systems, as well complex projects by internationally renowned architects. As part of the implementation development lightweight construction methods, this company has developed "Transformer" system, represented prefabricated floor with varying degrees ...

We propose an extension to the standard feedback control for consensus problems for multi-agent systems in the plane. The proposed extension allows for a richer class of trajectories including periodic and quasi-periodic solutions, as well as agreement to consensus states outside the convex hull of the initial positions of the agents. We investigate in great detail the special case of three age...

The effect of foliar application Cyanobacteria and Chlorella sp. monocultures on physiological activity, element composition, development biomass weight basket willow (Salix viminalis L.) the possibility to prepare biofuel from it in fortification process was studied. Triple plant spraying with non-sonicated (Anabaena PCC 7120, Microcystis aeruginosa MKR 0105) exhibited a considerably progressi...

The recent growth in use of the World-Wide Web in the Internet has caused a significant increase in the demand placed onWeb servers. This increased load results in noticeably longer response times for users. We propose an approach to using multicast in the delivery of Web resources that reduces the load on servers as well as the networks that connect them. We analyze the issues involved in usin...

In this manuscript, an interesting blue Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) SDSS J154751.94+025550 (=SDSS J1547) is reported with very different line profiles of broad Balmer emission lines: double-peaked H$\beta$ but single-peaked H$\alpha$. J1547 the first AGN detailed discussions on lines, besides simply mentioned lines in candidate for a binary black hole (BBH) system J0159+0105. The can be well e...

We consider the problem of generating the three-term recursion coefficients of orthogonal polynomials for a weight function v(t) = r(t)w(t), obtained by modifying a given weight function w by a rational function r. Algorithms for the construction of the orthogonal polynomials for the new weight v in terms of those for the old weight w axe presented. All the methods are based on modified moments...

2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S Immunological Reviews 0105-2896 The editors of this volume of Immunological Reviews respectfully acknowledge the passing of Jürg Tschopp, who died suddenly on March 22, 2011. A towering figure in the field, Jürg made many important contributions to our understanding of cell death and inflammation signaling pathways. His seminal description of the inflammasome has not ...