john smith

Universitas Indonesia 5, Medical, Alumnus

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Marx’s Capital and the global crisis

Invited guest paper to international conference in Delhi, ‘Imperialism: Old and New’, sponsored b... more Invited guest paper to international conference in Delhi, ‘Imperialism: Old and New’, sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, 9-10 February 2015. Marx’s Capital is a prime source of wisdom about capitalism’s contradictions, yet this towering work does not contain ready-made formulae which can be directly applied to the contemporary reality. Marx’s subject was capitalism in general, whereas our object of analysis is its modern, fully-evolved imperialist stage of development. In Capital Marx analysed in detail two ways in which capitalists can increase the rate of exploitation: by lengthening the working day or by reducing necessary labour time through introducing labour-saving machinery (he called these absolute surplus value and relative surplus value respectively). He makes several fleeting references to a third, e.g. describing the “reduction of wages below their value” as “one of the most important factors in stemming the tendency for the rate of profit to fall.” Yet he excluded this from his theory, because “it has nothing to do with the general analysis of capital.” Expanded super-exploitation of southern low-wage labour cannot be reduced to either of the two ways to increase surplus value analysed in Capital, and instead corresponds to the third form of surplus value increase which Marx mentioned but excluded from his theory of value. As a result of these two abstractions, the theory of value in Capital no longer immediately connects with the capitalism of today. Part 1 presents the results of empirical analysis of neo-liberal globalisation’s key transformation, namely the global shift of production to low-wage nations, and identifies its key feature: imperialist super-exploitation; Part 2 seeks a theoretical definition of this, looking first to the debate in the 1960s and 70s between exponents of dependency theory and their ‘orthodox’ Marxist critics, then to Lenin’s theory of imperialism, and then uses the result of this review to inform a critical re-reading of Marx’s Capital. In so doing it lays the foundations for comprehension of the nature, dynamics and possible trajectories of the global economic crisis.

Developmental constraints and evolution

Quantitative analysis of defects in silicon. Silicon sheet growth development for the Large Area Silicon Sheet Task of the Low-Cost Solar Array Project. Final report

The complete procedures for the defect analysis of silicon samples using a QTM-720 Image Analyzin... more The complete procedures for the defect analysis of silicon samples using a QTM-720 Image Analyzing System are described, chemical polishing, etching, and QTM operation are discussed. The data from one hundred and seventy four (174) samples, and a discussion of the data are included. The data include twin boundary density, dislocation pit density, and grain boundary length. (WHK)

<title>Image and video search engine for the World Wide Web</title>

Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases V, 1997

We describe a visual information system prototype for searching for images and videos on the Worl... more We describe a visual information system prototype for searching for images and videos on the WorldWide Web. New visual information in the form of images, graphics, animations and videos is being published on the Web at an incredible rate. However, cataloging this visual data is beyond the capabilities of current text-based Web search engines. In this paper, we describe a complete system by which visual information on the Web is 1 collected by automated agents, 2 processed in both text and visual feature domains, 3 catalogued and 4 indexed for fast search and retrieval. We i n troduce an image and video search engine which utilizes both text-based navigation and content-based technology for searching visually through the catalogued images and videos. Finally, w e provide an initial evaluation based upon the cataloging of over one half million images and videos collected from the Web. Keywords content-based visual query, image and video storage and retrieval, WorldWide Web.

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Extracting multidimensional signal features for content-based visual query

SPIE Proceedings, 1995

Future large visual information systems (such as image databases and video servers) require effec... more Future large visual information systems (such as image databases and video servers) require effective and efficient methods for indexing, accessing, and manipulating images based on visual content. This paper focuses on automatic extraction of low-level visual features such as texture, color, and shape. Continuing our prior work in compressed video manipulation, we also propose to explore the possibility of deriving

Body weight and the haematology of the american plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides

The Journal of experimental biology, 1977

The relationship between haematological variables and body weight (W) is studied in the American ... more The relationship between haematological variables and body weight (W) is studied in the American plaice. Haematocrit, haemoglobin concentration, and cell volume and numbers are directly correlated with W, indicating that small fish have low blood oxygen solubility (alphaBO2) in spite of a high weight specific oxygen consumption (VO2/W). Examination of analytical models of the branchial apparatus suggests that, in small fish, alphaBO2 is lowered to minimize blood viscosity and that a high VO2/W is maintained by increasing the arteriovenous oxygen partial pressure difference. Mean cell haemoglobin content is positively correlated while mean cell surface area per unit haemoglobin tends to be negatively correlated with W. Mean erythrocyte residence time in the secondary lamellae is shown analytically to increase with W, possibly accounting for these relationships.

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Estimating recombinational parameters in Streptococcus pneumoniae from multilocus sequence typing data

Genetics, 2000

Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a highly discriminatory molecular typing method that defines... more Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a highly discriminatory molecular typing method that defines isolates of bacterial pathogens using the sequences of approximately 450-bp internal fragments of seven housekeeping genes. This technique has been applied to 575 isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and identifies a number of discrete clonal complexes. These clonal complexes are typically represented by a single group of isolates sharing identical alleles at all seven loci, plus single-locus variants that differ from this group at only one out of the seven loci. As MLST is highly discriminatory, the members of each clonal complex can be assumed to have a recent common ancestor, and the molecular events that give rise to the single-locus variants can be used to estimate the relative contributions of recombination and mutation to clonal divergence. By comparing the sequences of the variant alleles within each clonal complex with the allele typically found within that clonal complex, we e...

