... the R -tree are designed for general multidimensional data, an alternative approach of indexing historical data is to take thetime as another dimension(s) in additional to the spatial data of objects ... protocol can largely reduce the updating workload ofthe database, by relaxing the tracking accuracy with care The STSR-based updating protocol guarantees the quality of query answers by pulling passive ... amount of workload the system can handle The workload ofa database system consists of two parts, the updates and queries Traditional databases are designed and optimized for relatively static data,...
... at substoichiometric concentrations, and the residuals ofthe fit from which the KD value was calculated We tested the association ofthe RbAB domain with a 43-residue N-terminal fragment ofthe ... understanding ofthe mechanisms of action ofthe Rb protein is far behind that of p53, the keeper ofthe genome, mutated in most cancers and targeted bythe same DNA tumor viruses that target the ... extrapolation of two linear fits ofthe initial and final anisotropy signals For all reactions tested, full saturation was achieved at a : molar ratio of titrant, indicating a : stoichiometry, which validates...
... Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2002 14 [29] D N Zotkin and R Duraiswami, “Accelerated speech source localization via a hierarchical search of steered response power,” IEEE Transactions ... an additional microphone (right) The source in this example is assumed to be omnidirectional The outstanding features of these maps are their local maxima points Thus a subset of local maxima ... question of spatial resolution ofthe accumulated correlation maps leads to the problem of time- delay imprecision or misalignment of beamformers [29] The energy map ofa beamformer is the visual representation...
... walk a mile than it would to walk a block If such a state ofa airs had always existed then primitive man never would have needed to judge that a day’s walk was once again as far as half a day’s ... measurement of things came about There are three general divisions of measurements and these are (1) the measurement of time; (2) the measurement of space and (3) the measurement of matter ; and on these ... thousands column ofthe original balance leaves 2, which is set down in the thousands column ofthe new balance, and putting down the remaining ofthe original balance a new balance is had of $422.61...
... gene was amplified by PCR using the BAC DNA as the template and oligos GGTCGACTTATATATTTATGAACACATTTA and CCCGGGATAACTTCGTATAATGTATGCTATACGAACGGTATCCTGAAATGGGGTCACCACACT The second primer contains ... representation ofthe 160 kb goat BAC41 insert Localisation ofthe transcription unit ofthe two genes are indicated by arrows Lengthof these transcription units are not at scale The αlac transcription ... and GGTCGACAGCTCACCAGGCCTCCCTGTCCCT Again, this fragment was cloned into pUC 19 and sequenced Lastly, the CAT ORF was released and purified away from the pB9 CAT recombinant plasmid [17] by a...
... Virology Journal 2004, 1:1 Second, the information available to researchers will not be limited by their library's budget, and the widespread availability of articles will enhance literature searching ... countries (and institutions) will be able to read the same material as wealthier ones (although creating access to the Internet is another matter [10]) This is particularly relevant in virology as many ... assign each research manuscript submitted to the journal to a member ofthe Editorial Board who will be known as the "monitoring editor" The monitoring editor will then appoint at least two ad...
... Virology Journal 2004, 1:1 Second, the information available to researchers will not be limited by their library's budget, and the widespread availability of articles will enhance literature searching ... countries (and institutions) will be able to read the same material as wealthier ones (although creating access to the Internet is another matter [10]) This is particularly relevant in virology as many ... assign each research manuscript submitted to the journal to a member ofthe Editorial Board who will be known as the "monitoring editor" The monitoring editor will then appoint at least two ad...
... 2Department of Hospital and Health Care Administration, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan, 3School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 4Assessment ... the statistical analysis and wrote the manuscript TW, SJ,WW and LF contributed to the development ofthe study design and advised on the performance ofthe statistical analysis The analysis and ... using a Rasch analysis rather than sample and item dependent classical test models For the reason of space limitation for this manuscript, we have not explored the dimensionality and invariance of...
... belonging to the area ofthe West Carpathian Mts The species composition is dominated by beech, the stand age is 80–110 years In terms of climate, the plots are situated in moderately warm, moderately ... from the lack of precipitation activity after the treatment – see Dubová (1996) This lady-author evaluated the years after the treatment as extremely dry – below the long-term normal On the other ... in soil layers (Tužinský 1984; Papritz et al 1991) To evaluate the water balance ofthe examined forest stands, stemflow is an important factor – as already pointed out by Kantor (198 4a) , who...
... cells subjected to the SC-CO2 treatment had disappeared Hong and Pyun (1999, 2001) found that a possible leakage of cytoplasm was caused bythe modification ofthe cell membrane of L plantarum by ... determined the total bacterial count using the standard plate counting method One ml of appropriate dilutions of samples was inoculated in standard plate count agar (Nihon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., ... method J Agric Food Chem., 44, 2646-2649 Japan Water Works Association (JWWA) (2001) The method of Japan Water Works Association p.573-613 (in Japanese) Kobayashi, F., Hayata, Y., Kohara, K., Muto,...
... tyrosine kinases participates in growth regulation of human breast carcinoma cells Oncogene 20, 2499–2513 Kanda N, Seno H, Konda Y, Marusawa H, Kanai M, Nakajima T, Kawashima T, Nanakin A, Sawabu T, ... STAT1 The actions of STAT3 and STAT1 are highly entangled, they also have antagonistic activities, and they regulate each others activity Thus, the inhibition of both factors in vivo may have unpredictible ... which was derived from the seruminducible element ofthe human c-fos promoter, and RHN(CH2)6- CATTTCCCTTAAATCGAAGATTTAAG GGAAATG-(CH2)3NHR (mutated hairpin control ODN) (Sigma-Proligo; Sigma-Aldrich...
