In a recent paper [M], Mathon gives a new construction of maximal arcs which generalizes the construction of Denniston. In relation to this construction, Mathon asks the question of determining the largest degree of a non-Denniston maximal arc arising from his new construction. In this paper, we give a nearly complete answer to this problem. Specifically, we prove that when m ≥ 5 and m 6= 9, th...

A cycle decomposition of a graph Γ is a set C of cycles of Γ such that every edge of Γ belongs to exactly one cycle in C. Such a decomposition is called arc-transitive if the group of automorphisms of Γ that preserve C setwise acts transitively on the arcs of Γ . In this paper, we study arc-transitive cycle decompositions of tetravalent graphs. In particular, we are interested in determining an...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of a pictorial 'mind map' together with the Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) booklet for imparting knowledge to participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Also, we wished to relate this to their reading ability. METHODS We studied 363 participants with RA. Reading ability was assessed using the REALM, and knowledge was assessed using the Knowledge S...

in order to determine optimum landuses (in accordance with natural capability) and improve the current land management, landuse planning process was applied by using gis. within the framework of system analysis approach basic ecological and socio-economic , data were mapped. the mapped data were digitized and imported to idrisi and arc/info to build a database ,along with other descriptive data...

In this paper the Dynamic User Equilibrium is formulated and solved as a fixed point problem in terms of time-continuous real valued temporal profiles of arc inflows and arc performances, where travel demand is specified both through a deterministic and a stochastic implicit path choice model. By extending to the dynamic case the concept of Network Loading Map, yielding arc flows for given dema...

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is implicated in long-term synaptic plasticity in the adult hippocampus, but the cellular mechanisms are little understood. Here we used intrahippocampal microinfusion of BDNF to trigger long-term potentiation (BDNF-LTP) at medial perforant path--granule cell synapses in vivo. BDNF infusion led to rapid phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein (M...

Abslracl Semantic mapping aims to create maps that include meaningful features, both to robots nnd humans. We prescnt :10 extens ion to our feature based mapping technique that includes information about the locations of horizontl.lJ surfaces such as tables, shelves, or counters in the map. The surfaces a rc detected in 3D point clouds, the locations of which arc optimized by our SLAM algorithm...

The Bonaparte project is a multi-year bedrock mapping program initiated by the British Columbia Geological Survey during the 2000 field season. The project is focused on Mesozoic arc volcanic and plutonic rocks of the Quesnel Terrane in the northeastern part of the Bonaparte Lake (92P) map sheet (Figure 1). This area encompasses a northwest-trending belt of high mineral potential that includes ...

In this paper, we prove that each injective simplicial map of the arc complex of a compact, connected, orientable surface with nonempty boundary is induced by a homeomorphism of the surface. We deduce, from this result, that the group of automorphisms of the arc complex is naturally isomorphic to the extended mapping class group of the surface, provided the surface is not a disc, an annulus, a ...