We present a dynamic and thermodynamic study of the orientational glass former Freon 113 (1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane, CCl_{2}F-CClF_{2}) in order to analyze its kinetic and thermodynamic fragilities. Freon 113 displays internal molecular degrees of freedom that promote a complex energy landscape. Experimental specific heat and its microscopic origin, the vibrational density of states...

Having designed the control system, the next stage was to test whether these motion camouflage controllers would be able to fool humans! We did this by performing a novel psychophysical experiment that masqueraded as a computer game competition. The competition was based on a 3D computer game (Missile Defence) of the popular first-person shoot-em-up genre: purpose-written to allow comparison of...

Family Planning Perspectives Through the mid-1980s, Medicaid eligibility requirements included very low income thresholds established by the individual states. Between 1987 and 1991, eligibility standards for poor and near-poor pregnant women were expanded dramatically. The 1986 Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act (OBRA) permitted states to extend eligibility (and receive reimbursement for se...

Ageing is accompanied by a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, leading to the loss of functional capacity and an increased risk for developing chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes. The age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass results from a chronic disruption in the balance between muscle protein synthesis and degradation. As basal muscle protein synthesis rates are li...

Obesity is a multifactor, chronic metabolic disease involving an excessive build-up of adipose tissue in the body. The severity of obesity is measured with the Body Mass Index (BMI). A BMI within the range of 25-29.9 kg/m indicates overweight, while a BMI exceeding 30 kg/m indicates obesity. The higher the BMI, the greater the disease risk for obesity-related comorbidities. Currently more than ...

The research, based on an interdisciplinary literature review, highlights the strategic choices, various profiles and salient factors of electronic procurement (eprocurement). The authors identify some factors which are important when adopting a strategic, rather than a tactical e-procurement perspective. The article proposes a broad framework for assessing the e-procurement performance relatio...

Rapamycin is a canonical allosteric inhibitor of the mammalian tarpet of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase with immunosuppressive and proapoptotic activities. We found that in vitro rapamycin also regulates the proteasome, which is an essential intracellular protease of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Rapamycin inhibits proteinase and selected peptidase activities of the catalytic core proteasome at lo...

Human activities have more than doubled inputs of nitrogen (N) to terrestrial ecosystems worldwide (1). Until recently, most of this increase was focused in the developed regions of the world. With fertilizer consumption (2), fossil-fuel emissions (3), and biomass burning (4) rapidly increasing in less developed regions, sources and distribution of anthropogenic N now occur globally (5), as doe...