the place and character are important factors of a novel. in fact place is a framework in which the events happen and is divided into two types: open & close. the character is a dynamic element in novel progression; while plays an important role in formation, evolution and presentation of the place related events. the character itself divides into different types which the present paper focuses...

Lossy compression and clustering fundamentally involve a decision about which features are relevant and which are not. The information bottleneck method (IB) by Tishby, Pereira, and Bialek ( 1999 ) formalized this notion as an information-theoretic optimization problem and proposed an optimal trade-off between throwing away as many bits as possible and selectively keeping those that are most im...

A combination of nonpolymerizable phospholipids (DPPC or DPhPC) and a smaller amount of cross-linking photopolymerizable phospholipids (23:2 DiynePC) is incorporated in an unsupported artificial lipid bilayer formed using the droplet interface bilayer (DIB) approach. The DIB is formed by contacting lipid monolayer-coated aqueous droplets against each other in a dodecane-lipid medium. Cross-link...

A novel approach to control the area of anchor-free droplet interface bilayer (DIB) lipid membranes is presented. Unsupported DIB lipid membranes are formed at the interface of phospholipid-coated aqueous droplets dispensed in dodecane oil. Using electrodes inserted into the droplets, an external voltage is applied which modulates the effective DIB area. Electrical (capacitance or current) and ...

The metabolism of [(14)CH(3)]2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)isobutyric acid (DIB) was studied in plants and cell suspension cultures of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. sp. ;Lukullus'. Both plants and cells in suspension culture showed a rapid uptake of DIB from nutrient media. The metabolites, isolated by extraction with methanol and separated by chromatographic methods, were identified by enzymic, chemi...

Cardiac /S-l adrenoceptors respond to sympathetic nerve stimulation (SNS), but it is not clear that SNS evokes fi-2 adrenoceptor-mediated vasodilation. Sensitivity of B adrenoceptors to catecholamines and to SNS was evaluated in dogs. Norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (E) were equipotent vasoconstrictors (femoral artery blood flow or gracilis autoperfusion pressure) before aadrenoceptor block...

Cardiac /S-l adrenoceptors respond to sympathetic nerve stimulation (SNS), but it is not clear that SNS evokes fi-2 adrenoceptor-mediated vasodilation. Sensitivity of B adrenoceptors to catecholamines and to SNS was evaluated in dogs. Norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (E) were equipotent vasoconstrictors (femoral artery blood flow or gracilis autoperfusion pressure) before aadrenoceptor block...

Droplet interface bilayer (DIB) networks are emerging as a cornerstone technology for the bottom up construction of cell-like and tissue-like structures and bio-devices. They are an exciting and versatile model-membrane platform, seeing increasing use in the disciplines of synthetic biology, chemical biology, and membrane biophysics. DIBs are formed when lipid-coated water-in-oil droplets are b...

SCS Executive Committee John (Drew) Hamilton Jr., President Auburn University François Cellier, Past President University of Arizona Mohammad S. Obaidat, Senior Vice President Monmouth University David Cook, V.P., Conferences Aegis Technologies Group, Inc. Michael J. Chinni, V.P., Membership U.S. Army RDECOM ARDEC Bernard Zeigler, V.P., Publications University of Arizona William V. Tucker, V.P....

Cryptography is the science of secure computation and communication. The scope of cryptosystems, nowadays, ranges from private-key encryption and authentication to more complex systems such as publickey encryption, electronic voting, secure multi-party computation on large data sets, etc. My specialization is in foundations of cryptography, a field that aims at designing cryptographic protocols...