Protein electrostatic states have been demonstrated to play crucial roles in catalysis, ligand binding, protein stability, and in the modulation of allosteric effects. Electrostatics states are demonstrated to appear conserved among DEAD-box motifs and evidence is presented that the structural changes that occur to DEAD box proteins upon ligand binding alter the DEAD-box motif electrostatics in...

Quantitative analysis of soccer players’ passing ability focuses on descriptive statistics without considering the players’ real contribution to the passing and ball possession strategy of their team. Which player is able to help the build-up of an attack, or to maintain the possession of the ball? We introduce a novel methodology called QPass to answer questions like these quantitatively. Base...

The “mobility” has two important aspects: i) how to support mobility and ii) how to exploit mobility. This paper considers the latter, while many existing works only consider the former. This work is trying to prove that system performance will be greatly improved by understanding a user’s movement. In this paper, we propose a novel location update protocol, called SLUP which minimizes the ener...

Erin Sanders, who plays the part of teenage inventor Quinn on Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" show, with the author. She and her mother recently visited, and were impressed when this loop's little brother (also described below) was able to vastly improve very weak reception on KLBJ Austin (230 miles away) on an average radio. Used with a good radio, this loop is able to receive WWL 870 New Orleans, at...

In 1965, Abbiss asked the question if the autopsy was dead. (1) 45 years later, we again find ourselves challenged by the very same notion. The autopsy was previously the focus of modern medicine, playing a crucial role in the discovery, characterization and understanding of the pathological processes of diseases. The autopsy was at the heart of medical research, education and professional deve...

Introduction Physiology of Carbon Dioxide PACO2 PaCO2 The Concept of Dead Space Measurement of Dead Space Bohr Enghoff Langley Alveolar Ejection Volume Causes of Elevated Dead Space in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Pulmonary Embolism COPD ARDS Effects of Mechanical Ventilation on Dead Space Effect of VT Effect of PEEP Effect of Inspiratory Flow Waveforms and End-Inspiratory Pause Prone Posit...