INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 198 I. THE UTAH BIOPROSPECTING ACT OF 2010 ................................ 200 A. Overview of the Statutory Provisions ................................. 200 B. Lobbying Activity Behind the Utah Bioprospecting Act ... 202 II. LESSONS TO BE DRAWN FROM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MODELS OF BIOPROSPEC...

We present fast algorithms for the summation of Dyson series and inchworm Monte Carlo method quantum systems that are coupled with harmonic baths. The based on evolving integro-differential equations where most expensive part comes from computation bath influence functionals. To accelerate computation, we design reusing functionals computed in previous time steps to reduce number calculations. ...

Rice starch added to bath water was studied for its possible beneficial effects on impaired barrier function as evaluated by transepidermal water loss measurements. The forearm skin of healthy volunteers was irritated by sodium lauryl sulphate. Exposure to rice-starch-containing bath water--twice daily for 15 min--led to a 20% improvement on the healing capacity of damaged skin. The beneficial ...

Bathing creates some of the highest levels of discomfort in the lives of individuals diagnosed with dementia. The present study measured the frequency of 14 agitated behaviors during bathing in 15 elderly residents with dementia residing in a continuing care center. Each resident was observed for four sessions of two different bathing methods, the conventional tub bath and a modification of the...

We solve the long-standing central spin problem for a general set of inhomogeneous bath couplings and a large class of initial bath states. We compute the time evolution of the coherence of a central spin coupled to a spin bath by resumming all orders of the time-convolutionless master equation, thus avoiding the need to assume weak coupling to the bath. The fully quantum, non-markovian solutio...