Transformation vector For [SM1]4, a synthetic gene coding for four units of the SM1 peptide (PCQRAIFQSICN) separated by 4-amino-acid (GSPG) linkers was constructed as follows. Two oligonucleotides, SM1þ (5 0 -CCCGTGCCAGCGCGCCATCTTCCAGTCGATCTGCAA CGGCTCGCCGGG-3 0 ) and SM1 (5 0 -GCCCGGCGAGCCGTTGCAGATCGACTGGAA GATGGCGCGCTGGCACGG-3 0 ), were annealed, phosphorlylated and self-ligated. The ligation...

An optimization problem for systems that are subject to perturbations where both state observations and control actions are impulsive is here addressed. The dynamics equation is given by a differential inclusion ( ) ( , ( )) x t F t x t ∈ and the optimal strategy is the minimizer of the worst viable perturbation process (minimax). Such formulation is appropriate when noise is barely known but l...

In Exp. 1, soybean hull samples were obtained from nine sources across the United States and analyzed for nutrient content to determine their suitability for inclusion in dog diets. Compositional data revealed variation in both the amount of total dietary fiber (TDF; 63.8 to 81.2%) in the soybean hulls and the ratio of insoluble:soluble fiber (5.0:1 to 15.4:1). Crude protein content varied wide...

Using data from the literature, we made a list of individual estimates solar Galactocentric distance, which were performed after 2017 by different methods. These values have not yet been used to calculate best value mean $${{R}_{0}}$$ . For sample containing 21 estimates, based on standard approach, found weighted $${{\bar {R}}_{0}} = 8.14$$ kpc with dispersion $$\sigma 0.16$$ kpc, and using me...

Christopher H. Wheeler is a research officer in the Research division of the Bank. He previously was an assistant professor of economics at Tulane University in New Orleans. Wheeler received his doctoral and master’s degrees in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998 and 1995, respectively, and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in 199...

We have fully reconstructed decays of both B 0 and B mesons into nal states containing either D, D , D , , 0 or c1 mesons. This allows us to obtain new results on many physics topics including branching ratios, tests of the factorization hypothesis, color suppression, resonant substructure, and the B B 0 mass diierence.

In recent years copulas turned out to be a promising tool in multivariate modelling, mostly with applications in actuarial sciences and hydrology. In short, copula is a function which allows modelling dependence structure between stochastic variables. The main advantage is that the copula approach can split the problem of constructing multivariate probability distributions into a part containin...

A 43-day growth study with a total of 384 weanling pigs (14 ± 2 d of age) was conducted to evaluate the effects of Carnichrome®, a combination of L-carnitine and chromium picolinate, on growth performance of weanling pigs. Secondary objectives were to compare pigs fed diets with or without a feed-grade medication, evaluate any interactive effects between Carnichrome and medication, and identify...