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Role of mutator alleles in adaptive evolution

Nature, Jan 12, 1997

Because most newly arising mutations are neutral or deleterious, it has been argued that the muta... more Because most newly arising mutations are neutral or deleterious, it has been argued that the mutation rate has evolved to be as low as possible, limited only by the cost of error-avoidance and error-correction mechanisms. But up to one per cent of natural bacterial isolates are 'mutator' clones that have high mutation rates. We consider here whether high mutation rates might play an important role in adaptive evolution. Models of large, asexual, clonal populations adapting to a new environment show that strong mutator genes (such as those that increase mutation rates by 1,000-fold) can accelerate adaptation, even if the mutator gene remains at a very low frequency (for example, 10[-5]). Less potent mutators (10 to 100-fold increase) can become fixed in a fraction of finite populations. The parameters of the model have been set to values typical for Escherichia coli cultures, which behave in a manner similar to the model in long-term adaptation experiments.

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Neutrophils, host defense, and inflammation: a double-edged sword

Journal of leukocyte biology, 1994

Neutrophils play important roles in host defense against all classes of infectious agents but, pa... more Neutrophils play important roles in host defense against all classes of infectious agents but, paradoxically, they are also involved in the pathology of various inflammatory conditions. Their microbicidal armory consists of oxidative and nonoxidative processes that are activated simultaneously upon phagocytosis. Although destruction of infectious agents occurs intracellularly, release of cytotoxic molecules into the extracellular milieu can damage body tissues. Neutrophils are heterogeneous. Subpopulations exist in various stages from dormant to primed to fully activated. The activities of neutrophils are regulated locally in microenvironments and systemically by a plethora of mediators including cytokines, "classical" neuroendocrine hormones, and bioactive lipids. The net response depends on a complex balance of stimulatory and inhibitory pathways that are regulated by these mediators. Although some effector and regulatory pathways are vital, considerable redundancy is al...

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12 September 2010 • Proper 19 • Ordinary 24

Homily Service, 2010

Turns in Peptides and Proteins

Advances in Protein Chemistry, 1985

Page 11. TURNS IN PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS By GEORGE D. ROSE,* LI LA M. GlERASCH. t and JOHN A. SMIT... more Page 11. TURNS IN PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS By GEORGE D. ROSE,* LI LA M. GlERASCH. t and JOHN A. SMITH* &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;Department of Biological Chemistry, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania ...

2.6.4 An Initial Application of AP-233

INCOSE International Symposium, 2002

The System Engineering Design Methodologies (SEDM) project is concerned with potential avenues to... more The System Engineering Design Methodologies (SEDM) project is concerned with potential avenues to exploit the AP-233 system engineering data exchange standard. The project is a joint venture between the System Engineering and Evaluation Centre of the University of South Australia and BAE SYSTEMS Australia. The work described in this paper covers the design and implementation of an import interface from the AP-233 data model to DOORS. The project showed that AP-233 is an effective medium for tool independent transfer of systems engineering information.

Quantitative analysis of defects in silicon. Silicon sheet growth development for the Large Area Silicon Sheet Task of the Low-Cost Solar Array Project. Final report

A logic for high-speed addition

Through the Gateway: Reporting on Collections

The Serials Librarian, 2012

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Definition of intellectual objectives in a physical science course for preservice elementary teachers

Science Education, 1974

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Spin Separation in a Metal Overlayer

Physical Review Letters, 1985

Spin Separation in a Metal Overlayer. Roy Richter, JG Gay, and John R. Smith Physics Department, ... more

Beyond the Local-Density Approximation: Surface Properties of (110) W

Physical Review Letters, 1970

Page 1. VOLUME 25, NUMBER 15 PHYSICAL RKVIKW LKYYKRS 12 OGTQBER 1970 BEYOND THE LOCAL-DENSITY APP... more

Measurement of the weak mixing angle with the Drell-Yan process in proton-proton collisions at the LHC

Physical Review D, 2011

A multivariate likelihood method to measure electroweak couplings with the Drell???Yan process at... more

Cell-Type-Specific and Regulatable Transgenesis in the Adult Brain: Adenovirus-Encoded Combined Transcriptional Targeting and Inducible Transgene Expression

Molecular Therapy, 2000

To achieve transient transgenesis within specific areas or cell populations in the adult central ... more To achieve transient transgenesis within specific areas or cell populations in the adult central nervous system (CNS), we have developed a dual adenoviral vector system encoding for cell-type-specific and regulatable transcription units. To achieve combined cell-type-specific transcriptional targeting and inducible expression, we have engineered the expression of the tetracycline-dependent transcriptional elements (1) to be under the transcriptional control of either the astrocyte-specific, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) (2) or the neuronal specific enolase (NSE) promoter (3) within a dual adenoviral vector system. Cell-type specificity, inducibility, and levels of transgene expression were characterized in vitro in cell lines, and primary neocortical cultures and in the central nervous system (CNS) in vivo, and compared to a powerful pancellular beta-actin/CMV promoter. We demonstrate that the GFAP promoter is able to restrict tetracycline-dependent transgene expression to glial cells in cell lines, primary cultures, and in the CNS in vivo. However, although the NSE promoter did not show neuronal restricted transgene expression in vitro, it did so in the CNS in vivo. Our dual viral system also has provided evidence that an excess of transactivator is needed to achieve maximal transgene expression. Administration of doxycycline completely abrogated transgene expression both in vitro and in vivo. Consequently, our strategy demonstrates that combined cell-type specificity and simultaneous regulation of transgene expression can be obtained in the brain using adenoviral vectors.

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