The growth advantage in stationary phase (GASP) phenotype was shown to be present in two mutants lacking the antifungal phenotype (Af(-) mutants) of Pseudomonas aureofaciens PA147-2. Complementation demonstrated a correlation between GASP and the antifungal defect in one strain but not in the second. Sequence analysis revealed the Af(-) GASP strain had a mutation in a gene (finR) encoding a Lys...

In Group Activity Selection Problem (GASP), players form coalitions to participate in activities and have preferences over pairs of the form (activity, group size). Recently, Igarashi et al. [11] have initiated the study of group activity selection problems on social networks (gGASP): a group of players can engage in the same activity if the members of the group form a connected subset of the u...

Archsim is an event-based behavioral simulator intended for architectural explorations of Fleet [?] structures. This document outlines a model framework that we built for Archsim. The framework follows the notation from [?]. Building blocks of the model map to GasP control circuits [?]. Consequently, we expect that it should not be too difficult to automate translation from a model to a schemat...

The role of brain stem serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) in autoresuscitation in neonatal life is unclear. We hypothesized that a specific loss of 5-HT would compromise gasping and autoresuscitation mainly in the second postnatal week and that acute restoration of 5-HT would reverse the defects. We exposed postnatal day (P)4-5, P8-9, and P11-12 tryptophan-hydroxylase-2 knockout (TPH2(-/-)) ...

T cells develop in the thymus through positive and negative selection, which are responsible for shaping the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved in selection remains an area of intense interest. Here, we identified and characterized a gene product Gasp (Grb2-associating protein, also called Themis) that is critically required for positive selection. ...

1. Sympathetic vasoconstrictor responses to inspiratory gasp and contralateral arm cold challenge were assessed in fingertip skin in relation to age and were correlated with vasoconstrictor ability during body cooling. The above relationship was also examined in diabetic patients in whom vasoconstrictor responses to inspiratory gasp and contralateral arm cold challenge had been shown previously...

Multi-dimensional multi-container packing problems appear within many settings of theoretical and practical interest, including Knapsack, Strip Packing, Container Loading, and Scheduling problems. These various problem settings display different objective functions and constraints, which may explain the lack of efficient heuristics able to jointly address them. In this paper we introduce GASP G...

Stimulation of the carotid body chemoreceptors with cyanide in anaesthetized rabbits usually causes a deep breath or gasp, but only if the vagus nerves are intact. This gasp has several similarities with spontaneous deep breaths in eupnoea. In paralysed rabbits, artificially ventilated, chemoreceptor stimulation induces an augmented discharge in the phrenic nerve equivalent to a gasp. In sponta...

Experiments were carried out to determine whether prior exposure to hypoxic-induced apnea impairs protective responses of newborn rats. Ninety-five, 5- to 6-day-old rat pups were instrumented for respiratory measurements and placed prone in a metabolic chamber regulated to 37.0 degrees C. The time to first and last gasp as well as the number of gasps were determined on exposure to unrelenting h...