This paper provides nested sets and vector representations of knockout tournaments. The paper introduces classification of probability domain assumptions and a new set of axioms. Two new seeding methods are proposed: equal gap seeding and increasing competitive intensity seeding. Under different probability domain assumptions, several axiomatic justifications are obtained for equal gap seeding....

A novel rotor was constructed to allow for the seeding of porous scaffolds via centrifugal force. Using cell seeding times of 10 min, this method placed significantly (roughly 3-fold) more cells into poly(glycolic acid) scaffolds than 24 h of spinner flask seeding or static seeding. There were no significant differences in the mitochondrial activity per cell between the 3 seeding methods. Cell ...

Published in Agron. J. 104:945–952 (2012) Posted online 1 May 2012 doi:10.2134/agronj2012.0027 Copyright © 2012 by the American Society of Agronomy, 5585 Guilford Road, Madison, WI 53711. All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retriev...

This paper considers a two sample testing problem which has arisen in connection with weather control (Neyman and Scott [6], section 5). We let the random variable X represent the amount of rainfall during a day of nonzero precipitation under natural weather conditions, and let Y represent the rainfall in the same region during a day of rain in which the clouds have been seeded. It is assumed t...

We describe a microarray-based approach for the high-throughput screening of gene function in stem cells and demonstrate the potential of this method by growing and isolating clonal populations of both adult and embryonic neural stem cells. Clonal microarrays are constructed by seeding a population of cells at clonal density on micropatterned surfaces generated using soft lithographic microfabr...

The measurement of ζ potential of Ga-face and N-face gallium nitride has been carried out as a function of pH. Both of the faces show negative ζ potential in the pH range 5.5−9. The Ga-face has an isoelectric point at pH 5.5. The Nface shows a more negative ζ potential due to larger concentration of adsorbed oxygen. The ζ potential data clearly showed that H-terminated diamond seed solution at ...