Developing applications for interactive space is different from developing cross-platform applications for personal computing. Input, output, and architectural variations in each interactive space introduce big overhead in terms of cost and time for developing, deploying and maintaining applications for interactive spaces. Often, these applications become on-off experience tied to the deployed ...

Vitamin D binding protein (DBP) concentration is known to influence the availability and bioactivity of vitamin D metabolites but its diurnal rhythm (DR), its inter-relationships with the DRs of vitamin D metabolites and its influence on free vitamin D metabolite concentrations are not well described. The DRs of plasma total 25(OH)D, total 1,25(OH)2D, DBP, albumin and calculated free 25(OH)D an...

Formylation of initiator methionyl-tRNA is essential for normal growth of eubacteria. However, under special conditions, it has been possible to initiate protein synthesis with unformylated initiator tRNA even in eubacteria. Earlier studies suggested that the lack of ribothymidine (rT) modification in initiator tRNA may facilitate initiation in the absence of formylation. In this report we show...

The trematode Microphallus sp. alters the behavior of its snail intermediate host, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, in ways that seem to increase transmission to its final host, e.g., waterfowl, and decrease the probability of being eaten by other predators, e.g., fish. The parasite seems to cause the snail to move from the top to the bottom of rocks at about 0900 hr. Waterfowl feed predominantly befo...

AIMS To investigate the extent and timing of diurnal variation in stature and to examine the effectiveness of the stretched technique in reducing the loss in height. SETTING A Southampton school. DESIGN Fifty three children, divided into two groups, were measured by two independent auxologists using a Leicester height measure. Each child was measured four times, at 0900, 1100, 1300, and 150...

measures total flux whereas the incorporation of acetate may reflect events essentially unconnected with the rate of cholesterogenesis, we consider that the results obtained in vivo are more representative of physiological events. The conclusion from the present experiments therefore confirms the one made in the preceding paper. That is, cholesterogenesis in the rat at the principal sites, live...

Executive Summary: This report presents initial data from a follow-up study of youth who had been associated with the RUF rebel group in Sierra Leone and were subsequently part of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) community reintegration program following formal disarmament and demobilization in the country. Also added to this wave of data collection was a new sample of ex-RUF youth fr...

Contemporary educational communications and technology have brought new ways for presentation of museum content. Advances in telecornmunlcations, computers, videography and printing are revolutlonlzing the grounds on which people encounter art, science, and culture. This techndoglcal change Is causing scientlsts and educators to re-think the formats for their material In our museums and, eventu...

The solvent-accessible surfaces of the RWD-C domains of Ctf19 and Mcm21s have crystal lattice contacts with RWD-C domains of symmetry related Mcm21 and Ctf19 molecules, respectively. These interfaces include ~ 400–480 Å of buried surface area from each protein. The three different types of intermolecular contacts of Ctf19-Mcm21 complexes in the crystal are shown. A) Hydrophobic interactions inv...

The time of onset of a completed stroke was recorded in 707 patients. Of the 554 cerebral infarctions 40% occurred between midnight and 6 a.m. Onset at night was, if anything, less common among the 153 cases of cerebral hemorrhage.