[7-bit encoding, transliteration] We propose a general strategy for deriving 7-bit encodings for texts in languages which use an alphabetic non-Roman script, like Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit and many other Indic scripts, and for which there is some transliteration convention using Roman letters with additional diacritical marks. These schemes, which we will call \meta-transliterations", are based...

The dynamic range of holographic storage media is traditionally characterized in terms of M/#. However, this is a system parameter that assumes simple, uniform plane-wave holograms. Realistic architectures violate this assumption so that M/# measured with plane waves cannot be used to predict system diffraction efficiency. Thus, there currently is no systematic method predicting signal strength...

One of the most promising candidates for the construction of ultrahigh-density storage media is low-dimensional atomic-scale magnetic nanostructures exhibiting magnetic bi- or multistability. Here we propose a novel route of locally controlling and switching magnetism in such nanostructures. Our ab initio studies reveal that externally applied electric field can be used for this purpose.

INTRODUCTION Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major causative organism associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in children.The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological pattern of RSV and identify risk factors for RSV infection. POPULATION AND METHODS Prospective, cohort study on patients hospitalized due to acute lower respiratory tract...

This paper explores, through the use of a sequence of computable general equilibrium models, what harm or good, as measured both in terms of real output and utility, might be accomplished through coordinated perturbations in excise and income tax policy among sovereign jurisdictions. We focus on two issues: the taxation of below-retail transactions and the taxation of E-commerce across state li...