We report the discovery, from the H I Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS), of a gas cloud associated with the asymmetric spiral galaxy NGC 2442. This object, designated HIPASS J0731–69, contains ∼ 10 M⊙ of H I, or nearly one-third as much atomic gas as NGC 2442 itself. No optical counterpart to any part of HIPASS J0731–69 has yet been identified, consistent with the gas being diffuse, and with its s...

Pakistan’s development predicament is emblematic of many countries that are undergoing rapid growth in energy demand from demographic pressures as well as more intense industrialization. While such growth can certainly be a sign of progress and potentially a means of poverty alleviation, it can also lead to errant euphoria and rash decision-making by policy-makers. At such times of ambition and...

coincides with the standard (central) tν distribution. In the following, represents the effect size; by convention, a of 0.5 is considered a "medium" effect size. In Figure 1 are shown three instances of the t′ density envelope for ν = 10, one with δ = 0 (a standard t), and two with δ = 3 and δ = 6 : one may note that, whereas t10(δ = 0) is centered at 0 and symmetrical, the non-central t′’s ar...

OSKAR ELEK*, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic DENIS SUMIN*, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany RAN ZHANG, Institute for Science and Technology Austria TIM WEYRICH, University College London, United Kingdom KAROL MYSZKOWSKI, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany BERND BICKEL, Institute for Science and Technology Austria ALEXANDER WILKIE, Cha...

SURYANARAYANA VEPA,1 WILLIAM M. SCRIBNER,2 NARASIMHAM L. PARINANDI,1 DENIS ENGLISH,3, JOE G. N. GARCIA,1 AND VISWANATHAN NATARAJAN1 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224; 2Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, and 3Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory, Methodist Hospital o...

We present optical observations of two remarkable new AGN discovered by the Two-Micron All Sky Survey. Both are classified as QSOs based on their optical spectra, near-IR colors, and near-IR and [O III]λ5007 luminosities, but their optical polarizations are among the highest seen for non-blazar AGN; approaching 15% for 2MASSI J151653.2+190048. The polarized light spectrum for each object exhibi...

Introduction Argan oil has sky-rocketed from a mere tourist attraction to one of the most prized oils in the world in a few short years. Argan oil’s unique savor and multiple pharmacological properties are responsible for this success. Argan oil is almost exclusively produced in southwestern Morocco, one of the poorest parts of the country, where all-women cooperatives specialize in high qualit...

Near-infrared surveys have very promising cosmological applications. The DENIS 2 micron survey, currently in camera-testing, is scheduled to begin in early 1995, and to map the entire southern sky in the I, J , and K 0 bands. The steps for the near-homogeneous extraction of 10 5 galaxies are outlined, some pitfalls are given, and the estimated limiting capabilities of the survey are presented. ...

We prove a local limit theorem for the area of the positive exursion of random walks with zero mean and finite variance. Our main result complements previous work of Caravenna and Chaumont, Sohier, as well as Kim and Pittel.

SIMEON P. CAIRNS,1,2 WAYNE A. HING,1,3 JOHN R. SLACK,1 ROLAND G. MILLS,4 AND DENIS S. LOISELLE1 1Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland; 2Kinesiology Group, School of Physical Education, University of Otago, Dunedin; 3Auckland School of Physiotherapy, Auckland Institute of Technology, Auckland; and 4Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University...