Nonylphenol (NP) has been suspected as an endocrine-disrupting chemical. Japanese polyvinyl chloride (PVC) stretch films contained 0.5-3.3 mg/g of NP and 100-400 mg/g of plasticizers such as diisononyl adipate (DINA), di-n-alkyl adipate (DAA), and diacetyllauroyl glycerol (DALG). Migration of NP and plasticizers from PVC stretch films into food simulants (water; 4% acetic acid; 20%, 50%, and 95...

With the proliferation of IP networking and wireless access, local exchange carriers (LEC) are under tremendous pressure to evolve into broadband service providers. On-demand video distribution to the mass appears to be one of the best evolution paths for the LEC. Various approaches for providing on-demand content/video distribution to massive viewers are compared. In particular, a novel low-co...

MOTIVATION Identification of differential expressed genes has led to countless new discoveries. However, differentially expressed genes are only a proxy for finding dysregulated pathways. The problem is to identify how the network of regulatory and physical interactions rewires in different conditions or in disease. RESULTS We developed a procedure named DINA (DIfferential Network Analysis), ...

First reported monthly and quarterly time series data on nine macroeconomic variables from 1960-1993 are given. Features of this so called "unrevised" or " ̄rst reported data" are discussed, and the data is compared with standard "fully revised" data using Granger causality tests. We reiterate that for the purposes of real-time forecating as well as comparing professional forecasts with traditio...

Numerical study of the SOL in the T-11M with the use of a combination of edge and core plasma codes, SOL-DINA and DINA is carried out. Modeling results are compared with experiment for ohmic heating discharges with Li and Carbon limiter in T-11M tokamak. Temperatures, electron density and lithium distribution in SOL are compared. Values for anomalous radial diffusion coefficients of Li ions and...

The structural gene for DNA polymerase II was cloned by using a synthetic inosine-containing oligonucleotide probe corresponding to 11 amino acids, which were determined by sequencing the amino terminus of the purified protein. The labeled oligonucleotide hybridized specifically to the lambda clone 7H9 from the Kohara collection as well as to plasmid pGW511 containing the SOS-regulated dinA gen...

First-reported monthly and quarterly time-series data on nine macroeconomic variables from 1960–1993 are given. Features of this so-called “unrevised” or “first-reported data” are discussed, and the data is compared with standard “fully revised” data using Granger causality tests. For the purposes of real-time forecasting, as well as comparing professional forecasts with traditional econometric...