IN TE landmark decision of Mapp v. Ohio,' which barred for the first time the introduction in state courts of evidence obtained by unconstitutional searches and seizures,2 the Supreme Court did not expressly provide whether the decision was to have retroactive effect. The problem raised by this omission has significance to the substantial number of persons convicted of crimes prior to the Mapp ...

Substantial amounts of macromolecular activators of phagocytosis from platelets (MAPPs) were released in response to exposure of platelets to the specific agonists thrombin and collagen and to calcium ionophore A23187. Centrifugation of the platelets in culture medium also resulted in a release of MAPPs, but not when the platelets were frozen and thawed prior to centrifugation. In an experiment...

Multi-agent path planning is a challenging problem with numerous real-life applications. Running a centralized search such as A* in the combined state space of all units is complete and cost-optimal, but scales poorly, as the state space size is exponential in the number of mobile units. Traditional decentralized approaches, such as FAR and WHCA*, are faster and more scalable, being based on pr...

This paper presents a new concept-maltreatment associated psychiatric problems (MAPP)-a syndrome of overlapping complex neurodevelopmental problems in children who have experienced abuse or neglect in early life. Children with MAPP are a hidden population in the community and, in clinical settings, their problems can seem overwhelming. Individual disorders associated with maltreatment are discu...

Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC), is the most common known genetic syndrome for colorectal cancer (CRC). MLH1/MSH2 mutations underlie approximately 90% of Lynch syndrome families. A total of 24% of these mutations are missense. Interpreting missense variation is extremely challenging. We have therefore developed multivariate analysis of protein polymorp...

Durian skin is a newly explores natural fibre potentially reinforced polyolefin for diverse applications. In this work, investigation on the effect of coupling agent, maleic anhydride polypropylene (MAPP) on the mechanical, morphological, and thermal properties of polypropylene (PP) reinforced with durian skin fibre (DSF) was conducted. The presence of 30 wt% DSF significantly reduced the tensi...

Navigating multiple mobile units on grid maps is an NP-complete problem [4, 1] with many real-life applications. Centralized search in the combined state space of all units scales very poorly. Previous approaches that decompose the initial problem into a series of smaller searches, such as FAR [5] and WHCA* [2], can significantly improve scalability and speed. However, such methods are incomple...

We present the Berkeley Model and Algorithm Prototyping Platform (MAPP), a MATLAB R -based framework for conveniently and quickly prototyping device compact models and simulation algorithms. MAPP’s internal code structuring, which differs markedly from that of Berkeley SPICE and related simulators, allows users to add new devices with only minimal knowledge of simulation algorithms, and vice-ve...

The mechanical properties and morphology of polypropylene/wood flour (PP/WF) composites with different impact modifiers and maleated polypropylene (MAPP) as a compatibilizer have been studied. Two different ethylene/propylene/diene terpolymers (EPDM) and one maleated styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene triblock copolymer (SEBS-MA) have been used as impact modifiers in the PP/WF systems. All three...