This paper focuses on the parametric study of steady and unsteady forced and natural convection problems by the certified reduced basis method. These problems are characterized by an input-output relationship in which given an input parameter vector — material properties, boundary conditions and sources, and geometry — we would like to compute certain outputs of engineering interest — heat flux...

This study examines the molecular response of upland rice when exposed to different inorganic arsenic (iAs) species. One-week-old (Oryza sativa indica DOURADOAGULHA) seedlings were separately 100 ?M arsenite [As(III)] and arsenate [As(V)] in hydroponic culture for 12 h. Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis revealed that 2983 1844 genes responsive under As(III) As(V) stresses, respectively. There...

Flux compactifications of string theory seem to require the presence of a fine-tuned constant in the superpotential. We discuss a scheme where this constant is replaced by a dynamical quantity which we argue to be a ‘continuous Chern– Simons term’. In such a scheme, the gaugino condensate generates the hierarchically small scale of supersymmetry breakdown rather than adjusting its size to a con...

Background/Aims. The aim of this study is to clarify the differences of CCL20 and CCR6 expression, chemokine correlated to intestinal homeostasis, between pediatric and adult ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. Methods. Onehundred forty-one patients who underwent proctocolectomy were divided to two groups including childhood-onset UC (CUC, <16 years old, n = 24) and adult-onset UC (AUC, ≧16 years...

We d e r i v e t h e L i p s c h i t z dependence of t h e s e t of s o l u t i o n s of a convex minimizat ion problem and i t s Lagrange m u l t i p l i e r s upon t h e n a t u r a l parameters from an Inve r se Funct ion Theorem f o r se t -valued maps. Th i s r e q u i r e s t h e use of con t ingen t and Clarke d e r i v a t i v e s of se t -valued maps, a s w e l l a s gene ra l i zed se...

The KNOXI transcription factor SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM) is required to establish and maintain the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) apical meristem, yet little is known about its direct targets. Using different approaches we demonstrate that the induction of STM causes a significant up-regulation of the organ boundary gene CUP SHAPED COTYLEDON1 (CUC1), which is specific and independent of othe...