Hair cells of the inner ear transduce mechanical stimuli like sound or head movements into
electrical signals, which are propagated to the central nervous system. The hair-cell …

To understand human learning and progress, it is crucial to understand curiosity. But what is
curiosity? We present the results of a collaborative project assessing the correspondence …

The hair-cell mechanotransduction channel remains unidentified. We tested whether four
transient receptor channel (TRP) family members, TRPV5, TRPV6, TRPM6, and TRPM7, …

… (a) Ruby’s allocator defines a “page” as a 16 KB block of contiguous memory. … , Ruby
allocates a 40 byte slot to each Rubylevel object, representing the object as a tagged union. Ruby’s …

Cyber-attacks are becoming more common against Internet users due to the increasing
dependency on online communication in their daily lives. X.509 Public-Key Infrastructure (PKIX) …

… Then I pressed the spring and found a gold locket with the initials of Marie Valérie glittering
in rubies and emeralds. Inside was a miniature of the child, and a date which was at first …

Ambiguity is ubiquitous in real life: from choosing a dish from the menu to debating between
job offers, the outcome probability of our decisions is seldom known. Understanding the …

Competitions such as the RoboCup provide a benchmark for the state of the art in the field of
autonomous mobile robots and provide researchers with a standardized setup to compare …

… Then I pressed the spring and found a gold locket with the initials of Marie Valérie glittering
in rubies and emeralds. Inside was a miniature of the child, and a date which was at first …

Table of contents Page 1 AUGUST 2014 VOLUME 50 NUMBER 8 IEJQA7 (ISSN 0018-9197)
PAPERS Semiconductor Lasers Impact of the Quantum Well Gain-to-Cavity Etalon …