Stereo TV enhancement study Final technical report

Human depth perception of television displays in stereo, and nonstereo presentation

Principles of Stakes Fairness in Sport

Fairness in sport is not just about assigning the top prizes to the worthiest competitors. It is also about the way the prize structure itself is organised. For many sporting competitions, although it may be acceptable for winners to receive more than losers, it can seem unfair for winners to take everything and for losers to get nothing. Yet this insight leaves unanswered some difficult questions about what stakes fairness requires and which principles of stakes fairness are appropriate for particular competitions. In this article I specify a range of different principles of stakes fairness (ten in total) that could regulate sporting competitions. I also put forward a theoretical method for pairing up appropriate principles of stakes fairness with given sporting competitions. Specifically, I argue that the underlying rationales for holding sporting competitions can provide useful guides for identifying appropriate principles of stakes fairness. I then seek to clarify and work through some of the implications of this method for a sample of real world controversies over sporting prize structures. I also attempt to refine the method in response to two possible objections from indeterminacy and relativism. Finally, I compare and contrast my conclusions with more general philosophical debates about justice

Diversity, Phylogeny and Expression Patterns of Pou and Six Homeodomain Transcription Factors in Hydrozoan Jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi

Formation of all metazoan bodies is controlled by a group of selector genes including homeobox genes, highly conserved across the entire animal kingdom. The homeobox genes from Pou and Six classes are key members of the regulation cascades determining development of sensory organs, nervous system, gonads and muscles. Besides using common bilaterian models, more attention has recently been targeted at the identification and characterization of these genes within the basal metazoan phyla. Cnidaria as a diploblastic sister group to bilateria with simple and yet specialized organs are suitable models for studies on the sensory organ origin and the associated role of homeobox genes. In this work, Pou and Six homeobox genes, together with a broad range of other sensory-specific transcription factors, were identified in the transcriptome of hydrozoan jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi. Phylogenetic analyses of Pou and Six proteins revealed cnidarian-specific sequence motifs and contributed to the classification of individual factors. The majority of the Craspedacusta sowerbyi Pou and Six homeobox genes are predominantly expressed in statocysts, manubrium and nerve ring, the tissues with sensory and nervous activities. The described diversity and expression patterns of Pou and Six factors in hydrozoan jellyfish highlight their evolutionarily conserved functions. This study extends the knowledge of the cnidarian genome complexity and shows that the transcriptome of hydrozoan jellyfish is generally rich in homeodomain transcription factors employed in the regulation of sensory and nervous functions

Exploring molecular variation in Schistosoma japonicum in China

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Justice as fitness

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I cavalli della necropoli del Piovego (VI-IV sec. a.C.), Padova

ItLa necropoli del Piovego (VI-IV secolo a.C.), situata al margine orientale della città di Padova, venne scavata tra gli anni 1975-1977 e 1986-1989 dall'Istituto di Archeologia del locale ateneo. Essa, tra le necropoli patavine note, è quella situata nel settore più orientale di Padova preromana. La particolarità di questo sepolcreto è che, accanto al rito incineratorio, è presente una quantità relativamente alta di inumati a cui si aggiungono anche le 6 inumazioni di cavallo, e un'eccezionale sepoltura bisoma di uomo e cavallo ("ufc 12"). I cavalli finora studiati sono tutti di sesso maschile e di età genericamente adulta. Invece il cavallo della sepoltura "ufc 12" sembrerebbe essere più giovane. Di fatto per quest'ultimo sono già state avanzate ipotesi riguardo le cause di morte (sfondamento del neurocranio). Per gli altri cavalli lo stato di conservazione dei crani non ha consentito di identificare con certezza traumi legati al loro abbattimento. I cavalli presentano un'altezza media compresa tra 131 e 142 cm, valore affine a quello di altre popolazioni di cavalli veneti noti e utilizzabili per confronto.EnThe necropolis of Piovego (6th -4th century BC) was excavated in 1975-1977 and 1986-1989 by the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Padua. Literature shows that Piovego is the easternmost burial area among the cemeteries of pre-Roman Padua. Peculiarities of the burial ground include in addition to the occurrence of cremation rite, a relatively high number of buried individuals and six horse burials, and an exceptional double burial of a man and a horse ("cfu 12"). The horses so far are all adult males, with the exception of that from the burial "cfu 12", which is younger. For the latter, several hypotheses have been formulated on the causes of death. The preservation state of the skulls of other horses did not allow identifying with certainty, death cause and marks of an anthropogenic nature. The horses have an average withers height between 131- 142 cm that is consistent with those from other populations of Venetian horses