The classic Coupon-Collector Problem (CCP) is generalized. Only basic probability theory is used. Centerpiece rather is an algorithm that efficiently counts all k-element transversals of a set system.

Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Gatty Marine Lab, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, UK Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil School of Science and the Environment, Coventry University, James Starley Building, Priory St...

By means of a three critical points theorem proposed by Brezis and Nirenberg and a general version of Mountain Pass Theorem, we obtain some multiplicity results for periodic solutions of a fourth-order discrete Hamiltonian system ∆u(t− 2) +∇F (t, u(t)) = 0, for all t ∈ Z.

We present a system for the classification of mountain panoramas from user-generated photographs followed by identification and extraction of mountain peaks from those panoramas. We have developed an automatic technique that, given as input a geo-tagged photograph, estimates its FOV (Field Of View) and the direction of the camera using a matching algorithm on the photograph edge maps and a rend...

Evidence for bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infection was detected in 2009-2010 while investigating a pneumonia die-off in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis, canadensis), and sympatric mountain goats (Oreamnos americanum) in adjacent mountain ranges in Elko County, Nevada. Seroprevalence to BVDV-1 was 81% (N = 32) in the bighorns and 100% (N = 3) in the mountain goats. Serosurve...

HE question of whether one or both strands of the transforming deoxyriboTnucleic acid (DNA) molecule is inserted into the host chromosome of Bacillus subtilis has been the subject of several recent reports. BODMER and GANESAN (1964) presented physical evidence for the incorporation of one strand. AYAD and BARKER (1969) in contrast, presented physical evidence suggesting that both strands of the...

Buoyancy perturbations develop when stably stratified air ascends a mountain barrier. These perturbations often trigger disturbances that propagate away from the mountain as gravity (or buoyancy) waves. Gravity waves triggered by the flow over a mountain are referred to as mountain waves or lee waves. Mountain waves sometimes reveal their presence through dramatic cloud formations, such as smoo...

Drought and mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) outbreaks have affected millions of hectares of high-elevation conifer forests in the Northern Rocky Mountains during the past century. Little research has examined the distinction between mountain pine beetle outbreaks and climatic influence on radial growth in endangered whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) ecosystems. We...

Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) are among the most culturally and economically important large mammal species in Alaska. Due to their low population growth rates and relatively high degree of sensitivity to natural and anthropogenic disturbance, resource management decisions must be carefully evaluated to ensure sustainable populations. In this study we combined data collected from 124 GPS...