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Guest Editor EDITOR Special Issue “THE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS (EDCS)” (Editors: Dilip Mukherjee, Manas Ranjan Roy, Parthib Basu and Giulia Guerriero) della rivista indicizzata Scopus, Proceedings of Zoological Society (PZOS), Springer (ISSN: 0373-5893).
No full textUnited They Fall: Why the International Community Should Not Promote Military Integration after Civil War
No full textThe single strongest predictor of civil war is a nation having had one in the past, and preventing the recurrence of civil war has thus become the critical problem for both scholarship and policy. The conventional wisdom urges the creation of capable, legitimate, and inclusive postwar states to reduce the risk of relapse into civil war, and international peacebuilders have often encouraged the formation of a new national army including members of the war’s opposing sides. However, military integration has received little theoretical or empirical attention. Filling that gap, we argue that both the theoretical logics and the empirical record identifying military integration as a significant contributor to durable post-civil war peace are weak. Our analysis of eleven cases finds little evidence that military integration played a substantial causal role in preventing the return to civil war and little support for the likely causal mechanisms. Military integration does not usually send a costly signal of the parties’ commitment to peace, provide communal security, employ many possible spoilers, or act as a powerful symbol of a unified nation. We conclude that it is both unwise and unethical for the international community to press military integration on reluctant local forces.Based in part on a larger collective project: Roy Licklider (Ed.). (2014). New Armies from Old: Merging Competing Military Forces after Civil Wars. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press; see http://press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetown/new-armies-old
HIV and AIDS patient care: operational models for resource planning
No full textSummary: This study presents applied mathematical and statistical modelling research that can help focus and improve major decision-making in planning, resource allocation and public health policy for the AIDS epidemic
Computing Roadmaps of Semi-algebraic Sets (Extended Abstract)
No full text) S. Basu R. Pollack y M.-F. Roy z Department of Department of Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Mathematics, Courant Institute Courant Institute Universit'e de Rennes New York, New York, Campus de Beaulieu NY 10012 NY 10012 35042 Rennes cedex FRANCE Abstract We consider a semi-algebraic set S defined by s polynomials of degree d in k variables. We present a new algorithm for computing a semi-algebraic path in S connecting two points if they happen to lie in the same connected component of S. This algorithm, which works in time s k+1 d O(k 2 ) improves the complexity of the fastest algorithm solving this problem known to this date. 1 Introduction 1.1 The Problem Given a finite family of polynomials, P = fP1 ; . . . ; Psg ae D[X1 ; . . . ; Xk ]; where R is a real closed field and D is the smallest subring of R containing the coefficients of the polynomials in P, and a semi- algebraic set S; defined by a Boolean formula with atoms of the form P i oe0; oe 2 f!;?..
Identifying Predictors of Interferon-gamma Release Assay Results in Pediatric Latent Tuberculosis: a Protective Role of BCG?
No full textThe transcription factor Sox2 is required for osteoblast self-renewal.
No full textThe development and maintenance of most tissues and organs require the presence of multipotent and unipotent stem cells that have the ability of self-renewal as well as of generating committed, further differentiated cell types. The transcription factor Sox2 is essential for embryonic development and maintains pluripotency and self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. It is expressed in immature osteoblasts/osteoprogenitors in vitro and in vivo and is induced by fibroblast growth factor signaling, which stimulates osteoblast proliferation and inhibits differentiation. Sox2 overexpression can by itself inhibit osteoblast differentiation. To elucidate its function in the osteoblastic lineage, we generated mice with an osteoblast-specific, Cre-mediated knockout of Sox2. These mice are small and osteopenic, and mosaic for Sox2 inactivation. However, culturing calvarial osteoblasts from the mutant mice for 2-3 passages failed to yield any Sox2-null cells. Inactivation of the Sox2 gene by Cre-mediated excision in cultured osteoblasts showed that Sox2-null cells could not survive repeated passage in culture, could not form colonies, and arrested their growth with a senescent phenotype. In addition, expression of Sox2-specific shRNAs in independent osteoblastic cell lines suppressed their proliferative ability. Osteoblasts capable of forming 'osteospheres' are greatly enriched in Sox2 expression. These data identify a novel function for Sox2 in the maintenance of self-renewal in the osteoblastic lineage
Roller Spacing in the Float Glass Process
No full textCase Studies in Mathematical Modelling, Bradley R, Gibson R D and Cross M (editors), Pentech Press,1981, (sole author
How Camouflage Works: the Dazzling Past and Future of Natural and Military Camouflage [poster, 2017]
No full textAlt Text: Poster with foreground image of a woman holding a parasol wearing black and white striped clothing. Additional images of a brown moth and a ship painted in black and white stripes. A blue text block with white and yellow letters below the images.
Transcription: A richly illustrated talk by author, designer and UNI professor. Roy R. Behrens. 2:00 pm Sunday, May 21, 2017. How Camouflage Works. The Dazzling Past and Future of Natural and Military Camouflage. Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. 900 Larsen Park Road. Sioux City, IA. Exit 149 off I-29. Admission and programs are free. Program content is suitable for all ages. http://www.siouxcitylcic.com/.
Description: A poster announcing a presentation on camouflage, both natural and military, given by Roy R Behrens in Sioux City in May 2017.https://scholarworks.uni.edu/behrens_posters/1160/thumbnail.jp
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City [poster 08, 2017]
No full textAlt Text: Poster with a headshot of Frank Lloyd Wright in the background with an gray netting design on the right side of the head and shoulders. Tan image of four rows of beads in a half circle. Text in white letters.
Transcription: Frank Lloyd Wright. Mason City and Book Design. A 60-minute slide talk by Prof. Roy R. Behrens author of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City: Architectural Heart of the Prairie. Mason City Public Library. 6:00 pm, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. In the Mason City Room. Free and Open to the Public. National Library Week.
Description: Poster announcing a presentation by Roy R. Behrens on Frank Lloyd Wright, Mason City and book design on April 11, 2017.https://scholarworks.uni.edu/behrens_posters/1145/thumbnail.jp
Impedance studies on PF6- doped Poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) Devices
No full textCarrier density, substrate and synthesis temperature dependent impedance measurements have been performed on Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) PEDOT] based devices in metal/polymer/metal geometry at room temperature. The relaxation mechanism of carries in these devices can be varied as per the growth condition. It is observed that in stainless steel (SS)/PEDOT/Silver (Ag) devices, as the carrier density decreases the interface related mechanism takes control over bulk transport, but as the synthesis temperature is lowered the bulk transport dominates over interface related mechanism. The substrate dependent studies have shown that the electrode potential can alter the growth of polymer chains, which affects the relaxation mechanism of the carriers
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