Siu et al. propose stream CSPs (St-CSPs) as a generalisation of finite domain CSPs to cater for constraints on infinite streams, and a solving algorithm that produces a deterministic Büchi automaton recognising the solution language. As a novel application, we demonstrate how St-CSPs can model mathematically and generate a PID controller for driving a self-balancing tray and an inverted pendulu...

Doubly charged lead monohydrate, [Pb(H2O)]2+, was predicted to be unstable in the gas phase, but it has recently been observed to form in low yield via ligand change between [Pb(CH3CN)]2+ and H2O [Shi, T.; Orlova, G.; Guo, J.; Bohme, D. K.; Hopkinson, A. C.; Siu, K. W. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 7975-7980]. Here we report that abundant [Pb(H2O)]2+ is formed in the gas phase by ligand-excha...

Argentinated peptide ions are formed in abundance under matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) conditions in the presence of Ag+ ions. These argentinated peptide ions are fragmented facilely under MALDI-MS/MS conditions to yield [b(n) + OH + Ag]+, [b(n) - H + Ag]+ and [a(n) - H + Ag]+ ions that are indicative of the C-terminal sequence. These observations paral...

According to the observation on the distribution of motion differentials among the motion vector of any block and those of its four neighboring blocks from six real video sequences, this paper presents a new predictive search area approach for fast block motion estimation. Employing our proposed simple predictive search area approach into the full search (FS) algorithm, our improved FS algorith...

Family Medicine Geethi Abraham Northwestern McGaw, Northwestern Memorial Hospital/VA, Chicago, IL Michelle Baker Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, IL Lynsie Bane Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH Tiffany Chang West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park, IL Mark Frakes Texas A&M-Bryan/College Station, Bryan, TX Aaron Jannings Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI K...

—Gordon Babst, Chapman University —Denise DeGarmo, SIU Edwardsville —Chris Harth, Global Studies Foundation —Bob Reinalda, Radboud University Nijmegen and epsNet T 3rd Annual APSA Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science hosted over 300 participants in lively discussions of trends, techniques, and models in teaching in political science. Held in downtown Washington, D.C. on Febr...

A method of “algebraic estimates” is developed, and used to study the stability properties of integrals of the form ∫ B |f(z)| −δdV , under small deformations of the function f . The estimates are described in terms of a stratification of the space of functions {R(z) = |P (z)|ε/|Q(z)|δ} by algebraic varieties, on each of which the size of the integral of R(z) is given by an explicit algebraic e...

In this article we study the metric property and the function theory of asymptotically locally Euclidean (ALE) Kähler manifolds. In particular, we prove the Ricci flatness under the assumption that the Ricci curvature of such manifolds is either nonnegative or nonpositive. The result provides a generalization of previous gap type theorems established by Greene and Wu, Mok, Siu and Yau, etc. It ...