Applications of effective field theories to the strong interactions of heavy quarks Memòria de la tesi presentada per en Xavier Garcia i Tormo per optar al grau de Doctor enCì encies Físiques Director de la tesi: No diguis blat fins que no sigui al sac i ben lligat DITA POPULAR Acknowledgments Finally I have finished my thesis. The process of preparing and writing this thesis has lasted for abo...

OsES1, a rice homolog of the maize En/Spm transposon, is transcribed to produce TnpA-like and TnpD-like transcripts. However, an alternatively spliced form of the TnpA-like transcript, which was found to be suppressed in transgenic plants, was revealed to be due to atypical splicing of a Hipa-like CACTA transposon.

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Deficiencies in neurotransmitter-specific cell groups in the midbrain result in prominent neural disorders, including Parkinson's disease, which is caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra. We have investigated in mice the role of the engrailed homeodomain transcription factors, En-1 and En-2, in controlling the developmental fate of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. En-1...

We present a real-time approach for circular and polygonal road signs detection in still images, regardless of their pose and orientation. Object detection is performed using a Hough like transform based on accumulation on pairs of points with their gradients. Circular and polygonal (non triangular) traffic signs are detected by the so-called Bilateral Chinese Transform BCT. Triangular traffic ...

In this paper, a comparison is made between the measured and calculated vibration reduction indices (Kij ) and the engineering approximations in EN 12354-1. First, the existing expressions in EN 12354-1 for simple junctions of homogeneous elements are compared with a large data set of measured and calculated Kij spectra. For more complex junctions, not in EN 12354-1, like junctions with cavity ...

BACKGROUND Expression of the homeobox-containing gene Engrailed (En) in an increasing rostral-to-caudal gradient in the dorsal mesencephalon is the earliest known marker for polarity of the chick optic tectum. In heterotopic transplantation experiments, En protein expression correlates well with the subsequent gradient of cytoarchitecture as well as the pattern of retinotectal projections. The ...

Despite the fact that ∼85% of bariatric operations are performed in women, the effects of the reproductive axis function on outcome of bariatric surgery remain to be determined. Here we developed the first published model of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in female rats. We show in ovariectomized rats receiving estradiol or control treatment that (1) RYGB-induced body weight loss and (2) the s...