Given two covar iance matrices R and S for a given elliptically con toured distribution, we show how simple inequalities between the matr ix elements imply that ER(f)< Es(f), e.g., when x = (xil,i ...... i,) is a mult i index vector and f ( x ) = rain max rain max. . .xi l ..... i,, i l i2 i3 or f(x) is the indicator funct ion of sets such as (3 U N U...rx, ...... ~._-<;o, ..... ,~ i l i2 i3

The modular variety of non singular and complete hyperelliptic curves with level-two structure of genus 3 is a 5-dimensional quasi projective variety which admits several standard compactifications. The first one comes from the period map, which realizes this variety as a sub-variety of the Siegel modular variety of level two and genus three H3/Γ3[2]. We denote the hyperelliptic locus by I3[2] ...

In a brief communication to this journal, entitled “Basic Properties of Both Percentile Rank Scores and the I3 Indicator,” Rousseau (in press) proposed to define percentile classes in the case of the Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) right-open so that the largest number in a set always belongs to the highest percentile. He argued that “this completely solves the issue raised by Leydesdorff & Bo...

B ackground: The T cell attracting chemokine CCL18 is produced by antigen presenting cells and a role for CCLI8 has been suggested in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of these conditions, in which abundant CCL18 production is present. Although Th2 cytokines and IL-10 are known to have an effect on CCLI8 production, there are several gaps in our knowled...

The present study was performed to identify sequence(s) in the third intracellular loop (i3) of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 subtype (M4 receptor) involved in its internalization and recycling. In transiently transfected human embryonic kidney 293-tsA201 cells, 40 to 50% of cell-surface M4 receptors are internalized in an agonist-dependent manner, and approximately 65% of internaliz...

As discussed in Section 4.1 in the main paper, we have observed that when simultaneously examining more than two pairs of frames, correct feature matches are more consistent with other correct matches than with other incorrect matches. As an example, when frame I1 correctly matches frame I2, and frame I2 correctly matches frame I3, then it is very likely that I1 also matches I3. For incorrect m...

Free-standing, membrane-embedded, Si microwire arrays have been used to affect the solar-driven, unassisted splitting of HI into H2 and I3 . The Si microwire arrays were grown by a chemical-vapor-deposition vapor–liquid–solid growth process using Cu growth catalysts, with a radial np junction then formed on each microwire. A Nafion proton-exchange membrane was introduced between the microwires ...

Methadone is clinically effective as substitution therapy in patients with opioid dependence. The diversity of methadone and morphine in their intracellular activity is postulated. We compared the effects of repeated daily treatment of Sprague-Dawley rats with morphine (10 mg/kg) and methadone (1 mg/kg) on the expression of the Gα(i1-i3) mRNAs in several rat brain areas using RT-qPCR. We found ...

We derive an expression for the non-Gaussian cosmic-microwave-background (CMB) statistic I3 l defined recently by Ferreira, Magueijo, and Górski in terms of the slow-roll-inflation parameters ǫ and η. This result shows that a nonzero value of I3 l in COBE would rule out single-field slow-roll inflation. A sharp change in the slope of the inflaton potential could increase the predicted value of ...

We combine the Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) and the h-index into the I3-type framework and introduce the publication vector X = (X1, X2, X3) and the citation vector Y = (Y1, Y2, Y3) , the publication score I3X=X1+X2+X3 and the citation score I3Y=Y1+Y2+Y3, and alternative indicators based on percentile classes generated by the h-index. These multivariate indicators can be used for academic e...