Motivated by queues with multi-type servers and multi-type customers, we consider an infinite sequence of items of types C = {c1, . . . , cI}, and another infinite sequence of items of types S = {s1, . . . , sJ}, and a bipartite graph G of allowable matches between the types. We assume that the types of items in the two sequences are i.i.d. with given probability vectors α, β. Matching the two ...

The most popular tasks with which to investigate the perception of subjective synchrony are the temporal order judgment (TOJ) and the simultaneity judgment (SJ). Here, we discuss a complementary approach-a dual-presentation (2x) SJ task-and focus on appropriate analysis methods for a theoretically desirable "roving" design. Two stimulus pairs are presented on each trial and the observer must se...

This study examined from childhood to adulthood: (1) the effects of countermovement (use of stretch-shortening cycle-SSC) and arm-swing (AS) on vertical jumping (VJ) performance and (2) the ability to use the SSC and AS during VJ. Male basketball players (n = 106) were divided according to their age into: children (12.0 +/- 0.23), young adolescents (14.5 +/- 0.41), old adolescents (16.9 +/- 0.2...

Compressed Sensing decoding algorithms aim to reconstruct an unknown N dimensional vector x from m < N given measurements y = Φx, with an assumed sparsity constraint on x. All algorithms presently are iterative in nature, producing a sequence of approximations (s1, s2, ...) until a certain algorithm-specific stopping criterion is reached at iteration j∗, at which point the estimate x̂ = sj∗ is r...

The Janus cassette permits marker-free allelic replacement or knockout in streptomycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) through sequential positive and negative selection. Spontaneous revertants of Janus can lead to high level of false-positives during negative selection, which necessitate a time-consuming post-selection screening process. We hypothesized that an additional cou...

Shape matching problems are typically described in terms of structural properties, encoding (for example) the ‘elasticity’ of certain joints in a rigid object. Unfortunately, encoding such constraints often results in a hard optimization problem (such as quadratic assignment), meaning that approximate solutions are typically employed; this presents a problem for many learning approaches that re...

Perception of simultaneity and temporal order is studied with simultaneity judgment (SJ) and temporal-order judgment (TOJ) tasks. In the former, observers report whether presentation of two stimuli was subjectively simultaneous; in the latter, they report which stimulus was subjectively presented first. SJ and TOJ tasks typically give discrepant results, which has prompted the view that perform...

Epithelial sheets play essential roles as selective barriers insulating the body from the environment and establishing distinct chemical compartments within it. In invertebrate epithelia, septate junctions (SJs) consist of large multi-protein complexes that localize at the apicolateral membrane and mediate barrier function. Here, we report the identification of two novel SJ components, Pasiflor...

1. Proof of Theorem 4 Proof. It is easy to verify the communication cost, and thus we focus on the proof for the approximation ratio below. Similar to the proof of Theorem 1, the grid G is rewritten as {g1, · · · , gm} where m = (k + z) , and for each gj , its corresponding intersection ⋂T l=1Mlil is rewritten as Sj . Meanwhile, we denote the index-set indicating the outliers obtained by our al...

The increased pathogenesis of the Schistosoma mansoni BH strain compared with the SJ strain has been attributed to the number of granulomas formed in experimental infections, which increase the mortality in definitive hosts. The aim of the present study was to investigate the development of granulomas around the eggs of the S. mansoni BH and SJ strains and to determine whether this host reactio...