We introduce submodular hypergraphs, a family of hypergraphs that have different submodular weights associated with different cuts of hyperedges. Submodular hypergraphs arise in clustering applications in which higher-order structures carry relevant information. For such hypergraphs, we define the notion of p-Laplacians and derive corresponding nodal domain theorems and k-way Cheeger inequaliti...

Various 1and 2-substituted and 1,2-fused 1,4-dihydropyridine-5-phosphonate derivatives were designed and synthesized as analogues of 1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate, and their antihypertensive activities were examined. Several compounds proved to be equal or superior to nifedipine in lowering blood pressure in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Among these compounds, 1-subs...

In anonymous networks, the processors do not have identity numbers. We investigate the following representative problems on anonymous networks: (a) the leader election problem, (b) the edge election problem, (c) the spanning tree construction problem, and (d) the topology recognition problem. On a given network, the above problems may or may not be solvable, depending on the amount of informati...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an important zoonotic parasite. It can infect virtually all animal species and has a global distribution. However, the prevalence of E. bieneusi in donkeys (Equus asinus) has only been reported in Algeria and Spain, and no information is available concerning genotypes of E. bieneusi in donkeys worldwide. In the present study, a total of 301 donkey fecal samples (48 fr...

A motion detection algorithm, based on biological and computational models, for focal plane implementation has been developed. This Temporal Domain Optical Flow Measurement (TDOFM) algorithm uses computational components which have direct and compact electronic counterparts. It uses a binary image of zero-crossings, 2 level analog signals, the signs of spatiotemporal derivatives, 1-b multiplica...

Background—Outcome data for patients receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy– defibrillator (CRT-D) devices treated outside of clinical trials are lacking. No clinical trial has evaluated mortality after device implantation or after shock therapy in large numbers of patients with implanted devices that regularly transmit device data over a ne...

Pichia pastoris is a methylotrophic yeast used as an efficient expression system for heterologous protein production as compared to other expression systems. Considering that every cell must respond to environmental changes to survive and differentiate, determination of endogenous protein related to heat stress responses and hypoxia, it would necessary to establish the temperature and methanol ...