Genomic and biochemical analyses reveal that two independently evolved serine protease venoms in mammals and lizards have converged on nearly identical protein structures. Likewise, in two groups of frog, an identical toxin, caerulein, has arisen repeatedly from unique genes in those lineages.

In many surveillance and tracking systems multi-sensor configurations are used to provide a greater depth of information on the target and likewise to increase the robustness of the sensor network to survive individual sensor failure. This lecture investigates several aspects of sensor networks and illustrates various properties of distributed networks composed of identical sensors.

Epidemiology is the study of disease distribution and factors determining or affecting it. Likewise, endodontic epidemiology can be defined as the science of studying the distribution pattern and determinants of pulp and periapical diseases; specially apical periodontitis. Although different study designs have been used in endodontics, researchers must pay more attention to study designs with h...

Leiomyosarcoma involving the larynx is extremely rare and may be difficult to diagnose. Likewise, because of the rarity of this lesion, little information exists with regard to long-term follow-up or optimal management. Reported here is a review of the literature and a case report of a patient with leiomyosarcoma of the larynx treated by surgery alone with 5 years of follow-up.

In this review, we consider the detrimental effects of Si-contamination on electrochemical applications, broadly conceived, in which both ions and electrons play key roles device operation where exchange oxygen between gas solid phase is likewise essential for operation.

The need to write portable software that runs on a variety of computing platforms becomes more obvious every day. Leading mainstream computer vendors, such as IBM, HP, Compaq, and Dell, offer a mix of Windows, Linux, and UNIX operating systems across their hardware platforms. Likewise, as people become ever more connected and mobile, many computer vendors are also supporting embedded and handhe...

“The expence of the institutions of education and religious instruction is likewise, no doubt, beneficial to the whole society, and may, therefore, without injustice be defrayed by the general contributions of the whole society. This expence, however, might perhaps with equal propriety, and even with some advantage, be defrayed altogether by those who receive the immediate benefit of such educa...

The late science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." This chapter covers a pair of machine learning methods that may, likewise, appear at first glance to be magic. As two of the most powerful machine learning algorithms, they are applied to tasks across many domains. However, their inner workings can be difficul...

Depending on stoichiometry, reactions of the mixed valence Sn(0)/Sn(III) compound Sn(SnAr(3))(2) (1) (Ar = C(6)H(4)(O(i)Pr)(2)-2,6) with the likewise substituted plumbylene PbAr(2) (3) afforded either the homoleptic distannylplumbylene Pb(SnAr(3))(2) (4) or the heteroleptic arylstannylplumbylene Pb(Ar)SnAr(3) (5), a valence isomer of a stannaplumbene.

Network and system management activity permanently evolves to expand its scope in term of target entities as well as management tasks to answer IT environment complexity. Consequently, management application are moving to distributed and open approaches. Likewise management information have to deal with recent issues such as heterogeneity and scaleability. This paper presents and analyses these...