Light is only the electromagnetic waves of HEAT that hit our retinas and what only our BRAINS then define as Light.

Documentation of the special lecture on "From Block Codes to Convolutional Codes, Subspace Codes and Grassmannians" by Dr. Virgilio P. Sison, Director of the Institute of Mathematical Science and Physics, College of Arts and Science, UPLB last March 21, 2013 at the Mathematics Building, UPLB, College, Laguna. In his talk, constructions of distance-optimal systematic unit-memory convolutional codes from linear block codes over finite semi-local rings were discussed. Secondly, the...

Documentation of the special seminar on "Mathematical Modeling of Brassinosteroid Signaling," by Mark Jayson Cortez, Instructor, Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics during the 27th IMSP Research Colloquim at the Mathematics Building, UPLB, College, Laguna

The existing infrastructure for managing the flow of information along the photonic pathways and in our computers is in most segments based on electrically encoded information and the transport of electric charges using the electric force. This process is limiting the speed of signal propagation and is costly in terms of energy dissipation. The predicted worldwide energy consumption of data centers for 2050 is approaching the electric energy generated in the European Union in 2010! It is...

Kinetic models enable nutrient needs and kinetic behaviors to be quantified and provide mechanistic insights into metabolism. Therefore, we modeled and quantified the kinetics, bioavailability, and metabolism of RRR-alpha-tocopherol in 12 healthy adults. Six men and 6 women, aged 27 +/- 6 y, each ingested 1.81 nmol of 14C-RRR-alpha-tocopherol; each dose had 3.70 kBq of 14C. Complete collections of urine and feces were made over the first 21d from dosing. Serial blood samples were drawn over...

2nd Focus Lecture by Dr. Eduardo R. Mendoza, Visiting Scientist, Department of Membrane Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany and Senior Research Scientist, Faculty of Physics & Center for NanoScience, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. The lecture covered: (1) Understanding nanoparticle-cell interactions for nanosafety and nanomedicine, (2) A basic model of gold nanoparticles-cell interactions, (3) modelling targeted drug delivery with functionalized...