Examples of tauberian operators acting on C[0, 1]

ABSTRACT:We show that some counterexamples in the theory of tauberian operators can be realized as operators acting on C[0, 1]. Precisely, we show that the set t(C[0, 1]) of tauberian operators acting on C[0, 1] is not open, and that T?t(C[0, 1]) does not imply T** tauberian

Local duality for Banach spaces

A local dual of a Banach space X is a subspace of the dual X* which can replace the whole dual space when dealing with finite dimensional subspaces. This notion arose as a development of the principle of local reflexivity, and it is very useful when a description of X* is not available. We give an exposition of the theory of local duality for Banach spaces, including the main properties, examples and applications, and comparing the notion of local dual with some other weaker properties of the subspaces of the dual of a Banach space. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.Research partially supported by DGI (Spain), Grant MTM2010-20190

Classes of operators preserved by extensions or liftings

A standard way to obtain extensions (resp. liftings) of operators is by making the so-called operations of push-out (resp. pull-back). In this paper we study the preservation of some classes of operators associated with an operator ideal Aunder push-out extensions or pull-back liftings. We show several examples of classical operator ideals whose associated classes are preserved, we prove that the preservation of those classes under push-out extension or pull-back lifting implies that the space ideal of Asatisfies the 3-space property, and we derive some results for Athat are useful in the study of commutative diagrams of operators.that of the three authors has been supported in part by MINECO (Spain), Project MTM2016-76958

Minimization of measuring points for the electric field exposure map generation in indoor environments by means of Kriging interpolation and selective sampling

In a world with increasing systems accessing to radio spectrum, the concern for exposure to electromagnetic fields is growing and therefore it is necessary to check limits in those areas where electromagnetic sources are working. Therefore, radio and exposure maps are continuously being generated, mainly in outdoor areas, by using many interpolation techniques. In this work, Surfer software and Kriging interpolation have been used for the first time to generate an indoor exposure map. A regular measuring mesh has been generated. Elimination of Less Significant Points (ELSP) and Geometrical Elimination of Neighbors (GEN) strategies to reduce the measuring points have been presented and evaluated. Both strategies have been compared to the map generated with all the measurements by calculating the root mean square and mean absolute errors. Results indicate that ELSP method can reduce up to 70% of the mesh measuring points while producing similar exposure maps to the one generated with all the measuring points. GEN, however, produces distorted maps and much higher error indicators even for 50% of eliminated measuring points. As a conclusion, a procedure for reducing the measuring points to generate radio and exposure maps is proposed based on the ELSP method and the Kriging interpolation.This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors

Genetic distance as an alternative to physical distance for definition of gene units in association studies

Background: Some association studies, as the implemented in VEGAS, ALIGATOR, i-GSEA4GWAS, GSA-SNP and other software tools, use genes as the unit of analysis. These genes include the coding sequence plus flanking sequences. Polymorphisms in the flanking sequences are of interest because they involve cis-regulatory elements or they inform on untyped genetic variants trough linkage disequilibrium. Gene extensions have customarily been defined as ±50 Kb. This approach is not fully satisfactory because genetic relationships between neighbouring sequences are a function of genetic distances, which are only poorly replaced by physical distances. Results: Standardized recombination rates (SRR) from the deCODE recombination map were used as units of genetic distances. We searched for a SRR producing flanking sequences near the ±50 Kb offset that has been common in previous studies. A SRR≥2 was selected because it led to gene extensions with median length=45.3 Kb and the simplicity of an integer value. As expected, boundaries of the genes defined with the ±50 Kb and with the SRR≥2 rules were rarely concordant. The impact of these differences was illustrated with the interpretation of top association signals from two large studies including many hits and their detailed analysis based in different criteria. The definition based in genetic distance was more concordant with the results of these studies than the based in physical distance. In the analysis of 18 top disease associated loci form the first study, the SRR≥2 genes led to a fully concordant interpretation in 17 loci; the ±50 Kb genes only in 6. Interpretation of the 43 putative functional genes of the second study based in the SRR≥2 definition only missed 4 of the genes, whereas the based in the ±50 Kb definition missed 10 genes. Conclusions: A gene definition based on genetic distance led to results more concordant with expert detailed analyses than the commonly used based in physical distance. The genome coordinates for each gene are provided to maintain a simple use of the new definitions

Mode-stirred chamber sample selection technique applied to antenna correlation coefficient

