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In these notes we prepare the ground for a systematic investigation into the issues of black hole fluctuations and backreaction by discussing the formulation of the problem, commenting on possible advantages and shortcomings of existing works, and introducing our own approach via a stochastic semiclassical theory of gravity based on the Einstein-Langevin equation and the fluctuation-dissipation...

1 S. Singh and E. Stuart. A Pattern Matching Tool for Forecasting, Proc. 14th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'98), Brisbane, IEEE Press, vol. 1, pp. 103-105 (August 16-20, 1998) . ABSTRACT In this paper we describe a pattern recognition based tool for forecasting. We compare the results of forecasting with this tool against the Exponential smoothing method on Santa Fe seri...

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules present thousands of peptides to allow CD8+ T cells to detect abnormal intracellular proteins. The antigen-processing pathway for generating peptides begins in the cytoplasm, and the MHC molecules are loaded in the endoplasmic reticulum. However, the nature of peptide pool in the endoplasmic reticulum and the proteolytic events that occur...

In an era in which schools are expected to achieve more for their students, many teachers remain frustrated by the increasing results-driven demands made on them. A facet of teacher work life in which many feel disempowered is addressed in this study—the regular infringement of outside intrusions into the classroom learning environment. A stratified random selection of teachers in the Canadian ...

Introduction The term teratoma, derived from the Greek teraton meaning “a monster”, was coined by Virchow in 1869 for a tumour originating in the sacrococcygeal region. Teratomas are composed of multiple tissues foreign to the organ or site in which they arise. Although teratomas are sometimes defined as having the three embryonic layers (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm), recent classification...

The use of dental implants to assist in the treatment of partial and complete edentulism is well documented. Most of the implant literature, however, reports results associated with implant survival and success when there has been adherence to rigid placement and loading protocols. Conventionally, these protocols call for the undisturbed healing of the implant—3 months in the mandible and 4 to ...

In this report we present a set of software components for distributed relation-based computations (SCDRC).We explain how SCDRC can be used to structure parallel computations in a single-program multiple-data computational environment. First, we introduce relation-based algorithms and relation-based computations as generic patterns in scientific computing. We then discuss the problems that have...

The aim of the present work is to enhance the antifouling properties of polypropylene (PP) membrane based on hydrophilicity improvement. Different contents of neat and modified nanodiamond (0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00 wt.%) were embedded into PP membranes. Nanodiamond nanoparticles were carboxylated by heat treatment method and the presence of carboxyl functional groups on the surface of nanopart...