... we give close attention to the Single UNIX Specification in this book, well follow this second definition of UNIX, so that well often say things such as Linux, like other UNIX implementations ... implementations diverged over time, so that writing applications that worked on all UNIX implementations became increasingly difficult This led to a drive for standardization of UNIX implementations, ... mechanism for obtaining notification of file I/ O events; inotify, a mechanism for monitoring changes in files and directories; capabilities, a mechanism for granting a process a subset of the powers...
... while the specified condition is true It is important to note that the exit condition is checked in the WHILE condition each time an iteration is going to start The exit condition must be set in ... IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from ... your programs SQL PSM has four conditional control structures: IF-THEN IF-THEN-ELSE IF-THEN-ELSEIF CASE IF-THEN The IF-THEN conditional control structure tests a simple condition If the condition...
... supercoiling, the i- motif forms under physiological conditions, and in this case it is more likely that stabilizing capping interactions may drive the formation of a favored i- motif [16] For example, ... the importance of these interactions in stabilizing the structure Thus it is necessary to be cautious in drawing conclusions from experiments in which acidic conditions are used to drive i- motif ... Brooks et al containing multiple G-tracts Classes II and III differ in their relative positions in the promoter, either distant, so that direct interaction is less likely to occur (Class II), or...
... equilibration buffer) containing 10 mgÆmL)1 dithiothreitol followed by 15 in SDS equilibration buffer containing 40 mgÆmL)1 iodoacetamide Gels were stained with GelCode Blue Stain (Pierce Biotechnology, ... aB1 spot are possible modifications of a-crystallins (Fig 4) Modifications in mammalian a-crystallins such as phosphorylation make the proteins more acidic In addition, these spots reacted with the ... serine phosphorylation sites present in bovine aB-crystallin, while zebrafish aB1 contains only one The arginine at position 120 in the human sequence, which is vital to chaperone-like activity,...
... hold in the reversed direction if f is concave In [1], Orlicz defined s-convex function in the second sense as following: Definition A function f : R+ → R, where R+ = [0, ∞), is said to be s-convex ... convex functions on the co-ordinates as following: Definition Let us consider the bidimensional interval ∆ = [a, b] × [c, d] in R2 with a < b, c < d A function f : ∆ → R will be called convex on ... Another definition for co-ordinated sconvex functions of second sense can be found in [15] 1 ∗1 ¨ M UHAMET EMIN OZDEMIR , HAVVA KAVURMACI , AHMET OCAK A Definition Consider the bidimensional interval...
... first boundary condition in 1.9 This condition is a generalization of the classical condition u0 αu η C 1.10 from ordinary difference equations Here this condition connects the history u0 with the ... Cτ and g Similar to the above proof, we can show that 1.9 has at least one positive solution Consequently, 1.9 has at least one positive solution with g Example 3.9 Consider the following BVP: ... t0 ξ − t0 which is a contradiction to the convexity of x t If t0 ∈ ξ, T , similar to the above proof, we can also get a contradiction Consider that γ > 2.7 Boundary Value Problems Now we have...
... function on an interval α, β i f t satisfies †n on α, β if and only if for small α ,β − > the function f t satisfies †n on ii f t is n-convex on α, β if and only if for small α ,β − Proof i Let ... -convex It should be mentioned here that in his original definition of n-convexity Kraus restricted the requirement 1.11 only for X ≥ with rank X We will return to this point later The corresponding ... Tomiyama, “Differential analysis of matrix convex functions II,” Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol 10, no 2, article 32, pp 1–5, 2009 W F Donoghue Jr., Monotone Matrix...
... following proposition Proposition 2.4 Let T : Rn → Rn be a positively homogeneous function with degree θ Then the following conclusions hold: (i) if T is P-type, then θ+1 α(T) x ∞ ≤ max xi T(x) i ≤ β(T) ... respectively As an application, a bound of the solution to the homogeneous complementarity problem with a P-type function is obtained Characteristic quantities for P-Type and M-Type functions Let ... M-type functions Furthermore, we give the concepts of P-property and M-property for a couple of functions, and obtain some quantities for homogeneous continuous pair with P-property and M-property,...
... fibroblast adhesion on silicone coated with Ti using ionic plasma deposition Bars = 20 lm Discussion Ionic plasma deposition is a versatile technique that can be used to coat different medical ... continued to show greater initial adsorption of hydrophilic proteins (specifically, vitronectin) and subsequently greater osteoblast functions (from adhesion to the deposition of calcium containing mineral ... and growth on silicone coated with Ti; this is in contrast to uncoated silicone or Ti, thus, demonstrating the strong potential IPD has at increasing conventional medical device efficacy for a...
