阳光下的"冰山"法国波尔多Seeko''o旅馆

Seeko'o旅馆位于法国波尔多市北部的夏特隆区(Chartrons),美丽的加伦河(Garonne)左岸,Quai de Bacalan街与Cours EdouardVaillant街的交叉口.     

Sustainable simultaneous communications in ad-hoc networks using smart antenna systems

This article proposes an analytical model for evaluating the number of simultaneous communications that can be sustained by an ad-hoc network in which the nodes are equipped with fully adaptive smart antennas. The presented mathematical framework adopts realistic models for the antenna radiation pattern and the channel behavior, and is able to take into account the network topology and the characteristics of the medium access control (MAC) protocol in the spatial domain. The model is employed to investigate the impact of the spatial channel model and of the angular spread on network performance. Additionally, this article examines the influence of the transmission policy of the control and data packets of the MAC layer on the number of simultaneous communications.     

Effect of fermentation temperature on microbial population evolution using culture-independent and dependent techniques

The population dynamics of micro-organisms during grape-must fermentation has been thoroughly studied. However, the main approach has relied on microbiological methods based on plating. This approach may overlook micro-organisms that (i) grow slowly or do not grow well on artificial media or (ii) whose population size is small enough to be detected by regular sampling. Culture-independent methods have been used and compared with the traditional plating method during wine fermentations performed at two different temperatures (13 °C and 25 °C). These methods include a qualitative technique, the DGGE; a semi-quantitative technique, the direct cloning of amplified DNA; and a quantitative technique, the QPCR. The biodiversity observed in the must and at the beginning of fermentation was much higher when DGGE or direct cloning were used. Quantification of the most frequent non-Saccharomyces yeast, Hanseniaspora uvarum and Candida zemplinina, showed that they survived throughout the fermentation process and, specifically, it revealed the quantitatively relevant presence of C. zemplinina until the end of fermentation.     

Replacing "who is the client?" with a different ethical question.

The familiar question, "Who is the client?" has become a distraction from more important ethical questions. By requiring a singular answer, the question obscures the fact that psychologists have ethical obligations toward every party in a case, no matter how many or how named. Making the question plural is not a sufficient solution, because identifying the client(s) should not be treated as an end in itself; it is simply a means of clarifying the nature of the relationship(s) and understanding the accompanying ethical obligations. After exploring the underlying implications for informed consent, confidentiality, and other ethical duties, the author suggests that psychologists adopt an alternative ethical question: "What are my ethical responsibilities to each of the parties in this case?" Finally, a case example illustrates the fact that the old question has several different meanings (and therefore different answers), depending upon whether it is asked as an ethical, clinical, legal, or reimbursement question. The proposed new question avoids such confusion because it is easily identifiable as an ethical question and its meaning is clear. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

LANASOL(R)染料比媒介染料更适用于羊毛染色

欧洲化学品管理局(ECHA)现已将重铬酸盐列入了高关注物质(SVHC)的名单.用含有重铬酸钾和重铬酸钠等的媒介染料染制羊毛的工厂正面临着越来越大的压力.这意味着采用这种技术的染厂未来可能要得到特别授权才能使用这种化学品.     

Early development in males with Fragile X syndrome: a review of the literature

This article reviews the current bibliographic knowledge on early neurobehavioral development and milestones in Fragile X syndrome (FraX), with emphasis on males affected by the condition. Three broad areas of early development were examined: (1) gross and fine motor, (2) speech and language, and (3) social. The result of the current review indicates very limited information on the developmental milestones in all three areas. The scarce literature on motor development shows that in FraX there is an early developmental delay. Research on speech and language demonstrates pervasive deficits in conversational skills and severe developmental delay, with increasing discrepancy between language level and chronological age in young males with FraX. Finally, deficits in social development in FraX include abnormal gaze, approach and avoidance conflict, and high incidence of autistic spectrum disorders.     

Detection and resolution of intermediate species in protein folding processes using fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopies and multivariate curve resolution

Thermally induced protein unfolding/folding processes have been studied on alpha-lactalbumin and alpha-apolactalbumin. Experiments monitored by fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopic techniques on alpha-apolactalbumin showed the formation of an intermediate species, whereas in the case of alpha-lactalbumin, this intermediate species was not detected. The presence and resolution of this intermediate species, its spectrum, and the evolution of all conformations during protein unfolding/folding processes were estimated using the multivariate curve resolution-alternating least-squares method. Elucidation of the nature and contribution of the different secondary structure motifs in each of the resolved protein conformations, including the intermediate, was also carried out. Multivariate resolution has shown to be an excellent tool for the complete characterization of all protein conformations involved in folding processes, including intermediate species that cannot be isolated by physical or chemical means. Indeed, it is in the determination and modeling of these intermediates that this chemometric approach outperforms in power and reliability previous methodologies based on simpler measurements and data treatments and fills the void linked to the elucidation and interpretation of complex mechanisms in protein folding processes.