An extreme example of nonrandom rearrangements, especially inversion breaks, is described in the polytene chromosomes of the black fly Simulium bergi Rubtsov, 1956 from Armenia and Turkey. A total of 48 rearrangements was discovered, relative to the standard banding sequence for the subgenus Simulium Latreille, 1802. One rearrangement, an inversion (IIS-C) in the short arm of the second chromos...

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The sequence of massive star supernova types IIP (plateau light curve), IIL (linear light curve), IIb, IIn (narrow line), Ib, and Ic roughly represents a sequence of increasing mass loss during the stellar evolution. The mass loss affects the velocity distribution of the ejecta composition; in particular, only the IIP’s typically end up with H moving at low velocity. Radio and Xray observations...

We study a possibility of detection of circumstellar absorption lines of Na I D1,2 and Ca II H,K in spectra of type IIP supernovae at the photospheric epoch. The modelling shows that the circumstellar lines of Na I doublet will not be seen in type IIP supernovae for moderate wind density, e.g., characteristic of SN 1999em, whereas rather pronounced Ca II lines with P Cygni profile should be det...

This paper discusses the application of GRASS iil the area of mobile and portable radio communications. The growing interest in wireless personal communications has fueled efforts to produce systems with better performance and increased capacity. A brief view of mobile communications is presented along with the motivation for this research. The role of GRASS in radio propagation prediction is d...

hal should a conversational foreilln lanllualle tutoring system say next'? The choice is nslrain..:d by two ~Is of considerations: the demands of conversational continuity and the Igua!;e pro!;ress of th~ stuJent. An introduction to these potentially conl1icling 'Iuirements is the topic of an earlier paper [I]. The present study provides a more . hnieal analysis of the conversational side of th...

Increased evidence suggests that opticospinal multiple sclerosis (OS-MS) preferentially found in Asians is a distinct disease entity which differs from the conventional or universal form of MSin manyaspects. The following characteristics have been reported in OS-MS;1) severe and selective involvement of the optic nerve and spinal cord, 2) paucity of brain MRI lesions, 3) frequent occurrence of ...

This paper shows cxpcrinicn~~~l results concerning thc lnartcnsitic transcormation and the transfor1nation-in(i~1cc(I plasticity undcr multinsial loading. The matcrial investigated is a Cr-Ni-Mo-Al-Ti steel, which is suhrnitlcd to :I y--)cr.' nlartcnsitic phasc: transformation undcr an applicd strcss. The specimens are thin tubes loadcd in ~cnsion-~orsion. The ~csts wcrc specially dcsigncd to p...

IT Governance (ITG) is an important topic as US companies must now monitor ITG under the provisions of the SarbanesOxley Act (2002) (Hoffmann, 2003). Trites (2003) indicates that directors are responsible for strategic planning, internal control structures and business risk. The control environment is defined in Australian Auditing Standard AUS 402 to mean “the overall attitude, awareness and a...

This paper presents a novel method for determining the probability that a supernova candidate belongs to a known supernova type (such as Ia, Ibc, IIL, etc.), using its photometric information alone. It is validated with Monte Carlo, and both spaceand groundbased data. We examine the application of the method to well-sampled as well as poorly sampled supernova light curves and investigate to wha...