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The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a highly ordered proteinaceous structure that assembles at the interface between aligned homologous chromosomes during meiotic prophase. The SC has been demonstrated to function both in stabilization of homolog pairing and in promoting the formation of interhomolog crossovers (COs). How the SC provides these functions and whether it also plays a role in inhibiti...

In this paper, motivated by recent developments of velocity-free spacecraft (SC) attitude control techniques and behavioral-based SC formation control a decentralized control algorithm for attitude coordination of SC formation without angular velocity feedback is presented. Asymptotic stability of the SC formation is guaranteed by using Lyapunov analysis and LaSalle’s theorem. The advantage of ...

In this study, the implications of the government’s tariffs on optimal pricing decisions in a dual-channel SC with one manufacturer and one retailer by taking into account the retailer services are examined. First, the best response strategies of retailer and manufacturer have obtained following the government’s tariffs by using a Stackelberg game model. Then, the government problem has modeled...

In this work, we compare large scale structure observables for stellar mass selected samples at $z=0$, as predicted by two galaxy models, the hydrodynamical simulation IllustrisTNG and Santa-Cruz semi-analytic model (SC-SAM). Although both models have been independently calibrated to match observations, rather than each other, find good agreement between two-point clustering assembly bias signa...

This paper uses a disaggregated approach to study the volatility of common stocks at the market, industry, and firm levels. Over the period from 1962 to 1997 there has been a noticeable increase in firm-level volatility relative to market volatility. Accordingly, correlations among individual stocks and the explanatory power of the market model for a typical stock have declined, whereas the num...

Do observed inefficiencies in betting markets generalize to real financial markets? Evidence from an online exchange with characteristics of both types of markets suggests they do not. This study replicates some known anomalies in sports wagering markets on the online exchange, such as overreaction to news. The observed inefficiencies do not generalize to other wagering markets, such as financi...

The effects of two levels of mixing on endemic infection levels are shown to differ for identically conformed deterministic compartmental (DC) and stochastic compartmental (SC) models. Both DC and SC models give similar endemic levels when populations are large, immunity is short lived, and mixing is universal. But local transmissions and/or transient immunity decrease overall population infect...

INTRODUCTION A fence was erected across the St Col Ridge of Campbell Island (Fig. 1) early in 1970, and feral sheep (Ovis aries) (Wilson and Orwin, 1964) were exterminated north of the line (Bell and Taylor, 1970). The aims of the fencing project were – 1. to assess the effects of sheep grazing on the native biota; 2. to remove the immediate threat to plant species and communities; 3. to help d...