A computer assisted modelling methodology is developed for the generation of linearized models with parametric uncertainties described by linear fractional transformations. The starting point of the uncertainty modelling is a class of generic nonlinear aircraft models with explicit parametric dependence used for simulation purposes. The proposed methodology integrates specialized software tools...

The recent genome-wide allele-specific copy number variation data enable us to explore two types of genomic information including chromosomal genotype variations as well as DNA copy number variations. For a cancer study, it is common to collect data for paired normal and tumor samples. Then, two types of paired data can be obtained to study a disease subject. However, there is a lack of methods...

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Odor-guided behavior is a polygenic trait determined by the concerted expression of multiple loci. Previously, P-element mutagenesis was used to identify single P[lArB] insertions, in a common isogenic background, with homozygous effects on olfactory behavior. Here, we have crossed 12 lines with these smell impaired (smi) mutations in a half-diallel design (excluding homozygous parental genotyp...

background: newcastle disease is one of the most serious viral diseases in the poultry worldwide. objectives: since the traditional strategies have been hardly effective in controlling the disease, the purpose of this study was to introduce new methods for early and rapid diagnosis of newcastle. the present study helps to reduce further damage to the poultry industry. methods: rna extraction wa...

introduction: quantification of epstein - barr virus (ebv) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (pbmnc) of allogenic bone marrow transplant (bmt) recipients is important because ebv-associated posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (ptld) can occur after transplantation due to immunosup-pression therapy. methods: to this end we chose real-time pcr using taqman probe. for the standard curve...

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder diagnosed by anovulation hyperandrogenism.Hyperandrogenism increases apoptosis, which will eventually disturb follicular growth in PCOS patients.Since mitochondria regulate apoptosis, they might be affected by high incidence of follicular atresia. This may causeinfertility. Since vitamin D3 has been shown to...

background: baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 (birc5) gene is an inhibitor of apoptosis that expresses in human embryonic tissues but it is absent in most healthy adult tissues. the copy number of birc5 has been indicated to be highly increased in tumor tissues; however, its association with the age of onset in breast cancer is not well understood. methods: forty tumor tiss...