The major deficiency lies in the assumption of a box model with a well-mixed boundary layer height of about 1 km, and the model calculations being constrained to measurements of OH, NO, NO2, HONO, O3, CO, CH4, C3 – C12 NMHCs. The assumption of a well-mixed boundary layer for long-lived species is appropriate, but not for shortlived (shorter than a few hours) species such as OH, NO, NO2, isopren...

A 22 year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus affecting the central nervous system had acquired C1 inhibitor deficiency. She was admitted for treatment of psychotic behaviour, but showed no signs of angioedema. The serum complement profile of the patient showed normal C3 concentration and a depletion of C4, C2, C1 inhibitor, and C1q. Her parents had normal complement profiles. An extrem...

We construct a nonarchimedean (or p-adic) analogue of the classical ternary Cantor set C. In particular, we show that this nonarchimedean Cantor set C3 is self-similar. Furthermore, we characterize C3 as the subset of 3-adic integers whose elements contain only 0’s and 2’s in their 3-adic expansions and prove that C3 is naturally homeomorphic to C. Finally, from the point of view of the theory ...

OBJECTIVE A novel model of measuring clutter in complex geospatial displays was compared with human ratings of subjective clutter as a measure of convergent validity. The new model is called the color-clustering clutter (C3) model. BACKGROUND Clutter is a known problem in displays of complex data and has been shown to affect target search performance. Previous clutter models are discussed and...

Two functions have been assigned to properdin; stabilization of the alternative convertase, C3bBb, is well accepted, whereas the role of properdin as pattern recognition molecule is controversial. The presence of nonphysiological aggregates in purified properdin preparations and experimental models that do not allow discrimination between the initial binding of properdin and binding secondary t...

Although the third component of complement, C3, has been isolated and its primary structure determined from most living classes of vertebrate, limited information is available on its structure and function for aves, which represent a significant stage in complement evolution. In this study, we present the complete cDNA sequence of chicken C3, the cDNA sequences of the thioester region for two c...