For any finite groupG, we define a bivariant functor from the Dress category of finite G-sets to the conjugation biset category, whose objects are subgroups of G, and whose morphisms are generated by certain bifree bisets. Any additive functor from the conjugation biset category to abelian groups yields a Mackey functor by composition. We characterize the Mackey functors which arise in this way.

Although contact hypersensitivity (CHS) has been considered a prototype of T cell-mediated immune reactions, recently a significant contribution of regulatory B cell subsets in the suppression of CHS has been demonstrated. CD22, one of the sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins, is a B cell-specific molecule that negatively regulates BCR signaling. To clarify the roles of B cells in CH...

The combined activities of rabbit liver cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase and C1-tetrahydrofolate synthase convert tetrahydrofolate and formate to 5-formyltetrahydrofolate. In this reaction C1-tetrahydrofolate synthase converts tetrahydrofolate and formate to 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate, which is hydrolyzed to 5-formyltetrahydrofolate by a serine hydroxymethyltransferase-glycine compl...

Generally online walk pattern generators for humanoids are simplified, and don’t produce ideal gaits. Allowing the robot to ‘settle’ into a more natural gait through the modification of the low-level positional controller would provide significant benefits. In this paper we attempt to achieve this, by limiting the power available to each motor in a humanoid, hence restricting how rigidly the jo...

In this demo, we propose the first live performance of our interactive robot thereminist. The robot plays the theremin using feed-forward arm control, and listens to a coplayer’s rhythm to stay in sync. Alongside tempo detection, a Kuramoto coupled oscillator model is used for phase synchronization, to stay “together” even in the face of tempo changes. This system has been implemented on three ...

The deoxyuridine (dU) suppression test assesses the capacity of marrow cells or activated lymphocytes to convert exogenous dU into thymidine. In addition, the effect of the added cobalamin or folate on the result is used to determine the nature of the deficiency in megaloblastic marrows. This study shows that folates have a considerable effect on the uptake of labelled thymidine by marrows from...

In this paper we introduce an online object manipulation system for the NAO robot that is able to detect and grasp an object out of a human hand and then give it back in real-time. Known objects are rendered from 3D models and detected stereo contour-based by using a new stereo vision head for NAO. In order to grasp objects, motion trajectories are generated by an A* planner while avoiding obst...

[1] We utilize the GISS Global Climate Middle Atmosphere Model and eight different climate change experiments, many of them focused on stratospheric climate forcings, to assess the relative influence of tropospheric and stratospheric climate change on the extratropical circulation indices (Arctic Oscillation, AO; North Atlantic Oscillation, NAO). The experiments are run in two different ways: w...

A recently proposed local Fukui function is used to predict the binding site of atomic hydrogen on silicon clusters. To validate the predictions, an extensive search for the more stable SinH (n=3-10) clusters has been done using a modified genetic algorithm. In all cases, the isomer predicted by the Fukui function is found by the search, but it is not always the most stable one. It is discussed...

In the 1980’s, Belavin and Drinfeld classified non-unitary solutions of the classical Yang-Baxter equation (CYBE) for simple Lie algebras [1]. They proved that all such solutions fall into finitely many continuous families and introduced combinatorial objects to label these families, Belavin-Drinfeld triples. In 1993, Gerstenhaber, Giaquinto, and Schack attempted to quantize such solutions for ...