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Preliminary prediction of escort tug capability aims to identify the maximum steering and braking forces could deliver during operations at sea. To this end, adoption a steady-state equilibrium approximation ensures attaining quick enough accurate results for initial design stage. Diverse techniques are suitable resolve equilibrium, with different simplification levels related limitations. In s...

Herpesviral capsid assembly is initiated in the nucleoplasm of the infected cell. Size constraints require that newly formed viral nucleocapsids leave the nucleus by an evolutionarily conserved vescular transport mechanism called nuclear egress. Mature capsids released from the nucleoplasm are engaged in a membrane-mediated budding process, composed of primary envelopment at the inner nuclear m...

Stem cell self-renewal is controlled by concerted actions of niche signals and intrinsic factors in a variety of systems. In the Drosophila ovary, germline stem cells (GSCs) in the niche continuously self-renew and generate differentiated germ cells that interact physically with escort cells (ECs). It has been proposed that escort stem cells (ESCs), which directly contact GSCs, generate differe...

Protein quality control mechanisms eliminate defective polypeptides to ensure proteostasis and to avoid the toxicity of protein aggregates. In eukaryotes, the ribosome-bound quality control (RQC) complex detects aberrant nascent peptides that remain stalled in 60S ribosomal particles due to a dysfunction in translation termination. The RQC complex polyubiquitylates aberrant polypeptides and rec...

The Drosophila melanogaster genetic tool box includes many stocks for generating genetically mosaic tissue in which a clone of cells, related by lineage, contain a common genetic alteration. These tools have made it possible to study the postembryonic function of essential genes and to better understand how individual cells interact within intact tissues. We have screened through 201 enhancer-t...

As robots become incorporated into our environments, they must be equipped with the ability to communicate effectively with us. In particular, robots that perform longer tasks for a small set of people (e.g., a companion robot to escort visitors to meetings all day) need to be able to start and maintain interesting and relevant dialog with any and all humans involved. In this work, we present o...