Copying the whole of a library is one of the major types of reuse in software development. In Java, a single library archive file often contains other libraries it depends on, but users of the library hardly know about such inner libraries. Since reusing libraries is a black-box method, developers may combine some libraries without knowing that those libraries contain the same library inside in...

Growth of anaerobic bacteria in the AnaeroPack (Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc., New York, N.Y.) anaerobic atmosphere generation systems, both the AnaeroPack jar and pouch and the AnaeroPack in a GasPak jar were considered equivalent to or better than growth obtained in the corresponding GasPak jar or pouch system (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.) for 89 (86%) of ...

At the initial phase of embryo implantation, the trophoblast of the blastocyst has to establish contact to the free surface of the uterine epithelial cells (UECs) and to adhere there. Adhesion to an apical plasma membrane is a very unusual phenomenon, and mechanisms involved are poorty understood. Determination of binding forces using atomic force spectroscopy demonstrated that formation of str...

This work proposes innovative permutation-based procedures controlling the Familywise Error rate (FWE). It is proofed that weighted procedures control the FWE if weights are a function of the sufficient statistic. Particularly, we focus on the use of the additional information given by the total variance of each variables. The first proposal considers the use of weights applied to the combining...

We explored the cytotoxic effects of nanobacteria (NB) and nanohydroxyapatites (nHAPs) against human choriocarcinoma cells (JAR) and the mechanisms of action underlying their cytotoxicity. JAR cells were co-cultured with NB and nHAPs for 48 h, and ultrastructural changes were more readily induced by NB than nHAPs. Autophagy in the plasma of JAR cells were observed in the NB group. The rate of a...

In Thailand, ceramic jars (135-200 liters) covered by aluminum lids commonly are used to store water for household use. In laboratory cages, gravid female Aedes aegypti (L.) were able to enter and oviposit in a covered water jar. Although the aluminum lid was not a complete barrier to gravid females, it reduced the number of eggs oviposited by 77%. A vertically oriented foam rubber ring which w...

We propose the B c → B * u γ decay as the most suitable probe for the flavour changing neutral transition c → uγ. We estimate the short and long distance contributions to this decay within the standard model and we find them to be comparable; this is in contrast to radia-tive decays of D mesons, that are completely dominated by the long distance contributions. Since the c → uγ transition is ver...