Tubulin, the dimeric subunit of microtubules, is a major cell protein that is centrally involved in cell division. Tubulin is subject to specific enzymatic posttranslational modifications including cyclic tyrosine removal and addition at the COOH terminus of the alpha-subunit. Tubulin is normally extensively tyrosinated in cycling cells. However, we have previously shown that detyrosinated tubu...

AAqua-Aerobic Systems (AAS), in partnership with the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), has completed the successful startup of a sequencing batch reactor-membrane bioreactor (SBR-MBR). The package system treats domestic wastewater generated by a 400-apartment, student and faculty housing-complex located on the CSM campus in Golden, CO. This success is rooted in a 15-year development program that ...

This paper focuses on the on-line Oxygen Uptake Rate (OUR) as a new tool for identifying the state of the plant during the aerobic phases of the SBR cycle and as a control parameter to optimize the SBR process. A real-time control system has been designed to adjust the aerobic phases length using on-line OUR as the endpoint of the aerobic phase. The control system implementation has permitted t...

*We thank Shane Frederick, John Lynch, Jim Bettman, and Birger Wernerfelt for helpful comments and suggestions. We are also grateful for financial support to Ariely and Prelec from the Sloan School of Management, and to Loewenstein from the Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change at Carnegie Mellon University (NSF grant # SBR-9521914). This work started while the authors were ...

Results of lidar modeling based on spatial-angular filtering efficiency criteria are presented. Their analysis shows that the low spatial-angular filtering efficiency of traditional visible and near-infrared systems is an important cause of low signal/background-radiation ratio (SBR) at the photodetector input The low SBR may be responsible for considerable measurement errors and ensuing the lo...

We explore the use of hand postures to interact with stroke-based rendering (SBR) on touch-sensitive large displays. In contrast to traditional WIMP interfaces, we allow people to directly engage with and influence a rendering. Our system allows the creation of new stroke primitives as well as provides mechanisms to distribute and then manipulate them on the canvas. We offer a set of natural ma...

The rate of aquation of [Co(NH3)s (DMSO)] Bra was measured in solutions containing the surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) over the concentration range 9.55 x 10-4 mol dm-3 to 0.450 mol dm-3• This large change in CTAB concentration affected the rate very little and no significant amounts of Co(NH3)sBr+ were formed .. It was concluded that, if Brcounterions were concentrated in the ...