Fungal hyphae and plant pollen tubes are among the most highly polarized cells known and pose extraordinary requirements on their cell polarity machinery. Cellular morphogenesis is driven through the phospholipid-dependent organization at the apical plasma membrane. We characterized the contribution of phosphoinositides (PIs) in hyphal growth of the filamentous ascomycete Neurospora crassa. MSS...

The Maximum Segment Size (MSS) is a basic yet critical property of any TCP connection. Yet surprisingly, there have been no recent studies examining the MSS values that are announced and utilised by TCP senders in any detail. This paper analyses packet traces from several different locations and investigates the advertised and observed MSS values for each captured TCP connection. In particular,...

A newly designed printed slot antenna is presented that incorporates variable two band-notched functions for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. The two band notches of this coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed antenna are achieved by an M-shaped slot (MSS) embedded in the radiating element and a C-shaped strip (CSS) close to ground plane, therefore two very narrow rejected properties in the wireless lo...

OBJECTIVE To examine family physicians' practice of, attitudes toward, and knowledge about maternal serum screening (MSS) and to compare the demographic and practice characteristics, attitudes, and knowledge of physicians who offer MSS to all their pregnant patients with those of physicians who offer MSS to some or none of their pregnant patients. DESIGN Cross-sectional mailed survey. SETTI...

Although the use of small segments in step and shoot IMRT provides better dose distribution, extremely small segments decrease treatment accuracy. The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum minimum segment size (MSS) in two-step optimization in prostate step and shoot IMRT with regard to both planning quality and dosimetric accuracy. The XiO treatment planning system and Oncor Impre...

Estimation of chlorophyll (CHL) using ocean colour remote sensing (OCRS) signals in coastal waters is difficult due to the presence two other constituents altering light signal: coloured dissolved organic material (CDOM) and mineral suspended sediments (MSS). Artificial neural networks (NNs) have capacity deal with signal complexity are a potential solution problem. Here NNs developed operate o...

Abstract Mathematical description of an examined system like a Multi-State System (MSS) permits the analysis of this system reliability in more detail, because the MSS defines some performance levels (more that only working and failure). A structure function is one of basic definitions of MSS. But the structure function dimension increases critically depending on the number of system components...

Reflectance data were obtained over a drought-stressed and a well-watered wheat plot with a hand-held radiometer having bands similar to the MSS bands of the Landsat satellites. Data for 48 clear days were interpolated to yield reflectance values for each day of the growing season, trom planting until harvest. With an atmospheric path radiance model and Landsat 2 calibration data, the reflectan...