Contemporary methods for managing flood plain ecosystems are biased towards temporal patterns of flow. Such approaches disregard the inherent spatial complexity associated with the flooding and drying of flood plain ...

This paper examines the relationship between dividend adjustments, and subsequent operating performance and long-term stock returns for a large sample of Japanese firms. Its most distinct contribution is to take into account ...

Purpose ¿ This paper aims to examine the stability of dividend policy using a unique data set. Design/methodology/approach ¿ The paper is based on the Lintner model that is used to test the dividend smoothing behavior. The ...

Bacterial cytokinesis is orchestrated by an assembly of essential cell division proteins that form a supramolecular structure known as the divisome. DivIB and its orthologue FtsQ are essential members of the divisome in ...

We apply a representation of the double helix to explain how truth is managed in the social organization of life. One chain, representing context, is made up of the three materialities through which we move - discourses, ...

Forensic DNA profiling is now a routine feature of the criminal justice system in Australia. Its applications in this context continue to increase. Technological advancements and the use of DNA databases have facilitated ...

In order to elucidate the mechanism of DNA replication fork arrest by the replication terminator protein (RTP)¿DNA complex, a set of RTP fusion proteins were constructed in which peptides of various sizes were fused to the ...

This paper describes investigations into Direction–Of–Arrival (DOA) estimation of a wideband signal by a two–dimensional array antenna, which employs only spatial signal processing for beam forming. The elements of this ...