Sensor networks consist of miniaturized wireless sensor nodes with limited capacity and energy source. As sensors may be deployed in a large area, radio transceivers are the most energy consumer in sensor nodes, so their usage need to be very efficient in order to maximize network’s life. A node can route it’s messages towards destination either by using small or large hops, so optimizing the h...

Abstract Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) are one of the vital raw materials brewing and their form storage directly influences final organoleptic sensations beers. When hops incorrectly stored, degradation important bitter compounds occurs fast. In present work, it was used ultraviolet/visible near infrared regions, maximized by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatographic (UPLC) analyses, to identify be...

In this paper, we develop a novel homotopy smoothing (HOPS) algorithm for solving a family of non-smooth problems that is composed of a non-smooth term with an explicit max-structure and a smooth term or a simple non-smooth term whose proximal mapping is easy to compute. The best known iteration complexity for solving such non-smooth optimization problems is O(1/ ) without any assumption on the...

Pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae interact with their plant hosts via the action of Hrp outer protein (Hop) effector proteins, injected into plant cells by the type III secretion system (TTSS). Recent availability of complete genome sequences for a number of P. syringae pathovars has led to a significant increase in the rate of effector discovery. However, lack of a systematic nomenclature has ...

Membrane fusion is generally controlled by Rabs, soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs), and tethering complexes. Syntaxin 17 (STX17) was recently identified as the autophagosomal SNARE required for autophagosome-lysosome fusion in mammals and Drosophila. In this study, to better understand the mechanism of autophagosome-lysosome fusion, we searched for ...

climbing perennial vine belonging to the hemp family. People who lived in ancient times ate young shoots as a vegetable, and the dried flowers were used for their slight narcotic effect and sedative action in the treatment of mania, toothache, earache, and neuralgia. In the present, hops is used as a sedative and mild hypnotic, and is also used for brewing, foaming, and adding bitterness, aroma...

The homotypic fusion of yeast vacuoles, each with 3Q- and 1R-SNARE, requires SNARE chaperones (Sec17p/Sec18p and HOPS) and regulatory lipids (sterol, diacylglycerol and phosphoinositides). Pairs of liposomes of phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine, bearing three vacuolar Q-SNAREs on one and the R-SNARE on the other, undergo slow lipid mixing, but this is unaffected by HOPS and inhibited by Se...

1 Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy 2 Istituto di Biometeorologia, CNR, via G. Caproni 8, 50145 Firenze, Italy 3 Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, CHAB, Università degli Studi di Palermo, viale delle Scienze, Building 18, 90128 Palermo, Italy 4 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università d...

Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) is a species that grows spontaneously in Corsica, but the characterization of this territory has not yet been investigated. The main objectives study are to explore features wild hops from Corsica and determine effect island terroir on some cultivars first year growth. A multidisciplinary approach consisting genetic analysis, morphological comparison chemical essential...

This paper concerns two-hop communication over relay-assisted Block fading channel. It is assumed there is not a direct link between the transmitter and the affiliated destination and the communication occurs in two hops through the use of a relay, where the amplify and forward (AF) strategy is employed at this node. In this case, in a Rayleigh block fading channel, the optimal weight function ...