This paper considers social choice theory without the Pareto principle. We revisit the trade-off theorem developed by Campbell and Kelly (Econometrica 61:1355– 1365, 1993), and generalize their result. By introducing an alternative criterion of power structure, a dominance relation, we show that if a social welfare function on the unrestricted domain satisfies the independence of irrelevant alt...

In this study, we tested the applicability of the core DNA barcode MATK for identifying species within the Fabaceae family. Based on an evaluation of genetic variation, DNA barcoding gaps, and species discrimination power, MATK is a useful barcode for Fabaceae species. Of 1355 plant samples collected from 1079 species belonging to 409 diverse genera, MATK precisely identified approximately 80 %...

Correspondence 2 . Mollica C , Paone G , Conti V , et al . Mechanical ventilation in patients with end-stage idiopathic pulmonary fi brosis . Respiration . In press . 3 . Fumeaux T , Rothmeier C , Jolliet P . Outcome of mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure in patients with pulmonary fi brosis . Intensive Care Med . 2001 ; 27 ( 12 ): 1868 1874 . 4 . Blivet S , Philit F , Sab JM ,...

Patients diagnosed with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) in an emergency department are either transferred to larger hospitals or remain at the current hospital for emergent repair. Given time-sensitive nature of rAAA, it is unclear which option better. Although elective repair AAA has better outcomes hospitals, data less clear on rAAA. This study compares rAAA (either endovascular [EV...

Franziska Broell1,*, Takuji Noda2, Serena Wright3,4, Paolo Domenici5, John Fleng Steffensen6, Jean-Pierre Auclair1 and Christopher T. Taggart1 1Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2, 2Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshidahonmachi, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan, 3CEFAS Laboratory, Pakefield...

INRA, UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe ‘Biologie des Populations Introduites’, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, UMR Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe ‘Biologie des Populations Introduites’, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France CNRS, UMR 7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Equipe ‘Biologie des Populations Introduites’, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France UMR C...

Peptide ligands for the carbohydrate-binding protein concanavalin A (Con A) have been identified by screening a large, diverse peptide library expressed on the surface of filamentous phage. A dodecapeptide containing the consensus sequence Tyr-Pro-Tyr was found to bind Con A with an affinity (dissociation constant, Kd) of 46 microM, comparable to that of a known carbohydrate ligand, methyl alph...