Mode-stirred chambers provide an excellent tool for antenna characterization. Recent research has focused on making the mode-stirred chamber technique more versatile. One result of these efforts is the sample selection technique, by which a subset of data with specific properties is extracted from a measured set of raw data. This paper presents how to apply the sample selection technique to measurements of the correlation coefficient in dual antenna measurements, for example, for diversity or MIMO applications. Theoretical background and useful mathematical relations are presented. The application is verified through measurements.This work was supported in part by the Spanish National R & D Programme through TEC 2008-05811 and by Fundacion´ Seneca, the R & D coordinating agency for the Region of ´ Murcia (Spain) under the 11783/PI/09 and 11610/IV2/09 Projects

Anticancer drugs impact the performance and prokaryotic microbiome of an aerobic granular sludge system operated in a sequential batch reactor

Increased concerns exist about the presence of anticancer drugs in wastewater. However, knowledge of the impacts of anticancer drugs on the performance of the system and microbial communities during wastewater treatment processes is limited. We examined the effect of three anticancer drugs commonly detected in influents of wastewater treatment plants applied at three different concentration levels on the performance, efficiency of anticancer drug removal, and prokaryotic microbiome in an aerobic granular sludge system (AGS) operated in a sequential batch reactor (SBR). We showed that an AGS can efficiently remove anticancer drugs, with removal rates in the range of 53–100% depending on the type of drug and concentration level. Anticancer drugs significantly decreased the abundance of total bacterial and archaeal communities, an effect that was linked to reduced nitrogen removal efficiency. Anticancer drugs also reduced the diversity, altered the prokaryotic community composition, reduced network complexity, and induced a decrease of a wide range of predicted bacterial functions. Specific bacterial taxa responsive to the addition of anticancer drugs with known roles in nitrification and denitrification were identified. This study shows anticancer drugs should be monitored in the future as they can induce changes in the performance and microbiome of wastewater treatment technologies

El Estatuto de Autonomía de Galicia como elemento de institucionalización de las relaciones culturales galaico-portuguesas

I. Introducción. II. Bases constitucionales y estatutarias. III. Proposición no de ley de un tratado de relaciones culturales entre Galicia y Portugal: 1. Presentación. 2. Contenido: a) Fundamentos. b) Petitum. 3. Debate y aprobación. IV. Estado administrativo de la proposición. V. Reflexiones finale

Cloning and molecular ontogeny of digestive enzymes in fed and food-deprived developing gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) larvae

We have determined the expression pattern of key pancreatic enzymes precursors (trypsinogen, try; chymotrypsinogen, ctrb; phospholipase A2, pla2; bile salt-activated lipase, cel; and α-amylase, amy2a) during the larval stage of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) up to 60 days after hatching (dph). Previously, complete sequences of try, cel, and amy2awere cloned and phylogenetically analyzed. One new isoformwas found for cel transcript (cel1b). Expression of all enzyme precursors was detected before the mouth opening. Expression of try and ctrb increased during the first days of development and then maintained high values with some fluctuations during the whole larval stage. The prolipases pla2 and cel1b increased from first-feeding with irregular fluctuation until the end of the experiment. Contrarily, cel1a maintained lowexpression values duringmost of the larval stage increasing at the end of the period. Nevertheless, cel1a expression was negligible as compared with cel1b. The expression of amy2a sharply increased during the first week followed by a gradual decrease. In addition, a fooddeprivation experiment was performed to find the differences in relation to presence/absence of gut content after the opening of the mouth. The food-deprived larvae died at 10 dph. The expression levels of all digestive enzymes increased up to 7 dph, declining sharply afterwards. This expression pattern up to 7 dphwas the same observed in fed larvae, confirming the genetic programming during the early development.Main digestive enzymes in gilthead seabream larvae exhibited the same expression profiles than other marine fish with carnivorous preferences in their juvenile stages

Emulation of MIMO nonisotropic fading environments with reverberation chambers

Some recent publications have extended the emulating capabilities of reverberation chambers. While polarization imbalance has been removed and Ricean-fading environments are now properly emulated, these chambers are still limited to isotropic nonline of sight (NLOS) scattering. By controlling the power received, number of resolvable multipath components (MPC), angular spread (AS), and angle of arrival (AoA), the emulation of real-propagating environments with both isotropic and nonisotropic scattering are demonstrated in this letter using a reverberation chamber with several multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) arrays.This work was supported in part by the Fundación Séneca, the R&D unit of the Autonomous Region of Murcia (Spain) under project references TIC-TEC 07/02-0005 and by the Spanish National R&D Programme through TEC2007/63470/TCM