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Model Comparison and Simpli cationLennart Andersson and Carolyn Beck

In this paper we study the comparison and simplii-cation of models given as Linear Fractional Transformations (LFTs) on structured operator sets. Previous simpliication results have generalized the method of balanced truncation to such models, including the computation of error bounds, based on solutions to Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs). In this paper we show that the previously obtained er...

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work opens a new avenue for the design of a neuroprosthesis for bladder control after spinal cord injury. prevented the rat bladder from emptying inappropriately, and bladder contraction was initiated when desired. This improving the resolution. Using this sensory information and by manipulating stimulation characteristics, the authors that accurately encoded bladder filling. The device had mul...

By CAROLYN MOLD , SHUEI NAKAYAMA , TIMOTHY

C-reactive protein (CRP) 1 is an acute phase serum protein produced rapidly in response to inflammatory stimuli. The binding and functional characteristics of CRP suggest that it may play a role in host defense against infection. CRP has binding specificity for the phosphocholine (PC) determinant of cell wall C-polysaccharide (PnC) from Streptococcus pneumoniae (1, 2). The binding of CRP to PnC...

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In This Issue In This Issue Rafts and the evil amyloids ipid rafts are bad news for those with Alzheimer's disease (AD). On page 113, Ehehalt et al. show that formation of the ␤-amyloid peptide (A ␤), which is tightly linked to AD, depends on the raft association of one of its creators. The creating enzyme is ␤-secretase, which cleaves the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to release a product th...

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