We explicitly compute family GW invariants of elliptic surfaces for primitive classes. That involves establishing a TRR formula and a symplectic sum formula for elliptic surfaces and then determining the GW invariants using an argument from [IP3]. In particular, as in [BL1], these calculations also confirm the well-known Yau-Zaslow Conjecture [YZ] for primitive classes in K3 surfaces. In [L] we...

Elective root replacement in Marfan syndrome has improved life expectancy in affected patients. Three forms of surgery are now available: total root replacement (TRR) with a valved conduit, valve sparing root replacement (VSRR) and personalised external aortic root support (PEARS) with a macroporous mesh sleeve. TRR can be performed irrespective of aortic dimensions and a mechanical replacement...

Using location information to help routing is often proposed as a means to achieve scalability in large mobile ad-hoc networks. However, location based routing is difficult when there are holes in the network topology and nodes are mobile. Terminode routing, presented here, addresses these issues. It uses a combination of location based routing (Terminode Remote Routing, TRR), used when the des...

BACKGROUND Several studies in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) have suggested that aldosterone (ALD) is directly contributing to albuminuria. However, there are limited data pertaining to the direct role of ALD in in vivo models in regard to the induction of renal injury and the involved mechanisms. In the present study, we established a high-dose ALD-infused rat model to evaluate urina...

PURPOSE To characterize hydrogel lens tear exchange and to apply an optimized method to compare tear exchange of a marketed hydrogel lens to that measured with a prototype silicone hydrogel lens. METHODS Fluorophotometry and a nonpenetrating tracer (70-kDa FITC-dextran) were used with a single extended-wear soft contact lens (EWSCL) material on 11 subjects to characterize tear-exchange kineti...

The Bitcoin system is an anonymous, decentralized crypto-currency. There are some deanonymizating techniques to cluster Bitcoin addresses and to map them to users’ identifications in the two research directions of Analysis of Transaction Chain (ATC) and Analysis of Bitcoin Protocol and Network (ABPN). Nowadays, there are also some anonymization methods such as coin-mixing and transaction remote...

We analyze the structure of a particluar higher derivative correction of fivedimensional ungauged and gauged supergravity with eight supercharges. Namely, we determine all the purely bosonic terms which are connected by the supersymmetry transformation to the mixed gauge-gravitational Chern-Simons term, W ∧ trR ∧ R. Our construction utilizes the superconformal formulation of supergravity. As an...

SUZUKI, TATUZI, KENJI HIRAI, HARUHIKO YOSHIO, KNEICHI KUROUJI, AND KAZUKUNI YAMASHITA. Effect oj histamine on adrenal r phydroxycorticoid secretion in unanestheticed dogs. Am. J. Physiol. 20&) : 847-848. I g63.Dogs with previously sectioned dorsal spinal roots (Trr-La) were used in experiments for collecting the adrenal venous blood without anesthetizing or evoking any pain. Intravenous injecti...

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