Interaction Value Analysis is a modeling methodology originally intended to illustrate how full connectivity between members of an organization affects the shape of the organization. Technology is already transforming workplaces into fully-connected networks by providing instant access, subject only to the availability of the communication participants, as well as perfect knowledge of the abili...

When addressing urban water problems, it is no longer adequate to consider issues of water supply, demand, disposal, and reuse independently. Innovative water management strategies and opportunities for water reuse can only be properly evaluated in the context of their interactions with the broader water system. An integrated linear deterministic optimization model is applied to Beirut, Lebanon...

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BACKGROUND Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is common and disabling in Parkinson's disease (PD). Predictors of EDS are unclear, and data on biological correlates of EDS in PD are limited. We investigated clinical, imaging and biological variables associated with longitudinal changes in sleepiness in early PD. METHODS The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative is a prospective cohort stu...

The mechanism by which ethane 1,2-dimethanesulfonate (EDS) selectively kills Leydig cells is poorly understood. To characterize further the cell-specific actions of EDS, we studied biochemical and morphological changes during apoptosis in different Leydig cell and non-steroidogenic cell models. Rat testicular and H540 tumor Leydig cells were killed by 1-2 mM EDS, whereas 20 mM EDS were required...

Cristian Micheletti, Jayanth R. Banavar, Amos Maritan and Flavio Seno (1) Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8,35131 Padova, Italy (2) Department of Physics and Center for Materials Physics, 104 Davey Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (3) Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della ...

Ali H. Chamseddine, 2, ∗ Alain Connes, 2, 4, † and Viatcheslav Mukhanov 6, ‡ Physics Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon I.H.E.S. F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France College de France, 3 rue Ulm, F75005, Paris, France Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210 USA Theoretical Physics, Ludwig Maxmillians University,Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany ...

Sergio Colafrancesco, ∗ Stefano Profumo, † and Piero Ullio ‡ INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, via Frascati 33, I-00040 Monteporzio, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 2, I-00133 Roma, Italy Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Mail Code 106-38, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avan...

from two centers in Beirut, Lebanon, were studied as to sex and age distribution. The sex incidence among adults was 69% males and 31% females, which is in agreement with the literature. The sex in cidence among children below the age of 15 years was 65.5% males and 34.5% females, which is different from the 4:1 ratio reported in the literature. Of those 245 cases, 22.45% were below the age of ...

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli Mostra d’Oltremare Padiglione 20, 80125 Napoli, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche Mostra d’Oltremare Padiglione 19, 80125 Napoli, Italy, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Via Beirut 2-4, 34013 Trieste, Italy, Nuclear Safety Institute Russian Academy of Sciences 52 Bolshaya Tulskaya, Moscow 113191, Russia, Dipartimento...