We study dueling bandits with weak utility-based regret when preferences over arms have a total order and carry observable feature vectors. The order is assumed to be determined by these feature vectors, an unknown preference vector, and a known utility function. This structure introduces dependence between preferences for pairs of arms, and allows learning about the preference over one pair of...

The subcellular localization and corresponding quaternary state of fluorescent labelled cholera toxin were determined at different time points after exposure to living cells by a novel form of fluorescence confocal microscopy. The compartmentalization and locus of separation of the pentameric B subunits (CTB) from the A subunit (CTA) of the toxin were evaluated on a pixel-by-pixel (voxel-by-vox...

∑ 3{111} coherent twin boundary (CTB) in face-centered-cubic (FCC) metals and alloys have been regarded as an efficient way to simultaneously increase strength and ductility at the nanoscale. Extensive study of dislocation-CTB interaction has been carried out by a combination of computer simulations, experiments and continuum theory. Most of them, however, are based on the perfect CTB assumptio...

p53 has been called the cellular gatekeeper of the genome because it can induce cell-cycle arrest in G1, apoptosis or affect DNA replication in response to DNA damage. As p53 has been observed in first-trimester cytotrophoblastic cells (CTB), but its expression in normal cells is generally not detectable because of its short half-life, p53 could play an important role in cellular differentiatio...

We evaluate data on choices made from convex time budgets (CTB) in Andreoni and Sprenger (Am Econ Rev 102(7):3333-3356, 2012a) and Augenblick et al. (Q J Econ 130(3):1067-1115, 2015), two influential studies that proposed and applied this experimental technique. We use the weak axiom of revealed preference (WARP) to test for external consistency relative to pairwise choice, and demand, wealth a...

The nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) processes gustatory and related somatosensory information rostrally and general viscerosensory information caudally. To compare its connections with those of other rodents, this study in the C57BL/6J mouse provides a subnuclear cytoarchitectonic parcellation (Nissl stain) of the NST into rostral, intermediate, and caudal divisions. Subnuclei are further c...

Little is known about covert trading behaviour in secure hospital settings. This study evaluated the nature, prevalence, and frequency of voluntary (VTB) coercive (CTB) between patients psychiatric units. Ninety-six eligible 18 low or medium wards across South London anonymously completed a questionnaire exploring their experiences (including exchanging, lending, borrowing, gifting personal pro...

Most existing scene text detectors focus on detecting characters or words that only capture partial messages due to missing contextual information. For a better understanding of in scenes, it is more desired detect blocks (CTBs) which consist one multiple integral units (e.g., characters, words, phrases) natural reading order and transmit certain complete messages. This paper presents detection...

Deep CCD exposures of the peculiar supernova remnant CTB 80 in the light of the Hα+ [NII], [SII], [OII], and [OIII] filters have been obtained. These images reveal significant shock heated emission in the area of the remnant. An extended bright diffuse nebula in the south–east part of CTB 80 overlaps soft X-ray emission from ROSAT but it does not appear to be related to the remnant under study....

Transferring foreign genes into mushroom mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a standard technique in genetic engineering. Recombinant human insulin has been greatly used in the treatment of type I diabetes. The production of edible mushroom derived insulin should facilitate oral delivery. In this study we used the Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation method for the transfer an...