To improve the ability of engineers to use dynamic models as part of the design process, a model deduction procedure for developing proper bond graph models of hybrid systems is presented. An accuracy criterion and a search pattern are presented, in a bond graph format, for a model order deduction algorithm (Extended MODA) previously published. The Extended MODA process consists of systematical...

The alternative, heterometal-free nitrogenase of Rhodobacter capsulatus is repressed by traces of molybdenum in the medium. Strains carrying mutations located downstream of nifB copy II were able to express the alternative nitrogenase even in the presence of high molybdate concentrations. DNA sequence analysis of a 5.5-kb fragment of this region revealed six open reading frames, designated modA...

Molybdenum is an essential component of the cofactors of many metalloenzymes including nitrate reductase and Mo-nitrogenase. The cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 uses nitrate and atmospheric N2 as sources of nitrogen for growth. Two of the three nitrogenases in this strain are Mo-dependent enzymes, as is nitrate reductase; thus, transport of molybdate is important for growth of thi...

In microaerophilic or anaerobic environments, Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes nitrate reduction for energy production, a process dependent on the availability of the oxyanionic form of molybdenum, molybdate (MoO4 (2-)). Here, we show that molybdate acquisition in P. aeruginosa occurs via a high-affinity ATP-binding cassette permease (ModABC). ModA is a cluster D-III solute binding protein capab...

Let A be a finite-dimensional, basic, connected algebra over an algebraically closed field. Denote by Γ (A) the Auslander–Reiten quiver of A. We show that A is representation-finite if and only if Γ (A) has at most finitely many vertices lying on oriented cycles and finitely many orbits with respect to the action of the Auslander–Reiten translation. Let K denote a fixed algebraically closed fie...

In this paper we show the potential of two new features as powerful anti-spoofing measures for face-voice person authentication systems. The features based on latent semantic analysis (LSA) and canonical correlation analysis (CCA), enhance the performance of the authentication system in terms of better anti-imposture abilities and guard against video replay attacks, which is a challenging type ...

Inter-company data interchange within a specific industrial sector is necessarily based on standard document formats, structures, and transmission protocols. In this perspective, the MODA-ML project has developed an interoperability architecture for the Textile/Clothing sector based on XML technology; in particular ebXML has been adopted as the reference specification in defining and exchanging...

Let S be a degree six del Pezzo surface over an arbitrary field F . Motivated by the first author’s classification of all such S up to isomorphism [3] in terms of a separable F -algebra B×Q×F , and by his K-theory isomorphism Kn(S) ∼= Kn(B × Q × F ) for n ≥ 0, we prove an equivalence of derived categories D (cohS) ≡ D(modA) where A is an explicitly given finite dimensional F -algebra whose semi...

Let k be a field and A a finite dimensional (associative with 1) k-algebra. By modA we denote the category of finite dimensional left A-modules. In many important situations we may suppose that A is presented as a quiver with relations (Q, I) (e.g. if k is algebraically closed, then A is Morita equivalent to kQ/I). We recall that if A is presented by (Q, I), then Q is a finite quiver and I is a...

We compare aspects of biological X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) studies of cations and anions, and report on some examples of anion binding in biological systems. Brown algae such as Laminaria digitata (oarweed) are effective accumulators of I from seawater, with tissue concentrations exceeding 50 mM, and the vanadate-containing enzyme haloperoxidase is implicated in halide accumulation. W...