Cilia take charge in L–R asymmetry eft–right asymmetry is determined by the distinct activities of two populations of cilia in the node of the mouse embryo, according to results from James McGrath, Martina Brueckner (Yale Univesity, New Haven, CT), and colleagues. Previous experiments suggested that ciliary movement at the node generates movement of the extracellular fluid surrounding the node,...

In the elastic-like bounce of the body at each running step the muscle-tendon units are stretched after landing and recoil before take-off. For convenience, both the velocity of the centre of mass of the body at landing and take-off, and the characteristics of the muscle-tendon units during stretching and recoil, are usually assumed to be the same. The deviation from this symmetrical model has ...

Despite an overall body symmetry, human behavior is full of examples of asymmetry, from writing or gesturing to kissing and cradling. Prior research has revealed that theatre patrons show a bias towards sitting on the right side of a movie theatre. Two competing theories have attempted to explain this seating asymmetry: one posits that expectation of processing demand drives the bias; the other...

The present work is an experimental account of the way in which several machine settings, particularly cylinder knock-over and dial-height, influence fabric dimensions, course length, bending behavior and load extension of fabrics produced on a circular knitting machine. The results show that there are certain optimum settings for such variables as knock-over depth and dial-height for producing...

This paper presents a formalized communicating process for dealing with information asymmetry between agents. A proactive process can improve the efficiency of dealing with asymmetry by allowing agents to take the initiative of communication in a goaloriented way. In the process, by reasoning on belief and intention about the world and figuring out the information needed, the agent proactively ...

Most existing econometric models such as ARCH(q) and GARCH(p,q) take into account heteroskedasticity (non-stationarity) of time series. However, the original ARCH(q) and GARCH(p,q) models do not take into account the asymmetry of the market’s response to positive and to negative changes. Several heuristic modifications of ARCH(q) and GARCH(p,q) models have been proposed that take this asymmetry...