... bi-maxillary retruded profile representing the typical straight profile in Caucasian subjects Each image only had one manipulated dental or skeletal component Mexican female and male profiles are ... position ofthe lower jaw to a greater extent than the position ofthe upper jaw in cases of upper and lower jaw surgery Another obvious fact was that male profile with bimaxillary protrusion was not ... their respective lateral cephalometries were used to generate another manipulated images In these created images, hard tissue normal values were altered in at least two standard deviations Facial...
... 11(Z)- tetradecenoate to 10(E),12(E)-tetradecadienoate by initial H-abstraction at C10 and 11(E)-tetradecenoate to 9(Z),11(E)-tetradecadienoate by initial oxidative attack at C9 [39] Whether these ... mL) ofthe pYJ/DTY1 0a2 strain of S cerevisiae incubated at 20 °C for days to permit relatively rapid growth and then at 15 °C for a further days to reach saturation at a temperature which has been ... reaction has been determined to be at the carbon furthest from C-1 In contrast, all other desaturase-catalyzed oxidations studied to date are initiated at the carbon closest to the acyl headgroup...
... pGL40: 5¢-GACGCCGGTGA AGAATCAGGGTGCGTG-3¢, OL418 to generate pGL41: 5¢-CGAACGGGCACCTGTACACGGAGGACAGC-3¢ and OL420 to generate pGL42: 5¢-GCTGCGATGACA TGAACGATGGTTGCGACGGCGGGCTGATGC-3¢ These mutant constructs ... Dcpb by transfection allowed an investigation into the functional roles of these amino acids The activity ofthe enzyme expressed in the parasite was then analyzed towards gelatin and a small ... kDa The antiCPB serum recognized CPB isoenzymes that migrated as a major band with a molecular mass of 27 kDa and a minor band of molecular mass 26 kDa in cell lysates of stationary phase promastigotes...
... with a sharp tip The abundance of petals will greatly increase the contact area between the catalysts and organic dyes Moreover, the gap formed bythe adjacent nanosheets would enhance the absorption ... of S0 and P0 were investigated bythe degradation of MO dye under UV irradiation Fig compares the photodegradation of MO as a function of irradiation time for the P0 and S0 samples As clearly ... Results and discussion To investigate the appropriate calcinations temperature for the transformation ofthe precursor to ZnO, the thermal analysis in air atmosphere was conducted Typical TGA/DTA plots...
... for the preparation of densely packed AlN nanowires based on a new strategy In this strategy, the porous anodic alumina film on aluminum is etched into the alumina nanowires, and then the alumina ... 123 1128 Nanoscale Res Lett (2009) 4:1126–1129 involved with the supplement ofthe additional evaporated aluminum, and thus gives a larger diameter ofthe AlN nanowires than that ofthe Al2O3 ones ... phase of AlN (Ref: PDF card of No 25-1133) but a small quantity of a- Al2O3 phase This indicates that most ofthe alumina nanowires have been converted into the AlN nanowires during heat treatment...
... non-transduced and transduced cells Primers specific for CXCR4 (forward: 5'-ggaggggatcagtatatacacttc and reverse: 5'-cgccaacatagaccaccttttc) and CCR5 (forward: 5'-caaaaagaaggtcttcattacacc and reverse: ... phophatase (Promega, Madison, WI), was then added An alkaline phophatase substrate reagent, Western Blue (Promega), was used to visualize the bands RT-PCR Total RNA was extracted from non-transduced ... AIDS Research and Therapy 2005, 2:1 constraints with HAART therapy are the development of drug resistant viral mutants and toxicity after prolonged therapy Intracellular immunization by gene...
... general anaesthesia A normal appendix was identified during laparoscopic examination ofthe abdomen An inflammatory mass was seen with turbid fluid collection in the pelvic area on laparoscopy The ... congenital anomaly ofthe gastrointestinal tract, it is often difficult to diagnose A very small percentage of ingested foreign bodies can cause perforation ofthe bowel, leading to acute abdomen ... primary anastomosis ofthe adjacent small bowel A small piece of chicken bone was found within the Meckel's diverticulum The patient made an uneventful recovery postoperatively and was discharged...
... clinical settings [3] Most ofthe studies evaluating NGAL as a predictor of AKI used a research-based ELISA assay The availability ofa standardized clinical platform for NGAL measurement would make ... Dial Transplant 2008, 23:3737-3743 Haase M, Bellomo R, Devarajan P, Schlattmann P, Haase-Fielitz A: Accuracy of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in diagnosis and prognosis in acute ... differ at any time between those who did and did not develop AKI Page of Recommendation NGAL and other novel biomarkers such as cystatin C [7] can lead to rapid detection of AKI A strategy of early...
... correct placement at the prosthetic interface, as well as the related data acquisition and interpretation approach An ideal system should be able to continually gather data on both normal and shear ... identified on the FE model and a unit-normal compressive load was applied The soft tissue was assigned an initial E value and an analysis was carried out By comparing the FE analysis results with the experimental ... methods from the above equation at given values ofthe parameters a/ h and ν Tables of values of k over a range of a/ h and ν were provided by Hayes et al [51] for both plane-ended and spherical-ended...