MIPAS is a very high spectral resolution sounder (0.025 cm wavenumber resolution) onboard ESA's Envisat satellite. It provides 59,605 spectral points or channels in 5 bands in the range 685-2410 cm. In the nominal scanning configuration, it gives one scan about every 5o latitude for 17 tangent altitudes between 6 and 68 km. The field of view (FOV) is 3 km in the vertical and 30 km in the horizo...

An updated classification of the order Hymenoptera is provided with the current numbers of genera and species described so far specified. The order is composed of 2 suborders, 27 superfamilies, 132 families, 8423 extant genera with an additional 685 extinct genera. Considered one of the most species-rich insects orders a total of 153088 extant species have been described, in addition to 2429 ex...

We present new high-resolution radio and X-ray observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) B0453–685 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, carried out with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Chandra X-ray Observatory respectively. Embedded in the SNR shell is a compact central nebula producing both flat-spectrum polarized radio emission and non-thermal X-rays; we identify this source as a p...

r s This proposal suggests a redesign of the teaching of programming and othe oftware topics in universities on the basis of object-oriented principles. It argues t that the new ‘‘inverted curriculum’’ should give a central place to libraries, and ake students from the reuse consumer’s role to the role of producer through a process of ‘‘progressive opening of black boxes’’. ____________________...

This study investigates relationships between methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene (MECP2) mutation type and speech-language abilities in girls with Rett syndrome. Cross-sectional data on 766 girls, aged 15 years and under, with genetically confirmed Rett syndrome was obtained from the Australian Rett Syndrome Database (ARSD) (n = 244) and the International Rett Syndrome Phenotype Database (InterR...

We used a class of designed peptide detergents to stabilize photosystem I (PS-I) upon extended drying under N2 on a gold-coated-Ni-NTA glass surface. PS-I is a chlorophyll-containing membrane protein complex that is the primary reducer of ferredoxin and the electron acceptor of plastocyanin. We isolated the complex from the thylakoids of spinach chloroplasts using a chemical detergent. The chlo...

Contents 682 I. 682 II. 683 III. 684 IV. 685 V. 685 VI. 688 VII. 690 VIII. 694 694 References 694 SUMMARY: With the rapid increase in the global population and the impact of climate change on agriculture, there is a need for crops with higher yields and greater tolerance to abiotic stress. However, traditional crop improvement via genetic recombination or random mutagenesis is a laborious proce...

The authors regret an error in the name of the president of University Bordeaux Iwithin the preface to previously published special issue EuroComb ’09. The correction is published below: The ceremony in the hall of the university was attended not only by many participants of the meeting but also by the students and facultymembers of University Bordeaux I including its president Prof. Dr. Alain ...

A life cycle management-expert system (LCM-ES) framework is employed in this work for physics-based prognostics of a compressor disc. The modeling approach involves the integration of both global behavior and localized response of component at the microstructural level. This paper presents the results of a low cycle fatigue (LCF) case study for a near alpha titanium alloy (IMI 685) high pressur...