Solid bony fusion of large joints affected with active chronic infections, is still the most effective surgical solution to establish a useful function of the affected limb. Even with extensive peri-articular bone loss and severe deformities, arthrodesis in a functional position can provide effective stability. The reported fusion rates in such patients are not encouraging however, and secondar...

background and aims: since the produced recombinant proteins by molecular genetics techniques commonly have some limitations in the application, chimeric protein are introduced. chimeric proteins have found widespread application for the study of protein folding, structure stability, function and immunogenisity. methods: according to the known immunomodulatory effect and structure of hsp70 mole...

When the existing information does not contain all categories, Generalized Evidence Theory (GET) can deal with fusion. However, question of how to determine number categories through GET is still intriguing. To address this question, a modified k-means clustering, named centers initialized clustering proposed, filling gap identification and complement frame discernment. Based on method, determi...

For each pair (n, k) with 1 ≤ k < n, we construct a tight frame (ρλ : λ ∈ Λ) for L(R), which we call a frame of k-plane ridgelets. The intent is to efficiently represent functions which are smooth away from singularities along k-planes in R. We also develop tools to help decide whether in fact k-plane ridgelets provide the desired efficient representation. We first construct a wavelet-like tigh...

For each pair (n, k) with 1 ≤ k < n, we construct a tight frame (ρλ : λ ∈ Λ) for L (R), which we call a frame of k-plane ridgelets. The intent is to efficiently represent functions which are smooth away from singularities along k-planes in R. We also develop tools to help decide whether in fact k-plane ridgelets provide the desired efficient representation. We first construct a wavelet-like tig...

Dempster’s Rule is commonly described as an operator for fusing beliefs. While there are different possible interpretations of belief fusion, there is considerable confusion regarding the exact type of belief fusion that Dempster’s rule performs. Many alternative operators for belief fusion have been proposed, where some are based on the same fundamental principle as Dempster’s rule, and others...

We have identified an omega,E,E-farnesyl diphosphate (omega,E,E-FPP) synthase, encoded by the open reading frame Rv3398c, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is unique among reported FPP synthases in that it does not contain the type I (eukaryotic) or the type II (eubacterial) omega,E,E-FPP synthase signature motif. Instead, it has a structural motif similar to that of the type I geranylgerany...

The theory of frames is fundamental to timefrequency (TF or time-scale signal expansions like Gabor ysis of frames via two “TF frame representations” called the Weyl symbol and Wigner distribution of a frame. The T F analysis shows how a frame’s properties depend on the signal’s T F location and on certain frame parameters. 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N Linear time-frequency (TF) or time-scale sign...

Carrier signal detection is a complicated and essential task in many domains because it demands quick response to the existence of several carriers wideband, while also precisely predicting each carrier signal’s frequency centers bandwidths, including single-carrier multi-carrier modulation signals. Multi-carrier signals, such as FSK OFDM, could be incorrectly recognized signals by using spectr...