BACKGROUND Genotype x environment interaction (G x E) arises when genes influence sensitivity to the environment. G x E is easily recognized in experimental organisms that permit randomization of genotypes over fixed environmental treatments. Genotype-environment correlation (rGE) arises when genetic effects create or evoke exposure to environmental differences. Simultaneous analysis of G x E a...

A graph G = (V,E) with p vertices and q edges is said to be a total mean cordial graph if there exists a function f : V (G) → {0, 1, 2} such that f(xy) = [(f(x)+f(y))/2] where x, y ∈ V (G), xy ∈ E(G), and the total number of 0, 1 and 2 are balanced. That is |evf (i) − evf (j)| ≤ 1, i, j ∈ {0, 1, 2} where evf (x) denotes the total number of vertices and edges labeled with x (x = 0, 1, 2). In thi...

This article examines Gene x Environment (G x E) interactions in two comorbid developmental disorders--reading disability (RD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)--as a window on broader issues on G x E interactions in developmental psychology. The authors first briefly review types of G x E interactions, methods for detecting them, and challenges researchers confront in interpr...

In agricultural experimentation, a large number of genotypes are normally tested over a wide range of environments (locations, years, growing seasons, etc.) and the underlying statistical and genetical theories used to model this system may be rather complicated. The occurrence of the genotype (G) X environment (E) interaction effect further complicates the selection of superior genotypes for a...

In this talk I report on some recent calculations on the production of pseudoscalars from intense electromagnetic fields. Talk at QED2000, Trieste (October 2000) 1 Decay of classical background fields into pseudoscalars We would like to calculate the effective action for the background electromagnetic E and B fields, eeff [E,B] = ∫ Dφ e (1) when integrating a pseudoscalar φ of mass m, that has ...

To a simple graph $G=(V,E)$, we correspond a simple graph $G_{triangle,square}$ whose vertex set is ${{x,y}: x,yin V}$ and two vertices ${x,y},{z,w}in G_{triangle,square}$ are adjacent if and only if ${x,z},{x,w},{y,z},{y,w}in Vcup E$. The graph $G_{triangle,square}$ is called the $(triangle,square)$-edge graph of the graph $G$. In this paper, our ultimate goal is to provide a link between the ...