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Network growth models and genetic regulatory networks
We study a class of growth algorithms for directed graphs that are candidate
models for the evolution of genetic regulatory networks. The algorithms involve
partial duplication of nodes and their links, together with innovation of new
links, allowing for the possibility that input and output links from a newly
created node may have different probabilities of survival. We find some
counterintuitive trends as parameters are varied, including the broadening of
indegree distribution when the probability for retaining input links is
decreased. We also find that both the scaling of transcription factors with
genome size and the measured degree distributions for genes in yeast can be
reproduced by the growth algorithm if and only if a special seed is used to
initiate the process.Comment: 8 pages with 7 eps figures; uses revtex4. Added references, cleaner
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Pupil participation in Scottish schools: final report
This research was commissioned by Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) to evaluate the nature of pupil participation in primary and secondary schools across Scotland. The specific objectives of the research were:
<p>· To describe what school staff and pupils understand by the term ‘pupil participation’.</p>
<p>· To describe the range and usage of pupil participation mechanisms employed in schools.</p>
<p>· To describe how school staff respect and respond to pupils’ views and ideas, and those of the wider community.</p>
<p>· To identify the characteristics of schools and classrooms that facilitate effective pupil participation.</p>
<p>· To identify possible barriers to the development of pupil participation in schools and to make suggestions about how these can be overcome.</p>
<p>· To capture examples of effective practice of pupil participation.</p>
<p>· To make suggestions about how pupil participation can help support the implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.</p>
On the Robustness of NK-Kauffman Networks Against Changes in their Connections and Boolean Functions
NK-Kauffman networks {\cal L}^N_K are a subset of the Boolean functions on N
Boolean variables to themselves, \Lambda_N = {\xi: \IZ_2^N \to \IZ_2^N}. To
each NK-Kauffman network it is possible to assign a unique Boolean function on
N variables through the function \Psi: {\cal L}^N_K \to \Lambda_N. The
probability {\cal P}_K that \Psi (f) = \Psi (f'), when f' is obtained through f
by a change of one of its K-Boolean functions (b_K: \IZ_2^K \to \IZ_2), and/or
connections; is calculated. The leading term of the asymptotic expansion of
{\cal P}_K, for N \gg 1, turns out to depend on: the probability to extract the
tautology and contradiction Boolean functions, and in the average value of the
distribution of probability of the Boolean functions; the other terms decay as
{\cal O} (1 / N). In order to accomplish this, a classification of the Boolean
functions in terms of what I have called their irreducible degree of
connectivity is established. The mathematical findings are discussed in the
biological context where, \Psi is used to model the genotype-phenotype map.Comment: 17 pages, 1 figure, Accepted in Journal of Mathematical Physic
System and market failures: the unavailability of magnesium sulphate for the treatment of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Low cost and effective drugs, such as magnesium sulphate, need to be included in initiatives to improve access to essential medicines in Afric
Universal behaviour of ideal and interacting quantum gases in two dimensions
I discuss ideal and interacting quantum gases obeying general fractional
exclusion statistics. For systems with constant density of single-particle
states, described in the mean field approximation, the entropy depends neither
on the microscopic exclusion statistics, nor on the interaction. Such systems
are called {\em thermodynamically equivalent} and I show that the microscopic
reason for this equivalence is a one-to-one correspondence between the excited
states of these systems. This provides a method, different from the
bosonisation technique, to transform between systems of different exclusion
statistics. In the last section the macroscopic aspects of this method are
discussed.
In Appendix A I calculate the fluctuation of the ground state population of a
condensed Bose gas in grandcanonical ensemble and mean field approximation,
while in Appendix B I show a situation where although the system exhibits
fractional exclusion properties on microscopic energy intervals, a rigorous
calculation of the population of single particle states reveals a condensation
phenomenon. This also implies a malfunction of the usual and simplified
calculation technique of the most probable statistical distributions.Comment: About 14 journal pages, with 1 figure. Changes: Body of paper: same
content, with slight rephrasing. Apendices are new. In the original
submission I just mentioned the condensation, which is now detailed in
Appendix B. They were intended for a separate paper. Reason for changes:
rejection from Phys. Rev. Lett., resubmission to J. Phys. A: Math. Ge
Detection of high-energy X-ray flare from a source in Crux
Balloonborne X ray telescopic observation of point source in Cru
Sensation Seeking and Perceived Need for Structure Moderate Soldiers’ Well-Being Before and After Operational Deployment
This study examined associations between sensation seeking and perceived need for structure, and changes in reported well-being among deployed soldiers. Participants (n = 167) were assessed before and after a six-month deployment to south Afghanistan. Results indicated that although well-being declined in the soldier sample as a whole following deployment, the degree of decrease was significantly different among soldiers with different personality profiles. Differences were moderated by soldiers’ level of sensation seeking and perceived need for structure. Results are discussed in terms of a person-environment fit theory in the context of preparation and rehabilitation of deployed military personnel
The Number of Different Binary Functions Generated by NK-Kauffman Networks and the Emergence of Genetic Robustness
We determine the average number , of \textit{NK}-Kauffman
networks that give rise to the same binary function. We show that, for , there exists a connectivity critical value such that () for and
for . We find that is not a
constant, but scales very slowly with , as . The problem of genetic robustness emerges as a statistical property
of the ensemble of \textit{NK}-Kauffman networks and impose tight constraints
in the average number of epistatic interactions that the genotype-phenotype map
can have.Comment: 4 figures 18 page
Next-to-leading Log Resummation of Scalar and Pseudoscalar Higgs Boson Differential Cross-Sections at the LHC and Tevatron
The region of small transverse momentum in q qbar- and gg-initiated processes
must be studied in the framework of resummation to account for the large,
logarithmically-enhanced contributions to physical observables. In this paper,
we will calculate the fixed order next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative
total and differential cross-sections for both a Standard Model (SM) scalar
Higgs boson and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model's (MSSM) pseudoscalar
Higgs boson in the Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) where the mass of the
top quark is taken to be infinite. Resummation coefficients B^2_g, C^2_gg for
the total cross-section resummation for the pseudoscalar case are given, as
well as C^1_gg for the differential cross-section.Comment: 18 pages, REVTeX4, 5 eps figures. v2: Typos corrected, references
added, a discussion of uncertainties was adde
Social Category Diversity Promotes Premeeting Elaboration: The Role of Relationship Focus
A purported downside of social category diversity is decreased relationship focus (i.e., one’s focus on establishing a positive social bond with a coworker). However, we argue that this lack of relationship focus serves as a central mechanism that improves information processing even prior to interaction and, ultimately, decision-making performance in diverse settings. We introduce the construct of premeeting elaboration (i.e., the extent to which individuals consider their own and others’ perspectives in the anticipation of an interaction) and explore its link with social category diversity and relationship focus. Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrate that when disagreement occurs, social category diversity increases premeeting elaboration, with relationship focus as a central causal mechanism. Experiment 3 shows that premeeting elaboration has important implications for performance: disagreeing dyads with social category diversity elaborate more prior to meeting and, as a result, perform better on a decision-making task than those with social category homogeneity. We discuss the value of studying early-stage interaction and propose a reconsideration of the “downside” of social category diversity.Kellogg School of Managemen
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