The genomes of the hemiascomycetes Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Ashbya gossypii have been completely sequenced, allowing a comparative analysis of these two genomes, which reveals that a small number of genes appear to ...
Bacterial DNA is immunostimulatory, and the motifs responsible for this activity are unmethylated CpG dinucleotides. Following cellular uptake, CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN) are trafficked to the endosome ...
Given a known signal and perfect knowledge of the environment there exist few
detection and estimation problems that cannot be solved. Detection performance is
limited by uncertainty in the signal, an imperfect model, ...
The System Architecture for Tracking Individuals (SAFTI) is an indoor person location tracking system designed for use in the field of pervasive computing. SAFTI provides location tracking in environments where cameras are ...
This dissertation consists of two essays in international macroeconomics. The
first essay shows that optimal fiscal and monetary policy is time consistent in a
standard small open economy. Further, there exist many ...
Area LIP has long been considered to be heavily involved in controlling transformations of visual stimuli into oculomotor behavior, as well as being an integral part of the extensive cortico-cortical network that controls ...
This dissertation explores the effects of democratic competition among political
parties in India on natural resources and the ability of local communities to cooperate
for natural resource management. A significant ...
One-dimension (1D) nanostructures such as wires, rods, belts and tubes have become the focus of intensive researches for investigating structure-property relationships and related scientific and technological applications. ...
The Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve has been recognized as model of sustainable
development since 1989 when Xuan Thuy Ramsar Site was founded. However, a number of
studies have showed issues of “unsustainable development” ...
This paper examines an infrastructure road project in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, within the local context of a small favela, Colonia. This road project, called Projeto Costa Oeste, has a dual purpose of development and ...