32 Relation between sensory and transcallosal inputs into the motor cortex may be 33 important in motor performance, but it has not been well studied, especially in humans. 34 The aim of this paper is to reveal this relation by investigating the interaction between 35 short-latency interhemispheric inhibition (SIHI) and short-latency afferent inhibition 36 (SAI) in humans using transcranial mag...

Cross-disciplinary researchers working to achieve the Immersipresence vision–that is, combining immersion and interactivity–face the challenge of integrating solutions developed independently in separate fields into working systems, that must operate under hard optimization constraints such as real-time performance, low latency and precise synchronization. The Software Architecture for Immersip...

We investigate the use of the multistep successive preconditioning strategies (MSP) to construct a class of parallel multilevel sparse approximate inverse (SAI) preconditioners. We do not use independent set ordering, but a diagonal dominance based matrix permutation to build a multilevel structure. The purpose of introducing multilevel structure into SAI is to enhance the robustness of SAI for...

Running Head: 1 TTG1 regulates accumulation of seed reserves 2 3 4 Corresponding Author: 5 Hao Yu 6 Department of Biological Sciences and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory 7 National University of Singapore 8 10 Science Drive 4 9 117543, Singapore 10 11 Tel: 65-65163048 12 E-mail: [email protected] 13 14 15 Research Area: 16 Genes, Development and Evolution 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Plant Physiolog...

Trichoderma spp. are endophytic plant symbionts that are widely used as seed treatments to control diseases and to enhance plant growth and yield. Although some recent work has been published on their abilities to alleviate abiotic stresses, specific knowledge of mechanisms, abilities to control multiple plant stress factors, their effects on seed and seedlings is lacking. We examined the effec...

Most explorations of the epistemic implications of Semantic AntiIndividualism (SAI) focus on issues of self-knowledge (first-person authority) and/or external-world skepticism. Less explored has been SAI’s implications for the epistemology of reasoning. In this paper I argue that SAI has some nontrivial implications on this score. I bring these out by reflecting on a problem first raised by Bog...

A detailed knowledge of storage reserve accumulation in developing seeds can provide vital information to create strategies for improving the lipid content as well as the natural value of castor (Ricinus communis L.) crop. After hand pollination (female flowers-tagged), seed filling (lipid and protein accumulation) in castor bean is initiated as early as 7 days after pollination (DAP). Accumula...

The time-course of phosphorus (P) accumulation in the phytic acid fraction of developing soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr. cv ;Williams 79') seeds as well as the relation of phytic acid P to total P content were determined. Phytic acid was detected early in embryogenesis in field-grown soybeans and accumulated in a linear fashion throughout most of seed development. Although the observed rates of...

Changes in peroxidase activity was analyzed in developing mustard (Brassica juncea) seed. The activity in soluble and bound fraction was assayed with three hydrogen donors viz. ferulic acid, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid. Growth was measured in terms of dry weight and water content. Seed dry weight data was fitted to a cubic polynomial equation. The rate of dry matter accumulation was calcu...

Rohitukine, a chromone alkaloid, possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and immuno-modulatory properties. It has been reported from four species, belonging to the families, Meliaceae and Rubiaceae. Stem bark of Dysoxylum binectariferum (Meliaceae) accumulates the highest amount of rohitukine (3-7% by dry weight). In this study, we examine the spatial and temporal distribution of rohitukine an...