The Text Encoding Initiative is using literate schema design, as instantiated in the completely redesigned ODD system, for production of the next edition of the TEI Guidelines. Key new aspects of the system include support of multiple schema languages; facilities for interoperability with other ontologies and vocabularies; and facilities for user customization and modularization (including a ne...

Service Overlay Networks (SON) have emerged as an efficient way to provide end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) support in the Internet, as required by real-time services. The deployment of a SON is a capital-intensive investment. Thus, minimizing the economic cost is one of the key objectives for the SON operator. Moreover, end-to-end performance must be enhanced, so as to provide innovative va...

The superior olivary nucleus (SON) is the primary source of inhibition in the avian auditory brainstem. While much is known about the role of inhibition at the SON's target nuclei, little is known about how the SON itself processes auditory information or how inhibition modulates these properties. Additionally, the synaptic physiology of inhibitory inputs within the SON has not been described. ...

L'ectropion est une éversion du bord libre des paupières. L'ectropion peut être congénital ou acquis ; le plus souvent il est d'origine sénile ou paralytique ou post traumatique. Nous présentons le cas d'une patiente suivie pour sclérodermie depuis son enfance et nous a été envoyée pour son ectropion bilatéral. L'examen clinique a retrouvé un aspect de peau cartonnée au niveau de son visage et ...

The aim of this paper is to give a complete classification of irreducible finite-dimensional representations of the nonstandard q-deformation U ′ q(son) (which does not coincide with the Drinfel’d-Jimbo quantum algebra Uq(son)) of the universal enveloping algebra U(son(C)) of the Lie algebra son(C) when q is not a root of unity. These representations are exhausted by irreducible representations...

The avian auditory brainstem displays parallel processing, a fundamental feature of vertebrate sensory systems. Nuclei specialized for temporal processing are largely separate from those processing other aspects of sound. One possible exception to this parallel organization is the inhibitory input provided by the superior olivary nucleus (SON) to nucleus angularis (NA), nucleus magnocellularis ...

The avian auditory brain stem consists of a network of specialized nuclei, including nucleus laminaris (NL) and superior olivary nucleus (SON). NL cells show sensitivity to interaural time difference (ITD), a critical cue that underlies spatial hearing. SON cells provide inhibitory feedback to the rest of the network. Empirical data suggest that feedback inhibition from SON could increase the I...

This study in Egypt, measured the son preference index, its determinants, and impact on reproductive behaviour and intention of 400 mothers attending for delivery. Overall son preference index was 1.4. The causes of sex preference were mainly psychological and social. Mothers with only girls were 496 times more likely to prefer a son as compared to those with boys only. Mothers with illiterate ...

We document male-biased sex ratios among U.S.-born children of Chinese, Korean, and Asian Indian parents in the 2000 U.S. Census. This male bias is particularly evident for third children: If there was no previous son, sons outnumbered daughters by 50%. By contrast, the sex ratios of eldest and younger children with an older brother were both within the range of the biologically normal, as were...

It is with great regret we have to record the death of Dr. Edward Mills Grace, which took place on May 20th at Thornbury, after some months of failing health. He was born at Downend on November 28th, 1841, the third son of Henry Mills Grace, a very hard-working country doctor, whose leisure moments in the summer were given up to cricket. The other sons were Henry, Alfred, now at Chipping Sodbur...