In this paper, the dynamics of elementary cellular automaton (ECA) rule 73 is investigated under the framework of the bi-infinite symbolic sequence space. This paper provides a rigorous mathematical analysis for the evolution of symbol sequences in some subsystems of rule 73. ECA rule 73, a member of Wolfram’s class III and Chua’s complex Bernoulli-shift rules, defines many more subsystems with...

Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder involving a characteristic cardiac defect, typical facial appearance, and an uneven profile of cognitive strengths and weaknesses. WS is caused by a hemizygous deletion in chromosome band 7q11.23, including the gene for elastin (ELN). Typically, individuals with WS seem driven to greet and interact with strangers. The goal of the present study w...

Considering light transport in disordered media, the medium is often treated as an effective requiring accurate evaluation of refractive index. Because its simplicity, Maxwell-Garnett (MG) mixing rule widely used, although restriction to particles much smaller than wavelength rarely satisfied. Using 3D finite-difference time-domain simulations, we show that MG theory indeed fails for large part...

This article describes a simple probabilistic diagnostic system for a fan-powered mixing box. Several types of electrical and damper failures are diagnosed. Empirical data is available for modeling the normal operation of the mixing box, but no empirical data is available for failure states and models of failure states must be constructed from expert knowledge. The distribution over operational...

This study was conducted to compare digestibility of wheat straw (WS) by fungi and whole rumen microorganisms (WRM). Dry matter (DM), neutral and acid detergent fiber (NDF and ADF) digestibility of WS were compared with in vitro digestion (IVD), gas production (GP) and specific rumen anaerobic fungi culture (SRAFC). Dry matter, NDF and ADF digestibility of WS by WRM of buffalo (60.80, 49.93 and...

This paper proposes an approach to behaviour-based discovery of Web Services by which business rules that govern service behaviour are described as a policy. The policy is represented in the form of ontological information and is based on actions relating to the service and conditions for performing them. The standard WS-Policy is used to associate such a policy to the Web Service. With a frame...

In general, Policy-based approaches play an important role in the management of web services, for instance, in the choice of semantic web service and quality of services (QoS) in particular. The present research work illustrates a procedure for the web service selection among functionality similar web services based on WS-Policy semantic matching. In this study, the procedure of WS-Policy publi...

BACKGROUND Werner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive genetic instability and progeroid ('premature aging') syndrome which is associated with an elevated risk of cancer. OBJECTIVES Our study objectives were to characterize the spectrum of neoplasia in WS using a well-documented study population, and to estimate the type-specific risk of neoplasia in WS relative to the general population. ...

Effects of alkaline hydrogen peroxide (AHP) treatment on cellulose crystallinity and cell wall phenolic monomer and monosaccharide composition were measured using cotton and wheat straw (WS). Two WS treatments were used in this study, Type I WS, for which pH is not regulated during AHP treatment, and Type II WS, for which pH is regulated at 11.5 -+ .2 during AHP treatment. Wheat straw had a low...