The hamster vas deferens derived smooth muscle cell line, DDTIMF-2, has been shown to possess functional histamine HI-receptors, stimulation of which leads to the production of the second messenger inositol 1,4,5trisphosphate (IP,) and subsequent release of calcium from intracellular stores [1,2]. This cell line also possesses both adenosine A,and A,-receptors which are coupled respectively neg...

Two versions of a normal and lognormal model for the response times of examinees on test items are investigated. The models have a parameter structure analogous to the 2PL response models in IRT, with a parameter for the speed of each person as well as parameters for the time intensity and discriminating power of each item. It is shown how the parameters can be estimated by a Markov chain Monte...

A transaction recovery method supporting ne-granularity l o c king and partial rollbacks using write-ahead logging. MN911 C. Mohan and I. Narang. Recovery and coherency-control protocols for fast intersystem page transfer and ne-granularity l o c king in a shared disks transaction environment. Bil92aa A. Biliris. An eecient database storage structure for large dynamic objects. Bil92bb A. Biliri...

Background: Rheumatologists play an important role in the management of patients with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). With PsA being a multifaceted disease, it can be challenging to assess impact psoriatic skin symptoms, next musculoskeletal complaints. We have previously shown that dermatology-specific Health-related Quality Life (HRQoL) questionnaire provides insight into burden contrast general H...

Background: Large-scale cross-national studies designed to measure student achievement use different social, cultural, economic and other background variables to explain observed differences in that achievement. Prior to their inclusion into a prediction model, these variables are commonly scaled into latent background indices. To allow cross-national comparisons of the latent indices, measurem...

The CALM theorem—which states that monotonic programs produce consistent distributed outcomes without coordination [2, 4]—originated with the (mirror image) observation that mechanisms for ensuring consistency (e.g., concurrency control and other coordination protocols) cannot be implemented with purely monotonic logic [5]. Since that time, CALM has been a useful guiding principle for deciding ...

The use of direct write micro-printing for opto-electronic packaging is being accepted as a key enabling technology, specifically printing microlenses for optical interconnects and solders for electrical interconnects. This paper presents these two areas where micro-printing technology benefits opto-electronic packaging . For increasing light coupling efficiency, a microlens array is actively a...

Deviating from standard possible-worlds semantics, authors belonging to what might be called the ‘imperative tradition’ of deontic logic have proposed a semantics that directly represents norms (or imperatives). The paper examines possible definitions of (monadic) deontic operators in such a semantics and some properties of the resulting logical systems. 1. Imperative Semantics and Basic Operat...