The commercial cloud computing (CCC) industry has reached a level of maturity to make it a truly viable alternative to the traditional, in-house data center. Although there are many notable examples of CCC platforms and technologies being piloted for high performance computing (HPC) tasks, it has yet to enter the mainstream. A variety of obstacles exist which have slowed or hindered adoption of...

The tumor microenvironment is generally hypoxic because of the limited oxygen supply from inefficient or insufficient vasculature. Hypoxic tumor tissues are also poorly supplied with serum components. We have previously demonstrated that expression of the FVII gene is induced in response to hypoxia in ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) cells. This gene activation is synergistically enhanced whe...

We present a new technique for the embedding of large cube-connected cycles networks (CCC) into smaller ones, a problem that arises when algorithms designed for an architecture of an ideal size are to be executed on an existing architecture of a xed size. Using the new embedding strategy, we show that the CCC of dimension l can be embedded into the CCC of dimension k with dilation 1 and optimum...

BACKGROUND Glypican-3 (GPC3), a membrane-bound heparan sulphate proteoglycan, may play a role in promoting cancer cell growth and differentiation. Recent studies reported that GPC3 is overexpressed in clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary, and not other ovarian histotypes. However, in CCC patients, the relationship between the overexpression of GPC3 and prognosis has not yet been clarified. ...

The Cryogenic Carbon CaptureTM (CCC) process is a retrofit, post-combustion technology that desublimates CO2 in the flue gas and produces a separate liquid CO2 product. This project focuses on the energy-storing version of this process, CCC ESTM. During off-peak hours, CCC ESTM generates more refrigerant than is needed for the process, which is stored in an insulated vessel as a liquid at the l...

INTRODUCTION Comprehensive cancer control (CCC) coalitions address tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, through formal plans to guide tobacco control activities and other cancer prevention strategies. Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs (Best Practices) and The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) are used to ass...

The effects of the plant growth promoter gibberellic acid (GA3) and plant growth retardant chlormequat chloride (CCC) on biomass and quality of Angelica dahurica var. formosana plants were investigated employing physiological and biochemical methods. Plants were sprayed with GA3 or CCC at rosette stage and coumarin content was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) after harv...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and persistence are sustained by a nuclear episome, the covalently closed circular (CCC) DNA, which serves as the transcriptional template for all viral RNAs. CCC DNA is converted from a relaxed circular (RC) DNA in the virion early during infection as well as from RC DNA in intracellular progeny nucleocapsids via an intracellular amplification pathway. Curre...

BACKGROUND Cholangiocarcinoma (CCC) is the second most common type of primary liver cancer, and is associated with a high rate of mortality due to the difficulty of early detection and resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. To evaluate the possibility for new therapeutic strategies, we examined the combined effect of gefitinib and gemcitabine on CCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effect of gefiti...

The calculation of the main circuit parameters is basic part engineering design for high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems. Compared to conventional line commutated converter (LCC), application capacitor (CCC) can reduce probability commutation failures and shunt reactive compensation. This paper proposes a method CCC-based HVDC system. Firstly, topology CCC-HVDC system describ...