Alloislet transplantation for the treatment of type 1 diabetes enjoyed highly favorable status in the first half of the last decade but declined in favor during the second half. In this Perspective, I will briefly review the literature published in this area from 2000 to 2010 for the purposes of extracting lessons we have learned, considering whether the procedure should be deemed a partial suc...

In this project we look at the performance characteristics of three tools used to move large data sets over dedicated long distance networking infrastructure. Although performance studies of wide area networks have been a frequent topic of interest, performance analyses have tended to focus on network latency characteristics and peak throughput using network traffic generators. In this study we...

spatio-temporal variability of throughfall (tf) has an important role on the biogeochemical processes,soil, watershed hydrology as well as the nutrient cycle in forests. spatial distribution and temporalstability of tf patterns by five individual persian oak trees (quercus brantii var. persica) in thezagros forests of western iran, ilam, was quantified. sixteen tf manual gauges were placed bene...