Time-varying topological simplifications of the space of votes in the US House of Representatives (US HoR) display several interesting features unavailable with classical methods of machine learning. In this paper we demonstrate how a recently developed topological simplification method, MAPPER, can detect changes in collaboration structures within the US HoR over time.

Regulation of human olfactory receptor (hOR) genes is a complex process of control and signalization with various structures and functions that are not clearly understood. To date, nearly 390 functional hOR genes and 462 pseudogenes have been discovered in the human genome. Enhancer models and trans-acting elements for the regulation of different hOR genes are among the few examples of our know...

IMPORTANCE Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis. Developing a TAVR program with a custom-built hybrid operating room (HOR) outside the surgical operating room area poses unique challenges in Veterans Affairs (VA) institutions. OBJECTIVE To present the process by which the San Francisco VA Medical Center developed a VA-approved TAVR prog...

1 Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Wetland Cover Changes in East Kolkata Wetlands, India from 1972 to 2011 Xia Li, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA Chandana Mitra, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA Luke Marzen, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA Qichun Yang, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northw...

Wetlands all over the world have been lost or are threatened in spite of various international agreements and national policies. This is caused by: (1) the public nature of many wetlands products and services; (2) user externalities imposed on other stakeholders; and (3) policy intervention failures that are due to a lack of consistency among government policies in different areas (economics, e...

long term monitoring programme on brine shrimp ( artemia sp.) is being carried out by the environment agency, abu dhabi, united arab emirates (ead) with the prime purpose of understanding the population dynamics, ecology and habitat requirements of artemia at al wathba lake, situated within al wathba wetland reserve, which is an artificial wetland near abu dhabi city. the present study, being a...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as one of the most important pathogens both in health care and community-onset infections. The prerequisite for methicillin resistance is mecA, which encodes a β-lactam-insensitive penicillin binding protein PBP2a. A characteristic of MRSA strains from hospital and community associated infections is their heterogeneous expression of...

Salah satu penyebab rendahnya mutu pendidikan di Indonesia disebabkan guru yang tidak kompeten. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui Kompetensi Kepribadian dalam Pendidikan Islam Perspektif Tafsir Al-Qur’an. Penelitian adalah kepustakaan (library research), dengan metode deskriptis analisis kualitatif. Peneliti mendeskripsikan Guru Islam, kemudian menganalisisnya secara rinci dan mendalam Al-...