Let p be an odd prime, and let OK be the ring of integers in a finite extension K/Qp. Breuil has classified finite flat group schemes of type (p, . . . , p) over OK in terms of linear-algebraic objects that have come to be known as Breuil modules. This classification can be extended to the case of finite flat vector space schemes G over OK . When G has rank one, the generic fiber of G correspon...

Previous methods for estimating observer motion in a rigid 3D scene assume that image velocities can be measured at isolated points. When the observer is moving through a cluttered 3D scene such as a forest, however, pointwise measurements of image velocity are more challenging to obtain because multiple depths, and hence multiple velocities, are present in most local image regions. We introduc...

In this paper we show that C-k(X), the set of continuous, realvalued functions on X topologized by the pointwise convergence topology, can have arbitrarily high Borel or projective complexity in Rx even when X is a countable regular space with a unique limit point. In addition we show how to construct countable regular spaces X for which C-n(X) lies nowhere in the projective hierarchy of the co...

We present an efficient rate control strategy for H.264 in order to maximize the video quality by appropriately determining the quantization parameter (QP) for each macroblock. To break the chicken-and-egg dilemma resulting from QP-dependent ratedistortion optimization (RDO) in H.264, a preanalysis phase is conducted to gain the necessary source information, and then the coarse QP is decided fo...

Let p be a prime, Zp the ring of p-adic integers, Qp the field of p-adic numbers, and Qp the algebraic closure of Qp. Let Fp be the algebraic closure of the finite field Fp, and ω : Fp → Qp the Techmüller lifting. Let q = pa, χ a multiplicative character of Fq into Q, and ψ a character of Zp[μq−1] into Q of exact order pn > 1, where μr is the set of r-th roots of unity in Qp. For simplicity, we...

Several bacterial cultures were isolated that are able to degrade quinoline and to transform or to degrade methylquinolines. The degradation of quinoline by strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa QP and P. putida QP produced hydroxyquinolines, a transient pink compound, and other undetermined products. The quinoline-degrading strains of P. aeruginosa QP and P. putida QP hydroxylated a limited number...

[1] We analyze high dynamic range waveform spectra to determine t* values for both P and S waves from earthquakes in southern California. We invert the t* values for threedimensional (3-D) frequency-independent QP and QS regional models of the crust. The models have 15 km horizontal grid spacing and an average vertical grid spacing of 4 km, down to 22 km depth, and extend from the U.S.-Mexico b...