Autophagy, a cellular process of cytoplasmic degradation and recycling, is induced in Drosophila larval tissues during metamorphosis, potentially contributing to their destruction or reorganization. Unexpectedly, we find that flies lacking the core autophagy regulator Atg7 are viable, despite severe defects in autophagy. Although metamorphic cell death is perturbed in Atg7 mutants, the larval-a...

This paper discusses the architecture and compiler for a general-purpose metamorphic computing platform called PRISM-II. PRISM-II improves the performance of many computationally-intensive tasks by augmenting the functionality of the core processor with new instructions that match the characteristics of targeted applications. In essence, PRISM is a general purpose hardware platform that behaves...

CdTe films, nanowires, film-nanowire combinations and CdS-CdTe core-shell structures have been fabricated in a preliminary survey of growth methods that will generate structures for PV applications. Selectivity between film, nanowire and film plus nanowire growth was achieved by varying the pressure of N2 gas present during Aucatalysed VLS growth of CdTe, on either Mo or Si substrates. Metamorp...

We report the case of a patient referred to our prenatal diagnostic unit due to the suspicion of spina bifida at 24 weeks gestation. Morphological assessment revealed rachischisis associated with Chiari type II, single kidney and anorectal malformation. The nonvisualization of the anal sphincter complex (ASC) on ultrasound led to the diagnosis of suspected high-type anorectal malformation (A,B ...

In the Asemi-gawa area of intermediate high-pressure and low-temperature Sanbagawa metamorphic belt in central Shikoku, Japan, piemontite-quartz schists are common in which cation exchange between piemontite and garnet has been studied. Piemontite in contact with garnet usually contains two zones in which core is enriched in Mn3+ and surrounded by a rim rich in Fe3+. Garnet is Ca-Fe-bearing spe...

Detection of metamorphic malware is a challenging problem as a result of high diversity in the internal code structure between generations. Code morphing/obfuscation when applied, reshapes malware code without compromising the maliciousness. As a result, signature based scanners fail to detect metamorphic malware. Prior research in the domain of metamorphic malware detection utilizes similarity...

One view of the metamorphic subduction system supposes that coupled deformation and prograde/metasomatic reaction between the chemically enriched slab and the depleted mantle wedge promotes the formation of complexly hybridized lithologies along the slab/mantle interface. This type of model is based upon direct observations of the structure and petrology of high-P/T metamorphic complexes (e.g.,...