CROP SCIENCE, VOL. 47, MARCH–APRIL 2007 641 ABSTRACT The use of genotype main effect (G) plus genotype-by-environment (GE) interaction (G+GE) biplot analysis by plant breeders and other agricultural researchers has increased dramatically during the past 5 yr for analyzing multi-environment trial (MET) data. Recently, however, its legitimacy was questioned by a proponent of Additive Main Effect ...

Glycosphingolipid-enriched domains (GEDs) are believed to act as platforms for transduction of B cell Ag receptor (BCR)-induced signals from the cell surface. We sought to study whether differential sequestration of BCR into GEDs may contribute to the described intrinsic signaling differences between mature and immature B cells. In this study we found that mature B cells copolarize the BCR with...

The modeling and solving the optimization problem is one of the most important daily problem.By notation the nature of data in practice which are imprecise, fully fuzzy linear programming problem (FFLP) is a power full tool to modeling the practical optimization problem. In This paper after introducing FFLP, a new method to solve it is proposed. a linear ranking function for defuzzifying the FF...

The dynamical structure factor S(q, ω) in both graphite and freestanding thin-bundled singlewalled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is probed by means of inelastic x-ray and electron scattering. We utilize the equivalency and complementarity of the two techniques in our combined approach. The plasmon dispersions provide direct insight into the imprints of macroscopic screening and low-dimensional confi...

Soybean event DAS-444Ø6-6 is tolerant to the herbicides 2,4-D, glyphosate, and glufosinate. An investigation of potential unintended adverse compositional changes in a genetically modified crop is required to meet government regulatory requirements in various geographies. A study to meet these requirements in Brazil was completed demonstrating compositional equivalency between DAS-444Ø6-6 and n...

mA new simple and computationally efficient approach to image segmentation via recursive region splitting and merging is presented. Unlike other techniques the criterion for splitting is based on a generalization of a two-class gradient relaxation method and merging uses a test for mean gray level equivalency for adjacent regions. The technique is illustrated by providing results for both synth...

This paper explores many of the underlying forces that have encouraged societies to become increasingly pluralistic and global in outlook. In the past, methods of in-country quality assurance have presented boundaries for students and professionals. An array of efforts to reduce cultural boundaries through various methods of quality assurance are reviewed in this paper. These include mutual rec...

This paper presents a solution to the problem of matching personal names in English to the same names represented in Arabic script. Standard string comparison measures perform poorly on this task due to varying transliteration conventions in both languages and the fact that Arabic script does not usually represent short vowels. Significant improvement is achieved by augmenting the classic Leven...

Laparoscopic colectomy is now widely applied to cases of malignancy, supported by early data from several large randomized controlled trials. Long-term follow-up is now available from those trials, supporting equivalency of cancer-free and overall survival for open and laparoscopic resections. This promising data has inspired further exploration of other applications of laparoscopic techniques,...

Clearly laying out the multiplicity of existing regulatory instruments that could serve to frame the future of precisionmedicine, the five key ‘ingredients’ listed in the conclusion of Nicol et al., create a recipe that may well ensure the success of such a framing exercise:1 (i) appropriate consideration of safety, efficacy, and patient need; (ii) cost effectiveness; (iii) consistency/equivale...