The structure of ecological interaction networks is often interpreted as a product of meaningful ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that shape the degree of specialization in community associations. However, here we show that both unweighted network metrics (connectance, nestedness, and degree distribution) and weighted network metrics (interaction evenness, interaction strength asymmetry) ...

Lateral root formation in plants involves the stimulation of mature pericycle cells to proliferate and redifferentiate to create a new organ. The simple organization of the root of Arabidopsis thaliana allows the development of lateral root primordia to be characterized histologically. We have divided the process of lateral root development into 8 stages defined by specific anatomical character...

national security and territorial administration, the most basic principle of any political system. in this regard, the divisions of the territorial office of the most excellent strategy for space and maintain the integrity and strengthening internal solidarity and ultimately increase the coefficient of national security. according to the principle of cultural similar in discussing the dramatic...

In this paper we describe how to efficiently implement pairing calculation on supersingular genus 2 curves over prime fields. We find that, contrary to the results reported in [8], pairing calculation on supersingular genus 2 curves over prime fields is efficient and a viable candidate for practical implementation. We also show how to eliminate divisions in an efficient manner when computing th...

 Effective policy decisions about potential modifications to NS require a clear understanding of its effects. The nature of the program, however, presents problems for conventional approaches to program evaluation. This project uses innovative techniques to overcome these constraints and generate insights into the efficacy of NS. It finds strong evidence that NS has the potential to profoundly...

Conditional resource sharing has been identified as a possibility for optimizing high-level synthesis results. In this paper we propose a Hierarchical Conditional Dependency Graph representation that permits to treat conditional resource sharing in a generic fashion depending on the specific context, i.e. functional units, storage elements and interconnects. Resource usage conditions are repres...