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Kenyon Putnam Flagg letters, MSS.2030
No full textAbstract: This collection consists of seven letters from Kenyon Putnam Flagg, United States Army, stationed in France and Germany, to his mother, Mrs. R. A. (Charlotte) Flagg, Albion, New York. He writes about how the French live, the weather, states he is "responsible for the training of 2000 men," and about the war.Scope and Content Note: This collection consists of seven letters from Kenyon Putnam Flagg, United States Army, stationed in France and Germany, during World War I, to his mother, Mrs. R. A. (Charlotte) Flagg, Albion, New York. The dates of these letters are from 5 October 1918 to 11 April 1919.His letters are written on American Expeditionary Forces stationery. He writes about how the French live, the weather, states he is "responsible for the training of 2000 men," and about the war. He states that he has not been feeling well, and the doctors are not sure why. He also mentions that he may be coming home soon.Biographical/Historical Note: Rollin A. Flagg, born 10 January 1859, at Chautaugua, New York, married Charlotte Griswold in Albion, New York on 25 June 1890. They had three children, one of which was Kenyon Putnam Flagg, born 3 April 1892. Kenyon P. Flagg married Janette Maria Sutton at Fort Strong, Boston, Massachusetts on 27 July 1918. He was with the American Expeditionary Forces in France as a First Lieutenant, 77th Regiment, Coast Artillery
Limit shapes from harmonicity: dominos and the five vertex model
No full textWe discuss how to construct limit shapes for the domino tiling model (square
lattice dimer model) and -vertex model, in appropriate polygonal domains.
Our methods are based on the harmonic extension method of [R. Kenyon and I.
Prause, Gradient variational problems in , Duke Math J. 2022].Comment: 19 pages, references adde
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
The O-specific polysaccharide structure and biosynthetic gene cluster of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11
No full textIn the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotyping scheme, 21 serotypes are present originating from about 30 different O-factors distributed within the species. With regard to the chemical structures of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) and the genetic basis of their biosynthesis, a number, but not all, of Y. pseudotuberculosis strains representing different serotypes have been investigated. In order to present an overall picture of the relationship between genetics and structures, we have been working on the genetics and structures of various Y. pseudotuberculosis O-specific polysaccharides (OPSs). Here, we present a structural and genetic analysis of the Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11 OPS. Our results showed that this OPS structure has the same backbone as that of Y. pseudotuberculosis O:1b, but with a 6d-L-Altf side-branch instead of Parf. The 30 end of the gene cluster is the same as that for O:1b and has the genes for synthesis of the backbone and for processing the completed repeat unit. The 50 end has genes for synthesis of 6d-L-Altf and its transfer to the repeating unit backbone. The pathway for the synthesis of the 6d-L-Altf appears to be different from that for 6d-L-Altp in Y. enterocolitica O:3. The chemical structure of the O:11 repeating unit i
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Organization of Kenyon cells in subdivisions of the mushroom bodies of a lepidopteran insect
No full textThe mushroom bodies are paired structures in the insect brain involved in complex functions such as memory formation, sensory integration, and context recognition. In many insects these centers are elaborate, sometimes comprising several hundred thousand neurons. The present account describes the mushroom bodies of Spodoptera littoralis, a moth extensively used for studies of olfactory processing and conditioning. The mushroom bodies of Spodoptera consist of only about 4,000 large-diameter Kenyon cells. However, these neurons are recognizably similar to morphological classes of Kenyon cells identified in honey bees, Drosophila, and cockroaches. The spodopteran mushroom body is equipped with three major divisions of its vertical and medial lobe, one of which, the gamma lobe, is supplied by clawed class II Kenyon cells as in other described taxa. Of special interest is the presence of a discrete tract (the Upsilon tract) of axons leading from the calyx, separate from the pedunculus, that innervates lobelets above and beneath the medial lobe, close to the latter's origin from the pedunculus. This tract is comparable to tracts and resultant lobelets identified in cockroaches and termites. The article discusses possible functional roles of the spodopteran mushroom body against the background of olfactory behaviors described from this taxon and discusses the possible functional relevance of mushroom body structure, emphasizing similarities and dissimilarities with mushroom bodies of other species, in particular the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster
Nuclis temàtics per a una geografia crítica: les propostes de D.R. Stoddart i D. Harvey
No full textL�autor introdueix el concepte de geografia crítica i comenta dues reflexions sobre la geografia.
