BACKGROUND Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to have functional roles in cancer biology and are dys-regulated in many tumors. Colon Cancer Associated Transcript -1 (CCAT1) is a lncRNA, previously shown to be significantly up-regulated in colon cancer. The aim of this study is to determine expression levels of CCAT1 in gastric carcinoma (GC). METHODS Tissue samples were obtained f...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Resting energy expenditure (REE) and respiratory quotient (RQ) are important for optimal nutritional care. The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy and repeatability of an indirect calorimetry device (IIM-IC-100) in the measurement of REE and RQ in healthy Chinese adults. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN A total of 38 healthy adults (19 male and 19 female) aged 1...

OBJECTIVE Drinking habits in children are associated with diet quality, but validated assessment tools for large-scale studies in young children are lacking. Therefore, we validated a self-completion 24 h recall questionnaire (RQ) focusing on beverage consumption with a 24 h weighed record (WR). DESIGN Thirty-five voluntary participants from the DONALD (Dortmund Nutritional and Anthropometric...

Vision is important for postural control as is shown by the Romberg quotient (RQ): with eyes closed, postural instability increases relative to eyes open (RQ = 2). Yet while fixating at far distance, postural stability is similar with eyes open and eyes closed (RQ = 1). Postural stability can be better with both eyes viewing than one eye, but such effect is not consistent among healthy subjects...

We construct the Euclidean Hopf algebra Uq(e ) dual of Fun(Rq >⊳SOq−1(N)) by realizing it as a subalgebra of the differential algebra Diff(Rq ) on the quantum Euclidean space Rq ; in fact, we extend our previous realization [1] of Uq−1(so(N)) within Diff(R N q ) through the introduction of q-derivatives as generators of q-translations. The fundamental Hilbert space representations of Uq(e N ) t...

begin{abstract} the relations between the spectrum of the matrix $q+r$ and the spectra of the matrices $(gamma + delta)q+(alpha + beta)r-qr-rq$, $qr-rq$, $alpha beta r-qrq$, $alpha rqr-(qr)^{2}$, and $beta r-qr$ have been given on condition that the matrix $q+r$ is diagonalizable, where $q$, $r$ are ${alpha, beta}$-quadratic matrix and ${gamma, delta}$-quadratic matrix, respectively, of order $...

We consider the nonconvex problem (RQ) of minimizing the ratio of two nonconvex quadratic functions over a possibly degenerate ellipsoid. This formulation is motivated by the so-called Regularized Total Least Squares problem (RTLS), which is a special case of the problem’s class we study. We prove that under a certain mild assumption on the problem’s data, problem (RQ) admits an exact semidefin...

Mobile entity navigation in dynamic environments is an essential part of many mission critical applications like search and rescue and fire fighting. The dynamism of the environment necessitates the mobile entity to constantly maintain a high degree of awareness of the changing environment. This criteria makes it difficult to achieve good navigation performance by using just on-board sensors an...

Determination of animal power consumption by indirect calorimetry relies upon accurate estimation of the thermal equivalent of oxygen consumed or carbon dioxide produced. This estimate is typically based upon measurement or assumption of the respiratory quotient (RQ), the ratio of CO2 produced to O2 consumed. This ratio is used to indicate the mixture of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins in th...