Bats are known reservoirs of viral zoonoses. We report genetic characterization of a bat rotavirus (Bat/KE4852/07) detected in the feces of a straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum). Six bat rotavirus genes (viral protein [VP] 2, VP6, VP7, nonstructural protein [NSP] 2, NSP3, and NSP5) shared ancestry with other mammalian rotaviruses but were distantly related. The VP4 gene was nearly identica...

'^ability, in the practical interpretation of the Bill s t Usps there may, however, be difference of opinion a what is the most suitable educational treatment lor u5 group of mentally subnormal children which lies rftvvfen those deemed to be ineducable and those, tin 1^ whose needs can be met by special educa?nal treatment in the ordinary school. the purpose of this letter is to stress the fact...

Tripodal N4 ligands tris[(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methyl]amine (L1), bis[(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methyl][(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine (L2) and [(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methyl]-bis-[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine (L3) were used to prepare five new [ML2](ClO4)2 (M = Cd(II), Hg(II)) complexes. All complexes had N8 metal coordination and a trans-bicapped octahedral structure as determined by X-ray crystallography....

Terahertz VRT laser spectra of four ~H2O!2 intermolecular vibrations consisting of 362 transitions have been measured between 87 and 108 cm with ca. 2 MHz precision. The results differ both qualitatively and quantitatively from the predictions of dimer potentials tested. The spectra also reveal an ordering of the intermolecular vibrations which differs dramatically from that predicted by normal...

Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is a key physiological component of asthma, and the genetic basis of this complex trait has remained elusive. We created recombinant congenic mice with increased naive AHR by serially backcrossing A/J mice (which have elevated naive AHR) with C57BL/6J mice and selecting for mice with an elevated naive AHR phenotype. The seventh backcross-generation hyperresponsi...

We present an algorithm for isolating the roots of an arbitrary complex polynomial p that also works for polynomials with multiple roots provided that the number k of distinct roots is given as part of the input. It outputs k pairwise disjoint disks each containing one of the distinct roots of p, and its multiplicity. The algorithm uses approximate factorization as a subroutine. In addition, we...

The Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) is the problem of making exclusive assignments of n indivisible entities to n other indivisible entities in such a way that a total quadratic interaction cost is minimized. The problem can be interpreted from a wide variety of perspectives. The perspective adopted in this paper is that of the generic facilities location/layout context, as in the seminal wo...