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Bryophytes of Uganda : 5., Bryocrumia L.E.Anderson (Hypnaceae) ; a monotypic moss genus new to Africa
A number of collections from Africa identified as Phyllodon scutellifolius or Glossadelphus serpyllifolius belong to Bryocrumia vivicolor, previously known only from America and Asia. Phyllodon scutellifolius is known only from one (possibly two) collections from Madagascar, and Glossadelphus serpyllifolius is a synonym of Bryocrumia vivicolor
Stably free modules over virtually free groups
Let be the free group on generators and let be a finite
nilpotent group of non square-free order; we show that for each the
integral group ring has infinitely many stably free
modules of rank 1.Comment: 9 pages. The final publication is available at
http://www.springerlink.com doi:10.1007/s00013-012-0432-
Development of a real-time full-field range imaging system
This article describes the development of a full-field range imaging system employing a high frequency amplitude modulated light source and image sensor. Depth images are produced at video frame rates in which each pixel in the image represents distance from the sensor to objects in the scene.
The various hardware subsystems are described as are the details about the firmware and software implementation for processing the images in real-time. The system is flexible in that precision can be traded off for decreased acquisition time. Results are reported to illustrate this versatility for both high-speed (reduced precision) and high-precision operating modes
Bryophytes of Uganda : 2., new and interesting records
51 hepatics and 46 mosses are reported new to Uganda, including one moss new to Africa, one hepatic and two mosses new to mainland Africa, and 2 hepatics that are otherwise known only from their type collection
On the Discovery of Monocular Rivalry by Tscherning in 1898:Translation and Review
Monocular rivalry was named by Breese in 1899. He made prolonged observation of superimposed orthogonal gratings; they fluctuated in clarity with either one or the other grating occasionally being visible alone. A year earlier, Tscherning observed similar fluctuations with a grid of vertical and horizontal lines and with other stimuli; we draw attention to his prior account. Monocular rivalry has since been shown to occur with a wide variety of superimposed patterns with several independent rediscoveries of it. We also argue that Helmholtz described some phenomenon other than monocular rivalry in 1867
Suppression of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent behavior by double-stranded RNA-mediated silencing of a neuronal NO synthase gene
We have used double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) to disrupt neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase (nNOS) gene function in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis and have detected a speciïŹc behavioral phenotype. The injection of whole animals with synthetic dsRNA molecules targeted to the nNOS-encoding mRNA reduces feeding behavior in vivo and ïŹctive feeding in vitro and interferes with NO synthesis by the CNS. By showing that synthetic dsRNA targeted to the nNOS mRNA causes a signiïŹcant and long-lasting reduction in the levels of Lym-nNOS mRNA, we verify that speciïŹc RNAi has occurred. Importantly, our results establish that the expression of nNOS gene is essential for normal feeding behavior. They also show that dsRNA can be used in the investigation of functional gene expression in the context of whole animal behavior, regardless of the availability of targeted mutation technologies
The Santa Fe Light Cone Simulation Project: I. Confusion and the WHIM in Upcoming Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Surveys
We present the first results from a new generation of simulated large sky
coverage (~100 square degrees) Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (SZE) cluster surveys
using the cosmological adaptive mesh refinement N-body/hydro code Enzo. We have
simulated a very large (512^3h^{-3}Mpc^3) volume with unprecedented dynamic
range. We have generated simulated light cones to match the resolution and
sensitivity of current and future SZE instruments. Unlike many previous studies
of this type, our simulation includes unbound gas, where an appreciable
fraction of the baryons in the universe reside.
We have found that cluster line-of-sight overlap may be a significant issue
in upcoming single-dish SZE surveys. Smaller beam surveys (~1 arcmin) have more
than one massive cluster within a beam diameter 5-10% of the time, and a larger
beam experiment like Planck has multiple clusters per beam 60% of the time. We
explore the contribution of unresolved halos and unbound gas to the SZE
signature at the maximum decrement. We find that there is a contribution from
gas outside clusters of ~16% per object on average for upcoming surveys. This
adds both bias and scatter to the deduced value of the integrated SZE, adding
difficulty in accurately calibrating a cluster Y-M relationship.
Finally, we find that in images where objects with M > 5x10^{13} M_{\odot}
have had their SZE signatures removed, roughly a third of the total SZE flux
still remains. This gas exists at least partially in the Warm Hot Intergalactic
Medium (WHIM), and will possibly be detectable with the upcoming generation of
SZE surveys.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures, version accepted to ApJ. Major revisions mad
Popular critiques of consultancy and a politics of management learning?
In this short article, I argue that popular business discourse on the role of management consultancy in the promotion and translation of management ideas is often critical, informed by more or less implicit ethical and political concerns with employee security, equity, openness and the transparency and legitimacy of responsibility. These concerns are, in part, âsayableâ because their object is seen as a scapegoat for management. Nevertheless, combined with the popular form of their expression, they can support and legitimize critical studies of management learning, a discipline which otherwise has become overly concerned with processual and situational phenomena at the expense of broader political dynamics and of the content and consequences of management and management knowledg
A Tension in Pragmatist and Neo-Pragmatist Conceptions of Meaning and Experience
This paper examines a lasting tension in pragmatism between broadly functionalist outlooks on meaning and a primacy placed on what can be revealed by direct experiential or practical encounters. Both the inferentialist and experiential emphases can be traced back to Peirceâs original pragmatic maxim. Here the tension is examined first in William Jamesâs insightful views on intentionality and experience, followed by a diagnosis of the problem as it has arisen in neoÂpragmatist debates concerning the nature of perceptual knowledge in Rorty and Brandom and their critics. In the end the paper sketches the general form of a resolution of the tension that is consistent with both of these core emphases in the pragmatist tradition
The Composition of Human Milk and Infant Faecal Microbiota Over the First Three Months of Life: A Pilot Study
peer-reviewedHuman milk contains a diverse array of bioactives and is also a source of bacteria for the developing infant gut. The aim of this study was to characterize the bacterial communities in human milk and infant faeces over the first 3 months of life, in 10 mother-infant pairs. The presence of viable Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus in human milk was also evaluated. MiSeq sequencing revealed a large diversity of the human milk microbiota, identifying over 207 bacterial genera in milk samples. The phyla Proteobacteria and Firmicutes and the genera Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus were the predominant bacterial groups. A core of 12 genera represented 81% of the microbiota relative abundance in milk samples at week 1, 3 and 6, decreasing to 73% at week 12. Genera shared between infant faeces and human milk samples accounted for 70â88% of the total relative abundance in infant faecal samples, supporting the hypothesis of vertical transfer of bacteria from milk to the infant gut. In addition, identical strains of Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus plantarum were isolated from the milk and faeces of one mother-infant pair. Vertical transfer of bacteria via breastfeeding may contribute to the initial establishment of the microbiota in the developing infant intestine
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