Alarm systems play an important role in industry to notify operators of abnormal or fault situations. In real industrial plants, however, a majority of nuisance alarm signals, including false alarms and missed alarms, interfere with operators' judgment. The technique of delay-timers, a common means to reduce both false alarm rate (FAR) and missed alarm rate (MAR), is widely performed, yet it su...

Alternaria sp. MG1, an endophytic fungus previously isolated from Merlot grape, produces resveratrol from glucose, showing similar metabolic flux to the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway, currently found solely in plants. In order to identify the resveratrol biosynthesis pathway in this strain at the gene level, de novo transcriptome sequencing was conducted using Illumina paired-end sequenc...

We recently discovered a regulatory mechanism that stimulates the production of the multifunctional antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP). In response to subtoxic levels of ER stress, increased sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) production activates an NFκBC/EBPα-dependent pathway that enhances CAMP production in cultured human keratinocytes. As the multifunctional stilben...

We introduce a new concept of modeling timed behavior in pi-calculus by representing timed actions (or timers) as interactions between application processes and clock processes. This approach extends the original calculus in a manner such that bisimulation arrangements in pi-calculus remain untouched.

We use surface tension-based passive pumping and fluidic resistance to create a number of microfluidic analogs to electronic circuit components. Three classes of components are demonstrated: (1) OR/AND, NOR/NAND, and XNOR digital microfluidic logic gates; (2) programmable, autonomous timers; and (3) slow, perfusive flow rheostats. The components can be implemented with standard pipettes and pro...

Hedge funds are known to engage in the betting-against-beta (BAB) strategy arising from beta-anomaly-related market mispricing. This paper examines if equity-oriented hedge time volatility risk when executing BAB strategy. We apply realised and downside measures assess show that for top timers, older tend be better while among bottom younger larger-sized stand out as stronger timers of volatili...