We have studied the effects of thimerosal, a mercurial compound extensively used as a preservative, as well as other sulfhydryl reagents (e.g. p-hydroxymercurybenzoate, hydrogen peroxide, bromophenacyl bromide, and mercuric chloride) on Ca2+ homeostasis and the redox status of sulfhydryl groups in thymus lymphocytes. They all induced an increase in [Ca2+]i which was blocked with dithiothreitol,...

We present evidence for energetic charged particles emanating from partially-deuterided titanium foils (TiDx) subjected to non-equilibrium conditions. To scrutinize emerging evidence for low-temperature nuclear reactions, we investigated particle yields employing three independent types of highly-sensitive, segmented particle detectors over a six-year period. One experiment measuring neutron em...

For each k ≥ 2, we exhibit infinite families of prime k-component links with Jones polynomial equal to that of the k-component unlink.

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We consider certain conditions for abstract lattices of commuting squares, that we prove are necessary and sufficient for them to arise as lattices of higher relative commutants of hyperfinite II1 inclusions of finite Jones index. In particular, we construct a one parameter family of inclusions of hyperfinite II1 factors N ⊂ M, with trivial relative commutant (Nλ)′∩Mλ = C with the Jones index [...

Jones & Love (J&L) should have given more attention to Agnostic uses of Bayesian methods for the statistical analysis of models and data. Reliance on the frequentist analysis of Bayesian models has retarded their development and prevented their full evaluation. The Ecumenical integration of Bayesian statistics to analyze Bayesian models offers a better way to test their inferential and predictive

We study the problem of traffic sign detection in the context of traffic infrastructure inventory. The data acquired during filming the roads in Croatia is presented. Based on recent approaches, and motivated by constraints present in our data, we employ the Viola-Jones object detector for triangular warning signs detection. The detector achieves correct detection rates better than 90%, which i...

Controlled K-theory is used to show that algebraic K-theory of virtually abelian groups is described by an assembly map defined using possibly-infinite hyperelementary subgroups. The part coming from infinite subgroups is called the Farrell-Jones summand. This is shown to split from the finite-isotropy part; is parameterized by the rational projective space of the group; and a reduced version i...