Repellent efficacy of the plant-based repellent, TT-4302 (5% geraniol), was compared with 16 other products in laboratory arm-in-cage trials against Aedes aegypti (L). Eight repellents (Badger, BioUD, Burt's bees, California Baby, Cutter Natural, EcoSMART, Herbal Armor, and SkinSmart) exhibited a mean repellency below 90% to Ae. aegypti at 0.5 h after application. Three repellents (Buzz Away Ex...

In 1979 Stockman introduced the SSS* minimax search algorithm that dominates Alpha-Beta in the number of leaf nodes expanded. Further investigation of the algorithm showed that it had three serious drawbacks, which prevented its use by practitioners: it is difficult to understand, it has large memory requirements, and it is slow. This paper presents an alternate formulation of SSS*, in which it...

The coefficient of determination R 2 quantifies the amount variance explained by regression coefficients in a linear model. It can be seen as fixed-effects complement to repeatability (intra-class correlation) for random effects and thus tool decomposition. model further partitioned into particular predictor or combination predictors using semi-partial (part) structure coefficients, but this is...

Sequence data from four gene regions (nrDNA, petN-psbM, trnD-trnT, trnS-trnG, 3,705 bp) revealed that junipers from the southern mountain ranges of Iran are very diverse. The combined NJ tree (3,705 bp) showed strong support for the distinct nature of J. excelsa, J. polycarpos, J. p. var. turcomanica, and J. p. var. seravschanica. The samples from NW Iran are J. polycarpos and samples from NE I...

Background: Adjuvants are used to increase the immunogenicity of new generation vaccines, especially those based on recombinant proteins. Despite immunostimulatory properties, the use of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as an adjuvant has been hampered due to its toxicity and pyrogenicity. Brucella abortus LPS is less toxic and has no pyrogenic properties compared to LPS from other gram nega...

We describe performance enhancements that have been added to mkbTT, a modern completion tool combining multi-completion with the use of termination tools.

In 1979 Stockman introduced the SSS* minimax search algorithm that dominates Alpha-Beta in the number of leaf nodes expanded. Further investigation of the algorithm showed that it had three serious drawbacks, which prevented its use by practitioners: it is difficult to understand, it has large memory requirements, and it is slow. This paper presents an alternate formulation of SSS*, in which it...

Prior results show that most bounded query hierarchies cannot contain finite gaps. For example, it is known that PSAT (m+1)-tt = PSAT m-tt ) PSAT btt = PSAT m-tt and for all sets A FPA(m+1)-tt = FPAm-tt ) FPAbtt = FPAm-tt PA(m+1)-T = PAm-T ) PAbT = PAm-T FPA(m+1)-T = FPAm-T ) FPAbT = FPAm-T where PAm-tt is the set of languages computable by polynomial-time Turing machines that make m nonadaptiv...

We introduce pinta, a pipeline for reducing the upgraded Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) raw pulsar timing data, developed Indian Pulsar Timing Array experiment. provide detailed description of workflow and usage as well its computational performance RFI mitigation characteristics. also discuss novel independent determination relative time offsets between different back-end modes uGMRT...