The Electromagnetically Sustained Rhodes Piano is an augmentation of the original instrument with additional control over the amplitude envelope of individual notes. This includes slow attacks and infinite sustain while preserving the familiar spectral qualities of this classic electromechanical piano. These additional parameters are controlled with aftertouch on the existing keyboard, extendin...

Ethical controversies regarding the control of science and technology, especially emerging biotechnologies, are among the most contentious of current issues under public debate. Cloning or somatic cell nuclear transfer (even the terminology is controversial) and stem cell research are hotbutton political issues, with presidential ethics advisors, presidents and exfi rst ladies weighing in, thre...

Genetic parameters for nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic effects were estimated from preweaning growth data collected on three synthetic lines of beef cattle differing in mature size. Lines of small-, medium-, and large-framed calves were represented in each of two research herds (Rhodes and McNay). Variance components were estimated separately by herd and size line for birth weight and 205-d wei...

Margolis, S.W. and J.E. Pin, New results on the conjecture of Rhodes and on the topological conjecture, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 80 (1992) 305-313. The Conjecture of Rhodes, originally called the ‘type II conjecture’ by Rhodes, gives an algorithm to compute the kernel of a finite semigroup. This conjecture has numerous important consequences and is one of the most attractive problems...

The question of computing the group complexity of finite semigroups and automata was first posed in K. Krohn and J. Rhodes, Complexity of finite semigroups, Annals of Mathematics (2) 88 (1968), 128–160, motivated by the Prime Decomposition Theorem of K. Krohn and J. Rhodes, Algebraic theory of machines, I: Prime decomposition theorem for finite semigroups and machines, Transactions of the Ameri...

We give a new proof of the Krohn-Rhodes theorem using local divisors. The proof provides nearly as good a decomposition in terms of size as the holonomy decomposition of Eilenberg, avoids induction on the size of the state set, and works exclusively with monoids with the base case of the induction being that of a group.

We present paleo-water depth reconstructions for the Pefka E section deposited on the island of Rhodes (Greece) during the early Pleistocene. For these reconstructions, a transfer function (TF) using modern benthic foraminifera surface samples from the Adriatic and Western Mediterranean Seas has been developed. The TF model gives an overall predictive accuracy of ~50 m over a water depth range ...