We show how to produce SOn-equivariant vector fields on non-trivial SOn-torsors which correspond to quadratic forms non-equivalent to the unit form. For n 3 we then give an example of a Picard–Vessiot extension with group SOn which is the function field of a non-trivial SOn-torsor. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The activity of the magnocellular neurons (MCNs) of supraoptic nucleus (SON) is regulated by a variety of excitatory and inhibitory inputs. Opioids are one of the important compounds that affect these inputs at SON synapses. In this study, whole-cell patch clamp recording of SON neurons was used to investigate the effect of acute and repeated morphine administration on spontaneous inhibitory an...

OBJECTIVE The primary objective was to examine the long-term impact of mother-son incest and positive initial perceptions of sexual abuse experiences on adult male psychosocial functioning. METHOD Sixty-seven clinic-referred men with a history of sexual abuse participated. The participants completed self-report measures regarding their current psychosocial functioning and described the nature...

03 "Monumentality," she vmtes, "creates the sense of social cohesion that is central to the consolidation of a community by impressing upon people the importance and power of a thing or a person Central to this impression of social power is the sense of long-lastingness; the perception that this city, building, institution, or artwork—and the values it represents— will last through generations,...

The Peters family is a Yale family, and Jack Peters' branch of the family extended to five generations at Yale when my third daughter, Barbara, received her M.D. degree, with honors, in 1979. We trace our origins back to when Andrew Peters came to America from England in 1702 and settled in Andover, Massachusetts. Our family's Yale connection goes back to Jack's grandfather, Thomas McClure Pete...

Nowadays smartphones and tablets are used nearly everywhere at any time. The need for mobile networks with high bandwidth increases fast as all of those network elements require Internet connection for almost all applications. The radio access technologies ranging from GSM over UMTS to the currently upcoming LTE networks become more and more complex and with it the effort of controlling this co...

During his visit to the American University of Beirut, I was indeed lucky when Professor Holmdahl MH invited me to his Department of Anaesthesiology, University Uppsala, Sweden. I was also, doubly honored and surprised when the internationally famous Professor asked me not to call him Professor Holmdahl, “call me Martin and I call you Anis”. His invitation to me to spend the first week of my vi...

Self-organization is a key concept in long-term evolution (LTE) systems to reduce capital and operational expenditures (CAPEX and OPEX). Self-optimization of coverage and capacity, which allows the system to periodically and automatically adjust the key radio frequency (RF) parameters through intelligent algorithms, is one of the most important tasks in the context of self-organizing networks (...