Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocols make it possible for two quantum parties to generate a secret shared key. Semi-quantum Key Distribution (SQKD) protocols, such as “QKD with classical Bob” and “QKD with classical Alice” (that have both been proven robust), achieve this goal even if one of the parties is classical. However, the currently existing SQKD protocols are not experimentally feas...

The optimization of k-space sampling for nonlinear sparse MRI reconstruction is phrased as a Bayesian experimental design problem. Bayesian inference is approximated by a novel relaxation to standard signal processing primitives, resulting in an efficient optimization algorithm for Cartesian and spiral trajectories. On clinical resolution brain image data from a Siemens 3T scanner, automaticall...

In this article, we review the recent development for in silico Structure-Activity-Relationship (SAR) models using machine-learning techniques. The review focuses on the following topics: machine-learning algorithms for computational SAR models, single-target-oriented SAR methodologies, Chemogenomics, and future trends. We try to provide the state-of-the-art SAR methods as well as the most up-t...

Elevated methylmalonic acid in five asymptomatic newborns whose fibroblasts showed decreased uptake of transcobalamin-bound cobalamin (holo-TC), suggested a defect in the cellular uptake of cobalamin. Analysis of TCblR/CD320, the gene for the receptor for cellular uptake of holo-TC, identified a homozygous single codon deletion, c.262_264GAG (p.E88del), resulting in the loss of a glutamic acid ...

We examined the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression InventorySecond Edition (BDI-II) [Beck et al., 1996, San Antonio: The Psychological Corporation]. Four hundred fourteen undergraduate students at two public universities participated. A confirmatory factor analysis supported the BDI-II two-factor structure measuring cognitive-affective and somatic depressive symptoms. In addition, t...

Language in autism appears to be best characterized by a selective deficit in applying language forms for purposes of functional communication. This pattern of selective deficit has been called the ‘‘form/function dissociation.’’ This article outlines the language characteristics most often associated with autism and considers whether the observed patterns are specific to autism as a syndrome. ...

The purpose of this review is to give some perspective of the factors that influence feeding behaviors and the ability of herbivores to adapt to diets. The most important of these are digestibility, ability to select feed, and achievement of a nutritionally adequate intake. Plant morphology, observed feeding behavior, body size, and gut architecture and size impinge upon these factors. Feeding ...

The subiculum has long been considered as a simple bidirectional relay region interposed between the hippocampus and the temporal cortex. Recent evidence, however, suggests that this region has specific roles in the cognitive functions and pathological deficits of the hippocampal formation. A group of 20 researchers participated in an ESF-sponsored meeting in Oxford in September, 2005 focusing ...

David J. Schulz,1 Richard A. Baines,2 Chris M. Hempel,3 Lingjun Li,4 Birgit Liss,5 and Hiroaki Misonou6,7 1Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, 2Neuroscience Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom, 3Department of Biology and National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachu...

waves in single crystalline silicon K.-D. Liss, T. d’Almeida, M. Kaiser, R. Hock, A. Magerl, and J. F. Eloy The Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai, New South Wales 2234, Australia Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom Swiss Light Source, Paul-Sc...