Our capacity to model human disease through genetic manipulation has made the mouse (Mus musculus) one of the most important entities in biomedicine. Transgenic and targeted genetic mouse models of neurodegenerative disease are typically engineered on a mixed background of inbred mouse lines, i.e., 129/Sv and C57BL/6. These inbred strains display significant neuroanatomical differences. The cer...

Molecular Imprinting of Maltose Binding Protein: Tuning Protein Recognition at the Molecular Level Maya Zayats, Manu Kanwar, Marc Ostermeier, and Peter C. Searson* Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United Stat...

We describe the muon track direction (pointing backwards along the trajectory) by the zenith angle Θ and azimuth Φ. The position of one point on the muon trajectory can be taken as the point of closest approach to the axis of the detector cylinder. The distance of closest approach of the muon track to the axis is denoted by b in what follows. Uncertainty in the extrapolated track arising from p...

Advances in remote sensing and space-based imaging have led to an increased understanding of past settlements and landscape use, but e until now e the images in tropical regions have not been detailed enough to provide datasets that permitted the computation of digital elevation models for heavily forested and hilly terrain. The application of airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) remote...

This paper describes a general framework for evolving human figure geometry. Aesthetic selection is employed as a fitness function for producing successive populations of human models. The system is implemented as a plug-in to Maya, using MEL, Maya's embedded scripting language.

In the spirit of collaborative research, Glicken and Ford embarked on the problem of identifying the source of volcanic ash used as temper in prehistoric Maya ceramics. Verification of the presence of glass shards and associated volcanic mineralogy in thin sections of Maya ceramics was straightforward and pointed to the Guatemala Highland volcanic chain. Considering seasonal wind rose patterns,...

This research is a study of the characteristics of Maya dance during the Early to Late Classical periods, which is approximately 250 CE to 900 CE. The artistic expression of the Maya culture developed its highest aesthetic in art during this period and much of the images in the artwork relate to dance. The practice of dance in Maya cultures had several purposes, but the most prominent were reli...