This paper describes the database algebra QAL which serves as the logical algebra in the query execution system of the Distributed Object Kernel [25]. QAL is based on the concepts of the early functional query languages. It provides a simple functional semantics of the language and the means to express complex queries in a step-by-step manner. The operations of QAL are designed to allow simple ...

Purified Ly1 cells induce other T-cell sets to exert potent feedback inhibitory activity and this T-T interaction has been shown to play an important role in regulating in vivo immune responses. Approximately 2/3 of Ly1 cells also express the Qa1 surface phenotype (Ly1:Qa1+ cells). The experiments reported here indicate that Ly1:Qal+ cells are responsible for induction of feedback inhibition an...

In the present study we have shown that quinolinic aromatic aminoxyls are very efficient in protecting lipids of endoplasmic reticulum membranes against hydroperoxide-induced oxidation. The efficacy of these aminoxyls as protectors of lipids was much higher than the water-soluble 4-OH-TEMPO. We have also shown that QAL causes distinct changes of the morphology of mitochondria: from filamentous ...

The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera Aphididae), is one of the most important sap sucking pests in many cotton-growing areas world-wide. In this study, the efficacies of seven insecticides [organophosphate (Fenitrothion & Pirimiphos-methyl), carbamate (Carbosulfan & Aldicarb), pyrethroid (Lambda-Cyhalothrin & Deltamethrin) and imidaclopride (Confidor)] were determined against four...

The main motivation for the development of a query algebra of complex objects QAL is the study of the operations needed to query the structural aspects of object-oriented databases which are due to the advantages of the object-oriented database model over conventional relational and functional database models. The basic operations of the QAL query algebra evolved from relational algebras and th...

Two F2carrot (Daucus carota L.) populations (orange rooted Brasilia x very dark orange rooted High CaroteneMass HCM cross and the dark orange rooted cultivated variety B493 x white rooted wild carrot Queen Anne’s Lace QAL cross) with very unrelated genetic backgrounds were used to investigate intrinsic factors limiting carotenoid accumulation in carrots by applying phenotypic correlation and pa...

Assuming the Hodge conjecture for abelian varieties of CM-type, one obtains a good category of abelian motives over Fal p and a reduction functor to it from the category of CM-motives over Qal. Consequently, one obtains a morphism of gerbes of fibre functors with certain properties. We prove unconditionally that there exists a morphism of gerbes with these properties, and we classify them.

Antide is the decapeptide N-Ac-D-Nal(2),D-Phe(pCl),D-Pal(3),Ser,Lys(Nic),D-Lys(Nic),Leu,Lys(iPr),P ro,D- Ala-NH2 [Nal(2) represents 3-(2-naphthyl)alanine; Phe(p-Cl) represents 3-(4-chlorophenyl)alanine; Pal(3) represents 3-(3-pyridyl)alanine; Lys(Nic) represents N epsilon-nicotinoyllysine; Lys-(iPr) represents N epsilon-isopropyllysine], which is an antagonist of luteinizing hormone-releasing h...