Les aportacions de D. R. Stoddart a Berkeley el 1986 i D. Harvey a Heidelberg el 2004. Llurs
propostes propugnen una geografia crítica compromesa amb el coneixement i amb la solució dels
problemes ambientals i socials del seu temps.The author introduces the concept of critical geography and discusses two reflections on geography.
The contributions of D. R. Stoddart at Berkeley in 1986 and D. Harvey at Heidelberg in
2004. Their proposals advocate a critical geography committed with the knowledge and the solution
of environmental and social problems of his time
R-4.2.0 with all libraries necessary for caMeL
No full textThis is a zipped file with R 4.2.0 and all libraries that are necessary for for caMeL interface operation. Simply follow the guidelines to prepare your environment.Disclaimer: this is a full environment for the software operations. I am not an author of it. You should cite the developers accordingly (https://ropensci.org/blog/2021/11/16/how-to-cite-r-and-r-packages/).</p
Bianchi type-I universe in f(R, T) modified gravity with quark matter and Λ
No full text32nd International Physics Congress of Turkish-Physical-Society (TPS) -- SEP 06-09, 2016 -- Bodrum, TURKEYIn this study, we investigate homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi type I universe in the presence of quark matter source in f (R, T) gravity (Harko et al. in Phys. Rev. D 84:024020, 2011) with cosmological constant A (where R is the Ricci scalar and T is the trace of the energy momentum tensor). For this aim we have used the anisotropy feature of Bianchi type I universe and equation of states (EoS) of quark matter. We explore the exact solution f(R, T)=R + 2f(T) model for Bianchi type I universe model. When t -> infinity, we get very small cosmological constant value, this result agrees with recent observations.Turkish Phys So
Detecting intestinal ischemia using near infrared spectroscopy
No full textBlood supply to the intestine can suddenly be interrupted. Acute mesenteric intestinal ischemia often requires invasive surgery to restore blood supply to the intestine. Early correction of vascular insufficiency is the most important factor in improving patient survival when confronted with acute mesenteric intestinal ischemia. A prolonged loss of blood flow results in irreversible damage to the intestine that can lead to death. It is also imperative that dead segments of the intestines be removed. Several subjective criteria are relied upon to differentiate viable from non-viable tissue, unfortunately, these criteria can lead to an inaccurate assessment. A porcine model of intestinal ischemia was used to determine the efficacy of using near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to find ischemic segments of the intestine and detect the onset of reperfusion following resolution of vascular occlusion. Nine segments of intestine were identified and six were assigned to three treatment groups; (1) segments undergoing no vascular manipulations, (2) segments undergoing arterial/venous occlusion and (3) segments undergoing arterial/venous occlusion followed by reperfusion. The remaining segments were used as spacers and interposed between each of the ischemia segments. A classification model, using partial least square discriminant analysis, was built on the spectra collected from the segments with no vascular manipulations and the segments that were solely subjected to arterial/venous occlusion. The spectra collected from the intestinal segments that experienced both occlusion and reperfusion were used to test the classification model. The model was able to detect and distinguish ischemic intestinal tissue with a specificity and sensitivity exceeding 80% with an overall classification accuracy of 89%. The method appears to be well suited as an intra-operative assessment method when intestinal ischemia is a concern.Michael G. Sowa, Elicia Kohlenberg, Jeri R. Payette, Lorenzo Leonardi, Michelle A. Levasseur and Christopher B. Rile
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