The union of translates of a closed unit n-dimensional cube whose edges are parallel to the coordinate unit vectors e,,...,en and whose centers are te,-, |i| < fc, 1 < j' < n, is called a (k, n)-cross. A system of translates of a (fc, n)-cross is called an integer (a rational) lattice tiling if its union is n-space and the interiors of its elements are disjoint, the translates form a lattice an...

Let c = (cn)n∈N be an arbitrary sequence of l2(N ) and let Fc(ω) be a random series of the type Fc(ω) = ∑ n∈N gn(ω)cnen, where (gn)n∈N∗ is a sequence of independent NC(0, 1) Gaussian random variables and (en)n∈N an orthonormal basis of L2(Y,M, μ) (the finite measure space (Y,M, μ) being arbitrary). By using the equivalence of Gaussian moments and an integrability theorem due to Fernique, we sho...

With the increasing interest in establishing directional etching methods capable of atomic scale resolution for fabricating highly scaled electronic devices, the need for development and characterization of atomic layer etching processes, or generally etch processes with atomic layer precision, is growing. In this work, a flux-controlled cyclic plasma process is used for etching of SiO2 and Si ...

Switch design for interconnection networks plays an important role in the overall performance of multiprocessors and computer networks. In this paper, a new switch design, namely FC-CB, is proposed that offers low average message latency and high throughput over a wide range of input workloads. The FC-CB switch incorporates wormhole routing and virtual channels with a full crossbar connection. ...

We study the backtrack-search procedure with forward checking (FCBT) for finding all solutions to a finite Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP). We describe how to use dynamic interchangeability to enhance the performance of search and represent the solution space in a compact manner. We evaluate this strategy (FC-DNPI) in terms of the numbers of nodes visited, constraints checked, and solutio...

The growth of mobile computing and the evolution of smart user devices are progressively driving applications towards “contextawareness”, i.e., towards behaviors that change according to variations in context. Such applications use information that is restricted in space and time, making their communication requirements very different from those of conventional applications, so that opportunist...

To date, little is known about the unique contributions of specialized human DC subsets to protection against tuberculosis (TB). Here, we focus on the role of human plasmacytoid (p)DCs and myeloid (m)DCs in the immune response to the TB vaccine bacille CalmetteGuérin (BCG). Ex vivo DC subsets from human peripheral blood were purified and infected with BCG expressing GFP to distinguish between i...

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are currently the workhorse of the biopharmaceutical industry. However, yeasts such as Pichia pastoris are about to enter this field. To compare their capability for recombinant protein secretion, P. pastoris strains and CHO cell lines producing human serum albumin (HSA) and the 3D6 single chain Fv-Fc anti-HIV-1 antibody (3D6scFv-Fc) were cultivated in comparab...