The effect of Hz-2V virus infection on the reproductive physiology and behavior of infected Helicoverpa zea female moths was examined. In the absence of males, infected females exhibited calling behavior and called as often but for shorter periods on average than control females. As expected, control females mated with males for extend periods when they were present and did not call after matin...

The local environment of the Pb atom in Pb(x)Sn(1-x)S solid solution was studied by EXAFS technique. The shortest Pb-S bond length in orthorhombic samples was found to be by approximately 0.2 A shorter than in cubic PbS. This indicates that the 6s2 lone pair of Pb is stereochemically active in the SnS host. Strong correlations found in the distribution of metal atoms in the second shell show th...

The non-benzenoid aromatic D(5h) and enediolate C(2v) form of C5O5(2-) have been stabilized by hydrogen bonding with urea and 1,3-dimethylurea, respectively, in the host lattices of two novel crystalline inclusion compounds.

We show that Brin’s generalisations 2V and 3V of the Thompson-Higman group V are of type FP∞. Our methods also give a new proof that both groups are finitely presented.

Design of a paramagnetic metal binding motif in a protein is a valuable way for understanding the function, dynamics and interactions of a protein by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy. Several strategies have been proposed to site-specifically tag proteins with paramagnetic lanthanide ions. Here we report a simple approach of engineering a transition metal binding motif via site-specific labelling ...

BACKGROUND Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are considered the principal rapidly reacting systems that control heart rate. METHODS AND RESULTS We propose a symbolic analysis series to quantify the prevalence of sympathetic or parasympathetic cardiac modulation. This analysis decomposes the heart rate variability series in patterns lasting 3 beats and classifies them into 3 categories: ...

T cell clones recognizing the sperm whale myoglobin (SpWMb) epitope 110-121 in association with H-2d major histocompatibility complex class II molecules display a very limited heterogeneity of T cell receptor (TCR) V beta usage in DBA/2 mice. All clones previously tested used the same V beta 8.2 gene segment and very restricted junctional regions. To investigate the significance of this observa...

e _ 2'/z 2 4 4 6 6 8 1 / 8 2 () (33) 1/4 ( 5577) which is proved as follows . For v > 2, the Pth factor is [2' '. . 2P/(2p'+ 1) . (2 1)]'áz [(2"-'-1)!!z2"!!z/2 .2v-'!!z(2v-1)!!z]'/z where n!!=n(n-2) . . .4.2 if n is even, n(n-2) . . .3 .1 if n is odd. Since 2°!!=2 z " '2° '1 and (2°-1)!!=2°! /2°!!=2°!/2z" '2°'!, this expression becomes [2z"2°-'16/2 .2 zí42'!z]I/z By induction on v, the product ...