Failure to use expressive language is a defining characteristic of juvenile autism (Ricks & Wing, 1975). Indeed, the fact that some 90~ of autistic children end up in institutions seems directly caused by two languagerelated problems--the child's inability to communicate with others, and the child's failure to learn to use "self-talk" as a means of establishing selfcontrol over his thoughts and...

XtreemOS-MD SSO is a modular, pluggable, Single SignOn (SSO) architecture. It has been conceived for easy integration of mobile devices into the Grid as part of XtreemOS project, but it may be reused by any other project. It offers semi-transparent integration with applications and makes easier the migration from enterprise servers to cloud computing infrastructures. XtreemOS-MDSSO is inspired ...

According to ‘standard histories’ of nanotechnology, the colorful pictures of atoms produced by scanning probe microscopists since the 1980s essentially inspired visions of molecular nanotechnology. In this paper, I provide an entirely different account that, nonetheless, refers to aesthetic inspiration, First, I argue that the basic idea of molecular nanotechnology, i.e., producing molecular d...

Abstract We exhibit a randomized algorithm which, given square matrix $$A\in \mathbb {C}^{n\times n}$$ A∈Cn×n with $$\Vert A\Vert \le 1$$ xmlns...

C1q modulates the differentiation and function of cells committed to the monocyte-derived dendritic cell (DC) lineage. Because the 2 C1q receptors found on the DC surface-gC1qR and cC1qR-lack a direct conduit into intracellular elements, we postulated that the receptors must form complexes with transmembrane partners. In the present study, we show that DC-SIGN, a C-type lectin expressed on DCs,...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis represents a world-wide health risk and immunosuppression is a particular problem in M. tuberculosis infections. Although macrophages are primarily infected, dendritic cells (DCs) are important in inducing cellular immune responses against M. tuberculosis. We hypothesized that DCs represent a target for M. tuberculosis and that the observed immuno-suppression results ...

For the simpler functions (such as and,or), a degree-Θ( √ n) polynomial suffices. For more complicated functions (such as majority), a degree-n polynomial is necessary. Note that in this formalism, any function can be approximated to arbitrary accuracy with a degree-n polynomial. It suffices (i) to form the sum of the 2 polynomials each of which evaluates to 1 on a distinct assignment to the va...