This paper describes a novel tool called VIVO (VIsual VOice-leading) that allows to visually define harmonic progressions and voice-leading rules. VIVO comprises of a compiler and a collection of specialized visualization devices. VIVO takes advantage of several music related applications collected under the umbrella of PWGL (PWGL is a free cross-platform visual programming language for music a...

Experimental studies of pH-responsive expansile nanoparticles (eNPs) have been carried out using tunable resistive pulse sensing (TRPS) and nanoindentation. The eNPs are initially ~200 nm in diameter, but increase in size owing to a compositional change resulting from cleavage of pH-labile protecting groups on the polymer backbone at low pH. TRPS detected expected changes in the size of eNPs, m...

The increasing penetration of materials and products containing engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) to the market is posing many concerns regarding their environmental impacts. To assess these impacts, there is an urgent need of techniques for determining the health-related properties of ENPs and standards for assessing their toxicity. Although a wide number of systems for characterizing nanopartic...

This Article draws on the analysis of historical relations between European Union and Southern Mediterranean countries highlights main initiatives consequences adopted practices democratisation in region following Arab Uprisings. The focus is continuity limited changes new approach. One findings that reform EU approach primarily resulted from inherited political constraints. net result was a se...

Subregion 6 comprises the Big Cypress watershed north to the Caloosahatchee River watershed and includes the BCNP, Panther NWR, and Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. Subregion 7 consists of the nonmarine southern Everglades and is coincident with the freshwater and terrestrial portions of ENP and the adjacent authorized East Everglades acquisition lands (Figure 1). Discussion of these two subr...

The toxic effects of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) coated silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP(PVP)) and ionic Ag, to Tisbe battagliai (Tb) and Ceramium tenuicorne (Ct) were investigated and the usefulness of standardised marine guidelines for ENP risk assessment were assessed. The toxicity of Ag-NP(PVP) [CtEC(50)=26.6μg/L, TbEC(50)=7.9μg/L] and Ag(+) [CtEC(50)=2312.2μg/L, Tb EC(50)=90.9μg/L] to both test ...

A new species of the genus Harpacticella Sars, 1908 is described from a tidal pool on Jeju Island, Korea. Harpacticellajejuensis sp. n. is closely related to Harpacticellaitoi Chang & Kim, 1991, with regard to the structure of P1 exp-1 and enp-1, the length of P1 exp-1 and exp-2, and the setal number of the P5 exopod in males. However, the new species is clearly distinguishable from Harpacticel...

The advent of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) and their increased use has remarkably improved the performance of basic materials and consumer products, but has also increased the potential for ENP release into the environment. Technical procedures, more accurate and specific than those for routine chemical analysis, are needed for characterization and quantification of ENPs at environmentally r...

Human L1 elements are highly abundant poly(A) (non-LTR) retrotransposons whose second open reading frame (ORF2) encodes a reverse transcriptase (RT). We have identified an endonuclease (EN) domain at the L1 ORF2 N-terminus that is highly conserved among poly(A) retrotransposons and resembles the apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonucleases. Purified L1 EN protein (L1 ENp) makes 5'-PO4, 3'-OH nicks ...