... electronic journal of combinatorics 13 (2006), #R18 14 of sign reversing involutions on SL which have the property that the collection of λ and µ bricks in the corresponding simple primitive bi-brick ... (λ, µ)-bi-brick permutation It follows that each primitive (λ, µ)-bi-brick permutation gives rise to n! labeled primitive (λ, µ)-bi-brick permutations the electronic journal of combinatorics 13 ... wik by the single word wik−1 wik and sgn(θ) = −sgn(θ ) One could use this observation to try to construct an involution Is much like the involutions IB and I described above The problem is to...
... several nice properties: The empty forest ∅ is a null object in CRF S Disjoint union of forests equips CRF S with a symmetric monoidal structure We denote by F1 ⊕ F2 the disjoint union of the rooted ... originally considered in [9] Taking the transpose + of ρ, we obtain a homomorphism from the Connes-Kreimer Hopf algebra to a K0 (CRF S )– graded version of the Hopf algebra of quasisymmetric functions ... to the root Removing the edges in an admissible cut divides T into a colored rooted forest PC (T ) and a colored rooted tree RC (T ), where the latter is the component containing the root The...
... In addition, little information is given on the lower portion of the stem where most of the biomass is concentrated Therefore, all estimations used further in this text are based on stem diameters ... wijst, 1991) The objectives of this paper are i) to illusthe limits of the linear model, ii) to evaluate power function equations for predicting biomass, iii) to examine their respective predictive ... The overall aim of this project was to explain the production differences observed among different poplar clones in terms of physiological processes to identify early selection criteria This work...
... subject to four limita- per functions, tions First, the uneven geographical distribution of plots implies that the functions have not been verified for trees growing un- der poor conditions, ie, notably ... the information from the stem taper function previous work For tice, it is on The accuracy of predictions from the stem volume function for oak is comparable to similar functions for three broadleaved ... on 4) the derivative of equal zero for I l 2with respect to I has to = h Only restriction is needed to provide compatible functions Restrictions 2-4 give the stem taper function desirable properties...
... (log L, +45 400 for Polled Hereford and +49 100 for Wokalup) and corresponding information criteria (AIC: Akaike Information Criterion, BIC: Bayesian Information Criterion, both −90 800 for Polled ... function described by one or two parameters in conjunction with a variance function to allow for heterogeneous variances (e.g [6,32,33]) CONCLUSIONS Random regression models allow changes in traits ... Wiggans G.R., Misztal I. , Estimation of (co)variance function coefficients for test day yield with an Expectation-Maximization restricted maximum likelihood algorithm, J Dairy Sci 82 (1999) On- line...
... defined for the three ontologies in GO slim file downloaded from GO consortium website GOSlim has 52 GO terms definitions in total for biological process ontology, 41 GO terms definitions for molecular ... (“hit”) or if a substitution is done a positive weight is assigned to that comparison or else if an insertion or deletion operation is performed a negative weight is assigned to the comparison ... similar biological functions Although the similarity distribution in each functional group across GO levels varies from one functional group to another, the comparison between distributions of...
... -Diploma BiologistUniversity of Cologne, Germany A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE ... arm Promoter (cytomegalovirus) Parkinson’s disease Posttranscriptional modification Mitogen-activated protein kinase Multiple cloning site Number or amount Normal-anxiety behavior National Center ... 3’splice site whereas the mature transcript results in a longer or shorter exon version Finally, intron retention is the most controversial form of splicing as the intronic region is maintained in the...
... functions, it would be imperative to acquire quantitative information on the layer width characteristics in the presence of rheological abnormalities in red blood cell aggregation Vasomotor Control ... vessels There is however a notable lack of quantitative information on the spatial variations in the layer formation in the vicinity of an arteriolar bifurcation and its possible modulation by the ... resolution that is dependent on the framing rate of the video camera The spatial resolution in the longitudinal direction of blood flow can be obtained by multiplying the temporal resolution with...
... tractable but polynomially intractable Non-periodic HC approximations The above theory admits an extension to non-periodic functions with slight modifications In this section we outline the main results ... )) In Section 5, we extend the methods and results for periodic approximations to the non-periodic case and approximations by polynomials The Appendix in Section contains the detailed proof of ... (s,T,a) Obviously, ST is the orthogonal projection onto T (s, T, a) The following lemma and corollary give upper bounds with respect to T for the error of the orthogonal projection HIGH-DIMENSIONAL...
... be continued to a continuous plurisubharmonic on a small neighbourhood of K function on U , the above inequality holds true for functions which are only conˆ U This information will be important ... biholomorphic maps on Ω The proof is then complete Proof of Proposition 1.10 By Proposition 1.9 we see that Φt is an isotopy family of biholomorphic maps on Ω that satisfies the conditions (1.4.b) In view ... additional conditions: Ω is holomorphically convex in U, Φt is a biholomorphic mapping from ˜ ˜ a fixed neighbourhood Ω U of Ω onto Φt (Ω) U for every t To see this, we ′ ′′ ˜ choose pseudoconvex...