abstract accurate prediction of hourly minimum temperature is required for various crop models which simulate photosynthesis and transpiration. such data can be used for crop protection and reducing the crops injuries due to freezing as well. our objective of this study is employing trigonometric and pattern recognition (k-nn) approaches to evaluate their potential in prediction of hourly tempe...

We introduce the several possible ”NUERBS” forms of expo-rational B-splines, and discuss the hierarchy of these forms in the univariate case. We give some first instances of exploration of properties of the expo-rational NUERBS which depend not only on the NUERBS weights but also on the intrinsic parameters of the expo-rational Bsplines.

The preservation and promotion of neighbourhood identity is important in contemporary cities. Los Angeles, long known for its lack of both effective mass transit and, separately, local identity and cohesion among its neighbourhoods, is currently working to address each of these issues, yet little attention has been paid to the possibility that the two can be directly related. This paper investi...

Exocyst is an evolutionary conserved multisubunit tethering factor composed of 8 proteins: Sec3, Sec5, Sec6, Sec8, Sec10, Sec15, Exo70 and Exo84. It was originally described as a protein complex which captures and guides secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane (PM) prior to cognate SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. Exocyst homologs have also been found in plants, but in contrast to yeast and an...

In contrast to a single copy of Exo70 in yeast and mammals, the Arabidopsis genome contains 23 paralogues of Exo70 (AtExo70). Using AtExo70E2 and its GFP fusion as probes, we recently identified a novel double-membrane organelle termed exocyst-positive organelle (EXPO) that mediates an unconventional protein secretion in plant cells. Here we further demonstrate that AtExo70E2 is essential for e...

Autophagosomes are organelles that deliver cytosolic proteins for degradation in the vacuole of the cell. In contrast, exocyst-positive organelles (EXPO) deliver cytosolic proteins to the cell surface and therefore represent a form of unconventional protein secretion. Because both structures have two boundary membranes, it has been suggested that they may have been falsely treated as separate e...

A new type of B-spline the expo-rational B-spline is introduced. The heuristic motivation for its introduction comes from important similarities in several celebrated mathematical constructions originating in approximation theory, differential geometry and operator theory. The main result of the paper is the derivation of an Edgeworth and a steepest-descent/saddlepoint asymptotic expansion whic...

Three field campaigns were conducted before, during, and after the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, aiming to understand the response of secondary aerosol components to both control measures and human activities. In spring, PM2.5 (particulate matter) averaged 34.5± 20.9 μg m−3 with a severe pollution episode influenced by a floating dust originating from northwestern China on 26–28 April, right bef...

Introduction: Consumer health organisations have a growing role in providing diabetes education, particularly as a means of community education, but the effectiveness of this method of providing diabetes education is not known.Objective:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a one-day large groupdiabetes self-management educational expo that was provided by a leading consumer health ...

This document presents a new exciting effort in the intelligent vehicles arena which is going to set a new milestone in the history of vehicular robotics. Autonomous vehicles have been demonstrated able to reach the end of a 220 miles off-road trail (in the DARPA Grand Challenge), to negotiate traffic and obey traffic rules (in the DARPA Urban Challenge), but no one ever tested their capabiliti...