With the purpose of enhancing environmental stress tolerance of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas, cv. Kokei 14), we transformed this plant with spermidine synthase genes derived from Cucurbita ficifolia (FSPD1). The FSPD1-transgenic plants showed twice as high spermidine content as the wild type (WT) counterpart in both leaves and storage roots. One of the most characteristic features of the trans...

The purpose of this report is to provide technical input to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Communications, Computers, and Logistics to assist that office in preparing a business case for using Ada or C++ to develop Corporate Information Management (CIM) systems. This technical input has been gathered by using the comparison methodology of a 1985 Federal Aviation Administrat...

in some persons. Although stigma has decreased after the widespread use of MDT, some disabilities do occur which are mostly due to late initiation of treatment and inappropriate care. Besides the nerve and skin involvement bone changes have been reported to be common in leprosy. These bony changes need to be understood in the present MDT era specially in the context of clinical spectrum and dur...

June 28, 2010. This is the first issue of Optima under our society’s new name, Mathematical Optimization Society. After a vigorous and enlightening discussion, members approved the change by the decisive margin of 457 to 127, with an additional 38 voters registering an abstention. We are working through the many practical issues associated with the change, including a new web address mathopt.or...