We compared the abundance of spiders and predaceous insects in five central California vineyards. Spiders constituted 98.1% of all predators collected. More than 90% of all spiders collected were from eight species of spiders, representing six families. Two theridiids (Theridion dilutum and T. melanurum) were the most abundant, followed by a miturgid (Cheiracanthium inclusum) and an agelinid (H...

Since the introduction of endoscopic brow lifting in the mid-1990s, it has become widely accepted as a method for rejuvenation of the upper third of the face. Despite the multitude of brow fixation techniques, there are few long-term studies providing accurate analysis of outcome. The aims of this investigation were to evaluate the long-term objective results of endoscopic brow lifting and to e...

For this project, our goal was to implement Maximum Entropy Discrimination (MED) with a linear discrimination function for binary classification purposes. This technique was presented by Jaakola, Meila, and Jebara in “Maximum Entropy Discrimination” (1999). Their paper provides a generalized framework for discrimination that relies on the maximum entropy principle. One of the interesting aspect...

Polaris submarines make two-month patrols and are submerged without external ventilation during the entire time. The atmosphere is controlled to maintain habitability using CO, COL> and H2 removers, as well as, 02 generators. The ambient COis elevated during the entire patrol to an average level of 1.0%. In general, the atmospheric trace components of this closed environment are expected to dif...

Yeasts, bacteria and filamentous fungi all contribute to the microbial ecology of wine production and the chemical composition of wine, although yeasts play the dominant role because they drive alcoholic fermentation [18]. Many factors affect the microbial ecology of wine production, of which the chemical composition of the grape juice and the fermentation processes are the most significant. In...